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Vanishing on 7th Street

Vanishing on 7th Street

2011
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 32m
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.
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Vanishing on 7th Street

2011
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 32m
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Avg Percentile 23.86% from 334 total ratings

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Rated 16 Mar 2011
75
53rd
I'm just not behind the hate on this one. First of all, the movie plays perfectly on a very common fear of the dark, and makes a creepy thriller with only two big jump scares, which are made more amazing due to the fact there aren't 80 of them. I think, even though most of the movie is pretty dark, that there are actually some good images (like when the shadow people show up, for example). I also like that nothing is explained. I like just watching people survive. The acting was serviceable.
Rated 11 Jul 2011
67
27th
Gets the creepy atmosphere down pat, but has a lacking script and simply doesn't have enough going on in it to keep the attention. I may be a stickler, but I hate it when a movie answers NONE of the questions presented. This is forgivable at times, but in a case where the movie simply isn't that great it ends up being a travesty.
Rated 31 Jan 2011
65
17th
I wanted this to be Alan Wake (don't know why I expected anything with Hayden Christensen to be any good), plot holes galore and a terrible ending keep this from being remembered.
Rated 24 Jan 2012
20
7th
"Why did the people disappear?" "Must be the power outage." yeah right. That was about the moment I suspected this movie to be exactly what it was. Boring and by the end just neither making any sense nor an attempt to explain anything.
Rated 16 Jul 2011
28
8th
Confusing, rambling mess. Only reason it scores this high is some of the performances are decent as is the creepiness of some of the scenes (mostly early).
Rated 16 Sep 2011
20
10th
I liked this better when it was the X-Files episode called 'Darkness Falls'. At least that didn't insult my intelligence and waste 90 minutes of my already shitty existence.
Rated 05 Feb 2013
55
12th
A movie doesn't have to explain everything--or really, anything--to be good but it needs to keep things interesting. The suspense aspect fails here because it's all so boring and questions that really aren't very intriguing keep piling up. The film also get bonus negative points for a really bad performance by Hayden Christensen, who can't even keep whatever it is his accent is supposed to be straight.
Rated 21 May 2011
44
35th
I'd rather just play ALAN WAKE.
Rated 16 Feb 2011
25
61st
"If Brad Anderson never conjures a truly iconic image, he still delivers a raft of mildly striking ones." - Nick Schager
Rated 06 Jun 2013
40
19th
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Rated 01 Feb 2013
69
34th
Interesting, low-key psychological horror story is hampered by low-budget issues, and a lack of development in its quite original, genuinely creepy premise, but performances are much better than expected, and a reliance on unease rather than smash-and-grab graphic violence go a long way towards distinguishing it. Biblical/religious analogies are unfortunately laid on a little too thick at times.
Rated 21 Mar 2011
20
2nd
I really couldn't finish this. Bad acting, no plot, no tension etc. etc.
Rated 05 Jun 2011
73
54th
I hate all the whining about this spooky, atmospheric, rather innocent and old-fashioned thriller. There was a time, a long time ago, when audiences didn't expect every little detail to be spelled out in capital letters. In fact, they liked the fact they weren't pandered to. Most of this movie is just another episode of the Twilight Zone except with Hayden Christensen and John Leguizamo rather than Dick York and Claude Akins. I enjoyed it.
Rated 19 Mar 2011
12
9th
A very weak Alan Wake ripoff. There was a black hole size of missing parts in the plot and the wanna-be mysterious story just irritates you till the last moment of the movie. To rerun it for clearing the story, pay attention on the book the first character is reading. Clue is there and believe me, it's very loose one. The old legend of Croatoan exists though. If you know Hayden, you can guess the quality of acting here.
Rated 21 May 2011
55
30th
Boogeyman meets I am legend = total failure!
Rated 06 Jan 2012
65
24th
Good premise, rather creepy, just enough story to keep me interested. But too many plot holes and an ending that has you smashing your face into a wall.
Rated 28 Sep 2017
20
13th
bad movie
Rated 27 May 2011
44
48th
Neither good nor bad. Annoying characters + interesting cinematography. Plot holes + moody soundtrack. Not sure how, knowing the length of time movies are in production, this could be an Alan Wake rip-off, but if believing it makes people feel better, more power to them.
Rated 02 Mar 2012
30
3rd
Brad Anderson is capable of doing so much better, as we saw with The Machinist and Session 9. Vanishing on 7th Street has an intriguing premise, but it fails in the execution. There are, however, some genuinely creepy parts and the shadow effects when they are draping over buildings and various objects are like a character of their own.
Rated 13 Jun 2011
10
1st
WTF was that :s
Rated 11 Aug 2014
85
68th
Nightmarishly ominous low-budget chiller may not culminate to that sharp, succinct Twilight Zone-style punch, but it gets the job done in 1.5hr with a good cast, including the oft-jeered young Anakin. Low-key script begins with a conviction that to scare, you don't need to actually show or even much justify the "monster." Anderson translates with his typical effectiveness, gripping us with scary shadow atmospherics. A flickering light, a blemish of darkness, unrelenting claustrophobia.
Rated 26 Jun 2011
15
8th
Is this the same Brad Anderson that directed "Session 9"? It definitely doesn't feel like it. His latest movie starts great, those first 5 minutes were intense, scary and really moody and the "Roanoke incident" is a great premise. But the same thing keeps happening for the rest of the movie and the symbolism at the ending is just ridiculous.
Rated 03 May 2019
45
16th
This plot has been done before and after this film, and while I love it, it’s not done well here. The kid was pretty annoying, and the conclusion is far from satisfying. Overall not very memorable but it’s not too dull I suppose. Darkness Falls is a decent alternative, and Lights Out, which followed years later, is significantly better, even if it’s still not great.
Rated 09 Jul 2023
66
62nd
Fantastic story but a pity that the ending felt incomplete therefore very unsatisfactory.

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