Aunt Rose

For those of you like me, who feel even R rated horror is to commercial, then Aunt rose is the film for you. Every single cast member delivers an excellent on the money performance, which is rare for a low budget movie featuring several newcomers. The thugs who invade the house and torture the poor family are made up of the leader Johnny Nelson who was very intimidating and believable, the crazy but sexy Velocity Chyaldd, and the misguided, but slightly more level headed Kevin T. Collins. What this movie does that so few ever touch upon, is giving a history of these villains, to show there troubled, abusive pasts, and how they came to be the sick sadistic monsters you see before you. The mother and father were also very realistic, they portray the family as loving, but also estranged somewhat with there teenage daughters life choices. When the family is taken hostage, you feel there desperation every step of the way, and root for them to come through it intact. The film is not quite as gory as I thought it would be, but the kills are very nasty, and cruel, and have a surprising impact on the audience. I must also mention Raine Brown who played the daughter's lesbian lover, in an excellent, and oddly non exploitive way. Keep an eye out for her, I predict she'll become a new genre staple alongside my personal favorite scream queens Debbie Rochon, and Tiffany Shepis. My only beefs with the film are as follows, for one I found in a few instances that some of the family members foolishly taunted, or provoked the murderers for no direct reason. I guess you don't know how a person would react to an invasion like that, but I just found myself questioning what the heck they were thinking. It kept me on the edge of my seat though, and made me think about what I would do, so maybe thats not such a bad thing. And finally, I felt the ending wasn't totally satisfying. Without spoiling anything, I just felt it lacked the impact it needed. A couple very minor instances aside, I highly recommend Aunt Rose to the hardcore horror crowd. It's one of the better acted low budget horrors I've seen in some time.

but some people have no bleeding idea how to do it.

Bad acting, bad story line, extremely bad special effects. Yes it has breasts and blood but even the breasts aren't worth watching this for. I'm guessing this was previously reviewed by the cast and crew, that or someone reviewed the wrong movie. Or perhaps the guy down the local fancy dress store thought it would be good advertising for his contact lens range.

At least the sound guy saw sense and occasionally tried to drown out the actors.

Just don't waste your time, you'll only hate yourself later.

I don't know what that other reviewer was smoking, but this movie is not just bad, it's dreadful. I have watched possibly every low-rent, low-budget horror movie that has ever been produced, and this ranks among the worst. It was only out of a sort of train wreck curiosity that I continued watching this movie after the first five minutes. The acting is awful, just completely rank in the most amateurish fashion... not to mention being subject to seeing a very unattractive woman expose herself to the camera. Look, I realize that overseas markets really go for breasts, but let's be honest here -- do we really want to see that? The entire film is just a disaster, from start to finish. It's amusing enough for the completely D grade cheesiness of it, but if you're looking for a good horror movie, this just doesn't measure up in any way, shape, or form.

It's rare now a days to pick up a movie at the local video rental outlet and then come home to find that it actually does the DVD's cover justice. It seems there are simply so many over hyped, boring & poorly done low budget films currently circulating on DVD. Recently I have ended up choosing movies based on labels out of previously garnered distrust, rather than relying on typical disappointing case artwork and story lines. It seemingly all adds up to just another "once bitten twice shy" perfect case in point for a frequent movie viewing skeptic like myself. However, this movie is different. WAY different. It's obvious 5 minutes into the film that you're witnessing as much chemistry in action as you are great character acting. This movie's cast just clicked and keeps clicking right to the end of a fast paced and anything but boring film. Each character reinforces the film's bottom line as was the case back "in the day" of the good old Black n Whites. Intriguing dialog and outstanding primary character development roll out during the film like a blood soaked, tightly rapped red carpet as it startles and slaps the unsuspecting feet of the viewer repeatedly. Nelson & Tucker work wonderfully as a team to bring out the best in their cast. They present an entertaining suspenseful story with a degree of sheer magnetic relativity that's undeniable. There is not one primary character actor in this movie that I won't be attentively watching for in the near future. Take a bow ladies & gentlemen for a job quite well done. This is a first class B horror film.

Saw a screener of "Aunt Rose" (under the original title "No One Gets Out". The story will be very familiar to fans of "Last House on the Left", "Funny Games", or "House on the Edge of the Park". A group of real nasty criminals holds a family hostage and that ultimately turns out to be their biggest mistake (with a very cool supernatural twist, however.) While it treads familiar ground, "Aunt Rose" is definitely one of the better "70's revival" films I've seen in recent years. Writer/actor Joshua Nelson has written an excellent script, the dialog is never clunky, and he keeps the story moving nicely. The performances are miles ahead of what you usually find in low-budget horror. You feel honest to god sympathy for the tormented family. Newcomer Velocity Chylld is a standout, turning in a completely cold, brutal performance.

Solid brutal horror from start to finish.