HauntedWeen

For such a cheaply made, no-budget movie, HauntedWeen is at least entertaining for the most part. Acting, as expected, is about as bad as it gets at times with most of the cast either striking a chord somewhere between flat and monotone or so overly enthusiastic as to appear subhuman.

Some good kill scenes, effects, and setups that reminded me of newer films such as Hell Fest and Haunt. It's not a movie that anyone needs to be in a great hurry to see, but it kept me entertained.

I had never heard about this movie that carried the odd title of "HauntedWeen" when I stumbled upon it here in 2024. But with it being a horror comedy that I had not seen, much less ever heard about, of course I opted to watch it, as I do enjoy horror comedies.

It should be noted that I didn't really expect much from the movie, given its title and the fact that I had never heard about it. So in a sense, writer and director Doug Robertson had every opportunity to entertain and impress me with this 1991 movie.

The movie starts out with a theme that definitely were riding along on the success of the theme from the "Halloween" franchise, except it wasn't nearly as memorable or catchy a tune.

The storyline was very much something you'd expect from a late 1980s horror movie, so I guess writer Doug Robertson was straggling a couple of years behind schedule. So was it a good movie? No, not really. It was rather bland and generic, and didn't manage to stand out among so many other, and far better, horror movies from the same period of time. And that makes "HauntedWeen" a rather forgettable movie. There were a couple of kills throughout the course of the movie, but hardly something that made it particularly worthwhile sitting through 88 minutes.

"HauntedWeen" is listed as a horror comedy, but there wasn't an ounce of comedy throughout the course of the movie.

I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. Some of the performances were fair enough, while others were somewhat rigid and wooden. Not exactly the finest moment of horror cinema.

This is not a movie that I would recommend to horror fans. Nor is it a movie that will ever make a second round on my screen.

My rating of writer and director Doug Robertson's 1991 horror comedy "HauntedWeen" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

By far the worst horror movie I have ever seen. It has the potential of a bad Pauly Shore movie with the filmmaking of Ernest Goes to School. The music sounds like something I would hear playing Duke Nukem on the computer. The story is very cheesy and driven by God knows what, the acting is even more cheesy. I though Meateater was bad, but this one defiantly takes the cake. At least Meateater lacked only acting, this movie lacks everything. I understand where the story came from, but is so stupid I can't see why someone actually put it on paper. Let's bash the cinematography shall we. There is no color in this movie. I love the old horror movie film quality (not necessarily vintage type film), but in order to set a mood you must have that quality, whether it's in lighting, filters, gels, etc. This movie lacked all of that and was so bad I could barely sit through the whole thing. That's why I kept my hand on the fast forward button. I have seen bad horror movies, but they are usually bad because of acting, or they have unrealistic situations, or poorly driven story line. I don't know what drives a person to make crap like this, but I really hope the pathetic actors choose to leave this off their resumes.

Haunted-ween is a better than average slasher about a group of college kids having a party in a haunted house to raise money. The acting is pretty bad, for some reason casting directors never cast actual southern people to play southern characters and it shows in this flick. But it does have some good slashings, a couple of really cool ones. The end is pretty dumb, but nonetheless I'd say check it out.

I remember watching this movie many years ago with my cousins, my aunt, and her boyfriend. The latter, both more than 10 years older than me, were students at Western Kentucky University and had some friends who were in the movie, which is why we watched it in the first place. It made for a pleasant popcorn movie night, nothing too scary or overly risqué for a bunch of preteens. To answer a comment from another IMDb reviewer, it's not a wonder that not everyone in the movie was southern. The cast members were WKU students, who come from all over the country. I remember the movie as basically an excuse to show co-ed breasts and well-toned calf muscles (those hills around the campus are good for something!). But if you're into a bit of eye candy and an innocuous, generic horror plot, it's not the worst thing in the world you could watch. Honestly, I was surprised to find this movie listed on IMDb at all, since the budget was about $20.