Hallows' Eve

This movie start to finish, was a steaming pile of crap. acting was crap, story was crap, and the props were crap. it was almost painful to watch at times.

So, actually it's a 6/10 but I always add an extra point for the horror haters who bomb pretty much all horror films on these sites.

To the film itself, sure it's typical low budget slasher fare, Good revenge setup, a bit mysterious in the villain, I thought almost to the end it was one person and turned out to be different character. The with the final end kill, well how was that? So left with a mystery. Satisfying. Acting from most was alright, a few were a bit flubby but of no significant level to bother me. Most of the kills were pretty good. A couple even got me...lol So the execution was pretty well done for a very low budget film.

I found the dialog, especially the cat fight between Sarah and Ryan at the ticket booth made me howl out loud, very funny smackdowns from both sides. It was in the end exactly what I thought it would be, and I enjoyed it for exactly what it was. Nice popcorn slasher cheese. Fun and entertaining in various ways. I do feel sorry for those who've lost the ability to have that thing...called fun. I bought the Blu-ray and don't regret it, enjoy having it in my collection.

To begin with, there are only two other reviews for this film at the time of this writing and both give it a 1 rating. As in the worst possible score any movie can be rated on IMDb. The people giving this a one rating must not have seen very many low budget movies. I would suggest for them to take a look at IMDb's Bottom 100. There may be other ways to get there, but I just scroll to the bottom of IMDb's homepage and click on Top Movies link. From there you will see a link on the left side of your screen that says IMDb Bottom 100. Now just pick out a few of those titles that sound interesting to you, find yourself a copy somewhere (just don't pay too much for them, or better yet, see if a friend has any of them so you don't have to pay at all), try to watch them until the end and then reassess this film properly. I'll even give you a few examples of some films to watch for this assignment: BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR (2010), DISASTER MOVIE (2008), ZOMBIE NATION (2004), and HOUSE OF THE DEAD (2003). You will see that there are movies much worse than what you thought this one was. You just need some perspective.

Now onto the film at hand. For a reported budget of $300k, I feel this movie did very well. I may be somewhat biased because of two names in this film. Danielle Harris and the always beautiful Tiffany Shepis (who I wish would have had much more screen time). Both did very well in their limited parts, as expected. It's not everyday that one gets to see two of their favorite horror scream queens on the same screen. The rest of the cast was spotty, but acceptable. Courtney Baxter was looking very lovely too, even with her disfigured face. Matthew Nadu (Joe) and Stephen Medvidick (Rudy) did good as well. I wasn't sure about the character of Rudy to begin with, but he grew on me over the course of the film and did really well helping to carry this movie along. Some of the sets were a little cheap (Aberzombie & Twitch), but overall the haunted farm-like setting was decent, nothing too elaborate but good for the limited budget. I enjoyed this film and in the end it wasn't just because of the limited presence of Danielle Harris and Tiffany Shepis. The story was a bit weak but passable, as were the kills. Better than represented here on IMDb thus far. A solid 6 in my book for what the filmmakers were able to achieve with a very limited budget.

I know for a fact that if this movie wasn't named Hallows Eve I would've never even gave it a second glance.I LOVE Halloween & will really watch just about any movie based around the holiday.I wouldn't say Hallows Eve is a great movie but it was OK.It's worth watching once but ONLY once.After watching it, I don't think it's a movie you'll watch ever again.For the budget it was made on, I think they did a pretty good job.The special effects were just gross.If you're into that sort of thing then you might like this movie.The thing that stood out the most for me in Hallows Eve was Stephen Medvidick.He was GREAT as the (I can't use the words I really want to here) stoner Rudy.His character was the type of guy you wonder why you're friends with him in the 1st place.I want to check out other movies he's been in now..Hallows Eve was a pretty decent movie but like I said before, I don't think it's a movie you'll watch more than once

The story is badly done. The acting is community playhouse caliber. The only reason I watched this was for Danielle Harris. I'm sure the filmmaker knows her value, but she's really only one of an ensemble cast. It would seem more reasonable to have her as the big star of the movie.

I think the story is the killer seeking revenge for a girl who was bullied to death years earlier. I say I think because the characters are poorly defined. I didn't care about any of them. The actors read their lines like amateurs, and the characters are all douchy idiots. The only reason I like the kills is to shut them up. The bloody effects are also pretty amateurish. Some of it is laughable.

I guess everybody has to start somewhere. This Sean McGarry is starting at the bottom here. There isn't much interesting to grasp onto. Killing people in one of those Halloween scare-arama has some promise. It just needs somebody better to figure out how to do it right.