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K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 10/2/2020...

Avoid this one even if you like the actors. The picture and sound quality were the worse so it chilled the movie. I used the 120X FF and a quick eject. I would have given a 0/5 rating if possible for this horrible movie transfer.

"There is something wrong with Miles!"

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 10/28/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"A photo of Paul Sorvino on the MIRACLE PICTURES edition of CHILLER was clearly taken long after this movie escaped from the junk pile to haunt America's airwaves.


After an endlessly extended revival sequence in Wes Craven's 1981 TV movie, the dead man doesn't awake until 25 minutes into the story (an even longer wait if TV ads are factored in). During a board meeting, one actress clearly has more smudged mascara on her right eye, but exiting the room she appears to be wearing none at all. Only one of several continuity goofs in this tedious clunker.

The first victim of reanimated company CEO Miles is an older exec whose position is eliminated during that meeting, but the fellow croaks from nothing more nefarious than a staircase ascent and his bad heart.

Later, Miles huddles by a roaring fire in an overheated room, unable to warm himself. The point being he was defrosted not only sans a soul but with ice cold blood in his veins, literally and figuratively. By this film's halfway point it's blatantly apparent that more than Miles' soul has gone AWOL: so has the viewer's interest in watching the rest of this tripe.

Paul Sorvino as the priest is wasted, but so is your time if you stay tuned until the end. "Chiller" is ultimately an unmitigated disappointment for Wes Craven fans."