A
disturbed man Carver (Steve Kramer)
lives in a big castle with his family but
doesn't think that the real world is
normal when it comes to things like pop
music or listening to ipods. Plus he has
a wicked way on punishment as he drags
his daughter Naomi (Robin Sidney) down to
a dungeon and puts her on a stretcher
without any food for a few days.
She thinks that this is a normal
lifestyle but yet she becomes very free
spiriited and exploring other things
especially a romance with a teenage boy
Jensen (Rane Jameson) in which he's
with a bunch of criminals destined to
kill this family making out that they're
filmmakers but he tries to protect her
from them.
Yet the family has a darker secret in
which they have these doll type creatures
to give them an evil power to protect
themselves from any intruder.
Finding that this
flick is by Full Moon
Entertainment I figured I'd be
in for a treat since I'm a big fan of
their flicks and I was pretty darned
impressed since many of their productions
borrow from their other work like Puppet
Master and so fourth.
There's a good beginning with a father
named Carver is dragging his daughter
Naomi into a dungeon of a castle and
putting her on a stretcher which is a
nice touch to a beginning of a horror
flick in which you wonder why he's being
so nasty to this innocent teenager.
Then you see Carver being nasty at an
eating table towards a mentally
challenged brother Peter with him crying
in hysterics which makes you think to
yourself "What the hell is wrong
with this brute???" This character
sure brings on a good psychological
horror feel to all of this but then Naomi
comes on all full of life and happy like
her punishment never happened at all.
This leaves an impression to anyone
thinking that this family is totally not
normal at all.
Then there's moments with Naomi listening
to rock music on an ipod and her Mom
named Lisbeth comes in to talk to her
about what her father would do if he
catches her with it. You totally think to
yourself that this family is more
intimidating than Margaret White in Carrie
showing more restrictions. Not only that,
she isn't really allowed out of her
castle which is more freaky since this
family wants to be different than anyone
else. It's a nice look with a family
member trying to be different but yet
mixed up with her morals thinking her
punishment is an okay thing on being
tortured and starved.
There's some disturbing moments with
someone named Kimi trying to convince
Carver to use his castle for his film
shoot trying to act nice and pleasant but
he acts obnoxious and unfriendly towards
them all in which brings on the
psychological feel to the plot hoping
that this nice group of people won't
suddenly turn out nasty back.
There's more creepy moments with Carver
getting nasty with his punishment towards
Naomi which will make you cringe on how
things are going with all of this which
makes you think of anyone who's nasty
towards another for something that they
don't like and are scared of facing the
consequences in the end.
There's also scene's on Naomi talking to
her sick grandfather in bed but he is not
revealed. Yet you spot a clawed hand in
which you know that something is dead
wrong here and is a bit shocking when
this grandfather is revealed.
There's also some descent romantic
moments in the story involving Naomi with
a supposed type of thief named Jenson in
which he seems to be the black sheep out
of the gang he's with which is nice and
touching. After all most horror stories
or any other story have these types in
them when it comes to the lowdown on
things. There's also these types of
magical creatures who appear the odd
times in the castle in which they look
like Toulon's puppet creations gone wrong
big time.
There's also a darker secret with the
familty close to the end of the film as
well as ghoulishly types of acts giving
the film an extra touch to it. Right when
you think there might be a happy ending
it backfires in which the flick makes you
want a sequel to anyone who likes twisted
horror films.
Bottom line is this film is well done
with lots of mysterious twists and turns
on people making out in who they say they
are but not who they're cracked up to be
along with a crazed family who thinks
that reality isn't normal at all. All of
this can psych you out and this one is a
must for anyone who likes Full
Moon flicks.
The acting is
quite good in which lead actress Robin
Sidney (Naomi) really brought her
character to life. She really knew on how
to get spooked and cry hysterically
whenever she was abused or punished in a
bad way. She knew how to turn that around
by acting cheery and full of life showing
a great diversity in which you wonder if
she has a split personality or not. A nice hissing
reaction and devilish expression while talking evilly towards someone else which was a good new twist to
her performance in it. All
in all she proved to be a versatile
character actress.
Samantha
Light (Lisbeth) really portrayed a
great motherly type of role but having a
basket case type of attitude. She brought
a nice understanding type of feel in
which she seemed very realistic at doing
so. She also showed another side to her
role by acting sharp or yet very unnormal
which seemed quite chilling and
mysterious.
Steve Kramer (Carver) truly brought
on the creepiness as an evil father and
family man in the film in which he was a
perfect key role to the horror plot in
the flick. He brought out great
bitterness and aggressions in which he
came across as perfectly intimidating.
Intense moment with him storming in and getting nasty towards his fellow actress by
telling her she's going back in the
cellar in which this work was believeably
intimidating as well as him stuffing her
face with the food which looked strongly performed. I
found him to be the best out of the whole
cast since you'd wonder if he's really
like that.
Rane Jameson (Jensen) really brought
on a nice teenage boy type of charm and
appeal to his role in the film in which
seems necessary for a horror story like
this one. He drew it in quite well
showing a perfect descency and romantic
behavior as the odd one of the thieves
involved in the film. A great
shocked expression on his face as if he's
going to get sick which was highly
energised.
Kim Argestsinger (Kimi) brought on a
nice calm girl type of attitude during
the very beginning of her performance in
which she seemed to pull off a deceiving
businesswoman kind of appeal looking like
she's someone who's harmless but then she
really knew how to act vicious and cold
with her words when she reveals on who
she really is showing a great versatality
in her role like most of these cast
members.
Lucia Stara (Claudia) portrayed a
perfect maid in the flick with her strong
italian accent as well as showing a good
aggressive attitude when she needed to be
that way. She did all of her roles nicely
with her supporting role and becoming a
nice drawing card to the story.
Giacomo Gonnella (Peter) was another
great drawing card to the plot playing
someone who is mentally challenged and
acting upset over things in which he
shows some good outrageous emotional
behavior in his part. Also with his role
on what he's diagnosed with he certainly
brought on a fair intimidating attitude
when he needed to do so.
Robin Sidney takes
off her top exposing her full breasts
while staring in a mirror as well as a
behind shot briefly exposing her butt.
Some insides of a person is
eaten.
A corpse of rotting flesh close to the
bone is revealed.
There's many good effective
sounds like low violin type of music
coming from a synthesizer in which this
doesn't sound too cheesy at all along
with high pitched music for the
suspenseful moments too. The music sounds
like effective classical orchestra
sounding.
Naomi: You and I are
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