Shiver

Shiver is one of those straight to stream movies, that you can easily miss, but I try to catch these when I can. 9 times out of 10 they suck but when I saw Danielle Harris was one of the stars, I knew it might be good and I'm pleased to say, her performance, along side John Jarratt, who plays our resident psycho, manages to take a bland story and turn it up a few notches.

They are the strength of this movie and without their solid turns as Psycho Serial Killer vs The Final Girl, this movie would've fallen flat. When they aren't the focus (and thankfully they get most of the screen time in the second and third acts) Shiver becomes boring, with Casper Van Dien (what happened to you Casper?) as the cop on the case, and Rae Dawn Chong (the stewardess from Commando) as his partner, sleepwalking through their parts.

It's a decent horror and the blood and terror builds as the movie goes along. It won't win any awards and I don't see it ending up on any Best Of lists, but the performances of the two lead actors make for an entertaining watch.

I watched it despite the reviews, it wasn't great, but I have seen worse. Annoyingly it's listed under shiver here and in the uk as the skin collector. Not the best title when he collects heads...

Mediocre serial killer horror flick with an established cast

There's a really nasty serial killer (John Jarratt, known from Wolf Creek) going around in Portland. But in his latest victim (scream queen Danielle Harris) he finds an absolutely equal opponent. It remains to be seen which of the two will win in the end!

Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) is solid as the handsome police detective. Rae Dawn Chong (Command), who can currently be admired as US President Clinton's legendary receptionist in the Monica Lewinsky series "Impeachment: American Crime Story 3", plays the tough investigator colleague here.

What is special about this film is the very last screen appearance of action legend Brad Harris (1933-2017): He can be seen very briefly as a demanding police chief. Brad Harris, who is known from many Italian sword and sandal films and from GERMAN ADVENTURE FLICKS, also co-produced the film.

You can definitely watch it just before Halloween.

I watch a lot of low-budget horror movies on Tubi for fun, so I thought I knew what I was getting into with this one, but it was far worse than I expected. It might honestly be the worst movie I've ever seen - definitely one of the worst, if not reigning champion. It's so bad, in fact, that I almost feel bad writing this review; it feels like kicking a man while he's down. There's not a single redeeming quality to this movie. The car chase scene in particular is BY FAR the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Another reviewer mentions Danielle Harris giving a good performance - I would like to know what planet that guy's living on. Your average actress from a Swiffer commercial could've done a better job. John Jarrat isn't any better, despite his decent performance in Wolf Creek around the same time this was filmed. It's an absolute cluster from beginning to end, not even worth your time as a joke-movie. Most no-budget amateur films on YouTube are better examples of filmmaking. I'd be embarrassed to even have my name attached to this if I worked on it.

Realistically shows the killer's psychopathic tendencies and lack of empathy very well. Danielle alone deserves 10/10 for her acting. Some bits of almost too realistic gore, apart from heads in jars (re trailer). Enjoyed the film, and the last 10 mins deserves its own movie!