Joshua

Kelby Unger (Ward Roberts) is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates (Christy Jackson) and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of his hometown telling that his father had just died from heart attack. He decides to return to Bisbee for the funeral and Amelia goes with him. Kelby and Amelia lodge at his mother's house and he meets his slut sister Trish (Alexa Havins), his former friends James Lilly (Aaron Gaffey) and the policeman Wally (Jeremiah Jordan) and his unknown uncle Tom (John Coffman). When Wally has a nervous breakdown with the name of Joshua, Kelby is haunted by the evil past in Bisbee.

Yesterday I saw "Joshua" and I am still impressed with this disturbing and sick movie. The director and writer Travis Betz has been well-succeeded in capturing the essence of evil and horror, creating a very original low-budget movie that confronts the innocence of a baby with the twisted and mean minds of three very bad boys. I dare to compare the importance and originality "Joshua" in the horror genre to George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" or Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", just to mention a few of movies that became the basis for many rip-offs. Further, with an appropriate distribution and marketing, I believe "Joshua" has potential to be a future classic in the genre. The story is very simple but credible, with a fantastic camera that explores unusual angles, great acting of unknown actors and actresses and I must confess that I had trouble to sleep after watching "Joshua". My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Joshua"

I loved this film,OK. its made by fangoria but don't let this put you off. I believe the budget for the film wasn't very much but you would not think so. The acting and direction are all above standard, and the camera work is cleverly done. The gore factor although not prolific is well done and impressive. The story at first is a little slow and could be a little confusing at times, but that all changes as this movies then turns into a roller-coaster ride, with enough twists, shocks and turns to keep you glued to your seat. If your looking for a horror film thats different and were you actually want your brain to work for a change and think, then this could be the film for you, check it out, you won't be disappointed.

If you want one crazy twisted Horror film, this is right for you. If you want a Slaher, go check out something different It's really slow in the beginning so you just have to be patient. You have to watch all of it unfortunately before you can get to the last little bit which is what you really want to see. The acting sucks, it's low budget too so you don't get very many good effects or make-up, it even feels like the same car keeps driving around town. This looks like the work of a College Student done with his friends for class.

The reason why to check it out is for the story. I believe this would have been much more effective as a novel because the story is great. I gave this a 4 because of Story alone. The rest was crap.

I suggest you look for a friend to rent/buy this for you. Don't waste your money on it. Only pay for it if you're looking for a good story.

This is one of the most psychologically disturbing movie I've seen. If you're only into FX like sbarshow whose mental faculty does not allow an iota of imagination and cannot comprehend even a slightly complicated plot line, sure, then forget watching this movie. However, if you want to explore the dark side of your own psyche and meet the demons in the far recesses of your own mind, I highly recommend it.

It's a travesty that IMDb's first-come-first-served policy will deter many people from watching this movie because of an inbred degenerate like sbarshow claimed his/her "rightful" place through the sheer luck of being the first one to post his/her comment. I usually don't do ad hominem attacks but this time it's appropriate.

This movie certainly does not live up to my expectations. POor acting, Confusing storyline, Terrible makeup. I mean seriously who are we fooling? Decent but not what everyone makes it out to be.

Story moves slow and never really picks up until its too late to redeem itself. At this point I'm Looking for the remote and a roll of toilet paper. Horror is supposed to be fast, not 2 second in your face clicks with a mediocre, if not half assed ending? I want storyline, action, plot ( very important ) and good FX. The effects in this film were laughable at times. Well laughable at all times. The whole last ten minutes are an fx nightmare. (not a good one )

So if you want to see something that will pass your time and make you laugh, see this one. Otherwise use your time better and watch something a little quicker, and better put together. There's always the classics.