... if everyone involved in the making of this movie was at the second grade level, or less. Old time dime store wooden Indians were more emotive and compelling than any actor in this movie. None of these people have any business being in a movie, at all, and I wouldn't count on Hollywood beckoning any time soon. The most compelling, believable performance in the film comes in the form of a brief clip from George Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead".
None of the short films that comprise this anthology make any sense, and the production is an insult to low budget horror movies everywhere.
The first short story is about Freakshow, the killer clown. A young girl, Riley, is called to babysit, and one of the children that she is there to watch is a little girl with a large, ghoulish clown doll that she calls Freakshow. According to the little girl, Freakshow tells her bedtime stories every night, and watches over her as she sleeps. Freakshow slips out of the little girl's room and begins to prowl around the house. The little girl tells the babysitter that her clown is missing, and she has a hissy fit when the babysit forbids her to look for it. The little girl has a conniption fit. While this is going on, the babysitter's boyfriend shows up.
Riley calls the little girl's father to tell him that his daughter has been acting up. When she mentions that the daughter's fit is over Freakshow, the father panics, and tells Riley to get everyone out of the house, immediately. He doesn't explain why, he just implores her to get the kids out of the house, and to go to the neighbors' house.
Riley's boyfriend helps one of the kids to escape after being cornered by Freakshow. Freakshow kills the boyfriend, but the little boy makes it out of the house, as does his sister. Riley is hiding in the house, and a uniformed police officer (driving a Toyota Camry, the world's most renowned police cruiser) arrives. The police officer enters and begins searching. Instead of coming out of hiding and going to the policeman for help, Riley remains hidden and continues to watch.
She watches as the policeman finds Freakshow, and instead of fighting, Freakshow surrenders. He pulls off his mask, and ta daa! He is the responding police officer's partner!
Now, the neighbors watched as the lone police officer arrived and entered the house... by himself. One cop goes in, and two cops come out, and no one questions this. The two police officers approach the neighbors, and they suggest that the babysitter, Riley, killed two people in the house that they just searched. It is not shown how or where Freakshow traded his mask and costume for his police officer's uniform. In one scene he's wearing the clownsuit, in the next, he's in his uniform.
The two police officers, both of whom look like they'd made their careers in low budget porn films, talk one of the neighbors into going with them to the police department to make a statement. Never mind that the neighbor wasn't in the house, didn't witness a single thing, and had no idea what was going on. Her cooperation is imperative, the police tell her.
The neighbor gets into the back of the Camry, and as the police drive away with her, Riley bursts forth from hiding and begins to run after the police Camry. She is screaming to the neighbor in the back seat that the police are killers. The police officers look at one another and smile, and speed away into the night. End of scene.
How did the father know that Freakshow was dangerous? If he did know, somehow, why did he leave his children and the babysitter in the house with a homicidal maniac? When the father rushed home, he leaves his wife behind at the restaurant. She's busy at another table, chatting with members of her book club. He doesn't think to tell her that their children are in mortal danger, he just bolts and leaves her to chat with her friends.
This, unfortunately, with all of it's stupidity and flaws, is the best of the short stories. The others about a gypsy's curse, a mythological siren, and a killer summer camp are even worse.
I've seen stupid, low-budget, poorly directed, poorly produced, poorly acted movies, and this is an insult to all of them. Avoid this bowel movement of a movie at all costs.
None of the short films that comprise this anthology make any sense, and the production is an insult to low budget horror movies everywhere.
The first short story is about Freakshow, the killer clown. A young girl, Riley, is called to babysit, and one of the children that she is there to watch is a little girl with a large, ghoulish clown doll that she calls Freakshow. According to the little girl, Freakshow tells her bedtime stories every night, and watches over her as she sleeps. Freakshow slips out of the little girl's room and begins to prowl around the house. The little girl tells the babysitter that her clown is missing, and she has a hissy fit when the babysit forbids her to look for it. The little girl has a conniption fit. While this is going on, the babysitter's boyfriend shows up.
Riley calls the little girl's father to tell him that his daughter has been acting up. When she mentions that the daughter's fit is over Freakshow, the father panics, and tells Riley to get everyone out of the house, immediately. He doesn't explain why, he just implores her to get the kids out of the house, and to go to the neighbors' house.
Riley's boyfriend helps one of the kids to escape after being cornered by Freakshow. Freakshow kills the boyfriend, but the little boy makes it out of the house, as does his sister. Riley is hiding in the house, and a uniformed police officer (driving a Toyota Camry, the world's most renowned police cruiser) arrives. The police officer enters and begins searching. Instead of coming out of hiding and going to the policeman for help, Riley remains hidden and continues to watch.
She watches as the policeman finds Freakshow, and instead of fighting, Freakshow surrenders. He pulls off his mask, and ta daa! He is the responding police officer's partner!
Now, the neighbors watched as the lone police officer arrived and entered the house... by himself. One cop goes in, and two cops come out, and no one questions this. The two police officers approach the neighbors, and they suggest that the babysitter, Riley, killed two people in the house that they just searched. It is not shown how or where Freakshow traded his mask and costume for his police officer's uniform. In one scene he's wearing the clownsuit, in the next, he's in his uniform.
The two police officers, both of whom look like they'd made their careers in low budget porn films, talk one of the neighbors into going with them to the police department to make a statement. Never mind that the neighbor wasn't in the house, didn't witness a single thing, and had no idea what was going on. Her cooperation is imperative, the police tell her.
The neighbor gets into the back of the Camry, and as the police drive away with her, Riley bursts forth from hiding and begins to run after the police Camry. She is screaming to the neighbor in the back seat that the police are killers. The police officers look at one another and smile, and speed away into the night. End of scene.
How did the father know that Freakshow was dangerous? If he did know, somehow, why did he leave his children and the babysitter in the house with a homicidal maniac? When the father rushed home, he leaves his wife behind at the restaurant. She's busy at another table, chatting with members of her book club. He doesn't think to tell her that their children are in mortal danger, he just bolts and leaves her to chat with her friends.
This, unfortunately, with all of it's stupidity and flaws, is the best of the short stories. The others about a gypsy's curse, a mythological siren, and a killer summer camp are even worse.
I've seen stupid, low-budget, poorly directed, poorly produced, poorly acted movies, and this is an insult to all of them. Avoid this bowel movement of a movie at all costs.