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Who else thinks this review is from someone who worked on the film

posted 13 years ago by im_mister_brightside
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He gave it 10 stars

Author: datvmanlife from Australia

OK so I went out to the videoshop one night and decided to get a b movie cause i hadn't seen one in a while. I thought the name of this had a nice ring to it and i the blurb at the back was a good movie idea. i didn't expect a lot as it was a b movie. boy im surprised i was hoping for a stinker but this should be playing in cinemas around the world. from start which is sick itself to finish which still makes me shudder dear god that concept freakyness evil evil. I now own a copy of this movie i bought one the next day after renting. There is no nudity or on screen brutal gore but who cares the only bit you need to care about is that ending. people have been giving it bad reviews? wtf im shocked this wasn't at the movies. a must for all. if you don't like it than tough for you. to finish off the acting was great, script was great and the direction was great and the score was great i cant find a flaw in this movie after 3 times watching it. enjoy this beautiful movie. the only flaw i can find is that the movie description isn't correct but who cares once you get into the film you don't care

[–] poizon-4 13 years ago

I cannot think of one single redeeming quality about this movie so you must be right.

The acting was horrible as was the directing. The forced lines from the poor writing and long uncomfortable pauses between delivery made it seem worse than an amateur film student's work. The score and sound editing - wow, just wow. Then there was the crap cinematography. I doubt it was storyboarded but a monkey with a camera could do a better job.

[–] nicksoares33 13 years ago

Making this movie was worth it just to read everyones commets

[–] datvmanlife 12 years ago

nope i dont work for the movie nor do i know any actors, writers or anyone who works for the film
i genuinely enjoyed this movie... but thanks for singling me out cause you didnt agree with my opinion :) glad to see *beep* like you still exist :D

[–] RobertLThorpe 11 years ago

There is no way anyone enjoyed this film. I bet the writer and Director are sitting back watching it going, damn, we really made a stinker.
Name one redeeming quality about this film as a horror film? Did it have scares? No, the only ones were those fake ones like when the chick went to go turn on the jacuzzi and the guy popped out. Not scary, predictable horror cliche'. Was there blood? If you call that blood, im TOM CRUISE. The supposed kill scenes were classic old cliche of show man with hammer, show hammer, show hammer swing, show wall, show wall suddenly squirted with blood. 5 hot chicks and no nudity, IS there a story to follow? NO, was it about a gas station creep who killed a couple and was creepy taking photos, NO, so why was that even there? (although that would make for a more original movie) Was it about a couple kids who killed their parents? I think that is where it was going but failed, was it about the offspring of the kids that killed his parents? Um, errr dunno.
The worst thing about this film is it had a 200,000 BUDGET... You give me that amount of money to make a horror film, I GUARANTEE it will be amazing, bloody, violent, scary. I am not entirely sure what the writer and director were trying to make with this film, but whatever it was, THEY MISSED COMPLETELY.
Dude, this has nothing to do with opinions, this has to do with quality film making and there is no way you could have liked this film unless you had something to do with it. Producer or writer or knew someone who worked on it. Just not possible. Its called a HORROR film with NO HORROR, NO GORE, NO SCARE, NO NUDITY. I expect certain things from low budget horror films, BLOOD, GORE, VIOLENCE and NUDITY. You have to have at least 2 of them to be watchable. THIS ONE HAD NONE. It did have the bad acting other than the dude who stutters, I thought he actually did a good job.
We are singling you out because it is impossible to find a redeeming quality from this film. Seriously dude, you cant like this film...

[–] datvmanlife 11 years ago

"Seriously dude, you cant like this film... "
but i can and i did
thankyou for deciding what i like and dont like though :D.
now please my lord and master what am i meant to like or not like now?

about Jrdmln:im not sure whether the kid is mentally unstable or just loves to troll.

[–] Wuchakk 9 years ago

Its called a HORROR film with NO HORROR, NO GORE, NO SCARE, NO NUDITY. I expect certain things from low budget horror films, BLOOD, GORE, VIOLENCE and NUDITY. You have to have at least 2 of them to be watchable. THIS ONE HAD NONE.

I agree that this film was lame, but mainly due to poor acting and a meandering story that caused me to start FF after the 50-minute mark.

I get what you're saying that a horror movie has to have at least two of the items you listed to be a watchable horror movie. A horror movie must have either some outright scares and horror or, at least, a creepy ambiance, like "Bram Stoker's Dracula," which wasn't scary, but it was definitely creepy. And, although blood & nudity became popular with horror movies from the 70s on, they aren't mandatory. Many great horror movies, especially the classics had neither, but they had horror, thrills and a spooky atmosphere.

My 150 (or so) favorite movies:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070122364/

[–] Valaga 9 years ago

Definitely ! I mean it's either that or maybe that person was paid to give an amazing review of this awful movie !!!
I didn't even bothered to watch it until the end (and I don't care how it ends, nor do I want to know which useless female character survives (I just hope they all die in the most gruesome ways....).
What a waste of time ! Of course I knew when I read what it was about that it was not gonna be THE best horror movie of all time, but I just expected it to at least be funny ! (you know the kind of movies that are sooooo bad, with soooo many plot holes, such bad actors that they ultimately are good (in a weird kind of way)... such as 2headed shark attack, that kind of film.
But that one was juste painful to watch, irrelevant, and nothing was happening !!! They were just by the swimming pool, talking, laughing, and that's all ! And sometimes there was a useless flashback... what was the point of all this? I still don't know ! It was just a big waste of time !!! I'm as least glad I stopped it before the end (15 minutes before), I think I would have juste been disappointed ... I've seen too many rubbish horror movies, thus now I've learned to stop it when it seems too hopeless ;-)
Just hope people don't read the review that praises that movie, or at least don't believe what it says !!