The Last Horror Movie (Unrated Edition)

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Summary: At last....no formula!
Review: At last a horror movie without the boring hollywood formula! I'm not going to say anything about the plot of this film. Just buy it/rent it and watch it! Start watching it with an OPEN MIND, and without all those pre-conceived ideas of how a horror movie should always be portrayed. This is a really good film with a magnetic central performance. I whole heartedly agree with one other reviewer here, that (despite the brutality!) this is a subtle piece and you need to get in between the narrative. Remember...horror can come in so many guises. I read the last reviewer on this page (the one who refers to the rest of us as "nitwits") Well I read a number of his previous reviews on other films...etc, and I wasn't surprised to find various profanities and the tedious over use of the word 'gore'. He also wants to "smack us all".....please take note Amazon! What a bore! How can anyone take seriously the rantings of a 'jar head' who can't even spell s**t, and thinks the sequel to Resident Evil was a good movie! Watch 'THE LAST HORROR MOVIE', it's excellent.

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Summary: The Title is true to it's self
Review: How Ironic in that the title of this picture almost speaks the truth about not only this movie, but the genre from which it is placed in as well as movies in general.

The last Horror movie is about a psychopath named Max who videotapes himself killing people (even to go so far as hire an assistant). However he is also documenting to a certain degree on life itself. We see the ins and outs of his life, from spending time with friends and family, to his job as a wedding video recorder. However the real meat and potatoes of the movie is the fact that this guy is a coldblooded killer. But because he is so witty and charming he does not fit the profile of the deranged killer most know about.

What really makes this movie is how it was made. The killer is recording this on his life like it's a documentary and at many moments is talking directly to the audience. That's right at many moments the killer actually talks to you. It's because of this and many other reasons that this is highly recomended. In truth the title is right, this is the Last Horror Movie, or at least the Last Origional Horror Movie.

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Summary: It's a movie you just have to talk about......
Review: I just loved this film! What a change to see something more creative. I watched it with a girlfriend of mine and by the end of it we were scared out of our minds and checking all the windows! You'll know why if you watch it. The next day I was telling all my work colleagues about it, and that's the cool thing; it's a movie you just have to talk about. I'm a big horror fan, but I wouldn't say this is a run of the mill kinda horror at all, it almost defies any catagorisation. Weird thing is me and my girlfriend thought the lead actor was really cute and sexy aswell which kind of freaked us out cause he is so chilling and scary in the role. Made me question myself! I mean there's one scene in the film which is, as a woman, one of my worst nightmares! This film really makes you wonder who is around you, who your neighbours are, who your friends are! Watch this film and you'll see what I mean.

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Summary: this is "sheeeeeeeeet"
Review: Phfft ! This movie stinks, and I watch a lot of horror movies. I rented this when my dad was visiting, and with my wife too (both love horror movies too) so this review comes from 3 people: We thought this movie was garbage. I rented it because so many people gave it good reviews. Bunch of nitwits! I should smack all of you. You call this a real horror movie? A good horror movie? For those that haven't seen it yet let me give you my impressions: Its boring beyond boring. The whole movie is a serial killer running around talking into the camera ALL THE TIME. He rambles on endlessly trying to convince the audience he is crazy, all he achieved was ticking me off. Also I might add the killer is not convincing at all, he is a joke. Anyone could kick the "you know what" out of him. He's a push over.
Next, the acting is very bad. The accents are so bad you will have trouble following it, and since 90% of this film is talk, talk, talk (not action) it will grate on your nerves by the end of the first 30 minutes. Finally, one of my biggest pet peeves with horror movies: lack of gore. All scenes are cut, you will hardly see any gore. After about the 4th or 5th person is killed he even rubs it in by looking at the camera and saying "boy I bet you would have liked to seen that?" I was ready to put my foot through the tv. And to those that will say "well this was done for a scare effect", or "its scarier that you don't see the gore"....I say BS! The reason they don't show you is because they didn't have the budget to build the required FX to make this movie horrifying. If they showed him dissecting these people in full gory detail, you'd be terrified of this guy. Plus I might add, what blood this movie does show is very cheesy. You could duplicate this with your average Halloween store gags. (ex: the girl in the kitchen, holding a fake knife in her belly while "too bright , almost pink" blood puddles on her shirt.)
Bottom line: This is a retarded movie, I ejected it from my dvd player, I couldn't take it.
If you want a good thriller that the character talks to you (the audience), watch or read Othello. Iago is far more convincing

**update ** - Dec 10th - to dork dawson. I censored the S word, are you that thick? and here are some good horror movies, knock yourself out:
Hellraiser 1& 2
Night mare on elm street
Silence of the lamb
Friday the 13th 1-3, 7
Bundy
The crow
Seven
Saw
The exorcist
Halloween 2
Jeepers creepers 2
Final destination 2
cabin fever
the beyond
180 days of sodom (if you can find a copy)


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Summary: A CLASSIC IS BORN !
Review: reallity horror seems to be the final step for the genre! reallity is pretty much as scary as it gets. with that said, the title that director Julian Richards chose for this absolute masterpiece "THE LAST HORROR MOVIE" is pure genius! the double meaning for the title is just to damn clever & you will know the 2nd meaning for the title after you watch the movie. this movie is one of the most intelligent pieces of artwork on film ever made! i have read other reviewers claim that this might not be so original or its all been done before???? well YES! reallity horror has been done before!!! from "TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE" "LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT" & "MANIAC" to "HENRY:portrait of a serial killer" "AMERICAN PSYCHO" & "SCRAPBOOK" reallity is nothing new to the horror genre,but never has it been done like this before!!! viewers have never been able to get this DEEEEEEP into the mind of a psycho or should i say never has a psycho from a horror movie been able to get this DEEEEEEP into the mind of the viewer?. max(the psycho) has got to be the most intelligent version of a serial killer that we have ever met on screen,i mean the way this emotional sicko displays humanity & turns the tables on the viewers making us question ourselves in so many different ways,its almost like your stuck in a room with a psychotic shrink for an hour1/2!!!(THIS KILLERS GOT A CONSCIENCE!!!!!) SO NO! reallity horror isn't new to the genre,but what is new & original is how deeeeep we get to go into mind of this very clever artist/psycho!! this movie is one of the creepiest,mind boggleing, & ground breaking horror films ever made!this is a new cult classic & in the long run will be hailed as one of the best horror movies ever made right along side "HENRY" & "T.C.M."!!! it is now one of my top ten favorite horror movies !I LOVE IT! & if your a real horror fan your gonna love it to! so hurry up & go get it right now! you won't regret it!!! BUT just remember enjoy it while you can because this very well may be "THE LAST HORROR MOVIE" you ever see! HA! HA! HA! HA!

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Summary: I always feel like---Somebody's watching Me
Review: So you're decompressing on the weekend. It has been an awful week---you've worked yourself ragged, you've had to burn the midnight oil to get a major presentation out, the boss hated it, the clients balked, no way of knowing whether you're going to get the deal. The girlfriend is still not talking to you, for whatever reason.

So you figure you'll grab some brew and a horror flick from the local video store. You rent "The Last Horror Movie", you pour a cup of liquid cheer, you pop the tape in the hopper and let it rip.

Something unexpected happens.

Seconds after the hapless waitress working the late shift at the roadside Michigan diner is about to get slaughtered by the masked serial killer, the screen goes fuzzy---white noise, electric snow---and then a man's face---lanky black hair, thick pursed lips, a smug and arrogant countenance---fills the screen.

He introduces himself as `Max' (Kevin Howarth, truly a one-man show). He tells you he taped over the horror flick you rented. He also tells you that in its place is his own `home movie', but rejoice: you're still going to get to see a horror movie. The only difference: this time the horrors will be real.

You like scary movies? Then you're in for a treat.

What you're going to watch, then---should you choose to keep watching---is Max's little experiment in Reality TV: he's going to commit murders, real murders, carried out against random victims---and film them.

The rest of the movie boils down to four `themes': 1) Max going about his work: throttling, stabbing, and bludgeoning his unwitting victims; 2) Max talking directly to the camera---to us---about his philosophy of life; 3) Max trying to psyche his cameraman into killing someone (Mark Stevenson, who plays the bloodthirsty down-and-out homeless assistant as part reluctant monster and part good-hearted human Border collie); 4) Max hanging out with friends and family (and musing to the camera about killing them, of course).

Now: "The Last Horror Movie" moves along briskly, is competently shot (yes, it captures the raw home-movie feel, but without the barf-inducing vertiginous camera-maneuvers of Blair Witch or Bourne Supremacy), carries out is bloody business and gets home in time for chow. If you release yourself to its black magic, and turn all the lights in the house out, you might even get goosebumps in the final five minutes.

But "The Last Horror Movie" is not really horror: maybe I'm jaded, but I wasn't shocked by any of the killings. This film has been compared to "Man Bites Dog" and "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer", which is an insult to either of those truly disturbing and genuinely pioneering films: "Man Bites Dog" is napalm, "Henry" a bunker-buster, and---by contrast---"The Last Horror Movie" is a knife shoved deep into the back of your neck in the dark.

But hey, a knife in the dark gets the job done, doesn't it?

Cheap, silent, quick, sarcastic, and very deadly, "The Last Horror Movie" succeeds in spades: not as horror, but as a wickedly gleeful little Q&A (with the victims, of course!) on the Meaning of Life.

In that regard, the movie rises and falls on the strength of the actor playing Max: Kevin Howarth is "The Last Horror Movie". You should see the movie for Howarth's insanely amazing, and genuinely moving, performance. His expressive facial expressions, his caustic, brutal, Satanic wit, the range of emotion on his face, the relentless questions---all of this could have been wasted in the hands of a less accomplished actor, and had Max been weakly cast, the flick would have been a disaster. Not so with Howarth, who makes his Max captivating, engaging, charismatic, and surprisingly compelling in his bleak assessment of the world.

Now if you want disturbing---the cold grue of the dead gaze of a camera that chronicles, without moralizing, a serial killer's ghoulish adventures---look elsewhere: this isn't that movie, despite that being the way it promotes itself. In a world bombarded by "Silence of the Lambs", "Man Bites Dog", "I Stand Alone", "Maniac", and "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer", there are plenty of nastier films that serve up blood and gore and shock.

Why, then, did "Last Horror Movie" quickly capture my interest and slake my ceaseless thirst for the deranged? Easy answer: it's a sincerely spooky little flick that gets right down to its creepy-crawly business. But the deeper answer: I like the fact that Max isn't a garden-weed monster: this dude is seriously looking for answers.

If you're thoroughly miserable, Max wonders---well, why live? Why do these hapless souls, leading their lives of desperation both quiet and noisy, their faces screwed up in despair---why do they struggle so against the blade, the strangler's embrace, the pistol shoved up against the skull? Why do they fight so hard, cling so tenaciously to a life they despise?

Good questions, and Max takes considerable pains---as do his victims---in getting answers. The least you could do is bolt the door, secure the windows, douse the lights, and spend a rainy evening scoping out the results of his experiment. Speaking of which, did you just hear a noise? Is that someone in the corner, huddled next to the fridge? And why is he holding a videocamera...?

JSG



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Summary: This May Be Your Last...
Review: This film is one that all horror and psychological thriller fans should watch. It's not a horror film in the sense of "I wear a mask and kill naked teenagers" kind of way. It's a horror film because the very idea is horrifying.

The movie begins as a stupid cliched slasher film called 'The Last Horror Movie', and just when you think you should check the box again to see what you've rented, the movie goes to static, and looks as if it has been taped over. A man appears on the screen looking right at us. He just so happens to be a serial killer, who's making a documentary about his life.

From here on, the movie is unnerving, creative, and fascinating. This particular killer is very charismatic, and lures you in, even though you want to look away. The movie is scripted, but it really does play out like an actual documentary, which adds to the creep-out factor, especially towards the end. Though much of the movie is the killer talking to us, it's horrifying to see him act as a regular guy then turn on people in such vicious ways. The scariest thing about it is it seems real. The most creative thing about the film is throughout, it becomes clear that this documentary is really an experiment he's conducting to make us realize our inner demons. He even calls us on it: "If you didn't want to see that, why are you still watching?".

If you want a sense of what it's like, I would have to say 'American Psycho' meets 'Bowling For Columbine'. Check this out, you won't be dissappointed.

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Summary: Must See Oldschool Horror Film with A New Twist
Review: This is without a Doubt one of the Best Horror Movies in the Last 10 Years.. And needs more word of Mouth
Smart, Dark, Raw, and Very Unique
It's not what you'd think which makes it all the More Scary
The Cast is Top Notch
The actor who Plays Max is Awesome in this film and realy sells the character and all the events that are happening all around him

A Must see Film That does it's job and at the same time doesn't make the audience feel dumb.
A Future Classic! 10/10

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Summary: The Last Horror Movie
Review: This movie is one of the best horror movies I have seen in a while. The originality of this movie is so unique and I suggest you see this great movie. The entire concept is beautifully flowing in to a great ending. Im not going to say anything about the plot but I was completely blown away by the creativity of the ending.

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Summary: At Last! A Horror Film Not Affraid to be Scary...
Review: Whew! What a year we had last year in horror! When it was good, it was very, very good:
Saw
Dawn of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Monster Man
Dead End

and when it was bad, it was very, very bad:
Seed of Chucky
Dracula 3000
Seed of Chucky
But this film, ever so original, unpredictable, shocking, and yes, SO MUCH FUN!!!! Honestly, I dismissed this opus originally because I thought it was like some "Blair Witch" crapola. Then I looked at the box and saw it was presented by Fangoria Magazine's Gorezone label, and knew there was something to it.

The direction is somewhat awkward, but tight. It has a documentary feel to it. I kind of felt like a voyuer watching it. At times it seems very real. For a real scare, watch this movie all alone, in the dark. I guarantee you the heavie-jeevies will soon follow.

A great exercise in horror, and independent filmmaking. Skillfully acted and written, save this one for Halloween.