The Horrible Dr. Bones

A couple of days ago, I watched 'Troll 2' on video and I was astonished with such a bad flick. This 'The Horrible Dr. Bones' has not had the competency to be worse than 'Troll 2', what seems to be impossible, but it is almost there. What a ridiculous trash 'movie'! Certainly it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The title is very appropriate: Horrible! The ham 'actors' and 'actresses' combined with amateurish direction; awful screenplay; poor effects and make-up, all blended together is a synonym of crap. Fortunately, the videotape does not smell. My vote is two.

Title (Brazil): "O Terrível Dr. Bones" ("The Terrible Dr. Bones")

Full Moon Pictures attempted to have a spin-off company...Originally called Alchemy, they changed it too Big City Pictures. This is the 2nd offering from the now defunct spin-off attempt.

The Horrible Dr. Bones has an excellent soundtrack, that even my daughter was dancing to (hey, she is only gonna be 2 in Jan.). The acting was typical B-movie. Wooden, underdeveloped and clumsy. Still, this movie wasn't all that bad. Yes, it was too short, and very rushed at the end. I would have liked to have seen a much more involved climax. Oh, well...Budget Restraints! The character of Dr. Bones was played excellently, and was very rastafarian looking...I liked his cane! And the smile he gives the main character, Jamal, spooky!

Much better than Killjoy, close to Ragdoll...this is just a silly, fun, and fun to make fun of film that should not be taken seriously.

7 out of 10

Horrible! Awful! Vile! Ghastly! Terrible! And that's the movie, not the title charactor.

The good doctor it seems is a voodoo priest with a private collection of undead zombies. But he has grown tired of just being able to control the dead. Now he plans to enslave the living as well. And he's got a plan to just that!

With the aid of two technical experts, a hip hip band and his own mystical chanting, Doc Bones hopes to turn the worlds population into mind controlled living zombies.

He need not have bothered. By the time his evil scheme is put into motion, the audience has had their collective brains fried by the intense boredom the film generates.

This is a morality tale about naive bandmates, tempted by a music mogul promising to make all their dreams come true. Since this is a horror movie, you already know there's a catch. A decent script, strong performances by supporting actress Sara Scott and leads Larry Bates and Darrow Igus, and a different take on Haitian zombie mythology make this an entertaining, if not exceptional, experience.

I admit I was hooked on this movie immediately, and it held my attention for most of its run-time. The pace is slow but it didn't drag--I attribute this, in part, to Igus's gravity, and also to Sara Scott's acting chops and beauty. Igus isn't required to demonstrate great range in this role, but he's very effective as the antagonist.

As stated earlier, the writing, for the most part, is capable, with the exception of the denoument, which feels rushed and unearned. Moreover, it's not clear that anyone learned what they needed to. The special effects and creature make-up are not very good, but I was into the story and leads enough to overlook those details.

Full Moon loves their morality tales. Unlike some of the other movies they've done, this one doesn't rise above the generic expectations, but it does meet them most of the time. It's not a movie I would tell you to seek out, but as I said, I enjoyed it.

If you are a zombie, you might be able to relate to this film.

I cant believe any of the cast put there names to this, it is shockingly bad. The acting is unbelievably bad! I wasted 72 minutes of my life watching this film, and i want them back.

I am ashamed to say that i have watched this god awful steaming pile of crap. Most bad films are quite amusing, but this really is so bad, its not even funny.

Every copy needs tracked down and burned. So bad is this film, i cannot describe it in words! Do not even curb your enthusiasm by watching it, please just stay away! TERRIBLE!