
In Detroit, Janet Slate is happy since she has just rented the apartment 1303 of the Lake View Residence and will leave her alcoholic mother Maddie Slate. She calls her sister Lara to tell the news and she meets the girl Emily, who is her next door neighbor. Emily tells her that a girl, Jennifer, has killed her mother many years ago and jumped off the balcony, committing suicide. She also tells her to leave the apartment. Janet hears strange noises in the apartment and she ca... (Full plot summary below)
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In Detroit, Janet Slate is happy since she has just rented the apartment 1303 of the Lake View Residence and will leave her alcoholic mother Maddie Slate. She calls her sister Lara to tell the news and she meets the girl Emily, who is her next door neighbor. Emily tells her that a girl, Jennifer, has killed her mother many years ago and jumped off the balcony, committing suicide. She also tells her to leave the apartment. Janet hears strange noises in the apartment and she calls her boyfriend Mark Taylor to spend the night with her. When Mark leaves the apartment, Jennifer throws Janet off balcony. The detective in charge of the investigation tells Lara that there are several cases of women committing suicide in that apartment, but he believes that someone has filled them. Lara decides to move to Janet's apartment despite what has happened there.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfTeeming with inconsistencies and ineptitude, Apartment 1303 ends up a complete waste of time, not even amusing as bottom shelf schlock that welcomes the respite of mockery. |
| VarietyJustin ChangAs it is, your monthly rent is probably scarier than what writer-director Michael Taverna has cooked up in this inept and derivative tale of a Detroit flat that mysteriously drives its tenants to suicide. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe movie references and cliches pile up, but aside from a truly chilling final shot, this one is barely in 1D, much less 3. |
| User ReviewJay AApartment 1303 is one of the scariest Horror films ever made and it is also one of the better Japanese remakes since Dark Water and The Ring. The plot of this film is about a young woman name Lara who lives with her alcoholic mother who used to be a famous singer. After her sister Janet died Lara decides to check the room to grab her stuff but soon she encounters the same haunting that her sister experienced in the Apartment before she died and soon Lara learns the truth about what really happened in the room and she must leave before she gets killed as well. I just came home from SM Lipa and to be honest I love this movie and it was very scary and creepy at the same time and I had a fun time watching this movie a lot. To be honest I never saw the original Japanese Horror film but I did enjoy this movie a lot and the whole film is so original and super scary at the same time. What's great about Apartment 1303 is that the whole movie is very suspenceful from the beginning until the end and there are lots of suspenceful scenes in this film. The opening scene where Janet falls of the balcony of Apartment 1303 is one of the most intense parts of the film and that scene is really nail biting and intense. Scenes in the middle and the first half are creepy and scary and I did enjoy watching those scenes and the ghosts in this film looks so damn scary and creepy at the same time and the little girl in this movie is so creepy that reminds me of the girls from The Shining while the last parts of the film is so damn eerie and creepy at the same time and I did enjoy watching all those scenes in the film a lot and overall the scares are effective and well used in the whole movie. I also enjoy the film;s soundtrack and the film's soundtrack is so brooding and dark plus eerie as well and it gives the whole movie a dark and eerie feel and I did enjoy the soundtrack of this film a lot because it gives the whole film a creepy and scary feel and the soundtrack is overall impressive. Ok I admit that the movie doesn't have enough atmosphere and most of the CGI is well used in a couple of parts while sometimes it is a bit outdated in certain parts of the film but I just totally adore this film a lot and most of the visual and special effects are very good for this movie and I like the special and visual effects of this movie overall. Now the acting is great the casts did a really good job with their roles in the film a lot. Rebecca De Mornay did a good job with her role in the film as the mother of Lara and Janet and she seriously handled her role really well in this movie while Mischa Barton did a good job with her role in the film as the protagonist Lara and she's so gorgeous and beautiful as well not only her acting is great but she looks so gorgeous and beautiful at the exact same time and I adore her looks in this movie a lot and overall the casts did an impressive job with their works in the film so far. Director and Writer Michael Taverna did a wonderful job in making this new Horror film and he managed to create something way more different with this movie and he managed to handle the scares really well for this movie and overall he did a really good job with his work with this movie. Overall Apartment 1303 gets a 10/10 because this is a solid Horror film with lots of scares and suspense that can keep you on the edge of your seat and it is seriously worth watching. |
| User ReviewEmily Jane HWell, I don't see any 3D in this movie. Very short movie with a short story. But not very entertaining was just OK still giving 5 Stars. |
| User ReviewCecee Va good movie but they could've had a better ending |
| User ReviewDave RWell it was different I must say they tried to make it scary but in the end nah but some people may think it is and the ending was just dumb and the music they use to try to make in intense is over done |
| User Reviewbill sDe Mornay actually does a good job as an aging singer who is living off her past success. It doesnt really have much to do with the story, but she brings the role to life. It was an entertaining movie, however, nothing spectacular that stuck out to me. For that I give it a 3 Star. |
| User Reviewrick rIt is worth mentioning before I write my review of "Apartment 1303" 3D that I state that I have watched the 2007 Japanese film (Totally enjoyed that film), however I will try view the 2012 redo based solely on Michael Taverna's intended vision. "Apartment 1303" stars Mischa Barton, Rebecca De Mornay, Julianne Michelle, Corey Sevier, John Diehl, Kathleen Mackey and Jessica Malka. The story is set in Detroit and follows Barton's character Lara Slate, who searches for answers to her sister's untimely death that is chalked up to depressed 20-something suicide after "jumping" from the balcony of the new apartment she had just leased. The older Slate sister soon realizes the true state of things in the apartment and building where her sister had planned to call home. Janet looked to leave behind an alcoholic washed-up singer/song-writer mother's home to make a new independent start. The story of "Apartment 1303" is classic and still modern enough to set up a really good horror story, paranormal or otherwise. It just works because humans are standard in how they direct their lives in society. We all break the chains of or beginnings to make a new, hopefully better, start in life and that often has us dealing with both horrors and joys, so you would think that Taverna's film would be tight. It isn't, but it should have been. Something in the chemistry of this paranormal vision is just not mixing write. The acting is pretty B-level, with some a couple of actors giving a better performance, unfortunately the good performances didn't come from the ones that the film needed to carry this story into a real, and spooky place that would have made this film a proper ghost story. Mischa's performance was pretty standard Mischa but Julianne Michelle's acting seemed fake and the gods only know what character Rebecca De Mornay was channeling. It came off to much of a caricature and theatrical for what the overall atmosphere of this film was going for- unless the director asked for camp. Then I guess... I had to make amends with that element of "Apartment 1303" to watch this film completely. Don't get me wrong the performances were not atrocious, they just didn't come together (or mix well) to bring the chemistry and plausibility of the characters where they should have been to draw me in. As for the effects and soundtrack in "Apartment 1303" I can't say anything bad because it was all pretty well done and should have, or could have rather, made this film pop chillingly. However it was set up, predictable - copy/paste scenarios that fill almost all paranormal horror films that aren't found-footage. There was no real sudden shock moments that thrilled me, well twice I did jump but mostly I just sat, very frustrated, waiting for the film to end and bitching that it wasn't as thrilling as it could have been. It just all fell flat. The practical effects and spook tricks were nice, so kudos to the FX team on this one-too many to mention in this or I would. The sound department did okay, overall the sound effects walked the line between cool and cliché but it did more to help the film than hurt it. The music is pretty standard but it gave the film it's only real since of emotional communication between story and me. I personally did not get enough out of "Apartment 1303" to find it entertaining or scary but by all means if you see it in the discount bin or get a good deal for renting it and just wanna check it out-go for it-just don't expect much. |
| User ReviewEmma CSo many inconsistencies in scenes and poor effects / acting too |