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Mischa Barton, Deborah Kara Unger, Cameron Bright, Noam Jenkins, Pascal Greggory

An engineering graduate supervising the demolition of a mysterious building unearths some unsettling secrets about the pristine building and its previous inhabitants in this dark psychological thrille... read more read more...r starring Mischa Barton. Adapted from Serge Brussolo's graphic novel of the same name, Walled In follows fledgling engineer Sam Walczak (Barton) as she ventures deep into the countryside, where the monolithic Malestrazza Building is being prepared for demolition. Constructed by an obsessed architect, the Malestrazza Building has a chilling history. Many of the previous inhabitants were entombed alive in the massive structure, and the deeper Sam digs into the life details of the eccentric architect who designed it, the more convinced she becomes that she will be the final victim in its malevolent legacy. Perhaps by confronting her own sordid past, Sam can escape the curse and somehow find a way to start life anew. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

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DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009

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  • 3niR
    September 9, 2010
    3niR
    The only scary parts was when Sam Walczak (Mischa Barton) got lost in dark on 8th floor and hearing voices. But other than that, this wasn't that much scary. The starting was great enough to make you want to watch the rest. I don't know whether it's me that thinks Mischa's acting... read more was so-so in this movie. The story was okay. Not a waste of time but not that great either.
  • Deano78
    July 28, 2010
    Deano78
    Based on a bestselling French novel apparently. I have to say I was disappointed with this. It sounded like a great setting for a horror film with a good back story. However it just slowly plods on to the conclusion, some of the dialogue was pretty bad I have to add. Not sure how... read more Mischa Barton got talked into this.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 22, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    It is such a shame directors are running out of Ideas.
  • Stinger839
    September 14, 2009
    Stinger839
    I really like the concept of this film. The art direction is stunning and the cinematogrphy is great. Its biggest flaw is that it isn't scary. Its dialogue is pretty terrible and the plot uses many cheap twist tricks that any audience member will see coming. Overall, not bad but ... read morejust not good enough to warrant a whole-hearted recommendation.
  • puffchunk
    May 29, 2009
    puffchunk
    Not too terrible. For the most part though, it's a 1.5 hour Mischa Barton strip tease.
  • bbcfloridabound
    May 25, 2009
    bbcfloridabound
    This is a Psycho Thriller, and Gilles Paquet Brenner the Director posses the thoughts of a Modern Era Alfred Hitchcock, you see it thought the movie. I enjoyed this Anchor Bay Movie. Cameron Bright plays the part he plays best after all he posses the eye's and the look, any of yo... read moreu who have this know what I am talking about. Misha Barton plays the part of the supervisor who is to demolition of the mysterious Malestrazza Building. The Builder Malestrazza entombed people in this building. The opening scene where a little girl is entombed in cement is enough to keep you glued to your seat. (1 Minutes of Suspense. Enjoy it and add it to your collection, Oh yea 5 Stars for sure.
  • fb100002023516744
    October 16, 2011
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    A very awesome horror flick with good scares and blood throughout. Also a very good story.
  • xxdebxx
    June 24, 2010
    xxdebxx
    In the opening sequence we witness a small child trapped between four walls, screaming her lungs out whilst cement slowly fills up her concrete grave. Fast forward 15 years later to Sam Walczak (Mischa Barton) who is a freshly graduated engineer and the heiress of her family's de... read moremolition company. Her father offers her the opportunity to be in charge of her very own project: organizing and supervising the demolition of a remote and sinister apartment building, originally designed by the notoriously eccentric architect Joseph Malestrazza. (Pascal Greggory)

    Upon arriving there she finds that the massive concrete crypt is not entirely empty. Caretaker Mary (Deborah Kara Unger), her teenage son Jimmy (Cameron Bright) and two others are still living there although they've received eviction notices. Mary lodges Sam in apartment 208 that is furnished since the former dwellers have never collected the furniture. Sam is haunted during the nights by ghostly noises, halls that are lined with secrets and upon investigation comes to the horrifying realization that the location may very well be haunted by the past inhabitants who were entombed within its walls. (The building itself is riddled with hidden passageways, labyrinths, doorways that lead to bricks and mortar, and has windows you definitely don't want to open.)

    Based on the best-selling French novel Les Emmurés by Serge Brussolo, the movie starts off really great but then gets absurd, disjointed, bland and predictable plodding along to an ending that is so incredibly dumb you have to see it to believe it.
  • bamadeb77
    May 4, 2009
    bamadeb77
    I was intrigued by the description and was not disappointed, this is a good movie and is worth a watch. It is a thriller that gets your attention and holds it. Give it a watch and see what you think.
  • silentbob66
    May 1, 2009
    silentbob66
    When a woman who just got done with engineering school takes a job with the family company her first job is to go to a very old building out in the middle of nowhere and get it ready to be destroyed once she shows up there she gets to meet first hand the handful of weird people s... read moretill living inside when she starts hearing noises she decides to look up the buildings past and turns out it was the series of gruesome murders where the killer trapped them inside the wall of the building now she must turn the tables on this killer that still appears to be around before she ends up a victim herself. i found the story in this movie to be really good the acting was just ok though and the small twist and payoff at the end wasnt that bad worth a watch.

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Critic Reviews

David Nusair
November 25, 2011
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

Astonishingly dull and pervasively unwatchable... Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
March 20, 2009
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

It throws in nightmares, hallucinations, red herrings and other sinister developments that seem to leapfrog one another more than they actually add up to something. Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson
February 12, 2009
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

Eight stories... and none of them good. Full Review

September 4, 2009
Urban Cinefile

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