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Long Buried creature is dug up at an archaeological dig, it then goes off and terrorizes the people around a remote filing station. good characters are lost in a movie that just doesn't work. It looks good, the actors are there but there is something about this that just doesn't work. To be certain the monster scenes don't make a hell of a lot of sense. They seem to be more structured to produce an effect rather than follow the plot. The problem is the early scenes where we don't see the creature are just confused and then once we do see the monster-which looks like a version of HR Giger's Alien with a smaller head, it just feels like we've been here before. A misfire thats more of interest as puzzle to unlock as to why it doesn't work, rather than as a scary movie. I really do wish the characters (and the actors) had something better to be in.

In 2004, director Matthew Leutwyler's first feature 'Dead & Breakfast' received praise for some circles; none of which included me. Unfortunately three years on and while at least he's moved away from rubbish zombie films; he has unfortunately gone on to rubbish sci-fi/horror films, and this desert-set rendition of Alien is just that. It's a shame that this film is so terrible because the plot actually sounds like it could turn into something quite decent. The film takes place in New Mexico and focuses on a small town. A bunch of cows have been found dead and naturally the local farmers believe that a wolf is to blame. The farmers send for a Sheriff to deal with that, and a big truck accident that's blocking the road...but things take a turn for the unexpected when the Sheriff discovers that there's been an archaeological dig in the area, and that an Indian has accidentally released a giant CGI alien creature into the town. Then a bunch of people end up getting stuck and the alien picks them all off one by one.

OK, so let's break it down. Acting - terrible, special effects - terrible, plot - clichéd, death scenes - routine...so it really doesn't have all that much going for it. Emmanuelle Vaugier is the lead actress and she's very good looking, but doesn't have enough about her to carry the film. Luke Goss, one half of the awful eighties pop group 'Bros' also appears in the film (luckily, the other half isn't in it, and even luckier is the fact that he doesn't sing). The plot is turgid and uninteresting and basically gives us a little bit of info, followed by a death scene, followed by a bit more info. The central creature doesn't appear all that often - and that's really a good thing because it when it does appear, it's just disappointing CGI nonsense. The action sequences are no good either, mainly because director Matthew Leutwyler has opted for the MTv style quick cuts that never fail to ruin a movie (even, it would appear, one that is already ruined). Overall, this is a dreary and boring horror film that definitely isn't recommended.

I thought this movie would be the best film of the new Afterdark releases, however, upon watching it I am hoping that is not the case. It had promise and for a second there I thought it would be good, but it just has way to many flaws. I will get to them later, but first the plot. Something is unearthed in a cave and goes on the rampage, a sheriff with a past is on the case. A truck isolates the town leaving four strangers in town stranded, monster begins rampage. An Indian girl and this other guy seem to know a way to stop it and there is some cat and mouse as the survivors and their decreasing numbers hide here and there. So what are its flaws? First, the whole sheriff with a past thing. It is a female sheriff and she had an incident that was so troubling to her that she has been drinking and having problems for a year. A plot straight out of a lifetime channel movie plot. Do not get me wrong and I am not disparaging the channel, but those types of plot points do not belong in horror movie of this type. Also, when it is revealed what she did you will wonder how the heck she has stayed sheriff for a year. It did seem to be because of incompetence on her part and I don't see how anyone could have let her be sheriff after that. She is also way to pretty for someone who has been drinking for a year and living under the sun. Most would have developed wrinkles and would have aged considerably, however she is still quite modelesque. Then there are the four strangers in town, never before has there been four more pointless and underdeveloped characters to enter a movie. You know not their motivations, or anything. The girl bit by the rattler, her friend, the city dude, and the broken down hitchhiker. Heck, you learn more about the trucker whose rig crashes five minutes into the movie than you do any of the four strangers. However, all is not bad as there are a couple of good kills...the dude in the car at the end and the girl in the café. The one rancher is actually a good character, to bad he is not in the movie much and the monster is okay too, although it is just a cheap version of the alien and its origin is a bit far fetched.

This movie was playing at the Union Station cinema in Washington, at 7:30 on a Saturday night. The place should have been completely packed, but it was nearly empty. We soon learned why.

Unearthed has a generic, by-the-numbers plot crammed full of the same old tired horror-movie clichés. It had no direction to speak of. The camera work was amateurish at best, and the dialog nearly incoherent. The camera was pointing all over the place, providing an occasional glimpse of something like a face, a vehicle, or a building. Most scenes were too dark and cluttered to make out anything clearly.

Don't even imagine that this stuff belongs in the "so-bad-it's-good" category. Those movies at least have some originality, humor (even if it's unintentional), and other qualities that make them stand out. They are the kind of movies that people remember, whether they want to or not. Unearthed has nothing worth remembering. I can barely recall even one single scene; the only thing I can remember clearly is waiting for it to be over. It seemed to drag on for several hours or more.

Very soon, this thing will be dead, buried, and totally forgotten. May it rest in peace--FOREVER.

I'm the first to be critical of these types of -monsters on the loose in isolated community films-, but if you can get past the stunningly bad cgi monster there's a reasonable amount to like here. There's nothing original but name me one that is original in the last 20yrs, there aren't any. The stories are the same it's how they're handled that varies.

The story:- Out in the dry wastelands of America an archaeological dig unearths and sets loose an ancient monster not seen for 900yrs. Several outsiders stop for gas which has run out due to the tanker being attacked by said monster en route to gas station. They mix with and are stranded with several locals, all of whom become stranded and spend the night fighting for survival.

On the whole the acting is good but unusually Goss seems to struggle with his dialogue as if his heart's not in it. However I blame that on the director and the script rather than Goss. There's very little in the way of excess, unnecessary or cheesy dialogue, which is always a big plus in my eyes. There is also a totally unnecessary flashback thread running through the film. The camera work is a bit shaky and often too dark which does at times detract from the fun. The musical score is fine. The body count is low because there are few characters but the deaths are nice and gruesome. There's a great Eddie Murphy wannabe who gets wot he deserves (and provides the only laugh).

There are two big problems with this film as far as I can see.

1. The monster effects are on a par with the original Jason and the Argonauts from way back when - seriously they're that bad. The actual design of the monster is rubbish as well, it copies too much from alien and it's head is laughable with eyes and teeth all over the place. If you can imagine an alien working at a circus as a clown you'll get some idea.

2. There's a local biologist who keeps telling everyone she knows nothing but keeps coming up with the answers via massive jumps in her conclusions and it just gets stupid when she finds a Geiger counter lying around and then proclaims 'I've got a uranium extractor back at the house.'

If you can ignore these things, and accept that this was done on a tight budget, this is an okay movie.

I watched this back to back with 'Living Hell' and what confuses the hell out of me is that that piece of total garbage got the thumps up from the IMDb reviewers and an average score of 4.7 while this gets a total roasting from the reviewers and an average of 4.8. I feel 4.8 is fair for this film (coz i'm critical) but only if living hell received 0.0 otherwise this deserves more.

Kind of a bit confused by this one, as the 2006 films were so much better and seemed to push the boundaries of independent horror. So far, I've viewed "Borderland", "Deaths Of Ian Stone" and this little stinker, yet none have had much of an impact on me, especially not this one... Besides the obvious sub-par special effects, I found the dialog to be incredibly weak and amateurish. The acting (for the most part) is not that bad, but when talented actors are forced to deliver such unintelligible lines, you begin to feel a bit sorry for them. I found this most offensive when veteran character actor M.C. Gainey was on screen, I've always respected his talent, which is horribly wasted here. As for the special effects... What can I say? They suck, and suck real bad at that... Crappy CGI mixed in with shaky camera tricks and quick cuts, make it next to impossible to see what is supposed to be taking place, and the story doesn't fare much better. On a good note, much of the (daytime) cinematography looked above average and added a grainy feel to the desert scenery. I believe director Matthew Leutwyler will have a bright future as long as he leaves the writing to others, and throws away his CGI software.

After-all, no-one is frightened by Dr. Zoidberg...

In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is called by the local farmer Rob Horn (M.C. Gainey) to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement from the government and for an accident with a tank truck that is blocking the road. However, Annie sooner discovers that an ancient alien creature sent to annihilate life on Earth hundreds of years ago was released by the Indian Kale (Luke Goss) during an archaeological excavation in the desert. The Indian Caya (Beau Garrett) and a group of travelers stranded in the spot without gas together with Annie and Kale try to find a means to destroy the alien and save mankind.

Watching "Unearthed" is a waste of time, since the forgettable story is nothing but a collection of clichés. Most of the characters are unpleasant and non-charismatic and the lead character is actually the anti-heroine Annie Flynn that is a drunken sheriff tormented by the accidental death of an Indian girl. The scene of Caya and the alien creature is another ridiculous rip-off of the classic scene of "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Aniquilação" ("Annihilation")

In this film Emmanuelle Vaugier does her best impersonation of Erica Cerra (the deputy sheriff from the Eureka series) as the sheriff of a small American town. So you have some Amerindians, some annoying hillbillies, farmers, truckers, etc, to which you add some attractive tourists and the ever present "jerk from the city". What else is missing? The monster!

The film actually started pretty good. Obviously low budget, I didn't expect a good monster, only a well presented state of tension. And it did present well. At about half the duration of the movie I thought it is going to be a more serious Tremors, which I also liked. And in a sense it was, only it lost itself in senseless gore, inept "scientific" explanations and silly Indian legends solution.

Bottom line: watch the first half, until the monster is going on the extended killing spree, stop the film, then think all day long about how it should continue. Then get intoxicated and watch the end, laughing your posterior off.

This film is absolute rubbish. I don't know what "training" this filmmaker had but it couldn't have been much. The camera work was so bad that 75% of the time I had no bloody idea what was going on. The lead actress - who plays an angsty drunken sheriff - looks like the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls and mistakes scowly for sullen. I'm sure they cast her simply on her looks. The plot is abysmal. An archaeologist awakens some ancient creature that starts killing. Boy, that's original. "Relic" anyone? But this is just dire. The creature is so obviously CGI, and there is no purpose for most of what it does. At some point you might think it would get tired of eating. Ha ha. What told me that the film was beyond repair was when one guy gets shot and in the next scene is running around. Russell Means is in this stinker. Why, Russell, why? Avoid this film or at least bring a pillow to the cinema. It will put you to sleep.

If I was a junior high A/V Teacher, and my students made this, I would expel them.

I've seen porn movies with more interesting characters, more realistic plot lines, better dialogue and less groaners. No amount of drugs or alcohol could make this a decent movie.

The monster, or whatever it was, looks like it came from the old "Adventures of Hercules Show," which is an insult to Kevin Sorbo.

The editing is so fast it is impossible to see what is going on. A few posts have been enamored by the blood and gore, but unless you have hummingbird-like reflexes or a slow-motion button you would never be able to see them. Literally, it's a split second and they scenes are over.

Please, save your money and your time.

I went into this film despite the bad press it was getting because I liked Deada nd Breakfast and I like Emmanuel Vaugier and I'm a big fan of horror flicks and horror fest in general. But this film felt so amateur poorly written, filmed, acted, constructed. The film is confusing and pretty plot less and features some of the worst CGI I've ever seen it looks like the cgi beasties of the castlevania Nintendo game. I usually am open to pretty much everything. But you have to drawn the line somewhere and this film if you can call it that is far past it.Do yourself a favor and miss this so the once promising director could try and make up for this attrocity.

1. Some people can't watch "shaky camera" scenes. It makes us sick. In this case there was no reason for it. If you want people to not be able to watch your movie, why even make it? Shaking the camera is not a substitute for special effects

2. Painfully loud is not scary. It's not dramatic. When the conversation scenes and the action scenes differ by 100 decibels, it's just painful and unpleasant.

When I have to spend the entire movie making drastic changes to the volume, I'm not being entertained.

It is my own fault for buying the movie! I should have read these reviews ahead of time but I did not know about them, then.

I tried to watch UNEARTHED and shut it off about 10 minutes from the end. It was so dark that I did not see 20 minutes of the movie. If you are going to make movies that can ONLY be watched in a theater then they should not be put on DVD and sold for $19.95. Your movie has been placed in a box for Goodwill where they will probably sell it for an appropriate price of $2. I do not even want to know the answers to the movie as I could not see enough of it to care. It seemed like a decent movie and good plot, from what I saw.

Any movie that is filmed in the dark, even blockbusters like the last version of Godzilla, and cannot be watched on television should either not be put on DVD, or labeled with "Too dark to watch on television and still be enjoyed!" so that the buyer can decide where they want to spend their $20. You are rich enough to waste your money, but a lot of people have to earn their money the hard way and cannot afford to waste it, or their time trying to imagine what is happening on the screen.

A long time movie buff, Edgar J Cormier

Alien monster terrorize people in an isolated American town.Sheriff Annie Flynn(Emananulle Vaugier)try to solve the case.Swedish DVD cover says a mix between Neil Marshalls Masterpiece The Descent&cult classic Alien.I say no,no,no...only thing they have common is some parts in the film is in a cave and the monster look reminds in a cheap way of the Alien one.I didn't like it for sure,it didn't give me anything.To be fair I first watched an hour some days ago and last half hour today.Acting is not the worst I seen,some pretty fine.Emanuelle Vaugier did her work good.The movie has no scary parts and the monster looks just silly.Last half hour was better than rest of the film,but I do not recommend it.By the way in Sweden its called Deep Fear.I give it 2/10.

Trapped in their small southwestern town, a troubled sheriff and a prospector find a deadly creature released from a local archaeological dig and must save the locals from the ravenous creature.

There was a lot to like with this one as it was a great creature feature. One of the better elements at work is the impressive amount of attention paid to the creature and it's mythology within the story, as not only is the actual mythology enjoyable but there's more throughout the film that carry this along. The discovery of the embedded claw from the accident as well as the resulting study of it as well as the running storyline about the cattle mutilations from the creature's acid venom that really set-up the imposing mystery about the strange creature running around that plays nicely with the creature being kept in the shadows for several attacks that give it a great action sense altogether. That mixes nicely with the cave-drawings and all the deciphering done at the site when it goes into the story of the creature and the local tribes is all quite fun. There's also quite a large amount of action-packed encounters here that are quite fun and make the best aspect of the film by augmenting the fun story with fantastic encounters, as the early encounter around town show off the fine scenes in the garage and the extended chase in the town are really enjoyable. Even more enjoyable is other big scenes here in the first half at the house where it break the house apart in a massive sequence, a series of incredibly fun chases through the desert and a rousing finale which gets some exciting chasing and shootouts with the creature in the race to get away. Even more impressive is the encounters in the desert camp as there's a lot of chases through the area, tense encounters in the local caves and really brings out a much more frantic pace that gets a lot out of it for a highly effective sequence. As well, with the unique creature design, these here are the film's positives and manage to hold off the minute flaws here. The biggest issue is the CGI creature, which features all the traditional hallmarks with spotty execution, completely unnatural actions and continuous size-changing in the scene that is usually found here and really robs this one of the goodwill from elsewhere. The other real flaw is the film's last half where it's almost all filmed with glow-sticks that places a rather challenging light on these scenes during the best parts of the movie and make it nearly impossible to make out. These are what hold this one down.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Geeeez, you people are freakin FUSSY! Too bad! Bet it's hard for you to find a Movie worth your time! I thought this movie was damn good! I mean, it's no "Alien", but it sure kept ME entertained! Of course I don't sit there and waste an entire Movie just LOOKING for the "BAD" in it! If I like it I like it PERIOD! And I LIKED this one! Give it a Try!

I swear to God, and all that is holy, there should be a lawsuit against the so called 8 films to die for franchise, as each one of these pieces of garbage I've seen has simply gotten worse, and worse.

I watched Unearthed, and thought, wow, this looks familiar. SURE ENOUGH... the same film was made in 2004 by Tom Savini, only in this case, the names were changed to protect the talented.

There are reasons why God has given us natural selection and handguns, and one of those reasons is so that stupid films like this, with retarded actors won't be made.

If I see one more stereotypical Native American Shaman type in film, putting something in the palm of someone's hand, AND THEN CLOSING IT LIKE IT'S MEANINGFUL, I swear to God... I don't know what film started that cliché, but I wish it would stop. You have a cast of characters that were literally pulled off the short bus, obligatory black pimp wannabe who would trade his VETTE, for a horse to get out town, yet has no reason to do so, save for a medical supply deal that has to be kept cool. Oddly enough, no development on that front what so ever. When you introduce an artifact, or something has prominence in a film, there has to be some kind of explanation. NOPE. Apparently the guy who made this film went to the same film school that UWE Boll and every other retarded hack went to.

This movie is proof that a movie studio will literally throw money at anyone who can write something crappy.

The first time this film was made, it was okay. This time around, apparently they wanted a movie that they could show to the mentally handicapped so they could build their self esteem.