Two
teens drive through the woods for a
backwoods party and run into a beautiful
young woman named Natalie (Jamie-Lynn
Sigler) while they got a flat tire and
wait for a tow truck so they meet up with
a crazed forest ranger named Ranger Bill
(David Johansen) and they set up a
campfire and he tells them three spooky
stories.
The
first one is about a retarded mental
patient (George Kmeck) who is getting
tortured in an institution where he
eventually murders some of the staff
there and escapes to a highschool where
he works there as a Janitor and a bunch
of football jocks torment him and the
patient injures one of them so they track
him down at a forest as he kills all but
the injured one which he takes him to the
institution and tortures him to death.
The
second story Ranger Bill tells them is
about a group of punks who hang out at a
diner where there's a bunch of elderly
people hanging out there.
They run into a native indian and decide
to follow him and kill him, then try to
take his money and drugs but when they
are stoned they see images of snakes and
beetles forming out of them and then they
turn elderly themselves as the indian
legend says if you take their belongings
they'll drain the life right out of you.
Then
the third story Ranger Bill announces is
a story about a girl who is convinced
that someone is stalking her as she also
sees a lipstick writings on her mirror of
an obscene message and thinks that it is
two pranksters she knows so she invites
them over to do a truth or dare game then
sets her roomate out to do some video
taping like the Blair
Witch Project and one
by one they are hacked to death.
Then
after Ranger Bill finishes the story the
tow truck comes to pick up their car and
then go to the backwoods party at a pub
where the gothic punk band the Misfits are playing and the characters from
Bill's story come to life there and kill
the two boys.
The wraparound story looks very Are You Afraid of the Dark like
but geared for grown up's instead of
pre-teens as the setting looks great.
The first story during
the very beginning looks dark and creepy
with the killings happening in the asylum done by a mental patient as
this chapter looked promising but then it
takes place as a highchool when he
disguises himself as a Janitor as the
story looks too teenyboppish horror as
well as in the woods.
The ending scene is truly creepy too
between this dude and one of the mian character's Donny. I won't tell. This is a secret.
The second story is the best out of all
with on how it was all done and the makers deserve an award for it and is totally
watchable all the way through . You don't
want to miss it.
The scene with all three characters
Robbie, B.J. and Michelle looked great as
bas ass killers.
Then there's an awesome set with a
local native indian at his burial
summoning up spirits of creatures to
enter his soul which looked terrific with
the cheesy computer effects.
Then the real fun happens when the three
punks members getting high as they looked like
they were really stroned and then seeing
the hallucinations while they are stoned
would really trip you out.
We have a nice moment in the third
story especially on the main character Melissa when she suddenly reacts to
some strange sounds outside of a house at
night making the set creepy wondering
what is out there.
We have a nice discussion inside the
house with Melissa and Beatrice on how to get even with
someone they encountered doing pranks on
them which gives it a nice boost to a
mysterious plot.
There's also a slapstick moment between Beatrice and Deputy Horace Pell when they first encounter one
another which was right on target.
Then there's the truth or dare scenario
hosted by Beatrice which makes you thinks that she's going
to be the killer but it would be too
obvious.
Then we have neat Blair Witch takes with
a person video taping deadly scenarios
and killing other people which looked
wonderfully done.
There's a great intense moments with Beatrice and Melissa after they experience
some corpses.
When we are at the end of the wraparound
segment the pieces really come together
which really looked inspirational
including the cameo by the gothic punk
band The Misfits.
Bottom line is that this is a no-budgeter but still an
enjoyable one. I liked the last chapter
the best as it is very mysterious and
very Blair Witch style.
Some of the chapters are corny but some
are greatly well done as this anthology
blends both horror and comedy too.
All the chapters are sweet and simple.
The second chapter is the best as it
offers horror and fantasy in one.
Although most horror antholigies suck
this one is very good and one of my
favourite anthologies.
The acting is
average but we get to see our favourite Soprano's favourite TV actress Jamie-Lynn
Sigler (Natalie) who seems to stand out well
with her character.
David
Johansen (Ranger Bill) who plays the Forest Ranger
performs way too hokey as he is supposed
to play a demented character but after
watching the wraparound for a few times
it was intentionally meant to be that way
and he proves himself a worthy character
actor.
During the first story actor George
Kmeck (Patient/Janitor) does a fine job with his
demented role making his character come
to life as a mentally disturbed lunatic. He performance was greatly
done with his expressionless looks and
then performs menacing when he is about
to kill.
However, the other actors like John
Hensley (Donny) needs a bit of work but
seems fine as a typical teenage bully
jock.
In the second story we have great
performances by all of the actors.
The
one who stands out the most in my mind is Tommy Nohilly (Robbie) as he makes a great
bad ass character.
Now the third one we have more fine
perforances mainly by lead actress Abigail
Spencer (Melissa) as she really gets into
character with her frightening emotions
of what is happeneing and is just plain
terrific.
We have a goofy performance by C.J.
Wilson (Deputy Horace Pell) as a dimwitted sherrif.
Kerry Butler (Beatrice) was also wonderful
represeting herself as a vengeful
character and is the best one out of all
in this story
During the first story,
some people are stabbed through a head
and neck with a disecting knife in the
first story and then a teen towards the
end of it is about to be sawed and
there's blood.
The final story we have
bloodied corpses and a slit throat.
The music composed
for this film was perfectly done and not
the typical cheesy synthesizer playing as
we hear some awesome guitar riffs in the
second story with the wild effects
happening involving the burial ground we
have three dirfferent composers for each
copater by Don Oriolo, Chris
Stone and Lance Quinn.
There's a songtrack at the end of the
wraparound story are performed by the
gothic punk rock band the Misfits with
"We're Waiting for You" .
We also have other songtracks by:
"Who Knows What Tomorrow
Brings" by Flesh Puppets
"Welcome to my Hell" by Manic
Cirkus
Sitting Tea" by Mighty Quinton
There's a Fungus Among Us" by Jimmy
Suicide
"Were Gonna Need a Friend" by Bill
Swaim
"Sahara Sunrise" by Felix
and the Buzzcats
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