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The Item

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Four felons, hired anonymously over the Internet, travel to a remote desert location to retrieve a box and must keep it safe for 24 hours.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy Variety Described by helmer Dan Clark as a modern-art-exploitation flick, his feature debut is more exploitation than art and more a midnight flick than a legit entry in a dramatic competition of a strong and prestigious festival like Sundance Rated: C Dec 15, 2006 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Mar 11, 2003 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com I felt cheated after sitting through the 90 minutes Rated: 2/5 Oct 27, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A campy classic of fun and entertainment. Just a good little movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Man oh man. I thought I had seen some shit before, but I just I don't know. The film feels like a bad acid dream. I don't know what emotion or theme they where trying to go for, but man. Artistic experiments are just that experiments. Some times you win and sometimes you lose, you lose hard. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm only giving this movie a one-star rating because giving it 0 stars is not an option. My friend bought this movie from Blockbuster Video for $1. She wants her dollar back. And I want those 1 hour and 40 minutes of my life back. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a great film but a thoroughly entertaining and always surprising one, The Item is a quirky, low-budget horror film in which a bizarre creature controls the thoughts and actions of those around it ways that funny, brutal, and gory. If you are looking for weird, then The Item has everything you might desire. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this movie on a blind date and it was AWFUL as rotten eggs in a egg salad. I guess if I were a drunk I could have enjoyed it. But of all the movies I've seen, including Clash of the Titans 2010 and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li - this movie BEATS them out as the WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. A creature that talks you to death. That's all it needs as a description. But honestly, i think EVERYONE should watch it and when they see a decent movie, they respect it and when they see a bad movie, they remember this one and compare it to it. The dialogue = terrible. acting = was that acting? backdrops = huh, black is not a backdrop and tub is um a tub. Now I MUST say, the artist that did the cover art did a WONDERFUL! I love the cover and in my mind, I have my scary thoughts of a 'THING' that creature in a crate form Creepshow. Terrifying to my thoughts. The movie is not good at all, but the case can surely put a few creeps into some kids or girls. Kudos tot he artist. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This will go down as the absolute worst movie that I have ever seen in my life. This is coming from a guy who has seen multiple exploitation films, the Hanna Montana movie (review, not the full thing) and several Japanese horror B movies. Completely bad, and only the insane will enjoy this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Four felons, hired anonymously over the Internet, travel to a remote desert location to retrieve a box and must keep it safe for 24 hours.
Director
Dan Clark
Producer
Don Asher
Screenwriter
Dan Clark
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround