Shadow Puppets 2007 DVDRip XviD-DOMiNO
Shadow Puppets is a thriller / horror flick brought to us by team DOMiNO. As i was trying to gather info about this movie, it become clear that there is very little information about it on the web even on dedicated film websites so your going to have download it if you want to even have a preview of it. Their’s no real star actors here that i recognise but the IMDB rating is quite high even if there has only been 11 votes for it. This is a Direct to DVD film so that’s why there has’nt been any CAM’s or TS’s if you were wondering. If you want to scare yourself tonight and get close to that girl you fancy 
this could be what your looking for. Quality is very good as its a DVDRip and the audio is standard MP3, shame its not AC3 but i guess it will do. Enjoy!
Eight strangers with no memories find themselves trapped in an abandoned facility. As they desperately try to find answers and escape, their own Shadows attempt to consume them from the darkness.
Shadow.Puppets.2007.DVDRip.XviD-DOMiNO
1 CD, 701.49 MB, domino-shadowpuppet
Xvid, 102 min, 560×304 px, 810 Kbps, 23.976 fps
MP3, 116 Kbps, 48 KHz, 2 channels
IMDB (7.6/10), NFO, Torrent
Comments(40)
The picture doesn’t show.
Okay, My cashe wasn’t allowing it to show, or you fixed it. *shrug*
In a padded cell, a woman
!!!HORROR MOVIE CLICHÉ ALERT!!!
Sits Bolt Upright Out of a Sound Sleep Screaming!
Ouch! Not the best way to open your movie – with a worn out trope.
We have no idea who she is and neither does she. She has a wedding scar around one finger so we know that she is married.
Nothing is really happening here but the mood is made creepy by the very good use of camera shots and sound effects. The woman, actress Jolene Blalock, reacts to the sounds in a less than convincing manner. Still we’re only a few minutes in, I’m a Horror Thriller fan, and I’m very forgiving: especially to newbie writers and directors and Writer and Director Michael Winnick (DEUCES), while he had a brief stint in Norway as a television movies.
After the horrible sounds (Great noise by foley artist, Billy Morton: THE WISHER, TRY TO REMEMBER [TV], THE CRADLE WILL FALL [TV], I DREAM OF MURDER [TV], ANDROID APOCALYPSE) and a power black out, the electricity returns and the woman sees her door open a little. Her door was part of an auto-lock system and all of the cell doors open, releasing their occupants. But even though the cell doors are open, the prisoners are still trapped.
Thus begins SHADOW PUPPETS, taking the old CUBE premise of a group of disparate people who have no idea why they are imprisoned. There are many variations of this and some have been utilized quite well. SAW is another that comes to mind. The “People in a Prison who don’t know who they are or how they got there” is not new. One of my earliest memories is of an old Twilight Zone episode, “Five Characters In Search Of An Exit”. If this plot device is earlier than that, I’m unaware of it. There have been plenty of movies and television episodes that use this meme since.
And it is a meme, not a rip-off, so I don’t call Winnick to task for it. There are many more movies that could use this plot device in the future, it’s that good a concept.
So I’m watching SHADOW PUPPETS, familiar with the plot line and where it could go, where it should go, and the tantalizing possibilities that I haven’t even thought of but always thirst for – I want to see something I never thought of – I want to be surprised.
None of these people know who they are and, as they separate (thankfully for a very good reason) and make their way through their prison, they realize that they are actually trapped in a hospital. Jolene Blalock’s character is with a guy (James Marsters: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL [1999], ANGEL [TV]) The movie unwinds very much like a cross between a first person shooter/adventure computer game.
We eventually discover clues to the mystery of what’s going on in the hospital and meet some creepy people like Dave (Richard Whiten: JACK FROST, THE ISLAND), who turns out to be more terrified than monstrous. But monstrous things soon happen that put this movie in a whole new direction which held my attention at just the right moment. Actor Whiten really nailed his part too. The guy totally delivered his very brief role. While he was on the scene, the movie really crackled.
Meanwhile the other two people, another guy (Director Michael Winnick’s brother, Mark Winnick: DEUCES) and another gal (Diahnna Nicole Baxter), are going their own way. The guy is scared but tries to be brave even though he’s a bit nerdish. The gal is totally terrified of doing anything or going anywhere. But as much as she doesn’t want to move, she doesn’t want to be alone either. So she follows the guy she is stuck with, pissing about it all the way. The two meet another woman (Natasha Alam) who seems to handle it all quite well, which is more than a little creepy. On the other hand, when the young guy first sees her, she is swimming naked, which is always a plus. But other, shadowy things happen too.
The first couple and the new threesome soon come together and get hit with a
!!!HORROR MOVIE CLICHÉ ALERT!!!
The “hand on the shoulder gag” which is supposed to make the audience jump and almost never has a good reason for its existence. Then the very next thing that happens is so mind bogglingly stupid as to make the audience laugh derisively at the film.
Okay, that’s two Horror movie clichés so now I have to stop and say a few things about them.
There are all kinds of Horror movie clichés in existence. Some are quite dated (the fat guy or gal or handicapped person gets it – always) and some still exist and some of those are quite repugnant. SHADOW PUPPETS also retains the most repugnant of Horror Movie cliches and we’ll get to that later.
When James Cameron made the sequel to one of the most popular SF/Horror movies of all time, ALIENS, he also purposefully addressed the one glaring stupid cliche in that movie, that of the freaking “Gotcha” of a cat jumping out and hissing for a cheap scare. In the scene where Jonesy, the cat, hisses, its for a very good reason. and before Ripley begins her new adventure, she holds Jonesy and says, “And you, you little shit-head… you’re staying here.” That was Cameron’s way of telling the audience that he wasn’t going for the cheap gags. that was his way of telling the audience that they were in for one hell of a wild ride.
In the 1990s, Steven Spielberg did the same thing with the “Hand on the shoulder” gag in JURASSIC PARK. That was his way of killing the gag.
Wes Craven went for broke and buried a whole slew of worn out tropes (or thought he was) by exposing every shitty, hacked out worn and worthless cliche of Horror movies by having Jamie Kennedy’s character lay out each and every one in SCREAM.
SHADOW PUPPETS is, by and large, not a bad movie, but it relies way too heavily on clichés. And something that’s telling about this is, it doesn’t even rely on the clichés by building up the tension first before it delivers the gag. Winnick just throws it in there, anywhere. SHADOW PUPPETS feels like Winnick is not really interested in Horror Thriller movies. It’s his step on the ladder to making other movies. SHADOW PUPPETS moves more like an action thriller than a Horror Thriller. Tension is created with an action payoff (chase scenes, shooting, fighting) instead of a scare or shocker payoff. There are two other things wrong with this movie. One is the varmint: it’s just not scary. It does deadly things, but so does the murderous thug in a crime drama. So does the hit man in a spy movie. The monster, a smoky shadowy cgi spook, is just a drab effect. Sometimes we see through its point of view a la WOLFEN, PREDATOR, or PITCH BLACK. But the pov isn’t terrible exciting either and certainly not scary. Far better would have been to not show it all off, but to tantalize us with our own imaginations by revealing parts of it. Think about how scary FINAL DESTINATION was and they never showed any of the monster at all!
One more cliché that I’ll mention (there are plenty) is the
!!!UNFAIR RACIAL CLICHÉ ALERT!!!
Yes, despite its “indie” pedigree, this movie was made in Hollywood. And like nearly every movie made in Hollywood (but rarely outside of it), SHADOW PUPPETS conforms to the UNFAIR RACIAL CLICHÉ. Oh well. It was adhering to every other cliche, why not this one? For more information, with spoilers, see THE UNFAIR RACIAL CLICHÉ ALERT/Shadow Puppets.
Tony Todd (CANDYMAN, THE CROW, FINAL DESTINATION, VALERIE ON THE STAIRS) has a role in SHADOW PUPPETS, providing much needed tension and threat, which keeps the movie aloft during moments when it would surely sag. Also worth mentioning is the great set design and props by Kristen Ridgway and Mike Manasewitsch (CEMETERY GATES). While some of the props were too close to the camera – thus revealing that some of the “metal” was just wood painted silver, mostly the set/production design really delivered on the lost claustrophobic effect, as well as the overall creepy mood.
For all of its problems, SHADOW PUPPETS is not a bad movie as it is entertaining even if it isn’t inspiring, and for that it gets a “just earned” three Shriek Girls. It will be released direct to DVD on July 24.
Not showing for me either.
Maybe IMDB is starting to block external image linking?
Fixed image problem, thanx for pointing it out guys. IMDB are blocking external image linking (it think).
Anyway its now hosted on a different site.
damn silvergellar, too many words to say this movie is just barely average.
silvergellar
Cheers for the in depth review, is the movie any good??…lol
Well i’ll be getting this one , Not for the film it self but because there is a topless scene with T’pol from Enterprise in it!
how would he know? he just copied the whole article from : http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/STU/Shadow_Puppets.html but forgot to include this bit :Review by – E.C.McMullen Jr. &/or give the original site any credit. expect a takedown notice at some point
The image is now hosted on Bayimg.com, that is the first thing I have seen hosted on there, by anyone, makes me happy
The 11 votes were probably the 11 people in it. And if they didn’t all rate it 10, run hard, and run fast.
Sorry guys. Twas my first post here and i don’t want to tread on anyones toes by getting it wrong. Thought I was just being helpful.
I’m happy enough if it’s deleted, ammended or whatever. I probably should have just posted the link.
Sorry guys.
its ok dushe. now you know for next time. Just pledurize the entire thing!! we all want credit for WORK done.
Hey hikaricore!
July 3 Post
“In a padded cell, a woman
!!!HORROR MOVIE CLICHÉ ALERT!!!
Sits Bolt Upright Out of a Sound Sleep Screaming!”
If you are going to blatantly plagiarize me, you could at least leave a link! I’m requesting that hikaricore’s post be removed and that everyone remember what a feckless toad he is.
Outside of that, feel free to visit feoamante.com! The #1 Horror Thriller
website*
(*according to search engines)
I’ve already apologised.
Sorry again.
Great review btw!
Sorry hikaricore,
I misread that. I meant to direct my post at silvergellar. silvergellar is the toady plagiarist.
Feo
feoamante.com
And apology accepted. Now can I get a link or have the post removed?
Everything gets delayed on message boards. Sigh.
Feo Amante
http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/STU/Shadow_Puppets.html
Courteous of Feo Amante.
Not me.
Feo Amante.
Info here: http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/shadowpuppets.php
Hey Shiny, Harry Potter (RIP) came out on opgamez but there’s no torrent, only crappy rapidshare! You have access to the scene Shiny. Is that rip going to be torrent-ized (are YOU going to torrent-ize it?)
SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny I always get mistaken for the one in trouble… lol
SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soz I think I double posted.
go to imdb and yuo will find the trailer, the girl in it looks like hillery swank ( same lips)film looks ok.
is jolene blalock hot in this?
Jolene Blalock would be hot in a tub of cold cherry jello.
gawd.. now i got jolene and a bowl of jello in my head..
ha I would definitely d/l if this movie was jolene in jello
Could you please, please give the IMDB rating in the “User Rating: xx/10 (xx votes)” format? Otherwise it’s a completely useless reference, meaning that there a world of difference between 7.6/10 (11 votes) and 7.6/10 (23,450 votes) rated movies.
I’m with Boo; that’d be a great additive to the site.
looks lame, but is Jolene Blalock worth jerking off to in at least one scene? thanks.
What an awful movie.
The black thing going there, looks like a flying cat with blue eyes.
And at the end, when the black thing explodes, its just looks lame. Oh and sorry, i guess i spoiled the end, but i saved you from 1.5 hour of bullshit.
Notice how in every shot these pathetic B grade actors have their hair brushed……….what a shit movie. LOL!
Not the worst movie in the world,but the acting leaves a lot to be desired James Marsters who played Spike in Buffy The Vampire Slayer looked as though he was thinking is this the best work I can get.
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wibby
July 3rd, 2007 | 18:27
Well i’ll be getting this one , Not for the film it self but because there is a topless scene with T’pol from Enterprise in it!
Sorry wibby but thats some other chick with her norks out…..as much as Id love to see them myself it just isnt so.
Espect something not as good as Masters of Horror TV show but looking like it will promise the goods…..shame..
Pic and sound great
good movie. i recommend it. Nice babes also
Hey all who’ve seen SHADOW PUPPETS and thought little of it:
I’ll still stand by my 3 (out of 5) rating. The director and writer (same guy) is a n00b so I cut him some slack (I don’t trash first-timers so shut yer cakehole! How would you like it if, when you lost your virginity, your Social Studies teacher glared at you dismissively and said, “You can’t fVck for Shit!”?*).
I differ with Skeev when I say that, unfortunately it IS just as good as an episode of Masters of Horror. And if some self-proclaimed “Master of Horror” wrote and directed SHADOW PUPPETS, I’d give it a one.
Reason? If you are going to call yourself a “Master of Horror” you’d best fVcking deliver.
Eddie “Feo Amante” McMullen
*As a side note, I honestly earned that A in Social Studies.
certainly not the best movie in the world but it’s watchable. had a ‘darkness falls’ related plotline to it but isn’t anywhere near as good as that movie. it kept my interest enough that i watched it all the way through and was never bored. acting and special fx not the best. aud/vid quality is perfect. yeah, the girls are hot especially since they run around half naked for most of the movie but if you watch a movie just for that reason, you seriously need to get laid.
http://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/29408/shadow-puppets/links