Scott Pilgrim vs. The World [DVD]

Why is there zero information about the dvd release date on this movie? The closest you can get is, sometime in October. All if the dvd release dates say the same thing, unless it fails to acknowledge the existence of the movie altogether! Very frustrating.

The film takes place in Mill Valley, Pa. 1968 at Halloween and nearing the Nixon election. Some teens break into a haunted house that belonged to the town founders. There is a story about Sarah Bellows (Kathleen Pollard) an abused child. She was locked in the basement and would tell stories through the wall to children, horror stories that would come true. While in the house, Stella (Zoe Margaret Colletti) swipes a handwritten book of the stories, supposedly written in blood. As Stella reads the book, words suddenly appear. . .I like a horror story that is not all jump scares. This one is geared for preteens and is "family-friendly" considering people die horrible deaths. If someone told me Stephen King wrote it for his kids, I would have believed it.

I found this adaptation of the popular children's book trilogy to be one of those films that has great scares with an okay plot.Director André Øvredal (who directed the excellent The Autopsy of Jane Doe) really knows how to bring on the scares. For those worried that the violence and gruesomeness is going to be watered down because this is from children's books, be rest assured that Øvredal manages to push the PG-13 rating pretty far. The movie does a great job with the atmosphere when the scares kick in. The characters are attacked by several stories come to life, and each one is accompanied by an unrelenting sense of doom.The ghosts and monsters in this are heavily based on the original, iconic, and freaky illustrations by Stephen Gammell, which, let's be honest, are as much as responsible for the books' fame as the stories. They look great. They also rely on practical effects when... well... practical. I found the Pale Lady segment to be one of the best scares of the year. Only draw back is that the final foe, though still creepy, doesn't quite compare to the ones before it.The plot is okay, just okay. The opening suffers from trying to both fit in the exposition and getting to the scares too quickly. The revelation of what causes all the evil to occur felt undercooked. On the plus side, there are a few clever lines in this.Acting is mostly just okay. The weaker points are Tommy the bully (Austin Abrams) who even by movie terms is too over-the-top and Natalie Ganzhorn as Ruth, one of the teens, who just doesn't gel. In fairness to the actress, I don't know if the director and the screenwriters really had a grip on the character either.Once again, I want to clarify that the plot isn't bad, just not great. I recommend this for the scares, which by themselves would've had this rated a little higher.

It was not clear what Country Zone / Code it was formatted for. It was UK and worthless in the US.

Excellent film,enjoyable

Fast delivery value for money

This film definitely wasn't as good as I expected it to be. The trailer made it look amazing and unmissable however I was badly disappointed and let down, I wouldn't even say that it was scary. Good but I really wished that it had been so much better, I'm definitely not in a rush to see it again.

Thought this was a good little scary story horror film. A group of friends go into a house on halloween night where they find a book containing creepy events. Theres one scene in it that generally got me so on edge lol. Highly recommend this one. Good dvd, came on time and played perfect.

Loved it how it all came together in the end. A good halloween film