tonymurphylee HOME SICK is about a party where this weird man in a blue suit shows up(walking in an extremely creepy way in which he seems to be on a skateboard or some type of cart) with a suitcase filled with thousands of razor blades. He asks the people at the party who each of them hate, and for every answer he slices his wrist with a different razor blade. After he has finished asking everyone, he stands up sings a song and then leaves. Soon after he leaves, everyone who was named begins dying in very bizarre and horrific ways. The characters quickly come to the rather unbelievable conclusion that is is all because of the man in the blue suit, and since one of the people at the party listed off everyone that was in the house, the fates of all the characters are at stake. This may sound like a weird premise for a horror film, but trust me. It works.What I loved most about this film is that it didn't feel like a modern horror film. This film is probably about as close as a modern day horror film can ever come to replicating the style, atmosphere, music, characters, and gore of a 70s horror film. It comes off so impressively and so beautifully that you feel nostalgic just watching it. I wish that more horror films these days could be more like HOME SICK. The opening scene in the bathroom is a perfect example of a scene right out of something like I DRINK YOUR BLOOD or a Dario Argento film. It comes off so effectively and with such imagination. There's no CGI gore. It's all practical visual effects. They work absolutely perfect.The performances come off good in a realistic way. The characters in this film are all completely psychotic and insane and their psychosis comes off all too real at times, particularly toward the end when certain events are depicted in such a gritty and guerrilla-style way about them. The music in this is absolutely perfect in setting a dark tone, completely with a sense of eerie detachment and weirdness that feels entirely appropriate. Again, it's just like something Tobe Hooper would have done. The intense atmosphere just fits perfect with the film's style.In terms of complaints I had for the film, I did find the middle of the film to be a bit slow and moody in a way that came off slightly awkward. I liked it, but I can imagine many horror fans feeling a little bored. I also didn't really particularly like any of the characters, but considering how they are all insane I suppose that was the point. I don't know, it's difficult to really complain about this film since everything is done so deliberately. If you love the bizarre and cheap horror films of the early 70s like the ones I mentioned above, I am really confident that you will love this film. It's a must-see for horror fans for sure. Check it out.

FilmFatale I'm so mad I watched this that I want to hit something. I refuse to believe this was actually a finished product. Home Sick (the title makes no sense) is about a group of friends (who don't seem to like each other at all) who are attending a welcome home gathering for one girl. During the lame wingding, Bill Moseley shows up with a suitcase full of razor blades and asks each guest to name who they hate. They do, and then one says he hates everyone at the party. Those named specifically start dying, which leads the "friends" to realize they're next. And somehow a demon gets involved.The only thing this dreck has going for it is piles of gore. And honestly, it's refreshing that "Home Sick" is an old fashioned splatter movie. Almost every death is shown in splattery red detail, and since I hated every character, I was glad to watch them go so graphically.Moseley is charming and weird, but only in the film for a few minutes. Tiffany Shepis almost gives a performance, but everyone else is unbelievably bad. People laugh for no reason. Who the hell was the guy in the garage with the glasses?? What was up with the demon guy having a lock of hair in the middle of an oozing scalp? Did the director REALLY tell the guy playing "Tim" to act like that? And saddest of all was Tom Towles, who started off being typically great and then lowered himself to the material.There's a reason this crap stayed on the shelf for as long as it did. Maybe someday it will be recast and re-edited and make a tolerable movie. As it is, I'm only giving a generous 4 because of all delightful red stuff.

bivmanfor20 I have been waiting to see this movie and when i finally saw it I was not disappointed! The effects were awesome. It was gory as heck. Bill Moseley was awesome in it as well as Tom Towels (Both of Rob Zombie Fame). All the characters that were high looked like garbage and acted way out of the ordinary. I think the director and writer were trying to portray a message with that. But the acting was was good and there was some weird humor in it. To me, when a movie has you thinking about it long after it ends it is a good movie and this one had me thinking about it long after I watched it. I hope to see what else E.L. Katz (Writer/Producer) comes up with in the future. I hope it is as crazy, whacked-out and gory as "Home Sick" was. If your a horror fan than you should not miss this!

Blood-Jet I recently caught Home Sick on a whim at the Sidewalk Film Festival. I expected an average, post-90's low budget horror film. What I saw was a well-polished, deeply disjointing, gore-fest. Seemingly taking cues from horror masters Tobe Hooper, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, Home Sick pays genuine respect to the slowly-rotting slasher genre, while adding a breath of fresh air to it as well.Set somewhere in Alabama, Claire (Lindley Evans) comes home from California to visit her mysterious past. When visiting her friends, no one seems welcoming. This tension becomes more agitated when she and her acquaintances are confronted by Bill Moseley's (!) character, a big-grinning, blue-suited stranger who happens to carry a suitcase full of razor blades. After performing a bizarre blood-letting ritual based on the kids' hatred for others, he calmly exits. Panic, murder, hysteria, sex, drugs, guns, and chili dinners ensue.The level of gross in this movie far exceeds anything that's come out in the mainstream since the days of Romero. Instances of broken bones, ripped-off flesh, disembowelment, and knives in the head plague this film. It's not just the gore that makes it special, but also the characters' involvement with death. This is best conveyed in a scene with a coked-out Candice (Tiffany Shepis) and her recently butchered mother. This scene is worth a review in itself.Besides the first class gore effects, the characters add a certain dynamic to the film. Whereas most teen / young adult horror films revolve around a cast that is pulled from stereotypical high-schoolers (The Jock, The Geek, The Face, etc.), Home Sick incorporates kids that already seem pretty crazy. For fun, they sit around drinking beer and watching gory films like Evil Dead Trap 2. They look pale and have dark circles around their eyes-even the redneck kids. They work at places like the bowling alley, the funeral home, and the school cafeteria. When it hits the fan, these characters seem like they've been preparing for it all their lives. For example, a creepy guy approaches Candice and shows her a Polaroid of a curb-jaw victim he discovered. Her response is a brilliantly sarcastic `Oooh, gross.' Due to the intense violence, there's absolutely no way this film could be showed at the local Cineplex, unless it's linked to some sort of festival. I can only hope that this comes out on video as it is a testament to real independent filmmaking.