Bonejangles (2017) User Reviews

Not much of anything worthwhile here...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 18 July 2019]

While the 2017 movie "Bonejangles" from director Brett DeJager and writer Keith Melcher is labeled as a horror comedy, there wasn't much of either of those to be found here. The movie wasn't the least bit scary, and it utterly failed to make me laugh or smile.

The movie was off to a fairly poor start, then suddenly they threw zombies into the mix, and I decided to hang around and continue to watch the movie, as I love everything zombiesque. Turns out that adding zombies didn't really improve much on anything here, as the movie just kept on trotting ahead in the same monotonous and generic manner it had previously.

The characters in the movie were not particularly outstanding or memorable in anyway; and the serial killer Mr. Bonejangles, well, let's just say that he was as scary as a stack of fallen leaves and had the appeal of a jellyfish. Horrible, just horrible.

I managed to endure "Bonejangles" to the bitter end. Was I entertained? No, not particularly, but there are worse movies out there. I hoped the movie would pick up eventually, but it never happened.

As I logged on IMDb to write this review, I saw that there is a "Bonejangles 2" movie. I think I will just smoothly give that movie a wide berth.

OVERACTING😳

[mlhare · 5/10 · 3 August 2020]

Wow acting was SO bad! The female cop was the worst. Painful to watch. Could definitely been better with different actors or better directing. Cops were hilarious, and not in a good way. It might be a good drinking movie. Every time someone watching rolls their eyes or groans take a shot. LOL Doug was the only one worth watching. His acting was good but his character awful.

Oddly Appealing

[wilsonscott · 1/10 · 27 August 2017]

B movies are supposed to be bad, somehow this one is bad in ways even it did not intend to be. Understand, there is nothing good about this movie whatsoever. Cringeworthy overacting, confusing scene transitions, and absolutely no goddamn plot whatsoever. However, you will be 100% entertained every step of the way, as if you were watching a porta-potty burn to the ground.

Not among the very worst films I've seen!

[planktonrules · 2/10 · 31 July 2017]

There are several different types of bad movies. Some are big- budget disasters, such as "Gigli"…and because of this, they are infamous. There are disasters that cost very little and were made by filmmakers who thought they were creating decent films…and "The Room" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space" are perfect examples. But with Bojangles, you've got something different…a bad movie that pretty much sets out to be a bad movie. And, because of this, you might just find it watchable. Most folks won't…but if you are the type person who likes "The Toxic Avenger" or "Killer Klowns from Space", then this movie might just be for you.

When I began watching the film, the only thing that really interested me was seeing Reggie Bannister in a small role. Bannister starred in all five of the Phantasm movies….lower budgeted slasher films which, occasionally, managed to be entertaining. Here he plays a serial killer who is the father of a super-serial killer, Bonejangles, and you see him dispensing sage advice to his aspiring son…most of which is completely insane. And, Bojangles himself is insane…a supernatural serial killer who cannot be stopped by bullets or most other means… and electricity only stuns him. His only weakness, according to his daddy, is his 'wee winkie'….and this pretty much sums up the sort of film it would be…with lots of sex jokes, some gratuitous nudity and a lot of dopey jokes. I could talk about the plot…but is that really even necessary (the answer, by the way, is no!!)?

In most ways, the film looks like a group of mostly 20-somethings got together and decided to make a movie…even though few of them had any experience with cinema. The acting, not surprisingly, is pretty rough and the jokes are the sort that friends who wrote the stuff would laugh at but others would just wonder why….why did they make the picture in the first place? Overall, it's not completely awful… the film has a few good moments. But these moments are few and the picture is one that I would recommend skipping unless you enjoy self-consciously bad movies.

Abysmally stupid.

[jmix66 · 1/10 · 18 July 2017]

If I could give a film ZERO stars then that would be too many for this particular outing.

Look...low budget films don't have to be bad. What they lack in funding they can make up in acting, story or tone. The producers of this gem apparently either forgot all of that (or never learned it) and the result is the WORST film that I have seen in 2017. The year isn't over, but this may be one of the worst film that I ever will see.

Let's review

1) No suspense 2) No frights 3) Bad acting 4) Terrible sound 5) Insipid plot 6) Dull characters 7) Truly offensive gay stereotype. 8) Truly offensive Black gay male stereotype 9) Truly offensive law enforcement stereotype 10) Truly offensive bearded guy stereotype

Bad film. Avoid it.

Demonic awfulness

[TheLittleSongbird · 1/10 · 22 July 2019]

Just to say, was not expecting an awful lot from 'Bonejangles'. Saw it with an open mind, as always with any film etc, and with a real attempt to take it for what it aimed to be, again as always, had to throw that out there because people on the internet so do love to accuse people of not doing those when watching a film it seems. There is never any bias intended when watching any film etc from any decade and any genre. Despite the poor reviews and that it did not look very good, the premise was oddly intriguing.

Even when watching it with an open mind and taking it for what it aimed to be, 'Bonejangles' still managed to be an awful film to me. Want to make something clear as well, did not watch 'Bonejangles' expecting multi-million budget action and such (resent that suggestion and find that insulting), have seen films etc that don't have a high budget but still manage to be watchable or more because other important elements are done decently. People were not expecting that, what they were expecting was something that actually looked and seemed like some kind of effort was put into it. In my mind, 'Bonejangles' doesn't even try.

It is a cheap looking film and looks like it was made and shot on a minus budget, the editing being especially haphazard and the villain looks more goofy in look rather than menacing. That though is actually the least of 'Bojangles' problems.

More problematic is the way it's written. The script throughout is sheer laziness and cheese, where nothing flows naturally and there is the constant cringe factor. 'Bonejangles' fails completely as both comedy, where the jokes bore and offend rather than amuse, and horror. The horror being ruined by absolutely nothing being scary (unintentionally funny more like and sometimes it even struggles to be that), a lot of obviousness, no suspense and lots of gratuitous parts and elements that seemed to be there for the sake of it and abused.

The rare times where there were signs of a story, much thinner than one thinks reading the premise and padded out, 'Bonejangles' is really intelligence-insultingly dumb and borderline incoherent with confused transitions, too much jumping about and a lot made unclear. The direction shows very little, if any, competence. Really hated the characters, not because they were sketchily developed or cliched (they were but what comes next bothered me more) but because they were really annoying and offensive. Like other viewers, have not been this offended by this many stereotypes in a long time, and all the actors overact painfully with really forced character interaction.

Summarising, awful. 1/10

Dreadful

[dcarsonhagy · 1/10 · 18 July 2017]

After watching this atrocious attempt at movie making, I was left pondering how something that had so much potential go horribly wrong? Proof is in the pudding, I suppose...

The movie opens with Bonejangles doing his thing (and doing it well...)--murdering innocent victims. This particular victim, however, was also viewing a naughty magazine, i.e. "Juggs and Bush." You see, as is the case of most serial killers--in movies anyway-- Bonejangles was warned by his father to NEVER be seduced by women; to never look at their bodies because they would control his mind and his "wee willie winkie". Skip to two totally inept policemen who are asked to join the search for the killer, and the race is on.

This movie could not decide what it wanted to be, so it just turned out to be nothing. When you have main characters who are played as the most offensive stereotypes ever imagined, it is very easy to put people off. The black guy who played his gay character so over the top should be ashamed of himself. Less is more, Ms. Agnes; less is more. As for the policemen portrayed in this POS, god save the town that depend on them. I suppose since the director knew how bad this film was, he decided to turn up the T & A aspect. Didn't help, and neither did those not-so-special-effects.

Rated "R" for nudity, violence, and disturbing images. The one thing the movie did have going for it was the name of the witch who cursed the town: Rowena. Where's Ernest T. Bass when you need him?

Underrated but somewhat flawed genre effort

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 7/10 · 28 April 2020]

Assigned to protect a mythical killer, a police officer and his transportation team get stuck en route within the town limits of a small town cursed by a witch that causes the dead to rise and attack them, forcing the team to release the psychotic killer in their possession to help stop the zombies and get out alive.

This here was a pretty enjoyable slasher effort. One of the better aspects here is the genuinely creepy set up for the killer that has a wholly enjoyable air about it. The backstory about the voodoo powers and his family's connection to the mystical powers is a fine touch and has plenty to like about it with the explanations involving why he can't be killed or destroyed which is explained away nicely in the opening that has the information needed to get an idea of who he is. As well, that leads into the other big backstory including the cursed town which goes back to the witch's curse and how that brings the zombies back to life for them to stalk the town on that specific night to carry out the curse. There's also plenty to like here with the films' strong slasher scenes and confrontations. The stalking in the abandoned factory where it takes out the other officers before a stroke of luck captures the creature is a great opening with some atmospheric touches, much like the stalking in the woods where he runs through the campers in the woods which has some great kills featured here. With the mixture of his attack on the town attacking the guests at the reception as well as the zombies outside featuring tons of action and over-the-top atmospheric touches alongside the fun kills on display, the action picks up nicely in this section and provides a great setup to the finale where it brings some fine laughs into things as well. These here are what hold this one up while there are some problems with this one. One of the biggest issues is the seemingly rushed and awkward manner in which this goes about telling all the plot-points and storyline beats because it's shortened running time is wasted on nonsensical matters. There's no point for the extended, drawn-out flashbacks to their backstory in high-school or the bland, tepid romance reconnecting them again to take place in a story like this which forces this one to go through the explanations of the town curse or what happened to the killer in a brief, hurried manner that happens in here. Keeping this one as brief as it is when it has to waste time on unimportant matters while rushing through the important ones is a rather odd yet big mistake to make here. The other issue with this one is the rather confusing and somewhat unnecessary elements that don't have any point here. The storyline involving the flamboyant officer is irritating to watch with plenty of extravagant behavior and motivations that wouldn't be accepted by a real police force. That also applies to the behavior and antics between the two main cops who tend to be given comedic personalities in their cowardice and ill-trained nature for the situation making them highly unlikely to be on the force much less the ones that survived. The last problem is an underwhelming and barely worthwhile finale that offers up no real action, is over so quickly it's hard to know what happened and makes no sense without any explanation as to what happened, tying into the other issue here. These are what knock this down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and a brief clothed sex scene.

Absolute Trash

[mastrwill · 1/10 · 6 December 2020]

Gaping plot holes and offensive for the sake of being offensive.

Not sure why people are complaining

[shawninaugusta · 10/10 · 18 July 2019]

If you like a horror movie with a little fun and silliness this is not a bad watch. Why all the haters looking for a 250 million dollar super hero movie? STFU and just have a good time and watch it....jeeeZ

Protect the wee-winkie

[nogodnomasters · 7/10 · 19 July 2017]

Doug (Kelly Misek Jr.) and Randy the virgin (Jamie Scott Gordon) are two police officers and not very good ones. They do manage to capture supernatural killer Edgar Friendly jr (Reggie Bannister...Edgar Friendly was a character in "Demolition Man"). Edgar is a Jason clone. They must take the killer to Agento (Dario Argento- Italian horror film director) for prisoner transfer...they do so on the night of the curse of the witch Rowena (Elissa Dowling) who was killed in the 1800's and is also a succubus. There are zombies, a prom night scene, homage to "Deliverance" Bruce Campbell chainsaw bit, and kids in the woods.

The film seemed to touch on many of the horror slashers. This is a camp homage comedy-horror, that was amusing but not overly funny with appeal to maybe a younger audience who have seen the older films.

Guide: F-word, nudity (Hannah Richter-TY)

What can I say ???

[jezwood69 · 2/10 · 22 July 2021]

Pretty much crap. Couldn't help but raise the occasional smile, whether this was because of the appalling acting or the campness of the characters I'm not sure.

The two stars are for the extremely fit Hannah Richter. Well worth the misery of having to sit through this drivel.