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Evil's City (2005)
Quite good
I like to mix up my horror movies between good and bad. Usually I will buy a couple of each and spend the day switching between trash and legit movies. I will admit finding Evil's City new for $6 made me think it was going to be horrible, but I was quite surprised with it.
It's basically about a group of kids that travel to an abandoned town called Acheron. The town itself is supposed to be pure evil, and soon all the dead come back to life at night. Then they have to try to figure out if and how they can escape.
Obviously low budget horror, but done very well, obviously by someone with a passion for the genre. The actors are above average for this type of flick as well. The sets and locations are actually creepy and well thought out too. My only complaint is the sound is sorta all over the place at times, but it's easily forgiven and doesn't take away from the movie.
If you can enjoy modern tripe like Demon Child 666, Blood Gnome, or Satan's Little Helper, then give this one a shot.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Garbage
Wow, what garbage this was. Like another reviewer wrote, it's amazing that an 80 minute movie could be sooooooo boring, but it's true.
Anyone who considers this "gruesome" or "shocking" hasn't seen many horror movies. The 70's style filming fails on pretty much every level. All the lead characters are annoying and you wish for their death immediately. The modern flashy camera work just adds to the mess (imagine The Devil's Rejects or The Hills Have Eyes remake, but even worse) and it's just an hour and a half of your life better spent pushing old ladies down stairs.
Don't bother with this unless you're really desperate for something to watch. This is as bad as TCM 3 and 4.. Only this one looks like they were really TRYING to make a good movie.