SEE NO EVIL : sick fun time:)
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SEE NO EVIL : sick fun time:)
I caught this film late this afternoon, and since I didn't find a thread on the film. I thought I'd start one.
I'll get straight to the point. The film is nothing more than a simple slasher flick,that get's going and never lets up until the end.
While the fake slasher films of the late 1990's(which were really whodunits masquerading as 'horror/slasher') are too ashamed to revel in what makes the slasher genre popular.
This film revels in all that we love about slasher films without coping out and playing it safe. You want real prothetic no CGI(except one scene I could tell) gore? you got it! There's no shying away this time around. You want elaborate deaths? You got it!
There is a sick gleefully sadistic attitude to the atrocities commited in the film. Alot I was shocked to see happen in an R rated film no less.
One death sequence stands above all the rest though and is the highlight for myself. I won't ruin it for those who haven't seen it. But I will say it had people in the audience on edge and squirming in their seats(and that includes me). And the payoff is brutal,painful,very nasty and ironic.
Also two cliches which have been done to death, were nice to see done away with in this film. I won't say what they were. But it was refreshing once I realized "wow..they didn't do what I thought they would like all the other films!".
So if you want a back to basics slasher film which delivers what it intends instead of pretending to be something 'better' than a simple 'horror picture'. Then see this film if you enjoy that stuff
Oh and stay through the end credits for a sick surprise that had me laughing and surprised it passed with an R rating.
The only bad thing I can say about the film is the flashy attempts at editing the film. Other than that,I enjoyed the brutal grisly mean spirited fight to the finish ride.
I'll get straight to the point. The film is nothing more than a simple slasher flick,that get's going and never lets up until the end.
While the fake slasher films of the late 1990's(which were really whodunits masquerading as 'horror/slasher') are too ashamed to revel in what makes the slasher genre popular.
This film revels in all that we love about slasher films without coping out and playing it safe. You want real prothetic no CGI(except one scene I could tell) gore? you got it! There's no shying away this time around. You want elaborate deaths? You got it!
There is a sick gleefully sadistic attitude to the atrocities commited in the film. Alot I was shocked to see happen in an R rated film no less.
One death sequence stands above all the rest though and is the highlight for myself. I won't ruin it for those who haven't seen it. But I will say it had people in the audience on edge and squirming in their seats(and that includes me). And the payoff is brutal,painful,very nasty and ironic.
Also two cliches which have been done to death, were nice to see done away with in this film. I won't say what they were. But it was refreshing once I realized "wow..they didn't do what I thought they would like all the other films!".
So if you want a back to basics slasher film which delivers what it intends instead of pretending to be something 'better' than a simple 'horror picture'. Then see this film if you enjoy that stuff
Oh and stay through the end credits for a sick surprise that had me laughing and surprised it passed with an R rating.
The only bad thing I can say about the film is the flashy attempts at editing the film. Other than that,I enjoyed the brutal grisly mean spirited fight to the finish ride.
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I'm actually looking forward to seeing this. I don't get the chance to hit the theaters very often so hopefully it'll see a video release by September or so.
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I caught it too. The flashy editing was quite jarring. Great gore, bad dialogue. Okay slasher, nothing unique or special. This could've been direct to dvd.
Grade: C-
Grade: C-
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Originally Posted by raven56706
it was a good movie.... it was what it was..... a no brainer horror flick
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Originally Posted by LiquidSky
Agreed. Reminded me of all the 1980s slasher movies. Good times. Grade: B+. I enjoyed it much better than Eli Roth's two efforts.
yeah seriously...... hey if it makes a total of $20 mil then its considered a success..
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I am a wrestling fan, but given WWE's track record (aside from The Rock's stuff) I was going to pass. I actually got dragged to it by non-wrestling fans, and I have to say I thought it was very solid. Agreed that the editing was a little over-the-top, but given that they had such a low budget and those interiors would have gotten awfully stale by the end, I at least understand why they tried. I liked this MUCH better than Hostel or The Hills Have Eyes, and I'm concerned that it's got 0% on RT right now. There's obviously a stigma to a WWE Films movie, but 0% can't be due to the movie itself.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
I'll wait for a DVD rental, but I've always enjoyed mindless slasher flicks.
I think I'll wait too, who knows, maybe there will be some extra 'unrated' gore the dvd will reinstate.
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Any T&A?
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Following RottenTomatos scale is pointless. 0% is an extreme exaggeration(I mean Uwe Boll films score higher ratings!) and shows you can't always trust RT in the first place.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%. Sure that means critics are not liking it. But that does not mean fans will not like the film. So it's pointless to base a horror film (especially) on what the critics think. They are notoriously hard on horror films..especially slasher films.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%. Sure that means critics are not liking it. But that does not mean fans will not like the film. So it's pointless to base a horror film (especially) on what the critics think. They are notoriously hard on horror films..especially slasher films.
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(Sorry to go off tangent here, but):
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,
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Originally Posted by Julie Walker
Following RottenTomatos scale is pointless. 0% is an extreme exaggeration(I mean Uwe Boll films score higher ratings!) and shows you can't always trust RT in the first place.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%. Sure that means critics are not liking it. But that does not mean fans will not like the film. So it's pointless to base a horror film (especially) on what the critics think. They are notoriously hard on horror films..especially slasher films.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%. Sure that means critics are not liking it. But that does not mean fans will not like the film. So it's pointless to base a horror film (especially) on what the critics think. They are notoriously hard on horror films..especially slasher films.
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Originally Posted by scott1598
that is exactly what i am talking about. considering Uwe scores higher seems to indicate this movie is less than good. what is wrong with RT anyway? it is simply a compilation of reviewers, respected and not so much. why wouldn't you trust it to spend $10 or not?
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Originally Posted by Giles
(Sorry to go off tangent here, but):
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,
http://www.cinema-crazed.com/camp-daze.htm
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Following RottenTomatos scale is pointless. 0% is an extreme exaggeration(I mean Uwe Boll films score higher ratings!) and shows you can't always trust RT in the first place.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%.
Especially since when I checked there were only 16 reviews up,thus giving it the 0%.
Critics 0%
Users 53%
I've found the users rating to be a better guide to go by.
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Originally Posted by Giles
(Sorry to go off tangent here, but):
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,
hey Julie, or anyone else for that matter, has anyone seen a slasher pic called 'Camp Slaughter' that supposedly is throwback to the slasher films of the eighties,