laserbradley23
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Saw this at the horrorfest in Ky and was happy I chose this flick.
It obviously had a minimal budget but it seemed to have a solid story and good acting. The camera quality was good and the "Strangers" in hoods were filmed with eerie perfection.
I enjoyed this much more than most horror because it "Did what it could" and didn't try to be something bigger than it was. It did get a little long winded with dialogue at some points, but it is an indie film and is expected with low budget film-making.
I would like to see this movie remade with a bigger budget, maybe so we could get a more satisfying "ending" and some flashbacks of how the two characters intertwined. But overall, I say it was one of the best at horrorfest.
It obviously had a minimal budget but it seemed to have a solid story and good acting. The camera quality was good and the "Strangers" in hoods were filmed with eerie perfection.
I enjoyed this much more than most horror because it "Did what it could" and didn't try to be something bigger than it was. It did get a little long winded with dialogue at some points, but it is an indie film and is expected with low budget film-making.
I would like to see this movie remade with a bigger budget, maybe so we could get a more satisfying "ending" and some flashbacks of how the two characters intertwined. But overall, I say it was one of the best at horrorfest.
Okay before I say anything just let me say this...in fairness to the film, it was made in 1979 and on a low budget (For the times). And I was born in 1985, and I am a screen writing major, and I decided to watch this after 7 years of my elders telling me how amazing it IS....
Now...as a fan of low budget and post apocalyptic film, I was looking forward to this. But it took nearly 40 minutes to develop like-able characters and never gave us a reason for the psycho behavior of the bad guys (Other than they are psycho). Secondly I heard of some bad ass named mad max, which to me seemed like a puss. He quit after his friend was killed? really? What a d-bag?
I can't understand why Mel Gibson was so highly regarded in this...he seemed average to me. Maybe he stood out in comparison to the other over actors?
We never saw a major destroyed city, we never saw a sign of failed government (Unless you count the stupid lawyer scene)...if I wasn't told this was post apocalyptic before watching it, I never would have known....
This movie was bad to me, but maybe you had to be there in 79 to truly understand. I just think this doesn't even compare to films of it's genre like
---A boy and his dog
---hell comes to frogtown
---omega man
---the stand
but hey it is what it is...i give it 4 / 10 and that's generous.
Now...as a fan of low budget and post apocalyptic film, I was looking forward to this. But it took nearly 40 minutes to develop like-able characters and never gave us a reason for the psycho behavior of the bad guys (Other than they are psycho). Secondly I heard of some bad ass named mad max, which to me seemed like a puss. He quit after his friend was killed? really? What a d-bag?
I can't understand why Mel Gibson was so highly regarded in this...he seemed average to me. Maybe he stood out in comparison to the other over actors?
We never saw a major destroyed city, we never saw a sign of failed government (Unless you count the stupid lawyer scene)...if I wasn't told this was post apocalyptic before watching it, I never would have known....
This movie was bad to me, but maybe you had to be there in 79 to truly understand. I just think this doesn't even compare to films of it's genre like
---A boy and his dog
---hell comes to frogtown
---omega man
---the stand
but hey it is what it is...i give it 4 / 10 and that's generous.
