Reviews

I really do like this film, and yes it has a bit of an original story. The fact that we don't see background on the main characters was an excellent touch since usually every damned movie out there has that background story that isn't a;ways necessary to consider a film a success. The pigeon thing was also an excellent touch since it was a new idea that hasn't been used before.

Now, here is the downside to the film-- the overplayed slang that became famous in 2012, "Fam". Yes we know it's a abbreviation for the word "Family" and is not the first film to use the slang word of the year to relate to the audience, but in this film it is WAY overused which quickly bordered on annoying. Now, for the rest of my criticism, I am going to rag on the guy who ruined the movie in every scene he was in whether he opened his mouth or not; Jason.

Jason is the self appointed leader of the group and is extremely childish and annoying. Not to mention selfish. Lloyd, whom he considers his best friend, is trying to straighten out his life because he has a child on the way and is putting priorities above Jason. I completely commend his decisions because he doesn't want to be locked up and not able to help raise his child. He stopped doing drugs and drinking heavily and definitely was putting his beloved girlfriend as well as his aforementioned unborn child first. Jason was not having ANY of that.

Jason doesn't like being told no, whether he wants to do something or wants someone else to do something. So what does he do when Lloyd honors his deal with their drug dealer by hooking up the aerial and then deciding to take Jemma home? Jason spikes his "Best Friend's" drink with pills because he didn't want him to leave. Well, I'm sorry Jason but the world doesn't revolve around you, "Fam".

He is also abusive towards Colin which is definitely uncalled for. Jason may be the self appointed leader but he is extremely annoying and gave the film the only unenjoyable moments.

All in all, aside from Jason, this film was original and very well made. I recommend it for anyone who decided to look for something different.

I decided to check out this movie because Danny Trejo's name caught my eye, and I have been on a binge of films I haven't seen yet, to broaden my horizon and open my mind a bit. I was not disappointed.

From the moment I heard the words "Drinking in the morning makes you more of a pirate", I was like horns up for that one \m/ .

As someone who actually has pirate heritage (Blackbeard is my great, great, great, great grandfather) I can always appreciate the classic jokes. I feel the pirate love. Definitely one I would watch again.

The reviews on here don't exactly know what they're talking about. This film is actually really good. A couple is driving across country and then they stop for the night. That's when things get bad. The boyfriend mysteriously goes missing and then it's revealed through a hallucination from blood loss (nice touch) that he's dead. See, that was good. That was new. The fact that she's in a bear trap most of the time is genius too. Not knowing if she will get help, eating poisonous mushrooms just to try and survive, all the while your leg is still stuck in the bear trap and not knowing if you'll die but giving life a fighting chance at the same time.

And then there's her rescuers. You automatically think they'll rape her because they're in a remote cabin, three dudes, and a helpless chick. You think, oh here's a cliche. But then all of a sudden, NO, and you're like holy crap, that was new. This movie has a lovely finish, a situation where the audience thinks the chick is helpless but isn't, and then the ending is a nice fade out.

That's why I gave this film 6 stars. It's a good movie.

First off, Mr. D'Onofrio nails this role. I haven't seen any of his films in years but even so, he was once again, not disappointing.

It's a plot twist when it comes to him kidnapping the kid and making him his servant. You would think that would be it, that it would be just another slasher where the boy does as he's told. But that wasn't the case.

The twist itself in that is he shelters the boy from the outside world while still trying to teach him the facts of life. The boy can't understand this because he's mentally stunted a little but his killer has the patience to help him try and grow through that. It's so beautiful. It really is.

This film is worth it. From the moment Mr. D'Onofrio comes in screen all the way through him attempting to humanize his servant by helping him understand puberty despite the kid being scared about it since the only Sexual Education he gets is from his captor.

The patience from his captor coupled with Mr. D'Onofrio's portrayal of an abusive serial killer is definitely a refreshing take on what a real horror movie is capable of.

Just one thing to say, that Easter Bunny is scary as hell. An Easter Bunny mixed with the Son of God has literally been taking out of the text and and I just think, holy. Pun intended.

I loved him because of how disturbing he was. The guy who portrayed him did a very nice job and the look of his character made it very memorable. Let's just say once you see him, you can't unsee him. It becomes burned into your retnas so that even if you wanted to look away, it wouldn't matter.

A very enjoyable nightmare.

Heavily inspired by the Texas chainsaw franchise, it puts a deeper twist onto the cannibalism. For one thing, Mr. Hansen didn't like what he was doing. He absolutely hated farming humans. But let's go back to the beautiful intro.

In the beginning, we see young Hansen, son of Hunt, walking with his teddy scare, redmond gore (teddy scares, look them up) which forshadows the next scene and so on. The mom sees him getting bullied by the Blackheart kids and then witnesses a horrific accident of her child getting his face horrifically burned and scarred. The kids throw him in the water, the mother sees this and tries to save him from disfigurement to no avail. Then her guilt eats her up a short time later and she commits suicide.

ALL IN VERY EMOTIONALLY TEAR JERKING SLOW MOTION. And to top it off, we get this beautiful emotional piano and violin melody that brings you to tears.

That alone is what made this film so beautiful and tragic. I'm not going to say anything about the rest of the film because it's the beginning that I wanted to put out there. If you think this film is a knock off, it's not but just do yourself a favor and appreciate the beginning of the film. Appreciate how beautiful and emotional it is.

Okay, I read this film won and award and I can see why. The plot twists are crazy and the whole feral boy thing was a beautiful touch.

Not many people can appreciate the fact that feral kids are real. This film isn't the first to use that angle but it's always refreshing to see it.

The plot twists are like, you hear this chick talk and you think she's British and then all of a sudden she gets called out on it and then starts talking in a normal accent just like that. It's like, that hasn't been done since Hatchet (as far as I know, I'm just going by what film I last saw that did that) and then you think the feral guy is the gay son because they're never on screen at the same time until a little over halfway through the film and then you're like, wow. Lots of plot twists, big or small, and the feral boy makes for a pretty good film.