Diggerz: Black Lung Rises

I won't do much here other than to say the reviews in IMDB are accurate. This is a poorly made movie in every facet. The acting and directing are "drama club" level, the camera work looks like it was done on a high quality home camcorder, and the special fx are simply laughable. I never take IMDB avg ratings as the Bible, and this movie is a perfect example of why. I suspect that numerous folks who worked on the film, their families, and friends each voted in the 8-10 star range. Sadly, this film barely gets off the ground. I regret watching very few movies, as there is almost always something of value hidden in 90 minutes, but this is a true regret...AND it's just shy of two hours.

Do yourself a favor...pass on this one. I only watch indie horror these days, so I can appreciate minute budgets when In the hands of a capable director, cast, and script. This fails on all three. Loads of better films out there. I take my reviews very seriously - check'em out- so I hope you'll heed this warning.

I'm not sure how this movie has an above average rating because it is really bad. Like some of the other reviews have already said, this isn't even worthy of "B movie" status. This is closer to a mix of a horribly made soap opera and a college student's sophomoric project that barely got a D+. No need to go into details, just as there is no need to watch this movie at all. I only rate a movie a 1/10 if it is truly broken and awful so I'll give it a 2/10, but it really doesn't deserve any more than that. Skip it.

I can force myself to sit through the most boring movies as long as they look professional. In this case, however, I felt like I was going to be sick, so I fast-forwarded through much of the movie. This is the first movie I've ever had to fast-forward. I'm no movie-maker, so I don't know how to explain what was wrong with this movie. You know how professional movies look different than movies that have been shot on ordinary video cameras or cell-phones? I'm not sure, but either it's because of the type of cameras used in professional movie-making or it's due to digital post-processing work done on computer after filming (perhaps both). Well, this movie looked as if it was in a raw state, shot on a family video camera or on a cell-phone with 4K quality. That means, it looked ridiculous, because the performances were theatrical, over-the-top and tried to imitate professional movies, while the video looked extremely amateurish, a bizarre combination that would make any movie utterly unwatchable. It had worse special effects than movies made in 1970s. The make-up was a joke. The female character had a kind of breathy voice quality that made me feel as if someone was scratching their fingernails on a chalkboard. Believe me when I say this is the worst movie I have ever laid my innocent eyes on, and I'm not the kind of person who would say that about just any movie. I've seen quite a few B-movies, but this was no B-movie. It was of Z grade quality. I suspect this was made as part of a student film project. Please, save yourself by pretending this movie never existed.

Final score: 0/10

If you fast forward through it, it makes it a little better.

Have you ever seen a walking talking chunk of kebab, wearing welding glasses and a pick axe in his hand. well this walking kebab is the monster in this horror thriller mystery slasher, filmed on location in trinidad,colerado, known for its santafe railway stop, its mining history, the first female sports jounalist, being the only woman then covering the world series/baseball, and famous for its weed, that is on wholesale on main street, working as a magnet and gravitates people from the surrounding states that doesnt have as liberal cannabis policy as colerado.

its in fact a flick that has its roots in history. in 1903 there were a vast explotion in the main mine, killing 13 miners, and the monster has appeared to commemorate his working buddies, by killing 13 citizens of the trinidadian population. the cruel killings are pretty graphic and the make or break-up department have had a handfull to work with.

its nt a good film, very primitive and amateuristically made, the cast are at best b'sides them selves, and the score is made by the children of trinidad school of arts, and so are the drawings. the plot are very predictable and the story easy to follow, so if you are a walking kebab yourself its easy to follow.

there are also a mysterious figure entering the scene in front of every killing, sending a message to the victim to come, that was the lamest figure of them all. ive seen this actress before, cause its a female, but dressing her up like a bearded midget with a large spoon and a frying pan , ringing the bell like the timekeeper in a boxing match.

i did though view the entire movie, and the grumpy old man had some history learned, but as a feature film its playtime is far too long and the scare jumps are absent, but i will not unrecommend it, because it has a tiny little bit of fun in it.