Knucklebones

If you're about to watch this movie, you should put behind the logic of the ghostly thoughts you have. It's a predictable movie with a common plot of 'friends having fun a abandoned pretty place'; which doesn't work out as the way they planned.

After watching the movie i myself think that much could have been done to make the movie thrilling, story wasn't good, but, you can't do much with a skeleton ghost. Acting was Okay, Tom Zembrod (The Knucklebone) did good, cinematography was mediocre. Watchable if you don't have anything to do. Good that they didn't decide to longer the plot more, it could have been a nightmare then. Good twist in the end i may say.

I don't want to waste much time writing a review. This movie was terrible. I would rather spend 90 minutes at the dentist. I really feel bad for the cast. To put this movie on there resume is like a pedophile applying to be an early childhood worker. The best part of the movie was the end credits. I find it very difficult to put this movie into the horror genre or any genre at that. If it was possible I would like to wipe my ass with this movie after a marathon chipolte dinner. I've spent several hours trying to think of a worse film.....but nothing can compare to this. I recommend this movie to anyone who is blind and deaf. If there ever is a sequel to this I'm positive that would be a sign of the end times.

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

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.

Directed and written by Mitch Wilson, Knucklebones is a 2016 film with a run time of 85 minutes, which primarily stars Jennifer Jean Guhlin and Tom Zembrod. This is supposed to be a straight up horror film which at times feels similar to "Friday 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street", however it's done on a shoestring budget in comparison, with a lot less style and substance.

Neesa Avery (Jennifer Jean Guhlin) gets dumped by her boyfriend and tries to commit suicide as a result. After recovering, her friends take her on an outing to try and lift her spirits which involves driving to an abandoned factory to drink and do teenager things. They find a box filled with Nazi paraphernalia, amongst which is a box that contains human bones - apparently it's a game to summon a demon called "Knucklebones". The play the game and summon the demon, which they immediately regret as he starts killing them one by one in bloody and grizzly ways.

This isn't the most original film you will see; at times it behaves like classic 80's horror films such "Friday 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street". It's a slasher film but the titular demon enjoys making a witty quip as he kills off the teens. The setup has been done before too; unwitting teens accidentally summon an entity that they don't understand and can't control, and then immediately regret it. I had a lot of issues with the film, which seems to be a general consensus amongst other internet reviews too. There were lots of plot holes throughout, the delivery was weak, it felt cheap and it felt cheap and tacky throughout. If the film had of being labelled as a tongue in cheek horror which makes fun of itself, maybe it would have worked. As it is a straight up horror though, it is a big let-down.

Some of the problems I had include:

• The titular demon of Knucklebones just looks like a man in a cheap Halloween customer. I have genuinely seen more convincing costumes at fancy dress shops. The quips and humorous lines he delivers are distorted to make it seem more menacing, but it's almost distorted to the point that it makes it difficult to make out what he's saying.

• The kids were supposed to be a in a factory that has been abandoned for 30-40 years - but yet the factory was clean, there was no dust anywhere, no cobwebs on the ceiling, nothing. The electricity was working, lights were on and working despite the factory being unused and locked up. The factory had relatively modern machinery sat in it too. The furnace was turned on and worked perfectly.

• The concept which tied the Nazi paraphernalia to a factory in the heart of Texas felt cheap and ill conceived.

• The script was weak and predictable, at different points I was able to guess the next lines which were coming. The actors delivering the script did it in one of two ways, they were either un-emotive or wooden, or they completely overacted the lines and made it seem ludicrous.

• The casting choice too irked me a little bit. The impression I was given is that these people were supposed to be teens or in their very early twenties at least, in realty though they looked a lot older than the characters they were supposed to be portraying - late twenties or easily in their thirties. This added to lack of belief I was able to feel in them. Furthermore the film seemed to intentionally objectify its cast - the girls were all in skin tight boob tops, while also wearing tiny Daisy-Duke-shorts. Of course there is nudity too; one of the girls completely strips off to have sex in the middle of a room while her friends are all around the room.

• The way the plot unfolded was at times random with little sense of justification. New characters were thrown in, just to increase the body count of the killer and allow more gruesome murders.

• The twist at the end of the film was predictable early on in the film. It also didn't help that the Samantha character was looking at where she had been impaled and had no scarring. Even if she had of had cosmetic surgery done, in the time scale that is suggested there would be some visible issues.

Was I fan of the film then? No, not really. It was cheap and ill conceived. It was executed and delivered poorly. It isn't the worst film I have seen by a long way, but it's far from being classed as an average film either. It isn't that bad that it's a good film, it's just a bit bad. The pace was decent enough; it's just unfortunate that things were thrown at the delivery of the plot that made it messy. The gore is decent at times but used as a comedy element rather than using actual humour. Ultimately I was disappointed watching this film and can only recommend that you don't waste your time on this if the question arises. Even if, like me, you enjoy watching bad horror movies, this isn't one that ticks many boxes. 4 out of 10 is the best I can award this film - it does set itself up to have follow-up films, but hopefully I don't experience those.