Catacombs (2000) User Reviews

Good "Bad" Movie Fun!

[BiscuitPower · 5/10 · 4 October 2007]

What do you get when you mix bad acting, blackspoitation, a haunted house, confusingly bad yet simple plot, tons of swear words, some decent gore effects and film it on almost no budget? You get a Catacombs.

The movie is a must for everyone who enjoys cheesy straight-to-video horror. It's about a bunch of kids who goto a haunted house to participate in research on fear, unfortunately for them some psycho plans to kill them in order to wake up his 1000 year old "lord". The psycho also has ghosts to help him, and a white mask to hide his Sting(from wrestling) make-up.

The movie has some of the worst acting ever, but it really works in this movie, It's like watching a high school play that features someone getting literally screwed to death and the gay anal rape of a man with melting flesh.

It's gross, it's shocking, it's one of my favorites!

[ShockSinema · 9/10 · 4 May 2004]

I am a long time lover of trash movies, but this one actually had me raching down and picking up my jaw. There are moments in this film that are inspired, insane and just plain WRONG!

Some kids go to an old Haunted House attraction to learn about Fear and participate in a study. Once there, some crazy killer starts taking them out. This is the first time that this plot idea is actually used to GOOD effect. I have seen other "trapped in a commercial haunted house" movies that actually kind of sucked, but this one used the location to amazing effect. This place is creepy, scary, forboding, and it's really a character all on it's own. The killer is a pretty cool one actually and it's original.

let me say that the gore in this film is some of the best I have yet witnessed in a low budget b movie. And the ways these poor characters die is just over the top. No way to describe it other than that. Amazing death scenes, great set design, amazing lighting (very effective) and some pretty good actors (a few bad ones too - with even worse hair) make this one a really entertaining and gross movie.

I would say get it any way you can and save it for those special times when normal splatter just isn't good enough. This one will make your guests run out of the house!