Reviews

I know a lot of people seem to have a passionate hatred for this film. After all, it was made to cash in on the success of The Blair Witch Project. But to be fair, the film industry does this all the time, taking a popular film and its ideas & themes, then running them completely into the ground.

But who really cares about that crap, as long as the film is good. I do not claim to possess an intricate knowledge of filmmaking; I simply like what I like and don't care if other people laugh at me and think I'm stupid for enjoying what they consider bad cinema.

When I first watched The St. Francisville Experiment in college with a couple of my friends, I was totally drawn into the film. For the hour+ that it was on I was completely engrossed in the goings on of the four characters as they try to determine whether or not the house is haunted. Granted, the acting certainly wasn't Oscar-caliber, but the cast was believable enough to keep my attention for the duration of the film. They exuded enough of a naive charm that I found them likeable and wanted them to come out of the house unscathed.

Perhaps most important of all involving a haunted house film was that I found the film scary. It's been quite a while since I've felt fear from watching a film, having my skin break out in goosebumps. And this movie did it for me, and I can't thank them enough.

Ripoff or not, I like this film! It has believable characters, a cool back story based on true events, eerie atmosphere, and an overall feeling of doom and horror. I like this film even more than The Blair Witch Project (which is itself somewhat of a ripoff of Cannibal Holocaust), and I am not ashamed to say that.

I saw this film while in college, and though I saw The Killer first, this film is just as powerful and they both stand together as films that have totally reshaped my concept of what an action movie is. Also, as I become more aware of what makes a movie work, I pick up on the depth of the characters, what drives them to their destinies and the relationships that are forged or destroyed along the way. All in all a wonderful film, but I must admit it is the action scenes within Woo's Hong Kong films that keep me in constant awe, no matter how many times I watch them. Perhaps it was a conscious decision to move away from such scenes in his films, but nevertheless John Woo has left us a handful of films that can stand on their own as some of the greatest movies of all time.

Thank God someone had the lack of taste to make this saucy little number. Redneck Zombies is one of the best splatter comedies ever! It's got tons of gore, hilarious dialogue, some surprisingly good acting, and some truly disturbing moments. I didn't expect to actually be unnerved by a film with a title like Redneck Zombies, but it definitely has some moody, disconcerting scenes in it. Released by Troma, the undisputed kings of bad taste cinema. Go pick up a copy today, or I'll go a lookin' fer ya. HEH, HEH, HEH!!!

Pieces is a cheese classic! It has bad acting, continuity errors, lovely naked chicks, and tons of gore via chainsaw (dismemberments, decapitations, etc). It' a masterpiece of sleaze and perversity. Any horror fan worth their salt should check this flick out. Features one of the best and stupidest endings in film history. A triumph!

The Evil Dead is hands down the single greatest horror film of all time. Its plot is simple and direct, the characters are few and interesting, and the pacing is wonderful. I had been a fan of horror for several years before seeing this movie. I read about it and wanted to see it, but at the time it was harder to find than uranium. I finally got to see it on the Sci-Fi Channel in the early-to-mid 90s, and I was spellbound. This movie scared the hell out of me and left me creeped out for a good while after it was over. After seeing this movie, my lifelong love of horror was cemented. If you are a horror fan and haven't seen this film, WATCH IT!!! And shame on you for not seeing it earlier.

Viewing this movie for the first time at the age of 16 was a delight. I had seen Night of the Living Dead and had heard a few things about the sequels, so naturally I wanted to check them out. This is one of those movies that can change your life, and it certainly did so for me. I've seen other horror films that were just as good, but Dawn of the Dead has that extra something that makes for a great time. Sure, there are tons of horror and splatter platters out there, but of them how many are good enough to warrant multiple viewings. Not just a few, but dozens, hundreds even! I've rewatched this masterpiece many times and it just gets better. Not only is this a good horror/splatter film, it is a good film period, one of my absolute favorites. Romero is the man!!!

In the world of horror, you have some outstanding films, some good films, some boring films, and some films that are just plain awful. Burial Ground is one of those films. Don't get me wrong, though! I still think it's one of the best zombie flicks I've seen. From a technical viewpoint the film is a muddled hunk of butt pudding, but its own ineptitude is what makes it so watchable. The buckets full of gore help out as well. If you want a well made zombie film, check out the works of Romero and/or Fulci. However, at least give this movie a chance if you can find it.

I cannot for the life of me understand why this film is held in such high regard. I saw this film in high school in my science fiction class and I found it boring, annoying, pretentious, and an utter waste of celluloid. And while I enjoyed some of his other films, Stanley Kubrick's directing style makes me want to choke myself retarded. Yes, life isn't all happy endings, but his films have such an overwhelming lack of humanity, it makes me want to commit suicide. I don't care what anybody says, 2001 is a boring hunk of manure.

I first saw this movie at the age of 17, and even then it freaked me out. This is one of the best zombie films ever made. It delivers the goods and doesn't let up. The atmosphere, the scenery, the gore...all of it is presented beautifully and with a style that is hard to match. Zombie: the opposite of The Dead Hate the Living.

A friend of mine from college showed me this movie. He told me it was really bad, but not in my wildest dreams would I have thought it would be the way it came off as. Imagine every single cliche in a kung fu film and every terrible effect you've seen in a movie...it's all here!!! You know it's gonna be bad when the first two lines are: "My friend, what are you doing?", "If you really wanna know, I'm gonna kill you, bastard!" A technical mess for sure, but I haven't seen a movie that has entertained me as much as this one in a long time. If you like crap cinema, CHECK THIS ONE OUT!!!