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HazMat (2013)
Embarrassing. Don't Waste your time.
Go ahead and assume that all the reviews on here are either from friends, family or people who worked on this because they contain nothing but lies. This isn't a "Classic", it isn't "Well Acted" and it definitely isn't even remotely scary. It's painful to watch.
I am a huge fan of horror and specifically the slasher sub-genre. I love a good masked killer stalking and killing people. This movie basically went out of its way to be as unenjoyable as possible. The killer isn't interesting, scary, or fun and they backstory is pointless and makes no sense. There is literally no reason for the character to go crazy because of this prank. He is played up before he is actually on-screen as being some quiet, unassuming, dark and disturbed individual. When we finally meet him, he is just some rejected "Real World" cast member who behavior like a child. He acts excited to be in a place that is supposedly scary and haunted and where his dad died (another plot point they just brush over with minimal explanation). He snaps and starts killing everyone in the cheapest hazmat suit, in the most generic way possible. He just hits them half heartedly with an axe.... over and over again. To every character. There is no originality to be found anywhere within this movie.
The characters are some of the most unlikable people I have encountered in a long time. They must all be friends of the director because they seem straight out of "D-bag and Hoodrat Casting". Not a single one does even a decent job of delivering their lines, let alone being even close to relatable. The two female "Co-Conspirators" mumble through their lines and are so annoying and catty that you are praying they are the first to go. They have no business being in front of a camera. The sound guy is just so awkward, his delivery of awful line after awful line made me cringe. I was embarrassed for these actors.
The biggest crime this "film" commits is just being plain boring. Nothing happens... ever. Everyone hides in a locked room, they see the killer somewhere in the building, they leave the room, someone gets killed and they run back into the room. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. The characters/acting were so terrible that by the end I didn't care who lived or died, I was so bored I just wanted it to end. How can a movie that is 1hr 20min feel this long!
Its clear the writer/director has no vision and absolutely NO passion for the genre. Its offensive as someone who loves horror to see someone create such a cheap product and then pimp their friends out to give it glowing reviews. I was more than disappointed. Shame on the cast for wasting everyones time with this utter nonsense.
DO NOT WATCH!!!
Jug Face (2013)
A dark, beautiful slice of another life.
Just finished watching this and I have to say, it's everything I want in a short, well packaged southern Gothic story. I don't want to give anything away but i will cover a few basics. The acting is well above the norm for this type of film with all of the leads playing their roles very believably. The story of a a small, backwoods community that worships a pit that demands a sacrifice to ensure the health of the others is a simple premise that surrounds itself with enough drama to give the actors plenty to work off. The soundtrack is nice and haunting with a southern twist on the guitar riffs that add to the sense of oddity. The director makes good use of the limited number of actors to create a sense of how isolated these people are from the rest of the world without it seeming forced. The story is extremely dark and with plenty of blood, though not much gore, and plenty of disturbing dialogue that makes you really understand the sense of desperation and insanity that hangs over the characters. The movie moves at a slow pace but without losing your attention. To the contrary, the pacing makes the inevitable conclusion all the more painful and accentuates the "deep woods" atmosphere that is injected along the full length of this tale of blood, family, tradition and the the consequences that result. Please do yourself a favor and give this beautifully shot film a viewing, you won't be disappointed.