Black Forest

Syfy doesn't always put out the greatest movies, but this one is much better than some give it credit for. It was definitely better than some they've put out in the past five years. I am not giving away the story line, so if you want to know more about the film then watch Ben Cross's interview about it on the Syfy site.

His description about throwing a grenade into the "fairy tale" mix is quite accurate. It is his portrayal of the villain Cazmar that makes it worth watching alone. As usual, he makes any project he puts his name to shine. I love how he used the Irish accent for the character too as he delivered Cazmar's lines.

What I thought was totally disrespectful was the fact that IMDb totally left him off of this cast list and listed him for "The Human Factor" as Creighton--which he does not appear in. I know this for a fact. Shame on you for not fixing this before "Black Forest" was released...

If you like Scifi movies, then this is actually a fantastic movie to watch. For a free movie, with an attractive individual and a good story, what more do you really need. I suggest this movie to anyone who likes Grimmy type things. This is a movie that can either make you think, or that you can brainlessly watch. Beware though, there is some gore, but you know it is coming so it isn't shocky gore. If you are one of those people who get queasy or have their children watch movies with morals just be aware. If you can find this without commercials then it would be better as some of the commercial breaks are annoying. Overall a good movie to watch. Much better than some other Scfy movies.

So we settled in with our Chinese Delivery for SyFy Saturday its become a ritual of sorts sometimes it last less than 30 minutes as we lose interest and start channel surfing however this weekend was different they debuted two movies and of the two this was by far the best. We really enjoyed the movie it really tries to make the best of every cent of its miniscule budget with decent performances, interesting twists, and special FX which could of course have been better are not as bad as some. My partner is not much of a fan but he sat thru it all and I have to say I would watch it again since I missed some bits and pieces as I devoured my dinner and we talked about the storyline. Sadly the film that came after this one was so bad we both went about other activities. One other thing of note we enjoyed their use of flowers to add a fantasy like sense of color in contrast to the forest it was a nice touch considering the budget you can't have all these wonderful sets and cgi to enhance so it was great old style filmmaking making the best out of what you got and being inventive I can still see the colorful mushrooms growing in the forest.

I love the acting, i love the idea of the world between worlds being at its thinnest where you meet fairy tail creatures, i also love the special affects really great movie the idea of crossing in a another realm just to survive just inspires me to watch it.

A group of tourists take a 'mid-summers eve tour' to the Black Forest of Germany to experience the night of the year when the line between our reality and the spirit one is at it's thinnest. Once there they are seemingly transported to a mischievous parallel fairy-tale world in this original Syfy film.

What started off pretty well (term applied loosely as in 'pretty well for a Syfy original) soon became awash with mediocrity. The set up was interesting enough and the plot was intriguing, I liked the fractured fairy tale approach but somehow the film lost its footing as well as my interest.

My Grade: C-