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I pride myself by giving ever movie equal chance by fully watching it. This film however, never redeemed itself from the get-go. Unfortunately the soundtrack was not present for a true horror flick and the acting scenes did not fit well together. I was left with far too many questions and felt this was just a mash up to get as many slashes in as possible, no fright or spookiness.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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Sure it's a low budget affair, but I had a blast with this slasher throwback. It's nicely shot, has some great design, visuals and cinematography, and features cool kills. What's all the hate about? Sure some of the acting is a bit wonky, and the barn dance sequence is bizarrely out of place, but otherwise I had a good time. I especially dug the look and idea of the feral bunny-boy killer.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
03/07/21
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steve d
Incredibly ineffective slasher unable to deliver the smallest scare.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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This is one of the worst horror movies I have ever seen. It is just nonsensical, pointless, and stupid. We start off with some random killing. We know nothing about the killer or victim. In other words, it's pointless.
We then get a bunch of irritating college kids in a way over-the-top decorated van. The main character, I guess, is Hunter. He is on his way home to see his parents. He hasn't talked to his Dad since telling him he was gay. We don't know if this has been a week, a month, a year, or longer. It's set up as an important part of the story but is meaningless. So, Hunter brings his entourage, apparently for support and to have a barn dance.
So, we get a barn dance, with terrible pseudo-country music and people dressed up in ridiculous costumes to show the writer and director know nothing about country music. We are introduced to one dimensional character stereotypes. For example, we have the nice, nerdy, glasses-wearing good guy, a bubbly blonde, a muscular black guy that doesn't like sleeves, a stuck-up hottie, and an asshole jock. Of course, good guy has been in love with the blonde girl for many years and has had to endure being stuck in the friend zone and watching her be with assholes that cheat on her. Yes, the jock cheats on her with stuck-up hottie.
Just like how the idea of Hunter being gay is meaningless to the story, we are also introduced to muscular black guy and his girlfriend, who announces she is pregnant. This is meaningless too, because she is dead within minutes of that announcement.
So, we see this killer that has a pitchfork for an arm, and he wears an animal fur mask. He goes around killing people….and that is it. No reason, no motivation, no goal. Also, for some reason, he picks this night to do this. Hunter's family has lived on this farm for a very long time, apparently without incident. Hunter grew up there, apparently without any problems. So, there is no backstory to this killer. There is no legend of any kind. There is no mention of mysterious deaths or disappearances in the area. There is no mention of why he has a pitchfork in place of a hand.
When the van arrived at the start of the movie, we saw that the beautiful farmhouse was next to the road, and a barn was not far away, and they were surrounded by…..you guessed it…..farm fields. Yet, when the killings begin, characters run and suddenly end up in a deep, dark, foggy forest. Some even run for a long time and end up right back at the barn that they ran away from. Also, this is a farm, and farms have basic tools, like firearms. At the first sign of trouble, Hunter should have gone to his Dad's gun cabinet and armed himself. The police do get called. They show up and we see them for about 10 seconds. Next, we see both of them dead on the front lawn. Okay, I guess we have to assume they are the most inept officers ever. With everyone running around, nobody seems to notice the police car, or think to get the officer's weapons. Instead they opt for things like a small pocketknife or a piece of rebar. Pitchfork runs around killing everyone without a second thought, except for Hunter's younger sister, who is maybe 13 or 14 years old. He just captures her and confines her, until Hunter frees her, and she disappears for most of the movie. Why doesn't pitchfork kill her? Don't know.
There is a lot of torture porn in here, combined with some totally disgusting acts that I suspect were thrown in for shock value.
So, we get down to two characters, Hunter and Clare, who run down the road to the neighbor's house for help. There is a lot of stupid interaction and our characters drink drugged water and wake up restrained in the basement. So, old man neighbor and his psychotic wife start torturing our characters. We see pitchfork chained up in the background. Okay, pitchfork is their son. So, why is one hand a pitchfork? Don't know. They never say.
Hunter's younger sister, Jenny, finally shows back up again. She saves the day. She is the only one with a brain. She armed herself, I assume with one of the officer's handguns. So, she frees Hunter and Clare. In the woods they have what appears to be a final confrontation with Pitchfork, but a moment later there is a stupid scene in the road that just defies explanation.
This movie is bad. It is garbage. I can't believe something this terrible actually won awards. The acting is nonexistent. The only character that even looked to have potential was Hunter's father, but they killed him off early.
Avoid this movie; it is rotten.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
02/21/23
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Really, really, really bad!
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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Great film for someone who did his first film.
The visual was amazing and concept. Needed more jump scare but none the less great first film, usually people do very horrible.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/05/23
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