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If you're about to watch this movie, you should put behind the logic of the ghostly thoughts you have. It's a predictable movie with a common plot of 'friends having fun a abandoned pretty place'; which doesn't work out as the way they planned.

After watching the movie i myself think that much could have been done to make the movie thrilling, story wasn't good, but, you can't do much with a skeleton ghost. Acting was Okay, Tom Zembrod (The Knucklebone) did good, cinematography was mediocre. Watchable if you don't have anything to do. Good that they didn't decide to longer the plot more, it could have been a nightmare then. Good twist in the end i may say.

The Nazis create a demon that you can summon by rolling knuckle bones and saying a few words for the purpose of wiping out enemy troops. This demon is a Jason type with a Freddy voice and his sense of humour. Years later the bones are found in a box stored in an old factory. Wouldn't you know it some teens play the game and summon Knucklebones.

This one had so much potential. When Knucklebones is summoned he needs a body to come through. Your bones will just start snapping and sticking right through your skin then he crawls right out of the person leaving a spent corpse. When you see this you think this film is going rock but then it never does. It just seems muddled.

One problem was his voice which was a distorted Freddy. You could make out his one liners sometimes but mostly not. Everything seemed to wrap up quick which I think the writer sort of wrote himself into a corner. He has Knucklebones stop pursing one of the last survivors only to leave the factory and go all the way to the survivors house to go after the young sister. What's even worse is the sister is waiting in bed with a bow and arrow. What? The one thing I laughed at the hardest was what she went through to get some new knuckle bones. She makes Ash look like a sissy.

I hope a different writer gets to do the sequel.

A group of college kids (naturally all the girls are HOT) summon a rubbish demon called Knucklebones, who has possibly the worst & cheesiest "evil" voice in any slasher movie, plus he sports a cheap, unconvincing looking mask. And this action takes place in abandoned factory, closed for 40 years, yet the electric lights are still on & the place looks fully kitted out! Acting ranges from very bad (especially the sheriff & old Knucklehead himself) to passable. The only two things going for this movie (and why I have awarded it 4/10, not less) is a fair smattering of gore & one titillating sex scene. Hopefully this is not the start of a new franchise.

I don't want to waste much time writing a review. This movie was terrible. I would rather spend 90 minutes at the dentist. I really feel bad for the cast. To put this movie on there resume is like a pedophile applying to be an early childhood worker. The best part of the movie was the end credits. I find it very difficult to put this movie into the horror genre or any genre at that. If it was possible I would like to wipe my ass with this movie after a marathon chipolte dinner. I've spent several hours trying to think of a worse film.....but nothing can compare to this. I recommend this movie to anyone who is blind and deaf. If there ever is a sequel to this I'm positive that would be a sign of the end times.

In my opinion if you don't want to do yourself a mental mischief the best way to view Knucklebones is as a comedy of errors.

Casting aside the predictable "B" grade credentials of this film, its inability, in my view, to actually settle on a simple core concept and stick to it, is the main reason its such a mess.

This flick constantly oscillates between vaguely formulated, uninspiring ideas. Its as if the whole thing tries far too hard, to be interesting and original. It would have been better off, I feel, basking in its "B" grade glory and just sticking with a simpler slasher flick premise.

The acting is OK, there's a little black humour, thats not too dreadful and there are a few "jump scares" but thats all I can find that's positive to say here. Four out of ten from me.

Okay so the first half of this movie is frankly terrible. It is just a whole lot of exposition, alongside completely unnecessarily gratuitous shots of young women in skimpy clothes. The dialogue is awful, the background is unnecesary and long and boring and by the time you get half way through you may want to turn the movie off.

The second half though is great! Once the demon actually comes it turns into a riotous slasher movie which is as fun as it is gory. The deaths are good, the demon is sort of funny and it has all the right ingredients for a very good b movie.

I would suggest just fast forward until they are summoning the demon and watch that half of the movie.

By seeing adds like, forget Jason or forget Michael or this is a new killer that you will never forget I gave it a try. After decades of watching horrors I do know that such adds mostly predict a terrible flick.

So what do we have here, terrible acting, an unconvincing killer and of course the kind of horrors that like to attract the men. Just face it, it's full of voluptuous girls wearing tees who are on the small size to extract their juggs. And with cleavage. And not only that, let's put on daisy dukes. really, it's not because you have juggs who are acting that it makes a flick. Of course the production found a girl who had to reveal her body and she does but hey, she's f*cking but still has her thong on! And there's also a shot were a girl is bending over to have a stick entering her, well you can guess it.

No, this isn't an interesting flick. Most of the effects are done off-camera. Some do work out fine and some doesn't. But most of the time the only thing you are watching are the girls. For teens this is a must see but for geeks like me it's ridiculous and never got my attention and you will have to wait halfway the flick before the horror comes in...

Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Possibly the most awful horror film ever made, truly dire on every level . . . the acting is wooden at best, the effects mediocre, the plot ridiculous and the script is beyond bad, it is an offence to film making. At one point one of the girls is taking a piss and the Demon sneaks up behind her and says "tinkle, tinkle little star" - in a comedy this would be barely funny, in a straight horror film it makes you cringe, I wish I could say the rest of the script is better but it is not! Only reason I can think of for watching this film is to find out what not to do if you make a horror film yourself, please do not watch if your care for the state of your brain cells!

This was a low budget horror that I took a chance on and it was fun and cheesy.

Story is a horror, a bunch off teens/young adults decide to have a bit of fun in the standard abandoned environment and hell ensues.

They unleash an Nazi demon??? called Knucklebones. There was some nice shots and sfx used to show the demon. Much of the movie he was kept in the dark and rarely seen fully which was great.

The acting was a lot of fun. Either it was bad acting or intentionally terrible line delivery. This is a movie you can re-watch and laugh at bad lines and so on.

I will give it a good bad movie rating of 7.5 out of 10.

I caught the world premiere of this at FrightFest and was glad to have done so. I've been a big fan of the Friday 13th formula for a long time and it's something that's been missing in recent years.

Slasher movies since the 90s have often tried to extend or adapt the formula to keep the genre fresh but in all honesty, the Freddy/Jason format is hard to beat.

Need I explain much? Some randy teens find a disused warehouse and summon a demon, by mistake, which then leads to him dispatching them one by one. I'm not going to get heavy on the story here, it's not what I went to see the movie for but it is a reasonably decent premise when revealed which I'll leave to you to discover.

The acting is good but I'm not going to suggest we have any Oscar-worthy stuff in it. The beautiful Julin, who plays Neesa is pretty solid in her lead role and the rest work well around her.

As a splatter flick, this movie rocks. Knucklebones, the demon, is the real hero and whilst the kills are more Jason-style, as far as the tool set used is concerned, the one-liners and general inventiveness are more from the Elm-street book.

A fun 90 minutes of midnight, popcorn horror. Check it out if it's your thing.

I'll keep it pretty simple because quite frankly it isn't worth much time... what a load of tosh! I am a huge huge horror fan... this is definitely the worst I have ever seen. And I have seen thousands! Trashy acting, many mistakes, poor poor poor. Really?!

This is only worth watching is nothing else is on, just do not pay to view. At least the original had acting in it

I've seen scarier things in my toilet.... Bad acting ....and I mean bad! The demon thing was OK but unoriginal ... No imagination The movie just seemed rushed , storytelling is forgotten here You don't care about the characters , there just one dimensional boring people.. Did I mention the bad acting?? I've seen more talent in a used dog poop bag. The only good thing was the idea behind the knuckle bones game but that's all. Watch this on TV if your bored but don't bother spending money renting this 💩💩💩💩💩💩

Not the worst film I've seen cos I've watched a few Steven Segal movies, but this has little merit. For a horror flick, this is not scary. For a teen slasher movie, yawn.

To its credit the pacing is good and the scenes are mostly well shot. Get a few beers in, and lower your expectations. It'll be fine.

Directed and written by Mitch Wilson, Knucklebones is a 2016 film with a run time of 85 minutes, which primarily stars Jennifer Jean Guhlin and Tom Zembrod. This is supposed to be a straight up horror film which at times feels similar to "Friday 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street", however it's done on a shoestring budget in comparison, with a lot less style and substance.

Neesa Avery (Jennifer Jean Guhlin) gets dumped by her boyfriend and tries to commit suicide as a result. After recovering, her friends take her on an outing to try and lift her spirits which involves driving to an abandoned factory to drink and do teenager things. They find a box filled with Nazi paraphernalia, amongst which is a box that contains human bones - apparently it's a game to summon a demon called "Knucklebones". The play the game and summon the demon, which they immediately regret as he starts killing them one by one in bloody and grizzly ways.

This isn't the most original film you will see; at times it behaves like classic 80's horror films such "Friday 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street". It's a slasher film but the titular demon enjoys making a witty quip as he kills off the teens. The setup has been done before too; unwitting teens accidentally summon an entity that they don't understand and can't control, and then immediately regret it. I had a lot of issues with the film, which seems to be a general consensus amongst other internet reviews too. There were lots of plot holes throughout, the delivery was weak, it felt cheap and it felt cheap and tacky throughout. If the film had of being labelled as a tongue in cheek horror which makes fun of itself, maybe it would have worked. As it is a straight up horror though, it is a big let-down.

Some of the problems I had include:

• The titular demon of Knucklebones just looks like a man in a cheap Halloween customer. I have genuinely seen more convincing costumes at fancy dress shops. The quips and humorous lines he delivers are distorted to make it seem more menacing, but it's almost distorted to the point that it makes it difficult to make out what he's saying.

• The kids were supposed to be a in a factory that has been abandoned for 30-40 years - but yet the factory was clean, there was no dust anywhere, no cobwebs on the ceiling, nothing. The electricity was working, lights were on and working despite the factory being unused and locked up. The factory had relatively modern machinery sat in it too. The furnace was turned on and worked perfectly.

• The concept which tied the Nazi paraphernalia to a factory in the heart of Texas felt cheap and ill conceived.

• The script was weak and predictable, at different points I was able to guess the next lines which were coming. The actors delivering the script did it in one of two ways, they were either un-emotive or wooden, or they completely overacted the lines and made it seem ludicrous.

• The casting choice too irked me a little bit. The impression I was given is that these people were supposed to be teens or in their very early twenties at least, in realty though they looked a lot older than the characters they were supposed to be portraying - late twenties or easily in their thirties. This added to lack of belief I was able to feel in them. Furthermore the film seemed to intentionally objectify its cast - the girls were all in skin tight boob tops, while also wearing tiny Daisy-Duke-shorts. Of course there is nudity too; one of the girls completely strips off to have sex in the middle of a room while her friends are all around the room.

• The way the plot unfolded was at times random with little sense of justification. New characters were thrown in, just to increase the body count of the killer and allow more gruesome murders.

• The twist at the end of the film was predictable early on in the film. It also didn't help that the Samantha character was looking at where she had been impaled and had no scarring. Even if she had of had cosmetic surgery done, in the time scale that is suggested there would be some visible issues.

Was I fan of the film then? No, not really. It was cheap and ill conceived. It was executed and delivered poorly. It isn't the worst film I have seen by a long way, but it's far from being classed as an average film either. It isn't that bad that it's a good film, it's just a bit bad. The pace was decent enough; it's just unfortunate that things were thrown at the delivery of the plot that made it messy. The gore is decent at times but used as a comedy element rather than using actual humour. Ultimately I was disappointed watching this film and can only recommend that you don't waste your time on this if the question arises. Even if, like me, you enjoy watching bad horror movies, this isn't one that ticks many boxes. 4 out of 10 is the best I can award this film - it does set itself up to have follow-up films, but hopefully I don't experience those.

What is nowadays that films always have to have sex in them but do people honestly think that people want to see people riding on screen I mean come.e on get real if you are going to make a horror do a horror instead of sex

This is the usual teens go to a haunted place blah blah blah.

Terrible acting by bimbos and idiots just adds to the overall awful experience of this film.

As for the story, you will know what's coming from beginning to end.

This is utter garbage. 10/10. Watch it. I really liked how bad it was. I reminds me of working at a haunted house.

If you think this movie is some sort of underground piece of art you have dug too far. With the strange acting, massive plot holes, and simply bizarre happenings all around. If you want to have a couple drinks and laugh your asses off at a one of a kind film this is it. If they had fixed the plot a little and cut nearly all of the story building in the beginning I would love to have this movie on disk to watch over and over again. Once Knucklebones is out and chasing all the randy teenagers the movie is super fun, fast paced, and the ending isn't half bad either.

Otherwise this movie is packed full of perfect one liners and hilarious moments and if you can ignore all of the poor plot and silly characters you are sure to have a great time!

Okay you would think that 'horror' movies could improve on the Jason and Mike Myers and Freddy movies that dominated the 80's 90's and beyond horror genre but this one doesn't even come close.

A Group of Pretties summons the masked Knucklebones demon and he proceeds to slay...... some? ALL? I wouln't want to ruin this gem of a movie.

At least there is a little bit of T&A so there is that. But the effects were very Jason Vorhees similar...to 80's movies.

I can't give this one better than a 3/10

I am unsure as to what this movie is trying to be as it takes in a few of the horror subgenres, including Nazi Splatterpunk, Supernatural Slasher, and Laugh While You Kill... the trouble is it just feels too sycophantic and pompous.

The idea of Knucklebones is a great idea; I've always been a sucker for Daemons. Like all Daemons he has to be summoned into our world this is done in the form of an ancient Sumerian Incantation - this was one of my biggest irks of the whole film since it appears that everybody can read and write Sumerian (I know it's one of my favourite dead languages!) - and the casting of severed and fleshless metacarpals into a pentagram. Though, the best bit of the summoning is Knucklebones's arrival as he literally rips his way into the world through one of the summoners. Plenty of bones tearing through flesh.

However, it's the rest of the story which kills the film, as well as the "Thirty-Something" teens and their mediocre acting skills. At the start of the movie we have a group of Nazis conducting an experiment on a topless blonde, this is just to show the audience the evil Germans connection to the Daemon. Then we move to the USA in the '70's where something or somebody is killing the nightshift at a clothing manufacturer. Finally, we end up in present day and though we've been shown the connection the audience is then told of the connection in a little more detail making the two opening sequences redundant and pointless. I do hate a waste of time when it could have been used to better assist the story or help to create better killings.

Then there's Knucklebones himself who appears to be Freddy Krueger minus skin - the gruff voice and dark humour one-liners are very reminiscent of good ol' Fred and that is a shame; with a little more work he could have had his own character. At least his look is pretty good. I did like the skull with tattered flesh hanging loose, though at the time you could tell it was a rubber mask. This could have been handled better with a different camera angle and moodier lighting. One thing in the film's favour is the lighting as the director doesn't rely on darkness to try and scare you. He makes sure you can see everything - this I appreciate greatly, I am not a fan of too-dark-to-see movies.

Apart from a couple of times with the bad guys mask the special effects are okay. Though you've probably seen similar done better they are pretty good for a low budget flick.

This is not a brilliant film and it teeters on being poor to average but I would recommend it for horror lovers as there are a few good ideas and scenes in the film. However, if you're thinking of getting into the genre then do yourself a favour and watch the original Nightmare On Elm Street films (but only up to part five) - then when you've caught up with all the good stuff out there, then give this a go - just to satisfy your dark cravings.