 
A mass murderer named
Max Seed (Will Sanderson) is caught by
the police even if it was a tough
struggle in order to do so since some
lives were taken due to this and is
having a death sentence in which a family
man named Detective Matt Bishop (MIchael
Pare) is responsible for discovering his
evil deeds.
While he gets his sentence in an electric
chair with lots of shocks he doesn't seem
to die but Warden Arnold Calgrove (Ralf
Moeller) and everyone else pronounces him
dead and buries him alive but he digs his
way out of his grave as well as killing
the executioner in the electric chair. He
then swims away from the island of the
prison he stayed at and goes on a killing
spree in the nearby land which means a
threat to Matt and his family as well as
the others around him.
I found this to be
a very screwed up horror film in which it
shows some beginnings of this maniac
torturing and killing animals on a snuff
tape in which I found this to be
incredibly disturbing and unnecessary as
well as going into a bunch of rushed
scene's too with the police having
discussions to track down this killer
Seed as there's some good jumping moments
with the police being killed by him with
many great dark moments here and there
but yet the story doesn't pick up too
much after that.
Some good shots on a bunch of officers looking at snuff films
along with good close up shots on the
the others too being disturbed by all of this.
There's many great fast action camera
shots on the officers
hunting down this killer in his house
with some good shots on Max Seed appearing and doing away
some of these people which looked
energetic
There's a good shot on Warden Arnold Calgrove walking past a jail cell with an
inmate peeking his head out of his cell
screaming aggressions towards him which
looked energetically paced.
Of course there's some warden's taunting
Seed in his cell which you know right
away that this is a bad idea since he
kills them showing that he is a powerful
killer like you see with other horror
villains like Michael Myers or
Leatherface. But then there's the death
sentence which almost reminds me of a
darker gloomier version of Shocker. Just watching all of it makes you cringe
on how the police in the US do death
sentences and this person not dying no
matter how hard they try.
But there's some good settings with Seed
escaping the prison on an island and then
going into the water to swim to the other
end which seemed to look quite gloomy and
a necessary setting for a film like this
one.
Then later on there's some good jumps
with one of the employees at the prison
looking at the side of his bed and then
gets caught by surprise which is every
child's nightmare thinking that something
creepy is under their bed at night. Well
if they saw this scene I bet they'd never
want to sleep in a bed again ever.
A nice dark shot on Max walking outside and starting to swim in
the ocean.
A good shot on a supporting
character Flynn getting ready
for bed shutting off the lights and then
sitting on the bed along with a good
camera shot and blocking movement by him
looking at the side of his bed with
suddenly Seed appearing
from beneath and attacking him which is a
perfect jumping moment which saves the film
from bombing.
There's also a peaceful moment with a
family watching TV and you get the
impression that this will be disturbed
soon by Seed when he seeks revenge on the
family man who was responsible for
getting him arrested in the first place.
There's a good moment with someone getting harsh
towards Detective Matt Bishop on their discussion with
Seed which looked powerfully done.
Good close up shots between Matt and Emily Bishop about their problems
that they're having which looked quite
mysterious and darkly put together which
seemed pretty well done.
For anyone who is getting used to a
horror flick but can't handle some
disturbing moments like being mentioned
as of now you definetely don't want to
see this moment with Seed hitting a woman
tied up in a kitchen in the head with an
object in which he does it lightly
eventually hitting her harder and harder.
Then going at it big time... Yeah you get
the picture here. This was a
psychological horror scene to the
extreme.
A good shot on a kidnapped woman tied
to a chair sobbing along with nice
blocking motions on Seed circling her as well as using an object
hitting her lightly on her head as well
as really getting into it striking her
harder and harder in which this looked very intensely well done.
Then close to the end of the film we see Matt trying to save his wife
and daughter in which he talks to Seed at
a TV screen which seems to borrow heavily
from the Saw movies. This moment was a
complete ripoff big time. Yet a great moment with him watching a TV screen trying to
desperately communicate with Seed on the other end as well as a good camera
shot on this maniac on the other
end circling around Matt's wife and their daughter sobbing in which this looked piece quite tense and
hard to watch.
Bottom line is there's some good
performances and directing in the film
which saves the story from bombing in
which this movie was totally pointless
and worthless. It seems like the makers
were trying to invent a new powerful
killer going to the more extreme than
what you'd see in Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, Friday the
13th, Halloween or even a Nightmare On Elm Street.
It's a complete failure regardless on
what it's trying to be. The ending is a
total bomb I must say but leaving a door
open for a sequel in which I'm not
holding my breath on. All in all this
film is for fans who like sick snuff type
of films. A good one to avoid otherwise.
The acting is
quite good in which lead actor Michael
Pare (Detective Matt Bishop) really
brought some tense energy to his role
along with his nice scared emotions. He
brings all of this well to the screen and
making himself believeably troubled with
every performance he did throughout the
story. A great intense moment on him after discovering a slaughter in his
bathroom and panicking by running down
the atairs and out the door which looked
energetically paced.
Will Sanderson (Max Seed) had no
speaking lines in his role and always had
some sort of a sack over his head but yet
he came across as extremely powerful,
deadly and masculine. He sure drew to the
audience with his deadly deeds and really
knowing his stuff for his role.
Does well suddenly reacting to the jolts sitting in
the electric chair which was impressive
as he reacted well to the intensity. He can
portray a great horror character like you
see in other intense horror films.
Without a doubt he can get a good fanbase
due to what he did in this terrible flick
in which he gave this one a bonus from
saving it to bombing.
Ralf Moeller (Warden Arnold Calgrove) had
the perfect hard faced looks for his
character as well as bringing a great
seriousness too. He shows a nice no
bullshit type of behavior along with
trying to hide his insecurities too and
showing a terrific strictness to his role
as well.
There's many
gruesome quick shots on animals being
slayed on a snuff tape along with fast
shots on bugs eating corpses alive
Lots of heads being slayed and bloodied
An eye is stabbed along with a head being
bloodily bashed in a jail cell
A nose is bitten off
A head officer is stabbed through the
heart with a sharp metal object
A woman's head is slowly being beaten to
a pulp and then blood spraying around
with this maniac doing more brutal
bashings to the head
A bloodied corpse is revealed in a
bathtub
A man shoots himself in the head lying in
a pool of blood
The music I must say was
incredibly effective with the hissing
noises as well as the major banging
sounds too as well as some touching piano
playing for the peaceful moments too.
Alot of the other sounds effects sounded
quite powerful too which was all composed
by Jessica de Rooij |
