The Yeti

Come on, you can't really say this movie is lame. It has an original story and a surreal atmosphere for a start that give the movie an unsettling feel.

The story goes like this: 3 wannabe burglars break into an isolated villa and kill the occupants. The 2 elderly occupants are really sadistic killers and have quite a shock in store for the burglars. The old man with his collection of clocks turn back time and soon the burglars are running for their lives.

The acting isn't quite up to scratch and there is a cruel scene involving a cat that in my opinion makes the lead teens truly unlikeable.

Apart from that then you can look forward to a great setting and location. (The villa is lovely but appears dark and unsettling as soon as night falls.) Also on show is Fulci style gore. A maid is literally gutted when the elderly folks find out about her snooping around. You can give a hand to the poor teen thats just had hers stabbed! And, about a dozen shotgun blasts end up hitting everyone. I couldn't believe this was made for cable!

The movie doesn't intend to be amazing, yet the surreal story and the twisted ending notches it up considerably. Just give it a watch. You may be pleasantly surprised. 3 out of 5.

I speak out on behalf of all fans of the TMNT!

This is not a bad movie!

You might say it has no storyline but I say it's kept simplistic for all the comic book fans. You don't want to confuse people with a massive complex tale. No one argues with 'Enter the Dragon' having a bad storyline!

The characters in this movie are wonderfully set up. Right from the start we see that Raphael has issues. This anger forces him to distance himself and in the process we feel his fury. We immerse ourselves in the character and see how deep he can go. From woefully staring into New York from a rooftop or letting out a frenzy upon the gang that has literally knocked April to the ground we are getting to know the character inside and out. This is the hero of the movie. As for the comedic cheek of Casey Jones or the light-hearted double wisecracks of Michaelangelo and Donatello, I'd love to see the reason behind this movie having "no character study" as some people might say.

The action scenes are set up within the constraints of a normal fun movie with great camera angles just dying to be put on an advert or poster.

The turtle effects by the Jim Henson creature shop don't disappoint even though Splinter looks like he walked straight off the set of 'Labyrinth'. The turtles are so good you shouldn't care anyway. The animatronics are fab and the voice characterisation is well chosen.

As for the main blessing, Steve Barron has chosen a dark tone for his movie. The original comic book would have been made proud by this attempt at making the movie more adult than people could believe. The crime-filled backdrops of New York make a great battleground, and the whole mythological element that all crime is ruled by a master ninja adds to the drama. The soundtrack couldn't be better for the beginning.

This is a fantastic movie and horribly underrated. With so many great elements this goes down as one of the all time great fantasy adventures. 10 out of 10 and a cowabunga to boot!

I bought this on DVD in its 'uncut' form. It starts off quite promising with an okay nightmare sequence and some intrigue. The soundtrack is also good considering how low budget this is. The story sees a woman having recurring nightmares of being chased by a monster on an island. Soon she realises it's a premonition rather than a dream. The murders are carried out well. Trapdoor, Boat oar, Giant fishing rod, pitchfork. These are well edited and intensely shot so I suggest you should get the uncut version if any. The films downfall is the acting and the lack of likeable characters. I wanted these people to die. Not a very good sign. When you finally get to see 'The Slayer' it's quite impressive. Well made up and horrific. The ending however is bull****. It does make sense if you listen to the dialogue in the movie but it doesn't suit the style of the movie. We've just been waiting for this monster to show up and when it makes its appearance we cut to some little girl's bedroom realising it was a dream.

3.0 out of 10.

Good murders, music and make-up. Everything else is fodder.

After hearing various rumours of this movie being a true horror classic and Dario Argento's best, I decided to buy it and take a look. It is a great piece of work from the Italian Master but if you watch closely you will realise it makes no sense. But, the bizarre music, the wild settings, the impossible bit where a killer bursts through a window when there is nothing to hold on to! It is utterly compelling and an unforgettable experience. Jessica Harper plays Susy, a girl who wants to enter a ballet school and realises it is a coven of witches and demons. The gore is bright pink but the killings are suspenseful. It is not a giallo like Argento's other early work but it hints of a possible detective story told instead by the main character and her friends. The camera angles like the pigeons eye view and the presence of someone or something watching Susy and her friend in the swimming pool. It is overall one of Argento's best. I don't like it as much as 'Deep Red' but people will argue over which is the best. I give this 7 out of 10.

Since all of the stories have their ups and downs I will review them each on their own. Five men are trapped in a basement with a table and chairs. They proceed to tell them stories from their nightmares that seem to real to be just a nightmare. Include Major Spoilers!

{Story 1} It involves a man (Daniel Massey) trying to hunt down his sister (Played by Anna Massey) as she is the beneficiary of her fathers will. After tracking her down, Daniel Massey kills her and enters a restaurant. He was told they were closing but they are indeed open, for a gang of vampires. If you are clever enough to find the uncut version, it includes Daniel Massey getting a drinks pump stuffed into his neck and the vampires proceed to pour blood from his neck squirting it out as he spasms. Very good direction with a spooky atmosphere and an engrossing story.

{Story 2} It sees Arthur Gritchit (Played very splendidly by Terry-Thomas) and his new wife Eleanor settling down into their home. All is good until Arthur starts getting angry at the fact that Eleanor keeps changing the house around and not putting things back in the right places. 'Everything in its place and a place for everything. That Eleanor, is the value of neatness.' Arthur says. Eleanor then tries to tidy the house up really fast before Arthur gets home. Only a few things to put away until everything gets out of hand. Arthur gets home while Eleanor has just knocked over a box of nails to put a painting on the wall with. Arthur then starts ranting 'Can't you do ANYTHING neatly!' Eleanor in a rage bashes his head with a hammer. We then see a tidy house and Arthurs body parts that have been assorted in different jars. Eleanor cackles crazily. A great performance by both characters with Terry-Thomas adding humor every chance he gets. A fitting ending and a story that never gets boring. I could write the story's script from memory I've seen it that many times!

{Story 3} Curt Jergens plays a magician who spots a woman in India chanting a rope. The trick is spectacular as Jergens can't spot how shes doing it. He offers to buy the rope but the woman refuses as it is a very special rope. Jergens pays her to do the trick at his hotel room with his wife. When the woman goes to the hotel, Jergens and his wife stab her to death. When Jergens chants the rope his wife climbs it to show off. She then looks up at the ceiling and lets out a piercing scream. She disappears and blood appears on the ceiling. The rope then comes down and starts lashing Jergens as we see it has a mind of its own. It hangs Jergens and everyone can see him hanging from his hotel window. A good if predictable story that has a great performance by Jergens and good classic revenge by a stolen item. The only flaw is we don't know what the rope did to his wife.

{Story 4} Michael Craig is a man who fakes his own death by being buried alive, expecting to be dug up later in an insurance scam. The man who should dig him up doesn't come to dig him up as he keeps the money for himself. Two college students want to dig up a corpse to use in a science project and they dig up Craigs grave. He gets up and screams in a mad rage. The two students run for it and end up causing Michael Craigs friends death as his car crashes. The grave digger who went with the two boys however has smashed Craigs head in with the spade. Another predictable story with a good ending. Craig looks rather bored in his performance yet manages to pull it off. The head bashing sequence is good and the comedy routine from the college boys is a nice touch.

{Story 5} Tom Baker is an artist. He has been forced to live in the carribean because his paintings were'nt selling. They were actually getting lots of money at galleries and it turns out Bakers auctioneers were lying. Baker sees a voodoo priest for a revenge spell. Baker then has the ability to paint a picture of a living thing and destroy the painting. Thus, this will happen to the real life person. He paints all three auctioneers and rips the first mans hands from the painting. After an accident, the mans hands are cut off. After he paints the second auctioneer he pokes out the eyes. In real life, the mans wife throws acid at his face so he'll never see again. The third auctioneer gets to see his painting as Baker shows it to him. He paints a red hole in his head and the man shoots himself in the head. Baker though, has painted himself and as he runs from the scene of the crime some workmen from the top room spill some water. Baker is hit by a truck and the truck runs over his face. We then cut back to Bakers painting and see that the water has ruined the painting. It has worn away Bakers face. A very clever twist with some great acting from Tom Baker and a cameo from Denholm Elliott. It is probably the best story apart from the second story.

The whole movie is put together with class acting and great atmosphere. You will be engrossed and thoroughly spooked by the stories. One of the best anthology movies of all time. 8.5 out of 10.

I saw this as a double bill with the abysmal 'Valentine'. Avoid that one at all costs! This one though is the predecessor. Made in 1981 (A good year for independent slashers) it gets away with a good story, good atmosphere and plenty of gore! The story is that 5 miners went to work and were abandoned by 2 colleagues who snuck off to a valentines ball. The 5 miners weren't warned about the methane levels so they lit a match and the whole place collapsed. Rescue workers dug their way in to find a miner named Harry Warden crazy and he had to resort to cannibalism to stay alive. After the 2 colleagues are murdered by Warden he warns never to hold a valentines ball again. 20 years later they decide to hold a ball again. Oh oh! The movie delivers the killings from the start with ample amounts of blood and gore. The killings are very creative and some include a man having his face put in a boiling hot dog saucepan, a woman being put in a washing machine and a man getting nail gunned at the head! The plot and story is different and the killer is very scary and imposing wearing full mining gear including gas mask and pickaxe. All of the characters are rednecks, which ups the fun level! Some of the cast went on to do better things. Neil Affleck (Not related to Ben) went on to direct episodes of 'The Simpsons' and Keith Knight who played Hollis went on to be a voice artist. This and some good set pieces make this a very good example of 80's slasher. 7 out of 10.

Those of you who love a good mystery should love this movie. After a party for the rich, 2 couples at the party decide to race to lands end in Cornwall. Soon one of the cars breaks down, one is off the road and they are in trouble. One of the women goes into a mansion to ask for help and it's clear that she's unwelcome. Peter Cushing plays Dr Lawrence who hides a dark secret in the attic. Cushing is quite dull in his role but he comes back at the end. John Hurt is completely miscast as the grumpy and perverted gardener. He actually plays the role very well and it's fun to see him do something interesting. He also invented a great new slap. He raises his hand and brings it down to chop the persons face with his fingers. I tried it and it's very painful! It shall be referred to as 'The ghoul slap'. As for the movie, the rest of the cast is on good form and Ian McCulloch stars in a pre 'Zombi 2' role. Still, he tries to take on the ghoul at the end and fails miserably. The atmosphere is superb with marshes and fog although the movie does run at a slow pace. Killings are the usual with stabbing's and shootings although some scenes have great special fx for gore. Particularly Ian McCulloch's demise. It is well worth a watch although it is very dodgy and quite slow. 5.5 out of 10.

I was expecting this to get remade soon after 'House on Haunted Hill' came out again. I was right so I bought my ticket and watched the movie with my buds. I was truly disappointed. It does have a few good points, The special fx are good and the house is interesting. The house was something new and it was indeed a step in the right direction. It is made of glass and you can see right through it. Plus, Shannon Elizabeth is staying there and she is fond of the bath. Don't get your hopes up though! She is really boring in the movie and she looks rather bored herself. She is miscast as Tony Shalhoubs innocent daughter and Rah Digga and the annoying ten year old kid are truly awful in their acting roles. I hate it when they add annoying kids into movies to increase the number of kids going to see it. If it's rated 'R' or '15' then why bother. Oh yeah, there is a kid in the original but it still angers me. The ghosts themselves are good and are creative. The only ones that seem to be murderous though are the Juggernaut, the Hammer, the Jackal and the Torn Prince. This results in few deaths and some CG gore which is bad. Apart from these bad points, F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Lillard, Tony Shalhoub and Embeth Davitz are all suitable for their roles. There is one good death and the house was a nice change although it was very ridiculous. I rate it 4.5 out of 10 but I recommend 'House on Haunted Hill' a lot more.

'Nightmare on Elm Street', 'The hills have eyes', they are all horror movies directed by some would say the king of horror. This man is Wes Craven. He dreams by night, writes his nightmares on paper, and finally makes movies out of them. I don't know if he dreamed up 'Deadly Blessing' but it sure as hell gave me nightmares! When I saw this aged 10, it frightened me to death. Not just because of the horror, but because of the hittite people in the movie and their God fearing ways. According to Sharon Stone 'They make the amish look like swingers!' The story involves Maren jensen who goes to stay with her boyfriend John on a farm. A family of locals next door are fearing a devil called the incubus. While John is asleep he hears his tractors motor running. He goes to investigate only to find someone or something has painted 'Incubus' on the wall. The tractor then runs him over squishing his face. Soon, more murders occur and more people go missing. Who or what is it? Is it Will Gluntz (Played by Michael Berryman)? Isaiah Smicht (Played well by Ernest Borgnine)? Or is it something more sinister? The movie can get credit for being very scary and thoroughly suspenseful. Wes Craven directs with strange sounds and prowlers eye view. It is dark and we are always focused on the characters. The best scenes are the spider scene, the barn scene and if you can see it, the extended ending. Normally it ends with Maren Jensen saying goodbye to her friends and waving them off. In the extended ending she goes back inside her house and at a very jumpy moment, a scary and very realistic looking incubus rises from the ground and drags Maren Jensen to hell screaming. According to the writers, the ending would be spoiling the movie. I just thought it was great. The barn scene is also great. Sharon Stone gets locked in a barn by an unknown figure and she tries to find a way out. Its dark and full of cobwebs. Something is in the barn with her waiting to strike. The camera just focuses on Sharon Stone and the cobweb details. It makes Stone seem vulnerable and exposed to the killer. It's all masterful stuff and I'm sure Craven fans will love it. As for the enjoyment factor, I wouldn't recommend it to the very religious and people with a short attention span will get bored quickly. It isn't very gory either. I say watch it though! 8 out of 10.

Everyone is screwing this one over saying it was terrible. It isn't terrible at all! It has Kane Hodder playing Jason superbly, a great change of atmosphere and setting and a high body count. People also say it's virtually goreless. I can assure you that it's not. It's gorier than part 6 and part 7! The story has an electric cable bringing jason back to life and Jason boarding a ship on course for New York. He starts killing right from the start with some good deaths including a sauna rock shoved in the stomach, a head punched off and a head smashed into a pipe! Jason has super speed and is more brutal than ever as his body count reaches 18 by the end! The acting is terrible by the leads but in the 'Friday the 13th' tradition of starting off careers it introduced a young Kelly Hu who went on to star with Sammo Hung in 'Martial Law'. Great scenes include the fight between Jason and Julius, and future Jason, Ken Kirzinger, being thrown across a New York cafe into a mirror. Overall, it will keep you entertained throughout no matter how dodgy you might find it.

Lets get straight to the point. It's about a girl who is swept away by a ghost and taken to a ghost town. The sheriff of another town tries to find her and gets taken to the ghost town. He is drawn deep into a plot involving a bunch of outlaws who are ruling the town and he must try and stop them. The movie is rather boring but at least it leaves you wondering until the end. Frank Luz is a bit dull as the sheriff but Jimmy F. Scaggs who normally plays tramps in movies is menacing and damn evil as the main outlaw Devlin. For gore hounds, look elsewhere but for fans of 'The Twilight Zone' who love a good story with ghosts and mystery, watch this. I wouldn't watch it twice though. 4 out of 10.

It's your typical 80's horror setting. A summer camp surrounded by an inferno of woodland. A bunch of teenagers listen to the story of Madman Marz, a farmer who got drunk and killed his wife and kids. When the villagers found him, they hung him only to go back and realise his body was gone. Legend has it that if you call his name, he'll come for you. It's a good story isn't it. It's also true and soon the madman starts killing the teens in gory ways. See the uncut version. Bad news about the movie is the characters are boring and the movie for the first 45 minutes is boring! Apart from the story that is. Madman Marz looks creepy and imposing when you can't see him but when you see him at the end he just looks like a cross between WWF wrestler Hillbilly Jim and Santa Claus! It has enough gore and suspense to keep you engrossed but without the characters being likeable, it ruins it a bit. Max is the only likeable character and he goes down town for most of the movie! But, for another classic slasher flick I give it 5 out of 10.

There were three reasons to why this was banned in the U.K. Like Deliverance with rednecks, it made cornish people seem nasty and dumb. Then there's the rape scene which is rather tame by todays standards and baring in mind I've seen this movie uncut. There is also the death of Charlie Venner when Dustin Hoffman sets a bear trap over his head. The story involves Hoffman playing David Sumner, a mathematician who moves to Cornwall with his wife Amy to get away from the crime of New York. They meet Charlie Venner who was a boyfriend of Amy's. Hoffman hires him and a bunch of cornish folk to fix his garage up. After an hour of this movie you have grown to know the characters and love and hate the characters. You grow to hate the cornish folk who mock David and laugh behind his back. They even go and rape Amy while Hoffman's out snipe hunting. Someone has also murdered their cat, although by the end of the movie this is inconclusive to whom has done this. Finally Hoffman runs over Henry Niles, a village idiot played by an uncredited David Warner. After Hoffman takes Henry Niles home, the angry cornish folk come to take Henry and kill him. In the process while they break Hoffmans windows and kill the magistrate, Hoffman decides that he's going to fight back. In Sam Peckinpah style, limbs are blown off and the violence is absolutely brutal. By the end Hoffman has killed all of them. He is satisfied. He takes Henry Niles home. The movie is fantastic in exploring characters feelings and emotions. Charlie venner calls Amy 'Mrs Sumner' implying that he is mocking her, for she belongs to Hoffman now and not himself. The folk use their manners saying 'please' and 'thank you' to really hide the fact that they are much darker and inbred. Hoffman chickened out and trembling by the fact that his worst fear of crime has come back to kill him and make him suffer. Hoffman satisfied because he has beat this fear and ultimately killed it. The movie itself doesn't belong to a genre. But horror and thriller is the closest as it uses fog and darkness. Scenes are reminiscent of horror and thriller such as 'Night of the living dead' and 'Assault on Precinct 13'. Dustin Hoffman gives a strong and realistic performance as David Sumner and the rest of the cast do well to make him feel like trash. It's chilling and it's a really good movie. 9 out of 10.

I bought part 7 thinking it was part 4. To be honest, I just bought it because it had 'Friday the 13th' written on the box. A telekinetic girl named Tina resurrects Jason after trying to resurrect her dead father from the depths of Crystal Lake. This was Kane Hodder's debut as Jason and he explodes into character with his huge stance and heavy breathing. This movie is almost the same as part 4 as it has a group of partying teenagers staying at a house situated near the main characters house. Tina is being researched by Dr Crews who says he's trying to help her and the rest of the kids are having a good time waiting for a party guest to show up. He doesn't show up of course. Some fun is added to the movie by Tina's fight with Jason at the end. Telekinesis versus brute force. The killings are quite creative as well as brutal too. A girl gets a party blower shoved through her eye, a girl gets picked up in a sleeping bag and whacked against a tree and Dr Crews gets sliced by a garden strimmer. 'Friday the 13th' movies have a reputation for making people famous. In this case Terry Kiser stars as Dr Crews. Those who know who Bernie is in 'Weekend at bernie's' will know who terry Kiser is. Most surprisingly however is Jeff Bennett who plays Eddie. Jeff now is a voice artist who is the voice behind Johnny Bravo. He has also done 'Scooby-Doo', 'House of mouse' and the hit looney tunes movie 'Space jam'. I'm sure true Friday fans will love this one but in truth it's still the same as all the others. It's very good.

I don't know why everyone says part 8 is trash because it has no gore. This one is the one with no gore! It is still very good though. Tommy jarvis played by 'Return of the living dead' Thom Mathews tries to kill Jason once and for all. Instead he resurrects him with lightning on a pole and Jason is up to his usual tricks again. Jason is hunting and being hunted in this one. It's quite a lot like part 9. C.J Graham looks like he's having fun playing Jason as do the rest of the cast. His James Bond opening credits is good and he gets away with some creative deaths. A triple decapitation! A face being crushed into the side of a caravan and a knife thrown to the head of a cop. It moves at a fast pace and continues to show a love for the Jason character.

What? It's a 'Carrie' rip-off! Clint Howard is actually well acted and I truly felt sorry for him. Sorry because he was in this piece of crap. Plot holes, bad characters and BORING!! After even an hour and a half you are desperate for something to happen and by the end you will be slitting your wrists writing a note entitled 'I wasted my time for this!'. There is no gore at the end although I think the version I saw was cut. I couldn't care less anyway. I wouldn't watch it again. The box has a pig on it and a priest with a nail in his head. It doesn't even happen in the movie. I would give his movie 1 out of 10 and thats because I feel generous!

I normally watch Zombie movies with gore but I found the time to watch this one night. Indeed the title doesn't lie. It is an old dark house. Those who enjoyed 'The cat and the canary' with Bob Hope should take the time to watch this as it is thoroughly enjoyable throughout. There is a lot of character study and the characters themselves are superbly presented. There's Penderel the lazy but dashing fish-out-of-water hero played entertainingly by Melvyn Douglas. Also Sir William Porterhouse played by Charles Laughton and the eccentric Femms played creepily by Ernest Thesiger and Eva Moore. James Whale's direction with ice cold water pouring down necks and bad weather make it look real and the house itself is very cosy. Atmosphere is a strong point and story is another. Good wordplay like 'I heard a voice coming from behind that locked door' and 'He's gone to let Saul out. Wait for him downstairs, and kill him.' It still sends a chill down the spine. As with a good horror movie there is always an exciting climax. This one features a fight between Melvyn Douglas and Brember Wills who go crashing over the stair bannister. Raymond Massey fighting Boris Karloff is great too. For the time I assume that Boris Karloff trying to rape Gloria Stuart was quite nasty and savage but today it looks tame. You will be thoroughly satisfied by this movie by the end and probably want to watch it again. For one of the best 1930's horrors I give this 9 out of 10.

What is it about the actor Massimmo Vanni? He kicks ass in all of his movies! I would love to meet him in person! The story to this is a bunch of scientists are killed trying to escape with a deadly toxic gas. The gas gets out and turns people into zombies. This movie owes a lot to 'Return of the living dead'. Same plot and same lines! The action is carried out by flame throwers and machetes! Fighting the zombies seems to work aswell. Even the women in this movie kick ass! They don't all scream and expect the men to do everything. The setting is great! (It was made in the Filipines) You can tell where Lucio Fulci stopped directing though. At first there's a lot of fast moving and fog but it gets duller later on. Gore is great. A man cuts his hand off and a pregnant woman gives birth to a zombie that rips out of her! All this and a pretty good ending makes it a real action packed zombie fest! Massimmo Vanni, You Rule! 7.5 out of 10.

Part 5 starts out with Tommy Jarvis going to a halfway house to treat disturbed teens. He knows martial arts and is pretty annoyed at everyone. After a boy at the house is murdered by another teen, the murdered boys dad decides to kill everyone using Jason as an excuse. I didn't like this one very much. It was a real disappointment about jason not being in it and the scooby-doo ending of Jason being the creepy ambulance driver? Diabolical! Also, this has a body count of 22 victims! So it isn't that bad. Corey Feldman is killed at the start and also look out for 'Return of the living dead' stars Miguel Nunez and Mark Venturini. They were Suicide and Spider in the zombie classic. Some deaths in this movie include flares in the mouth, belts crushing eye sockets and decapitations. Not as good as any of the other Fridays but it's still a good laugh.

For starters, this isn't the last one. But I expect everyone already knew that. Ted White who is uncredited gives a great performance as Jason while the rest of the cast do well too. A body count of 13 including a hacksaw throat slitting, a corkscrew stabbing and a head crushing. It is very gory like part 3 and has a good atmosphere. Lacking is there are hardly any likeable characters and Tommy jarvis is annoying. There are some famous faces in this one. You will see Corey Feldman (The Goonies, Stand by me) Camilla More (Dark side of the moon) and Crispin Glover who goes on wondering about if he's a dead F**k. With plenty of action and gore it is still a great 'Friday the 13th' movie and no fan should be without.

As a hardcore 'Friday the 13th' fan, I don't give the movies marks out of ten because they are all great. This one sees a bunch of pesky kids staying at a farm near camp crystal lake. This is a very funny movie as well as gory. There's an old man sleeping in the middle of the road! There's also a funny bit where some of the group see the van supposedly on fire. It turns out to be pot smoking hippies with their bongs! The main character Chris is likeable and she tells a childhood story of an encounter with a hideous deformed man who tried to rape or kill her. Yes, it is Jason. After the whole group settle in, jason dons the hockey mask and goes around killing off everyone. This one has a body count of 12. There are people cut in half, eyes popped out, wrench beatings etc. A friday fan should love it. It's a hell of a thrill ride!

The first 'Friday the 13th' set the scene. Campers get cut to pieces. This one carries on the trend with equal suspense and some likeable characters. A group of kids open a camp not far from camp blood, the scene of the first movie. They tell stories of Jason Voorhies and his psychotic mother and wonder what did happen to Jason. This movie makes you enjoy the talky bits in it by extending the jason legend and what he would be like. After a bit of trouble with the local law some of the kids are left at the camp. Soon after everyone starts getting killed off by jason wearing a potato sack over his head. There's a double spearing, a barbed-wire garrotting on our beloved character Crazy Ralph and a machete to the face. The special FX and make-up are quite good although it's a shame Tom Savini couldn't do them again. He was working on 'The Burning'. For a Friday fan, they shouldn't miss this. It has good characters, good suspense, a good story and some good deaths. I loved it!

This movie has the lot. Superb Danny Elfman music, great acting, gore, a great story and loads of action! When I watch a horror movie I think action works well next to horror. Don't believe me? Check this movie out! A man called Boone is accused of being a serial killer and is shot dead on his way to a cemetery named 'Midian'. Why? We find out that the nightbreed live there. A group of outcast monsters living in peaceful society among the living. Decker (Boones doctor) finds out about the nightbreed and tells the police that the serial killer is at Midian and is still alive. It turns out that Decker (Superbly played by David Cronenberg) is the serial killer and he plans to eliminate Midian and Boone. The nightbreed and the humans go to war in a fantastic battle sequence involving flame-throwers, shotguns and rednecks! The special FX are great and this movie works really well. It is dark and atmospheric yet also funny and light-hearted in parts. It only lacks because of a daft plot and no real scares but apart from that its a lot of fun! 7 out of 10.

I bought this from the local flea market expecting to see some gore, naked flesh and most of all, utter zombie mayhem. All I got was a silly little movie thats kind of funny at the start. A man is given a T.V that zombies happen to come out of. There is no gore and hardly any people! You seem stuck and alone and you haven't got any characters worth rooting for at all. It all ends in a clumsy mess with the main girl ending up in the hospital. I would have given this movie 1 star. But, since it had a mildly suspenseful start and a few good laughs I think I'll give it 3 out of 10. If you're expecting a Romero or Fulci style zombie flick then look elsewhere coz' this sure as hell isn't it!

I bought this on re-release from a video shop being a lover of zombie flicks and all. I was expecting maybe a boring low-budget but gory flick. I was absolutely shocked to find this being one of most outstanding zombie flicks that I'd seen in a long time! The start involves a man sacrificing his wife so she will live again on earth. (um...Makes sense) A group of scientists with Uzis confront him and kill him in a mad rage. The mans wife then returns as a horrifying demon who rips the faces off the scientists and goes in search of the rest. A woman scientist tells her daughter to run and leave the island while she goes back to fight an army of Phillipino ninja zombies! Yes, its true! We cut very quickly to about 15 years later and get involved with some likeable characters and the girl who are going back to the island to investigate. We have the young Tommy, a handsome former soldier. Dan, your everyday best friend. Mad, a great white hunter and soldier of fortune and Rod who is also a soldier of fortune. Along with the main girl and a chick who fancies Rod. We also have a trio of explorers on the island who are searching for the lost scientists and find a cave with dead reviving powers. In the trio we have Chuck, the other handsome but daft city boy, A girl who's name I forget and David, the smart leader played by Massimo Vanni who appeared in 'Rats:Night of terror' and 'The last Hunter'. After they revive the dead from reading a book they are attacked. David, however, looks like a nerd and the obvious first victim. Instead, he takes on about 10 zombies at the same time using a torch and various martial arts skills. He kills all of them and even snaps ones neck! David is definitely on my list of top zombie ass kickers. Uncle Les from 'Braindead(Dead Alive)' and Roger from 'Dawn of the dead' are among them. In the meantime, Chuck escapes and joins forces with the other group. They find a stash of Assault Rifles and begin to kick ass! There is a lot of gore! The movie really scores though on being an unrecognised gem. It has fog for a spooky atmosphere, Cool characters, gore, a great soundtrack, suspense, action and above average acting. It moves at a fast pace and tells the story well. There isn't any comedy though which is a downer but you won't care with as much spectacular stuff as this! A fearsome 9 out of 10!