Knucklebones

A group of college kids (naturally all the girls are HOT) summon a rubbish demon called Knucklebones, who has possibly the worst & cheesiest "evil" voice in any slasher movie, plus he sports a cheap, unconvincing looking mask. And this action takes place in abandoned factory, closed for 40 years, yet the electric lights are still on & the place looks fully kitted out! Acting ranges from very bad (especially the sheriff & old Knucklehead himself) to passable. The only two things going for this movie (and why I have awarded it 4/10, not less) is a fair smattering of gore & one titillating sex scene. Hopefully this is not the start of a new franchise.

In my opinion if you don't want to do yourself a mental mischief the best way to view Knucklebones is as a comedy of errors.

Casting aside the predictable "B" grade credentials of this film, its inability, in my view, to actually settle on a simple core concept and stick to it, is the main reason its such a mess.

This flick constantly oscillates between vaguely formulated, uninspiring ideas. Its as if the whole thing tries far too hard, to be interesting and original. It would have been better off, I feel, basking in its "B" grade glory and just sticking with a simpler slasher flick premise.

The acting is OK, there's a little black humour, thats not too dreadful and there are a few "jump scares" but thats all I can find that's positive to say here. Four out of ten from me.

Okay so the first half of this movie is frankly terrible. It is just a whole lot of exposition, alongside completely unnecessarily gratuitous shots of young women in skimpy clothes. The dialogue is awful, the background is unnecesary and long and boring and by the time you get half way through you may want to turn the movie off.

The second half though is great! Once the demon actually comes it turns into a riotous slasher movie which is as fun as it is gory. The deaths are good, the demon is sort of funny and it has all the right ingredients for a very good b movie.

I would suggest just fast forward until they are summoning the demon and watch that half of the movie.

By seeing adds like, forget Jason or forget Michael or this is a new killer that you will never forget I gave it a try. After decades of watching horrors I do know that such adds mostly predict a terrible flick.

So what do we have here, terrible acting, an unconvincing killer and of course the kind of horrors that like to attract the men. Just face it, it's full of voluptuous girls wearing tees who are on the small size to extract their juggs. And with cleavage. And not only that, let's put on daisy dukes. really, it's not because you have juggs who are acting that it makes a flick. Of course the production found a girl who had to reveal her body and she does but hey, she's f*cking but still has her thong on! And there's also a shot were a girl is bending over to have a stick entering her, well you can guess it.

No, this isn't an interesting flick. Most of the effects are done off-camera. Some do work out fine and some doesn't. But most of the time the only thing you are watching are the girls. For teens this is a must see but for geeks like me it's ridiculous and never got my attention and you will have to wait halfway the flick before the horror comes in...

Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

I caught the world premiere of this at FrightFest and was glad to have done so. I've been a big fan of the Friday 13th formula for a long time and it's something that's been missing in recent years.

Slasher movies since the 90s have often tried to extend or adapt the formula to keep the genre fresh but in all honesty, the Freddy/Jason format is hard to beat.

Need I explain much? Some randy teens find a disused warehouse and summon a demon, by mistake, which then leads to him dispatching them one by one. I'm not going to get heavy on the story here, it's not what I went to see the movie for but it is a reasonably decent premise when revealed which I'll leave to you to discover.

The acting is good but I'm not going to suggest we have any Oscar-worthy stuff in it. The beautiful Julin, who plays Neesa is pretty solid in her lead role and the rest work well around her.

As a splatter flick, this movie rocks. Knucklebones, the demon, is the real hero and whilst the kills are more Jason-style, as far as the tool set used is concerned, the one-liners and general inventiveness are more from the Elm-street book.

A fun 90 minutes of midnight, popcorn horror. Check it out if it's your thing.