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- 2014
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 29 m
- 2014
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 29 m
Summary The ancient wonders of the world have long cursed explorers who've dared to uncover their secrets. But a team of U.S. archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realize they aren't just trapped; they ar...
Directed By: Grégory Levasseur
Written By: Daniel Meersand, Nick Simon
- 2014
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 29 m
- 2014
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 29 m
The Pyramid
24
5.2
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Summary The ancient wonders of the world have long cursed explorers who've dared to uncover their secrets. But a team of U.S. archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realize they aren't just trapped; they ar...
Directed By: Grégory Levasseur
Written By: Daniel Meersand, Nick Simon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
25% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
75% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
25% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
75% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Correctly ascertaining that auds will be less interested in the outcome than in the obstacles along the way, Levasseur plants and executes the pic’s exclamation-point scares with grinning, squelching gusto.
This enjoyable-despite-itself horror flick has precisely nothing new to offer - with the arguable exception of a monster in a miniskirt, which may be a first.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 83 User Ratings
5.2
39% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
24% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
37% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 83 User Ratings
5.2
39% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
24% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
37% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
to be honest, when I walked in, I expected a stupid, low budget horror flick, but I saw a crazy, horrific, hell hole of a blast! It scared me half to death! :D
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The air inside the pyramid isn’t the only thing that’s stale in this ludicrous yet mildly likable horror film.
It's a found footage movie that feels instantly dated, even with its supposed political undertones. It's creaky, laborious, and not, in the least bit, scary.
Poisoned air, feral night-vision critters and hard-to-read hieroglyphics are just the tip of the pyramid for the world's dumbest squad of adventurers who walk right into their own curse.
Worse than being buried alive in an actual pyramid, if mercifully less time-consuming.
By the end of The Pyramid, found footage becomes just another possession to be buried alongside long-dead Pharaohs for use in the next life. Here’s hoping the next life has no return policy.
The film had some moments that just make you cover your sight from the screen and sit in discomfort but the film provides great tension throughout certain climactic moments. It could have been greatly improved although it was a rather stable movie, considering most viewers are interested in the jump scares. I was expecting a very harsh ending but it looked like the director run out of ideas and just placed a very unpredictable scene to finish the movie off, which made the film seem much worse than presumed.
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The claustrophobic and dark corridors that can be found in a pyramid could have translated well to a horror movie by at least giving it an interesting setting. Unfortunately this movie fails to capitalize on it. What we are left with is a scareless horror movie that experiments with some good ideas but ultimately falls short in just about all of them.
I was kind of hoping for an As Above, So Below style horror film. That movie made great use of it's claustrophobic setting to create an Indiana Jones style horror film that while not scary was still enjoyable (at least in this reviewers opinion). Unfortunately we don't get that here. While the characters in that movie solved ancient puzzles the characters in this movie fumble around in the dark and walk into traps while trying to act intelligent because they can read some hieroglyphics. That's the biggest problem with this movie. It doesn't know just how dumb it is.
The use of Egyptian history and beliefs ultimately doesn't amount to much. The movie tries to shoehorn in as much of it as possible in order to give as much detail about what is going on as possible. The result is a film that feels like it talks way too much. Rather than actually trying to escape their predicament the characters are too busy talking about what the hieroglyphics are telling them is going on. It's annoying. The inclusion of James Buckley's character just serves as a way to have someone constantly tell the others "hey, this is interesting and all, but we need to get out of here if we want to live." Yeah, the film even makes fun of itself.
The film is shot in both a found-footage style and a traditional cinematic style. That's actually a good thing as it means we aren't left watching too much of the film in first person through a shaky camera. Admittedly though this film doesn't seem to have much of a problem with the actors holding the camera still. The change between styles also means that we don't suffer through too much of the increasingly overused found footage style. The horror genre already has way too many movies like that so it's nice to see that this movie doesn't overdo it.
The actual horror is practically non-existent. Everything here is borrowed. It's got your predictable jump scares and totally obvious callbacks to other horror movies. Some scenes are just straight up ripped off from classics. The monster design is actually pretty cool even if the not so great CGI is evident. There's quite a bit of gore here so if you are looking for a more supernatural horror film you may want to look elsewhere. This one feels more like a slasher film with a villain who isn't really present. I personally recommend looking elsewhere regardless. Simply put all of this is just not scary.
What we get here is a movie with a lot of potential that ends up squandering it by being just another generic horror film that's filled with stupidity. Yeah, it's watchable, but why would you want to? It ends up being as lifeless as a mummy (which sadly aren't in this movie). You should just save your time and watch something else.
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There was one movie that had a good a formula and isolation that is "As above so below" and The Pyramid has a slightly well formula but with scares that are cheap but some of the script has good scares. Characters are idiotic and that's why the film fails! sure the writers have elegant detail. Just because this movie was produced by the guy who made 'Hills Have Eyes' Grade D+
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Before watching this movie, I set my expectations at non-existent for The Pyramid, a movie that has been claimed as one of the worst movies of the 2014 by some critics, and I can confirm that that statement is true. This film is a compilation of everything that could go wrong in a horror movie while still trying to convince the audience that it's not a parody. The Pyramid could almost be an experiment to see how many cliches they could put into a film, and that reason alone makes this movie an enjoyable exercise in bad taste. For starters, it has the exact same plot as The Tunnel, a vastly superior and terrifying Aussie found footage flick. In that movie, a documentary crew explores the abandoned Sydney train tunnels as they investigate a government cover-up until they become lost and realize something else is lurking in the tunnels. The only difference between The Tunnel and The Pyramid is the fact that it takes place in a pyramid in Egypt. This movie is also half-found footage and half-traditional. What I mean by this is: you'll see an entire scene from the point of view of their cameras, and then in the next scene, we see a scene shot like a normal movie. It's like this movie tried to shoehorn in some found footage just to include another overused horror trope. Along with the inconsistent cinematography, you'll find one of the most annoying groups of people you could ever encounter in a film. The "protagonist", if I can ever call her that, looks like she's fresh off the set of Real Housewives while another character screams "We need to find a way out!" in between every single line of dialogue. I don't think I even need to mention that the "villain" could get the award for Worst Movie Monster. It's almost amazing and certainly entertaining seeing how many things can go wrong with this movie. Just sit back, have some friends over, and laugh at this trashy, ironically entertaining atrocity. The Pyramid is ultimately a misguided and fun monstrosity of a horror film.
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december 5th is my birthday...i thought the two critic over there mentioned it being a manatee ....what the hell is matinee? they just said it in the last robin hood....i don't think it means anything ....just looked it up.....means daytime musical or having sex twice......neither of those have anything to do with the **** of my least favorite words now
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Fox International Productions (FIP),
Silvatar Media,
Mark Canton Productions,
Aja / Levasseur Productions,
Sahara Productions
Release Date Dec 5, 2014
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Tagline You only enter once.
Website
http://www.pyramidthemovie.com/
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
