DARK WALKER begins in Hobbs Grove (1878), where a man steals a pumpkin from the wrong patch, resulting in demonic doom. We're whisked away to the present, and Hobbs Grove is now a Halloween haunted house attraction.
When it comes to unoriginality, this movie hits the jackpot! There's a "creepy old caretaker" who scowls at everyone, as well as the obligatory group of annoying young people, including: The "goth chick", the "stoner dude", the "snobby rich girl", and the "psychic". As soon as any of them open their mouths we start wondering what's taking the killer so long to do his job!
When the moon rises, so does the title creature.
Meanwhile, a tour of the haunted house is nearly as interesting as a trip through a local thrift store, and takes far longer.
Finally, the deaths occur, bringing out the canned-ham-with-hair sheriff, and his idiot deputy. All while the caretaker lumbers around like bigfoot in bib overalls. When the haunted house opens to the public, the true non-terror ensues.
PROS: No low-budget CGI! Therefore, the monster isn't a total embarrassment.
CONS: Everything else.
THE BURNING QUESTION: Is the goth chick's lipstick black, or very, very, very, very dark blue?...
When it comes to unoriginality, this movie hits the jackpot! There's a "creepy old caretaker" who scowls at everyone, as well as the obligatory group of annoying young people, including: The "goth chick", the "stoner dude", the "snobby rich girl", and the "psychic". As soon as any of them open their mouths we start wondering what's taking the killer so long to do his job!
When the moon rises, so does the title creature.
Meanwhile, a tour of the haunted house is nearly as interesting as a trip through a local thrift store, and takes far longer.
Finally, the deaths occur, bringing out the canned-ham-with-hair sheriff, and his idiot deputy. All while the caretaker lumbers around like bigfoot in bib overalls. When the haunted house opens to the public, the true non-terror ensues.
PROS: No low-budget CGI! Therefore, the monster isn't a total embarrassment.
CONS: Everything else.
THE BURNING QUESTION: Is the goth chick's lipstick black, or very, very, very, very dark blue?...