Well, this is a cheesy little low budget movie that surprisingly.........isn't all that bad.
When they say old school horror, it's not that old school, but follows the guidelines of the book "How to survive a horror movie". With the classic characters, The fat guy/horny a hole, the nerd, the nice guy with the monosyllabic first name, the dumb girls, the naive couple, the weird quiet chick with a "secret" and last but definitely not least the token black guy, who doesn't bite it 20 minutes in for once. While it followed all the horror movie rules, don't go towards the house, the killer cant die no matter what the hell you do, and the killer is one step ahead, it also had some let downs, the characters you did want to see die don't get it bad enough or you don't see them die period, while the characters you like and want to live DIE.
It starts out with Krueger (thats right Robert friggin Englund) and that other dude, (I forgot his name), hunting in a swamp at night, does anything else say opening kill here? You know that when Krueger bites it, ALL BETS ARE OFF. Cut to post Katrina New Orleans during Mardi Gras, introducing you to the token black guy, and the nice guy with the monosyllabic first name, throw in a Candyman cameo, then head over to the "voodoo" store where you meat the dumb chicks and fat guy/a hole. You also get to meet the naive tourist couple, and the quiet girl who has a secret.
Cut to the swamp, where the whole crew is on the HAUNTED SWAMP TOUR, where you catch your first glance of the killer along with hearing that classic violin scratch. And then uh oh, The boat starts to sink, who didn't see that coming, and guess what, right in front of the "dead" killers house! Who definitely didn't see that coming, one of the naive couple hurts his leg so him and the wife go towards the house, EVEN AFTER HEARING THE GHOST STORY FROM THE QUIET GIRL WHO HAS A SECRET AND A GUN. Needless to say, guess who are the first to die? Followed by the quiet chick shooting the killer, the fat guy gets separated and looses his head! they spend a long time running before, the quiet girls secret is revealed, and one of the sluts bites it in the most, sorry but for lack of a better word, retarded way by, was that a sander? I don't know what the hell it was, followed by the nerd. Run around some more and they realize they can ACTUALLY HURT the "DEAD" killer, they fight back, while the last alive dumb chick is keeping lookout the token black guy and quiet girl are used as distractions and when the dumb chick bites it (which that ain't a spoiler, you knew she would) you don't even SEE IT. You just see the nice guy having her head thrown at him while he got some gas to torch the ugly b@$t3rd killer, they torch him, but guess what now, it rains on their parade, literally, they spend some more time running in what has to be the dumbest scene in cinema history through an above ground cemetery, before the token black guy bites it! (WAY more then 20 minutes in). So finally you have the big climax, where the nice guy is crippled and they impale the killer, and just leave him there, NOW SERIOUSLY, you shot him, torched him and stabbed him, do you really think a poke through the shoulder or neck is gonna kill him! Im not going to ruin the ending for you though cause it is a nice little twist, even thought it could come close to scene stealing.
Even though it was totally predictable, and not to well thought out, IT WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD. It's one of those horror films where your walking through the video store, you see it and go hmmmmmmm. Very nice story, great characters, OKAY acting. Good directing and weird kills. Throw in some comedy, and Friday the thirteenth minus the woods, plus a swamp, and you have this movie.
eh, what the hell, I LIKED IT! I gotta say though, you really should give it a chance.
When they say old school horror, it's not that old school, but follows the guidelines of the book "How to survive a horror movie". With the classic characters, The fat guy/horny a hole, the nerd, the nice guy with the monosyllabic first name, the dumb girls, the naive couple, the weird quiet chick with a "secret" and last but definitely not least the token black guy, who doesn't bite it 20 minutes in for once. While it followed all the horror movie rules, don't go towards the house, the killer cant die no matter what the hell you do, and the killer is one step ahead, it also had some let downs, the characters you did want to see die don't get it bad enough or you don't see them die period, while the characters you like and want to live DIE.
It starts out with Krueger (thats right Robert friggin Englund) and that other dude, (I forgot his name), hunting in a swamp at night, does anything else say opening kill here? You know that when Krueger bites it, ALL BETS ARE OFF. Cut to post Katrina New Orleans during Mardi Gras, introducing you to the token black guy, and the nice guy with the monosyllabic first name, throw in a Candyman cameo, then head over to the "voodoo" store where you meat the dumb chicks and fat guy/a hole. You also get to meet the naive tourist couple, and the quiet girl who has a secret.
Cut to the swamp, where the whole crew is on the HAUNTED SWAMP TOUR, where you catch your first glance of the killer along with hearing that classic violin scratch. And then uh oh, The boat starts to sink, who didn't see that coming, and guess what, right in front of the "dead" killers house! Who definitely didn't see that coming, one of the naive couple hurts his leg so him and the wife go towards the house, EVEN AFTER HEARING THE GHOST STORY FROM THE QUIET GIRL WHO HAS A SECRET AND A GUN. Needless to say, guess who are the first to die? Followed by the quiet chick shooting the killer, the fat guy gets separated and looses his head! they spend a long time running before, the quiet girls secret is revealed, and one of the sluts bites it in the most, sorry but for lack of a better word, retarded way by, was that a sander? I don't know what the hell it was, followed by the nerd. Run around some more and they realize they can ACTUALLY HURT the "DEAD" killer, they fight back, while the last alive dumb chick is keeping lookout the token black guy and quiet girl are used as distractions and when the dumb chick bites it (which that ain't a spoiler, you knew she would) you don't even SEE IT. You just see the nice guy having her head thrown at him while he got some gas to torch the ugly b@$t3rd killer, they torch him, but guess what now, it rains on their parade, literally, they spend some more time running in what has to be the dumbest scene in cinema history through an above ground cemetery, before the token black guy bites it! (WAY more then 20 minutes in). So finally you have the big climax, where the nice guy is crippled and they impale the killer, and just leave him there, NOW SERIOUSLY, you shot him, torched him and stabbed him, do you really think a poke through the shoulder or neck is gonna kill him! Im not going to ruin the ending for you though cause it is a nice little twist, even thought it could come close to scene stealing.
Even though it was totally predictable, and not to well thought out, IT WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD. It's one of those horror films where your walking through the video store, you see it and go hmmmmmmm. Very nice story, great characters, OKAY acting. Good directing and weird kills. Throw in some comedy, and Friday the thirteenth minus the woods, plus a swamp, and you have this movie.
eh, what the hell, I LIKED IT! I gotta say though, you really should give it a chance.