Them

Leaves the viewer feeling like he just played a very finely-crafted and very creepy survival-horror video game... and lost.

Conceptually, I'm completely in love with this film, and for the first 45 minutes, it was everything I had hoped it would be: a tense, disturbing home-invasion thriller. But when the action moves to the exterior my interest started to wane, culminating in the revelation of "their" identity. Why did the film do that? I was so much more engaged when I didn't know who "they" were. I would have gladly finished the movie having never found out. Something about a faceless threat is always creepier.

It started fair enough, but the sheer ludicrousness of the situations and the unlikeable couple were so offputting. The filming was actually competent and looked nice enough, but as far as any suspense/horror movies go, it ruined its own consistency and logic, especially with the reveal at the end. God, what a dumb movie.

*SPOILER WARNING* I'm going to spoil the hell out of this piece of shit, so if you don't want to know, don't read it. A couple lives in a big old house in the country and one night they get killed for no reason. This flick is reasonably well made, and it makes somewhat effective use of darkness and sound effects to create a tense and creepy mood. However, it turns out that the deadly assailants who terrorized them the whole time are children. CHILDREN! Fuck. That. Stupidest ending ever.

if "the strangers" was a rip off of this movie they couldnt have gone more out of the way to omit every good part of this movie and expand on the bad parts. it's an all around good movie, got great horror action--and light, but not neglected--gore. my biggest complaint is that the end was pretty stupid, and a whole lot of bs--you'll agree once you see who "they" are.

This is probably one of the most tense films I've watched in a while. From the moment the film begins, it is already making the viewer panic. That opening scene has to be the most well shot opening horror scenes ever. Although the films weakest point is probably the plot. It claims that is based on actual events, and it seems to give some pretty realistic facts, but you never know these days with the whole "based" on actual events. But the weak plot does not at all poison the film whatsoever.

If this movie is good, then "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People is good. And, no, that is not good.

This is an amazing exercize in tension and subtle, ungory horror...right up until the final act where it becomes a fairly standard slasher film trying to convey a muddy moral. If you watch the first hour (?) it's fantastic. I think they just ran out of steam, which is a pity because this could've been a classic horror film.

I liked the cinematography, the acting was OK, but the story was just ''blah'' ... it could have been much better.

Slow in the beginning and quite French but worth a watch.

It was okay

In the first half it basically goes like this: "Did you hear that?" "What?"...(silence)...(loud noise) "Aaarh!" The terrors are too formularic, often opting for the 'strange sounds-'effect or 'creepy silence broken by sudden loud noise'-effect, and thus the horror never creeps truly under your skin. The last half hour has some nightmarish feel to it but too little too late.

Irritating irrational-acting lead pair. Worth watching though, if you are a fan of horror that is done by sound effects and non-gore gut splashing.

I'm not sure I'd call this 'horror' but it's definitely suspenseful.

Certainly very flawed - the opening eight minutes add nothing to the film, it doesn't give you enough to chew on for the half hour before the main horror starts, some of the attempts at scaring you are a bit rubbish, blinking lights at one point serve more to annoy than ramp up tension, the characters aren't desperately smart - but overall I found it perfectly serviceable little horror film. Completely inoffensive, watchable, forgettable stuff.

There was no tension or scares in this lackluster film. The main couple really annoyed me with how pathetic they were, they seemed even more pathetic once the attackers are revealed. The whole thing seemed to drag despite it's short run time.

Creates quite a bit of good tension, but the build up is very slow and too drawn out. When the attacks come, they're a little underwhelming. A lot of horror-by-numbers "doing-stupid-things" and "running through the house/attic/woods/sewers." After the reveal, the somewhat interesting "ambiguous, spooky intruders terrorizing with noise" angle became a much less interesting "betrayal of innocence" perspective that seemed to drop the ball.

Nice French couple living in a rambling country house outside Bucharest is menaced by faceless assailants. This is a well-paced film, directed with taste and restraint, but it lacks both flair and originality.

The opening scene is great (although slightly predictable in that I would’ve done it exactly the same way), unfortunately it never measures up afterwards. The location is a great choice for this type of movie, but the characters are underdeveloped, the tension is inconsistent, and to top it off there’s some fairly odd character decisions. It’s good enough, but there are better films with similar plots.

The least extreme New French Extremity I've seen so far, but it still shares much of the same DNA as the rest of the genre. It takes a barebones premise and just executes it in an extremely straightforward, methodical, visceral way. Like High Tension and Inside, Them plays out mostly like one big prolonged set-piece of tension. It's only 76 minutes long and mostly accomplishes what it sets out to do and is effectively intense for a large portion of its runtime..

A very good French gem in suspense. A pleasant surprise where a movie like The strangers, Vacancy, movies like that came from. The two leads were excellent in their role and to see who the antagonists at the end are make this just a tad more creepier. Even the beginning with the mother and daughter really drags you into this, but the movie is very short, but to the point. Doesn't overdo things and the fact that this was based on a true story and then what one of the villains said, creepy.

Perfect thriller from beginning to the end. Terror, pure and simple (crappy story and crappy acting), just to make your heart beat faster. Cool ending also, killers are just kids (not really believable but scary non the less).

After the clunky set up, the 2nd act is just a constant regurgitation with different back drops.

A preview of what would come from French home invasion horror.

tinerci cocuklar, psikopat cocuklar, evli cift, evde rehin kalmak, karanlik, tünelde kacis, orman, kacma kovalama, gercek bir hikaye, romanya, fransiz okulu (romanyada ögretmenlik yapan kadin ve esinin evine bir gece birileri girer. kadin ve esine saldiranlar onlari yaralar. cift evden kacip ormanda kosmaya baslar. adam bacagindan yaralidir. kadin bir tünele iner. orada da saldiri devam eder. son on dakikada heyecan artiyor oraya kadar pek canli bir hikaye yok. fena degil)

Having been spoiled by intense home invasion horror like Martyrs and À l'intérieur, I could not help but be a little underwhelmed by this one. It doesn't rely on gore, which is good, but the tension ebbs away a bit too often.

I'd love to see more horror films like this. The opening scene is a masterclass in economical tension building. The rest of the film sadly doesn't quite live up to it.

It has problems. Characters don't answer questions, like: "Did you hear that noise?" He doesn't say "what noise?" Why? I don't know, apparently you're not allowed to answer and have a conversation about it in horror movies. People walk through the house at an excruciatingly slow pace. People don't carry a weapon when approaching a potential intruder. The acting of the first teen girl was inexcusable. Besides all that, I enjoyed it because the tension and dread was well done. I became immersed.

Overall Enjoyment: 10/40, Plot/Themes: 0/20, Cinematography/Direction: 5/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20 Standard slasher movie with a plot that ends in a less interesting place than most. Does not deviate from the formula or try anything clever. Not particularly scary either, so it doesn't even succeed in what it sets out to do.

If you like survival horror, this is film for you.

"One of the least understood movie monsters is the pronoun." - Ed Gonzalez

A bit long even when it was only 77 minutes! It is scary to wait what's behind the corner, but not when that's the only exightment in the movie. The movie is baised on a true story and it shows - real life horror is just not that horrific.

Good Movie

"A perfectly-fine stripped-down little horror movie and if you're not a hardcore horror fan you'll probably find some of it surprising."

"No cheap scares, genuinely scary."

Just barely serviceable home-invasion fare, riddled with cliches and implausibilities, and I won't spoiler the "big reveal" but it's been done to no end. It's not a total waste of time because it manages to build tension, but that's no thanks to the script.

So short and simplified that it feels very slight. Lmfao at the creators straight up lying that this is a true story.

The intro for this movie sets the pace. Them was short but sweet. Although, it was far from sweet. The movie is suspenseful without relying heavily on jump scares. This film did not add anything new to the home invasion sub-genre which is one of my favorites. It makes up in technique what it lacks in uniqueness.

i think... i was expecting something else.

Somebody's a fan of the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"! I dunno...it seems like I've seen a million of these movies already, and although it's technically well made (nicely photographed, good performances, quality suspense)...the whole enterprise just felt slight, and a tad flat. And there are enough of the tried and true horror cliches that had me rolling my eyes on at least a half dozen occassions.

it has its moments but it's just kinda messy overall.

Like blair witch but instead of screaming teens there is a normal french couple. LOTS of suspense, I almost couldnt bare some scenes.