Onebengalcat I don't get all the negative reviews. I suppose you could classify this as a "indie" or lower b movie...by mainstream today. Call it what you will. The special effects and gore definitely A-grade! I turned my head away for a few scenes. The twist at the end also very good.

Argemaluco Director Marcus Nispel's previous incursions into horror cinema were two remakes of legendary films (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th), and Exeter is his first horror movie with "original" material... even though it doesn't have a pinch of originality. The screenplay of Exeter is built by parts borrowed from much better films, from The Evil Dead to The Exorcist. However, I have to admit that, despite not being a very good movie, I found Exeter moderately entertaining and occasionally funny... even though this last thing was accidental. The main problem of Exeter is the unlikable characters, whose arrogant attitudes and superficial development avoid their deaths from evoking the slightest emotion; I couldn't even empathize with the heroes by default. And the screenplay is full of huge holes and logical inconsistencies. For example, the characters have access to the Internet with their cellphones, and even an iPad tablet to consult the steps of an exorcism... but they can't use them in order to ask for help? And, of course, an evil force closed the doors and windows to avoid them from escaping; however, there are tools everywhere (the building they are in is getting renovated), and the doors and windows don't seem very resistant. Maybe, with some cooperation and effort... eh, nevermind; screenwriter Kirsten Elms obviously didn't expect the audience to make inconvenient questions. On the positive side of Exeter, the cinematography, production design and settings are attractive and appropriately "grunge". In conclusion, Exeter managed to keep me moderately entertained despite its mediocrity, and I can give it a slight recommendation because of that.

Leofwine_draca THE ASYLUM is a film that's so predictable that the plot is almost mind-numbing to write out: a group of teenagers decide to hold a debauched party at an abandoned old asylum, only to mess with the occult and inadvertently summon up some demonic forces.Such a story has been the basis for countless forgettable horror B-movies, so this film needs to do something special to stand out from the crowd. Needless to say it doesn't. Marcus Nispel is the director (you may remember him from the old Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake) but fails to do much with the material, which looks and feels like your usual US B-movie.The characters are irritating, the dialogue rings hollow, the acting isn't up to scratch. The demonic possession stuff feels very low key and unscary, with the EVIL DEAD remake an obvious inspiration. The only stuff I liked was that the special effects are pretty decent, especially when things get gruesome in the second half, but they're not enough to make this a good film. Stephen Lang (AVATOR) plays a priest caught up in the madness.

shouraigen This film is absolutely the worst horror picture this year, and the contender's for bad American horror movies this year is huge.. Don't waste one second on this film.. All of the people and movies mentioned in the credits are terrible at their jobs and not one... of those films they worked on was scary.. Want to see scary.. Watch Inside 2007, aka "À l'intérieur" , Martyrs, Frontier , High Tension aka Haute Tension, not French but great "Eden Lake" .even "Le Horde" .this is horror film making.. Back Mask .. BackWash would have been more appropriate.. consists of a gaggle of cliché stupid white kids doing stupid unbelievable stuff.. that makes absolutely sense to no normal person. This film is an affront to your intelligence.. The script is as boring and stupid as every low budget horror film that's been made in the US. since .. well. forever..