The Locals (Dead People) (2003)

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The Locals, the debut feature from New Zealander Greg Page, starts with a couple of buddies headed out for a little weekend fun. They soon come across some people who appear to be having car problems, but actually there are some evil forces at play in that car and soon the friends are engulfed in a… More The Locals, the debut feature from New Zealander Greg Page, starts with a couple of buddies headed out for a little weekend fun. They soon come across some people who appear to be having car problems, but actually there are some evil forces at play in that car and soon the friends are engulfed in a battle for their life against demons. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Greg Page
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror

In Theaters: Dec 31, 2003 Wide
On DVD: Aug 9, 2005

Critic Reviews

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
It's great to see someone come along and take admittedly all-too-familiar material to frightening new heights.
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Half a "kids gets lost in the woods" stalker-thriller and half a fairly amorphous "haunted patch of land" concept borrowed from an old Twilight Zone episode.

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Lee ?

Another decent indie move from New Zealand - the country may only consist of two small islands but they punch well above their weight when it comes to producing quality movies. This one is a really good little ghost story with nice twists. But despite having a couple of eerie moments… More
Another decent indie move from New Zealand - the country may only consist of two small islands but they punch well above their weight when it comes to producing quality movies. This one is a really good little ghost story with nice twists. But despite having a couple of eerie moments it just wasn't scary enough for me. Very good effort though!
A.D. V

Somewhat interesting story mucked up by piss poor writing, pacing and too many unanswered questions. And it only took me two weeks to suffer through.
Dean !

A VERY low budget horror starts ok but is more of a ghost story and not scary at all.
EightThirty .

The Horror sucked.. but it had a cool story to make up for it ^_^