They Wait

They Wait (2008)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (1,420 ratings)

When a family of three returns to America for a family funeral after living in Shanghai for the past three years, a desperate mother races to save the life of her suffering child upon discovering that he has fallen victim to the wrath of a living corpse. Sarah, Jason, and their young son Sammy were… More

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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Apr 15, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Sep 16, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    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.

  • Susan Walker, Toronto Star

    There are elements of a good fright flick and intriguing ghost story in They Wait. It's too bad that they are overshadowed by all the bad aspects â" terrible dialogue and cheesy special effects and makeup.

  • Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail

    Initially promising for its attempt to situate Asian supernatural motifs within a North American context, They Wait is itself too derivative of its own movie ancestors to yield fresh scares.

  • Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies

    The plot pieces all fit together nicely, the acting is fair and the scary stuff is well executed.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...a tedious and downright silly piece of work.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Red L


    Sarah (Jamie King), Jason (Terry Chen), and their son Sammy (Oey), return to Vancouver for his uncle's funeral. Sammy and Sarah see ghosts and Sammy gets very sick. The movie is about Sarah first realizing what she is seeing, and then finding out what the ghost wants if she is… More

  • Leo L


    Here is an interesting one! An intriguing story plot. Interesting cast. Definitely worthy.

  • Jason S


    This was really bad! Terrible acting and Vancouver setting was off putting for me and only the first scene and a scene in drug store were at all scare worthy. It had potential as a story and scary film but it just didn't deliver!.

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