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Parasitic

  • 2012
  • R
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
2.2/10
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Parasitic (2012)
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A group of friends become trapped inside a nightclub with an unseen terror. Unable to escape, one at a time they fall victim to the ravenous, bloodthirsty beast.A group of friends become trapped inside a nightclub with an unseen terror. Unable to escape, one at a time they fall victim to the ravenous, bloodthirsty beast.A group of friends become trapped inside a nightclub with an unseen terror. Unable to escape, one at a time they fall victim to the ravenous, bloodthirsty beast.

  • Director
    • Timothy Martin
  • Writer
    • Timothy Martin
  • Stars
    • Camille Balsamo
    • Amanda Beck
    • Carrie Carnes
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.2/10
    730
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    • Director
      • Timothy Martin
    • Writer
      • Timothy Martin
    • Stars
      • Camille Balsamo
      • Amanda Beck
      • Carrie Carnes
    • 14User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Camille Balsamo
    Camille Balsamo
    • Grace Gillis
    Amanda Beck
    • Renee
    Carrie Carnes
    • Tiffany
    Miguel de la Rosa
    • Tim
    Isle Gallagher
    • Amber
    James Garcia
    • The Kid
    Dan Gill
    • Chris
    Angel Hill
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    • Nightclub Hostess
    Bianca Holland
    • Val
    Bjorn Jiskoot Jr.
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    • Jared
    Marcus Jordan
    Marcus Jordan
    • Jimmy
    Phil LoCicero
    • Pool Player
    James Dean Lucé
    • Eddie
    Timothy Martin
    Timothy Martin
    • D J
    • (as Tim Martin)
    Stephanie Mir
    • Amanda
    Margarita Neusheva
    • Steph
    Julie Anne Prescott
    Julie Anne Prescott
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    • (as Julie Anne)
    James Edgar Sellers
    • Bar Guy
    • Director
      • Timothy Martin
    • Writer
      • Timothy Martin
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    1freefallin1309

    Horrid

    I truly want my money back. This guy thinks he can direct because he's been on the FX crew of a bunch of movies. If the rating system had a zero, he'd be getting that. The acting was awful and the sound man was inebriated or deaf. I bet this would have been a decent B-movie if it had acting talent, directing talent, and a sound man with the ability to hear. But alas, it sucked in all departments. Tim Martin, please go back to FX and leave direction to the pros. It seemed like the actors read from a prompter and just their line for the scene before cutting, there was no chemistry between them at all. The FX was the only thing that was half way decent and it left a lot to be desired, but it at least would get a B rating.
    4dadatuuexx

    Wish we still had a Drive-In...

    As a young child,i saw tons of movies.The drive-in was my fave.Parasitic is one of those low budget classic's that used to play last.As an FX fan,i liked the shoddy monsters,and have seen much worse.The actors never really seem to get into this movie,and i can see why.the ending,and a bit before boast the best FX,and it did leave me wondering...what the h*ll was THAT ?....you could do worse.This gets an O.K.,not much here,as this is a story we've seen over and over.The good looking people don't stay that way for long,as a small group of people are attacked inside a nightclub by a visitor from beyond the stars.I will most likely see this one on the SyFy channel soon.
    1zzoaozz

    truly awful

    Usually I can find something good to say about any movie, but unfortunately not this one.

    The writing is awful. The dialog is ridiculous and utterly unbelievable. To top it off there is something weird and tinny about the audio, only the spoken parts though, the obnoxious music comes across loud and clear. It actually sounds like a porno movie where they dub the sound in post production. Every one of the characters is unlikable so there is no one to root for.

    The visual quality is bad too. The whole film (except the opening shot and one end shot) is set in a bar with the lights turned out. It is too dark to see much of what is going on. The action is too slowly paced to keep your interest. It seems as if the movie spends hours sitting around the bar in the dark bitching about being stuck in the bar, then hours searching for the missing people. It becomes tedious especially since the characters are so disgusting to be around.

    This movie is too bad to be entertaining and not even remotely funny. It's a complete waste of time.
    1thekingofcod4

    This movie ruined my gallbladder

    If i had to watch this one more time, my internal organs would collapse. This is by far the worst movie I've ever seen in my life. After this movie i almost crashed on the way home because it ruined my eye cavity. One of the characters just disappears, probably because he had to go on vacation and that was more important than the movie. I feel bad for whoever chooses to watch this worthless garbage of a film. Just save your liver and organs now and do not watch this. My kidneys have to be rebuilt and my gallbladder has to be reattached. Not to mention all of the kidney stones. If you watch this, may God be with you and call in to the hospital now.
    1Leofwine_draca

    Truly the pits

    PARASITIC is truly one of the very worst films I've watched in a while and this is from somebody who watches and enjoys a lot of B-movies so I'm not at all prejudiced against them. However, even by genre standards this is terrible, not even in a good, let's-laugh-along-at-it kind of way. Instead it's an amateur hour production throughout, one of those films where somebody got hold of a camera and thought that was the only qualification they needed to make a film.

    The entire film takes place in a single night in a locked-up nightclub. The proprietor eats some tainted sushi in a ridiculous opening scene and after ripping off her top and bra proceeds to turn into a cheesy monster that looks horrible even by genre standards. The rest of the film sees her staff members gradually bumped off one by one as they themselves are infected. Apparently, the proprietor is the only one with the key and the place is locked up tight, all the windows are barred so nobody can get out, and there are no mobile phones to speak of. Yeah, right.

    Words can't describe how terrible the quality of the writing is here. I've noticed that this seems to be case when a film shares a writer and director; these guys should stick with the directing because the writing is invariably awful. Tim Martin hasn't got a clue how to write realistic dialogue or how to use it to tell the story. Instead we get endless scenes of characters discussing how they should go and investigate instead of actually doing it. It's padded to the extreme.

    The whole film takes place in the dark in order to hide the paucity of the budget and the acting is universally awful, not least from Bianca Holland's bimbo-turned-killer. There's no gore to speak of, hardly any effects, just endless stupidity and characters you hope will die in the most violent ways imaginable; suffice to say they don't. Avoid this trash like the plague.

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Паразит
    • Production company
      • Still Night Monster Movies
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      • 1h 19m(79 min)
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      • 1.78 : 1

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