A lonely teenage kid
named Michael Bower (Edward Furlong) who
is fascinated with horror movies
discovers an ad for a mysterious computer
game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor
the game into the most terrifying
experience imaginable.
Well
he falls asleep while trying the game and
enters a house near his neighborhood by
stabbing a man asleep to death and
cutting off his leg.
After he plays the game he finds it alot
of fun but then spots the murder on the
news and then encounters meets the evil
Trickster (T. Ryder Smith) and is
horrified to find evidence that the
brutal murder depicted in the game
actually happened -- and he's the killer.
He can't seem to put a stop to the
madness plus is being questioned by the
head Detective named Hayden (Frank
Langella) about the cases after Michael
experiences that his only friend named
Kyle (James Marsh) was killed as well.
Next plan is that he will be put in a
trance to murder the girl of his dreams
named Kimberly (Amy Hargreaves) but can
he stop himself in time?
A film that tried
to bring back the mainstream horror craze
but sadly it didn't succeed yet. This
film was still very well done regardless
with the dark humor and the spooky
surroundings of being in a trance and
murdering.
The film almost tried to be a new Elm
Street type of flick and I could
see it having sequels and a cult
following but sadly it didn't do that
either. However, many knew the film and
saw it but did better going onto video
after it's short theatrical release.
The film has alot of neat twists and
special effects to top it all off.
The acting is
great in this film as lead actor Edward
Furlong still struts his stuff since
his days in Terminator 2:
Judgement Day really knowing how
to freak out about playing the computer
game and being a murderer.
Frank Langella does a great job with
his serious attitude as a concerned
detective on the murder cases
T. Ryder Smith was
fabulous as the evil one behind the game
Trickster with his evil charming attitude
and demonic expressions. He can really
meet up to Robert Englund as
Freddy Krueger.
Amy Hargreaves pulls off not too bad
as a beautiful teenage girl for the
scream queen in this one which is what we
needed.
Supporting actor James Marsh
presented himself well as the outrageous
friend fascinated by horror movies, heavy
metal music and games too truly knowing
how to play an outsider.
A child's leg is mangled
A man's leg is cut off
The directing by John
Flynn is very well done as he shows
an impressive beginning to the film with
a close up shot on Edward Furlong
with his eyes closed showing that he is
having a nightmare which looked good as
well as a child actor playing his younger
self performed by Tod Fennel with
a good shot on him limping on the ground
from a bad accident. Both of this
combination looked perfect.
There's a nice shot on supporting actor Jérôme
Tiberghien storming in slowly with
expressionless looks as a principal
catching his student watching a horror
movie while supposed to be doing
schoolwork.
We also have a good and stern dialogue
between the two of them in the office.
A nice shot on the camera
luring in around a house and having
T. Ryder Smith's voice
commanding every move which looked
perfect and dark. There's a great shot on
bit part actor Vlasta Vrana tossing
and turning in his bed fast asleep. A
perfect shot on him being stabbed and his
reaction to it and a good shot on a house
cat watching.
A great shocked and frightened expression
on Furlong's face while spotting
the death he experienced from his game on
the TV news.
A great shot on the cut off foot in a
refrigerator.
Furlong really let it out well after
smashing a game disk he received in the
mail.
We see many great and intense dialogue
sequences between Furlong and Smith
up in an attic as Furlong
knew how to freak out with his actions
and Smith acted evilly witty and
demonic like towards him.
Furlong reacted well after watching
himself on TV after videotaping himself
and getting angry after seeing what he is
about to do.
Furlong is terrific when he tries to
contact his friend and really spazzing
out.
There are nice shots on both Furlong and
Amy Hargreaves making out in bed
together and then a good shot on
Hargreaves suddenly turning into Vrana
acting vicious and attacking like.
Good shots on Furlong running in
the woods with people after him.
We spot a great expressionless and cold
look on Furlong's face when he
is about to kill again and a good
frightened reactions on Hargreaves
too.
Furlong does a nice performance by
trashing his computer and other devices
in his attic.
A good shot on Tiberghien with Smith
sitting in the principal's chair
acting cool while Furlong is talking and
giving Tiberghien the CD to play
the game.
We have some
creepy violin and synthesizer tones by John
Flynn as well as some good piano
playing too.
We have a perfect 90's heavy metal
soundtrack by groups such as
White Zombie - "Thunder Kiss '65
(Swinging Lovers Remix)"
Old - "A Beginning/Two of Me" ,
"Freak Now/Pericynthion"
Ben London - "AFC Theme" ,
"Shapes"
The Butthole Surfers - "Leave Me
Alone"
Dr.
Fromberg: What was the you were
watching, Mr. Brower?
Michael: "Death, Death,
Death...
Dr. Fromberg: I see.
Michael: ...Part 2"
Dr. Fromberg: Oh my god. Tell me
Michael, why do you watch these films?
Michael: Really?
Dr. Fromberg: Yes, I want to
understand.
Michael: Well, it's kind of like
an escape.
Dr. Fromberg: An escape. Like
lighting up on marijuana or watching a
pornographic sex film, getting an
erection and raping someone?
Michael: I don't think erections
rape people, people rape people. .
Michael:
It wasn't supposed to be real!
Michael:
Kyle!
Kyle: No, it's Axl Rose!
[Micheal
hugs Kyle]
Kyle: Watch out for my lucky
charms! They're magically delicious!
Hahaha!
Kyle:
That outfit's totally bitchin'.
Stacie: You think so?
Kyle: I know so. You look just
like that one girl in that one video by
what's his face. Only better.
Michael:
Erections don't rape people, people rape
people.
Michael
Bower: Kyle!
Kyle: No, Axl Rose!
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