GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
GurlyIamBeach
Instant Favorite.
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
fedor8
Perhaps the lamest horror anthology movie ever.The blonde that's watching the "VHS tape" makes a comment how important it is to have a VHS player because "Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks so fake on Bluray". But then she proceeds to watch this "VHS tape" with Bluray quality. Duh. Not a great sign of things to follow, this lame intro.Story 1 is pointless. A boy and his babysitter eat pumpkin seeds and it kills them and that's pretty much it. Really stupid, overly simplistic even for a horror story.Story 2 at least has some kind of an end-twist, lame as it is. Though we don't quite understand what's the deal with the first two houses where the kids go trick-or-treating.Story 3 is like a tiny excerpt out of a lame horror feature. It explains nothing about what's going on. And that's why we don't give a hoot about the characters, because we have no idea whom they're giving the sacrifice to, for what purpose, nor why the old geezer forgot to bring the meat because he "got nervous" (duh) considering they do this thing annually. This appeasing-the-woods-monster shtick isn't worth four pages in a pulp fiction comic-book, let alone a story on the big screen, not even in this lame anthology.Story 4 is very dumb. It does have a plot-twist i.e. has a beginning and a conclusion, but it's a dumb conclusion.Story 5 is only 2-3 minutes long and is marred by horrible amateur acting.Story 6 is perhaps the longest, and the most tedious one, with a particularly lame ending. The sort of Z-grade crappola you get on the worst episodes of a lame horror-story TV show. You mustn't exceed an elementary school education to write something this corny.Story 7 is another simplistic, dumb tale that has no beginning or conclusion, just drivel.Story 8 is somewhat eerie, which is more than can be said for the others, but it's standard predictable stuff yet again.And then the connecting story ends in the lamest possible way. They even have the balls to use the same shtick - that they ripped off from "Ringu" anyway - that they used in the first anthology, which was better. Did I say "lame" a lot? You'd too if you reviewed this dross, but you won't because I warned you not to watch it.
BA_Harrison
Writer/director Damien Leone links three of his earlier horror shorts with a wraparound story wherein babysitter Sarah (Katie Maguire) watches a mysterious VHS tape found in a Halloween treat bag. As she watches the stories on the tape, Art, the killer clown that features in them, somehow makes his way into reality.Video short number one sees a young woman in a railway station waiting room encountering the killer clown, who drugs her and drags her to a dark tunnel where she meets a meat-cleaver wielding mutant and a Satanic sect. The second story involves creepy alien invaders who menace a wife alone in the house. The final short on the cassette features the return of Art, who terrorises a woman who is driving through the night.I watched this having just seen Terrifier (the feature length film based on All Hallows' Eve's third story) hoping for more of the same: creepy clown antics and outrageous gore. While not on the same level as Terrifier, I got what I wanted, Art (Mike Giannelli) proving just as unsettling, and the splatter nice and juicy.The film boasts solid performances from all involved, assured direction from Leone, and those all important well-executed gore effects, which include a severed arm, the very messy decapitation of a gas station attendant, the unforgettable sight of a still alive victim's naked limbless torso (with profanities carved into the skin), and a very nasty surprise for Sarah.7/10.
dnmulder-77664
Let me start this review off by saying that in no way do I think this movie is fantastic, artsy or amazing. I know this is a low-budget horror movie, but I think it's absolutely great at what it does, and that's mainly because it's a low-budget movie. I think it wouldn't have worked, had it been a big blockbuster title. The rating I give here is based on my point of view, which is completely personal.I would say that I'm a self proclaimed 'Horror movie buff.' I've seen about a 100 to 200 horror movies up until now, ranging from absolutely awful to amazingly immersive.But, no matter what amazing 9 or 10 / 10 horror movies I watch, this one somehow remains to stay at the top of my favourites. Why? Most likely because of the thin line between schlock and sheer horror and terror this movie manages to bear.There's something absolutely underlyingly creepy about this film, and every time I watch it, the ending sequence manages to give me the chills. The concept of some freak-o slipping an old tape into an innocent trick-or-treater's candy bag on Halloween sounds plausible enough as it is- and combining it with the old babysitter horror cliché gives it some believability. (to me, at least.)The film has some odd and roll-your-eyes moments, and some of the acting is a little painful, (I'm looking at you, kid actors and actress from the alien sequence.) However, I must give credit to Katie Maguire for her convincing performance, especially at the end, you'll know what I mean when you see it.This film consists of four stories, one being the main plotline, and three small stories that exist on the VHS tape that the kids and the babysitter watch.
The main story is nicely thought out, has some fantastic moments, and wraps up nicely.
The first story on the tape is okay, and has enough scary/grotesque moments to make you look away a couple of times.
The second story on the tape is complete schlock and made me laugh out loud when I first watched it: up until the end.
The third one is completely different from the other two, and is the best in terms of horror out of the three.Don't take my high review as a sign of 'This movie is amazing, everyone must watch it!', but rather as a minor reccomendation. Go into this with 0 expectations, and enjoy yourself. Close the blinds, turn the lights off, and just watch the movie. Preferably on Halloween itself, of course.A solid 8/10, based on the snorts and chills I got and still get from this movie every now and then!
Allison Bay
Now being a fan of horror movies, a movie about a killer clown clearly caught my eye. I watched the trailer and thought the plot was pretty cool. The trailer showed a kid getting a video tape on Halloween that his babysitter won't allow him to watch. Then if you watch the tape, it's supposed to release this creepy looking clown to kill whoever watches it. I thought it seemed really entertaining so when I found it, my friend & I bought it. $13 wasted. The movie was complete trash. The acting, the quality, the editing, everything. It started off decent with the babysitting story, then the kids persuade the babysitter to actually watch the tape. The tape included three short films. The first one was about a woman in a subway station waiting for the train on Halloween then all of a sudden, the creepy clown appears and starts messing with her. He starts off nice, playing jokes and laughing with her. Then he starts getting weird and scary, and hands her a flower that causes her to pass out. She wakes up on the tracks tied up with a chain. She meet two other girls are there, freaking out, stating that they've been there for a long time. They try to escape causing one to die. Then this huge Hills Have Eyes looking guy comes and starts trying to hack these girls to death. He gets one and then the other wakes up tied to a table where she sees old, wrinkled up things terrorizing a pregnant woman. They rip out the baby and give it to (here's the kicker) Satan. It ends. The next short film is about a woman home alone in her new home while her husband is at work. She starts hearing weird noises and begins to freak out a little. The lights turn off and she begins to freak out even more. Then a bright light passes by her kitchen window and she tries to leave. But of course her car won't start. So she runs back into her home. Suddenly, something tries to get into her home and they finally do. Guess what it is. Not a clown. Not Satan. ALIENS. Yes, aliens. The final one finally included the clown. He was evil. He killed random people. I'm just getting tired of talking about this movie because it's so horrible. I'm sorry to anyone who has every watched this. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. 0/10.