Abomination: The Evilmaker II

This movie deserves 0 stars. The script is dumb, the actors are bad, and the camera operator doesn't know what he/she is doing. The editing was good though, but the way the film is presented, meaning how its like a home video, is really dumb. I warn you,do not waste your money on this pathetic movie.

I didn't understand this movie at all. Something about a girl that got killed and someone investigating. I wouldn't recommend it at all. The picture is grainy, it looks like it was shot with a VHS camcorder and the audio was so low I had to turn my TV all the way up and still could barely hear it.

There was some possession thing going on and some girl got covered in ice cream in one scene (this is an effect? WHAT?!?!) and there was some horrible looking "animated" effects that made me cringe. I thought the effects in Japanese movies were bad, the opticals in this thing were atrocious. This movie is actually the first rental where I asked for a refund of my rental money and when the manager popped the movie into a machine and saw the quality, he was gracious enough to give me a free rental because of the awful quality. (I rented Blood Works and it was GOOD.) People should not be charged to view this kind of thing, the entire budget couldn't have been more than the $4.00 rental charge.

I will say the box art got me to rent this movie, but never again. Avoid this movie at any and all cost, folks. Nothing personal to the folks who made it (I assume they had a $3.99 budget, a camcorder, and some ambition), but this is the kind of thing that you keep in the closet and maybe just show it to your friends and family, saying "hey, I made a movie." That this was commercially released and packaged at all is truly...an abomination. The title says it all and never again will I get suckered by good artwork and movies with no stars, there's no redeeming quality at all to the presentation save a couple of scenes with bare breasted women (and if you want to see this, rent something good, like Basic Instinct).

They really should label these movies properly on the boxes, saying "made by amateurs with a camcorder", that way the public wouldn't be suckered into renting this trash. Glad I didn't purchase this, but I guess the disc would've made a nice frisbee.

Believe it or not, the DVD contains making of stuff and it's exactly what you think it is: people standing around in front of a camcorder. That's right, one camcorder filming another camcorder, I couldn't believe it. Family barbeques are more entertaining.

Skip this one. Worse than Blood Cult.

Out of all of the low-budget, independent films that I have viewed over the years, this on really takes the cake. It is downright AWFUL! Very, very, very poor acting, and a totally ridiculous plot. Even the Gothic girls in the film were just white trash in black. The "special effects" consisted of making a guys eyes glow red. Herschell Gordon Lewis did 100 times better than this 30 years ago. Avoid this film. Don't waste your time watching this crap. I'm not going to complain about the poor quality of the DVD, or the deceptive hype on the back of it, but I have to say that this is just stupid. A total waste of time. Maybe if I had saw the first one, I might be able to follow that plot a little more easily (but I Doubt it). I will say that the special features were pretty good, several trailers for films that looked waaaaay better than this one, and even "bloopers" (as if the film itself wasn't a 100 min. blooper) and a "making of" segment. Honestly, I would rather watch paint dry.

How on earth did this actually make it to video store shelves? I honestly do not understand how that occurred. This movie could only be considered cool if a group of my friends made it after drinking all day, as a joke. Also, it pretty much goes without saying that anyone who gave this "film" even a remotely positive review was either A) somehow involved with the cast or crew or B) twelve years old, and excited he got to rent a movie with topless girls in it, without his parents noticing. (Note in regards to the topless girls: NOT the kind of girls you want to see take their clothes off.) The only good thing I can say about this movie, is that it kind of inspired me to get a group of people together, get wasted, and improv a ridiculously bad horror film....which is pretty much what Abomination seems to have done, anyway.

"Abomination: EvilMaker 2" is an adequate sequel to the original without going over the same ground. The new lead is not as powerful as the original (Stephanie Beaton), but she comes across as so sincere and good-natured that she does the job. Big surprise is Jon Wilmot, who underplays the role of the disgraced ex-cop successfully. It is indeed Felicia Pandolfi, back in form as one of our favorite "b-movie goth chicks" who brings the most energy. Musical score is above average for an effort of this type. DVD also has some very good features about the making of the film, and the film makers, to their credit, point out several obstacles they had to try to overcome to finish the film. The last 20:00 does contain some good twist and turns, one or two that I could not predict. Whereas the b-movie horror makers in California are more or less a heartless machine (I've never liked the films of Fred Ray, Winorski or their ilk), I would prefer renting or buying a horror film done for the right reasons, like this one. It took a second viewing to spot the subtle color scheme whenever sister Racheal appears. Here's hoping there will be a nice wrap up, completing a memorable low-budget trilogy.