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Kill Your Darling (2009)
Worst movie ever... even for a B-movie
Saw this piece of garbage in German television today. I actually read a horrible review in the TV guide but with the remark, that if I enjoy crudely done horror flicks, I might like this one.
I didn't.
There is some killer running around cutting people's faces off and one young fellow is accused of being him.
You pretty much know he isn't after 20 minutes, which takes every surprise.
Well. The actors act lousy, though not often B-movie funny lousy, just lousy. The story sucks and so does the rest. Do yourself a favor and do not watch this.
I thought, it could be funny if the director wouldn't have tried, to seriously deliver the awful plot. I was disappointed. So was my brother, so will you.
Friday the 13th (2009)
Nice Horror movie, no Friday 13th
I recently saw all the old Friday 13th movies from Part I to Part X and really loved them. In part because it was always the same routine. You got your bunch of teenagers going to crystal lake, having sex, smoking pot and finally one by one gets killed in a lot of different ways by the hockey mask wearing maniac Jason. All teenagers are stereotypes of every kind. Black kid, white cheerleader slut, jocks, sensitive guy and lovable yet shy girl, usually the main character. You knew what you could expect and yet you always watched, got scared and laughed. The kills, though at some points quite gory (Part IX) where never too brutal in their visualization and for the most part you knew what was going to happen next. Summary: I loved the movies and especially Jason.
So I watched this movie expecting good things. Marcus Nispel already directed Texas Chainsaw Massacre and I found it to be quite frightening. Although I never watched the old ones, so I can't compare.
Friday starts quite good. Teens are walking through the woods on search for dope. Nerd has a GPS, the others have girlfriends, which they eventually bang in there tents, because they decided to spend the night there. Nerd has no sex, so he wants dope. Wanders off and you might guess what happens.
From here on it's just killing. Second group of teenagers come to Crystal Lake, because the dad of one owns a house there and they meet another kid, that's there for reasons that cannot be revealed without using major spoiler. You WILL be surprised.
Well can't say much more to the story. It's a horror movie, so people die.
What I liked: Plenty of kills, sometimes very brutal. Plays mostly at night, can be frightening and it's got suspenseful moments. High boob count. You will see lots of naked chicks in there. I liked that for the obvious reason ;-) and also because there they really hit it. All the old Jason movies hat lots of completely meaningless nudity. Just kids having sex all the time, that's why Jason died, so they gotta go on, he he. Just reminded me, that this movie was called Friday the 13th
What I didn't like: As you might see from my last sentence, there was very little that was actually in concordance with the old movies. They wanted to cram the first four titles into this new one, which they couldn't really pull of. Jason wears a sack, the hockey mask and even Mrs. Vorhees is there. Some people criticize that Jason is running. Was not a big deal for me, but if you don't like that, it is for you. There is one kill that the old Jason would never have done. It's more like torturing to death. Won't say which one, but you'll figure it out. Plus the huge plot twist in the middle just felt wrong.
In conclusion: If you have never seen a Friday movie, or at least not the first 4, then go see this. It's an okay done horror flick that will certainly entertain for 1.5 hours.
If you liked the old movies and especially the old Jason, then I leave it to you to see it. But if you do, then prepare to be entertained but also very disappointed at Jason. He is not the same and the movies don't feel the same as the old ones did. This is just a guy killing lots of people and he certainly isn't Jason only because he wears a hockey mask. This movie is more like Texas Chainsaw massacre with a different killer and more nudity. Fells kinda the same.
5 out of 10 because it entertained. Not more, because it's not a remake in my opinion. They redid it.