The 13th Sign

I wrote a review of this movie further down after buying it on DVD and being sorely disapointed.

I tried watching it again after reading a few of the comments made since then. Being a film student and making similar budgeted movies myself (ie no budget, shot on digi cam), I stand by my original comments. This is a no budget student project (and not a particularly good one), released on video/dvd to look like an award winning film (if you read the cover). So deceving the public into thinking it's something it's not. I want my money back under the trades description act! Complete Rubbish!

After buying the DVD in a Bargain Bin due to the impressive amount of features listed on the cover, I popped it in the DVD player and everything looked good. Nice animated menus and a whole lot of extra features...but when I played the movie itself, what a let down. It is the worst thing I have ever seen and I have seen some bad movies in my time. The comment that praises the movie here at IMDB is actually from the people who made the film. So Don't Believe It unless you like to waste your cash!

First off, ill start by saying i go to the school (yes it is a school) where this was filmed, so its even more hilarious to see them running for their lives through the shop where i buy chewing gum in the mornings, and killing a 'possessed' villager with the 'please keep off the grass' sign. Secondly, this film is uber, uber cheap, and a laugh to watch, if only because it is so dire, and there are more plot holes and rubbish fight scenes than there are minutes of play. Also, if you read the notes in the extras it says, and i quote, "this film was made to be laughed at, not with." It was crud, it was supposed to be crud, spend a few quid, buy it, and sit up for an hour and twenty minutes laughing your nuts off at it. Plus there are tons of extras which are both genuinely amusing and provide an insight into the horrors of what was left on the cutting room floor.

I bought and watched this film with no expectations. Once I had watched the film I wasn't sure how I felt about it, It wasn't over the top blood and guts nor was it testing the grey matter to much, what it was though was one hell of a good attempt, the story is funny in parts gory enough in others. People seem to be forgeting that this was their first attempt, most people haven't even got the guts to try that first film. And seeing as it was all self funded the results are great, Instead of shooting them down in flames before they have even took off why dont people get behind them and give them support for the future, all I hear is people moaning about how few movies are made over here. Give the guy a break

Not only being in the horror genre I am also a big fan of old school goth. Due both reasons I picked up this movie. Carl McCoy from Fields Of The Nephilim was involved in this movie. First of all, he was the voice of the evil spirit, second, a song from the Fields appeared on the credits, Darkcell. Carl once played an important role in Hardware which was a good movie but here it's back to square one. The story itself is okay but the movie is a bit boring. Cheap effects are used to cover the low budget. It never becomes frightening or scary and it fails in so many ways. There's a lot of talking and weird things going on, like the special hand, Mad Max style. A shame that this project wasn't worked out better, it would have given us a better 'sign'.