Seconds Apart

Plot synopsis:
Four friends are seen at a high school house party drinking and gossiping in a private room. Their fun is cut short when a pair of identical twins - classmates of the friends - enter the room with a video camera. The twins force the friends to play Russian roulette, the game ending only when all four friends are dead. The next day, Detective Lampkin launches an investigation. He interviews classmates of the dead boys, and one student named Katie mentions having seen the twins, Jonah and Seth Trimble, at the party. It is revealed that the twins had once forced Katie to have sex with another boy on camera. Lampkin summons the twins for interrogation, but they maintain their innocence. It is also revealed that Lampkin is a haunted man, traumatized by his inability to save his beloved wife from a house fire.
The twins torture their Headmaster for the name of the person who told Lampkin that they were at the party; they eventually force their Headmaster through telepathy to stab himself to death. They then force Katie to kill herself as well, and then a pedophile whom they meet at a park. Lampkin deduces that the twins possess telepathic powers, and in his search for a cause, he learns that their mother had submitted herself to experimentation at a fertility clinic in order to get pregnant with the twins.
Meanwhile, Jonah falls in love with another student named Eve. As Jonah grows closer to Eve, he pulls away from Seth, finally telling Seth that he wants nothing more to do with the mysterious "project" that they have been conducting. In anger, Seth impersonates Jonah and has sex with Eve to "prove" that Eve cannot tell them apart and therefore must not really be in love with Jonah. The twins brawl at school. Jonah goes home, only to be confronted by Lampkin. Seth returns home shortly after, and it is suddenly revealed that their parents are disfigured and their house is in ruins; as children, the twins forced their parents, who had become suspicious of the twins, to stab each other in the face. Although he had been compliant until now in their charades, Jonah decides that he no longer wants to force people to hurt themselves. After knocking out Lampkin, Seth attacks Jonah and sets the house on fire.
Eve shows up to the house and tries to intervene by shooting Seth in the leg. She flees upstairs, but Seth follows and chokes her. Jonah rescues Eve; as Jonah and Seth struggle, the burning floor gives way and the twins fall through onto the dining room table. Lampkin wakes up and saves Eve from the fire; although he dies from his burns, it is insinuated that Lampkin has redeemed himself for the death of his wife.
The twins lie paralyzed on the dining room table as the house burns around them. Understanding that they will die, the twins finally experience fear for the first time - the ultimate goal of their "project".

Tags: murder

Review:
After the death of four high school students, the last two playing Russian Roulette, Detective Lampkin (Orlando Jones) investigates the case interviewing the students in the school.
The teenager Katie Dunn (Jennifer Foreman) mentions the weird twins, Jonah (Edmund Entin) and Seth (Gary Entin) Trimble and Lampkin summons the brothers for interrogation.
Lampkin is a traumatized man that lost his beloved wife in a fire and has deep scars not only on the face, but also in his soul.After the deaths of Katie and the pedophile Kirby (Rusty Tennant), Lampkin learns that the twins have an evil telepathic connection and are capable to make people live their worst nightmares.
Meanwhile Jonah falls in love with Eve (Samantha Droke) but his brother does not want to separate from him."Seconds Apart" is a creepy movie about two powerful twins that use their abilities for the evil.
Where did this great little movie pop up from - I'd never heard of it or its two main twin stars.Whatever, it's a great little horror film.
The pre-credits opening sequence is genuinely disturbing and hooks you right away.Gore-wise it's not a film with a constant flow of blood or rapidly rising body-count but when the violence comes, strewth, it's pretty disturbing.A couple of great twists, too.And cinematography isn't something I usually comment on but this really was beautifully shot.One of the crispest looking movies I've seen in a while - at times it looked almost 3D.Well worth checking out..
I don't really have an opinion one way or the other about Orlando Jones, expect to say that he didn't annoy me in his police officer role - neither over the top, nor dead in the water.For a Tuesday night film, this far exceeded my expectations.Well done!.
Thanks to Seconds Apart I found the band Sideway Runners (they play the song that Eve shows to Jonah in her room- which I liked so I went and checked the band out and they're pretty fine).Also the twins were great.
I hope more people get a chance to see this.I wasn't familiar with Antonio Negret's work but now I'm definitely looking forward to watch more movies directed by him.Great horror film to watch...
The Entin twins were superb in this movie, and played their parts to a fine point.
I cannot think of any similar films and for this reason feel it is certainly quite unique, unlike any other, and deserves to be watched by anyone who enjoys mind-bending horror.
The film keeps you thinking, guessing, and those are the best types of Horror/Thrillers in my opinion.
Definitely feel this film should have a higher rating and I'm not sure why I had not heard of it before finding it on IMDb. Of course, with ANY movie, everyone will form their own opinions/conclusions and what some viewers may love, others may hate.
Seconds Apart has some great disturbing moments & a good amount of gore to keep the horror fans happy, but it's the way that it's told, cut & delivered that is really impressive.
I felt it I know that the "After Dark Horrorfest" often do really bad horror films that are just clichéd with very little interesting characters or action.
Obviously "Seconds Apart" is no where near the standard of "Frontier(s)" but it is a very interesting, watchable and enjoyable film!
I would very happily watch "Seconds Apart" again, just for it's pure bravery to go beyond the conventional slasher or ghost story and create quite a complex blend of narrative and characters.Just imagine Jedward but even more terrifying.
The twins are really interesting characters to have to front the film.
Unfortunately the burnt black cop isn't quite so interesting as the boys and his story, although complex and well thought out is unnecessary and quite annoying."Seconds Apart" is directed like a music video.
The cinematography was really excellent though and the set-pieces such as the twins creepy old house were really well done.Although the story was OK I couldn't help but feel it could've gone better.
I think I would've preferred to have seen more drama and sibling rivalry when Jonah or Seth (can't tell 'em apart!) got a girlfriend because I found that prospect really interesting.
I think the fight seen at the end of the film could've been better also.The score and music in general was really well done here, it's got a creepy edge to it and is memorable.
Pretty good movie,also as stated in the other review its nice to See an actual set of twins playing the roles rather than 1 person playing both parts but I'm not sure they could have used one person I'm sure they would have tried as a lot of films do succeed in this but you can always tell.
keeps you thinking who might be the one making things happen or even if it is one of the main characters,very well done and acting is great i would definitely recommend this movie in a conversation seeing that is it a memorable plot and I'm sure a lot of other movie goers would stay tuned into what they were watching!.
Seconds Apart...I'm not sure how to explain WHY I liked this movie except that, I did.
The goth mansion and the creepy brothers with special powers were just the way they were supposed to be and I think it's the first After Dark film worth watching.
I've tried watching some other After Dark stuff, but I was finding myself sleeping half way during the film.
The acting is really okay and the way it was filmed too but if you go into the world of telepathy then I think more like Videodrome or gory stuff like that..
I remember seeing them briefly in a role in that bomb of a film 'the seeker' -not worth watching either- I recall thinking about how BAD they where in that too.
That being said, if you do enjoy watching really terrible acting with some camp moments of horror then by all means this is the movie for you to sit down with..
It's be on my watch list for a bit and I was did not expect get this movie for one pound, It's was decent movie for one pound that for sure.I liked the twins was doing the same thing at the same time at the start of the movie, it makes feel bit more creepy.As the movies goes on, it kind of losses the creepy of the movie but get bit stranger and can get a bit confused in few scenes,Your watching it but not sure what really going on at times also I enjoyed how twins mess with victims but at the same they are also messing with us.That decent curve in story, I didn't not see coming at all, after that, the movie felt a little to rushed.I do think this movie could have been a lot longer, there decent stuff, which I don't they used to full potential.6 out of 10 - I got it for £1 so I not complaining.
Identical Twins Edmund and Gary Entin star in Seconds Apart.
In point of fact for purposes of this film understand that they can't be apart for a second.Like the Halliwell sisters on Charmed with their power of three, these two have the power of two, they are telepathically blessed from their point of view or cursed from everyone else.
Since they were little kids when they experimented on their late babysitter when they pool concentration they can do remarkable things to others.A couple of kids at their Catholic High School died playing Russian roulette and that gets cops involved, specifically Detective Orlando Jones.
The problem is that Jones can't get anyone else to believe him.The two Entin kids are terrifying and the film does create a nice atmosphere of Gothic horror like what used to be done at Universal Studios in those classic days.
'SECONDS APART': Three Stars (Out of Five) This entry in this year's (2011) 'After Dark Originals' is about mysterious twins with deadly telepathic and telekinetic abilities.
It's a surprisingly well made entry in this year's 'After Dark' horror series!It tells the story of Seth and Jonah (the Entin brothers), two dark and creepy twin brothers attending a Catholic high school.
When their classmates begin dying mysterious deaths, that appear to be suicide, the lead detective investigating the case, Detective Lampkin (Jones), begins to suspect the twins are somehow involved.
The twins have a special bond, that only they know is the power of telepathy, and are doing a project that involves making a movie.
Things also become emotional for the twins when jealousy begins to tear them apart as a lovely young lady (Droke) enters one of their lives.The film is very dark and twisted and has just the right amount of gore and thrills to please most horror fans.
Droke is great eye candy and Jones is interesting as the movie's protagonist.
The lead characters are the twins though and they're a little too dark and sinister to really care about them, so the movie lacks any true sympathy or heart.
It's a great dark horror film though that's plenty disturbing and manages to offer a somewhat different story than the usual.
It's definitely one of the better 'After Dark Originals'.Watch our review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KU7aWFnDI.
While this movie does contain scenes of blood/gore it was the creepy atmospheric presence that made it stand out not only amongst the AD film series but of recent horror films.
The acting was fantastic and I was especially surprised at how well Orlando Jones ( known more for his comedic performances) pulled off the guilt ridden, haunted, tenacious detective..
Seth (Gary Entin) and Jonah (Edmund Entin) are twins who use their telepathy to murder their classmates in sadistic ways and then watch the videotaped murders in an attempt to feel fear.
Fast forward to present day when a group of jocks kill themselves during a game of Russian Roulette, which prompts the police and a haggard detective, Lampkin (Orlando Jones), to start an investigation.No one wants to talk, especially not about the twins.
With the detective recording their every blink and fart and the arrival of a new student, Eve (Samantha Droke), tension between Seth and Jonah spirals out of control toward a climactic conclusion.This isn't much of a horror or thriller film despite perhaps one cringe- worthy scene put in for shock value.
For a movie in the 'After Dark' series, then "Seconds Apart" was somewhat of a disappointment.
And that is what made me suffer through the entire movie, just watching the great camera angles, the contrasts of colors used, the way the scenes were set up, and the details in the scenes.The acting in the movie wasn't bad either, although I wouldn't say that there wasn't anything memorable being put on either.
Orlando Jones (playing detective Lampkin) actually did most of the carrying in regards of who pulled the most weight in the acting.
Edmund Entin (playing Jonah) and Gary Entin (playing Seth) did also do alright jobs, making their characters come off as disturbing and twisted.I had expected more from this movie, as it is part of the 'After Dark' series, so I was somewhat disappointed with the predictability of the movie.
That ending was, in my opinion, not the best of choices."Seconds Apart" might be interesting for you, if you like pseudo-horror/thrillers that doesn't require too much thinking.
Just don't expect too much, you might just set yourself up for disappointment.Despite the great camera work, it just wasn't enough to sustain the movie and keep it afloat.
Seconds Apart – TRASH IT (C+) Seconds Apart is one of those horror movies which either not very bad nor very good.
Seconds Apart follows Seth and Jonah, two nerdy twins, with extreme twin powers, mainly telepathy.
The inherit problem with this film, is that these twins aren't creepy at all.
When you add to that the fact that Orlando Jones is the investigating detective at this upscale religious school, cracking jokes that no one gets, the film itself becomes the horror show.
I'm not sure whether this was a problem of the direction, but he is a completely different performer in "Sleepy Hollow".The twin brothers gave a very creepy performance and their looks were well designed to enhance this effect.The movie has serious continuity issues.
It makes you feel as if you are watching some dirty snuff film, or that you are apart of some bizarre witchcraft.
The whole investigation idea does feel unnecessary, and the story does go off on some weird tangents, but overall it does connect nicely.Seconds Apart may not be the greatest film ever made, but even in it's mediocrity, it still has enough light to shine through it's bleakness.
Normally evil twin premise seem clichéd and predictable but at the very beginning; Seconds Apart comes with an interesting opening scene.
This film would have fallen apart if the two twin leads did not have the right look or the talent to back it up; fortunately both the brothers were impressive.
What is great about this film is that nothing really goes in a usual way; it has all the makings of a generic thriller, but the story did kept me watching to see how it is resolved at the end.
In case you don't know, Afterdark are a film company who make horror movies.
In short, Afterdark films are those you only watch if you're really not expecting too much.However, with 'Seconds Apart' I think they might have finally got one right!
However, in Seconds Apart, you really shouldn't pick on twins Seth and Jonah - they have telepathic powers and they ain't afraid to use them!
Seth and Jonah, played by real life twins, are genuinely creepy as they set about their evil ways.
The Siamese twins and the pair of pinheads from Freaks; Basket Case's Belial and Duane; the vampire babes from Twins of Evil; the ghostly girls from The Shining; the sisters from Brian De Palma's Sisters; the gynaecologists from Dead Ringers: just some of the creepy twins to have chilled the blood of horror fans over the years.Jonah and Seth (Edmund and Gary Entin), the telekinetic brothers from Seconds Apart, might not be quite in the same league as these horror heavyweights, but as the stars of an After Dark production that I purchased from Poundland, they did a surprisingly decent job in creeping me out, causing plenty of death and destruction in what proves to be a rather stylish and reasonably scary movie.Seconds Apart starts with a bang (literally), and despite the script occasionally entering clichéd territory (girl sleeping with the wrong twin), director Antonio Negret keeps the pace going and achieves some inspired visuals and credible performances from his cast, with Orlando Jones deserving a special mention for his impressive turn as a cop with a tragic past (and another for Samantha Droke, simply for looking hot)..
Watched the movie at least 10 times now, think it's awesome!
The twins in the film are very creepy, which I loved.
Sad part was I think when the evil twins went head to head during the movie and that got very interesting!
I would recommend this movie to any horror fans as it fantastically awesome, won't get bored keep you intrigued throughout.
Hope to see the Entin Twins in more films :-).
I tend to buy DVDs on a whim and often end up getting distracted and forgetting about them.Seth (Gary Entin) and Jonah (Edmund Entin) Trimble are twin brothers born less than a minute apart.
Detective Lampkin (Orlando Jones) senses something is really off about the scene especially the absence of any witnesses to the boys killing themselves in a house full of people partying.
When they get ready for bed they perform their ablutions in perfect synchronicity, which really enhances their creepiness, especially when they go to sleep facing each other in the same bed.Lampkin goes the Catholic school that the dead boys attended and tells the headmaster he wants to interview the pupils to see if any of them have any idea what happened at the party.
She then mentions someone making a film and we get a flashback to Katie having sex with one of the boys in a locker-room while Seth and Jonah stand beside them and record it on video.
Lampkin interviews Seth about the deaths, deliberately keeping the twins apart to trap and split them and trap them in a lie.
they talk about some project they have to take or make or whatever and guess what they only wanted to feel sad coz' they were crazy little kids who started killing since they were like 5 years old...oh yeah and they killed their parents too...to shorten the story skip this movie!!not worth watching 2/10 2-for the plot that could be good but turned out bad.
(kinda lacked a lot of logic but shhhhhhhhhhh.) Though, that's one of the only interesting things in the movie, and it's ruined by the final scene which is...
With all that said, It's definitely one of the, if not THE best movie to come out of afterdark production, and that's saying a lot..
Strange and freaky teenage twins Jonah (Edmund Entin) and Seth (Gary Entin) are seen leaving a party that four jock football players suddenly play Russian roulette and kill themselves.
The twins are a bit menacing if not entirely scary and the detective has layers to his character which make him very interesting.
This time, two twins are required to be together to use their powers.However they also have other telepathetic powers making them a bigger threat, leaving victims vulnerable to their worst fears.A cop starts investigating - thankfully he's pretty sharp and intuits whats going on.The premise is intriguing however towards as the finale draws near, the story branches out surprisingly late and then the introduction of a sudden twist further drags the overall quality of the film down.