Sorority Row 2009 Film Review

Back in the mid to late two thousands the in thing to do when it came to horror films was remakes as we got alot of remakes to alot of horror films back then some were good and some were god awful. The film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today is one of the few films that was just OK so much so that in the sixteen years since it's release no one was really talking about it until very recently when it was announced that one of the writers of this film was trying to get a sequel made and so then join me as I review the film that for some odd reason has Carrie Fisher in it with the film in question being called simply just "Sorority Row" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a prank on an ex-boyfriend goes wrong and results in one of their own being killed the sisters of a sorority house find themselves being stalked by someone who is hell bent on revenge. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad however this films plot really isn't all that good as it comes across as being a generic plot to a generic slasher film which granted was all the range back in the mid to late two thousands but at the same time this is a film that really should have took what the first film did with it's plot and do it better and yet the makers of this film instead chose to do something that is basically a clone of I Know What You Did Last Summer only it's not as fresh and it's not as exciting either but to give this film some credit it's plot is fairly well done as it is a plot that is more then strong enough to support an entire feature length film in it's own right it just needed to be anything other then a clone of a movie that was already a clone of another movie as then this films plot could at least make the claim of being an original story but it can't do that when it's copying what another movie did just ten years prior and while this is a remake and so of course it can't be original as it has to fit in moments from the original film as well but if you look at what The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did with it's 2003 remake where it was it's own story but only borrowed elements from the original that is something that proves that you can tell an original story with a remake with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Briana Evigan as Cassidy Tappan , Leah Pipes as Jessica Pierson and Rumer Willis as Ellie Morris. Also starring in this film is Jamie Chung as Claire Wen , Margo Harshman as Charlene "Chugs" Bradley , Julian Morris as Andy Richards , The Hills star Audrina Patridge as Megan Blaire , Caroline D'Amore as Maggie Blaire , Matt O'Leary as Garrett Bradley , Matt Lanter as Kyle Tyson , Maxx Hennard as Mickey Donaldson , Rick Applegate as Senator Tyson , Ken Bolden as Dr. Rosenburg , Nicole Moore as Joan , Deja Kreutzberg as Riley and Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher as Mrs. Crenshaw.

Now then interns of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting being at best OK with alot of this films actors turning in the kind performance that you'd expect to find in a film like this one which to be fait is something that's to be expected as none of this films main actors were that well known at this point and therefor it would have been foolish to expect great performances from them but even Carrie Fisher who we know can act her socks here just feels like that she's putting the bare minimum and not being as good as we know that she can be but then again knowing that apart from her the biggest named star is a reality show star might have informed her choice and not acting that much in this film with the best actor in the whole entire film being Rumer Willis as both she and Briana Evigan feel like that there the only ones that are actually trying to put in a decent performance in this film with Rumer only just pipping her to the post as it were as her character is the better done character out of the two which really isn't saying much but performance wise Rumer is really good in this film with her performance being one of the more enjoyable performances in this whole entire film with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

This film fairs about as badly as you'd from a horror film remake from the mid two thousands as the films characters aren't that good. With all of this films characters not being bad persay as there are some decent ideas for characters in here but rather there all undercooked with the film not going all the way with it's characters and as a result of that is the fact that all of this films characters come across as being very one dimensional which fair enough might have been the point as this whole film is meant to be a throwback to the slasher films of the eighties where they did have these under developed characters as the characters were never meant to be the main stars of the film but times had changed since then and horror had changed since then with the makers of the film not giving the audience what they should have given then from a character point as you can tell right from the films poster that this is going to be the kind of film that would be right at home on The CW with the same thing being true for the films characters as well as they are all characters that would feel more at home on a show on The CW and not in a movie as there's really nothing to these characters that hasn't been done better in other and better slasher films with even the likes of Cassidy and Ellie who really are the best characters in this film not being all that good as there's not much to them as the only thing that Ellie does for the vast majority of the film is scream because she's traumatized by the prank that went really wrong and Cassidy just spends the film defending her and that's really it and that doesn't make them good characters but granted they really do come of better when compared to quite literally any of the other characters that are in this very film.

As was noted at the very start of this review this film is actually a remake of the 1982 film The House On Sorority Row. Tho if truth be told this film is more of a very loose remake tho as the only things that they have in common with each other is the fact that they both involve a prank gone wrong , they both have house mother dying and they both take place in a sorority and that's really it as even tho i've not seen the original film I can tell right away from watching this film that the original is the far more better of the two films as in this film it feels like that the film was made to cash in on the remake crazy that was sweeping horror hollywood at the time and clearly wasn't done to address or even fix any of the issues that might have been present in the original film and heck they don't even say that it's a remake of this film in the opening credits for this film as they say that it's based off of "Seven Sisters" which was the original name for the original film but all that does is make people think that there's a film called "Seven Sisters" the film does make changes to the story tho as in the original film it's the house mother that gets pranked and is killed where as in this film it's an ex-boyfriend that gets killed who then accidentally kills one of the sorority sisters that was pranking him but that's really it as apart from that one change to the film the film does nothing new and nothing to make it feel like the original film say what you will about the Rob Zombie's Halloween remake from 2007 but at the very east you could tell that he was trying to make an actual Halloween movie where as here tho you get the impression that the makers of this film hadn't seen the original film despite it being called one of the best slasher films of all time and therefor just did whatever they wanted with the IP just to make some money quickly and that's it.

To give this film some form of credit it does handle it's political messages alot more better then what the 2019 remake of Black Christmas did. As just like in that film alot of the male characters in this film are either evil or dumb as a rock but here tho the makers of the film do at the very least try to make them standout by having one of them becoming mentally unstable due the prank that went wrong and having one of the kills kill him thinking that he's the killer which is something that the 2019 Black Christmas movie never did as that movie was more focused on forcing it's political massages down our throats then it was in being subtle and doing something that's actually good however tho this film still does get alot more things wrong tho as it makes alot of the main characters just come across as being really unlikable as there only keeping this thing a secret so that it won't effect there lives after college and that's really it where as in the 2019 version of Black Christmas the girls did have a legit reason for wanting to stick together and weren't doing so threw fear that there lives when they leave college might be messed up granted there's no way to fix this issue without first going to back to the original film but this is were this film could have been better then the original film tho as they could have come up with a new reason for the girls to stick together and want to keep this secret like maybe have one of the girls have this family member who is high up somewhere and him finding out about this prank could damage his career yes that's not a good idea but it's still an attempt at something new or they could have had the mean girl type of character from the group Jessica force them into keeping it a secret like one of the characters did in the first I Know What You Did Last Summer as that is something that would have added something to her character as well.

Whilst this film isn't listed as being a mystery film the fact that it does have the characters each trying to work out who the killer is does say that this film is pretty much a mystery film. However even there it doesn't really succeed as the film doesn't give us any clues as to who the main killer of this film is even meant to be in the first place and as such when it's revealed that it's Kyle it is something that does come out of nowhere as does the fact that his sole reason for killing people even those that weren't involved with the original prank was to make sure that his girlfriends life out of side of college wasn't messed up is something that does come out of nowhere as alot of the scenes with that character don't give us any clues as to what's really going on with him as a character which makes it feel like that the makers of this film forgot to include who the killer is and so they just made it up moments before filming the big reveal scene whereas if there were scenes that did give us clues as to who the main killer is meant to be and what his motive for doing these crimes was even meant to be then it would have made the mystery aspect all the more better with the only thing that doesn't really add up is why Kyle as it would have made more sense if it was someone that was related to Megan the girl that got pranked at the start of the movie and heck the film even has her younger sister Maggie go to the same college as her and join the same sorority as her so why not make her the main killer with her motive being that she saw the girls quite literally getting away with murder and that be what drives her to do these killings in the first place as then you'd have this new character who could very easily fade into the background when needed and then have that big reveal be just as shocking as the makers of the film wanted the reveal with Kyle to be as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and twelve seconds. Which again to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a slasher film from 2009 to have in the first place with this film having just about the right amo8nt of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place however tho that is really the only good thing that can come from this films plot as this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the plot of the film is that well developed and while this is more due to the fact that the film has a really short running time and is not the fault of the films writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger with this film being one that really could have used a longer running time as while yes that would mean having to here more of there dreadful excuse for dialog it would also mean that the films plot could be more developed as well with this having the added benefit of allowing the films characters to actually get some character development as well as the film doesn't develop quite literally of this films characters at all as we know just as much about the characters coming out of the film then we did coming into the film which would then make it easier for us the audience to either love or hate the characters and we would therefor feel sorry for them when they do die in this film but because of the fact that the makers of this film didn't do that it means that we feel nothing when the films character do die but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best. As the kills that we do get to see in this film are pretty decent at the best but the issue is tho is that despite the fact that this film is rated R we don't get to see that much of the kill with alot of the kills being shown from the neck up and even when we get to see alot of the kill we don't get to see anything that's to gory as while we do yes get to see some blood it's only a very small amount of blood at best which makes it look like that the makers of this film were afraid to make an actual horror film and so they didn't go all the way with there kills which is a shame because there some really unique kills in this film they all just needed that little something extra to make them more special then what they already are i the first place and heck we don't even get to see Jamie Chung's death despite it having a cool setting in the sorority's hot tub with the best kill in the whole entire film being the death of Chugs as she gets a bottle of beer rammed down her throat with the open end of the bottle sticking out the other end of her throat which is such a cool kill and it's something that does show that the makers of this film know how to pit together some really creative kills something that they would prove yet again when the writers of this film wrote Saw X and while this film does have characters that are purely there to be killed off alot of there death scenes aren't that interesting either with alot of this films kills being of a very mixed bag ranging from straight up bad to OK at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film feels like it would been more at home as a show on The CW as that's just high the bar of quality is for this film as the only thing that makes this film stand out is the fact that it has a reality TV show star and a Star Wars icon in it and that's really it with the rest of the film being nothing more then a generic mess of a film that had potential to be good but the film just couldn't live up to that potential in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , MP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Bone Lake Film Review

Whilst families will be watching the latest Disney disaster of a movie in Tron: Ares this halloween there is something that' just been released for us grown ups to enjoy this halloween. With that being the movie that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as this is a movie that really does need to be seen to believed but not with your parents or grandparents tho and so then join me as I review the film that will make every single member of the male audience watching it wince in pain with it's first kill with the film in question being called simply just "Bone Lake" enjoy.

The plot of this film is a young couple find themselves in the fight for their lives when they go to cabin in the woods for a romantic breaks together and find themselves forced to share it with another couple who have deadly plans for them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films plot alot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this is a film that really shouldn't have had that good of a plot in it in the first place as it's not the kind of film that truly demands a great plot and yet it's for that exact reason that the films plot oddly works as the story is one that's so fresh and new that you really don't know what's coming next and therefor you can't predict how the film is going to end with this being something that alot of modern horror film and films in general don't do as they rely to much on what people know will work instead of giving them something that they didn't know would work and that's where the strength lies in this films plot as you never really know what's coming up next and the film does lean into that and because of that the plot of the film does come across as being unpredictable and shocking both at the exact same time and while yes granted this is a plot that really could have been alot more better then what it is as the set up of people going to a cabin in the woods is one that's played out with the film even not really focusing on it's main plot all that much but when it does it is something that makes the film worth watching with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Rings , Siren and The Cut star Alex Roe as Will and We Summon The Darkness , Malignant and I Saw The Light star Maddie Hasson as Sage. Also starring in this film is Tidelands , High Seas , Invisible City and Gen V star Marco Pigossi as Diego and The Tape Man , Cats Dancing On Jupiter and Bat Teacher star Andra Nechita as Cin , Clayton Spencer as Brett and Botch star Eliane Reis as Lisa.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which is something that was really shocking as all of this films actors are a bunch of really unknown actors and therefor to expect a good performance from any of them would have been unwise and yet that's exactly what they all give us with it being clear as day that alot of them do have bright careers in acting and heck Maddie Hasson is kind of an upcoming star in the world of horror with her starring in several horror films already and it's not that hard to see why as she really is a good actor and is really good in this film as well with the film not having one but four actors who could all lay claim to that with them being the four main characters of the film Maddie Hasson , Alex Roe , Marco Pigossi and Andrea Nechita are all so good in this film with the film really hanging on all of their performances as it's really just those four actors for the overall vast majority of this film and my god do they all kill it in this film so much so that it would be hard to picture anybody else playing there respective characters as that's just how good that all four of them are in this film with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Character wise the film isn't that good as there is nothing to the characters of Cin and Will but there might be a reason for that. With that reason being something that WON'T be discussed in this review as you really do have to see this film as it's just so good but with the characters and Sage and Diego tho they are a little bit better but not by much as those characters are ones that are learning to trust each other and that is something that does come alot during the course of the film and does play into the film in a major way but outside of that there's really nothing to either character as both of those characters do come across as being really one dimensional as characters but in saying that tho that might be the point of those characters as we the audience are meant to find out more about them as the film goes on but the issue is tho is that the film doesn't give us any information about them as the film does go on and infact it's Cin and Will that end up becoming the more well rounded characters and even that's more due to what happens in the films third act and because of that it makes you want to watch the film over again to pick on any hints that you might have missed the first time around with those characters where as with Diego and Sage the makers of the film didn't really bother to give them anything that makes them standout as a characters with them instead feeling more like characters that you'd find in the first draft of a script rather then ones that you'd want to see survive a horror film and yet even with that in mind Sage and Diego do still come across as being a couple that whilst they do have there flaws do still deeply care for and love each other as well.

This film gives us something that we haven't had in a while and thanks to mainstream hollywood being more focused on remakes and sequels rather then original ideas it's something that we're not likely to be getting anytime soon and that's something new. As everything about this film from it's characters to it's plotline is just that new as it's all more then likely something that we haven't really seen before now and because of that the film does come across as being alot more better as a result of it as all of those new elements are blended together so well with what works and what came before it that it does end up creating something that we haven't had in a good long while and that's a true experience as thanks to those elements being at play here you don't watch this film you experience it and to those thar claim that hollywood is out of ideas I say go and watch something from one of the smaller studios as then your going to find something that you haven't seen before now with that being something that these little known horror films are being very good at giving us and they are things that prove that creativity isn't dead it's just getting alot more harder to find and while granted this film does have some old and tired elements in it like the twist with Cin and Will being something that granted your not going to see coming but is something that has been done in other horror films before now with the same thing also being true for the whole cabin in the woods type setting but it's how this film uses those ideas and those settings that makes them feel new all other again and while the idea of having a cabin in the woods was done alot more better in the first two Evil Dead films here it is something that is used to show of just how perverse that Cin and Will could get at times with there twist being something that does show you just how they are when we reach this films third act.

At the start of this review I said that this is a film that you really shouldn't watch with either your parents or your grandparents. With that being because of the fact that there are alot of scenes that you wouldn't expect to see in this kind of film with there being quite alot of nudity of both the male and female kind however it's something that's there to keep your interest as rather it's there to build up tension and to add to the story of the film as that's what this film is very good at doing adding to it's plot and building up tension and to be fair to this film it is something that could be seen as being affective however tho even given the fact that is film is rated R it really didn't need to have any kind of nudity in it in order to achieve that as even if you look at Halloween that film was great at building tension just by having the fact that Michael Myers be anywhere in any scene at given time during the film even having him seemingly appear out of nowhere and not paying of any of that tension until the films third act where as here even tho the vast majority of this film is set during the day time there still could have been someway to build up tension between the couple's and what also let's us know that Will and Cin aren't exactly good people without having to show nudity at every chance that they got and while the film does make sure that the nudity that we see in the film does add to the story and isn't just there for the sake of being there it was getting to the point where it got me wondering just what kind of film that this was meant to be and if this film should go up on "certain adult websites" luckily tho the film doesn't push things that far but it pushes them far enough that people might to feel uncomfortable watching the film which might be the point of the film and if so then the makers of this film did a very good job with that point but it is something that could have been toned down just a tad bit.

Where the film does somewhat fail is in two other aspects that being the fact that even tho it's meant to have some comedy in it alot of the films jokes don't really land all that hard and do come across as being forced with them just being there to break the tension when the film should have been alot more focused on keeping the tension as it is. With the other thing being the fact that this film is meant to be a horror mystery film and yet there's next to no mystery to solve in this film with even the big twist with Will and Cin coming out of nowhere as nothing before with those two characters had suggested that that twist was going to be possible as the film doesn't even give us any clues outright as to what there really up to however tho in saying that the twist reveal as predictable as it was does have the add on effect of making you want to rewatch the film again to make sure that there weren't any hidden clues in the film much like how people go back and rewatch the first Scream movie just to spot the clues which if so does make the makers of this film seem a lot more smarter then what the final film would make them out to be but if not then it makes you wonder why they bothered to make this film a mystery type of film in the first place if there not going to have any clues as to let us the audience know that Diego and Sage are in deep trouble as that is something that is something that would have added to the tension of the film and not take away from it and if the makers of this film wanted to have jokes in this film then at least make the jokes funny as there's nothing that's all that funny about this film apart from picturing how other male audience members will react after seeing the first kill and that's really it as otherwise it would have been quite pointless to have jokes in this film in the first place.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty one minuets and ten seconds. Which is a longer running time then what you'd expect a film like this one to have but in saying that tho this film really did need that amount of running time in order to fully tell it's plot with the film having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place but in saying that tho this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as while the film does it's running time more wisely then what Tron: Ares does this film plot does still feel like it's rather underdeveloped with it feeling like that the films plot can't be that well developed due to the fact that the makers of the film seemed to disinterested in it's own plot but what little plot development we do get does work really well and does help to make the films plot even more better then what it already is in the first place however tho the same thing absolutely cannot be said for the films characters as apart from Will and Cin the film doesn't really give it's characters any kind of character development whatsoever with us knowing as much about Diego and Sage coming out of the film then we did going into the film with this being something that really does effect on if we really like the characters or not as the film doesn't really give us a reason to really care about them outside of the fact that there the good guys and that's really it however tho this is something that could have very easily have been fixed just by giving the film a slightly longer running time as that would then allow for scenes that do develop those two characters but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As while there shockingly isn't that many kills to be had in this film the ones that are in the film are really effective and work really well for the story that was being told with all of the films kills having some really impressive gore to them something which does go to show you that the makers of this film knew to have some really impressive kills in it as that is partly how you keep the horror fans interested in the film in the first place and while it would be very tempting to say that the films entire third act is the best kill of the film as we do get to see some really good kills take place during that truly epic third act with one of them having alot of gore on top of that as well the fact is the one that made me wince the most isn't the films third act rather it's in the films first act with the best kill of them film being one that won't be described here as it's one that really does need to be seen to be believed as it's a kill that really will make men wince as you get to see everything in that kill with the film being made up of really good and gory kills with the film being worth watching just for it's kills alone as there all really just that good with the makers of the film putting alot of effort into making the films kills just as good as they really could have been something which does pay off really well in their own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if you have the choice between watching Tron: Ares and watching this film choose this film as it's very easily the better the of the two films and don't watch any trailers for the film either as this is a film where knowing very little about the film will make the film more better to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Film Review

When you think of Buffy The Vampire Slayer nine times out of ten you usually think of the hugely successful TV show. However what alot of you might not know was that before the TV show came along and showed us all how to write modern strong female characters there was a movie version of the show that came out in 1992 and it's that film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the film that is both is and isn't canon to the world of the show with the film in question being called simply just "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when she finds out that she is the latest in the long line of slayers teenager Buffy Summers finds her world turned upside down when she has to protect her town from a group of local vampires. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that good not that this films plot is bad as it's rally not it's just something that doesn't feel right for the plot of a film as the this is a plot that plays out more like a TV show and would have been better served if it was the plot of a TV show but as a film plot it's not something that works as it feels like that the plot of the film isn't given alot of attention or focus with the film instead focusing alot of it's attention on Buffy and her watcher for the film rather then the films actual plot which is something that really does make this films plot feel more of an afterthought and while a TV show could get away with this as they have other episodes to focus on the plot here in a film that's not something that can be done as alot of the focus has to be on the films plot with it feeling like that the makers of this film just couldn't be bothered to make this films plot be good and so they chose instead to make it weaker by not focusing on it which is something that really does more harm then good as there is a good idea here it just needed to be focused alot more then what it already is yo make it come alive is all with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kristy Swanson as Buffy Summers and Donald Sutherland as Merrick Jamison-Smythe. Also starring in this film is Paul Reubens as Amilyn , Rutger Hauer as Lothos , Luke Perry as Oliver Pike , Michele Abrams as Jennifer , Hilary Swank as Kimberly Hannah , Paris Vaughan as Nicki , David Arquette as Benny Jacks , Randall Batinkoff as Jeffrey Kramer , Andrew Lowery as Andy , Sasha Jenson as Grueller , Stephen Root as Principal Gary Murray , Natasha Gregson Wagner as Cassandra , Candy Clark as Buffy's Mom and Thomas Jane as Zeph.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting being one of the more better things that are in this film as it's clear as day that all of this films actors are having the time of their lives playing their respective characters in this film with the likes of Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland turning in performances that are far more better then what you'd expect from this film as this is the kind of film where you don't really expect the acting to be good in it and yet that's exactly what we go in this film with alot of this films actors turning in performances that are far more better then what it really deserves with the best actor in this film oddly enough being Paul Reubens as Amilyn as you don't really expect a good heavily dramatic performance from Pee-Wee Herman and yet it's because of that that he does manage to turn in a good dramatic performance due to the fact that anybody can do drama but comedy is more harder to do and therefor when you master comedy like he did it's more easier to do these more dramatic roles and that is something that really does shine through in this film as he becomes just so unrecognizable in his role as Amilyn that you stop seeing Paul Reubens the actor and you start to see Amilyn the character with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Where the film does somewhat fail even when compared to the more well known Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV show is in it's characters. As while the characters in the show be they main characters or side characters they were all memorable characters none the less where as here the only character that is somewhat memorable is Buffy herself and that's really it and even then it's debatable on if she's that memorable of a character as there's nothing all that memorable about her in this film outside of her character arc where she goes from someone who is just the stereotypical nineties teenager who doesn't really think of anyone else but herself to someone who now must willingly sacrifice alot of the things that she loves to save those that she loves and that's really it but that's nothing compared to Pike who is quite literally just Spike but in human form with him being nothing more then a love interest for Buffy and that's really it as there's nothing about his character that makes him standout other then being someone for Buffy to talk to after Merrick dies and even Buffy's friends are nothing more then cheap knockoffs of Buffy herself and yet when you compare them to quite literally any of the characters from the TV show it's clear that the show has the much more better characters then what the film has as alot of the shows characters are memorable and actually play apart in alot of the shows episodes whereas in the film very little of it's side characters are memorable in the first place as alot of the films characters just come across as being very one dimensional characters and to be frank alot of the side characters are ones that could have been cut from the film as there just that useless and add nothing to the main film itself.

For some reason the makers of this film chose to give Pike and Buffy and romance which is fine for the teen aspect of the film as it does make the character of Buffy seem like a real person but at the same time it also feels out of place in the film. As the characters don't get to spend that much time together before they meet up at the end of the films second act with the characters mostly spending time either by themselves or with there respective friends before then and even when they do meet up they spend alot of the film just talking about killing the vampires and so it really does feel out of place when they have a slow dance together at the end of the film as nothing before then suggested that they would do something like that and on top of that having a romance in this film just feels out of place with the rest of the film as the film is an action horror comedy and those don't typically allow for romance but because of the fact that one of the stars of this film was also one of the stars of Beverly Hills, 90210 it means that Buffy has to fall in love with him even tho nothing in her character had suggested that she would do so and while having a romance in this film isn't a bad idea it's one that should have been handled alot more better then what it was with this being because of the fact that the film had to be finished filming in FIVE weeks which isn't alot of time to get the movie right and yet if the film had been allowed a longer filming period then it would mean that the makers of this film would have been allowed to have scenes with both Buffy and Pike together before they meet up as that is something that would have gone along way to making there romance more believable in the first place and having them talk about quite literally anything other then vampires would have helped with that as well but as things are there romance does come across as being quite forced and really unneeded in this film.

Whilst this film is a horror action comedy film it puts not alot of effort into it's comedy aspect which might be due to the fact that the makers of this film removed alot of the jokes that the films writer Joss Wheadon had intended to be in the film. As such we are left with a film where the only joke seems to be that Buffy is a nineties valley girl and that's really it which don't get me wrong is a decent joke to have but that seems to be the only joke in the film and as such does seem to get old really fast but in saying that tho the character of Amilyn can at times get some decent one liners with it being made clear as day that he's not the best vampire out there and is only just doing his best to get by from one night to the next and even then alot of what he says is because of the fact that Paul Reubens has alot of experience in comedy and knows full well how to make a bad joke work and that's really it and heck his best joke isn't even something that's connected to the main plot of the film as it just his over acting when he dies and that's it which is a great joke in it's own and it's something that makes you wonder who came up with that joke as if it was Paul Reubens who just made it up on the day or if it was something that it was in Joss Wheadons original script either way it was a funny line that does say that this film could have been really funny if the makers of this film actually allowed there actors to be funny and with the makers of this film cutting ALOT of the jokes from the script due to them being "to be too abstract for audiences" it makes you wonder not only what those jokes were in the first place but also if they would have made the film alot more funnier then what it already is in the first place. 

Not to keep on mentioning the show that this film spawned again but the shows villains were alot more better then what Lothos is. As while he's not that bad of a villain on paper as he could have worked as a main villain it's that the film doesn't really give him alot of screen time to get across jus how creepy of a villain that he could be in the first place which does make it seem like that he would have been much more better off if he was the villain in a TV show as then we would get alot more screen time with him which would then have the add on effect of making us the audience either love or hate him as a character as even in this film he doesn't really have a plan outside of just kill Buffy and that's really it and even then that's not a plan as that's more due to the feud between vampires and slayers and isn't something that's exclusive to him as a character where as if he did have an end goal like for example wanting to take over the world which yes is a really generic plot for a villain to have but it still would have been something where as in the film he doesn't have an end goal and therefor we the audience don't have a reason to hare him outside of the fact that he's the bad guy and that's really it where as if he was the villain of a TV show all of that would have been fixed because of the fact that we'd have more time to spend with the character and to get to know him something which the makers of this film seem to afraid to do which does result in us having this really concept of a villain but can't be fully realized for no reason whatsoever as then the character can be more fully realized then what he is in the film as right now he just seems like the waste of a decent character but in saying that tho there is a chance that he got of been fully fleshed out in the films original more darker script.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty five minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have but at the same time this a film that really did deserve to have a much more longer running time as while this is a film that does have the right amount of plot to cover that running time it's also one that can't use it wisely due to the fact that the films plot can't be that well developed due to the fact that the film just outright doesn't give the film alot of it's focus and attention with alot of it's focus and attention going to quite literally anything else other then the plot of the film and heck even the films horror element isn't given that much focus either as outside of having vampires in it there's nothing that's all that horrific about this film with even the films characters not getting that much development either as the only character that actually gets character development in the film is Buffy herself and that's really it and even then it's more due to the fact that she's the film main character where as if this film was a bit more longer and was able to film for a longer period of time then the film would have been able to fully develop both it's plot and characters something which would have made the film alot more better and while it is of course hard to say if any of these things were present in the films original more darker script in the present state of the film it is something that does leave alot to be desired but In really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Ad even tho this film was made very quickly on a slightly small budget you can tell that the makers of this film did put alot of thought and effort into the films action scenes with it being this films action scenes that are the best things to find in the film just due to how campy and over the top that they can get something which the show also did alot of the time as well and while this films action scenes does have alot of bad sound effects in it which does stop this films action scenes from being as hard hitting and epic as they could have been that's more due to the fact that this film wasn't in production for very long and so the makers of this film wouldn't have been able to get alot of decent sounding sound effects for it's action scenes with the films best action scene being the films third act where both Buffy and Pike have to defeat a bunch of vampires in their school all the while the school dance is going on which is a really good action as it gives us a chance to see not only what this version of Buffy can do but also what this version of the vampires can do as well and while the action could have been alot more better for something that was made for only $7 million American dollars and was made by a bunch of people who hadn't made a film before now this films action scenes turned to be alot more better and alot more fun to watch then what they really should have done in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV show is of course ten times better then what this film that doesn't stop this film from being a fun film as there are moments where this film can be fun it's just that it's a concept that was done alot more better in a TV show format then a feature film format in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , the official Buffy The Vampire Slayer fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Buffy The Vampire Slayer fandom wiki page simply because the official Buffy The Vampire Slayer fandom wiki page actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on the official Buffy The Vampire Slayer fandom wiki page were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Good Boy 2025 Film SPOILER FREE Review

For years now we have been hearing people say that Hollywood doesn't make original movies anymore and that all Hollywood makes is sequels and remakes. Well now we have a film that is an original idea but chances are it won't be getting seen by alot of people because it's not made by a major motion studio which is odd because right now it's these smaller horror studios that are making these original films and heck even one of the biggest films of the year Sinners  really was an original film and was made by a major studio and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE review of the film that proves that dogs are so much more better then cats with the film in question being called simply just "Good Boy" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a do and his owner move to remote cabin in the woods in the woods it's up to the dog to project his owner before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual poot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as the films plot whilst it is very simple that's kind of the point as this film is meant to be the stereotypical horror film only now the dog is the lead star of the film and because of that you can't really have a deep and thought provoking plot in it due to the fact that dogs don't talk and yet even with that limitation in place the films plot is still one that's really enjoyable as it gets to show off just how creative that the makers of this film really are by giving us a plot that yes could be seen as being similar to last years In A Violent Nature but also an original take on the the horror genre and while yes the plot of the film could be a little bit more stronger as if anything else this films plot does feel more like the plot for a halloween special of a TV show then the plot to a feature film the films plot does still work really well with it being painfully obvious that while alot of thought went into the films premise and idea that being telling a supernatural horror film plot from the point of view of the dog not much thought went into the main plot of the film itself with the plot of the film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

This film does have a really short actor list as starring in this film is Indy as himself and Shane Jensen as Todd. Also starring in this film is Arielle Friedman as Todd's sister and Larry Fessenden as Todd's grandfather while there are two other actors in this film those being Stuart Rudin and Anya Krawcheck there character names aren't listed anywhere online with the film having such a small list of actors in it this is something that really does help the film quite alot as it adds to the loneliness that both Indy and Todd go through in the film due the fact that there both cut off from the outside world and while it's also due to the fact that the film was made a shoestring budget it is something that the makers of this film used to their advantage by highlighting just how alone Indy and his owner are in the film with this being something that would have been lost if the film had a bunch more actors in it regardless of if they were big named stars or not but in saying that tho it would have been nice if the film did have more actors in this film even it's just to give the character of Todd someone to talk to other then the same people over and over again but that is something that might have gone against what the whole point of the film is even meant to be the first place or heck even having another dog actor in the film just to sort of back up what Indy is feeling might have worked just as well and not compromise the whole idea of the film something which it very easily could have done and therefor having only a small amount of actors in the film even if only three of them are human does serve to more help the film rather then hurt the film in the long run.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this films actors shockingly turning in some really good performances in this film something that is really shocking as by all rights this should be a film that really doesn't need good acing to make it work as the films premise is more then strong enough to do all of the heavy lifting for this films actors in the first place but no all of this films actors both human and canine manage to turn in some really good performances in this film with the films best actor oddly enough being the dog himself Indy as you can tell with out any lines of dialog just what it is that's going through his head at any given moment in this film with it making you wonder just how it is that they managed to train this dog to do half of the things that he does in this film with the dog himself also looking really comfortable on camera and not scared of anything that's going on around him which he very easily could have been with him being so expressive and getting across his emotions really well that there was no CGI done to him in this film and that is something that really does show you just how good of an actor that this dog really is with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

While this film does do really well in alot of areas sadly one of those areas is not it's characters as the films characters just aren't that well done. As Todd isn't that well done of a character and the rest of the human characters don't get alot of screen time to really show us just what it is that there characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place however tho the film does do something that's actually quite interesting with it's human characters and that's the fact that we never get to see there faces with the camera always looking up at them from the dogs point of view and because of that all of the human faces are either hidden entirely or obscured by something else in the scene which is a unique idea but just because the idea of not really showing there faces is unique doesn't mean that the characters are that well written as there not with Todd himself coming across as cheaply done Mia from Evil Dead 2013 and nothing more then not and while it is understandable why Indy himself doesn't have that much of a personality due to the fact that he's a dog the rest of the films human characters don't really have that going for them as the makers of the film should have given the characters that have a minor role in the film like Todd's sister and Grandfather for example a personality trait as that is something that would have made those characters seem all the more memorable in the first place and yet as things stand it would be very easy to forget those characters as they add nothing to the main plot of the film and even Todd who does add to the plot of the film still really isn't that memorable of a character in the first place as the makers of the film don't really add anything to the character that makes him memorable in the first place.

Much like In A Violent Nature his film does do something new with the horror genre but whilst that film tells the story of a slasher film from the point of view of the killer this one shifts the focus to the point of view of a dog. Which is a really unique concept so much so that it of course ended up on Shudder which right now seems to be the home for all of these weird and unique horror films but in saying that tho Shudder does seem to be the only place that a film like this would have been able to have been made as the idea behind the film is so weird and unique that it would have put alot of major studios off of making it as there really hasn't been a film like this one before now and heck even In A Violent Nature could be argued is a safe bet due to the fact that it's a slasher film where as this film is a supernatural horror film but in saying that tho due to the amount of buzz that this film got online even just a few months ago when the teaser trailer for the film dropped online this is a film that very easily could make a small profit due to the fact that the idea for the film did get alot of interest from people and given the fact that this film would have had a really small budget it's not that hard to see this film becoming a minor hit film something which now any major studio would be missing out on due to the fact that the idea or the film is just two weird and out there for them and who knows maybe with Sinners being a hit film and this film actually being pretty decent just maybe we'll start to see major studios like for example Warner Bros Pictures put alot of money into creating not only original films in general but also original horror films as well and not just do either remakes or sequels as this film has proven that you can still do an original film and do it well if you have the right creative team behind it to help to bring it to life in the first place.

While the film does gave alot of really good things going for it it does very sadly have alot of thigs that are going against it. One of which being the fact that this film had a really small budget as this means that this film couldn't look as good as it really could have done and is only limited to a few locations which oddly enough makes the world that this film takes place in feel all the more smaller and compact with another thing that really does work against the film being the fact that nothing in the film gets explained as we get to find out nothing in this film from what it is that's haunting Indy and Todd to what it is that they could have done to prevent it in the first place while this is something that could have done on purpose as the film does hint that it's something to do with Todd that's haunting them but at the same time tho this is something that should have been explained all the more better then what it was since as things stand it really cold have been anything that was haunting for them and for any reason and while tieing the haunting into a dogs need to protect it's owner was a really good idea it's one that starts to fall flat on it's face when nothing about the film is explained in the first place as even films like In A Violent Nature which really didn't need to explain anything due to the fact that it's a slasher film at least went out of it's way to tell us the audience why Johnny was going after this one pacific group of teenagers in the first place whereas here nothing really gets explained which makes the film look all the more worse and the screenwriters of this film come across as being quite lazy like they couldn't be creative enough to explain these things away in a way that makes sense in the context of the actual film itself.

Without going that much into spoilers this is a film that dog lovers will enjoy even the dog himself does go through some pretty traumatizing things in the films third act. While those things do work interms of the films plot they don't have the same impact that I think that the makers of the film wanted them to have with this mainly due to the fact that the relationship between Indy and Todd isn't that well developed or even touched upon all that much in the film as while the film does make a strong anti drug case by the end of the film it's to little to late as the film spends the vast majority of it's running time just having Indy think that something is there in the house with them and that's really it and while that is great for building up tension it does also take away screen time that could have been better spent on developing the love and friendship and Indy and Todd do quite clearly have for one another as that's something that's more important to this film then building up tension all of the time is even more so when you take into account that there's no pay off or release given alot of the time to the built up tension and while spending alot of time building up tension is perfect for a film like Halloween as that then allowed for Michael Myers to quite literally be anywhere and everywhere in the film here it doesn't work as here it does take away screen time that could have been better spent of the relationship between Indy and Todd as that relationship is what drives Indy to want to save Todd in the first place as it's clear as day that they both do care for each other but at the same time tho it's still something that really did need to be worked on as then it would have made what happens in the films third act and indeed the rest of the film for that matter all the more scary and horrific.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirteen minuets and six seconds. Which to be fair to this film is more then enough running time in order to tell this films plot in a way that does justice to the plot of the film with the film even having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place but in saying that tho this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as not only does the film take it's time in really getting going when it can't afford to do so the film also doesn't fully develop the plot of the film either with it seeming like that the characters are just doing these random thins for the vast majority of the films running time with them only stopping those random things to have Indy go and investigate something he thinks is creepy and that's really it with this as mentioned before also effecting the films characters as none of this films characters get any kind of character development whatsoever while this is excusable for Indy as again he's a dog the rest of the films characters don't have that going for them as we know just as much about Todd coming out of the film that we knew going into the film with something that really could have helped the film out was if the film included a few scenes spread throughout the film that let us get to know these characters as that would then have the adverse effect of making the scenes with Indy seeing something creepy be all the more creepy and tension filled as we would have gotten to see just how much he and Todd mean to each other and thus we would have been given a chance to really care for them as people and not just as a characters in a film but because of the fact that the makers of this film were alot more interested in letting us know that this film is told from the point of view of the dog rather then his owner it means that we stuck with characters that will be forgotten about five minuets after the film ends in a plot that's not as well developed as it really could have been but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As while the films scares are all just jump scares and really nothing more then that what helps them out is oddly enough the films central idea as even tho we've seen jump scares done from the point of view of humans before now we've never seen it done from the point of view of a dog and due to the low angle the film makers use when showing the dogs point of view it does mean that every day objects can now be seen as being more creepier then usual and again without going to much in spoilers as this is a film that really does need to be seen to be believed the films best scare is one that happens in the third act as that's when we get to find out that what is haunting them might not be something that can be stopped as it's something that Todd has been doing to himself for alot of his life and that very idea that sometimes you can't beat the bad guy and save your friend no matter how much you want to is something that's really creepy and when you mix in the fact that we do get some really creepy shots mixed in with an ending revelation that is bound to make you both shocked and if you love dogs happy then it does culminate in a third act that is on itself one big scare and that one that does work really well in the film with the rest of the films scares being just as good and as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall whilst this film isn't as good as the teaser and trailer made it out to be this is still a film that is worth watching even if it's just for the incredibly cute and adorable dog alone as he really does carry the film despite the fact that the film can't live up to it's own idea in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review  from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.