2009 - 79 mins. - Not Rated
D: Bo Buckley
C: Lydia Chandler, Tim Morris, Bill Oberst Jr., Capel Kane, Will Triplett
Group of students out in the swamp studying wild life for extra credit run amok of a family of cannibalistic killers.
Let's be honest. This premise has been done to death a million times! Dismal serves as a reminder of the some of the earlier films that came out before it. Dismal lacks the realism and the grittiness of Just Before Dawn. Dismal lacks the terrifying set pieces of The Hills Have Eyes. And it's nowhere near as exciting or as thrilling as the more recent Wrong Turn. That's not to say that Dismal is a bad movie. It isn't. It's competently made. It competently acted. Dismal has some moderately suspenseful scenes. And Dismal has a few cringe worthy moments of gore and blood letting. The problem is, it's just...
D: Bo Buckley
C: Lydia Chandler, Tim Morris, Bill Oberst Jr., Capel Kane, Will Triplett
Group of students out in the swamp studying wild life for extra credit run amok of a family of cannibalistic killers.
Let's be honest. This premise has been done to death a million times! Dismal serves as a reminder of the some of the earlier films that came out before it. Dismal lacks the realism and the grittiness of Just Before Dawn. Dismal lacks the terrifying set pieces of The Hills Have Eyes. And it's nowhere near as exciting or as thrilling as the more recent Wrong Turn. That's not to say that Dismal is a bad movie. It isn't. It's competently made. It competently acted. Dismal has some moderately suspenseful scenes. And Dismal has a few cringe worthy moments of gore and blood letting. The problem is, it's just...
- 2/13/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
*Full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Gary King.
**Some spoilers be here.
Director: Gary King.
Writer: Bo Buckley.
There is something that happens to you after reviewing hundreds of horror films. One becomes desensitized to the violence, but an individual also becomes less tolerant of films that do not break any type of mold. Dismal is one of these films whose qualities put the flick firmly in the horror genre; yet, there is lots of repetition here. Tried and true lines are delivered in Dismal, such as "we'll be right back," and "why are you doing this?" (Dismal). Other tropes deliver the overused mantrap, a hooded killer, and a family of cannibals. Some of the elements have been used in countless horror films before e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jim Gillespie's Venom and Dismal does not break out of the box of horror cliches.
**Some spoilers be here.
Director: Gary King.
Writer: Bo Buckley.
There is something that happens to you after reviewing hundreds of horror films. One becomes desensitized to the violence, but an individual also becomes less tolerant of films that do not break any type of mold. Dismal is one of these films whose qualities put the flick firmly in the horror genre; yet, there is lots of repetition here. Tried and true lines are delivered in Dismal, such as "we'll be right back," and "why are you doing this?" (Dismal). Other tropes deliver the overused mantrap, a hooded killer, and a family of cannibals. Some of the elements have been used in countless horror films before e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jim Gillespie's Venom and Dismal does not break out of the box of horror cliches.
- 1/21/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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