While a big budget doesn't necessarily mean the movie itself will be worth the time to see, it always helps to have a bit of cash in hand to at least cover things such as, oh I don't know, LIGHTING?!
I like to think of myself as a bit of a mogul when it comes to B-Movies and horror films. I've seen a hell of a lot; everything for famous flicks like the Friday the 13th series to low budget Troma and, my personal favorite, Full Moon movies. But nothing can quite prepare you for this one. A movie shot with what has to be absolutely no budget. I swear, maybe a couple of hundred went into this, but that's about it.
Starting from the opening shot of the Dead-Alive Productions logo, you know you're in for a treat. But let's skip the obnoxious criticism and get right to the point.
The trailer for this movie is really good. The White Zombie track along with the back-story of the Killer (In 1983 he killed 13 people, in 1984 he was sentenced to life, Today, he escaped) really gets you interested. It's only when you begin to watch the movie that you realize it's not what you thought. Little story about the killer is reveled which is really unfortunate, since that was the strong point of the film for me. If I would have known about who that murderer actually was, I might have been kept more interested. But instead, some dude is thrown a knife and a mask and told to imitate Jason Voorhees.
While the story isn't that bad, and the ending is pretty nifty, the biggest pet peeve I have with this film is the camera. I've seen some pretty bad films in my day (read my review of Plutonium Baby) but at least with those films, I could see what was going on. Because this entire film was shot with a handheld camera you buy from P.C. Richards, and half the film takes place in the dark, it's impossible to make out what's going on; even listening to the dialogue doesn't help. The story is there, but I might as well of been blind! And the sound itself doesn't help at all to move the story along. The same background music plays over and over for the extent of the film, never once changing to `tension' or `suspense.' Really lacking and sloppy.
To wrap this up, it's not an awful film. Credit should be given to the director who wrote, directed, and starred in his flick. But the camera, along with some really bad casting choices (I gather their wasn't much of a group to chose from though) really ruined it. On a side note, I bought this on DVD. Don't expect any extras but the trailer. The print is horrendous like I said, the disc does carry a 5.1 track, but its pure crap, especially the bass. Overall, I gave this one a 5/10.
I like to think of myself as a bit of a mogul when it comes to B-Movies and horror films. I've seen a hell of a lot; everything for famous flicks like the Friday the 13th series to low budget Troma and, my personal favorite, Full Moon movies. But nothing can quite prepare you for this one. A movie shot with what has to be absolutely no budget. I swear, maybe a couple of hundred went into this, but that's about it.
Starting from the opening shot of the Dead-Alive Productions logo, you know you're in for a treat. But let's skip the obnoxious criticism and get right to the point.
The trailer for this movie is really good. The White Zombie track along with the back-story of the Killer (In 1983 he killed 13 people, in 1984 he was sentenced to life, Today, he escaped) really gets you interested. It's only when you begin to watch the movie that you realize it's not what you thought. Little story about the killer is reveled which is really unfortunate, since that was the strong point of the film for me. If I would have known about who that murderer actually was, I might have been kept more interested. But instead, some dude is thrown a knife and a mask and told to imitate Jason Voorhees.
While the story isn't that bad, and the ending is pretty nifty, the biggest pet peeve I have with this film is the camera. I've seen some pretty bad films in my day (read my review of Plutonium Baby) but at least with those films, I could see what was going on. Because this entire film was shot with a handheld camera you buy from P.C. Richards, and half the film takes place in the dark, it's impossible to make out what's going on; even listening to the dialogue doesn't help. The story is there, but I might as well of been blind! And the sound itself doesn't help at all to move the story along. The same background music plays over and over for the extent of the film, never once changing to `tension' or `suspense.' Really lacking and sloppy.
To wrap this up, it's not an awful film. Credit should be given to the director who wrote, directed, and starred in his flick. But the camera, along with some really bad casting choices (I gather their wasn't much of a group to chose from though) really ruined it. On a side note, I bought this on DVD. Don't expect any extras but the trailer. The print is horrendous like I said, the disc does carry a 5.1 track, but its pure crap, especially the bass. Overall, I gave this one a 5/10.