The Human Centipede II (2011)

I'm going to be a hundred percent honest here and say that I wanted nothing to do with this movie but felt like I had to review it to properly follow up with the original.

I feel like the only reason this sequel was even thought up was to cash in on the popularity that the original had gained over the prior years. So in other words, it's a freaking money grab.

We start by following an over weight, under confident and possibly mentally challenged man named Martin, he is a security guard who is obssessed with the movie "The Human Centipede".

He is so enthralled with the idea of having his own home made pet centipede that Martin decides to take the movie's horrific idea and turns it into his own reality.

Like most other sequel concepts, bigger is always better and  that's exactly what they did with this one, attempting to create a twelve man human centipede.

The use of black and white mixed with the obsessant nagging of Martin's mother was very reminissant to me of the original Pshyco film.

I found alot of the the killing scenes very bland and boring. It looked like the same kill was done over and over again to different victims.

Another part that does not bode well with me is that there was no authority figures that ever appeared nor did anybody even attempt to question Martin about any of the missing people or the continuously crying infant that he left in the car.

Althought I did not want to see this film, I did enjoy the first half of it for some reason. It's possible the fact that the main character did not say a word the entire time and the resemblance to pshyco that drew me in. But that feeling was lost thanks to the last thirty minutes of the movie.

I will have to give the human centipede II a 4 out of 10 as I did for it's predessesor.

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The collection (2012)

Admittedly, I did not do my research before watching this movie. I just saw it as a suggestion on Netflix and started watching it without any knowledge of The Collection being the sequel to the film The Collector.

Lucky for me, this film did not really need any explanation and was still a good watch without the first part having been seen.

The Collection is a gore filled horror movie about a serial killer who collects one surviving victim each time he sets a killing spree in motion.

One of his victims, Arkin (Josh Stewart), is set free by a young lady, Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick), from a box the collector was keeping him in. She in turn, is kidnapped and placed in the box in his place.
Arkin is later forced to help a group of mercenaries who have been hired by Emma's father to find the collector and rescue his daughter.

The club scene about 10 minutes into the movie was just fantastic! It's completely gore filled fun. Think of a game of saw, with hundreds of people, and only one person can make it out alive. Then that person gets kidnapped ten seconds after surviving.

The visuals throughout the movie were awesome, each room had it's own theme and it's own kills to go with it.

Most of the death scenes were very inventive and the special effects really did a big number to help them look as realistic as possible.

The dialogue seemed a little plain at times and some of the acting looked forced but they covered most of that with the effects used in each scene.

The closing scene seemed kind of ridiculous even though he explains why and how he is doing it. Still found it a waste of an opening for another possible sequel.

For the entertainment value of the death scenes alone, I will have to give this on a 5.5 out of 10. Most of the movie didn't do anything for me and I doubt, next to going on youtube for them, would only watch it again for the intro killing spot.

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Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)

Jason is back at it, in 3D this time!

We continue our story with Jason deciding to take a little field trip away from Crystal Lake to go visit Higgens Haven, a private camp down the way. But first, he decides to stop at the local country store for a change of clothes and a couple of quick kills.

As he continues on his way, he encounters yet another group of teenagers who have already set up camp at the Higgen's lot and decides he needs to do what he does best.

The basis of part three is pretty much the same as the first two with the added exception of the 3D element and the group of gang banger's that are basically there to give us a reason to cheer on the killer.

As odd as this movie may seem, the writing was a huge improvement from the second film as was the acting for the most part.

No matter what you think of this movie, it has one of the most important scenes in not only the franchises history, but the genre's history as well. This would be Jason's acquisition of the famous hockey mask that is now his trademark look.

Speaking of the acquisition of the mask, the kill immediately following is hands down, my favorite in the entire franchise! And with that being said and the importance of this film to the series, I give it an easy 7.5 out of 10.

Had it not been for the mask and my favorite kill, I could have simply given this one a much lower rating without hesitation

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Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)

We continue right where the last movie ended.

Alice laying in the boat, waving to the police. All of a sudden Jason pops out from under the water, grabs her and pulls her under with him. She awakens at the hospital to find that her friends were in fact, murdered, by the mad woman she dismembered.

But there was no signs in or out of the lake of the young boy whom she claimed to have been attacked by while in the boat.

Figuring the camp killer has been dismembered and will no longer be an issue, another businessman decides to set up shop by the lake and open up the campgrounds for the summer to try and make a profit.

As per the norm, the Camp is being stalked once again by an unknown force who does not want anybody on or around the lake.

This one was a perfect example of a pure slasher movie, excellent kills, quick and too the point and they got to properly introduce the now iconic Jason Voorheees.

They ending was done properly but the add on at the end before any of the authorities arrive is repetitive of another scene from a different film.

I'm please to say i liked it but the extra "scare factor" they tried to supply us with failed miserably and made me lower the score i would have given it, so this one gets 6.5 out of 10.

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