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Enter Nowhere Review

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Enter Nowhere Cover PosterMovie: Enter Nowhere
Year: 2011
Studio: Caliber Media Company
Director: Jack Heller
Stars: Sara Paxton, Scott Eastwood, Katherine Waterston
Language: English
Length: 89 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Thrillers

 

Plot: After each facing hardships that changed their lives, three strangers find themselves mysteriously gathered at a remote cabin — and as they discover the connection that links them, they must join forces to survive and make it out of the woods.

Review: Enter Nowhere begins with a run-of-the-mill convenience store robbery when one of the assailants wants the clerk to open the safe before escaping the crime. The cashier says something bizarre, and right when you are ready for some action, the story shifts to a woman in the woods with only a broken down cabin around.

From there a few characters appear out of nowhere, and basically, there are 3 people stranded in the woods trying to cope with getting back to their lives. One of the three characters is Sara Paxton from Shark Night 3D and the new, lethargic ghost movie, The Innkeepers.

The story starts to drag at an unprecedented level with the only mystery being how are all these people are connected. Even when it is revealed, 90% of viewers would have probably of guessed what the twist is. There are very few scares and while this does hit the horror genre, it is one that doesn’t particularly deserve it.

There are a few good things to mention with Enter Nowhere, namely the acting, the characters were all vastly different and it made for some interesting conversations. Another positive point is there are a few flashback style scenes that were pulled off well, with crazy coloring, bright hues and spiraling camerawork.

Enter Nowhere was just released on DVD at the end of April, and for the horror fan, their just isn’t anything here to grab your attention or maintain any level of fright whatsoever. The movie is a bore and one I could see many fans stopping the film before it is over and going to something else. Enter Nowhere is a drag and should be avoided. If you want a Sara Paxton film to watch I recommend the remake of The Last House On The Left, a much better horror movie for sure.

Reviewer: BillChete
Date: 06/15/2012
Rating: 3/10
Recommendation: Avoid		 Trailer: Watch
DVD: J&R
VOD: Amazon
Social Media: Twitter

Piranha 3DD Review

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Piranha 3DD Cover PosterMovie: Piranha 3DD
Year: 2012
Studio: Dimension Films – The Weinstein Company
Director: John Gulager
Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner
Language: English
Length: 83 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Animals, Horror/Comedy

 

Plot: There’s blood in the water when a hungry pack of piranhas set their sights on scoring tasty morsels from a bustling water park in this second installment of the popular 3D franchise. The all-star cast of potential victims includes David Hasselhoff, Christopher Lloyd, Gary Busey and Ving Rhames.

Review: I was not a huge fan of Piranha 3D, matter of fact, I came in with a generous rating of 5, middle boat if you will. Overt comedy and over-the-top scenarios is not my thing, so I wasn’t looking forward to this sequel as I expected the same, and that is exactly what I got with Piranha 3DD.

It’s not all bad here. There are some cameos; Gary Busey had a brief part and Christopher Lloyd comes back for a second time to play the crazy scientist who is the only one in the world that knows about these genetically mutated fish. David Hasselhoff of Knight Rider fame plays a small role as does Ving Rhames, who you thought was dead in the first one. He is wheelchair-ridden and legless due to the piranha chomping off his extremities, and he is now terrified of the water because of it.

The story shifts to another town where a new Water Park is opening. It might sound bizarre when you think how do piranha get into water rides in a theme park? But it all makes sense when the charismatic and crooked owner pumps water in from a nearby river, then all hell breaks loose on flume rides, pools and the like.

The 3D effects were dumbed down compared to the first one and generally very good. Actually, I liked the 3D in the first one, so I was perplexed as to why they didn’t go the same route with this one. Maybe the 3D haters didn’t want them overused, and they weren’t for the most part. There were still plenty of “in your face” thrills that will keep the 3D audience entertained.

On a positive note, the lead is played by Danielle Panabaker who I adore. She is a very talented actress and holds her own in horror movies. Danielle was the best thing about John Carpenter’s The Ward, and she also had roles in the Friday The 13th remake and The Crazies remake. The acting across the board was great, even though they had to play these goofy characters. Where the line was drawn was with David Hasselhoff. The Baywatch music theme played many times in the film, just to give it that added extra cheese factor I loathe.

Piranha 3DD is airing at limited theaters across the world, but a good thing is that you can stream the movie right now on Facebook or YouTube for a small fee, compared to what theaters are charging. If you liked the first one, Piranha 3DD will entertain you, there are boobs galore, hot women and nonsensical scenarios as in the original. I will be coming in with the same rating as the first, only for Danielle Panabaker. If it wasn’t for her, this would have been several notches below. So for my recommendation, give it an online stream for $6.99, it sure isn’t boring and there is plenty of eye-candy there to keep you chuckling and engaged. Was it scary…absolutely not.

Reviewer: BillChete
Date: 06/05/2012
Rating: 5/10
Recommendation: VOD		 Trailer: Watch
DVD: N/A
VOD: Facebook, YouTube
Social Media: WikiPedia

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) Review

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The Human Centipede 2 - Full Sequence Cover PosterMovie: The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Year: 2011
Studio: Six Entertainment Company
Director: Tom Six
Language: English
Length: 85 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Torture, Thriller

Plot: Disturbed loner Martin is so obsessed with the shock horror film The Human Centipede that he decides to replicate that film’s grisly experiment. In this meta-sequel, the stakes are raised, with 12 unlucky souls enduring surgical hell.

Review: I want to start off by saying that I really enjoyed the first movie, it was highly original and I found it to be very entertaining, sick and demented and I rated it as one to watch. When I heard there was going to be a sequel, I was ecstatic and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I was pleased to find out that Amazon’s Video on Demand was playing this film.

For my review I will start with the negatives of The Human Centipede 2; number one and foremost the film is in black & white. The writer/director Tom Six thought that this would raise the bar in the scare factor of the movie and make it out to be more believable. I totally disagree! I think it would of been so much better in color, there were so many kill scenes and blood spattering that color would of made it so much more intense. I love gory movies and the gorier the better and with this movie being in black & white I think it takes away from that so that it doesn’t seem as gruesome.

Another negative I had was there was very little talking in the movie. The lead character does not speak a word, he utterly mumbles a few things and makes some sound effects. It is not so much that I wanted to hear him talk because I think that it made him out to be much more deranged and psychotic, but I think there should of been a little more conversations throughout.

One final negative, I wanted to see more of the actual surgeries of attaching 12 people together. There were only a few brief scenes where you see some cutting and some stapling of the mouths to the anus. I am the type of horror fan that likes to see everything, the gorier the better. Just would of liked some more in there.

Now for the positives; I really like how they incorporated the first movie into this one with the lead character watching the actual movie and attaining his disgusting sadistic and inhuman idea. Also I liked the fact that they had one of the actual stars in the first one, which is Ashlynn Yennie. This sequel is much more vulgar, disgusting and downright nauseating. Plenty of bashing in heads and blood spattering kills.

The lead role played by Laurence Harvey was perfect! You could not of gotten a better person for this role. He had me convinced that he was totally out there I mean outer space out there in his role. His demeanor, fat belly, bulging eyes and evil sick little chuckles made this the perfect part for him.

I will finish up by saying that the director left the film open for another sequel. This movie is definitely not for the weak or faint hearted and you might want to have a vomit bag handy especially for one of scenes near the end of the movie. I really liked the ending, I was surprised and shocked! True horror fans, this is one movie you will want to see, that is if you can stomach it!!!

Reviewer: ChrisiFix
Date: 11/05/2011
Rating: 6½/10
Recommendation: Stream It		 Trailer: Watch
VOD: Amazon Instant Video
BluRay: N/A
Social Media: Wikipedia