2/5 ......such a crap movie
  by Damien Barker (Imajica)
Want blood? plenty of that. Bad acting? Plentiful(especially the main actress and old dude that trails her throughout the movie). How about a cheesy villain who wears a shiny skull mask and black suit.....its here too! All pieces are in place for perhaps one the crappiest movies i have seen in some time. Aside from a couple awesome deaths, this dud is def worth passing up.....unless its free

4/5 You want gore?????
  by Kim A. Harper (Lubbock, Texas United States)
you got it. Good acting? I thought so. Good plot? Twisted I really dont know who the bad guy is and why he is killing people. Still he's good. I love the chrome mask he wears. Not many slow moments. The main character is very good looking. I won't ever trade or sell this DVD.

4/5 Skeletor Goes Toasty
  by Micheal Hunt (Hellbourne)
I thought the cover looked cool enough to get my attention enough to rent this one. And I expected it to be just another cheap horror movie like so many being made these days, but this one actually does have redeeming value that if a sequel was made, i would definitely check it out. The story is of a girl who wakes up inside a coffin and suffer amnesia, she has no idea who she is, only that a maniac in a chrome skull mask is just outside the door trying to kill her. She escapes the place she is in and winds up getting more people involved as this slasher is after her. It's very much in the same tone as a Jason or Leatherface kind of thing, only it combines elements like what made the old slasher films fun with a modern day incorporation into them. It does not try to focus too much on CGI blood and guts, or over do the whole stupid innocent girl revealing too much of her body & running up stairs sort of thing. It's more a modern day kind of slasher film that involves incorporating a lot of newer technologies such as a mobile phones, use of the internet and video cameras as the killer likes to record himself killing his victims. However it does not go into such depth that it makes it a stupid sci-fi kind of horror.

Some things in the movie where kind of hard to pick up on, but if you listen to the audio commentary they explain a lot of the things you missed, and the 3rd time around watching the movie things fall into place. Except the ending, I wont give it away, but I thought it could have been a bit better drawn out instead if the way it is over in a short frame of time.

The acting is pretty good for a low budget horror flick, none of those annoying half naked bimbos running around trying to out-do all the other scream queens. The film is shot nicely, has a completely believable plot, none of that over the top mysteriousness to it, and nothing really seems to slow the movie down from being entertaining from start to finish. It is a pretty fast paced movie, and should not leave you yawning for the next kill to come along. For gore fans, there is some nice visual effects to be seen here, nothing to me looked like it was done so bad it was funny, or that completely fake looking CGI stuff. Most of the effects where done using a bunch of different elements to give it the best look they could.

It also comes with a few bonus features I was not really thrilled by; 2 featurettes, deleted scenes, bloopers, a trailer and of coarse the audio commentary. For fans of classic slasher films, this one should ne rather enjoyable to watch. Give it a rent at least, and keep in mind it is not meant to be a classic horror movies rip-off, as more just a back to basics type of slasher film with a cool looking killer on the loose. So ignore those reviews or things you hear that it is just another Jason rip off, it may be seen as that, but it's a decent rip-off if you wanna look at it from that point of view.

4/5 Enjoyable slasher romp!
  by John Lindsey (Socorro, New Mexico USA.)


A mysterious girl (Bobbi Sue Luther) with no memory has awoke from nearly being buried alive in a funeral paroler as she suffers a bad head injury. Unfortunately there seems to be a Chromeskull-faced killer (Nick Principe) is after her but two men named Tucker (Kevin Gage) and Steven (Sean Whalen) protect her as they must try to avoid this mad lunatic from butchering them as they must find a way to stop them.

Exciting and very violent slasher horror movie from writer-director-make up artist Robert Hall is a fun popcorn ride for any old school horror fan. It has the feel of those 80's slasher gore-a-thons with the modern touch of violence from the "Saw" and "Hostel" franchises, the make-up effects are very convincing and well done with a small use of CGI and the old school ways. Lena Headly ("300") co-stars and the acting is not too bad but i do appreciate that this movie has a modern feel to classics like "Maniac" and "My Bloody Valentine", it's pure grisly fun.

This DVD contains the unrated Director's Cut with extras like audio commentary, featurettes, trailer and outtakes.

4/5 Laying in Blood
  by Richard Nervous (Florida)
I didn't expect a whole lot from this movie but I was nicely surprised. I wouldn't say it was a classic but it definitely made me feel like I was watching an 80's slasher flick again, but this one really moved without a lot of "dead" time.

Most of the 80's slasher flicks start off with a bang, then die out for a while to tell a story, usually just really bad acting for a good 20 - 30 mins (depending on the film) and then we get back to stalking and slashing, this one really didn't do that and started right off from the opening credits.

There were some inherent problems in the film like lack of a real story etc but that's a typical slasher movie, do we really need to have a well woven plot? Not really in my book, but you better have some good kills along with a decent pace so that I don't just start fast forwarding the flick to get to the good parts.

There is no need in this movie, it opens up with a girl in a coffin and from there a masked killer follows this girl. She can't remember anything about how she got there or why she is in a morgue to start with. It's not really until the end that you learn a little more about her but in between all of that there are people that just show up to basically be killed. The nice thing about this flick is that they really didn't go with the CGI stuff and instead decided to do this with more traditional effects. That was a smart move and really puts a bit of reality into this film.

Here's a breakdown of the pros and cons as I see them:

Pros
Great Effects
Quick Pacing (not many slow parts)
Good Photography (although I caught the boom mike in a couple of scenes - no big deal there)
Ok Acting
Great 80's throwback slasher flick (much better than the overrated Hatchet - at least to me)

Cons
Not much plot
Characters that do really dumb things, of course
No extras on my DVD that I could find
Implausibility of some of the killing scenes

That's about it, if you want a ride back to the 80's then this is the film for you, if you don't like blood and guts and the 80's slasher style film, move on to something else.