Exit 33

A few miles off Exit 33, lies Ike's Last Chance Gas. A secluded sleepy hideaway where Ike (Kane Hodder) prepares a special jerky for customers...

I am going to use this space to ramble a bit. First of all, seeing Kane Hodder move increasingly towards acting without a mask is great -- the man deserves recognition for all the work he has done, and not just in horror. So thank you to all the directors who put Hodder in your films.

Next, who is Norman Koza? I have no idea. He wrote and produced this film, but has no other credits to his name. He wants us to know it is a "Norman Koza Production". Why? I feel like giving Koza the top billing for crew is just a bit off. But then, maybe he paid for the whole thing out of pocket...

Tommy Brunswick can rightfully be called a B-movie master (mistress?). She has made a variety of films like "They Must Eat" and "Little Red Devil" that are not bad, but do not have enough money to be as great as they should be. Her biggest hit is still probably "Mr. Jingles". I would love to see Brunswick really blossom, but for now she remains a notch below Fred Olen Ray, and that is not a place you want to be.

This film's biggest problem, besides the budget, is the plot. A gas station plot? This has been done to death since at least "Texas Chain Saw Massacre", and probably sooner. The film quality ranks at about reality TV level, and the opening sex scene is not remotely sexy (and it is clothed... that is a good tick).

I suppose I could ask some questions, like if the "33" in the title has any religious significance. Or if a shot of a CD player at 0:33 was coincidental or on purpose (I assume on purpose). But, you know, I am just not that curious.

The press release saws the film is "a no holds barred gore-fest that dares viewers to look away", with "unrelenting suspense and biting humor" that "will satisfy any horror fan's bloodlust." I cannot stress enough how that is one of the bigger crocks I have seen in a press release. If you are dumb enough to believe it, that is your own problem.

She's on the run from the law for not returning her kid for joint custody.

From the twisted minds of Mark Myers and Norman Koza, comes a thriller that will have you have you screaming in fear, and the only person that can handle such a task, is Director Tommy Brunswick.( Tommy Brunswick is know for other scream-fests i.e They Must Eat (2006) Mr.Jingles (2006) Born Of Earth (2008) Exit 33 takes place at Ike's Last Chance Gas, But this gas station has a dark side.... Ike is controlled by, a female ghost that make Ike (Kane Hodder) kill and torture the unsuspecting patrons. So if your brave enough and can handle the pure terror that, the chaos that this dream team can produce then i suggest that you give movie a chance if you dare.......

Oh boy...

Initially I had a gnawing idea about what I was getting myself into here with this movie, but still I decided to give it a chance. After all, it did have iconic horror name Kane Hodder on the billing list.

The story in "Exit 33" is almost next to non-existing. People stop by the Last Chance Gas to fuel up, and if the store keeper gets an approving nod from a little kid, the people end up dead. Yeah, that's right! And apparently the gas station owner is seeing the ghost of his dead wife as well. People disappear and get killed, their cars are put away, but no one comes around looking for them. And that is pretty much it.

Suffering from a horrendous screenplay, "Exit 33" does little to captivate, spellbound or otherwise keep you nailed to the screen. The movie takes forever to go nowhere, and it tells you very little on the long way there. And a lot of the dialogue is half-hearted and forced, which doesn't exactly add to spice up the interest for the movie.

I didn't have high hopes for this movie, but wow, I was disappointed still. The movie looks like a really low budget filmed movie. It just doesn't have that film-touch to it, so you know that it is really made by people with love for the industry, and not just something that you or I could make with our own cameras at home.

The cast in the movie, was, well for lack of better words, uninspiring. There weren't any real good performances here, some even put on performances that you didn't buy into, not even for a moment. Kane Hodder did manage to make the movie watchable and bearable, but do not expect a major performance here, not even from him. Personally I enjoyed his work in the "Friday the 13th" movies tremendously, and have seen a great deal of his work since then, but nothing ever lived up to "Friday the 13th". So don't get your hopes up.

One of the best things about "Exit 33" was when you saw Kane Hodder sit around with a Fangoria magazine and reading it, and it had Jason X on the front page and he said "this is supposed to be scary" (or something like that).

"Exit 33" is not a movie I will be returning to again for a second watching. It was tough enough to get through it the first time.

Movie is so bad that you can't even find any source to watch. If anyone knows where can I watch this movie, please do leave review here. It's kinda fun to watch low rated bad movies. Thank you.