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Decent, but not without its moments, 11 September 2004
5/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

When I sat down to watch this, I didn't know too much about it; what I knew was that Wes Craven was one of the producers, and that it was a made-for-TV movie. When it started, I quickly discovered that two things; one, it was one of those mystery thrillers, where you're supposed to guess who the killer is, and two, it's mainly made to scare those who suffer from acrophobia, fear of heights(hence the title). For a TV movie, the production is surprisingly good, and the film does contain a few intense scenes. Since I suffer from a mild case of acrophobia myself, I found plenty of scenes to be scary and intense(not to say that people who couldn't care less about heights won't find them so too, though). The plot is surprisingly good, and does hold water to some extent; I wouldn't call it great, but it's not really that far-fetched. The acting is decent, no going around that. All of the actors are unknowns, which could be(and probably is) why, but it could also be the direction, which, admittedly isn't great(but hey, this guy's only done series and half-bad movies before, so what do you expect?). The characters are well-written, and mostly avoid being overly cliché-like; apart from the lead, none of them seemed like stereotypes. The special effects were OK, not better nor worse than the standard for TV movies. Considering the production values, I was surprised by how much the film actually did manage to shock and frighten me. The mystery was very good; it kept me guessing throughout the film, and when the answer was revealed, I was very surprised. I thought I had considered every possible outcome, but the film still managed to surprise me with the twist. I'm not sure what to draw as a conclusion from that; maybe the films plot is actually good, but just surrounded by mediocrity in the acting, writing and to a certain extent, theme, which drags the film down to just being decent overall... or maybe I'm just easily manipulated. Who knows. All in all, a decent mystery thriller. I recommend it exclusively to big fans of mystery films and people who suffer from acrophobia; since both apply to me, I really enjoyed it. Pretty much everyone else should just skip this one. 5/10

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*NOT* a Wes Craven movie, 6 February 2006
4/10
Author: TensersFloatingDisk

Like most people who viewed this movie I suspect, I picked up this movie because Wes Craven's name was listed prominently on the cover, in the credits on the back, etc. Lo and behold, this is not directed, written, nor overseen by Mr. Craven, but only produced by him. A sad case of marketing over matter. Well, who cares, right? I do, because what lay inside the DVD case was a fairly mediocre movie that doesn't seem to know if it's a psycho-thriller or a character study or a murder mystery. Kinney's take as the psychologist is the only really good acting here (the heroine is particularly dull in her delivery) and the cinematography, which should make us vertiginous, just feels static. There was a bit here to work with, script and plot wise, but it's been done (Diabolique, Vertigo, Mousetrap) before, and done better. C-.

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below average and predictable, 24 June 2002
Author: Malcolm Mikkelsen from Copenhagen, Denmark

This wasn't exactly what I had expected from a Wes Craven movie, it wasn't entirely bad, but it certainly won't be a movie I'll remember in a month, possibly not even next week - it has a predictable villain and a paper thin story. The worst aspect of the movie was probably the way the antagonist revealed his 'dastardly' plan at the end, no surprises here. My rating: 2/10

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An ok thriller, but don't expect too much!, 18 October 2003
Author: Amy from Birmingham, England

When I first started watching this film, I thought "oh no, not another low budget, waste of time", but actually I changed my mind after about ten minutes. It was a good story (although very predictable), but one that you have to watch right till the end, just to confirm what you have already figured out. However, I do have to say that although I predicted everything about this film, much to my dad and sisters' annoyance, I thought the ending was good.

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Megan Ward is excellent, the movie is paranoid but predictable., 10 July 2003
Author: lyincryin from USA

Megan Ward is a fantastic actress and is underutilized in Hollywood in general. Wes Craven is a great writer, although he is instead credited as executive producer here. Maybe this movie helped those with acrophobia I don't know. I figured out the entire plot in the first 5 minutes of the movie. Watching the rest of it to see the pieces fall into place was, unfortunately, boring. There was a cute reference to Megan's 1st movie "Crash and Burn". And the character of Dr. Paul Sadowski appears to be named after the associate producer Peter Sadowski? Most of the scenes competently conveyed the overall sense of fear and paranoia, they just were not all that scary. Anyway not too bad for a TV thriller I guess, just way to predictable.

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"Caaaarlaa…", 4 October 2007
5/10
Author: mario_c from Porto, Portugal

It's a low cost production film where a woman sees her beloved sister fall from the top of a hill and die. Since then, she's afraid of the high (she feels like an acrophobic) and starts having "visions" of her sister and starts hearing a ghostly voice whispering her name (Carla).

The plot is a bit straight and unoriginal and the twist near the end is quite predictable, what makes this film completely average; though, as it's a low cost production, made for TV, I won't be very rough and I will score it with a "pushed up" 5/10…

Oh! I almost forgot to mention that Wes Craven's name is, obviously, just to call attention to this low cost movie!

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atypical Craven, 23 November 2005
6/10
Author: blanche-2 from United States

Let me start off by saying I am not a Wes Craven fan nor a fan of the horror genre, so I can't judge this in terms of Wes Craven. I do know it's atypical of him, having sat through half of one of his films which is now banned.

Spectacular scenery highlights "Don't Look Down," about a young woman who witnesses the horror fall which results in the death of her beloved sister. She joins a group to get over her resulting fear of heights. Unfortunately the members of the group start ending up dead.

The denouement of this film was guessable from the first frame. The performances are decent and the setting is truly gorgeous. It's certainly entertaining. I caught this on Lifetime where I've seen much worse. I think with films like this, it makes a difference whether you see it in a theater, rent it, or catch it for free. I say wait and catch it for free.

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Lifetime TV Movie Feel, 6 February 2005
3/10
Author: purban from Milwaukee, WI

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

*NO SPOILERS IN THIS SECTION*

This movie was like something you'd see on the Lifetime TV network. Not really a horror movie at all as advertised on the rental box. I'm all for a good Lifetime TV movie every once in a while (woman in jeopardy and afflicted with psychological trauma trying to set things right while being stalked by some sort of unknown evil that you know is closing in on her...). It contains nothing to merit an R or even PG-13 rating and, actually, I'd be surprised if it didn't air on Lifetime at some point. Just know what you are getting.

MAJOR SPOILER IN NEXT SECTION *BE WARNED*

From the beginning I thought it had a Lifetime feel to it, and that suspicion was only confirmed at the end of the movie when you found out who the villain really was. Those evil husbands...

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Well worth the money !, 2 March 2003
Author: Nicholas Rhodes from Ile-de-France / Paris Region, France

Found this one in Paris (under the title "Acrophobie") on dvd for 10 Euros and was not disappointed. Excellent picture quality, stunning scenes, and above all an unguessable "dénouement". Acting was very good if a little amateur and the mountain scenes were stunning. Also I was very happy to have this in picture ratio 4:3 ( which fills my tv set completely ) instead of the usual goddammned 16:9, or even worse 2;35 which leaves me with big black bars ! The story is quite mysterious, and obviously these are not well known actors but the performance is pretty good. Highly recommendable for the price !

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Good movie!, 20 June 2004
10/10
Author: Movie Nuttball from U.S.A.

This movie that Wes Craven Presents called Don't Look Down is actually a very good movie! Its not predictable or at least I didn't think it was. It always keeps you going and makes you wonder what is going to happen next! All of the cast members that are in the film act solidly. The music is very good especially the end credits by J. Peter Robinson. Like I said above its a good mystery and keeps you on the edge of your seat! Its not gory so die hard Wes Craven fans will be disappointed about but like the other movie Wes Craven presented They (which I might add that in My opinion is one of the best horror movies ever) which it didn't have gore either so a horror movie doesn't always need to be gory to be scary. I that Don't Look Down is good film and I recommend it to all horror, thriller, and mystery fans!

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