Long Time Dead

Plot synopsis:
The film begins showing people using a ouija board in Morocco. Throughout the scene, something is seen from first person perspective coming at high speed towards the people.
The main film begins with four housemates (Rob (Joe Absolom), Liam (Alec Newman), Stella (Lara Belmont) and Spencer(James Hillier) ) deciding to go out and party. Also going to the party is Lucy(Marsha Thomason)(a friend of Stella's and Spencer's girlfriend), Webster (Lukas Haas), Joe (Mel Raido)(a new housemate of the first three) and Annie(Melanie Gutteridge)(Liam's girlfriend). As the night progresses, they all try to find the biggest buzz they can, until Spencer suggests a ouija board, saying it is the weirdest buzz he's ever had. The partygoers agree and participate, all placing their right index fingers on an upside-down glass with the alphabet and the words 'Yes' and 'No' written in a circle around the glass. Lucy tells them that under no circumstances should they remove their fingers from the glass early – otherwise the spirit they summon will not be able to return.
At first, the glass moves slowly, spelling out 'DJINN', but when Liam asks if it can predict the future, the glass sharply goes to 'Yes'. It then proceeds to spell out 'ALL DIE' and then Annie's name. Before the ritual can continue, however, Liam experiences visions similar to the prologue that causes him to run away. Annie goes to see him to check if he's alright, but Liam refuses to talk. Annie realises she has left her inhaler in the room that they used the ouija board in, and goes back to get it. When she gets there, she becomes frightened by noises. Eventually she sees something that the camera does not see, and it gives chase (as shown through the first person view that was used in the prologue). Finding Liam nowhere and with her exits barred, she attempts to climb over a glass roof to safety, but the thing giving chase grabs her legs and she falls through the glass roof into the party below, dying instantly. As the camera pans out, severe burn marks are seen on her legs.
The group are distraught by her death, but while Spencer goes to find some hash to calm himself down, Lucy goes back to her boat and does some research. She comes across a description of a djinn, explaining that it's made of fire. She learns that it can be banished by using lawful magic. She is suddenly disturbed by banging all around her, but it turns out to be a boatman who is telling her that the electrics are down.
Lucy and Spencer go to the house where everyone else lives and discuss the events of the night. Lucy suggests to the housemates that they may have summoned a djinn, saying the burns on Annie are signs of this being true. The housemates are still skeptical, so they watch the tape they recorded of the 'summoning' to check if anyone was pushing it. Soon after Liam freaks out in the video, however, the electricity in the house goes out. Webster and Spencer break into Becker (Tom Bell), the landlord's, flat and find a hidden shrine of sorts to the Djinn with grisly photos and newspaper cuttings. It is also revealed that Liam's father, Paul Brennan, had been in the same predicament once (as shown in the prologue) and killed his mother as a result. He pleaded insanity and was put in a mental hospital. Joe attempts to get information out of Liam about it the next day at college, but he gets angry and leaves. Stella also leaves soon after, and goes to the toilet. She starts to freak out about a burning smell when an unnamed female black student (Tameka Empson) tells her it's just a joint. Calming down, Stella goes to leave, but is pulled into another stall, where she is brutally murdered (the viewer can only see her feet lifting off the ground as they slowly become covered in her own blood). Her body is discovered by the female student. Liam goes to see his father to get answers but it quickly descends into a row. When Liam mentions Becker his father shouts that he is there to protect Liam. Liam leaves without hearing this.
Meanwhile, Joe and Webster sneak back into the house (now under police guard) to get the camera which recorded the ritual and Webster insists on watching it there. Joe goes to the kitchen to get a light for his cigarette. Meanwhile, Webster is thrown into a panic by something on the film. He goes to look for Joe. In the hallway he turns the lights on and realises he is standing in a pool of blood. He runs for the front door which is locked, so he rushes back upstairs to get the keys. He has to hide under the bed as he is being chased by the djinn. While the djinn does not see him, it dumps Joe's dead body in the room - his throat has been slit. Webster silently exits the room with keys in hand but steps on a broken light bulb, alerting the djinn. He races back down to open the door, but the djinn catches up and kills him before he can succeed.
Rob and Spencer return to Lucy's boat and tell her of Stella's death. Lucy demands that they perform the banishing ritual, so they return to the warehouse where the party was held. Liam attempts to catch up with them, but upon arriving at their boat, they have already left. Lucy, Spencer and Rob begin the ritual, but as they are performing it, a sudden burst of flame from the ouija board frightens them all off. Spencer runs off and tries to look around, but when he drops a large metal pole he alerts the djinn, who has already arrived, to his location. He hides in a cupboard. We then learn that the djinn has possessed Rob. The djinn walks off, making Spencer think he is safe, until he bursts into the cupboard from behind and kills Spencer after knowing he was there by smelling the blood on his cut hand on a shard of glass he's holding tightly in fear.
Liam enters the building, as does Mr. Becker, who is holding a petrol can. As Liam walks into the ritual room, Rob runs out, shouting "Liam, it's Becker, he's here!" but is interrupted by Becker who hits him with a bat and proceeds to douse him with petrol. Liam, thinking Becker is the djinn, runs in to save Rob, accidentally pushing Becker down some stairs. When he goes back to look Becker has disappeared. Later Becker reappears and Liam is about to kill him in revenge for Annie until Rob rushes in and stops him. Seconds later, Rob kills Becker in a panic when Becker attempts to choke him. They start to leave, Rob attempting to convince Liam there really was no djinn but Liam remembers Lucy and they go looking for her. Liam finds her hanged in the lift shaft. Rob reveals to Liam that he is the djinn, telling Liam that it's his turn as his father sent him somewhere terrible, so now Liam will know the pain that he has. Liam attempts to stab him, but Rob blocks it with his hand, which bleeds but also starts a small flame. As Rob taunts Liam, Liam realises through another flashback that fire will kill the djinn. He grabs the nearby lantern and wards off Rob with it, but as Rob attempts to fake being unpossessed (by crying and admitting fear) Liam tosses the lantern at him, setting him ablaze. Liam kicks him down the lift shaft, but a few seconds later he grabs onto Liam's shin (now heavily burned and scarred). Liam finishes him by shutting the lift door on him, causing him to fall all the way down. After a while Liam opens the door to check he is dead, but a burst of flame pushes him back, signalling his body has been destroyed.
Liam goes back to the mental hospital to see his father face to face, and they reconcile only for Liam to reveal he too is now possessed. He kills his father. The djinn, now free, sets off. As the camera rolls back from the cell, it is revealed that Liam had killed a prison officer to get in, and Liam suddenly appears in front of the camera, and reveals his eyes are now permanently like the djinn's.

Tags: murder

Review:
A random group of young adults who are some combination of roommates/friends takes time out from their busy partying schedule to play with an improvised Ouija board, when they accidentally call forth a djinn who tells them that they will all die.Long Time Dead is quite a mess, made all the more frustrating by occasional flashes of competence.
It couldn't have helped that that a veritable army of writers--seven credited in all--worked on the story and script, including director Marcus Adams.After a brief prologue set in the late 1970s in Morocco which was far more promising than most of the film proper, we begin meeting our bloated cast of heroes.
Most of the plot seems like an excuse to put characters in very stereotypical horror/thriller scenarios, where they slowly walk around an environment frightened, becoming startled in various ways until finally some unseen thing kills them.
Much of Long Time Dead plays more like a sample reel of "scare scenes"; it has little coherency as a story.A big problem is that the chief villain is never clearly shown, explained or given any rules to follow.
Oddly, by the end, there is a concrete villain and the film has devolved into a fairly stock thriller, where we have to guess whom the possessed cast member is.Although the story has promise, and the ending is somewhat of an improvement, even though it never rises above the cliché, Long Time Dead is too burdened with severe flaws in direction, cinematography (the film is frequently far too dark) and performances to merit a recommendation.
The ending is quite good that's all I can say about it."Long Time Dead" is recommended for recent fans of the horror genre, even though it failed to promote the horror genre of the new century.
LONG TIME DEAD Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: Dolby DigitalDuring a Ouija session, several drunken teenagers summon a djinn which proceeds to kill them, one by one.Though clearly influenced by American horror movies, LONG TIME DEAD finds an echo in Michael Armstrong's UK thriller THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR (1969), in which bored teenagers inadvertently sparked the wrath of a deadly killer - in Armstrong's film, the villain was an all-too-human maniac, whereas Marcus Adams' updated version unleashes the forces of supernatural terror on its hapless protagonists.
The movie opened in UK theaters to scathing reviews and dismal box-office, and while the artless, multi-authored screenplay wanders aimlessly from scene to scene (the curse of so many modern horror films), it isn't nearly as bad as various reviews have suggested.
It is true though......Long Time Dead a good British horror/thriller movie, with some creepy moments in it, like the flashback scenes.
Though not brilliant and lacking a lot of the audicity of the Hammer films, as well as the eerie spookiness of the lastets supernatural hits - THE OTHERS and SIXTH SENSE, Long Time Dead does manage a few tense moments - nothing overly scarey mind you but I didn't hate it.The trouble is it is trying to follow an American formula - a group of teenagers fooling around with the supernatural unleash something terrible and most of them die as a result.
For the first time in my life it actually made me jump back in my seat- and that was pretty embarassing seen as there was a whole row of girls a couple of rows back!The plot itself is good and the scenes in which the djinn chases its victims down long flights of stairs and dark warehouse corridors were simply brilliant.
I did feel that the film itself was very short and if they had more characters bring killed of,  like in Scream, it would have been better but nevertheless it lives truly up to being called a 'horror film' and definitely makes Jeepers Creepers look like the tweenies.
The photography and lighting are also used with expertise which greatly add to the experience.I'm surprised that the story works so well too, considering that there are seven writing credits, combined with the fact that it's about the biggest cliche: The Ouija Board.8/10 : The best British horror film since the brilliant 'An American Werewolf In London'Now comes the wait for 'Dog Soldiers'!.
After watching such teen horror movies as Cherry Falls and I know what you did last summer, I expected this to be similar: Too gory, too boring and too badly acted.I was wrong.Long time dead, A film in which a group of friends decide to have a night out, making out, getting high and dancing in the process, release a djinn (arabian Fire demon) accidentally while using a Ouija board.
Unfortunately for them The evil demon doesn't like the idea and pays them back by killing them one at a time......The film to me, seems much darker and more evil than "i Know what you did last summer" with scenes in places that would creep you out if you had your whole family with you, it doesn't help that they live in an old house with a "strange" landlord.
me nether....The other bad part of the film is that we quite often see the characters running away from the evil demon which does get a bit annoying after a while.All In all I think this film is very good, better than many I have seen..
STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsSet and shot in Britain,LTD would be pretty indistinguishable from being shot in Hollywood.It's a horror thriller about a oujia board that works thanks to some nifty camera work,a jolty score and some rather grisly effects.And all at a running time of just an hour and a half.This is overall an intriguing and original premise,and while maybe not as delivering as it could have been,should be checked out,maybe with the aid of a speaker sound system.***.
Long Time Dead is the best horror film there has been out for ages.
This film however, is the biggest exception, and it is ABSOLOUTELY BRILLIANT, as it is a million times much better and more interesting than american teen horrors, which have become a bit dull over the past few years.
"Long Time Dead" represents one of the best horror movies to come out of England in recent years.
It truely is a really under rated teen movie, that if it was produced in America would be hailed as a classic and would rest alongside the likes of "Scream", to name just one of the overused american teen horror genre.The film deserves a watch, I rate it 8/10..
Well, as it turns out in the end it really was another scream franchise, Although it had great moments in it, specially the ouija playing scenes are so good and one involving a dead corpse and a hiding person, suspense is a good one for this movie, if you are a nervous kind of person you´ll be on the edge of your seat all the time, if you are a genere fan then you´ll have a better time than watching "Eight leggen freaks" that really sucked big time.
The Demon possesses one of the group, and gradually they all start dying one by one...Its not a typical slasher movie, and is different because its getting into your head, and is a very psychological based terror, although there a plenty of jumpy moments.Joe Absolom from Eastenders fame, reemerges in the movie, and is typical of scared Matthew.I am disappointed to see that this movie is not being released, with the right promotion, I think it could have done as well as scream, I know what you did last summer.All in all, a very modern, slick movie, with a nice little twist at the end.For this style, an 8 out of 10..
Long time dead sticks to all the clichés of America Teen horror films, however it manages to do so with a lot more class.
The fast movement in camera shot helps to make the viewer feel like being in this roller coaster ride of FEAR, and with one of the teens being possessed by the demon, it keeps you guessing, and a dark secret from one of the students causes more angst.However as soon as it is revealed the film dies out to a predictable end.
I thought because it was released in the same year as two other very well regarded British horror movies , one featuring a squad of British soldiers as good guys fighting a bunch of werewolves and the other featuring a squad of British soldiers as bad guys battling against crypto zombies , that LONG TIME DEAD may have got lost in the market place but after finally seeing it I doubt if the merits of DOG SOLDIERS and 28 DAYS LATER had anything to do with its failure - The reason it bombed is that it's a rather poor horror movieFirst of all can we please stop seeing movies where horny , drug taking teenagers get stalked and slashed .
Okay SCREAM and FINAL DESTINATION used the same plot but the producers at least tried to do something a little bit different with the plot where as in this movie it's just well worn cliché as is the set up with a ouija boardOkay I'm in a generous mood so I won't put the boot into director because it's a debut and I imagine Marcus Adams had a lot of enjoyment shooting the picture and it is fairly stylish .
The acting is quite good considering that the roles don't ask much for it.Anyways, watch "Long Time Dead" for mindless fun and some gory scenes.Don't waste your money on this , wait for it on late night cable.4/10.
As a horror movie fan, I was expecting something different from a British film and I certainly got my wish.
No offence to British film-makers, hey I'm British, but they are usually very, very bad at creating horror films, so I didn't really know what to expect when I went to see this film, but it got into the cinema so it must be worth it, with the exception of, 'Jay and Silent Bob strike back!' and 'Dog Soldiers' (that was a bit unoriginal and had some pretty pathetic lines in it), I mean.
But actually it was quite good, lots of jumps and I liked the characters, at times it was quite scary and I thought the ouji (don't know how to spell it) board idea was good, people say its unoriginal but hey, how many movies about ouji boards have you seen?
Anyway I found this quite a good film and the acting was quite good, I thought the way it was shot was really cool and gave a great effect to the movie, overall I give it ******** out of ********** for a horror flickGood Movie!
scared me a lot, good story line, the only horror to date that scared me,acting was good, some well know actors i will be buying on DVD,will watch again, music build up was good but to much blood,had us holding to on to our teddys tightley i was to too scared to go downstairs too get a drink on my own,had a to watch another film before i could go to sleep, surprise to see to was make in 2002 because i have never heard of it before,10 out of 10 it a must see movie but watch it alone if you dare if not watch with a friend.
I liked it very much...I couldn't help reading one of the posts to this movie where some stupid guy said that British horror movies are no good and jeepers creepers from USA is a lot better...
Sadly, LONG TIME DEAD cannot be saved from the garbage can that contains the horror films of the new century.
It was badly executed and was terribly acted.I don't recommend this film at all to those who like a good scare..
If you want to watch real horror from the good old days try movies from director´s like Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, George Romero.
this movie was a good horror but needed a plot it is just a lot of killing it looked like sequal set up was it?
Long Time Dead is a terribly weak movie, where the director seems to have thrown up his hands in horror about a third of the way through.
It's one of these movies which may have a good actor(ess) hiding in it, and in 50 years time when there celebrating their acting career, someone will show this film, just to see how bad their acting was in t.
It's one of these movies which may have a good actor(ess) hiding in it, and in 50 years time when there celebrating their acting career, someone will show this film, just to see how bad their acting was in the beginning.
It's from the people of Jeepers Creepers', and said to make their pervious look like The Tweenies', which wasn't difficult, as the monster thing in Jeepers Creepers' turned the film, into a comedy, Long Time Dead' however wasn't much better.
The truth is it was bad camara work in the making of the film.The movie itself had a good plot, with some promising young actors.
If this was a Hollywood movie then I'm sure it would be a smash hit around the world.However, letting the British industry down is a very bed production crew who not only don't know how to operate a camara and edit properly but they had an overhead microphone in practically every indoor scene.To top off the film, a scene at the end in a mental asylum has the camara zooming out from the door of a cell, only to show the 7foot high set with the big open space for the patient to escape from!!7/10 for plot 5/10 for acting 1/10 for production.
'Long time dead' has to be the worst horror movie i ever saw in my life, and there are some very bad ones on the shelves in the video stores.
British people have the right to be angered their hard-earned cash has been put towards such a travesty as this without them having any say in the matter.The plot of this movie sounds really great on paper - a group of students having an all-night party start messing around with a Ouija board and unleash an evil Djinn.
He was a good choice of actor to have in this movie but his talent is completely wasted.The dialogue in LONG TIME DEAD is truly terrible.
However, CRADLE OF FEAR was much funnier and enjoyable on the "so bad it's good" level thanks to some overacting on the part of lead actors, some weirdo characters who were interesting to watch and cheesy special effects.The score for this movie has nothing at all to do with the horror theme and sounds just like a random pop song of the kind Hollywood choose to tag on to the end of their movies.
I don't care what anyone says, this is a really bad film, its so awful it makes the tree channel seem interesting, bad acting, bad script, unoriginal plotline, boring as hell, I'm a fan of british cinema (of course I'm british) but this movie is an embarassment, just don't even bother wasting your time with this garbage..
The premise is flimsy: a bunch of students summon a demon from a ouiji board, it starts killing them off one by one; nothing you haven't seen a thousand times before.The characters are completely undefined - we never see them for more than a few seconds, I went through most of the film trying to work out who was who.
Have these trendy students never watched a horror movie in their lives?Lon Time Dead is boring and annoying.
What exactly is the point of movies like "Long Time Dead"?
The acting was great and there are some genuinely scary bits to the film which have you sitting on the edge of your seat.I would definately reccomend this film to anyone in two minds about seeing it!Overall, a good horror but won't go down as a classic..
Horror movies like this one really drive me crazy, because it sounds good, the previews are great, and when you sit down to watch it you find that the characters are so unbelievably stupid, that the film has no credibility what-so-ever.
If there was some humor or even a break from the main story, maybe parts of Long Time Dead wouldn't have been so bad, but this film is pure garbage from the drunken night out to the bloody end..
I consider myself a Horror fan, and I really enjoyed Long Time Dead.I've seen comments and reviews stating that the acting and script were bad.
All in all, I enjoyed every minute, and while Long Time Dead (not the right title in my opinion) might not have been one of the best Horror films I've seen, it's a long way from being one of the worst.
Before I continue, anybody who wants to watch this Movie, has not yet seen it, DO NOT pay attention to the bad comments.This film is a low budget horror and once again Britain manages to create something amazing.
I actually saw this movie last year and liked it but came across it again and wanted to see it.I liked it better then some of the newer American horror movies i've seen lately which were just nothing but cheap thrills and gore.Of course that's not to say there aren't good ones out there because there are tons,especially independent ones.Long time dead has a simple realistic story with a nice twist at the end and wasn't mixed with camp or too much comedy.It is classic horror with good effects.
Long Time Dead is one of those horror films that has nothing really wrong with it & entertains to a certain extent but suffers by being just so average a few script problems that should have been ironed out especially since four people worked on the thing.