Review of Scrapbook

Scrapbook (2000 Video)
1/10
Don't do it!!!
2 February 2008
Warning: Spoilers
No,no,no!!! Do not dare breathe this lump of feces in the same sentence as classics such as "Last House...", "Henry.." or even "I Spit..." They aren't even in the same league. And don't think I'm against the low budget restrictions of this film. Some of my favourites are were made for much less.

There is, seemingly, zero plot. Im watching it now. To be good and gory, ya gotta have a story!! You must know the plot by now, killer kidnaps woman to complete his scrapbook of murder, rape and mayhem. And thats pretty much it. The acting is non-existent. There is too much time spent on the unfortunate Clara's "do or don't do" moral dilemmas (i.e giving him oral sex, getting down on her knees etc) and she hasn't spoken a word until now (im 76 minutes through-out of 94 minutes), so its pretty difficult to empathise with her. Oh, shes just spoken!!! It makes no difference. This is still hopeless. In the end, I'm watching it now-86 minutes in, she seduces him, ties him to the bed and kills him-about the best bit of the whole film. She then leaves. The End. Ho-hum.

Anyway, the killer/rapist/tool is just quite frankly annoying. He's just too immature to convey any real sense of dread when he turns up. The aforementioned classics contained a strong "Alpha" male as the main perpetrator, Krug, Henry and the one from Spit (cant remember name!). This all helps to give a real idea that anything could happen when they turn up. This tool is just a kid, with a moustache resembling an earwig. And a small penis!

I bought this film (thank god as a copy) as part of my mission to watch the goriest stuff out there. As an indication of how bad it is, this is the 3rd time I've attempted to watch it. Its broad daylight and I fell sound asleep the first two times.

Stick with the above (Last/Henry/spit) and try Chaos-I liked it despite being a complete Last House remake. As a film, on its own, it stands up well.

Don't bother with this.
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