first of all, i've seen better acting in high school Shakespeare productions. and there is NEVER good acting in high school Shakespeare productions. at first i couldn't tell if it was the acting or the writing that stank so abominably, but then i realized, it was both. it's just that the acting was definitely worse.
that fountain yount dude took the character of a mad genius and played it like a little emo b*tch. and that part where he's got that wire coming out of his head so he can conduct his "experiment"....he just looked ridiculous. not scary.
the movie was not without its decent parts. the black and white cinematography with the fevered flashes of color.... i mean it was clever. (perhaps the entire budget of the film was spent on such effects rather than to hire decent actors). and the image of a bloodstained girl walking down the hallway of a mental hospital, singing "ring around the rosie" and smacking a severed head against the wall was definitely cool, though i found myself wishing someone would put the top of her skull back on.
i won't say watching this film is a COMPLETE waste, and i look forward to finding the right opportunity to quote, "i'm not above f*cking you like a low-rent whore" (good line!), but, as a whole, I think H.P. Lovecraft would have been appalled.
that fountain yount dude took the character of a mad genius and played it like a little emo b*tch. and that part where he's got that wire coming out of his head so he can conduct his "experiment"....he just looked ridiculous. not scary.
the movie was not without its decent parts. the black and white cinematography with the fevered flashes of color.... i mean it was clever. (perhaps the entire budget of the film was spent on such effects rather than to hire decent actors). and the image of a bloodstained girl walking down the hallway of a mental hospital, singing "ring around the rosie" and smacking a severed head against the wall was definitely cool, though i found myself wishing someone would put the top of her skull back on.
i won't say watching this film is a COMPLETE waste, and i look forward to finding the right opportunity to quote, "i'm not above f*cking you like a low-rent whore" (good line!), but, as a whole, I think H.P. Lovecraft would have been appalled.