They Wait
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Directed by | Ernie Barbarash |
Written by | Trevor Markwart (story) Trevor Markwart Carl Bessai |
Produced by | Diane Boehme Uwe Boll Stephen Hegyes Andrew Koster Jonathan Shore Shawn Williamson |
Starring | Terry Chen Jaime King Regan Oey Cheng Pei-pei Henry O Michael Biehn Yee Jee Tso |
Cinematography | Gregory Middleton |
Edited by | Lisa Robison |
Music by | Hal Beckett |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | TVA Films |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
They Wait is a 2007 Canadian horror film directed by Ernie Barbarash.[1] It stars Jaime King as a mother attempting to find the truth and save her son when threatened by spirits during the Chinese tradition of Ghost Month. The other leading star is Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen, who plays her husband. It was both filmed, and set, in the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia in Canada, and was featured at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
Plot[]
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Married couple Sarah (King) and Jason (Chen), and son Sammy (Oey), travel to Vancouver for the funeral of Uncle Raymond (Foo). During this time, Sammy begins to see ghosts and falls gravely ill, his illness coinciding with the Chinese festival of Ghost Month. After traditional western medicine fails to help Sammy, Sarah turns to a mysterious pharmacist who tells her that her son is held in a death grip by a living corpse. Sarah now must find what the spirits want before the last day of Ghost Month, or Sammy will be lost forever.
Cast[]
- Terry Chen as Jason
- Jaime King as Sarah
- Regan Oey as Sammy
- Cheng Pei-pei as Aunt Mei
- Henry O as Pharmacist
- as Raymond
- as Xiang
- Vicky Huang as Shen
- Michael Biehn as Blake
- as Ben
- as Pang
- Stephen M.D. Chang as Funeral Director
- Donny Lucas as Sam's Doctor
- as Nurse #1
- as Nurse #2
- as Receptionist
- Joseph May as Paramedic
- Yee Jee Tso as Pharmacy Store Clerk
- as Young Raymond
- as Young Mei
- Nelson Wong as Young Ben
- Vincent Tong as Young Xiang
- as Worker
Production[]
They Wait was filmed on location in Vancouver in March 2007.[2]
Reception[]
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 5 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.8/10.[3] Joe Leydon of Variety wrote that "Director Ernie Barbarash makes judicious use of CGI trickery -- in one key scene, he cleverly shocks his audience into laughing -- but at heart, he's an old-school traditionalist when it comes to scary stuff."[4] The Toronto Star and ReelFilm both panned the film, with ReelFilm's David Nusair saying that They Wait is "...a tedious and downright silly piece of work."[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "TIFF: First Horror Film Announced, 'They Wait'". Bloody-disgusting.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "THEY WAIT for Jaime King and Michael Biehn". Fangoria. Archived from the original on December 17, 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "They Wait (2008) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ They Wait Variety Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Walker, Susan (January 25, 2008). "'They Wait': Not a ghost of a chance". The Star. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival 2007 - UPDATE #6". ReelFilm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
External links[]
- 2007 films
- English-language films
- Canadian supernatural horror films
- Films set in Vancouver
- Films shot in Vancouver
- 2007 horror films
- Brightlight Pictures films
- Films directed by Ernie Barbarash
- Canadian films