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Top 10 reasons this movie stinks like a rotten pumpkin!


1. Nick Carter's Acting... Need I say more?

2. Those frickin' wind chimes every time something dramatic happens. They're not scary, they're annoying!

3. The Headless Horseman who has a head. What's with the glowing pumpkin? It's for throwing, not for covering up the actor's head because the budget was too small to allow for digital CGI removal!

4. The incredibly fake looking mannequin head that falls into the slutty nurse's lap after they make the wise decision to have sex in an abandoned shack. BTW, anybody else notice the nip-slips in that scene?

5. The pretty cheerleader falls for the geeky unpopular kid, making the dumb neanderthal, "captain of the football team" boyfriend insanely jealous and insecure. Nothin' new with that storyline... it's been done to death!

6. The cheesey and cliche "let's have sex in a dark scary cemetary and get chopped to bits by a sword weilding psycho" plotline that happens not once, but twice in this movie.

7. The fact that they chose a pretty-boy like Kevin Zegers to play the character of a geeky loser who's obsessed with horror films and movie monsters... really? I'm sorry but guys who look like him don't get made fun of in high school. They're too busy getting laid!

8. That dumb-ass Sheriff Duncan... If someone wearing a pumpkin on their head is coming after you with a sword, you run. You don't stand there like an idiot, you get back in your car and floor it!

9. Judge Reinhold as the unsupportive a**hole of a father. His character just makes you want to yell, "Hey! Headless Horseman... Off with his head!" This ultimately leaves people disappointed in the end when he actually lives.

10. The cliffhanger ending that is totally unecessary. They are obviously not going to create a sequel to this hot mess of a movie, so why bring back the villain at the last second of the film? It's like, the cheesiest way to end a horror movie, and it makes no sense at all.

I would not recommend buying this dvd... Definitely rent it though! You have to see it to believe how awful it is. I must say though, it's the perfect flick for a Halloween movie marathon when you're in the mood for something that's not too scary, and that is fun to laugh at!

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1. I like Nick Carter's acting. I thought he was very funny when he needed to be and believable when he needed to be. No fault there.

2. I never took the time to notice that, but who really cares? They're just wind chimes... They're not gonna make or break the movie

3. In some legends, the headless Horseman's head is a pumpkin. We can't all go by the Johnny Depp movie, because even the fact that Ichabod was a cop is not part of the story. Also, it's a straight to video film. The effects aren't supposed to be Oscar Worthy. take them for what they are.

4. We only see it for about .5 seconds, so I never asked myself, "Is that a real head or a mannequin's?" It was real enough to not cause a huge speed bump in the film which is what you are suggesting it did. And yes I did notice that!

5. I actually liked that aspect. Sure it's been done before, but half the storylines out there are just branches off movies similar to that one

6. It's not a cliche per se. I've never seen a cemetery sex scene. And let it happen twice. You see it all the time in horror movies. The first group of teens goes somewhere, stumbles upon the killer, and gets killed by the killer.The second group comes and makes the same mistake.

7. Have you ever been to high school? Looks don't account for everything. If you're into things like chess and fencing, you're not gonna be out every Saturday night. Plus, he's the new kid. Keep that in mind.

8. This was done t show the naivety of the Sheriff. He's not supposed to be the brightest bulb on the tanning bed.

9. That was actually his part. He was supposed to be the jerk off father. And you can see his transformation at the very end, which actually make you happy he likes, IMHO.

10.Jason jumps out of the dock at the end of F13, Freddy drives away as the car in Nightmare, The Headless Horseman comes back for his revenge at the end of The Hollow. Horror movies ARE NOT supposed to have happy endings! And maybe there was a possibility of a sequel if the success was high. I personally would like to see a sequel.

The perfect Halloween movie. Thank you, and good night.

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spot on, plus it was booooring!!

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