Dolly Film Review

Right now Shudder seems to be the go to place for good original films as they do release films like In A Violent Nature and Dark Match to name but a few. With them now releasing another new film that whilst it does have a very familiar slasher setting that being the woods it does tell a unique story with unique characters and heck it could even be argued that the films villain is unique as there hasn't a villain quite like the one in the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the film that deserves more love at the box office with the film in question being called simply just "Dolly" enjoy.

The plot of this film is a boyfriend and girlfriend go out in the woods to do some camping where the boyfriend has plans to propose only for the couple to find themselves in the fight for their lives against someone wearing a baby doll costume and mask. 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 being one that is oddly refreshing to see due to the fact that it's not as cut and dry as it might appear to be on the surface as the plot of this film is one that whilst yes it does have the familiar setting with the film being set in the woods the story on the whole is one that's quite new with this being something that the film should be applauded for as unlike the Scream sequels it's not telling the same story over and over again it's giving us something new with the plot being one that does work really well due to the fact that the film does tell in chapters with each of it's seven chapter titles corresponding to something that happens in that chapter and while yes the films plot isn't as strong as it could have been with the plot feeling more like an afterthought to the films films this is also something that could be said for alot of eighties slasher films as well as the film does have a plot that would feel right at home in an eighties slasher film with the only thing that makes it stand out being the fact that the film do a solid enough job in telling it's plot whilst also keeping us the audience fully engaged with it's plot as well 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 A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III and John Dies At The End star Fabianne Therese as Macy , Russ Tiller as Billy , Kate Cobb as Rachel and Michalina Scorzelli as Aunt Sadie. Also starring in this film is Mallrats and The Wolf Of Wall Street star Ethan Suplee as Tobe , Pro Wrestler Max The Impaler as Dolly and The Dukes Of Hazzard and American Pie star Seann William Scott as Chase.

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. With this film not rally having that many known actors with the only somewhat known actor being Stifler from the the American Pie films therefor no one would have had any clue of what to expect from this film from an acting point of view as it really could have gone either and thankfully we did manage to get some really good acting in this film which was something that would take alot of people back as by all rights this films acting should have been at best OK and while yes granted it doesn't raise to anything above average it's also not as bad as it really could have been either with the best actor in the whole film not being any of the films slightly known actors but oddly enough being Max The Impaler as Dolly as while everyone else has there face to get across emotion and is able to speak lines of dialog Max doesn't have that as the character of Dolly where's this big fiberglass head designed to look like the head of a baby doll and doesn't talk at all therefor they only have body language to get across just what it is there character is thinking or feeling and that's in and to be fair they do get across just what it is that there character is thinking and feeling all by there actions and there body language alone 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 it 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 the films characters aren't the best characters out there they are quite easily alot more better then the characters that we got in The Bride. As this films characters are actually pretty well done characters for the amount of time that alot of them have on screen as for no other reason other then scheduling alot of this films more well known actors don't get to appear in this film all that often and yet even with that working against them the makers of this film still managed to have some really well done characters with Dolly herself being a good example of this as while she's basically every other eighties slasher villain only now she's in a doll mask there is more of a warmer side to her as she doesn't just attack people at random she only kills people that are mean to her with her only injuring alot of people something which a character in the film does push her to that limit and while she will kill you if you get in her way she's the type of character where if you stay out of her way she'll stay out of your way. With another decent character being Macy as she is someone who isn't really afraid of commitment as she does want to marry Chas what she doesn't want is to be left raising a kid which Chas has and yet over the course of the film we do see other parts of her character like we see how resilient that she can be and how quick she can think on her feet and whole she doesn't always make the smartest choices when she's captured by Dolly that is something that could be said for any horror character and isn't something that exclusive to her character with the thing that is exclusive to her character being that she is far to trusting of a person as she trusts that someone want harm her when she helps them out when she's trying to escape Dolly when everything about the person says that he's untrustworthy and low and behold he turns on her the very first chance that he gets. Which is a good example of how just how well done that alot of this films characters are when compared to The Bride as in that film that characters are at best cardboard cutouts of characters and here they feel like actual people.

Due to how this film visually looks it gave of very strong Grindhouse vibes as much loke in those films the picture did break alot of the time. The film did also have feel like it was very cheaply made like lot of grindhouse style films were and while this is something that would work against a more modern big studio film for a smaller independent film it's something that does work in the films favor as it helps to make the film feel more real almost as if we the audience are there watching the characters going through these terrible events and while the film doesn't push things as far as Grindhouse itself did interms of it's content it pushed them far enough to make you feel uneasy about what might happen next and to be fair that's all it had to do as with this being a straight up horror film that's designed to look cheap and nasty it didn't need to give you any big expensive looking set piece or give that alot of make up effects it just needed to create tension and let it sit with you and that is something that alot of these smaller independent horror films do when there done right as they know that they can't compete with films like Weapons or Sinners for example but what they can do is give an expirence that those films can't give you due to the fact that there being paid for a big studio. With a studio like Shudder taking the reigns and due to that we do het alot of unique films and expirences as again much like with Grindhouse or other low budget films your not going to forget this film in a hurray as it is a film that is that unique and is that fresh with it feeling like a true successor to the slasher films of eighties in both spirit and tone.

If your struggling to choose which film to go and see in the theaters either this film or The Bride then choose this film. As not only are you getting a well crafted original story with characters that you actually like but this is a smaller independent film and yet it's only made a little under five hundred thousand dollars right now and yet it deserves to make so much more then that while yes this film does have alot of flaws in it like the fact that the film is somehow split up into seven chapters when it really didn't need to be and the fact that the film doesn't really have alot of kills in it this is a film that is still a really enjoyable film due to the fact that it's made by people that quite clearly have a love for the genre and whereas with The Bride you get the impression that the people making that movie have never seen a horror film in their life or if they have it was once and that was it and while yes this films plot isn't the strongest one out there and while yes the films characters could need a little bit of work as could the story it doesn't matter as this film feels like a thrown back to the slasher films of the eighties and those didn't have the best plots in them and they very rarely if ever had the best characters in them and yet they were still fun to watch as they knew to be a horror film first and everything else second and that's what this film was proud of being and it's also something that makes this film perfect for Shudder as this is a film that wouldn't get made by a major studio as they don't like to make the typical horror film let alone one that's a throw back movie of sorts and while yes this film could be better in alot of respects it's also one that's really so unique in it's approach to telling it's story that you can't help but fall in love with it.

Where this film does somewhat fail is in it's twist as while the twist is something that won't be given away here in this film review. It is something that would have been more better if they didn't sign post it to you that this person was untrustworthy to begin with as the second that Macy unlocks this person that Dolly has chained up in the room next to he starts acting all creepy and saying these creepy and heck he even starts saying them before he's unlocked which does give it away that he's not a trust worthy person with this being where Macy starts to act dumb as the character until that point had been pretty smart and while she wasn't the smartest tool in the shed she did know when to use her brain and when to act like a goofball and yet here near the end of the film she just trusts this person who is acting like a creep all for no one good reason. Heck she even gets out of the car that she's in near the end of the film just to pick her engagement ring this is despite the fact that the killer is mere few feet away from her which is just stupid as Dolly very easily could have come back to life for that one last scare with this being made even more dumb when you take into account that she technically never accepted the proposal in the first place therefor she would have no reason to grab the ring or even obsess over at let alone risk her life to go and get it back with this being something that could have been fixed with a rewrite of the films script as then it could have been explained why she wanted to get the ring back and why she risked her life to get it back and while it doesn't hurt the film with her acting as dumb as she does in the film it is something that does feel at odds with her character.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and sixteen minuets and fifty three seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you would expect a film like this one to have as this film is meant to be a throwback to the slasher films of the eighties and those didn't typically have that long of a running time with this film having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place and yet even with this mind this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely. As the film doesn't really take the time to fully develop it's plot with this being due to the fact that the film quite literally stops it's plot every fifteen minuets to start a new chapter and while that is something that would work for a film like The Hateful Eight that film also had a much more longer running time to it and therefor could afford to do it where as here in this film they don't have that privilege therefor the every single scene from when the characters first enter the woods needed to be about advancing the plot of the film with this kind of effecting the films lack of character development as the film doesn't really give the characters that they needed to be more well developed characters with the only character who gets some sort of character development being Dolly herself when she goes to being the villain to being somewhat of a hero when she kills the person who was going to hurt Macy just because he was taunting with going right back to being the villain when she realizes that Macy doesn't want to be her living her doll with the rest of characters not really getting any kind of character development whatsoever with this being something that could have been addressed if the film was even just ten minuets longer 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 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 tat the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. While this films kills are pretty decent the film doesn't really have enough kills in the film with there really only being about two kills in the whole film and that's really it with the rest of the film being spent with Dolly torturing Macy which is fine but for a slasher film you really do want to have more kills in it as that is why you come to a slasher film in the first place the best comparison would be going to a Scream film and not having the mystery of who Ghostface is in it as it would just feel weird. With the best kill in the whole entire film being when Dolly breaks Chase's jaw with her shovel which might not seem like much but then he spends the rest of the crawling to get to Macy and when he does finally reach her at the end of the film Dolly sees him and after him begging her to kill him and she finally rips the rest of his jaw off killing him which is just such a cool kill as it's one that we very rarely if every get to see in films with it being something that does work in this film as it's something that does make you wonder just how it was that they managed to pull that effect of. With the only thing that lets the kill down being the fact that we don't get to see Chase and Macy together all that much in the film and that's really it with the rest of the films kills being just as good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it doesn't really need saying at this point but I really did like this film as while Scream 7 is easily the better of the two films this film has something that that film was never going to have on it's side that being the fact that this is an original film that is well made 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 his 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 6.5 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 use 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.

In A Violent Nature Film Review

When people say that there are no original films being made in Hollywood anymore alot of the time there just looking at the films that all of the big studios are releasing. With them not even paying attention to what the smaller known studios are releasing because if they did they will see that there are plenty of original films being made not only in general but also in the world of horror case in point that the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as this film whilst it might look like a typical slasher film it actually does things that are new and different with the formular and so then join me as I review the film that has as many walking scenes as The Lord Of The Rings trilogy with the film in question being called simply just "In A Violent Nature" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when his grave is disturbed when someone takes a necklace that belonged to his mother an undead monster named Johnny raises from the grave bent on getting it back. 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 the plot of the film being one that's really creative as while yes it could be argued that this films plot is the plot of the stereotypical slasher film it does something new and different by basically having two vastly different films going on at the same time as from the point of view of the teens this film comes across as being a typical slasher film and yet from the point of view of Johnny it comes across as being a revenge film with the films plot being one that could also be seen as being nothing more typical slasher film plot with it's out doors setting being something that was done to keep the costs down the plot doesn't feel like it's being held back by that as the plot still works within those limitations and while yes the plot of the film could be seen as being a bit boring at times as the film does show us Johnny walking to each and every kill that he makes for long periods of time this is something that does help to sell you on the general idea of the film as whole as it would have been very easy to have Johnny just show up where the kids are alot of the time and yet by not doing that it allows us to breathe in this world and it allows the films plot alot more time to breathe as well 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 Ry Barrett as Johnny , Andrea Pavlovic as Kris , Cameron Love as Colt and Reece Presley as The Ranger. Also starring in this film is Liam Leone as Troy , So Much Tenderness star Charlotte Creaghan as Aurora , Lea Rose Sebastianis as Brodie , Sam Roulston as Ehren , Alexander Oliver as Evan , Timothy Paul McCarthy as Chuck and Friday The 13th Part 2 star Lauren-Marie Taylor as The Woman.

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. With the fact that this films acting being as good as it is being something that was quite shocking as not only are all of this films actors a bunch of unknown actors and therefor it would have been foolish to expect even a good performance from them in the first place but the film that we got was actually a reshot version of the film with mostly different actors with this films actors doing a really good job acting in this film which is something that would have been hard to do given the unique premise and idea of the film itself and yet they all pull it off turning in some really good performances in the process with the best actor in the whole entire film being a tie between Ry Barrett as he has to get across alot of emotion and feeling without having his face be seen on camera as Johnny and Charlotte Creaghan who was just delightful to watch as the socially conscious member of the group with her turning in a performance that does make what could have been seen as being a really unlikable character somehow seem all the more likable because of it with the same thing also being true for Ry Barrett as well 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.

On paper this films main characters do seem like the kind of teenage characters that you expect to see in an eighties slasher film like for example any of the Friday The 13th movies for example. This is something that is kind of the point with there characters as from there point of view they are living through this stereotypical slasher film and therefor they aren't going to be the best done characters and while that might be the point with there characters this is still a major flaw in the film as it also makes them less interesting as characters the badly done characters in eighties slasher films work so well those films were meant to be enjoyed and then forgotten about rather quickly hence why alot of them had the exact same set up and the exact same characters whereas with this film the idea is different enough that you do need new kid characters to help grow that idea and help make the scenes where Johnny is slowly walking to his next kill seem less long and less boring and yet the makers of this film don't really do that and heck we don't even get to find out anything about any of the films main characters outside of Johnny who we are told is someone that died over seventy years ago and that only comes back once a necklace is removed from his grave with him only being killed as he was pushed out of a tree by some people who wanted to get back at his dad which granted is a rather generic origin story for this character but it's more then what we get for the films other characters which is something that does make alot of sense as the only time we see the teens is when Johnny is seeing them but it still would have been nice to find out quite literally anything about them as that is something that would have helped us get to like them as characters.

Alot of slasher films more often then not say that there going to put you in the shoes of the killer and yet none of them do. Well this film is quite literally built around that entire concept and while this might not change the way that horror films are done much like how the original Scream did for slasher films in the nineties it was still nice to see a refreshing change to the slasher genre as it would have been super easy for the makers of this film to just do another slasher film and leave it at that but it's the fact that they didn't do that and instead chose to create something that no one has seen before or since this film that makes this film stand out all the more because of it and while yes this film does prove that there some kinks to be worked out with doing an entire film from the point of view of the killer it also proves that it could be done as well and yet for one reason or another both big and small studios have refused to further look into this idea as it is something that could be done very cheaply as you wouldn't need that many actors in the film in the first lace and if you keep the film in a more filmable location like a city for example then you can hire locally and maybe even call in favors from friends and relatives something which the makers of this film found out the hard way as this film is actually a reshot version as the first attempt to make this film went badly due to them being very ill pre-pared for what it would be like to film in the wilderness amongst many other things and yet the fact that they then after seeing the footage decided to reshoot the whole thing with the films writer and director Chris Nash even putting in his own money to help with the funding does prove that you can do a film like this and do it well if you have the right crew to help to make it come true in the first place.

While this film does get alot of brownie points for being a somewhat original film where it does suffer tho is the fact that for large portions of this film nothing really happens at all. With this being due to the fact that we are following the main killer of the film for alot of the films running time and there's only so long that that can be interesting and be new before it starts to get old and tired which in this film is something that does start to happen quite quickly with this being something it would have been quite handy for the makers of this film to give some screen time to the main hero characters as then it would only not give us anther POV for the film but it would also stop the film from feeling like a chore to watch alot of the time and while yes the point of the film is to quite literally put us in the shoes of the main killer those shoes could have been a bit more exciting as we don't need to see him walk to all of his kills all of the time and while this film is quite clearly taking inspiration from slashers like Friday The 13th and Halloween with it's approach to it's kills both of this film at the very least built up tension so that you actually feel something when a character is killed where as here you are left feeling nothing because of the fact that the makers of this film don't give you a reason to care for any of the films main hero characters infact you end up caring for Johnny the main villain of the film then you do the films teenagers when it would have worked all the more better if we had the same quieter moments that we get with Johnny but with the films hero characters as then not only would the film be alot less of a chore to watch but it also go quite along way in making the films hero characters alot more likable and memorable then what they already are in the first place.

One of the faults that alot of people have with this film is the fact that there are more scenes with Johnny walking then there are in the entire The Lord Of The Rings it seems. Which is something that is understandable as it does get very boring seeing him to walk to each kill and heck the opening five minuets of the film are sent with him just trying to claw his way out of the ground before going on a long walk to his kill but at the same time given that this film is meant to be inspired by early slasher films before the killers could just appear out of thin air it is interesting seeing him get himself into position for all of this film kills as usually films will just cut to the kill with there being very little to know build up to it and yet that's exactly what we get in this film and while the film doesn't give us any kind of tension building at all with t being more focused on showing us how Johnny got to the ranger station for example then it is in giving us some really good tension just the idea alone of showing us how this seemingly unstoppable person got himself into position to kill this one person is something that could be argued is building up tension as the audience know that Johnny is there but the characters don't much like how we know that Michael Myers is on the other side of the glass behind Nancy but she doesn't notice him with the only real difference being here there's no music to clue us in on him being there which is something that makes sense as we're following him for alot of the film but it still would have helped the film if the makers of this film cut down on the amount of shots of him just walking to his next kill as that would have made the film a lot more entertaining to watch and not be that much of a chore to watch.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty three minuets and fifty two seconds. Which for a film like this is pretty much the exact grand total running that you'd expect this film to have with this film having the right amount of plot to fully cover tat amount of running time in the first place but in saying this tho this film doesn't really use it's running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time that it has to fully develop it's plot as the film is alot more focused in showing us how Johnny gets to his kills then in further developing it's plot something which it very easily could have die just by cutting down on the scenes of Johnny walking to his next kill as that's not something that we need to see all of the time and while that is part of what makes the film feel unique it's also something that dies make the film feel more boring as well with this even effecting the films character development as none of the films teens get the chance to get across just what it is that makes them tick which granted is true for alot of other slasher films as well so its not really something that's unique to this film however this film could have taken steps to fix it just by having one or two scenes where the characters get the chance to develop there character and get across just what it is that makes them tick much like what the film really does do with the origin of Johnny and by showing Johnny playing with a toy car something is something that makes him feel more human then the films hero characters are 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 really good. With all of this films kills being the best aspect of the film with it being made clear that the makers of this film put alot more thought and effort into this films kills then they did anything else as it's in this films kills where the film really does shine with the film having alot of really good looking gore and practical effects in the film all of which are things that work really well in this film and while this films kills aren't as gory as the kills are in say Terrifier 2 are for example we do get alot of really gory kills in this film with the the best kill in the film being when Johnny punches a whole right in the middle of Auroras chest and then he uses his hook to to pull her head backwards through the hole and out clean the other side with that kill being a good example of just how gory that this films kills could be with it being something that does make the film feel unique with the film having alot of over the top gory kills like with Johnny using the log splitter to cut off both the park rangers hand and head in a really tense and gory scene or when Johnny hits a character over NINETY times in the face with an axe with that kill being a good example pf the makers of the film not really pulling any punches and not really holding back as alot of other slasher films just would have shown the character getting hit once maybe twice but that's it but here the makers of the film go over board with that kill with all of the films kills being just as over the top gory as you'd want them to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's no wonder that this film currently has a sequel on the way as this film is just so good this is despite the fact that the film does have alot of flaws to it that could be seen as holding them film back from being as good as it really wants to be but if the makers of the film have learnt there lesson then the sequel could be just as good if not better then what this film really is 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 thing 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 or 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.

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.

Dark Match Film Review

There are two things that very rarely if ever go together and that's the sport of professional wrestling and horror movies. Yet Shudder has now just released a wrestling based horror movie and since I love both horror and wrestling you all just knew that I had to check this movie out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I review the film that shockingly doesn't have that many actual wrestlers in this wrestling based horror movie with the film in question being called simply just "Dark Match" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a small time promoter is given the opportunity for him and his wrestlers to perform infront of a much more bigger crowd he jumps at the chance without realizing that both he and his wrestlers will have to  compete for there lives. 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 as the plot of the film is an interesting plot with the plot of the film doing a good job of blending the horror aspects with the wrestling aspects really well and in a way that feels natural and organic and while the plot of the film could be seen as being a rip off of Pro Wrestlers Vs Zombies even down to having a pro wrestler in the film but here it is something that works as there are enough new elements to the films plot that does make it feel fresh and organic again and just like alot of Shudder's film this film is vastly different from all of the mainstream horror films that are coming out so much so that even from this films plot alone you can tell that no major Hollywood film studio would dare to touch this film as the plot of this film is just that weird and bizarre but in all of the best ways possible 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 Steven Ogg as Joe Lean , Michael Eklund as Spencer and Sara Canning as Kate The Great. Also starring in this film is Jonathan Cherry as Rusty , Ayisha Issa as Miss Behave , Leo Fafard as Lazarus Smashley , Mo Adan as Enigma Jones , Geordie Cheeseman as The Talent Scout , Stephanie Wolfe as Carol Ann , Marie Zydek as Seductive Follower , Dianne Wulf as Woman In Crowd , Jonathan Lepine as Thick , Chris W. Cook as Director , Troy Fyhn as Naked Party Guy , Michelle Meade as Hot Tub Woman , Christopher Allan Arp as Outside Guard , A Burley Redneck and A Ringside Guard , Justin Lawrick as Thin and one of this films executive producers Chris Jericho as Prophet.

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. With this films acting being really alot more better then what it really had any right to be as alot of this films actors aren't that well known and as such it would have been very unwise to expect great performances from any of this films actors and while the performances aren't great they are really good with the likes of Steven Ogg and Chris Jericho being the best of the bunch with Ogg even channeling his inner Trevor Phillips in certain scenes which only serves to make his performance alot better and while Chris Jericho could have been a little bit more better his performance did feel true to the character presented on screen with his character being someone is kind of cagey and is always keeping things to close his chest and Jericho does portray him as such 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 respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which s something that does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

This films characters aren't that well thought out with alot of them being nothing more then just there wrestling characters and that's really it. Which is something that really doesn't work given how wrestling is presented in this film and as a result of that is the fact that the makers of the film really should have given alot more thought into it's characters and given them fledged personalities instead of just making them very note characters which is something that does get old after awhile and it is something that prevents us the audience from liking alot of the films characters as the only one to get  decent amount of thought put into his character at least from the heroes point of view is Steven Ogg's character and even then you could make the case that he's just playing a more tamer version of his character from GTA V  which is something that does work decently enough for this character but at the same time tho it would have been nice if the makers of this film did indeed give us anything that made these characters standout from one enough as alot of the characters just blend into one with this not really being helped by the fact that alot of the characters being really unlikable which does make it hard to form a connection with any of this films characters and while Steven Ogg's character does come across as being somewhat likable it does take a while for him to get there by which time it's far to little to late and what's worse is the fact that this is something that really could have been fixed with a rewrite of the films script.

With this being a wrestling based movie you'd expect the wrestling to be really good sadly tho that is not the case. As to be frank the wrestling that's in this movie is the kind of wrestling that you'd expect to see in a kids wrestling show and not something that you'd expect to see on TV with it being made painfully obvious that this films actors didn't do any or alot of the wrestling moves in this film as the camera would cut to shot where you can't see the face of the actor performing the move and while this kind of kid show wrestling would be fine if this was a kids wrestling movie where wrestling is being presented as something that's real here tho it's something that really doesn't work as wrestling is being presented as something that's scripted and this is an adult wrestling movie and as such there really should have been more effort into making the actual wrestling aspects of the movie look more well and heck they even have a wrestling legend in Chris Jericho in the cast so they very easily could have gone to him and asked him to train up some of the actors because it does come across as being obvious that none of this films actors had ever stepped foot in a professional wrestling ring and there characters are meant to be pro wrestlers so it would have helped the film out in the long if the actors where given time prior to filming the movie to get the ring and learn a few really basic movies that could then adapt and use in this movie but for some reason the makers of this movie chose not to go that route and as a result of that is the fact that we get wrestling that not only looks fake as heck but alot doesn't look as good as it really could have done given that the characters performing them really are meant to be professional wrestlers.

To give this film at least some sort of credit it does use the wrestling aspect of this film in a really creative and fun way. By giving us matches in which the wrestlers themselves can only win if they end up killing there opponent which is a fun aspect to the film and it's one that the film does indeed take as fully advantage if as it really could have done by giving a horror themed spin on the classic inferno match and with each match type being based on one of the four elements it means that we do get to see some really inventive matches in this movie but even those can't take away from the fact that the overall quality of the wrestling as a whole is just bad and while yes this film most likely had a really small budget thus most likely couldn't afford to have some actual wrestlers in this movie it is something that would have helped this movie out in the long run as they would know how to take the moves that the characters do to each other in this movie and make them look good which in turn would make the movie look even better then what it already is and while people who love horror won't care about how good the quality of the wrestling is in this movie the people who love wrestling certainly will and if your making a wrestling based horror movie then you need to cater to both of those audiences and that means not only having some really good looking kills and gore but it also means having some really good looking wrestling as well.

Without giving anything away the ending for this film is pretty bad as this film does the one thing that films really shouldn't do. With that being just end for no rhyme or reason and that is something that does make the ending to this film feel alot like sequel baiting when infact it should have just been focusing on wrapping up the story of this film and while yes this is film is decent enough that it could score a sequel but given that Shudder very rarely if ever hand out sequels it makes no sense for them to have an ending that's open ended that it could quite possibly leave itself open to a sequel as all that does is make it look like that the makers of this film are thinking about sequels when what they should be thinking about is making a film that people want to see more off and characters that people want to see more from something that this film sadly doesn't do as the world that this film creates isn't interesting enough to where they could do sequels and the characters aren't likable enough to were you want to see them in sequels and while the wrestling aspect of this movie could have been improved upon if they did do a do a sequel there's nothing in this films plot that really does leave the story open for further films as everything gets tied up in a nice little bow by the end of the film all of which makes this films ending seem pointless with it only being included in there so that the film can show us it's pretty bad to sometimes decent looking CGI monster and that's really it ad that's not enough to justify having a whole scene in your movie.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty three minuets and forty three seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expects a film like this one to have and to this films credit this film really does have just the right amount there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho the films characters really aren't that well developed and thought out with the same thing also being true for the plot of this film as well with the film introducing things and then very quickly dropping them seemingly for no reason whatsoever all of which makes it feel like that the makers of this film really aren't taking as full advantage of there running time as they perhaps could have done as you very easily could have developed all of your key characters and the plot of your movie within that running time heck just look at the 1984 film version of A Nightmare On Elm Street as a good example of that as that film had a very similar running time to this film and yet it developed it's plot and it's characters and it took full advantage of it's running time by also developing the world upon which the film takes place in none of which are done in this film with this film feeling like it has thing running time just so the makers of the film can say that they made a feature length film with Chris Jericho in it and that's really it and that's not good enough reason if your not going to justify your film having this long of a running time 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 means 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. With the film having some really decent kills in it all of which are play on the type of match that there in like the fact that the female lead of this movie Miss Behave wrestlers the character of Kate in a water match and she wins be dowsing her in water and snapping her neck but the best kill in the movie goes to either Thick or Thin as they take another tag team in a wind match where one of them cut open pretty badly which is just such a cool kill with the only kill that's a bit of a let down is oddly enough that of Jericho's himself as even tho he's mean the main villain of the film his kill is treated more as an afterthought and really isn't as over the top and as gory as it really should have been as that would been more a fitting end for this character but instead the kill that they did go with just felt like a let down when it should have been so much more bigger and more extravagant then what we ultimately ended up with as the kills for all horror film villains really should be over the top and be very satisfying because of it and that's sadly not something that we got in this very film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while it would be hard to say if this is the best pro wrestling based horror film out there simply because of the fact that I haven't seen alot of the others what I can say is that this film is a flawed but delightfully twisted film that is sure to please the people who love wrestling in one respect but is sure to please the people who love horror films in alot more respects as well 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 old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images hat 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.