Dead in 3 days (2006)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Thanks for the memories!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

5 friends just pass some grueling oral examination and graduate. At a party they all get the same SMS telling them that in 3 days they will be dead. And sure enough one of them is attacked and disappears. Two of the girls find him the next day drowned in the lake.Another of the girls is later attacked, kidnapped, but with the help of another schoolmate who would like to join their clique she manages to escape. The schoolmate isn't that lucky. But at least she was able to see the face of the killer.The police make a sketch and identify the killer she saw. It's someone who's been long dead. But the girl remembers something else. He's the father of a boy the kids new as children.When 2 more kids are attacked finally the police tries to protect them. But they decide to go and investigate the house of the dead man where they find all sorts of secrets. In the end they confront the killer and the reasons are revealed.Dead in 3 Days is a pretty decent Austrian horror movie. The kids are likable enough even though neither they nor the police act particularly rational given the circumstances. There is some good gore and it features the best use of a fish tank in a horror movie. Direction is good but there are some weaknesses as well- too many extreme closeups, the action is also filmed too close up that makes it hard to identify what is going on. Sounds effects are good but too loud.Overall, an OK horror movie in a different setting and with an attractive and likable cast.

A close-knit group of young adults become the target of a mysterious killer in a peaceful mountain lake hamlet. After receiving an ominous text message on their cell phones, the group starts to get bumped off by their stalker one by one. Directed with smooth assurance and real thrilling amped-up style by Andreas Prochaska (who also co-wrote the compact and efficient script with Thomas Baum), with a firm grounding in a certain bleakly plausible workaday reality, a steady pace, sharp and energetic cinematography by David Slama, a strong feeling of pervasive dread, brutal murder set pieces which are staged with genuine skill and flair (a ferocious sequence with one lass having her throat cut with glass and her head subsequently lobbed off rates as the definite gruesome highlight), a grimly serious take-no-prisoners tone, a moody skin-crawling score by Matthias Weber, a substantial amount of clammy suspense, a vivid depiction of the dreary small town setting, a potent and provocative central message on how dire consequences from past bad events can and eventually will come back to haunt you, a bang-up lively rock soundtrack, and even a decent smattering of bare female skin, this fright film overall sizes up as a surprisingly sturdy, absorbing, and effective little opus. The sound acting from the attractive and appealing cast helps a lot: Sabrina Reiter as the spunky, no-nonsense Nina, Julia Rosa Stockl as the frightened Mona, Michael Steinocher as the hunky Clemens, Nadja Vogel as the foxy Alex, Laurence Rupp as the sensitive Martin, Julian Sharp as freaky oddball Patrick (in a nice and unexpected twist, Patrick turns out to be more heroic than villainous), and Andreas Kiedl as earnest police officer Kagler. Recommended viewing for slice'n'dice fans.

Joyous high school students are celebrating their recent graduation. A big dance is planned and a short vacation trip to an Alpine lake. A group of the students become concerned when each receives a text message warning of their death in three days. Most believe it is a sick joke from a fellow classmate that has a vendetta...and if so, who and why? Things get real serious when a student is found dead. Now surviving students fear time is running out before they figure out the motivation and identification of the killer. The cast includes: Sabrina Reiter, Julian Sharp, Julia Rosa Stockl, Laurence Rupp, Nadja Vogel and Karl Fischer.

As mentioned before this movie probably is the first one of its kind to be made in Austria by Austrians artists only. Austria's good times in the movie industry have long been gone and modern Austrian filmmakers concentrate mainly on producing artistic stuff that relies heavily on the actors (mostly due to funding problems). So this film is quite different from what is coming from Austria nowadays but it's not so different from what is coming from Hollywood. That's a new approach and that's OK. In my opinion the movie is better than the average Scary Movie flick. The story is quite straightforward, the ending is adept though not too surprising. The gory scenes come at the times you expect them to come. Sometimes you know what is going to happen before but that's what we call suspense and if it was good enough for Hitchcock it's good enough for everyone. And it works here too! The movie doesn't stay on a high level of tension all the time. It speeds up then slows down then speeds up again several times. Nice flow. The director does a really good job and I especially appreciated the cinematography. Some really nice pictures, good camera positioning. The cutting was good too and makes the movie look more expensive and professional than it was.The young actors are mostly unknown but mostly talented and add to the overall positive impression the film made on me.I enjoyed watching the film although it's not a perfect piece of work (therefore my score of 7/10) but judge for yourself. Let's hope there will be more to see from the people who made this movie. I think there is still a lot of potential to explore.