Seed (2007)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writer:

Uwe Boll (written by)

Release Date:

22 November 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

After a seemingly undead man is bound and buried alive, he digs himself back to the surface and seeks bloody vengeance on those who caused him his suffering.

Plot Keywords:

Executioner | Tied To Chair | Electrocution | Stabbed In The Eye | Profanity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michael Paré	...	Detective Matt Bishop
Will Sanderson	...	Max Seed
Ralf Moeller	...	Warden Arnold Calgrove
Jodelle Ferland	...	Emily Bishop
Andrew Jackson	...	Dr. Parker Wickson
Thea Gill	...	Sandra Bishop
Brad Turner	...	Larry Thompson
Phillip Mitchell	...	Simpson
Mike Dopud	...	Flynn
John Sampson	...	Officer D. Ward
Tyron Leitso	...	Jeffrey
Michael Eklund	...	Executioner
John Hainsworth	...	Witness
Vincent Walker	...	Inmate #1 (as Vince Walker)
William 'Big Sleeps' Stewart	...	Inmate #2 (as William 'BIGSLEEPS' Stewart)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

During production, they filmed so fast that they were wrapping after 8 to 10 hours. During a night shoot, they ended up wrapping an hour before lunch.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The press announcement for this movie claimed the story is based on true events. However, the notion that a convict who survives three jolts from the electric chair is automatically pardoned and set free is an urban legend. There is no such law.

Quotes:

[from Trailer]
Davis: I want you to find him, I want you to KILL him, and I want you to put him in the ground so he can never come back again.

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

It's no Rosemary's Baby, but it ain't bad either!

Did we just watch the same film? Perhaps there were two "Seeds" made in 2008...seriously...were there? Bottom 100! I have watched many films and if you check my voting history, you will see I have voted and commented on many, from Kubrick to Haneke. Now I am not for one second saying this film is "Funny Games" or "A Clockwork Orange" - but it sure as hell ain't one of the bottom 100 films ever made! Taken for what it is (a Horror flick) I actually found it quite good. Some quite gripping scenes and an eerie soundtrack (I actually kept thinking someone was knocking on my door). Sure, the animal cruelty (opening minute) I could have done without, but then Henake used a similar opening in "Benny's Video".

I rate this film 6/10. It's no Rosemary's Baby, but it blows Rob Zombie's Halloween (and many other so called "Horror" films out of the water). The stop motion decay scenes were quite original too.

Just to give you an idea of my tastes (in horror), I liked the Devil's Rejects; Dawn of the Dead (original); Funny Games (original and remake); Texas Chainsaw (original) and of course, Rosemary's Baby.

Seed is not a patch on those (obiously), but it really isn't a bad film in my humble opinion.

Maybe I did watch a different film.

Fm