Dismal

Poor and rigid acting. Been there done that plot, with extremely predictable moments.

More than anything, amateurish direction. Scenes felt very stilted and flowed about as smoothly from one to the other as a square block kol-unk-ing down a mountainside.

Those leaving the 10 star comments, MUST be the crew/director themselves, because no one in their right mind would give this a worthwhile review.

Not the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, but not too far off either.

I apologize in advance for what I'm about to say. This movie was... dismal. HAHAHAHAHAHHA... okay I'm fine now.

I love a good independent film. When a cast and crew can meet or exceed Hollywood's best efforts with a fraction of the resources and clout, I stand up and cheer. But this film is nothing to cheer about. It's clumsy, poorly written, and the acting is lame. This is NOT a good independent film. Period. But what's even more amateurish than this film itself, is the creator's attempt to pawn off self-penned reviews, as legitimate viewer opinions. The first couple of "10 star" ratings posted on this site are so patently phony, my 8 year old could see right through it. And he's a cocker spaniel. Not only is this bunch poor filmmakers, they are very bad liars. Don't they know that "average" people don't speak or write like PR executives? Apparently not. They read like press releases. Giving credit where its due, they were hilarious to read...One even said: "trust me"...Whoever made this film must moonlight as used car salesmen. Or vice-versa. Bottom line, read the phony reviews for a laugh, but don't bother watching this one. Trust me: the only thing worthy of this film is the title.

A winner? Well yes, because chances that you'll ever stumble upon a horror film worse than this are slim or even next to none! Sometimes the title summarizes everything quite accurately, right? "Dismal" is a downright dreadful and almost pitiably amateurish fan-boy effort without any redeeming qualities whatsoever. The plot is derivative of approximately three dozen of other (and much better) films, the attempts to insert tongue-in-cheek humor and genre references are miserable, the acting and directing are utterly incompetent and the make-up & gore effects easily rank among the lousiest I've ever witnessed. Once again, a group of dim-witted college students venture into an unlikely backwoods domain, a swamp this time, hoping this will help them obtain better grades and a recommendation from their teacher. But, big surprise, the only thing they face is a cannibalistic and mentally deranged pair of brothers. Bo Buckley's script is dull, predictable and uninspired, whereas certain basic elements (like tension-building, character development or creativity) aren't even attempted at. The use of computer-generated effects in slasher films is already a bad idea to begin with, but some of the trash shown in "Dismal" is beyond embarrassing. The girl falling face-down in a bear trap, or another girl getting cut in half by a cable cord, are just two examples of the poorest and least convincing slasher-deaths in history. "Dismal" only deserves a rating 1/10, but I'm generously giving it a 2 because I like the images of the fake giant crocodile and because the three lead girls are attractive (especially the petite blonde). If they were ever hoping to build a career in the film industry, they surely auditioned for the wrong movie.

I had read that this movie has gotten several negative reviews, I've always wanted to see it because i enjoy bill oberst jr's work. I finally watched this the other night, and i wasn't too impressed, but i guess it was pretty interesting. The kills weren't terrible, considering its a low budget flick. The plots been done before so many times, a group of students travel into the wilderness and fall prey to cannibals,but reminded me of the wrong turn movies. I'd never seen most of the cast in anything before, but they a decent job. The setting in this movie was actually impressive, it did the movie some sort of justice. I wouldn't recommend this unless your a bill oberst jr fan or a fan of low budget movies or enjoy cannibal flicks.

This film was shot in what appears to be the backwoods, part being in swamp at night. That's not easy to do and the director and crew did a fantastic job of night filming in less than ideal surroundings. The plot is good, and the feel is like something out of Deliverance. Pacing was great as this film never dragged but kept on moving to the surprise ending, which I ain't telling ya (see the movie and find out). The actors did a very professional job with their characters. More importantly, they did not try to "camp" the dialogue and kept the story credible. The film has some plot twists to it and the transitions moved seamlessly so that the viewer didn't see it coming until it actually happened.