Hatchet II (2010)

Victor Crowley is back! And this time, he's really pissed off!

Mary-Beth (this time portrayed by none other than scream queen Danielle Harris)  has fought her way free from the clutches of killer Victor Crowley and made her way back to the safety of the city.

After visiting Rev. Zombie, (Tony Todd) Mary-Beth learns that her father was one of the people responsible for killing Crowley. She decides that she needs to go back out, retrieve her father and brother's bodies and put an end to Crowley's reign of terror.

Once again, written and directed by Adam Green. Starring Perry Shen, Tony Todd, Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder as Victor Crowley.

The over the top, 80's homage style of the series goes into full effect in this sequel without any signs of hesitation. The tone of this film is much more serious than it's predecessor, but still has it's cheesy charm added in with a good portion of the kills.

Like the first, the kill scenes are highly gore filled, probably even more so in this one as a lot of death scenes ended with a large blood splatter hitting a wall. This effect was more than likely used to save some money and the obvious reason of keeping the movie looking like it was a cheesy 80's flick.

For what it was, I enjoyed it and was not expecting anything special. This film did what I expected it to do and I am happy about that!

We all need a little cheese in our life and for that, I have to thank Adam Green. A true fan of the genre and a master at what he does.

Hatchet II is gonna get a 7 out of 10.

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Contracted (2013)

Written and directed by Eric England, Contracted is the story of a young woman named Samantha,  who is drugged and raped at house party that is being thrown by her friend.

After the wild night, she starts to piece together what had happened to her and ends up believing that her rapist, a man named B.J., has given her an STD. But what she has received from him may be far worse than anything she could have ever imagined.

Written and directed by Eric England. Starring Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams and Joshua Petrino.

One of the best surprises I have yet to find in the horror genre on Netflix. I do not know who is rating these films, but they need to learn a thing or two about a good horror movie.

Everything about this movie was on key right from the start. It had me guessing as to what could have been happening to her right till the reveal in the last scene.

The scare factor was not there but the cringe factor definitely was which  completed the whole horror experience for this movie and I would absolutely watch it again in a heartbeat.

The acting was top notch, as was the dialogue and the camera work. It was very beautifully shot.
I have nothing but great things to say about this one, considering I was expecting a 1 star movie and got a surprise 4 to 5 star which I could not be happier about.

With all my praising being said and done, I will have to give Contracted a 9 out of 10 and a definite suggestion for anyone to watch this if they get a chance to.

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Lovely Molly (2011)

Okay, I am going to try and describe this movie for the review as best as possible to have it make sense to some degree and to make an attempt at not ruining it for anyone who wants to watch it.

Molly, (Gretchen Lodge) is a girl who just got married and decided she wanted to move into her childhood home where her father had died in when she was still very young.

Her new husband Tim, (Johnny Lewis) is a truck driver and must leave a lot of the times for work. Once he leave for his first work week as a married man, strange things start happening to Molly that progressively ruins her day to day life.

Directed and written by Eduardo Sanchez, Also written by Jamie Nash and starring the aforementioned Gretchen Lodge and Johnny Lewis.

Now, I hope that was enough to get you through without really killing any of the story if you choose to watch it. Here comes the possible spoiler alert part.

I was kept intrigued to watch what was happening the entire time but was confused as all hell due to the fact that there are several factors that come into play that could have caused what Molly is either doing or going through.

The biggest issue I am having right now is that I don't think I liked it, nor did I hate it by any means. I understood exactly what was going on throughout the film but just could not figure out what was the actual cause of all the random scenario's that were happening, although all the reasonable options were presented to you as  very good possibilities.

The acting was pretty good in it and some of the scenes made you wonder what the hell was going on. All in all I have to give this one a 5 out of 10 and that's only cause I seriously do not know if I liked it or not.

But if you're looking for a head scratch-er directer Edwardo Sanchez serves one up for you in this one.
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Hatchet (2006)

A group of guys set out to Mardi Gras to take things off their friend Ben's mind after he is dumped by his longtime girlfriend.

When the booze and the girls won't seem to help with his heartbreak,  Ben decides to take a haunted boat tour where he and everyone aboard, run into a snag and must ban together in order to escape from the fearsome spirit of Victor Crowley.

Written and directed by Adam Green. Starring Deon Richmond, Tamara Feldman, Joel Moore and Kane Hodder as Victor Crowley

To start off, this film was FILLED to the top with some of the biggest stars the horror genre has ever seen, including Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees) and the aforementioned Tony Todd.

Written and directed by Adam Green, you can tell that this was the inspired work of someone who loves watching the classic slasher films. From the cameo's to the ending there was always something an old school fan could pick up on at almost any point of this movie.

The first hour seemed like it was a little too goofy for my tastes, all I could think of this movie as was a mix between Lake Placid and one of the Friday the 13th films, but I soon realized what the writer was doing. And it paid off when the story line got serious and the scenes had started getting filled with gore.

I did find the main character's dialogue a little bit odd at first but it suited the look and mannerisms of the actor portraying him and made me see the type of person he is supposes to be resembling.

The kills in this were a mix of straight old school slasher and new original, innovative deaths which is always a plus when I'm watching a slasher. And the gore used was amazing and very realistic. Although some of the kills weren't overly convincing it was still very well made.

And for the 80's fan out there, the ending is made especially for you! You will love it and hate It all at the same time, I can guarantee that.

So for my big finale, I will have to say that watching this movie is a big yes, even if you're not really a fan of the first hour, such as I was, just keep watching it and it will pay off in the long run. Hence why I am giving it a 7 out of 10.

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Pontypool (2008)

An odd plague starts taking over the small Ontario town of Pontypool where Grant Mazzy, a radio show host, is on lock down in the local station.

As he is reporting the odd behavior of the towns folk on his morning show, he learns that he may be the root cause of it all and must make a choice.

Does he keep quiet and save those who are yet to be affected or does he relay the necessary info over the air waves and risk infecting the entire population.

Directed by Bruce McDonald, written by Tony Burgess, starring Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly and Hrant Alianak.

Pontypool was based from a book  titled "Pontypool changes everything" which is the second book in a trilogy written by Canadian author Tony Burgess.

I heard nothing but great things not only in regards to the book, but the film adaptation as well. It took me a while to get around to it but I finally picked myself up a copy. And my only regret is not having done so sooner.

I highly enjoyed this movie to the fullest extent possible due to its originality, the concept behind it, the fact that it's taking place in the same province I reside in and it's ability to make me use my imagination in the fullest extent possible.

They use a series of descriptions to inform you as to what is happening with the citizens of Pontypool and how their behaviors and reactions are impacting the city as opposed to having a full out gore-filled movie. With the exception of one visual scene and the remainder being sound, there are basically no special effects being used through the film.

With that being said and I have to stop talking about this one in order not to kill the surprise of it all for anybody and just go out and give it a 9 out of 10.

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You're Next (2011)

I have been waiting a while to do this one, but here it finally is and it's thanks to my friend Matt for making the request.

You're next is simply about a family who have gathered for their parents 35th wedding anniversary. But to their misfortune, they are targeted by a group of bandits who start killing off each family member one by one.

Directed by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett, starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A.J. Bowen and Joe Swanberg.

Now, I am not going to give any more detail about this movie as I do not wish to ruin any part of this film for anybody. Instead I will give you a list of why you should watch this movie for yourselves.

Right from the start you get all you need to create a perfect slasher film, just like they used to make back in the 80's. The music on queue, the "no cell reception" aspect was done in the most intelligent way possible, with full explanation to boot.

Add in your necessary soft core nudity, simple reason why the killings are taking place, some pretty good acting, a whole hell of a lot of well done gore filled scenes and you have yourself an excellent homage to the 80's that's sure to please any fan of old school slasher flicks.

Predictability was the only problem I had with this film, but it gave it the full slasher movie effect and I can respect that.

Now with all that being said I have to easily give this beauty a 9 out of 10. If you think that it's higher than it should be, that just means you aren't a real slasher fan!

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Exorcismus (2010)

Exorcismus follows two stories. One of which is about a teenage girl named Emma who starts going through a series of odd events, most of which she can not remember having happened to her.

She believes it has something to do with her recent use of illicit drugs, but soon finds out she is dealing with a much stronger force.

The second story is about Emma's uncle, a priest who has been excommunicated from the church following an unfortunate event in which a young girl had died while an exorcism was being perfomed on her.

Directed by Manuel Carballo, written by David Munos and starring Tommy Bastow, Stephen Billington, Doug Bradley and Sophie Vavasseur.

The begining of this movie really sucked me in and got me wanting more right from the get go. A lot of the scenes that they show you from the start are bits and pieces of how the story has unfolded, so as the film progresses you start putting different scenes together to come up with new conclusions as to what started Emma's whole situation.

The procedure for the exorcism was done in a neat manner where they did different sessions and when Emma was back to "normal" after completion her sessions, she would be at the dinner table eating. This helped them avoid going the "feeding tube" route.

This I really liked because it also allowed Emma to leave her home and progress the story line in other aspects.

Most of the story was fun to follow and watch till you arrive to the end of the film. The last 15 minutes in particular you notice the quality of the story drop dramatically as well as the quality of the effects used. The idea behind the ending was good, it just did not play out as well as they thought it would.

For the most part the film was good with the exception of the aformentioned ending, I will admit however that it was not a finish that I was at all expecting to see, nor did I think I would ever see in a film of this nature.

I believe this film is deserving of a 5 out of 10 due to how it played out but again, and I can not stress this enough, the ending should have been restructured and due to that, it's giving it an obviously lower rating.

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