Terrortory

I was trying to update items in the 'parental guide' section, but nodded off twice (despite being otherwise wide awake) and kept getting lost whenever I rewound the movie to try and find where I dozed off at since EVERY SINGLE story segment is "people hiking through the woods in daylight".

Everything looks and sounds the same.

I ended up just giving up once the clown showed up, but I'm positive I missed some stuff due to how insistent the film is in putting me to sleep against my will.

.................. MY RATING SCALE ..................

• 1. Reserved for Poorly Produced/Amateur Video
• 2. Utterly Terrible
• 3. Really Bad
• 4. Mediocre
• 5. Perfectly Average
• 6. Surprisingly Entertaining
• 7. Very Good
• 8. Incredibly Good
• 9. Exceptionally Great
• 10. Reserved for my Personal Favorites.

This is what happens here in LA when rich people give their kids a bunch of money to blow on something they know nothing about. These hacks can't even figure out simple dialogue! Example..a bunch of friends out in the woods that were in different groups. Everything is fine, but suddenly a guy gets murdered. Girl hanging out with murdered guy runs back to others (who have no idea what's going on) and says "John just died!!" (I forget his actual name). Their response wasn't, " WTF HAPPENED!!" or "HOW!!! WTF!!!". Their response was, "Are you sure?" WHAT??! SERIOUSLY??!?!?! You're camping and your friend runs back and tells you another friend is dead, and you respond by saying, "are you sure?" without asking wtf happened?? My 12 year old could write better dialogue. That's just a taste of how bad this movie is. I will give it this...if anyone is a fan of Troll 2, you may LOVE this movie. For those who don't know, Troll 2 has a cult following as the worst horror movie ever made. So if you like movies that are hilariously terrible, then definitely watch this. My wife and I were busting up the whole time. If you're just looking for a horror movie, then watch just about anything other than this movie. Home Alone scared me more than this movie. Dead serious. 😂😂

'TERRORTORY': Three Stars (Out of Five)

An ultra-low-budget anthology horror movie, telling six different supernatural tales. It was written and directed by three indie filmmakers; Dan Doran, Kevin Kangas and Mark Wenger. It stars a cast of completely unknown actors. The film is pretty cheesy, and amateurish, but there are a few quality elements to it; especially considering how low-budget it is.

The movie centers around a couple that's trying to entertain each other, while waiting for the electricity to come back on during a power outage. The guy (Brad Masters) tries to impress his female friend (Laura Kiser), by telling her five very bizarre scary stories. Each supernatural tale revolves around different people being stalked, and killed, in the woods. The segments are titled 'Gotz', 'Siren', 'The Prowler', 'Smiling Jack', 'The Drone Collector' and 'The Midnight Clown'.

At first the film was pretty painful to watch (full of atrocious dialogue, nonsense stories, and bad acting); but as it went on, I started to notice several elements I liked to it. I think to really enjoy the movie, you have to respect low-budget filmmaking; being an ultra-low-budget filmmaker myself, this is something I can do. The movie is pretty bad, in comparison to mainstream horror flicks, but for a next to no-budget film, it's not that horrible (some of it is kind of cool).

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Low budget indie film not worth the time. I love an indie horror flick when the story/stories are somewhat original but this was not one of them.

I revisited the original Terrortory tonight. Since my first viewing, I've fallen deeper into the rabbit hole that is microbudget indie filmmaking, specifically of the horror variety.

I "get it" now, and I'm a fan. You can't come into this expecting a polished film with seasoned actors (although a few are quite good). What you can expect is a fun, well-written script, some legitimately weird, scary monsters with their own memorable trademarks (DID YOU BRING ME MEAT?), some nice camerawork, a pretty terrific score, and a palpable love for the genre.

Even if there's a segment in this anthology you're not super impressed by - for me, it's 'The Prowler,' - a new one starts up before you know it.

For me, it's the writing in 'Smiling Jack' and the nightmarish weirdness of 'Gotz' that make this one of my new favorites. Support these for-the-love-of-moviemaking filmmakers! There's a lot here to admire.