Demonicus

This film is exactly what you get when you really over stretch your abilities, it's like someone who has just passed there driving test and then pitting them in a formula 1 Grand Prix (not I might add, the US Grand Prix as everyone might pull out due to dodgy tyres and you might just win), that is how far short this film falls. Now don't take this the wrong way, I love B-Movies, around half my collection is made of B-Movies but I don't think there are enough letters in the alphabet to describe how bad this film is.

First of the story (for a B-Movie) isn't that bad, it has potential there to make a B-Movie brand, were not talking Friday 13th potential, but potential none the less. But what really lets this film down is the acting, at not one second do I believe anything, it's like watching QVC except the presenters on QVC tend to have a heavier tan.

In summary I'd like to say I've seen worse films, but I can't.

For some reason, various young couples hiking through the Italian Alps split up to see who can reach their campsite designation first. James (Gregory Lee Kenyon) enters a cave, finds a skeleton of an ancient demonic gladiator and becomes possessed by the spirit of "Tyranus" when he puts on a helmet belonging to the corpse. He then spends the rest of the film running around in the woods hunting down his friends and hacking off their limbs to add to some stew to bring the undead "Demonicus" back to life. This shot-on-digital Full Moon release is stupid, senseless, has terrible acting and sound and the (Los) Angeles National Forest is a poor substitute for Italy. However, it's pretty high on the unintentional laugh scale thanks mainly to the overwrought lead performance. Whether bug-eyed running around in cheap-looking armor brandishing a sword or spouting neurotic Latin gibberish about demons and resurrection, Kenyon's ridiculous facial expressions and awkward line delivery must be seen to be believed. Oh well, at least he's not boring like most of the rest of the cast.

I rented this one to see Vanesa Talor one more time. She can act, but doesn't get a chance in this clunker. The opening sequence is an elaborate crane shot of mountain landscapes. Must have come from a stock archive, because the movie is shot direct to videotape. The production values make _Blair Witch_ look professional. There's a really cheesy animated statue, but no other effects worth noting. This movie is bad, but not amusingly so. The players would do well not to mention it on their resumes.

My wife and I like to rent really stupid horror/sci-fi movies and watch them with our friends for a laugh. We saw this one on fullmoondirect.com and decided to add it to our netflix list. Now, when I say this movie is awful, I mean it in a good way. Everything about it, the acting, camera-work, story, costumes, is just so cheezy and low budget but thats what makes it so good. I think in one scene the actors looked like they were actually walking in place. I really hope that whoever made this film wasn't serious when they made it because if they were, then that would just be sad. If you like to watch really stupid horror movies just to make fun of them then I recommend this one.

Oh, if only I could say the same thing. This movie...Excuse me, that is too big a word to use for this heap. A movie is something people want to watch, and get some pleasure out of doing it. No, this 8mm mess is just plain absurd. Full Moon/Cult Video has really delivered a big bomb this time. Demonicus, is a total waste of a few thousand dollars (refering to the budget), a day or 2 of wasted time (the time frame this movie was made in), and just a down right disgrace to low-budget filmaking. I am all for the Indie/Low-Budget scene. I am/was a big Full Moon fan. However, with all of their latest offering, I am inclined to tenure my title of "fan" and pick up on another company or genre of films.

I agree with the previous review: The amputation scense looked to be straight out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Though, they were done a little better in that movie. Laughable dialouge, appalling action, ridiculous costumes and unnecessary anger, make this turkey dead from the get-go. I cannot believe someone actually thought this was a good idea to produce, and the release this to the public. There is a bullet out there for that person. Charlie Band, don't you think you have tainted your name enough with the likes of such bombs as: Stitches, Retro-Puppetmaster, Hideous, and another other movie you have put your name on since you departure from Paramount. Just because you own a production company, doesn't mean you have the right to make garbage movies, and expect old Full Moon fans to just take them. We won', and most of us aren't.

My wife asks me constantly why I watch these movies. I am always disappointed, and feel chipped for watching them. I suppose I am a glutton to punishment or I am just hoping one day Full Moon will make a good movie again.

And what about the Video Zone? Was this such a studio joke they didn't wanna bother? Or did the actors just have nothing good to say about it?

Italian Alps! Indeed!

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