Movies

Evil words is quite a ride and also quite difficult to rate. The initial idea / story is both fascinating and frightening. What if someone's writing becomes reality? Even this idea is not brand new (I see a strong inspiration from 78th Richard Burton, The Medusa touch) evil words manages to find its own spin and slowly but steady builds up tension. This said, now the issues arise... in my POV the acting, sound, setting, effects are unfortunately very disappointing and drag the whole movie down. An 8 for story and a 3 for the rest ends on a 6/10. The finale is intense and not a Happy End - at all - which fits the grim initial storyline. One of the few movies I'd love to see as a remake with some A list, attention to detail and overall refined cinematography.

This Quebec film has all the hallmarks of an international thriller, and has a great deal of local color that gives it a touch of authenticity. Stunningly filmed and edited, it keeps you guessing until the final excruciating moments. Worth watching!

Bad reviews here just don't give this movie a chance ! It's Eric Tessier's first feature lenght film, so sure it has some beginner's mistakes (mostly continuity) but as such, it's no different and in fact VERY reminiscent of David Cronenberg's early films (SHIVERS, RABID) to which Tessier obviously pays homage and gets inspiration from (along with other horror classics already mentioned in the reviews here). So as a first effort, it's quite good and more than worth a look as an early example of Quebec's Horror renaissance of the years 2000 ( including even better titles like ST MARTYRS DES DAMNÉS/ST MARTYRS OF THE DAMNED (2005) and LES 7 JOURS DU TALION/7 DAYS (2010) which, like SUR LE SEUIL, is also inspired from a novel by Quebec's favourite horror writer Patrick Sénécal).