Tepid verging on tedious
12/31/2001
(1 out of 5 stars)
"After reading the two reviews, I purchased this movie and ran home to watch it. While I am not a fan of hollywood and prefer movies that are low in budget, occasionally, I have found with low budget 'horror' movies, the people who act in them seem like they just learned their lines in a hurry while eating a doughnut at the craft table. The script occasionally looms over unimportant information to give a tinge of real life banal conversation (I note specifically a conversation over a tea kettle and whether or not it still dribbles) and like many 'scary' movies gives the main baddy a list of coy phrases after he's killed someone.
The make up and CGI are laughable - specifically the ridiculous scene when they take the bible with the 'remnant.' The blood was like 70s bubble lettering. Oh, and on the subject of the scene when they find the remnant - exactly how many years were those candles lit for? 20? 30? That's incredible - perhaps they should have done a movie about a candle that can be lit for so long.
I will admit that there is one scene that had me giggling for a while when the baddy runs into a convenience store to get something to cover up his personal stench. Perhaps this movie should have come with the Stetson cologne to pour over the disk after watching it. P.U. ..."
NOT A TYPICAL MOVIE
04/06/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"JESSE LOWNDS KILLED 4 PEOPLE AWHILE AGO.HE WAS SHOT ALOT OF TIMES.HE DIED.HE HAS COME BACK TO GET REVENGE ON THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED HIM.BEFORE JESSE WAS SHOT AND KILLED,HE WAS IN JAIL.A MAN NAMED CARVER KNEW THINGS.HE WAS INTO VOODOO.CARVER SAID THAT HE COULD BRING HIM BACK FROM THE DEAD,BUT CARVER HAD TO CUT A PIECE OF HIM AND KEEP THE PIECE IN A SAFE PLACE.WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT-HE WOULD COME BACK FROM THE DEAD.IN ORDER FOR CARVER TO DO THAT FOR JESSE,JESSE IN TURN HAD TO DO A FAVOR FOR HIM.THIS IS A REALLY GOOD MOVIE.IT'S DIFFERENT.IT'S NOT SCARY OR GORY.IT'S INTERESTING,AND IT KEEPS YOUR CURIOUSITY UP.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT."