Vomitron_G "LD 50 Lethal Dose" was a nice surprise, and actually a lot better than the trailer suggests (which, thankfully, I saw after the movie, on the "special features" menu). Scary Spice was actually pretty unrecognisable in the movie. At least, to me she was. Never really kept track of the Spice Girls, anyway. All the acting was pretty okay, even. All I can say is, if you like recent British horror, like "Dog Soldiers" (2002), "The Descent" (2005), "The Hole" (2001) and "Long Time Dead" (2002), then you'll most likely enjoy "LD 50 Lethal Dose" also. Its not on par with the first two I mentioned, but it can compete with the last two. It did take me a bit to get into it. It knows a very standard set-up (first half hour), but in the end the movie is saved by a pretty original concept (even though "LD 50" deceivingly starts as one of those 'a group of people on an isolated location are about to be killed of by some killer-something' type of movie), good cinematography (look & feel) and set design, very decent special effects and blood & gore make-up effects (well-timed, rather than a non-stop display), okay over-all acting, and a satisfying finale/conclusion. Just keep one eye closed for some implausibilities in the script and don't try to think too much during the movie, and you'll be okay. First time director Simon De Selva left a good impression on me with "LD 50".

celr This thriller is far from thrilling. The movie opens with animal rights types going on a sort of commando raid to free a bunch of bunnies and kitties from an animal research facility. One of them is caught by the cops and he winds up in some sort of facility for mind experiments. Apparently he volunteered. His friends decide to raid the facility, this time to free their friend because they feel guilty for leaving him in the first raid. This ad hoc team is made up of mostly morons and hotheads who exhibit absolutely no ability to cope with the situation when they find themselves trapped in the basement of the facility. One minute they're lighting up a doobie and dreaming happily amid clouds of smoke, and the next they're shouting hysterically and at each others throats. They can't reason, they can't plan; all they do is make sarcastic remarks and start fistfights with each other, and worse. The setting is minimal-- an industrial basement with a lot of colored electric cables strung around. There seems to be a supernatural force stalking them, but its nature is not explained. Mostly the movie drags as they wander stupidly through the spooky corridors muttering nonsense. The only positive thing I could find in this movie was the fact that they did not use bundles of cheap plastic tubing from the hardware store to decorate the set. One of the major problems with this is that there is no explanation given as to what's going on: we don't know what kind of experiments are being conducted, who's behind them, what were their purpose. The operators of the facility are all gone, perhaps killed or just fled. We never find out. One character, who seems to know a bit more than the rest, explains they they were creating "biometric emanations" or some such nonsense. In the end we find out who's behind some of the strange poltergeist events we've been seeing, but we are still in the dark about how the whole thing works. Very little is explained. One of the characters gets bitten by a rat and after that goes off his nut, but we don't know if it's some infection the rat gave him or if he's picking up some supernatural radio signals on the steel plate in his skull, or if he was just crazy from the beginning. Science fiction as well as tales of the supernatural have to have some basic ground rules about how the fictional or fantastic world is supposed to work. In this kind of plot we expect the big design to be revealed, maybe little by little, so that in the end everything is clear. But that's the problem--we never know. It looks like they made up the plot as they were filming. There should be some snappy dialogue and coherent action for a low budget movie like this, but the plot drags horribly, interrupted by scenes of senseless violence. Miss it.

lastliberal This isn't Scary Spice's (Melanie Brown) first movie. That would be Spice World, not that I would ever admit seeing that. It is her first movie since then, and she was an interesting character that met an unusual end.The Brits are famous for horror. Remember Hammer? Now, it seems they are famous for movies about radicals releasing animals. We do that here, but I don't know that we make movies about it. I don't think that many people really care over here, so we leave it to Peta.The thing is that the group left one of their members behind on a raid and he got three years. He sends them an e-mail about a secret lab that they should check out. That is when the fun begins; as this lab is underground and some really strange stuff is going on there.Now, I won't spoil it by saying what is going on, except to say that it was an interesting concept. The problem is that I really didn't care about the people in this film, and whether they lived or died. Maybe Katharine Towne (But I'm a Cheerleader), but even that is stretching it.Don't just scare me, but make me care.

aliuk I found this a really interesting and challenging film, not like your usual run-of-the-mill horror movie. I'm not going to give anything away because I think it is worth seeing, but there were some very clever plot twists that took me completely by surprise! The acting was good, I thought that all the actors really pulled together as a team and that really shows (also the mark of a good director!). I also think the direction itself was really tight and perfect for the creepy, slightly claustrophobic nature of the scenes underground. The supernatural elements were fascinating as well, a very modern take on a popular genre. All in all a really good evening's viewing, and well worth seeing! I would say don't miss it!