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< Halloween H20 [VHS] > < Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween II >

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Walt Disney Video(1999-10-05)

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(Great Movie)

(So dumb.)

(Final installment of the trilogy!)

(If Jamie Lee isn't afraid of Michael, Why should the audience be?)

(HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!)

I loved the movie. I think it is a great addition to the Halloween franchise. I highly recommend it.
Halloween H20 is the worst horror flick ever! I can't believe Jamie Lee Curtis reprised her iconic role as Laurie Strode. Halloween is such a classic film, all the sequels are stupid and not even scary. Josh Hartnett and Michelle Williams over do it here, the whole Laurie and Michael Myers are brother and sister is so calculated, I didn't like Halloween 2 and I don't like this one either.
Forget Halloween 4-6. Halloween H20 is should've been the third and final installment to this landmark franchise. I own Halloween 1, 2 and H20. There's no need to see anything else!
The last 20 minutes of this movie are of Jamie Lee Curtis stalking Michael Meyers and not the other way around.If that seems like a scary premise to you then you don't ask for much.This deflates the threat of the masked killer and leaves you with nothing but Jamie Lee doing an action hero impression."Scary",yes,but not in the way I want a Halloween movie to be.Stick with the first two movies.Halloween 4 was ok too.
I thought it would be cool to review this movie on this particular day! HALLOWEEN H20 is pretty cool! I remember being 8 years old and seeing it at the theatre. 20 years after Michael tried to kill Laurie Strode, he soon decides to try again. She lives under the name of Keri Tate. She has a son named John. She works as a head mistress at a private boarding school in Northern California. She has a boyfriend. Soon, Michael tears her life up again. She soon decides to fight back and finish her brother off once and for all...until the sequel. If you love the HALLOWEEN series, you'll love HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER!!!

p.s. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Halloweenis one of the great modern horror films, but as a franchise its track record has been spotty at best, painfully bad at worst.Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later, directed by horror vet Steve Miner (Friday the 13thparts 2 and 3,House), won't displace John Carpenter's original but it might help you forget the films in between. Miner certainly has: the film begins as if sequels 3 through 6 never happened. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising her role for the first time in almost two decades) faked her death and is now a single mom and headmistress of an exclusive California private school. She's also a secret alcoholic who lives in fear of her homicidal brother-bogeyman Michael Myers. Guess who decides to show up for a family reunion? The film begins with classic horror-movie exposition (the deserted college campus, Michael's escape, Laurie's waking nightmares) accomplished with some humor and style, but it's all setup for the second half, a driving roller coaster of stalk-and-slash thrills. There's little of the self-conscious genre referencing ofScreamand at times the film is a little far-fetched--it is a slasher movie about a knife-wielding homicidal maniac who won't stay dead, after all--but Curtis transforms Laurie from a shrieking victim into an empowered, determined horror-movie heroine who's learned a thing or two from the previous films. Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett, and TV cutie Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek) costar, and the script received uncredited polish fromScreamwriter Kevin Williamson; Curtis's mom, Janet Leigh, pops up in a cameo.--Sean Axmaker
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< Halloween H20 [VHS] > < Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > freaks

< Invisible Kid [VHS] > < Just One of the Guys > < Still Not Quite Human [VHS] > < Dream A Little Dream 2 > < Not Quite Human 2 [VHS] > < Howard the Duck >

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Starz / Anchor Bay(1997-10-06)

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(Classic 80's Adventure!!)

(a avide movie watcher)

(WHERE'S MY TAPE)

(Fun for the kids)

WHERE IS THE DVD??????????

Other then that this movie is for all ages, it's fun and exciting to watch. Hopefully this movie will come out on dvd.
This is one of the Best films from a great decade for movies, the 80's. It was one of my fav films as a kid. I only wish they would put it out on DVD. It has all the great elements for a classic movie; the nerdy kid, the quarky best friend, the hot cheerleader, the jock that losses in the end, ect ect. This film is a classic and I would recommend it to everyone.
Can not rate the tape as i haven't received one yet? I've waited a month and wrote twice and still no tape???? After reviewing all the comments on this seller i can see a trend of not delivering.....
Who hasn't dreamed of being invisible. This funny movie explores the question of what could be done if one were invisible. A classic flick. The locker room scene isn't so bad either.
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< Van Helsing (Full Slip) [VHS] > < The Mummy [HD DVD] > < The Mummy Returns [HD DVD] > < Serenity [HD DVD] > < Underworld - Evolution (Widescreen Special Edition) > < The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut) [HD DVD] >

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Universal Studios(2004-10-19)

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(Amazon Service&Product Quality)

(I love this movie -- just ordered the new blu-ray release!!!!!)

(rubbish.....)

(B.S.Ending!)

(No one's seeing it for what it is!)

I am a loyal customer a Amazon.com, I am very glad to mention to all of the global customer that i am very much impressed with the picture quality, product quality, and the awesome service provided by the amazon globally, i truly recommend to all the global customer to take the advantage of the amazon.
It seems that people either LOVE or HATE this movie -- there's no real middle ground for this one. I love it and just wanted to add my positive vote!! I actually ordered the new blu-ray release, and that says a LOT, because I rarely buy dvds. I just love the special effects in this movie -- the vampires are so much fun to watch -- I love the lights constantly going in Frankenstein's head -- can't wait to see the blu-ray version on my new 65 inch TV!!
... simply put......... rubbish.

The amount of Money spent on this film....... decadently sickening!

The Script....... flawed, flat, numb.

The Direction........ Lame!!!!!

The actors....... tried hard to save it! but failed miserably!

The Computer FX.......... beyond woeful! ....this stretchy, movement blur thing is ruining all the reality of film - give me practical fx anyday! ...you losers who enjoy this green screen fake reality - go play a COMPUTER GAME! Films were meant to be real - sets - locations - special effects = aimed to extend our perception of reality - not this lifeless, dull, gamer orientated rubbish which upon conclusion, really just ends up being disrespectful to the old horror masters they tried to impress!

If someone aims to HOMAGE the classic HORROR films of the golden age of horror - for godsake don't sell out like these fakers....

go buy the original classics and put this where it belongs.... the bin!

This just shows that Hollywood can't think of a dawm thing to put on the Big Silver Screen. DRACULA KILLED by a bite from the Wolfman, what a load of Bull S. Dracula is a shape shifter who can change to any creature of the night including Werewolves. So, why the you know the F#*@ would Werewolf bite kill a being that's already dead or undead? Because Hollywood couldn't think of a way for the villian to be disposed of dramaticlly. Hollywood stick to the source material and stop creating a lot of BULL!!!
Van Helsing is one of the most over the top action movies I've ever seen. It's got in your face CGI and a ridiculous plot with cheesy acting. But that's what makes it so damn good. Like other reviewers have said who liked it, it's a nod to the oldies with the new technological makeover and it's a helluva lot of fun to watch...again and again. I understand how people don't like this movie. I may seem like I have horrible taste in movies by loving this, but I like a good Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, or The Shawshank Redemption, much smarter, much more mature and provocative works that stay with you for a while. This movie is the kind where I can just relax, not think too much, and just enjoy and adrenaline-filled, visual effects laden, awesome adventure. I thought the production design was super cool, and at least I could tell a lot of people working on this movie put love into what they were doing. Haha I know that sounds so stupid but I thought so. I'm just puttin down my thoughts on this because I don't want everyone to expect and judge this movie because it's not as smart or well constructed as other, better movies. This one is just F-ing fun. Pardon my French.
quot;Non-stop action...A breathtaking thrill ride. quot; Lots of exclusive special features. Explore the castle, play the Van Helsing game.
Like a roller coaster ready to fly off its rails,Van Helsingrockets to maximum velocity and never slows down. Having earned blockbuster clout withThe MummyandThe Mummy Returns, writer-director Stephen Sommers once again plunders Universal's monster vault and pulls out all the stops for this mammoth $148-million action-adventure-horror-comedy, which opens (sanscredits) with a terrific black-and-white prologue that pays homage to the Universal horror classics that inspired it. The plot pits legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) against Dracula (the deliciously campy Richard Roxburgh), his deadly blood-sucking brides, and the Wolfman (Will Kemp) in a two-hour parade of outstanding special effects (980 in all) that turn Sommers' juvenile plot into a triple-overtime bonus for CGI animators. In alliance with a Transylvanian princess (Kate Beckinsale) and the Frankenstein monster (Shuler Hensley), Van Helsing must prevent Dracula from hatching his bat-winged progeny, and there's so much good-humored action that you're guaranteed to be thrilledandexhausted by the time the 10-minute end-credits roll. It's loud, obnoxious, filled with revisionist horror folklore, and aimed at addicted gamers and eight-year-olds, but this colossal monster mash (including Mr. Hyde, just for kicks) will never,everbore you. A sequel is virtually guaranteed.--Jeff Shannon
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< Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Widescreen) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition [Limited Edition] > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection - The Essentials (Manos, the Hands of Fate / Santa Claus Conquers the Martians) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 12 (The Rebel Set / Secret Agent Super Dragon / The Starfighters / Parts: The Clonus Horror) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition >

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Universal Studios(2008-05-06)
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(Soooo funny!)

(MST3K - The Movie - latest edition)

(Outstanding service!)

("So The Aliens Live In Hooterville?")

(Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie)

This movie is hysterical. It stays true to the original show and is just great in general.
Hello. Since I am a true MST3K fan I am not going to describe the movie, This Island Earth. It is a well-known movie and their are plenty of descriptions available on the internet.

Rather, I would like to focus on the MST3K production itself. This is definitely an enjoyable MST3K production as are most, if not all, of their productions.

As a fan, there are some things that I would have changed but I think that the MST3K people were trying to appeal to a wide audience and draw in other people that might not have been as familiar with the show as the fans are familiar.

Any MST3K fan will tell you that the show on TV wasn't long enough. Bear in mind, that we are talking about a show that filled a 2-hr time slot. So, that is probably my biggest complaint with this big screen production. The whole thing, including credits is something like 70-75 minutes long. They should have included a short or additional breaks with skits.

I am also sad that TV's Frank did not make an appearance. I know he left the show right around that time but it would have been nice if he stuck around just to be in this movie. I was also a little disappointed that familiar MST3K personnel like Paul Chaplin, Bridget Jones and Mary Jo Pehl did not make appearances in skits like they typically do on the TV shows.

It is a shame that this movie didn't do very well in the theaters but I think that is largely due to the promotion of it. They certainly could have promoted it more but I think the movie should have been treated like a new Rocky Horror Picture Show complete with audience participation.

As far as this specific release is concerned the picture quality is clear. There is nothing wrong with this release. The widescreen format is much better than previous commercial releases of this movie. I only wish that they would have included some bonus features.

In closing, if you are a fan of this stuff like I am you will definitely enjoy this experiment. It is certainly worth getting, watching and having.
The quality of the dvd was and is excellent and the arrival time was very quick. Thank you very much!
Filmed at Energy Park Studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, this Mystery Science Theater 3000 big screen adaptation of 1955's "This Island Earth" will tickle the fancy of any aficionado of the show, fan of science fiction, or lover of comedy. The plotline is essentially unchanged from the brilliant TV show, although sets are more extensive and costly. In this iteration Dr. Forrester (Trace Beaulieu) taunts his test subjects Mike Nelson, Crow T. Robot (also Trace Beaulieu), and Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) with the classic sci-fi film about atomic power, aliens with giant foreheads, and huge mutant insects, in an effort to break their wills, an effort that, predictably, fails.

"This Island Earth" follows Dr. Cal Meacham (Rex Reason) and Dr. Ruth Adams (Faith Domergue) as they journey to the planet of Metaluna with giant foreheaded Exeter (Jeff Morrow,) who is on a mission to save his home planet from destruction by meteors. The Metalunans are much advanced over humans, but need the help of Meacham and Adams for purposes of obtaining uranium to shield their planet from destruction. The thing that's most interesting about this film is that they spend a whopping total of about five minutes on Metaluna before Exeter, Meacham, and Adams start back toward Earth. It's like they go to the planet, tell the ruler "no, we won't help you" and promptly leave. All this makes for a movie with a very short running time and even with the MST3K host segments the final product is only 74 minutes long, which is a bit of a disappointment considering the original unedited version of "This Island Earth" is 87 minutes long.

The choice of material was controversial both within the MST3K camp and with fans. The film was readily and cheaply available, but was viewed by many as not as strong a choice as could have been made as "This Island Earth" is viewed by many sci-fi historians and fans as a classic of the genre and something of a good movie. Certainly the film is not among the worst that MST3K has skewered ("Monster a Go-Go" anyone?) and as a result the riffing is weaker than a normal MST3K episode. Don't get me wrong, there are some great lines from Nelson and company: "Suddenly I have a refreshing mint flavor.", "Hey! It's a moth equipped with a lightning bug!", and my personal favorite exchange after seeing the wacky Metalunan architecture that so resembled dreadful album covers from the 1970's, "It looks like Dr. Seuss designed their planet....They're really into 'Yes' on this planet."

While I like the film, this is the first (and likely only) time I can't give five stars to an MST3K production. While good, the riffing and host segments weren't as funny or wry as their best efforts ("Manos," "Hobgoblins," "Mitchell," etc.), and the film lost some of it's low budget charm when dressed in the trappings of a Hollywood release. I certainly like the movie and recommend it, but still believe that it could have been so much more than good; with the right movie it could have been great.
Despite the warning that this DVD might not play on players downunder I took a punt and it played ,much to my delight.
The cult television show (in which a hapless space explorer and his robot pals are forced to watch and deliver a hilarious running commentary on bad movies) makes a successful transition to the big screen as Mike and the 'bots lay waste to the '50s sci-fi yarnThis Island Earth(a painfully stiff would-be epic that's actually a cut above the usualMST3Kfare). While ardent fans may be a little miffed that more advantage isn't taken of the expanded theatrical venue (aside from a tad more scatological humor than usual, the content here would fit in comfortably as a regular episode of the series), the nonstop, hyper-literate salvo of comedy riffs that run the gamut from references to Tommy Chong's backyard to Yes album covers more than make up for any conceptual complacency. Be prepared to laugh till it aches. --Andrew Wright
From the makers of the highly successful cult classic TV series comes Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - one of the most outrageous, most irreverent, and most hilarious big-screen spoofs ever! A mad scientist, in his quest for world domination, concocts a diabolical scheme to subject the human race to the worst movie ever made: 1955's This Island Earth. It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth. Experience the hijinks and low jabs of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - where the worse the movie is, the better time you'll have!
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< The Lost Boys > < Lost Boys: The Tribe (Uncut Version) > < Interview with the Vampire > < Lost Boys: The Tribe > < The Goonies > < Underworld: Rise of the Lycans >

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Warner Home Video(2007-09-04)
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(Classic 80's Movie)

(Lost... and Found)

What can be said, if you saw it when you were a kid, then it still rocks.
A true cult classic. Although the second go round fell a bit flat, the original is both captivating, sensual&frighteningly evil. As for the cast: PERFECTION.
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< The Burrowers > < Splinter > < Taken (Single-Disc Extended Edition) > < Gran Torino (Widescreen Edition) > < Underworld: Rise of the Lycans > < Let The Right One In >

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Lions Gate(2009-04-21)
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(Surprisingly good)

(Deep into the dark where fear, death and feeding converge)

(Buried but still alive)

(The Searchers meets The Descent meets Tremors.)

(Compelling, unusual horror flick)

I had mixed feelings upon entering The Burrowers; a direct-to-DVD horror/western from writer/director J.T. Petty. Though it is occasionally slow moving and doesn't quite pick up until a quarter of the way through its running time, The Burrowers is a surprisingly good that not only mizes the best elements of the horror film and the western, but ends up leaving quite an impression by the time the credits start to roll. The story of the film revolves around an assembled posse that includes Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown, William Mapother (yes, a trio of Lost vets), Karl Geary, and Sean Patrick Thomas; all of whom set out to recover a family that has vanished and has presumed to be captured by Indians. Needless to say, they all discover that there is something much, much worse going on. The best aspect of The Burrowers is that the film is actually quite suspenseful. There aren't any of the "fake scares" that horror flicks these days are usually populated with, and instead Petty opts for some good old fashioned scares to go along with the more blood-curdling and violent moments. Not to mention the fact that the film is beautifully shot with some gorgeous cinematography that really makes it seem as if the film is taking place back in the 1800s West. The only real flaw with The Burrowers is how long it takes to really get firing on all cylinders, but despite this, the film remains something special indeed for a direct-to-DVD horror flick. Considering we get horror crud like Hostel 2, The Unborn, and countless others released in theaters, it's a shame to see something like The Burrowers not get a theatrical release. Hopefully though, it will find the following on DVD that it so rightly deserves.
The Burrowers belongs to a new style of movies in the horror genre, a combination of monster thrills and old wild-west action westerns. As such, it represents a curiosity worth exploring by any fans of horror.

What I found particularly interesting, aside from the concept of slimy creepy crawlers, is the honesty and innocence with which the characters greeted their fate - an utter acceptance of the possibility of death, which is in sharp contrast with the sanctity of life characteristic of the modern day horror films.

The movie begins with a grizzly action scene - murder of a family in a little house on the prairies of Dakota. The scenes curiously resemble the hide and seek qualities we've seen in `The Village' and the mysterious peasant deaths in The Brotherhood of the Wolf. And as the family is destroyed, the viewers adventure begin. We suddenly embark on a trip with the group of cowboys whose task is to find a survivor to this violent incident. And the deeper the group advances into the Indian territories, the more they face attacks by unknown and unseen monsters.

Soon the mystery begins to untangle as the of main character, a brave Irishman, begins to put the pieces together. This act of boldness is the first venture into the possibility of the impossible - imagining that their troubles are caused not by viscous Indians, but by something supernatural and a lot more dangerous.

As one by one the characters meet their fates, the viewers are drawn deeper into the dark mind of the movie creator where fear, death and feeding converge.

At the end of the movie one is left with a sense of outrage at the primitive mindset of the men in charge. We glimpse the rage and weakness of all immigrant in a land where rules are either scarce or nonexistent.

High grade for the acting, concept and representation. Movies in similar fashion:

) The Village
) Brotherhood of the Wolf
) Predator
) Wild Wild West

The horror genre is not often combined with a period piece like it is in The Burrowers, a horror-western set in 1879. One may think that this is both due to the often somewhat lower budget of horror films, and in the scare genre the backdrop of the modern connects with the audience better and this familiarity makes it easier to scare the viewer. Due to those reasons films of this ilk can probably be counted on one hand, while successful ones are even less common.

As late last decade, 1999's Ravenous admirably set a cannibalism/vampire tale to the Spanish-American war era and created a film that was one of the best and purest horror films amiss a time of Scream-like teeny-bopper horror. While the civil war-horror Dead Birds followed a few years later, and if this critic remembers correctly it was more concerned with false scares and padding its runtime. In the present, we now have The Burrowers, a film that is fits right between those aforementioned films in terms of quality.

The Burrowers is a film that concerns a posse`s search for a group of townspeople who went missing from what many believe to be from a war party of Indians. However, something far more sinister awaits this unsuspecting and vengeance-seeking band of alleged heroes.

This film despite its novel premise, fine backdrop, and alot of other good qualities, just sadly is not that effective, being at best mildly interesting. It should be said that if the film fails it is mostly due to a feeling of indifference. Oddly enough, this is not due to the most common reasons of passiveness.

In terms of the acting, the film is quite good: the characterizations are adequate enough that even if you may not necessarily "care" about the characters in the buddy-buddy way--as many of the "heroes" are more on the stubborn, roughneck side--you do know a distinctive trait or two about them. The Burrowers often seems to be realistic in most of its depictions of the characters traits. This was a time of hatred, personal justice, and racism to Indians, African Americans, and even fellow Europeans, like the Irish, even more so than it is today. The hardened characters feel genuine in that sense that they feel methodical and strongly opinionated in those points.

Problems arise with The Burrowers from the onset: the opening scene does little to really terrify and seems like the usual status quo to show the audience that all will not be right in wonderland as the time ticks by. Sometimes in movies this sense of impending doom works adamantly, creating a sense of terror at the beginning, to cool things down a bit to let characters evolve, then turning on the jets. In this movie, the opening scene just is not that effective possibly due to its lack of suspense, its shortness, and just the knowledge of being an educated fan of the genre and thus knowing how a film of this ilk often starts. The film would have seemed more effective if this scene were jettisoned out or (again) if it was longer.

On the back of the DVD, the package says the film is a little over two hours long. Instead, it is a smidgen over an hour and a half. Sadly, the film feels like it drags on past its bedtime anyway by a good 10 minutes. Much of the film consists of nothing more than a set pattern: travel-talk-fight-travel-talk-fight. The plot just can not sustain that much redundancy which drowns out much of the interest of the viewer. The rest of The Burrowers never really turns on the jets: the suspense is not there, while instead, there is a feeling of apathy breaking through the horizon.

The scare scenes are either too long or two short, and never a good balance is attained between a fun action aspect and the tension-building horror feel. The actual Burrowers themselves are very, very scary in conception, but not in creature design. It may be true that the visual F/X looks real enough, and although one might admit it's rather absurd to point this out, as actual monsters do not exist, but these monsters look like a cross between a turtle and a turd in a toilet, no joke. They are just odd looking. It would have been more effective if they looked more like a spider: much like their eating/killing/hunting ritual resembles.

In the end, The Burrowers is a film that is much better on paper or in summary than it actually is. While it did so many things right, anything having to do with true horror is not one of them. Instead, as an action-western the film is marginally entertaining even if its novel aspects is often buried in grunge, dirt, and murk.

6.0 / 10 (In 0.5 Increments)
This is a great film who did not get a theatrical release... sadly because the cinematography is gorgeous and the whole project is many times superior to other horror films who actually get a wide release.

The director here did an excellent job recreating a western scenario where a group of men go on a journey in search of a family of settlers who were (they think) abducted by indians - when in fact, the abductors are a breed of underground creatures who feed on the humans they keep paralyzed under the earth.

The characters are great, the actors are great, cinematography is top-notch, music is great... everything is perfect.

...but the only thing that prevents me from giving this film five stars was a strange taste of "I've seen all this before in other films". Don't get me wrong, because I DO think this film is a true labor of love superior to most of the junk we see today. But somehow the utilization of elements we already saw in films like The Descent (the group of monstrous flesh-eating humanoids...) or Tremors (...who live under the earth) left me a bit unimpressed and disappointed. The idea that came into my head was that this film was a great combination of formulas I've seen before BUT under a (unusual) western scenario.

Maybe that's why it did not get a theatrical release.

STILL... this is a gorgeous horror film that even being a mixture of other films we all have seen before, still manages to keep you interested all the way until the end - thanks to a master director who clearly has great taste.

So if you are looking for a superior work of horror, give this DVD a try.
"The Burrowers" reminds why the serious horror fan must continue to scour the endless flood of direct-to-DVD releases. These films are generally lousy, usually quick, craft-free cash-ins, but sometimes a quality film slips through. I suspect the well-crafted "The Burrowers" slipped through because it is completely unmarketable. It's a rare horror-western that will leave many conventional horror fans wondering when the monsters will show, while those looking for a western may find the horror movie climax off putting. It's not merely a horror-western, but a moody art western and a slow-burn, atmospheric horror film, both of which will turn off much of their fan base. As such, "The Burrowers" is hardly a flawless film, but it's surprisingly novel and ambitious, particularly for a non-theatrical release. (Though, with a budget of 7 million, it's actually quite a bit more pricy than many theatrical horror movies.) Thrills may be in short supply, but it's a gorgeous, strange film, that steadily generates sense of dread.

Like many of your modern, artier westerns, "The Burrowers" has a thin story. In the Dakota territories a large family is attacked, with some members killed and others dragged from their home alive by an unseen, monstrous assailant. The locals assume this was an Indian raid and send out a search/retribution party to retrieve any survivors, though this party slowly discovers that the conventional narrative does not apply.

"The Burrowers" is a gorgeous film, and the sepia-tinged photography takes full advantage of the New Mexico landscape. Petty also displays a great range visually, sometimes abandoning the slow, steady style for a bit of fast paced action or a conventional horror scene. That said, the film is also quite dialogue and character heavy, with the main weakness that, though well acted, the figures are somewhat clichéd and not overly compelling. Irishman Coffey (Karl Geary) is the central everyman character, whose fiancée-to-be disappeared in the attack, while Henry Victor (Doug Hutchison) is the brutal, bigoted military man and Will Parcher (Will Mapother) is the gruff, no-nonsense sort who has difficulty accepting the surreal nature of the task. (There are a few other stock characters, like the sympathetic black cook and the young, naïve kid who needs to prove himself.) The characters are ultimately quite likable, when they're supposed to be, but they're never quite compelling. Related to this, the film is sometimes irritatingly PC, rehashing the same old tropes about abusing the Native Americans, killing the buffalo, racism etc. For once this material is genuinely related to the story, but it's still heavy-handed and repetitive. These elements are secondary to the mood and horror, but had theybeen handled more adroitly they could've lifted it to another level.

The strongest aspect of "The Burrowers" is the slow build, where the trappings of conventional European civilization are steadily stripped away as the party moves further from home, and the natural finally bridges the supernatural. Director/Writer J.T. Petty is careful not to give away much initially, building detail after detail: the mysterious wounds; the lack of the blood; the bizarre damage to nearby foliage and soil; the vague Indian tales of the burrowers; the paralyzed, buried-alive victims. Were a viewer to miss the first 5 minutes of the film, it might take 45+ minutes to realize that there was anything legitimately supernatural occurring. This is what I like best in horror, the almost imperceptible slip from the real to the unreal, and "The Burrowers" executes this transition with special care. When we finally meet the creatures they are not particularly stunning, in the final analysis, but this is an inevitable disappointment. If nothing else, the creatures are better than most and surprisingly good looking for such a low-budget film.

The conclusion will, no doubt, split audiences, as many will likely find it disappointingly conventional. The climax is merely solid but the film has a terrific epilogue that redeems it, and that brings the film back to its roots. "The Burrowers" ends not in horror, but in a bleak, hopeless melancholy driven home by the final shot. It may not be what most horror or western fans are looking for, but it has an impact. Check it out.

Grade: B+

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 04/21/2009 Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R
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(WOW! WOW! WOW!)

(Neither Fish nor Fowl)

(Amazingly, this was a great book!)

(This is Barb Hendee's first solo book and is a smashing success!)

(Fragmented Novel in which Helpless Eleisha Is A Good Girl)

I was highly impressed with this story. I began reading this book with not much expectations. Any one who reads every week knows a good book is hard to come by and a good Vampire book even harder. Yet, one chapter in I knew this author had the chops to write a good story. The authors character development was a amazing! Case in point: for this first time in 15 years the author even managed to make me cry over the death of a character. Wow! Great book. There are two more coming out and I can't wait to read them.

The synopsis in a quick run down is below:

Eliesha was 17 when she was turned into a Vampire, from Wales originally, and the savant/nurse of a old and senile Lord. Flash forward to present day she is living in Portland and using a unique gift to seduce men in order to feed, the gift is vulnerability. She gets a phone call from a fellow vampire who she's know since the beginning, and considers a mentor. When she arrives at his house she realizes he has gone a bit off the deep end and is talking crazy. Right in front of her he leaps to his death off his own balcony as the sun comes up. Shocked, horrified, and devastated she crawls in his hidden chamber under the house right before the cops show up to investigate the scene. When she awakes the following evening she knows that the crime scene could very well lead the cops to her front door and get her in a lot of trouble.

She is caring for an older vampire, who seems like he has a few nuts loose himself, so out of desperation she does something she should never do. She contacts a another female vamp outside of her circle in Seattle for help. Maggie.

Maggie is a gorgeous vampire who has been using her gift of beauty to seduce men in her own right. When Eliesha arrives in Seattle at Maggie's door its against Maggie's best interest that she let her in, but she does.

A pact has been made between one the strongest Vampires, Julian, and his small flock -- no communication, and no living together. Eliesha has been aloud to take care of William, the older sickly vampire, but she is not aloud to seek out the help or companionship of any others.

Regardless, Eliesha and Maggie become fast friends and begin to form a bond, each learning from the other. Sadly this all comes to abrupt end when the cops narrow in on Eliasha's location. They are not ordinary cops either, one has the ability to touch an object and see the history of the item, and the other can read minds. This poses a very difficult situation for Eliesha and her new little family; it also brings some unwanted attention from two of the strongest Vampires still alive, Julian, and his French brother Phillip.

I don't want to give too much away, there is so much more to this story, and the writer plays it all out perfectly. Buy it, read it, and enjoy!!!
Originally published in 1998, Blood Memories is an odd book. In some ways, it's more in line with the gothic vampire-fiction trends begun by Anne Rice, while in other ways it's more reflective of the newer urban-fantasy trends influenced by Joss Whedon and early Laurell Hamilton.

On the Rice side of the scales: Barb Hendee's vampires kill, but are presented as sympathetic characters who don't enjoy killing. (In current urban fantasy, it's more common to find vamps who rarely kill, or else vamps who are wholly evil and like to kill.) There's a focus on the angst and loneliness of eternal life. The present-day narrative is broken up by expository chapters in which the main characters' life histories are revealed. Characters fall in love and/or become intimate friends just after meeting.

On the Buffy side: The present-day plot is fast-paced with plenty of guns and chase scenes. The prose is simple and straightforward, not languidly descriptive as it is in Rice's novels. Most importantly, there's a streak of female empowerment running through Blood Memories. The heroine, Eleisha, starts out dependent on others, and in the end takes control of...well, of a lot of things.

The result is a novel that sometimes feels like it doesn't know what it wants to be. The juxtaposition of action scenes and "memory" scenes threw me at first. I eventually got used to the frequent changes in pace, but it was an issue at the beginning.

The villain is a little anticlimactic when he finally appears. I realize that he has the power to make others fear him. It's good for him that he has that power, though. When he doesn't have it "switched on," he's not all that and a bag of chips. I kept wondering why no one had stood up to him earlier, especially when he first went "rogue" in the 1800s. The minor villain, a mortal, was scarier by far.

However, I enjoyed the development of Eleisha as a character. I didn't like her much in the beginning. By the end, I was cheering for her. She's not the gun-toting, uber-tough type of heroine we're used to, but she grows to be strong in her own way. Blood Memories was written at a turning point in the vampire genre, and I can almost see Eleisha's path as a metaphor for what was going on in the genre at the time. Out with brooding, in with strong heroines.
The cover, the description, and the thinness of this book gave me some doubts to it's quality, but I was very pleasantly surprised after I finished it. Eleisha, a vampire, witnesses the suicide of her only friend Edward, only to be confronted by cops with strange mental abilities immediately after. Since Eleisha's car was parked out front of Edward's house when the cops arrived, she and the feeble vampire she takes care of must flee and seek help from anywhere they can get it. Throughout the entire book we get a sense of foreboding from a vampire named Julian. I couldn't wait to find out him and the other vampire's Eleisha encountered. The best parts of the book were the glimpses into the past lives of all of the vampires. The characters in this book drew me in and wouldn't let go. I truly enjoyed this book. It is much better than most of the paranormal/urban fantasy out there that I've read recently. Some of the appeal to me is that this is a stand alone novel. The rest of the appeal is in character development. It was refreshing to read about a main character that didn't have a bad attitude and wasn't tough as nails. Very enjoyable read!
As Eleisha watches her long time friend, vampire Edward, greet the dawn and become a flaming yard ornament, chaos ensues. Through the backlash of Edwards memories that are released at his death, she becomes aware of a human who has experienced the traumatic backlash as well, but with dawn's appearance, Eleisha is forced into sleep.

When night comes, she must act in order to save herself and William, her charge, an aging vampire unable to care for himself. Their flight takes them to Seattle. Though seeming safe, the strange human finds her, and another vampire is killed in front of Eleisha. Desperate, Eleisha decides to stalk the stalkers but finds things are not as they seem.

Wade has always been an outcast. As a telepath, he is scorned by humanity. Only when he meets a man who can see pictures of past events from touching an object does he find someone who understands. But when his friend turns violent, Wade is torn between his friendship and protecting those his friend seeks to kill.

The story takes place in present time with glimpses back into the lives of its characters.

This is Barb Hendee's first solo book and is a smashing success! Very nicely done, Barb looks into the dynamics of vampire interaction and isolation among them. This is a wonderful book that I would recommend.

Reviewed at Bitten by Books Paranormal Fiction Review Site by Kersyn
Eleisha, the main character, is a vampire centuries old. She's not a thinker; she reacts badly in dangerous situations, tending towards flight rather than confrontations. Half the book is her story. While somewhat likable, the woman is a total wimp (as opposed to heroine), and even her vampiric 'power' is appearing so helpless that men want to coddle her.

The other half the book are the life stories of a genuine psychic telepath and partial histories of other vampires. Eleisha's early life and turning are also given their own long flashback sequence. The reader gets these interruptions as Eleisha and the psychic (Wade the Annoying) share histories mind to mind. The actual main story is small, and the reading experience jumps around between lifetime flasback/histories and main story.

The book felt like a first novel, and not a particularly good one. The standout element is the main character is a female vampire, which is fairly common in current fiction. Hendee had a checklist of vampire myths to go through and debunk and/or verify in Eleisha's mental voice, because I remember more about her version of vampires can look in mirrors and sleep wherever than about Eleisha's triumphs.

The psychic stuff made the novel too blah for me, leaning on the side of deus ex 'now we understand each other, let's hug~' and well, that vibe struck me as out of left field. Plus the other off-putting about the novel is the vampires (including Eleisha) hunt every two days, resulting in fatality... you'd think even the most boneheaded police would notice 200 deaths a year from one area, especially with modern techniques for identifying serial killers.
A bold new series from theUSA Todaybestselling co-author of theNoble Deadsaga.

Eleisha Clevon has the face of a teen angel, but she is no angel. Unlike most vampires, she doesnt like to kill, but self-preservation comes first.

When an old friend destroys himself by walking into sunlight right in front of her, Eleisha is shocked. And what she finds afterwards points to how very sick of his existence her friend had becomepiling drained corpses in the basement and keeping records of other vampires real names and addresses. Thats a problem.

Because now, there are policemen on the case: two very special humans with some gifts of their own. They know who Eleisha is, and, even more dangerous, what she is.
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< Lucifer, Book 11: Evensong > < Lucifer Vol. 10: Morningstar > < Lucifer Vol. 9: Crux > < Lucifer Vol. 8: The Wolf Beneath the Tree > < Lucifer Vol. 7: Exodus > < Lucifer Vol. 6: Mansions of the Silence > Mike Carey

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Vertigo(2007-01-24)
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(A bit of a letdown.)

(The final volume of one of the best stories ever.)

(On Lucifer 11)

(Excellent ending, irritating coda)

(That's all, folks...)

Mike Carey, Lucifer: Evensong (Vertigo, 2007)

The war in Heaven is over. Lucifer and Elaine have averted the worst, but at what cost? With the strength of the overall series, Evensong felt a bit like a letdown; too many loose ends were tied up too quickly, and too neatly, to be comfortable. That said, though, it's impossible to really call it bad; Lucifer is a series that stands almost as high as the original Sandman from which it spun off, and it's a remarkable accomplishment. The entire series is very much worth reading, and I highly recommend it. ***½

The Lucifer series is for serious readers. Please note that I said serious READERS, not comic fans. Even if you've never read a Superman or Spider-Man comic, consider this series. It's intelligent, entertaining, thought-provoking, philosophical, emotionally charged, powerfully written and drawn, and overall one of the finest miniseries ever set to paper. When I rank my list of All-Time Best Miniseries or Series, it's a short list: Watchmen, Kingdom Come, Lucifer, and Seven Soldiers of Victory (the Grant Morrison version). Yes, Lucifer is that good. It might even be better than Watchmen. This particular volume, number eleven in the series of collected issues, is the final volume. As such there's a sad quality to it, but it ends on a perfect note. All our favorite characters return, things are wrapped up, and a very fitting finale awaits this book's reader. When I finished it the first time, my immediate thought was regret, since I knew this story had come to an end. But the more I thought about it, the ending is why we read the story to begin with, and the ending to this series has all anyone could want.

At eleven volumes, Lucifer isn't for the faint at heart. It's a long series that requires you to think, remember, and be willing to challenge your beliefs. However, at no point should this book be considered "satanic" or some form of black/evil magic. It's a story, pure and simple. It presents a different view of the cosmos and makes any reader reconsider her or his beliefs, but at the end it rewards persistence and actually can renew a reader's faith, as it did with mine. Come to this series with an open mind and remember that it is not for children, and I think you'll be quite pleased with what you find. I recommend reading it in order if at all possible, but you can pick it up anywhere in the order and still have an excellent read.
Excellent wrap-up of a fine series of graphic novels on the theme of God and Lucifer. The treatment is deep enough to interest philosphers and theologians.
This wraps up most of the loose ends in the "Lucifer" series in a satisfactory way. The open-ended nature of Lucifer's fate is appropriate and suitable, and the mood and method of his final parting from his father Yahweh is ...hmm, properly consistent with his character; so is his farewell gift to Mazikeen. Elaine's choice of immanence rather than transcendance as her path of Godhead is well-justified and portrayed.

Unfortunately, the pretty but meretricious separate episode "Nirvana", which is a sort of filler to the whole thing, spoils the mood. This piece of orientalist trash should have been mercifully forgotten, rather than resurrected here. Surely it would not have hurt Carey to have actually talked to a few Buddhists to find out what Nirvana is actually conceived to be, rather than inflicting his own ignorance on his readers.
The Lucifer series is over. And if you know Mike Carey, when he finishes something, he likes to make sure nobody can ever pick it up again. In a word, this really is it.
I'd like to start off by saying a few words about the entire series. Lucifer is easily one of the best comic series Vertigo has ever produced, in part because Mike Carey is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure to know. I place him on a level with Gaiman in terms of inventing characters and settings that have never been used before, and utterly without peer for keeping his plot threads tightly wound. More than once I have stood in awe of the way he manages to pull things back together for a startling climax.
Evensong has many things in common with the last book of the Sandman series, The Wake, in that it occurs after all the action has taken place, and exists mainly to wrap things up. Therefor, it should not be surprising that the big "go out with a bang" comes and the end of the last book, and Evensong is, if not exactly a whimper, then perhaps only the fading echo of the bang that was.
In true Carey fashion, all major characters drift off where it would be difficult, if not impossible, to pick them up again. I have no wish to spoil the endings, but Jill Presto lives happily ever after, Elayne decides to start taking her God roll seriously, and even Gaudium enjoys some level of respite.
Then there's Lucifer, easily the most entrancing character to ever walk through literature. In the final comic, Lucifer comes full circle with his past, and has the final confrontation with his father that we have been expecting since the first book. As you might imagine, Lucifer cannot help but be himself, and nothing is resolved. The last comic even manages to force you to sympathize with God's position, and the ending is more than a little sad as Lucifer fades away into the sunset (or lack of sunset, as the case may be).
Now, I hate to nitpick, but when someone with Carey's reputation for thoroughness misses anything, it's easy to be critical. My number one complaint over the entire series is that, back many novels ago, when Lucifer is searching for the ship made of dead men's nails, he promises Loki to hold him up over the side of the ship come the day of Ragnorok. This is a small thing, but because of Lucifer's penchant for never being forsworn, I at once assumed that he was going to fullfull this oath before the end of the series. Come the last issue, Loki has never again made an appearance, and Lucifer has placed himself in a position to make it obvious he no longer cares. I find it hard to believe I am the only one to notice that Lucifer has been foresworn, and as with anything, one mistake ruins the formula.
The other notion I have issue with is the entire storyline of the Japanese death goddess. Evensong deals extensively with her, being the only true enemy of Lucifer's left alive, and she acheives what could be best termed a stalemate with him. Somehow, her final meeting with him is referenced as though it foreshadows her doing something very important, and very detrimental to Elaynes cosmos, but the book doesn't go into any detail, and it doesn't finish her story very satisfactoraly.
These two small things are the reason I have to give this book four instead of five stars. Given the scope of the series, and the way Carey has impressed us before, I think fans were expected something truly spectacular. What we see is an impressive feat any other author would be proud to call his own, yet still not par with Carey's other works. In spite of this, I will be reading the series again and again.
Because as I said, this is it, and it's more than a little sad now that it's over. For the last time, "that's all folks..."
From the pages ofNeil Gaiman's THE SANDMANcomes the story of Lucifer Morningstar, the former Lord of Hell who is unexpectedly called back into action after he receives a mission from Heaven.

In this final volume, the war is over and a new order is rising from the ashes. His own fate now decided, Lucifer begins to settle his affairs -- only to discover that he still has one deadly enemy unaccounted for.
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(A fun read.)

This is a wonderful sequel to Clickers by JF Gonzalez and Mark Williams. It is over the top, terrifying death and destruction, and hilarious in an 80s, B movie kind of way. The most horrifying part was definitely the president, because people like him could come into power in our country. Now that is what nightmares are made of. JF Gonzalez and Brian Keene are an unstoppable force within the horror genre, and I can't wait for the third installment of Clickers.
The first wave was only the beginning. Since it's publication in 1999, Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams has become a geunine cult-classic, garnering a legion of fans and single-handedly revitalizing the "munch-out" sub-genre. Like Jaws did a decade before, Clickers gave readers another reason not to go in the water. But now, it's not even safe on land. Delirium Books is proud to present Clickers II: The Next Wave. J.F. Gonzalez has teamed with best-selling novelist Brian Keene for a second assault-this time on a national scale. The Clickers are back, wreaking havoc on a United States already demoralized and defenseless thanks to a category five hurricane and a president who rules through religious zealotry. Now, as the death toll climbs into the thousands, two survivors from the original invasion find themselves teamed up with a marine biologist and a mob hitman, and on the run from the Clickers, the Dark Ones, and their own government. And as their enemies close in on all sides, only one thing is certain-if they fail, humanity loses. Clickers II: The Next Wave.This time, the crabs eat you...
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< Bats: Human Harvest > < Anaconda 3: Offspring > < Black Water > < Loch Ness Terror > < Lake Placid 2 (Unrated) > < Gabriel >

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Sony Pictures(2008-03-11)
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(It's BAD, VERY BAD.)

This film is one of the worst of all times. The fighting and shooting scenes look absolutely fake. The acting is so terrible it seemed the actors and actresses were reading the dialogues from a book! The special effects are like ... NO EFFECTS at all. There's no suspenseful or scary moment either.

It should be zero star. I regret renting this.
Time: Present Day. The Place: Russia. The mission: To track down and capture Dr. Walsh a fanatical weapons specialist hiding in a research facility deep in the notorious Belzan forest of Chechnya. Specially trained and armed an elite unit of soldiers is combing through the endless forest looking to bring their target to justice. But what they're about to find is an enemy they're not prepared to fight - genetically altered vampire bats programmed to feast on human flesh and blood - in this horrifying action thriller.System Requirements:Run Time: 87 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/MONSTERS&MUTANTS Rating: R UPC: 043396227965 Manufacturer No: 22796
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< Red Cockroaches > < Cold Blood > < Memory > < Let The Right One In > < A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition) > < Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance >

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Heretic Films(2005-09-27)
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(Technical Interest Only)

(Cockroaches appropriate for garbage film)

(Much ado about nothing)

(Confusing)

(This is independent Filmmaking at its Finest)

The fact that this was made with consumer equipment and has bigger budget look makes it worth watching for the aspiring no-budget Feature maker but the plot is nothing more than shock masquerading as a compelling story.
Worst film I ever saw. Dull and boring. It rambles on and on about an incestuous releationship between a brother and sister. Even the so called artistic photography is bad. Complete waste of time and money on this one.
Doesn't even have an end to it. It just stops. And that's the best part.

In a post-apocalyptic world littered with UFOs and mutant insects, a rather dull man stumbles across a sultry femme fatale who happens to be missing a tooth that occasionally smoulders and, upon being busted open, encases a bug -- kind of like how Mexican jumping beans are inchworm traps. In this world also exists a corporation with the ability to clone people and inject the bodies with memories of the original. "Red Cockroaches" is a surreal drama told in the vein of "Eraserhead;" like a vivid, whiskey-fueled dream, there are clues to meaning (such as: How precious are our experiences if memory can be distilled in the petri dish?) but these clues never quite rise to the level of sense. In fact, just as "Being John Malkovich" obsesses over the idea of lesbian sex via a man-sized puppet, "Red Cockroaches" is too much concerned with a fantasy of incestuous love. Director Miguel Coyula definitely has a knack for spinning yarns without a budget and capturing odd angles on film, and he's a whiz in the editing room -- but when it comes to the writing, he's a bit like a geezer trying to chew through a steak with his gums. When later viewed resting on its plate, grown cold and tough, there are only vague imprints as evidence that energy was spent converting beef into bites -- or images and dialogue into plot.
A man keeps running into a mysterious woman, at the train station, at a grave-site.

She has a French accent. Then she turns up at his mother's house as his long lost sister - only she's lost the accent. His infatuation with her continues and they have sex, knowing full well their own blood relationship. Other sex, more deviant is mostly hinted at... such as when Lily (first time actress Talia Rubel) asks her brother Adam (played by Adam Plotch) if he really loves her, that he'd accept anything from her body - then asks if he's thirsty.

Throughout the film cockroaches appear that glow red - for some reason I didn't follow. Another mystery is a friend of the man who appears with massive square reading glasses, a lot like "Brains" from the Thunderbirds, or Trevor Horn from the band "The Buggles"
RED COCKROACHES is a disturbing movie because of the subject matter and it makes a really big statement. A movie does not have to have millions of dollars or big name Actors to be really good.

When you consider how Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/ComposerMiguel Coyula made this movie for only $2000, the man is nothing short of a brilliant filmmaker. I'm in awe of his talent and skills and of the talented Actors in the film. GREAT JOB! A fantastic, surreal, disturbing, odd, artistic gem of a film.
RED COCKROACHES is one of the most astounding and impressive debut films you will ever see! Shot on digital video, with editing and visual stylizing and effects done on director Miguel Coyula's Apple G4 computer, the seamless visual effects, distinct colorization, and stunning visual imagery makes the film feel like some sort of comic book alternate reality come to life. No shot is repeated in the entire film, and every scene has subtle or not so subtle digital visual effects.

Set in a New York of the near future, complete with flying cars and glowing red cockroaches, RED COCKROACHES is a mind bending and morally ambiguous astounding visual experience.

A man in his twenties meets a mysterious young woman who disrupts the banality of his day-to-day existence. Together, they will embark on an obsessive-destructive journey revealing dark family secrets and forbidden desires.

Mysterious and seductive, often disturbing, this unclassifiable piece of cinema offers very few answers as it plays with our genre expectations, taking us on a surreal journey with a devastating climax.
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Image Entertainment(2007-03-20)
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(Fences are there for a reason)

(Son of Blair Witch Project)

(Hunting for a good movie? This isn't it)

(Good afternoon flick)

(Very Good Acting)

I have to admit that I'm a fan of some thriller/horror/slasher/sci-fi flicks, but I didn't get this one. I happen to like Predator, and I thought Blair Witch was good by playing on a different set of fears than the usual movies in this genre. This movie basically came across to me as a one hour and ten minute family drama tacked on to an instructional bow-hunting buildup to 7 minutes of transparent effects. We kept checking the remaining time, trying to figure out how they were going to squeeze any action into it.

They didn't.

And, just because the fence is bent up, don't go under it.
So-so beer and pretzel movie. B-grade movie, decent acting. Movie starts slowly, but the suspense builds and actually did hold my interest once the characters got in the woods to hunt deer. Once there, the hunters become the hunted. I enjoyed the "surprise" ending too, although it was somewhat predictable. Worth renting for a weekend evening if you don't have anything better to do.
The blurb on the back of the DVD case compares this film to Blair Witch and Predator. While it is true all 3 films had actors, were filmed with cameras and are available on DVD, this is about as far as the comparsion can go. This film was boring, pure and simple. I was actually rooting for the deer the whole time, I was hoping he would get some help from the other forest creatures and turn the tables on "handsome man", "whiny brat" and "jerky drunk". I've seen better films on Youtube, don't waste your time on this fetid pile of garbage.
The film was very well done for an independent film. The plot was fun, there was mystery, suspense and definately a top thriller.

The only issue I had was the ending was a little too mainstream for an independent film. Definately worth the money.
I found the acting to be excellent given the plot was weak at times. Overall, I rate it as a very good movie.
On a chilly fall morning jack his 8 year old stepson&a cameraman head into the woods to make a hunting video when their outing takes a disturbing turn. While on restricted land they stumble upon relics of a bizarre religious monument&realize they are being stalked by something not of this earth. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 08/07/2007 Starring: Joe Michael Burke Cliff De Young Run time: 90 minutes Rating: R
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