Pipeline

Taking a special vacation together, a group of friends rents out a house in the middle of the countryside as a relaxing weekend, but when they start disappearing they realize someone or something is living in the house killing everyone and must find the reason why to leave alive.

This turned out to be a rather solid indie creature feature. Among the more enjoyable facets of the film is the rather impressive storyline that offers up a clever and unusual take on the genre. Working on the idea of the creature living in the house and traveling by way of the piping which then signals how that carries into a series of rather fun twists in the latter half regarding the true origins of the creature and the reason for visiting. These are all quite enjoyable and help sell the storyline for the majority of the film. As well, this setup works nicely to enable a fun series of attack scenes. The opening attack on the college student has a lot to like with the POV shots showing the creature stalking her unseen through the pipes before the fatal encounter in the laundry room generates a strong opening, working to establish the type of scenes to come. Knowing it comes through the water pipes and is usually associated with the creaking noises, this allows for some suspense to be built up prior to some later scenes including the bathroom ambush or the tunnel attack. That goes rather nicely with the final half where it manages a fine mix of suspenseful atmosphere with intriguing action scenes of the creature being utilized. Due to the bodies being discovered early on and the race to understand the situation, these scenes of the group running around the house and encountering the creature bring about some really tense moments and graphic encounters. Given the series of twists and revelations that come to light here as well as the action involved in the escape, these aspects hold this one up over its minor flaws. There isn't much to really dislike with this one. The main factor here that's exceptionally obvious is a complete lack of info about the creature since it's barely on-screen. Kept to the shadows save for brief glimpses and scant lines of dialog involving its origins, not only are we never given a clear look at it but the logistics of who it is and how it got there are total mysteries. As well, there are some issues to be had with the starting half where the build-up of their relationships comes at the expense of the creature which comes off rather slow for some. These here are the main problems though.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

I like to give indies a chance because every once in a while you will come across a hidden gem. This is not one.

The story, acting, sets, music, script and "horror" are all L-A-M-E. This felt more like a production one would turn in for a high school filming course rather than a more serious endeavor. I deserve 10 stars for having watched it through to the end and come here to give others fair warning.

Unless you really really really have nothing better to do but to waist time, this is one of the worst movies I've ever had the privilege of not even finishing. Bad acting, lousy music and anything but scary.

Lures you in this film, but when the story begins and the actors starts functioning its far too bad, seems like they are uninspired, and reads the script like a unsharpened hacksaw. The few scarescenes are well made, the rest is for the pipemonster to chew on, so do choose another movie for the evening by the tv, its barely worth a 2 from the grumpy old man.

You can see that there was some effort put in here by the actors, extremely amerturish but its no good, not enough of the monster and the pure confusion of whats actually going on, so there's a monster in the pipes??? How does it suck a whole human body into a pipe no wider than a plug hole? And then, *spoiler* its the grandma??? How did she end up a monster who lives in the pipes of a house? Cmon, I watched this over the weekend after a few jars and can usually appreciate most indie efforts but this is just silly. Instead of bad acting, atrocious writing, and a waste of 90 muinites of life, save your money and go for a beer; and to anyone thinking of watching this dont, I don't often give a low score unless its really deserved.