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Summary: The only review worth reading!
Review: I thought Kolobos to be a highly entertaining and terrifying film. What do the first to guys above expect from a film with such a low budget? Take a look at recent "horror" pics with BIG budgets such as "Scream", "Urban Legend" or "I know what you did last Summer", these films are merely laughable whereas Kolobos delivered sheer horror and was actually quite disturbing. Watch it.......but not alone!
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Summary: A must see for Halloween, It was FANtastic !
Review: I thought that this movie delivered for an independent film, young adults will love the movie. The truth is it scared the hell out of me and I was caught thinking do people really do this? Great movie
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Summary: R.I.P. Off City
Review: It's been a while since I felt compelled to write a review for a movie, but this one certainly takes the cake. I noticed only one other reviewer seemed to be aware of the fact that this low budget effort is more or less a directly blatant rip off of Dario Argento's much, much better Suspiria, and that is precisely where most of the problems with this cinematic dogpile begin.
Aside from being rife with some of the most gratingly amature "acting," the movie itself, production wise, is really nothing special. Oh, sure.... lot's of senseless gore, loud music, and psychedelic lighting, but this has all been done before and much better the first time around. The cinematography and editing looks grainy, cheap and rushed, and the script distinctly feels as if it was written during a drug binging weekend by someone who has nothing better to do other than rip off the works of other, more talented filmmakers than themselves.
When indie/ low budget filmmakers can no longer be original and come up with their own truly UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL ideas, these are the kinds of movies we as the paying audience are forced to suffer through. Not as bad as some low budget horror flicks I've seen, but then again, not very good either. Stick with Argento's Suspiria and Inferno instead. You'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Overly gory and full of bland characters and weak plot.
Review: It's inevitable that certain people will warm to the excessive bloodletting that makes up the majority of "Kolobos," a movie so flat and inconceivably bad that the only truly frightening thing that comes to mind while viewing is that someone actually came up with this; this was someone's idea. The movie, being an independent film, over-emphasizes its gory violence and leaves its less-than-mediocre story, while introducing us to flat, uninvolving characters we have no time to get to know. It's this type of splatter flick which makes such films as "Friday the 13th" seem intelligent and frightening (and I'm no fan of that one, either). The opening does its best to be ominous in its approach to horror, and for a brief second, it seems as if the movie may have a glimmer of hope. A young man and woman in a Jeep stop in the middle of an alley to find a brutally mutilated girl lying in a pool of blood, murmuring the word "kolobos." I liked this sequence: we are never given a glimpse of the girl, therefore leading us to believe that the "less-is-more" approach will make this movie a success. The rest of the beginning also develops quite nicely, as the injured girl, Kyra, recalls the experiences which lead up to her scars. Kyra, along with four others, Tom, Erica, Gary and Tina, all respond to an ad in the paper which calls for five people willing to live in a secluded house whlie having their activities caught on video surveillance cameras throughout the property. They all seem to get along well, although some of Kyra's mysteriously grotesque drawings have some of them wondering about her (she also uses prescription drugs, which doesn't sit well with the group, either). So when the bodies begin to drop and they become sealed inside the booby-trapped house, their desperate attempt to escape leads them to accusations again one another and even more dead bodies. And that's really all the second half is composed of: mayhem and murder, without a moment of rest. There are scenes of violence and bodily harm that are so realistic looking and believable that they are seriously difficult to look at. Seriously. And since there is so much of it, there really is no room for anything else. The story keeps feeding us such images as rotating saw blades flying into flesh, a shower of pure acid, entrails and cut throats, which overwhelm us to the point of regurgitation. And believe me on this: you see everything, which betrays the movie's original approach of "less-is-more." The way I see it is that the filmmakers sought out to make all of this bloodshed the shock factor of the film, without any truly frightening scares. It does succeed in shocking us, yes, but in a totally different way. It was all I could do to finish this movie, because I hate leaving a movie in the middle, and the whole time, I'm wondering just what kind of minds could come up with the images displayed throughout this film. And to be honest, I should've left in the middle of the film, because the ending is the most confusing and ridiculous aspect of this unworthy story. Without giving too much away, there is much confusion about Kyra's involvement in the events that took place in that house, and you'll see what I mean in the very last sequence after her release from the hospital. Apparently everything did happen, but the movie makes it out to be one of those mind trips where no one believes her, and even the physical facts prove otherwise. And the movie nevers answers that question, nor does it leave a slight hint. The story itself is strictly juvenile, and like its characters, we never get a chance to get into it or get a feel for it. The gore is a turn-off, yes, but the story does everything it can to put its characters into inescapable situations which almost certainly will end in death. The characters are never developed: we are given some small insight into their backgrounds or present lives, but not enough to sustain any sort of emotion or feeling for them once they die. There seems to be a hint of a romance between Kyra and one of the others, but again, he is killed off so quickly that we don't care. I felt myself comparing my connection to this story to a connection between me and someone I've never even met who lives in another country on another planet in another galaxy... you get the picture. Actors have no place to exploit any sort of emotion, and even their performances are as flat as the script paper. Amy Weber hints at a performance that wants to burst out of her and be free, but the only thing escaping her lips are controlled sobs and scared puppy faces. Promise LeMarco comes off as totally annoying in the role of Tina: she is just too peppy and upbeat (by the way, she's the first to die). Donny Terranova is Tom, and John Fairlie is Gary, and while both of them try to portray the rough image of strong men, they come off as whimps. Nichole Pelerine plays Erica, the actress/.... who generates little fear in her performance. "Kolobos" doesn't even give off the promise of good intentions, except for its video cover. It gives off the notion that it is intelligent and scary, when it is, in fact, the opposite. It is scary, but not in the ways intended. Be sure to have a barf bucket handy when watching this autopsy showcase, and don't expect much from the story or its characters.
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Summary: A Little of Everything
Review: Kolobos, is a great movie. Here's why... The acting, in my opinion, was very good. Krya {Amy Webber} was great. She played her part well. Tom {Donny Terrranove} great actor. I see good things going for him in the future. Everyone else in the cast did a great job playing their part. The conflict was also really good it had the weirdness and gore and everything else all went together really really good. In some places it is very funny. The whole cast did very good and the deaths for everyone were very different. At the end I would have changed a few things but a over all view the movie was really good. In my opinion I think that you should see "Kolobos". If you like blood and gore and a little comedy this is perfect for you.
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Summary: EVERYTHING AND MORE...
Review: KOLOBOS... WAS A GREAT MOVIE. IT HAD EVERYTHING. A GREAT CAST... THE BLOOD AND GORE WAS GREAT... THE MONSTER WAS GOOD... AND THE LITTLE BIT OF COMEDY PLAYED GREAT. KOLOBOS IS A MUST SEE MOVIE. HERE'S WHY: ONE... THE CAST. AMY WEBER DOES GREAT AS KRYA AND MY FAVORITE CHARACTER... TOM PLAYED BY DONNY TERRANOVA... HE'S GREAT HE'S GOT EVERYTHING. HE'S FUNNY AND HE'S VERY GOOD FOR HIS PART. THE BLOOD AND GORE WAS REALLY GOOD AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO EVERYONE WAS JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BLOOD AND GORE. THE FACELESS CHARACTER WAS GREAT AND HE'S NOT LIKE YOUR SLASHER KILLER IN MOST MOVIES. HE'S DIFFERENT. AND OVER ALL THE MOVIE WAS GREAT. YOU SHOULD REALLY SEE IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE BUT DON'T WATCH IT ALONE...
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Summary: Kolobos...good popcorn slasher flick!
Review: Let's cut to the chase...If you want to see if the beautiful Amy Weber can act..she can. As predictable as the plot is...after half an hour, you should know the ending..or close to it. This is B-Movie campiness at it's best, and there is a lot of Amy to watch (even without any makeup..she is an 11). I purchased this movie here for ...and I don't regret it (even if Amy is fully clothed thoughout).
Alternate title "I know what Amy did when she screamed last summer" Cross your fingers for a sequel!!
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Summary: a good laugh, but not "polonia" quality
Review: My sister and I watched this dvd just last night and had a great laugh from it. The acting and story are so sub par it needs to be seen to be believed. We couldn't remember how many times we questioned the characters' actions or dialogue. It was just THAT bad! The special features were minimal-just two screens about the leading actress. If you enjoy low budget horror films that make absolutely no sense, check out Feeders and Feeders II by the Polonia Bros. These are truely great horror flicks.
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Summary: awful
Review: Now, I haven't seen the movie in awhile, so I can't really remember the ending that well. I seem to remember feeling as though the whole situation simply drove her over the already brittle edge, and possibly developed an obsession with her attacker (this is actually something that can happen in real life). I give the movie 5 stars, mostly because this movie actually genuinely creeped me out. I do not scare all that easily these days (though admittedly I first saw this movie when I was still only getting used to the genre after being mortally terrified by the first Child's Play when I was like, 11 and swearing off horror movies until my mid-teens), and that movie really did freak me out. I figure, who cares if the actors are bad (which they were) or if the script is bad (which it was), the directing, the atmosphere, the gore, and the storyline itself was enough to really get me on edge. Plus, it's a B-grade horror movie...OF COURSE the actors and script are going to lack...that's like...the rule. They're supposed to suck. That's what makes movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre as horrifying as it is...it's so gritty and dirty and bad, it might just be real!
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Summary: Mmm...horror
Review: Now, I haven't seen the movie in awhile, so I can't really remember the ending that well. I seem to remember feeling as though the whole situation simply drove her over the already brittle edge, and possibly developed an obsession with her attacker (this is actually something that can happen in real life). I give the movie 5 stars, mostly because this movie actually genuinely creeped me out. I do not scare all that easily these days (though admittedly I first saw this movie when I was still only getting used to the genre after being mortally terrified by the first Child's Play when I was like, 11 and swearing off horror movies until my mid-teens), and that movie really did freak me out. I figure, who cares if the actors are bad (which they were) or if the script is bad (which it was), the directing, the atmosphere, the gore, and the storyline itself was enough to really get me on edge. Plus, it's a B-grade horror movie...OF COURSE the actors and script are going to lack...that's like...the rule. They're supposed to suck. That's what makes movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre as horrifying as it is...it's so gritty and dirty and bad, it might just be real!
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