Human Nature

Don't waste your time or money. bad acting. bad audio. a snoozefest

Like many others who gave this one a go, I can enjoy a good low-budget horror movie. Unfortunately, this movie is absolutely terrible. The plot is uninteresting and doesn't always make sense, the characters are not memorable, the acting isn't great, the audio quality is absolutely atrocious, and the movie is simply boring to watch. I wish I could put this movie in the "so bad, it's good" category, but this movie is just bad, with no redeeming qualities to make it enjoyable. Do not waste your time or money on this one. I never return my movies to the shop, in case I end up liking them in the future- but this was one of the very few that wasn't even worth having on the shelf, as I have no desire to ever view it again.

I saw Human Nature with little else to do and also the title seemed interesting. But even with the low expectations I had, I was still repulsed by the movie. Human Nature is of very cheap quality, the lighting is so dark it is difficult often to make out what's going on, the editing is very choppy and the settings could have easily been a basement. But what further cheapens Human Nature is the dreadful sound, which is so muted-sounding that dialogue and actors' delivery are seldom heard here. The script is hackneyed and very difficult to take seriously, while the story has no atmosphere or suspense whatsoever, and is very clichéd and dull. It is filled to the brim with overly-sadistic moments, okay there is nothing wrong with having a disturbing scene but having so many of them that are enough to make you either gouge out your eyes or make you throw up is way too much. The characters have nothing to them and are just not that likable or interesting. I did find it really difficult that the wife didn't suspect anything, even when it was so obvious, and the killer is far too nice to be convincing. The acting is atrocious too with awkward line delivery and the sense that nobody wanted to be there, I've seen robots much more animated. All in all, a truly repulsive movie in every sense. 1/10 Bethany Cox

It starts off in a real low budget but pseudo documentary way, with a flashback interview with a school psychologist, but of who? The killer or the hooker victim? Allegedly, this is based on a true story, but that leaves a lot of room for improvisation. It has a video stock only look and it never made it to the theaters. It's from some schlock video production company that specializes in this kind of trash. The main creep, some black yuppie, kidnaps whores and tortures and kills them in his garage while his neglected white wife hangs out in the house pouting about how he is not paying attention to her. Well, dummy, if your husband is murdering women on the side, along with other cheesy sexual liaisons, then you consider yourself lucky that he does neglect you! Obviously a dim bulb, from her choice of spouse on up! If you have to pay for this film, which thankfully I didn't, then you have wasted your money. It is grim viewing and well worth avoiding unless in cases of extreme boredom!

When I saw this sitting innocently on the shelf in Hollywood Video I knew right away that it would be another indie film gone terribly wrong, and I was right, but yet not entirely disappointed. IMO everything that was wrong was more technical (ie the sound was awful and sometimes the lighting would be bad) with occasionally a few screw ups by the director and actors. I think this is a good movie for aspiring student directors to watch. I actually thought the acting (mainly that of the lead female being tortured) was good and the effects were surprising...particularly one scene involving a bucket, the lead hookers foot and a hammer...but I don't want to spoil anything so I'll stop there. There were a few plot holes and scenes that didn't make sense with the storyline, but I think if you can forgive them then you will have a decent time watching it. 5/10