Sweet Insanity

Though shot on video, but that means so little now as a praise or knock, it's decently shot though looks like video,actors look pleasant but cannot act. Big problem here is that very little happens and there is no excitement ever generated. Listen to the director commentary and you'll see perhaps why, as the things he chooses to talk about as being interesting are the least interesting aspects of uninteresting scenes. Very few deaths in the film, only one of these is even convincing to any degree, no nudity--though it teases you in this regard which is a total cheat. If you are telling a story without nudity, good, great even, but don't play the game of being sleazy and then not deliver. But this thing does not deliver on any level ever. Technically there have been worse things released by bigger companies and by MTI who did in fact unleash this talk fest, but what makes this so bad is it is lifeless. There is no effort to do anything of interest with the camera. There is no sense of how to tell a story or get performances out of "actors" It all seems to be done in a industrial film level of competence but who cares? The central idea, if you can even say it has one, so let's say the gimmick isn't convincing. It just plods along to a short running time that seems far far away as the pointless scenes follow one another. Why release this movie? Just don't bother watching it there is no reason. That's why I say it's bad, it's just so pointless, so meaningless, so so so dull.

I love horror movies.... even cheesy ones.... This one was a gooey melting mass of moldy muenster. I really cant believe I wasted my time watching this thing. I should have known how horrible it was going to be by the first 15 minutes. The acting is horrible, the lines worse, and the plot non-existent. I kept hoping for it to redeem itself with a good twist or something freaky, but no such luck. Even the blood and gore factor was lacking. The sound track seemed like it was recorder with a pocket cassette recorder. If you have a choice between watching this movie, and getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist's, go for maintaining the pearly whites.

Please look out for these parts...

1. when Stacey is yelling to her brunette friend (dont know her name) "we gotta get out of here NOW!" let me just tell you I laughed so hard I cried. 2. when Stacy's headband goes from being over her eyes to perfect on her head in the garage fight scene. 3. the facials people make when they die and have sex 4. When the brunette was in the closet...why didn't she move out of the way of the gigantic drill that was SLOWLY approaching her stomach...

If you are planning on wasting your night and looking for some bad acting and such this is just the movie for you...

this is pretty much your run of the mill teen slasher movie: complete with the beautiful people clique, the gratuitous sex, the stereotypical characters (btw did anyone else find them all really rude?), the drugs & booze... the whole package really... i'd also add that the PLOT IS THIN & UNORIGINAL.

i guess it's MILDLY ENTERTAINING, i've got nothing against light entertainment it boasts ALRIGHT SUSPENSE (we know what's going to happen from the start but not really why). it is also QUITE SCARY due to an ACHIEVED TENSION & UNSETTLING MOOD (although i think the director's use of "arty" shots didn't contribute that much). furthermore there are A FEW GOOD LINES in there (yet this may well be due to the fact they are cheesy and bring a whole other level to the film)... but the writing is greatly let down by the poor acting.

i'm aware that this is an independent movie (quite glossy and well "finished" i have to say in it's defence), so i guess you could try and justify this sort of thing... but THE ACTING WAS REALLY DIRE!(i mean jc vandamme/c. norris/c.bronson league, but to make it worst they seem like they're competing for the crown)... you know, the embarrassing & painful kind... the obvious guess is that their priority was the look of the cast (i've got nothing against a bit of eye candy & this was probably not such a bad choice considering the targeted & actual audiences for these sort of films but it really sabotaged the film).

i never leave comments (especially long ones & concerning films i didn't enjoy... they're never the "main" ones are they?... i smell a rat), but the current comment did not satisfy me. this film takes risks? please... this is the official recipe of a tried and tested genre. they clearly knew there is a market for it. the only risks this movie took was the risk of making a bad movie with even worse actors.

sorry if i put anyone off but this was kind of the point. i suggest that U SHOULD NOT PAY to see this film (i'm glad i didn't), BORROW IT off a mate who fell for the comments/rating.

No Spoilers...

This is just another useless movie in the "teen massacre" category. There is absolutely NO plot. The story happens completely "bacause I say so"...there is no cause nor reason to the events in the movie; even the sad attempt to "suggest" an old trauma using some confused flashbacks is of no real use if you want to find a MEANING in this plot.

The characters are just the same old cliché-students "the Hot, the Slut and the Moron between" with a supporting cast of rich-but-punk friends. Oh...and a totally unrelated Spooky-Neighbor!

Not to mention that the "twist" of this story becomes quite obvious after the first 30 seconds of the movie...this "special" idea is being totally ABUSED in recent movies, so it doesn't sort any effect unless the movie is made with a bit of skill...which this movie is NOT :P

The only reason I watched through the whole film is because the girls are damn HOT...and there are LOTS of 'em! All this beautiful almost-25-years old girls pretending to be innocent seventeen students. Yummy. Yes...THAT is the only positive thing in the whole movie...oh, and the poster too! The poster picture is cool...too bad it is UNRELATED to the movie, save perhaps the last 15 seconds :P