Why do they keep making this cr*p?!
Some reasonable actors a bit of atmosphere...but that's it! And that's not enough!
I seem to have watched too many of these completely unoriginal B-grade turds of movies that they keep churning out recently. They're all the same! Loathsome characters, idiotic dialog, plots that you can pencil down before the film even starts and then check off as the film unfolds, complete absence of either gore or genuine scares (instead you get clichéd soundtracks and some jump edits)...and to make things worse, utter tedium. "Crazy Eights" had a little something extra: a premise that is so full of holes you spend half of the film asking "Now, hang on, how could they...?". The gaping chasm of this flick even extends to the title which, as others have pointed out, makes no sense once you give it a bare moment's thought. Are there 8 or 9 of them? Surely the girl in the box is the 9th! But, no, only 8. How can that be? It BE because the writers didn't rub enough brain cells together to get a spark and figure out what should have been glaringly obvious. And, what's more, the film takes itself seriously! Ugh!!!
There are too many of these sloppy, lazy, cookie-cutter horrors. Bring back the 70s and 80s! I know there's PLENTY of crap there too, but at least we got Tom Savini head explosions, Lucio Fulci outrageousness, John Carpenter suspense, Dario Argento cinematography and over-the-top set pieces, Jason Vorhees axes scythes spears and Terminator-esque unstoppableness...SOMETHING! Instead, we get "Crazy Eights"! Look, After Dark people, just stop. Or at least get rid of the 8 films requirement. There aren't 8 films good enough. Just release one kick-a** film whenever a good director/story/writer comes along. No more "Crazy Eights"!
Some reasonable actors a bit of atmosphere...but that's it! And that's not enough!
I seem to have watched too many of these completely unoriginal B-grade turds of movies that they keep churning out recently. They're all the same! Loathsome characters, idiotic dialog, plots that you can pencil down before the film even starts and then check off as the film unfolds, complete absence of either gore or genuine scares (instead you get clichéd soundtracks and some jump edits)...and to make things worse, utter tedium. "Crazy Eights" had a little something extra: a premise that is so full of holes you spend half of the film asking "Now, hang on, how could they...?". The gaping chasm of this flick even extends to the title which, as others have pointed out, makes no sense once you give it a bare moment's thought. Are there 8 or 9 of them? Surely the girl in the box is the 9th! But, no, only 8. How can that be? It BE because the writers didn't rub enough brain cells together to get a spark and figure out what should have been glaringly obvious. And, what's more, the film takes itself seriously! Ugh!!!
There are too many of these sloppy, lazy, cookie-cutter horrors. Bring back the 70s and 80s! I know there's PLENTY of crap there too, but at least we got Tom Savini head explosions, Lucio Fulci outrageousness, John Carpenter suspense, Dario Argento cinematography and over-the-top set pieces, Jason Vorhees axes scythes spears and Terminator-esque unstoppableness...SOMETHING! Instead, we get "Crazy Eights"! Look, After Dark people, just stop. Or at least get rid of the 8 films requirement. There aren't 8 films good enough. Just release one kick-a** film whenever a good director/story/writer comes along. No more "Crazy Eights"!