Score: 4/10
In this After Dark Horrorfest Year 3 entry, a group of friends have an accident and are taken away to a remote hospital that is a front for sinister experiments and generally sadistic goings on.
This film is seriously flawed right out of the gates. A 5-minute montage of the cast partying at Mardi Gras substitutes for character development. The script deals out in spades every stupidity and bad horror movie cliche known to man, the kind that make you want to yell at the screen. The viewer should also prepare themselves for bad dialogue and one-liners that include "Bleed out, bitch!" after an arm is severed.
Also, it is sad to see Jenette Goldstein, who plays a psychotic nurse, give such a bizarre, over-the-top performance, thereby tarnishing my memories of her as such a badass in "Aliens" and "Near Dark".
All of these criticisms aside, I have some love to rain down on this strange little film. For one, it didn't bore me. That's so crucial. I will forgive many things as long as I am entertained. What stands out even more, however, and this is huuuuuuuugeeeeeee......
This film used (perhaps exclusively) real, good old-fashioned practical effects and gore rather than CGI, and they are great effects too. Two scenes in particular, made my jaw drop, but to say any more would spoil it. I wouldn't really know how to describe it anyway.
As a serious film reviewer, I couldn't justify giving this movie more than 2 stars out of 5, but I suspect my teenage self 20 years ago would've been a huge fan.
Starring: Robert Patrick, Jenette Goldstein, Jessica Lowndes, and Michael Bowen
Directed By: Adam Gierasch
Budget Gross: $4 mil / Festival and Direct-to-DVD Release
IMDB Score: 5.0/10
Tomatometer: N/A Critics and 27% Audiences liked it
No comments:
Post a Comment