You won't be disappointed!

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

TC starts with a quote by Houdini: "Over the years, I have exposed numerous spiritualists and clairvoyants as charlatans… but the mesmerizing powers of Mordecai Zymytryk still to this day baffle and haunt me… "Some people are easily baffled and haunted, aren't they? Evidently, Houdini had been royally played by a top-notch charlatan, and perhaps by "numerous" he meant "two and a half", and perhaps by "mesmerizing" he meant "sexy and irresistible". (Houdini: a closet gay?). Houdini may have been a master escape-artist, but he was certainly no intellectual, as is evident from this miserable statement. Certainly if he could see this movie now, he'd have second thoughts about Mordecai, and he might cringe more than a bit for being the provider of this quote – not to mention being associated with this cheap B-movie.Considering how the script attempts to build up Zymytryk as an omnipresent magic god of sorts, it was rather surprising and highly puzzling to have this supposedly brilliant death-defying powerful witch-master turn out to be such an utter failure. Mr. Z pretty much gets everything wrong in the highly moronic "grand finale"; he messes up his own plan, allowing a ghost of a dumb child-murderer to outwit him. I guess there is only so much power you can have, even with three Ys and one Z in your name.One way of starting an awful movie is certainly shoving a useless dumb quote in the viewer's (hopefully tiny) brain, followed by cheap titillation. By this I mean the early scene in which the blond masturbates in a bathtub; cheap because we don't get to see her boobs, which is fairly annoying. I've always maintained that if your script sucks, the least you can do is undress your actresses. (Unless they happen to be Vanessa Redgrave or Ellen Degeneres, in which case you pay them to keep their clothes on.)One way of continuing a movie as bad as this is to make sure that the blood looks like Heinz ketchup and that there is practically no tension in any of the scenes. The fact that a perky blond is trying hard - but failing - in being menacing makes things worse. That ensures that the overall crapiness is maintained at a consistently high level.One way of concluding a bad movie is to turn the kid (who's an awful actor) into Damien. Certainly a successful ending – if crap is what you aimed for all along. And from what I've seen during these laughable 90 minutes, that is exactly what the film-makers wanted. They set out to make garbage and they ended up with garbage: mission accomplished, so everyone can go home and pour their Heinz ketchup on their cold low-budget pizzas.TC's obvious B-movie roots ensure that its very fake-looking ketchupy blood holds as much eerie power as a farm chicken hatching eggs. Like most modern B-movie horror films, TC is an abysmal failure. A weak soundtrack, mediocre camera-work, and average/sub-par actors make this an experience worthy of immediate deletion from the mind. You don't need to have Alzheimers to completely obliterate the memory of these 90 minutes just an hour after its viewing.The blonde's sister is fairly cute. That's about it.

The Chair feels like two movies formated into one, both have their ups and downs. The first half is a choppy but pretty spooky haunted house formula. Furthermore, If i didn't know better, I'd also call it a forerunner to Paranormal Activity. The second half is more of a Saw- formula, with more blood, adrenaline, but at the same time, more contrivance. The Chair as a whole deserves credit for being neither dull nor derivative (as so many b-movies are) but there is a sense of unevenness to the finished product. That and a sort of, scrappy/unprofessional screenplay degrade the Chair from good to 'almost' good. In the end it's silly but I think it will please horror movie goers.Upper Year College student Daniel has just moved into a new place. A very old, red brick house. In less than a day, she becomes convinced that it is haunted. She starts doing a little experimenting: filming herself at night, going through closets. After doing some extensive research, she finds material which causes her not only to wanna write her masters thesis on horror related topics, but she is driven to perform some very sadistic behaviour, which is increasing becoming a concern (and a threat) to her friends and family.Director Brett Sullivan knows what he is doing when he steps behind a camera of sits in front of the editing software. He effectively uses technique rather than traditional shock factor to scare the audience. While not the scariest of films, I don't exactly have a long list of films that achieve the kind of effect that the Chair does. some films on that list like Friday the 13th predate the chair, others like Paranormal Activity come after. But this is all contained within the first half. The second part of the feature, is where the blood gets spilled. Sullivan again avoids the superficial approach, relying more on grotesque ideas rather than quantity of bodily fluids to startle the audience. It works, but not flawlessly. This is the dumber half of the Chair.speaking script-wise, it's not like the first half was perfect either. Most of the dialogue in the Chair is not that great. Nobody has much to say, but at least the delivery shows signs of attempt. Indeed the movie is just as dependant on a strong leading role as it is on suspense. Alanna Crisholm (in her only movie role) makes a pretty credible lead, given the limited room she has to work with. She sells it to us quite well through her face and her body gestures.The Chair has quite a bit going for it, but not quite enough. It needs a bit of a reworking perhaps, because it stills feels a bit unbelievable in places. It looks as if it is intended to appeal to two different types of horror lovers: the Blair Which lovers and the Saw Lovers. As a horror film, The Chair is successful, but it remains a bit unstable and under fleshed. I did enjoy it though

Unlike so many other recent movies of all genres filmed in Toronto, this one does not make any blatant attempts to pass itself off as being set in the United States, or, worse yet, try to foist off total idiots as being Americans. So in THE CHAIR's opening minutes, when a neurotic psychology student on anti-psychotic medication moves into a creepy 150-year-old house as the sole occupant and immediately experiences frightening paranormal events, one can easily suspend disbelief and think "yeah, eh, in Canada they probably have just one opening for student housing at a time in a college town." And when the troubled student's sister, who holds down a 9-to-5 job, gets called across town at 4 a.m. every other night to stay in her sibling's bed until sunrise, NEVER ONCE SUGGESTING MAYBE BOTH SISTERS SHOULD SLEEP IN THE WORKING SISTER'S HOME, one can suspend disbelief again and muse "yeah, eh, maybe Canadian law makes it a hate crime not to humor the death wishes of the mentally ill." Therefore, while the movie itself rates an above average 6/10 as a horror flick, I highly recommend THE CHAIR for anyone interested in quaint Canadian customs.

I liked this movie A LOT. It is so different than what I'm used to. I'm used to people dying in interesting ways every 30 seconds, but in this film, nothing really happens (killing-wise) in the first 2/3 of it. Its just building up tension and interesting situations. This is great and necessary for this thing to be believable and touching. When I watched it, the director was there which was GREAT because I got to hear what he thought of it and ask him my questions (I am a youngun who is ALWAYS full of questions). One thing that I always hated about horror movies is that they go to a house and its haunted and weird crap happens. And its just like "... GET OUF OF THE HOUSE! MOVE!" But they made the character a psychology major and someone is is incredibly interested in this sort of thing. Also, she is mentally ill, so there are several reasons for her to decide to not leave like a regular person. And then one thing I LOVE about this movie, but maybe I am a pervert, is the sexual undertone. I think even if you are not paying attention, you can FEEL it, unknowingly, and it just makes everything seem so juicy and personal.**SpoileR** So, I liked this horror movie a lot. I mean, its not perfect... there was a scene where the guy was digging up a body of someone named Crow with a crow bar and it was a desperate situation and he said "A crowbar for Crow" and it made me LAUGH. And I think that was Brett's intention, but still dude! Haha!And he was really pleased with our reactions to the wind up flashlight. I personally LOVED it. It was the eerie sound which just added to the feeling and the frustration of the flash light adding to the tension. You're just like "God, the damn flashlight!" hahaha