Preview to the Review
Well folks where do I begin, this is not the review to the film that would be posted below, but how long have we waited for this movie? 10-15 years about. well it’s finally here the day all horror fans have been waiting for.
And then BAM Blackout all across the Northeast. I was last night on a train headed into New York City to see an advanced screening of the film, hoping to have a review up last night. Instead I got to live in an action movie for about an hour, I was stuck on the train heading into the city when it just stopped. A guy with a Cell Phone that happen to have internet service, and mind you was the only phone on the train that worked happened to go to CNN.com and found out what was going on. My friend Scott and I were like screw this and us along with about 7-10 other people decided to get off the train, which happened to be on top of a 12 foot hill covered in rocks. So we got everyone off ran to the bottom of the hill, and jumped over a fence. I was the first one over and on impact kinked my neck. Well needless to say even though my neck feels like shit today. We managed to help most of the people over the fence and letting them know how to get to the nearest station. I had no way of getting home, however my Cell Phone happened to work but it only let me get though to my Ex-Girlfriends house, after trying to call my house and friends. Well I saved her ass plenty of times and well she finally saved mine. (Thanks hun.)
And then came today, I woke up about 9:30, and ran to the nearest theater paying Freddy vs. Jason, the power came back on about 2:30am last night. So I figured everything was back to normal. WRONG. I drove the twenty mins. to the theater and they had no power. So Hence that was Strike two. So now I will be going to the local Mom and Pop theater at 12:30pm to see the film. Will I Strike out. Well Be back here by 4pm and see if I did.
Thanks Guys,
-Horror Bob
The Review
All you horror fan and fans of the “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” films will be happy with this film. It stays true to the roots of both films and has plenty of blood, guts and gore. Freddy and Jason do not hold back at all when it comes to taking a life.
Some things that bothered me about the movie however was some of the dialogue used, now I know I should not be all crazy about the dialogue, after all it would not be a horror film without bad dialogue, but some of it (especially at the beginning get together scene) turned me off. Then it died off and got better. In my opinion it started off slow, and I wanted to see more of Jason and Freddy. The second act got better and we got more action and even more action towards the end of the film. The fight scenes were classic, I mean Freddy and Jason beat the living shit out of one another. But besides the slow start and the bad dialogue in certain scenes I really don’t have any other complaints.
The Special Effects were pretty good, even the CGI was not pretty good. However yet another stupid thing that I just thought was dumb but many other people might find funny is the Freddy worm. The Freddy worm comes with it’s own Bong, Yeah a bong complete with weed and all, I’m guessing that’s a shout out to all the stoners who will be in the theaters, I just thought it was stupid, yet I did laugh. Some great scenes that use CGI included bodies cut in half, head twisted off, Jason getting thrown around like a pinball by Freddy. Jason kicking Freddy ass all over the place, and Freddy surprisingly enough kicking the hell out of Jason. I don’t want to give to much away, But you’ll see for yourself when you go see the film.
The Acting is not that bad, however I think some of the actors performance stood out over other. Monica Keena was great in the lead role, I was happy with her character. And Density Child Singer turned actress Kelly Rowland was great, yes not only can she sing but this girl can act. Robert Englund was once again great as Freddy.
Overall I liked the film enough to tell people to go see it. It’s not really scary scary, but there are some jumpy scenes and the action is almost comic book like, which I think helps the film out also. The gore is over the top yet is nothing that will gross everybody out. I think even if you don’t like this film , you won’t feel ripped off after you leave the theater. Also I want people opinions about the end of the film, It’s kind of hard to tell…… Scowl down if you want to hear the rest. MINOR SPOILERS
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- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
