I left the movie theater with Polanski in mind. The early Polanski. The Tenant, Rosemary's Baby, and especially Repulsion. In fact, I suspect that the very last shot of the movie is a clin d'oeil to the last shot of Polanski's Repulsion. That shot is also similar to the end of Kubrick's The Shining, but the schizophrenic perspective on reality in The Double Hour is certainly closer to early-Polanski than Kubrick.
So this is not a cheap thriller. Many times I could feel my heart pounding and I covered my neck with my jacket. The entire movie is well worth seeing just for those (common) suspenseful scenes. The acting is also good, mainly because the characters are believable and fun to watch (for example, there is a Colombo-type cop that I was always happy to see coming back).
My only disappointment with The Double Hour is with the very last shot. The movie was ending in a simple way, a bit like Woody Allen's Match Point, but then the last shot appears and we start doubting over the whole thing (was Rosemary paranoid, or did she really give birth to the devil?) Overall a good movie that I would recommend. I would give 9 or 10/10 to the early Polanski movies, The Shining or other suspense movies like The Orphanage. This one had many weak scenes and the ending was a bit adolescent. Nevertheless, a good flick.
So this is not a cheap thriller. Many times I could feel my heart pounding and I covered my neck with my jacket. The entire movie is well worth seeing just for those (common) suspenseful scenes. The acting is also good, mainly because the characters are believable and fun to watch (for example, there is a Colombo-type cop that I was always happy to see coming back).
My only disappointment with The Double Hour is with the very last shot. The movie was ending in a simple way, a bit like Woody Allen's Match Point, but then the last shot appears and we start doubting over the whole thing (was Rosemary paranoid, or did she really give birth to the devil?) Overall a good movie that I would recommend. I would give 9 or 10/10 to the early Polanski movies, The Shining or other suspense movies like The Orphanage. This one had many weak scenes and the ending was a bit adolescent. Nevertheless, a good flick.