The town of Shady Grove holds many dark secrets. Amongst those secrets is the sadistic tale of "Shane", a boy who was tortured and chained to a tree as a youngster. Legend has it that for ye... Read allThe town of Shady Grove holds many dark secrets. Amongst those secrets is the sadistic tale of "Shane", a boy who was tortured and chained to a tree as a youngster. Legend has it that for years he survived in the woods all alone until one day he managed to escape. Now, damaged an... Read allThe town of Shady Grove holds many dark secrets. Amongst those secrets is the sadistic tale of "Shane", a boy who was tortured and chained to a tree as a youngster. Legend has it that for years he survived in the woods all alone until one day he managed to escape. Now, damaged and broken, he wanders those woods in search of blood, with his trademark chains fused to hi... Read all
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Not much new here and it doesn't reinvent the (slasher) wheel in the least, but still manages to become better than average thanks to some pretty good practical special effects and a modicum of suspense. The film does falter a tad in the beginning (the sheriff and especially the two 'comedic' hicks are simply awful) and the movie takes a while for the real action to start, but once it does all my gripes about the film disappeared
Some of the things are stereotypical: group of young people traveling in a car have to stop in a (strange) place where they are not too welcome, a stalker, scary story told outdoors at night. I will confess some of the acting is suspect.
But once it got going, it came around nicely. I do not want to give out any spoilers, but I think it is worth the watch. I have seen much worse with better actors.
There is some strong sexual content and crude sexual remarks, so if one is prudish, I would not recommend it.
1st redneck - sheriff, there is a killer out there! sheriff to both rednecks - im sure there is son! got any evidence? what about you shaggy? how bout a clue scooby doo?! ahahaha. shakes head...
and that is just one of the few bad comical moments that you will laugh at just out of sheer insanity. and to be honest, if this movie was listed as a comedy-horror i might have even bumped it up to a 6. maybe. but since it wasn't listed as the such.. well im being generous here with the solid 5.
and sorry to skip ahead but if/when you watch this then you'll see why i almost totally forgot to mention the main 4 in the car a few minutes into the movie. boy were they bad. especially Alex Livinalli. lord i hope and pray i never watch anything with him in it again. that guy is.. never mind, i'll bite my tongue. and i don't like to be harsh! but if you could combine all 4 of them into one person you'd still be just as bad off as before. except maybe better! you'd just be dealing with one disaster instead of 4 at once! yes, they were that bad. they are definitely what hurts this movie the most.
now. were there decent/good moments in this movie? yes. like i said, the sheriff and the 2 rednecks. also the owner of the mechanic shop {Joe} was good as well. he was funny when asked if he spoke Spanish. lol.
also i seriously can't give the production-film crew enough credit for the budget they were working with. the camera work and the effects look way beyond the budget. you won't think so at the very start but it is meant to look that way; so keep watching because it doesn't stay like that. so yes, an amazing job in that dept. i for one was very impressed. i seriously think a lot of film makers {especially horror} should hire this crew or least find out the secret because i've seen movies with much higher budgets that have not even came close to this.
now, onto the killer. "Shane" im just going to say the killer looked awesome! not to mention he is pretty damn brutal and creepy! and it also had a twisted ending! no spoilers. you'll just have to watch and see for yourself!
so would i recommend this movie? sure. but probably only to the true hardcore horror fans. i definitely think it is worth a one time watch. if you can look past some of the god-awful acting then there are quite a few nice sick/gory moments and a few random funny moments. not to mention a pretty decent storyline. one other good thing about this movie, unlike with so many other low budget horror movies; is that the acting isn't bad with every one. just half the cast this time! so it's tolerable! lol. and i also feel you will be very impressed with what they did with the money they had to work with. so hey, give it a shot! if you are a true horror fiend then you got nothing to lose. hey, i promise you have seen much worst!
A group of friends ride to a nearby latino festival but their trip comes to a halt with car problems and one creepy garage help. Like the majority of modern slashers, "Beware" suffers from the how-could-they-be-friends symptom. The tough leading lady and her no-bullshit boyfriend, I can fathom, but her cheap-tease BFF and said-tease's super-heavy boyfriend ? I'm not mentioning the dorky brother. Anyway, when & why did these 5 people become friends and lovers ? Past that disappointment, the movie starts off early with the requisite introduction murder and another couple of redneck murders in the 1st 20 minutes. Then the characters establish themselves at a local's secluded house and the carnage keeps on at a steady pace.
As mentioned by another reviewer, the special F/X are top-notch for that kind of low-budget movie and the crew must be commended. One particular pyrotechnic stunt really blew me away. The director also has a good sense of pace and thankfully kills off the most grating characters first. I'll also say that the killer's backstory is one twisted piece of work. References to the "Friday the 13th" abound and keeping on with Jason's tradition, there's more than one pair of boobs on display. If you can get past the lead actors and their irritating characters, this slasher is safe bet.
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- ConnectionsReferences Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
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- $75,000 (estimated)
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- 1h 34m(94 min)
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