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The Unborn (2009)
A mishmash of other horror shows
All I see in this movie is bits and pieces of other movies unabashedly stolen and used together to create a monstrosity of blah. Scenes from the Exorcist, Mirrors, and Omen (among others) even sounds from the Grudge... really? Yup really, the exact sound in fact. How can someone steal all these ideas and hope nobody notices??? I mean come on; it's not saying much for this guys view on his audience and if that is the case why watch anything by David S. Goyer again?
This movie was ridiculous too the point of being almost funny, yes almost!
A couple of half decent special effects does not make a hit.
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
Gives new meaning to the word yuck!
This movie, if one can even call it that, is bad all the way around from the cameraman who seems to be epileptic, to the silly battle scene in which all 20 cast and crew took part in and the utterly ridiculous attempt at a troop rallying speech (picture a mentally challenged version of Mel Gibson's Braveheart speech). Although I have to say at this point it was good for a laugh, watching them try and make 20 people look like 20,000 by quickly changing camera angles (which may have been the epilepsy again). Total budget for this movie, $24.65. $20.00 on props, $2.00 on CGI, $2.00 on the script and .65 cents on acting lessons. If you like fantasy movies stay away from this one... far far away!!!
Quarantine (2008)
An unbelievable mash of used ideas and silliness.
While a somewhat good movie it has it's share of faults.
First off the 1st person view of the whole movie through a shaky camera has already become overused. The Blair Witch, Cloverfield, and Quarantine's predecessor REC
But as if that were not bad enough, towards the end when the camera, after being used as a weapon a few times, finally starts to have it's light flicker on and off and then to night vision left me with an absolutely frustrated feeling and a partial headache. A shaky camera with a flickering light??? No epileptics please!
Now on to the acting, or I should say the dialogue. I, for one, hope with every fiber of my being that if put in a crisis people would not suddenly turn into blithering idiots as they do in this flic. If you can think of a wrong thing to do, they do it with gusto. There are guns lying about yet the male protagonist chooses to wield a sledgehammer and no one else even mentions a firearm let alone grabs one!?!? 'Scuse me but crazed, bloodthirsty killers + available guns = bullet to the head. If they wanted to be creative and go for an unusual weapon such as the sledgehammer then leave the guns out of the equation altogether as any normal person would indeed choose a boomstick over a hammer.
If you can FF to the last 5 minutes you may find a shiver or two dribbling down your spine. The "eye candy" role in this movie is played by Dania Ramirez, who is a minor supporting actor.
For once I would like to see a movie that actually had people do what would benefit their survival instead of trying to get them selves killed. Example - a group of people put in a dire situation who use everything they have at their disposal yet more importantly use their heads to prolong their existence against the terror that hunts them. OK, OK so there is one person who breaks down and fills the blathering, ranting, unclear thinking and panic stricken screamer. But the rest, well the rest ignore this fool and TRY to survive, now that would be a refreshing change of pace.
It's my humble opinion that this movie needs to be watched alone and in the dark to be enjoyable... let your imagination fill in what the movie leaves out for a good scare.
The Woods Have Eyes (2007)
Save your money!
This film is riddled with totally foolish dialog, camera shots and terrible sound fx (when there even were sound fx).
I think whomever wrote this script should have looked up some facts before making the characters spurt foolish statements such as "Birds don't sing at night!" after hearing the hillbillies do a LOON call. I live in Canada and I can tell you they most certainly do call at night! Anyhoo...
Bad acting by 95% of the cast, terrible sound fx, lame plot line (if you could even say it had a plot) and all around foolishness makes this movie a trash bag companion for sure!