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comments by Johnny
Moronic:
A couple of horror movies
today.
The
Devil's Hand
(2014)
The
Devil's Hand is a horror
thriller set in an
Amish-like religious sect
where almost 18 years ago,
5 girls were born on the
same day and according to
the sect this will cause
the devil to come back to
Earth 18 years from now
and inhabit the last girl
standing. In the now, Mary
(Alycia Debnam Carey) and
the four other girls are
counting down to their
18th birthday, but when
one of the girls goes
missing, possibly killed
by a sinister force, the
sect begins to panic as it
seems the prophecy is
coming true. When a second
girl dies along with a
local boy she was making
out with and they are
found in the forest by
Mary, a full on panic
grips the sect with
Sarah's (Leah Pipes) dad
sacrificing himself and
the sect leader (Colm
Meaney) begins to proclaim
the devil is coming much
against the Mary's father
Jacob (Rufus Sewell), who
is skeptical of the
prophecy. Mary becomes
more inquisitive and when
he stepmother (Jennifer
Carpenter) admits to her
that her real mother isn't
dead, but shunned by the
sect, Mary goes about
finding her mother who has
a surprise of her own.
Rather hysterical horror
movie where most of the
behaviour of the backwards
sect is all very creepy or
extreme and all seems a
bit much for a city
slicker like me. I know
religious sects can
behaviour erratically, but
some of the things that
happen are all quite
baffling or illogical.
Debnam Carey is pretty
good here, but that's not
saying much because all of
the women are hysterical
or panicky idiots and
she's the only character
with any real depth here.
A time passer if you're
into religious horror
movies, but otherwise
forgettable.
Alicia
Debnam Carey film
clip (collages below)
 
The
Hike
(2011)
The
Hike is a survival
horror thriller where
a group of girls go on
hiking and camping
weekend to the woods.
Led by Kate (Zara
Phythian), who has
just arrived back home
after a stint fighting
in Afghanistan and
seeing her boyfriend
die in a firefight,
she brings along four
of her friends who are
all very foreign to
camping it seems.
Along their hike, they
meet three men who are
doing a bit of
abseiling in the
forest and a group of
foreign campers who
are quite surly to the
girls. One girl goes
looking for some
firewood, but seems to
be taking a while, so
the girls go looking
for her, but along the
way meet up with a
couple of the men
playing around naked
in the river. After
having a bit of a play
in the river with the
men, they continue to
look, but along the
way, Kate is pushed
off a bunch of rocks
and breaks her arm and
gets knocked out,
possibly by one of the
men. It seems the men
want to have a bit
more fun with the
girls. And by fun, I
mean their version of
fun which involves
violent sex and death.
So, who is going to
survive the night.
A movie that so wishes
it was far better
horror movies like
Eden Lake or The
Descent (especially
this movie as it was
an unsubtle cameo from
that movie's star
Shauna Macdonald), but
isn't even close in
quality. Just the fact
that apparently this
rape and death binge
is a regular
occurrence already
rings the alarm bells,
but considering the
men seem to be able to
pick up the ladies
without violent
persuasion but still
want it their way,
including at one stage
necrophilia, stretches
the credulity of the
movie. Hell, the only
credible bit I can
think of throughout
the movie was the
character of Kate, but
even then they lumped
her as the only
character with the
ability to fight back.
There are far better
movies that this of a
similar variety,
including ones already
mentioned. This is a
total last resort of a
movie.
Emma
Bulivant film
clip (sample below)
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