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ACTOR
Dan CorteseKeri RussellVeronica CartwrightStephen Root
DIRECTOR
Daniel Sackheim
SYNOPSICS
The Lottery (1996) is a English movie. Daniel Sackheim has directed this movie. Dan Cortese,Keri Russell,Veronica Cartwright,Stephen Root are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1996. The Lottery (1996) is considered one of the best Drama,Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
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The Lottery (1996) Reviews
The original short story was better
By all means, read Shirley Jackson's original short story; it gets down to business without the padding this film adds to it. To all who think that the ending is sick and pointless, that was Ms. Jackson's intention exactly -- the original story is an allegory about the cruelty man inflicts upon his neighbor in the name of upholding "tradition". Ms. Jackson's story is much more affecting than this film.
Disturbing.
This is a good movie. throughout the whole movie you know something really weird is going to happen. There's just this feeling. Unbelievable ending. If you get a chance, watch it.
creepy!
This film reminds me a lot of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Sometimes it even, er, rips off parts from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," but both make for an effectivly creepy movie, particularly this one, about a small town that holds a lottery every now and then with all of its citizens. The person drawing the marked ballot wins the "honor" of being the town's sacrifice for prosperity. And how do they prosper? By stoning the person to death. That's... quite a premise. It is every bit as scary as it sounds, as is the citizens blind oblivion to the wrong in what they are doing, which very much reminded me of the "Body Snatchers" wanting to become seed pods and live in a totaliterian society. Imagine all of the seed pod people becoming crazed killers and you get the characters in this film. Suprisingly good performances(considering that M. Emmett Walsh is the only one of the cast that I really like)bring these villians to life in quite the engrossing story. A few Hollywoodized "action" scenes from star Dan Cortese don't even spoil it much. Wow.
It's supposed to be disturbing
This film is based on the disturbing short story by Shirley Jackson; I was horrified by the short story and as I was watching it the story seemed familiar. It does a great job depicting the atmosphere of the creepy small town, and accomplishes its main goals, which I think are to tell Jackson's story with a modern twist and scare the audience, make them think. It's definitely a different kind of horror film, one that makes you wonder and search your mind for answers to why they did what they did.
Surprising made for TV movie
Considering I had not even heard of 'The Lottery' prior to seeing it on Pay TV, this was a pleasant surprise (although perhaps the word 'pleasant' shouldn't be used in this context). Part of it's success is the casting of Dan Cortese as the lead, Jason. I first saw Dan Cortese as "Hunky Tony" in "The Stall"-Episode 73 on "Seinfeld" and whilst humourous in that situation, he adapted well for this movie. Keri Russell ("Felicity") was also a bonus. The plot was an inventive one, with the title of the film becoming all to clear as the movie develops. Although not a slash em up type horror movie, the suspense builds with Jason seeming to be caught in some type of time-culture warp. There is one particular scene which is extremely difficult to watch, without blood necessarily being spilt. Overall, I enjoyed this movie, particularly as I had no preconceptions on its content.