Leofwine_draca Another boring American horror story, this one filmed in a rambling old building somewhere in Maryland. It features a cast of has-been actors who spend almost the entire running time wandering around dimly-lit corridors while the scriptwriters attempt to make some kind of sense of a muddled and disjointed back story. Although there are a few attempts at intense scare scenes and ghostly stuff, there's no gore or real incident to speak of.Headlining the cast is Dina Meyer, formerly of STARSHIP TROOPERS fame and nowadays propping up many a B-movie. Joining her is controversial former porn actress Traci Lords whose acting is limited to say the least, Gabrielle Anwar (BODY SNATCHERS), and a bunch of middle aged guys. Needless to say the quality of the performances and the technical values are all sub-par, making this a rather pointless production.

djmalone This film had so much potential. The actors were great with what they had to work with, the story apart from my main issue was solid. So heres my issue with this movie: I do not understand anything except the attempt to make a really good horror. The fact people like George Romero are successful is simple, he makes HORROR. If you are to make a movie about blood, guts, crazy deaths, graphic scenes then keep it a simple HORROR movie. I don't, like most people, want to have to think why is there clouds popping up, why do we get unexplained flashbacks, why is there revenge on the kids who all went to this place and had the same things done. Surely it would have made more sense to do like a House on Haunted Hill theme, where the Doctor, Assistants and the rest involved in the experiments get pulled to the house or something. This film really, really blows (and not like the ex-porno star in it)...i mean really blows. The fact i spent 10 minutes after bitching and moaning to my wife about how bad this film was means this film took 100 minutes of my LIFE!!! Really this film does not deserve a horror classification, It's a physiological Thriller with content viewers may find offensive (viewer discretion advised) POOP

Indyrod Another one of the After Dark, Horrorfest movies, that is kind of a Big Chill horror movie with a very angry ghost. The death of a childhood friend of six others, bring them all together at the funeral. The deceased has outlined something he wants his friends to do, and that's follow a map that leads them to a spooky building, that they get trapped inside with a little girl ghost that takes them out one by one. Not a lot of action in the first half of the movie, mostly dialogue between the six which is pretty interesting, but might not sit well with a lot of horror fans. After the ghost comes into the story, it becomes a survival against all odds, and with a very strong cast, they pull it off pretty well. I kind of liked the movie myself, but I can see why other genre fans may not be too fond of it.

unbrokenmetal In a classic Old Dark House situation, a bunch of people are trying to find out what they have in common. Slowly a memory returns of something they tried to forget. And it's terrible enough to be lethal. Kudos to the camera department: there are great shots of faces in the shadow while light comes from behind, this is a good technical means to symbolize the psychological destruction of the individual, yet it's not overdone. The music often consists of slowly rising and fading synthesizer pads, deliberately creating an atmosphere of time standing still while it is impossible for anyone to get out of the house. "Crazy Eights" is neither something completely new (if you saw some Japanese movies recently), nor a masterpiece, but it captivated me for the whole running time and I can't say anything bad about it.Fortunately I decided to rent the DVD by chance, i.e. without reading any reviews first. That would have told me little about the movie, but a lot about horror movie reception in the 2000s. So, if no maniac with a chainsaw jumps at you every 2-3 minutes, a movie is "badly paced", "slow", "boring", "lame" and so it goes on and on. Oh my. Thankfully, many directors get into the movie business who have other intentions than just the body-count.