Over the Christmas break I watched three thrillers. The first was Rebecca (1940). When looking around for Rebecca, I found three adaptations, the original film and adaptation of the book seemed to have the best reviews. This film starred Laurence Olivier, who is extreamley well known. I first came to know of his name thanks to the annual Olivier awards (British Tony Awards - West End/Broadway awards). Rebecca follows the story of a rich man called Maxim De Winter. He meets a ladies companian who he later marries. They return to live in his mansion in Manderlay. However the presence of his ex wife still lingers around the area. It is known the first Mrs De Winter was in a sailing accident and was found two miles up coast, then burried in the family shrine. Throughout the first half of the movie, the second Mrs De winter is surrounded by the presence of the first wife. The second Mrs De Winter clashes with the main maid (Mrs Danvers). This is because loved the first wife more than anything else and was troubled by her death but more so troubled when Maxim decided to re-marry. Mrs Danvers does everything she can to keep the memory of Rebecca (first wife) alive, for all the residents of Manderlay. She even tricks the second Mrs De Winter into dressing the same way. However in the second half of the film it is revealed that Maxim had indeed killed Rebecca by placing her on the boat and poking holes from the bottom, therefore allowing water to seep in to drown the boat - making her death seem accidental. The person burried in the family shrine is not Rebecca, it is an old lady, Maxim identified wrong so that he could forget Rebecca as she was not who he thought she was. She was a lady who liked to sleep around and was pregnant with someone else. The story of Rebecca comes to light much more when some divers go down into the ocean and find the boat with Rebeccas' body inside, it is at this point Maxim reveals all to the second Mrs De Winters. Due to this new light in the story, a court case is required to find the reason for the death of Rebecca and why Maxim identified her wrong. The judge and police believe Maxim identified wrong due to his state of shock at the sudden death of wife. They then go to prove the death was caused due to Rebecca committing suicide. This is stopped when a partner of Rebeccas goes to reveal all about how Maxim killed Rebecca because she was pregnant. A visit to Rebecca's doctor shows Rebecca was not pregnant but in fact she was dying of cancer. As this is proven, her suicide is said as the most likely cause of death. Back in Manderlay, Mrs Danvers learns of the fact of Rebecca having had cancer and is shocked as Rebecca did not inform Mrs Danvers about her problem. When this happens, Mrs Danvers sets fire to the mansion stating she can't see Maxim and the second Mrs De Winter happy in a place where Rebecca's presence lingers.
Bait 3D was released in 2012. Bait is the story of people trapped in a supermarket after a sudden tsunami takes over the area. The 6ft great white sharks of the area are also around the area, with two great whites in the supermarket. One of the great whites is in the supermarket, while another is in the downstairs car park. The film starts of with a general beach scene, there is one lifeguard who usually sets the buoy, but his friend sets the buoy this time as the usual lifeguard is slightly hungover. It is then revealed the hungover lifeguard (Josh) became engaged to the other lfeguards' (Rory) sister. As Rory sets the buoy for the Josh the shark alarm goes off but Rory is too far out to hear the alarm. Hearing the alarm, Josh goes in after Rory to get his attension back to shore. Josh gets to Rory and just as he is pulling Rory up from the ocean the shark attacks. Rory is pulled down with Josh holding Rorys' neckless. A year has passed, Josh and Tina have called off their engagenment and Tina is now with someone she met in Singapore. Josh has quit as a lifeguard and is now working at a super market. As the tsunami arrives, everyone in the supermarket and car park is drowned underwater. Josh is the first to be seen swimming out of the water and perches himself on a shelving rack. After this, more people are seen emerging from the water, as they wonder how to escape they have no idea about the 6ft shark. They figure out about the shark after and then their fear kicks in. In the car park there are three people trapped and one dog. Towards the end, of the people in the car park is mauled by the other 6ft shark in the area. The other two people are perched on a car. They finally escape having lost 4 members of the survivors to the sharks. They escape using an electric fire set off by the main electrical intake switch. The people in the supermarket kill the shark by fishing it out, but they do not realise the shark is just captured and is not dead. The shark in the car park was shot by a gun, as one of the people in the supermarket is the daughter of a policeman and remembers he keeps guns in his car. She went down to the cap park after realising her boyfriend is trapped in the car park. The people upstairs in the supermarket are about to escape when they see the shark has escaped from its rope, they run out and escape.
se7en was released in 1995 and centres around the seven deadly sins. The sins are:Lust
Wrath
Gluttony
Greed
Envy
Pride
Sloth.
This film centres a seriel killer who murders people who possess traits of the the sins. After the first 5 victims are found the killer hand himself in to the police. He claims there is one more person who he has killed. That person turns out to be the pregnant wife of the detective who is investigating the case.
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