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White Noise Movie Review - DVD - Buy Movies - Rent MoviesIt’s been a while since we’ve had an impressive paranormal chiller shown on the big screen, especially from the western world.
Eastern film makers have brought us entertaining and brilliantly made horror flicks that comprise a good story and tension filled climaxes such as Ringu, Honogurai mizu no soko kara (aka Dark Water) and The Eye.
The US answer to this is to remake anything that is eastern of origin but in all honesty the US has been doing this for years. Examples being A Fistful of Dollars (Yojimbo) and The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai). Even then, most of these films, (possibly barring the last two) fail to capture the authenticity and charisma of the originals. So White Noise is a breath of fresh air and will hopefully put a swift end to the constant churning of remakes coupled with the lack of creative ideas emerging from Tinsel town.
Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is a man in mourning. After discovering his wife, Anna (Chandra West), a best selling author has died, he feels his life has fallen apart and needs to start anew. He is then contacted by Raymond Price (Ian McNeice) who tells him that Anna has been trying to contact him from “the other side” via a method known as Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). This is a belief that the static from a detuned TV or radio (white noise) is a gateway to the other side where the spirits and consciousness of dead people live on and they try to communicate with us… the living.
After being introduced to this concept, and making contact with his wife EVP slowly becomes an obsession which takes over his life.
Director Geoffrey Sax on his first major feature film release has delivered a solid supernatural horror movie that is not only jumpy but genuinely tense. With influences from the Japanese Ring and Poltergeist franchises, White Noise possess all the elements of a good horror film. Aided by substantial character development and good performances mainly from Keaton and Deborah Kara Unger, the tension and anticipation builds as the story progresses to its finale.
The direction, even though it could be better, is satisfactory and as Sax gets more movie projects his direction will improve.
Michael Keaton does well as the obsessive, mourning widower who realises there is a greater purpose for the contact he is making with his late wife. Keaton shows he is still worthy of leading roles and after this performance may still have more offers coming his way. Unger is also very good as Sarah Tate who, as an EVP believer, helps Rivers with his investigations. Support from Ian McNeice and Chandra West facilitates the tempo and claustrophobic feeling of the picture.
However, the problem with White Noise is even though there are a lot of good elements to this film there are also a lot of loose ends and unanswered questions that seem to affect the equilibrium of this movie. There are scenes that don’t make sense or fit in and it seems they are there courtesy of either re-writes or curious editing.
In spite of this White Noise is a very entertaining film and these negatives should not spoil the picture and even though a decent effort this movie, is not in the same league as the horror flicks from our friends from Korea, China and Japan.
If you are a person who enjoys slasher horror flicks with loads of blood rather than the slow building, tension filled chiller, then this is not the film for you. Leon Nicholson
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Joe - I really enjoyed this movie, the tension built agonisingly slowly and sent shivers down my spine. The DVD includes some great extras and an alternative ending.
