Review and Trailer The Guest Movie Online

 

After terrorizing a family reunion in “You’re Next,” director Adam Wingard and scenarist Simon Barrett let a different brand of uninvited company wreak havoc with another nuclear clan in "The Guest Movie Online" Indeed, an entire fictive New Mexico town here won’t soon recover from the mayhem inflicted by a classic mysterious-stranger-with-hidden-agenda played by Dan Stevens. A willfully over-the-top, giddily violent exercise landing between slasher horror and ’70s crazy-Vietnam-vet-returns action-thrillers, the pic is a real kick for genre fans, even if its last lap can’t quite cap the preceding outrages. Prospects are good for niche theatrical, better for download sales.

There’s a general atmosphere of tension and unhappiness in the Peterson household, no doubt exacerbated by the recent death of the family’s eldest son Caleb in Iraq. Mom (Sheila Kelley) is a grieving basketcase; Dad (Leland Orser) drinks to cope with job stress; withdrawn teen Luke (Brendan Meyer) is bullied by jocks at school; his older sis, Anna (Maika Monroe), is fed up with them all. Turning up one day out of the blue is David (Stevens), who introduces himself as Caleb’s fellow soldier and best friend, tasked with delivering his parting words to each family member.
David makes a deferential aw-shucks impression at first, though no one but Mom is especially pleased by his arrival. Nevertheless, he manages to ingratiate himself as he prolongs his stay, sussing out individual vulnerabilities and sometimes playing a very rough kind of guardian angel. (Luke’s tormentors get their arses thoroughly whupped in one startling setpiece.)

Yet he also seems a bit sinister, especially from the viewer’s p.o.v. When suspicious Anna calls the Army to verify his claimed identity, she’s informed that soldier actually died under unnatural circumstances just two weeks earlier. She also unknowingly triggers a major covert military intervention led by special-forces officer Carver (Lance Reddick). Unfortunately, that will prove far too little, too late to stop “David” from exploding like a nail bomb all over this sleepy burg.

Director: Adam Wingard

Writer: Simon Barrett

Stars: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe | See full cast and crew »

Watch The Remaining Trailer 2014

 
Writer, producer, and director Casey La Scala is bringing another dark tale to the silver screen.
A new movie, "The Remaining," follows those left behind after the rapture in a terrifying, action-packed, thriller.
Unlike the popular "Left Behind" film series or the HBO original programme "The Leftovers," those who are called to be with the Lord in "The Remaining" leave their physical bodies behind. A trailer for the film shows people slumping to the ground, their eyes a haunting, grey color.
The film's production company said that La Scala's portrayal is the more accurate depiction of the rapture.

"In really diving into the word 'paralambano'— the Greek word... what's interesting is that same word is used when the angel tells Joseph about Mary— 'Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife,'" Affirm Films Senior Vice President Rich Peluso said.
"So obviously to take her... is not to make her disappear. It's another shade of this word, to bring someone into yourself— to receive them."

In the film, those who are left behind experience chaos, and they appear to be chased by an evil, destructive force. La Scala said presenting the story of the rapture in the horror genre felt appropriate.
"I started thinking of a global 'Paranormal Activity' and then I started thinking about when I was a young Christian going to church camp these counselors would tell us these stories of tribulation," he told The Blaze.

"And I remember how scary it was. I always had visions of Jesus coming down from the clouds. All of these things kind of came together and I started thinking about the rapture and what an interesting point of departure it would be."

The "Donnie Darko" producer also said that the depiction is biblically-backed.
"I went through the Bible. It's biblically accurate," La Scala said. "I used the timeline. And that was one of those things that was interesting. I could have made a completely different film if I didn't make it biblically accurate."

He expressed hope that after viewing the film, moviegoers will reevaluate their relationships with others and with God.

"Have you settled the things you need to say? Have you made decisions with faith?" La Scala asked.
"I want [the audience] to take away this idea of [considering] where are they right now— where are we with the people we love, where are we in our lives?

"That feeling that life can disappear at the blink of an eye. You don't know when it's going to happen... life could end at any moment.
"The Remaining" will be released in 17 cities on Sept. 5.