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slayrrr666 "Ring of Darkness" is a really mediocre zombie film with several flaws and positive ones.**SPOILERS**After an unexpected incident, Xavier Doorsberg, (Jeremy Jackson) B.J. Banyon, (Colin Bain) Jake Slater, (Matt T. Baker) and Kyle West, (John Wynn) members of a popular boy-band, decide to hold an audition to determine the fifth member of the group. One applicant, Shawn Walker, (Coltin Scott) manages to impress their manager Alex Marshall, (Adrienne Barbeau) and is offered a spot with the band. Undergoing a rigorous training process to prepare himself, his rebellious attitude begins to rub off on the other members, but he is allowed to stay there. As he decides to leave, he stumbles upon a special secret about the band and their past, which contains everything from black magic rituals to human sacrifice. When the others get wind of his knowledge, they plan to make sure he doesn't reveal the horrible secret to the world.The Good News: This here dis manage to get some things right. Every now and then, there was a pretty nice visual supplied by the film. The big one happens pretty early in the film, as the sight of the giant house surrounded by fog in the moonlight in the background is a pretty impressive sight. The several rituals held in the cave do the same, since the cave itself looks great and has a fantastic, chilly vibe to it that is mixed in with the necessary ingredients for the ritual. These here are all great examples of this, which works for the caves because it's seen so often, since there's several big sequences in the film that require such scenes to be necessary. It really seems to pick up energy in the last half hour as well, actually doing something rather than just wander around with few key moments here and there where the band attacks others. This includes a rather lengthy chase sequence and a brilliant ceremony that features the only real gore in the film as several violently melt down into piles of sand. The chase stands out for the fact that it's long, creepy, suspenseful and holds the interest throughout, which the movie proper does as well. That's always a great thing for a film to do, especially one as cheesy as this one is. There's some pretty good elements from this one when it tries.The Bad News: There really isn't a whole lot wrong with this film. Most of the flaws present can be attributed to it's short run-length. This here piles on most of the boy-band gimmicks into the front end of the film that it doesn't have a lot of steam for the second half, and that makes it feel really rushed and not at all that timed perfectly. This one really could've been stretched out for another couple of minutes to let it transition better into the horror after the boy-band shenanigans at the beginning. That's due to the discovery and acceptance done too quickly, which doesn't feel natural. There's also no real blood or gore until the end, really making the beginning part quite dull and bloodless. For a film about zombies, that's really hard to believe, knowing about the past. There really should've been more, especially as there isn't a whole lot of kills to begin with. Some gore would've helped, and it's hard to say to say how it would've been had it changed around the perception of zombies. This one here almost shouldn't be a zombie film, as they behave so unlike zombies. There's no roaming hoards, no shuffling about and take on the form of a dancing, pop-music boy-band. It's hard to feel any fear, especially as this one is so far removed from traditional zombie fare. That shouldn't be a strike, but it is, and also manages to bring this down slightly.The Final Verdict: While staying away slightly from the general rule of zombie films, this one does have enough going for it to make it worthwhile. There's plenty here for lovers of direct-to-video fare to enjoy, while those who aren't that into them will be disappointed by this one.Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Nudity

mcmcgrady For all the talk about Brokeback Mountain being so "daring" due to it's homosexual content, this movie definitely kicks its ass as far as being flamingly homosexual. Even the heterosexual people are gay. Even the "scary" zombie scenes have the same boy band music playing, and they pose while killing people. Calling it a "zombie" movie is like calling "Pay It Forward" a knife-fighting movie. This essentially is just a lot of very defined cheekbones from different angles. Zombie cheekbones. This is the movie they make old music teachers watch in HELL. Key scenes to look for are the "bad contestant getting eaten," which is a guy getting hugged to death in a parking lot, and "guy following band through the fog," which is a guy following the band through some fog. Lots of fog. Like the budget for stuff like, writers and everything required to make it a real movie was spent on fog. LOTS of fog. And cheekbones. This movie sucks more than Haley Joel Osment does at knife-fighting.

party pat When I started to watch this movie, I thought awesome, a boy band that is mostly zombies, awesome premise. This movie however took a horribly bad turn and became an unwatchable piece of garbage. First off, no gore. If your going to make a crappy B-movie about zombies, you need gore. This had none, the zombies apparently kill their victims by dog piling them to death, what the hell. Also if you have a zombie movie, more than 4 people have to die, and they all need to die violently on camera. The movie starts out with the singer of a boy band getting dog piled by the rest of the band, presumably because he found out they were zombies. So the band needs a new singer and holds nation wide try outs. Three people are picked and go to the bands private Island where one by one they disappear (i.e. "eaten" by the zombies) until only the "bad boy" remains, and saves the day. Late in the movie you find out that they are actually a boy band from the 50's who got in a plane crash and they were all killed. Then this lady brings them back with some kind of magic, and they were different hit boy bands through out the past few decades. No one seemed to notice that all these bands looked like the same 4 dudes with different hair cuts and clothes. Then at the end the main characters girl friend dies and he brings her back as a zombie. Didn't this guy see "Return of the Living Dead 3", not a good idea. Acting was horrible, script was horrible, and no blood or nudity. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Also you must endure music that makes the Backstreet Boys seem tolerable.

IronHillbilly Ring Of Darkness is about a boy band with a supernatural secret. Apparently, they like to kill and eat their victim's blood. Are they vampires or what? I do not know because the movie never fully explains what they are. I do know that this movie was sub-par in every way to other movies in it's genre.The band's lead singer finds out their secret, or suddenly has a problem with it- again, not explained. I only know he is going to reveal the secret to the world. The band can't have that and they kill him. They tell the press the pressure got to him and he is now in the hospital. In the meantime, they need a new lead singer so they have tryouts."It's all about the voice", says one of the band members, but then each of the contestants lip syncs the entire song. Pretty laughable. Once they get their final 3 contestants, it's off to a secluded mansion where they can make their final pick. The only problem is, they're slowly disappearing.This movie was pretty bad, even by "B" Movie horror standards. Whoever was in charge of special effects should be banned from the industry forever. There was more horror in the acting than in the actual movie. Particularly by Ryan Starr. She is definitely not gifted in this department. There was a cool little twist at the end, which is what bumped it up to 2 stars for me but other than that, there is little more to this movie. 85 minutes of wasted time. Coltin Scott was probably the best actor in the movie, but seriously, that is not saying much. My recommendation is avoid. If you want some good "B" Movie horror, try Monster Man.