They Wait
5.4 /10 1 Votes5.4
Initial DVD release September 16, 2008 Duration Language English | 5.2/10 IMDb Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2007 Writer Trevor Markwart (story), Trevor Markwart (screenplay), Carl Bessai (screenplay), Doug Taylor (screenplay) Cast (Sarah), (Jason), (Aunt Mei), (Pharmacist), (O'Connell) Similar movies Crimson Peak , Insidious: Chapter 2 , Poltergeist , Poltergeist , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , The Conjuring Tagline Bad things happen to those who wait. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They Wait is a 2007 Canadian horror film. It stars Jaime King as a mother attempting to find the truth and save her son, Regan Oey, when threatened by spirits during the Chinese tradition of Ghost Month. The other leading star is Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen, who plays her husband. It was both filmed, and set, in the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia in Canada, and was featured at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Plot
Married couple Sarah (King) and Jason (Chen), and son Sammy (Oey), travel to Vancouver for the funeral of Uncle Raymond (Foo). During this time, Sammy begins to see ghosts and falls gravely ill, his illness coinciding with the Chinese festival of Ghost Month. After traditional western medicine fails to help Sammy, Sarah turns to a mysterious pharmacist who tells her that her son is held in a death grip by a living corpse. Sarah now must find what the spirits want before the last day of Ghost Month, or Sammy will be lost forever.
Cast
Production
They Wait was filmed on location in Vancouver in March 2007.
Reception
Critical reviews for the film have been mixed, with the film currently holding a 40% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Joe Leydon of Variety wrote that "Director Ernie Barbarash makes judicious use of CGI trickery -- in one key scene, he cleverly shocks his audience into laughing -- but at heart, he's an old-school traditionalist when it comes to scary stuff." The Toronto Star and ReelFilm both panned the film, with ReelFilm's David Nusair saying that They Wait is "...a tedious and downright silly piece of work."
References
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