Wind Chill (2007, 1 hour 31 minutes, Rated R): I feel sorry for Emily Blunt for chosing to do a film like this. I don't know why she thought she had to do it, she's a good actress who's been in fairly b
ig films. She's becoming a "big" name now. This movie is ridiculous in a very bad way. Essentially there is no point to the film. It's a cluttered mess. Things happen that are never explained so they come off as looking like really poor editing. This is supposed to be horror/ghost movie but there is no scares whatsoever. The "ghosts" are laughable. Just like the storyline and the performances. These characters lightly crashed into a soft patch of snow and somehow the guy breaks a bone and is bleeding and slowly dying. That's how badly done this film was. I would say it's not ever worth your time, but some people get a kick out of this type of movie, and that's great! Not for me though, not for me at all. My Grade: D-----------
Dead End (2003, 1 hour 25 minutes, Rated R): Man alive there are cheesy straight to D
VD movies and then there are straight to DVD movies like Dead End. I don't know if words could possibly describe how awful this movie is. I know it was meant to be funny and cheesy and sometimes I have fun with that, but this movie was so stupid that all the attempts at humor escaped me. I would recommend this movie though to people who enjoy a campy, corny, cliched horror flick, but for me it was one of the dumbest, and worst straight to DVD movies I've ever seen! The acting from some of these people was horrendous. Ugh, this movie sucked! My Grade: F----------
Eden Lake (2008, 1 hour 31 minutes, Rated R): Eden Lake is essentially another torture porn flick
like we've all grown used to since the Saw/Hostel movies first debuted. Personally I didn't like this movie all that much, mainly because I'm so sick and tired of gore and torture being used in horror movis to provoke fear...it's getting old and is NOT scary! This movie is just sick. It's gross. However it was filmed rather well and had some solid performances. This movie just isn't my cup of tea, because I don't like getting the feeling of nausea while watching a film. It has some redeeming qualities, and it's not a BAD movie...but overall I wasn't a fan of the movie. My Grade: C-
like we've all grown used to since the Saw/Hostel movies first debuted. Personally I didn't like this movie all that much, mainly because I'm so sick and tired of gore and torture being used in horror movis to provoke fear...it's getting old and is NOT scary! This movie is just sick. It's gross. However it was filmed rather well and had some solid performances. This movie just isn't my cup of tea, because I don't like getting the feeling of nausea while watching a film. It has some redeeming qualities, and it's not a BAD movie...but overall I wasn't a fan of the movie. My Grade: C-Grindstone Road (2008, 1 hour 33 minutes, Rated R): This is a cliched spookfest if there ever was one. This follows the exact same formula as all those American, Japanese remake m
ovies we keep seeing a couple times a year. A ghost is trying to communicate with a woman about solving their murder, and is leaving clues. No one believes said woman, and people think she's nuts. Blah blah blah, we've seen this a million times before, and done a lot better than this movie. You can pretty much figure out who the "killer" is/was, and the whole story is utterly predictable. Bad performances, poor production value, crappy writing = one piss poor horror film. Not the worst I've ever seen, just not one I'd ever suggest anyone watch. It's not even funny in a bad way. Blah! My Grade: DStuck (2007, 1 hour 25 minutes, Rated R): This movie has a cool premise: a woman on the verge
of a big promotion gets wasted on drugs and alcohol and hit's a random bum but does not call the police or take him to the hospital. He is stuck in her windshield and she leaves him in the garage. He is not dead, and he struggles to get free while she goes about her life. I wish the movie was as interesting as the plot. Apparently this is something that happened in real life...sort of. Some of this movie was pretty good, it had some good tense moments. Then there were times when it dragged on or became annoying. This isn't a perfect movie, and it's not even a great movie. Overall though, I'd say it was pretty entertaining and just an OK, average flick. It has flaws but it also has some cool aspects. Performances are fairly standard. Production value is pretty good. Writing could have used some work. It also could have been a bit more suspensful. But I don't know, I'm right in the middle on this flick. I can't recommend it either way. So I'll leave it up to you. My Grade: C
of a big promotion gets wasted on drugs and alcohol and hit's a random bum but does not call the police or take him to the hospital. He is stuck in her windshield and she leaves him in the garage. He is not dead, and he struggles to get free while she goes about her life. I wish the movie was as interesting as the plot. Apparently this is something that happened in real life...sort of. Some of this movie was pretty good, it had some good tense moments. Then there were times when it dragged on or became annoying. This isn't a perfect movie, and it's not even a great movie. Overall though, I'd say it was pretty entertaining and just an OK, average flick. It has flaws but it also has some cool aspects. Performances are fairly standard. Production value is pretty good. Writing could have used some work. It also could have been a bit more suspensful. But I don't know, I'm right in the middle on this flick. I can't recommend it either way. So I'll leave it up to you. My Grade: CSo that's all I have for now! Hope you like what I had to say...I know it wasn't very nice this time around. As usual, all these films are available on DVD!
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