The Marsh- User Reviews

First let me say this isn't a bad movie just a derivative one. I say this from the perspective of a long time horror fan, who has deep-seated opinions of what a good horror movie is.
Ingredients of substandard fare:
Flashing/flickering lights (a al What Lies Beneath, Alien, or you pick a film).
Hanging by electrical cord (Halloween, Michael straggles woman with phone cord; All of The Grudge movies).
Windows that fog up mysteriously.
Ghostly, dark haired girl with long, white dress/gown, dripping water, her hair hanging over her eyes, haunts protagonist. (The Ring;hints of The Grudge).
Weird sounds, screams, grunts, giggles, laughter, and moans mixed with weird howling, hissing, screeching, moaning music with the ocassional clump and clatter to round out the percussion section (pick a film).
Door bleeds (The Exorcist, statues bleed).
One horse, stable, and plenty of whinnies.
(The Ring).
Faucet dripping goo (Amityville Horror, walls bleed goo).
Crazed Horse (most notably The Ring;The Omen, animals go crazy at the zoo).
Impalement by shart objects hanging high above (Carrie, mother impaled by flying kitchen cutlery).
Substandard studio truck ride where truck obviouly isn't moving because the same five or six lights behind the actors's heads remain stationary even after the driver turns the steering wheel. Even After the truck is parked you can see the same two orange (!) lights behind Forrest Whittakers head.
Most original substandard ingredient:
Undead paranoid schizophrenic talking to himself while sitting on the edge of a bed, holding pale, dead girl wearing a white gown not yet dripping water. (I can't think of a single film to compare this too).
Frills and thrills things-gone-mad ending has its inspiration in The Exorcist and that will probably be the first thing a viewer thinks watching it. Again, this doesn't make the movie a bad film. If you are a horror fan, but not too hard-core, you might get some enjoyment out of it. We horror fans are a weird bunch, and some times we acquire an affinty with the substandard. Speaking for myself, I like one of the sillyest horror films ever made, Critters.
In the film it is mentioned that the childern's rhythm "Ring Around The Rosey" concerns death from the bubonic plague. This has been spread around so much that it is no longer questioned. One popular belief is that it was sung around 1349 in London, a cryptic reminder of the plague's horror; another belief is that it started around 1665. But neither is true. The rhythm isn't found until the 19th century. Then it was sung by childern while playing a popular game of the day. Wikipedia supports most of what I've said. Enjoy. Smile!