Lashab Virtus
I am really disappointed. The movie isn't a true horror film even though it had a potential. It also had a potential to be a good movie, without being horror, but it failed with a bad ending. Just before the ending, I liked the twist and it got me interested in the movie, but ending was just dry. I wouldn't give this more than 3/10, not only because it wasn't good, but also because it ruined its potential.It really didn't have a horror stuff, but it had the element of mystic and surprise, which would have been nice if they didn't screw it in th end. The film is a total waste of time. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
sol1218
(Ther are Spoilers) Waking up in this rust colored and dingy looking cellar Ayden finds himself in a fix he has no memory of getting into. Dressed in a hospital gown and with a number of IV needles stuck in him Ayden feels as if he's been kidnapped by some mad doctor to be experimented on.It soon becomes apparent to Ayden that he's going through some kind of post operative trauma as we see him recollect events before he found himself in the fix that he finds himself in now. Ayden had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor that has a 97% chance of killing him. Was the operation unsuccessful and is Ayden now lying dead in the hospital morgue with his mind somehow still functioning while his body is dead!The film "Red Cell" has Ayden tormented by this unseen "Doctor" who only reveals himself wearing this outfit, together with a gas mask, used to prevent chemical agents, like mustard gas and sarin, from infecting and killing him. This goes on throughout the entire movie with this odd looking, with his face badly chopped up, character popping up every now and then just, with him constantly vomiting out blood, to gross both Ayden and the audience out. It soon becomes evident that both the doctor and the grossed out one are vying for Ayden's attention in some kind of morbid game of "Who do you Trust". Were even shown Ayden getting his skull drilled as if that supposed to have been the operation, to cut out his brain tumor, that put him in this dark and unsanitary looking dungeon in the first place!The movie starts to makes some sense with a number of glimpse of Ayden's life prior to the discovery of his brain tumor. We also see that Ayden himself put himself into the mess he finds himself in now by signing a form that stated that no one, not even his immediate family members, should know that he's being both hospitalized and operated on. This action on Ayden's part makes it possible, with one one being informed of his whereabouts and condition, for him to be experimented on with some new kind of mind altering drug! That's if Ayden is alive in the first place to have it used on him!
David Motolo
This studio releases horrendously bad movies. If Ed Wood were alive today York Entertainment would offer him a long term deal. I take that back. Ed Wood movies were better than any movie I've watched or tried to watch from this studio. There was a movement to stop Uwe Boll. Movie watchers should unite against York as a studio. Who is with me? My GF is going through this Saw phase wanting to watch graphic horror movies that try to gross people out. The Red Cell was her suggestion. The Red Cell is nothing but a blatant attempt to steal a plot from movies like Saw, Turistas, Hostel, The Cell. None of these movies are horror any more. They should be labeled agony torture movies. I am in complete agreement with the poster that said a monkey could do a better job. The Red Cell will be your agony torture to watch. Friends do not let friends watch The Red Cell.
cschwartz-7
First of all, it wasn't meant to be a traditional horror film
maybe that was my first mistake. The film itself pays homage to the horrific journey undertaken by those with a terminal illness (ie. cancer). The entire film is a metaphor; what seems like immoral and torturous experiments are simply medical necessities to ensure survival. The message behind this film is a message of hope. No matter how bad things get, keep going, even if death is knocking at your door, because you never know when it will end. I thought it would be interesting and meaningful to incorporate this kind of message within the confines of a horror film (second mistake?).You can bring as much negativity to the table as you want, and it's not going to hurt our feelings. If you like to be overcritical about movies, feel free to watch this and be overcritical about it. It's real simple a terminally ill patient is captured and tortured by a masked man who believes that he is healing him: that's the whole story, no more is needed, and to expect the film to deliver anything but is pretentious. Taking it personal because the film doesn't speak emotion or meaning to you, meet your own personal film standards, had technical issues, acting flaws, or was filmed on a budget so low that you could find more money under a vending machine, really doesn't help us out any and is somewhat comical at best.What we like to hear from the critics is what you personally would've done different
within the confines of the film (meaning how to make the same film on the same budget, but better). Hell, we'd love to know, because our goal is to make great films on low budgets. You are 100% correct
low budget doesn't have to mean awful crap. A film is either a hit or miss; perhaps we just missed the mark here. So how do you make it better? I like to produce films that make you read between the lines (third mistake?). You have to dive into the film to pull out meaning and sense. You can't just turn your brain off and watch a visual masterpiece while the camera and actors hold your hand and walk you through it (i know that's what we're all used to now). This may not be everyone's cup of tea, especially when the mass audience will miss the point. In either case, we all had a genuinely good time making it, and hope that it does send a message to someone out there if they can manage to sit through this awful crap;).