Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
三星半 氛围不错 女主演技不错 电话里数数桥段 设计的挺好
Elisha从05年[The Girl Next Door]初识经验的妙龄少女，成了一个中年妇女，时光这17年就变化忒大了~我不也人到中年了么~
不知道这片子是谁推的，出来背锅，实在是难看到想吐，这拍的都是什么鬼，下地狱还排着队过奈何桥投胎转世了吗，就只差这座桥了，难道实在是没投资了做不起一座桥的特效了，笑崩，至于那个结局嘛，反转有何意义，本来就没有存在感了，就别强行刷存在感了，再怎么反转都是烂片。
烂尾了...又一个好题材拍烂 来龙去脉没有完善全家战斗力0
音效挺一惊一乍的。这年头数学也变成恐怖元素了。。
前半段还在讲一个有点吸引力的故事，后半段就突然开始胡闹了。感觉把能找到的恐怖片音效都用上了，画蛇添足不伦不类。
“你发表的关于《The Cellar》的短评，因为 含有未经授权的转载或下载内容，已被移除。”豆瓣审核是不是疯了？我的点评什么时候包含下载内容了？？？我只说分享了熟肉，又没写去哪下载，这也不行？？？
现在的恐怖片总是讲某种恶魔本片介绍了baphomet巴风特
人家都拍到异世界断魂桥这种桥段了 网友还给这种低评分什么意思？真就对恐怖片这么高要求？ 我很喜欢这类不靠jump scare 做噱头的恐怖片 剧情也有深究的点 考虑到成本可能有限 总体可以上6分
在全世界恐怖片质量严重下滑的今天，国内不允许拍可能反而给国产恐怖片保留了最后一点体面
要是能在具体的拍摄下怪物就好了，要不然白瞎了怪物的设计
当鬼魂或者恶魔变成我们能够够到的实体，就感觉没有那么恐怖了！就因为未知，理解不了才觉得恐怖！电影打发时间看看还可以，不怎么恐怖
可以说烂片了，我以为有什么邪教历史背景，有什么复仇之类的目的，完全没有，为了吓人故弄玄虚，到最后也不知道在说什么，反转的也莫名其妙，女主的妈妈也没有帮她，反而要害她？？？怪物挺搞笑的，还会自己关起门
弱智恐怖片。此类恐怖片通病：非要一直住着直到出事也是绝了。非要好奇心强下去也是绝了。
电影的视觉语言还是很到位的 最后高潮很一般 而且这个电影名字一点也不突出这个电影的核心思想啊
敷衍的丈夫和不省心的儿子……果然一讲家庭关系就令人讨厌
七分，很像潜伏，但是没潜伏那么刺激，电影本身恐怖镜头很少，靠音效和故事引发的猜想去撩拨人心，二手房购买需谨慎啊！
非常无聊。很无聊。
我恨这部电影，邻家女优都在当妈了，无时无刻都在提醒着我老了
15-086美国《恐怖地窖》
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