Taboo (2002)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Max Makowski

Writer:

Chris Fisher (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Would you ever...?

Plot:

Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.

Plot Keywords:

Taboo | Murder | Mansion | Rainstorm | Homosexual

Cast

Nick Stahl	...	Christian Turner
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Adam
January Jones	...	Elizabeth
Lori Heuring	...	Katie
Derek Hamilton	...	Benjamin
Amber Benson	...	Piper

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Germany:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Romania

Company:

Creative Entertainment Group

Goofs:

Continuity: When Katie exits the closet in the game room, the bullet hole on her head is on the right side. In all other scenes it's on the left.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Piper: [reading from a dictionary] "Taboo: A prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a supernatural force." That's creepy. And, and I, I don't, I don't really get it.
Elizabeth: Well, the thing about taboos is that society shuns them. But if you really think about it, I mean, there's something very tempting about it. And the game will test whether or not we succumb to the taboo, whatever it might be.
Christian Turner: Such as?
Elizabeth: Such as, would you cheat on your husband or wife?
[...]

This is really awful

As a movie critic for several Dutch websites, I have to see lot's of movies, and not all very good ones. Some movies are so bad, you won't be surprised that they are released straight on video. With taboo, Iám surprised that it is released on video at all. This is really low budget bad quality bad written rubbish.

A group of youngsters plays a game of taboo. They write down their most sickening wish or act, and later on people are murdered for their taboo's. The question is, should we believe what we see?

The movie has a potential interesting plot-twist, and I won't give it away here. But what could have been interesting stays stupid, bad acted and without any reason.

Some of the actors have played in bigger titles before, so why on earth did they sign up for this? If you see this anywhere, try to dodge it. There is no logic, no human sense of quality in this movie.