Rating: Summary: The Harvest of Blood! Review: Slash is a rock band on the verge of hitting it big (so they surmise) when tragedy strikes. Joseph MacDonald is informed at the end of a gig that a family member has died, and his presence at the funeral would be appreciated. Together the band heads out on a road trip to old MacDonald's farm that will not soon be forgotten, and Joseph (Mac) must face his somewhat repulsive and abhorrent family history. After attending the funeral, and spending some time with Mac's family, the band assumes they can be on their way. However, coincidentally, their bus seems to be out of commission and they must spend subsequent nights on the farm with Mr. MacDonald and his odd farm hand Billy Bob. Keith, the band's keyboardist has a rather difficult time with Billy Bob, they get into altercations, and Keith leaves the farm never to be seen again. Only, he's not the first nor the last person who falls victim to the twisted "harvest of blood" that is tradition in the MacDonald family. Mac must decide whether he wants to remain faithful to his family heritage or to his band members and friends. I must say that for a cheesy, b-rated horror flick, the script is very well done. Not only that, but the acting is also above what one might expect, even if barely. Some of the characters do tend to get obnoxious throughout the duration of the film, but I believe that was the anticipated result. The soundtrack seems fitting, but also seems to get on the viewer's nerves at times. Another complaint of mine is that the pace can be somewhat slow. What little tension there is gets dropped in between scenes and doesn't come back until much later. There is little suspense, and absolutely no bone-tingling horror/terror to be found here. The plot is very much predictable, and at times even laughable. Rent this movie if you're looking for something interesting to view on a lonely weekend night at home, but it isn't worth investing in the DVD for your own personal library unless you're a die hard b-movie slasher flick collector.
Rating: Summary: Not Black Enough Review: The highlight of this movie is the wry humour of the well-acted McDonalds characters. Transposed into a blacker more frightening movie, this might have been very compelling. The teenage characters are irritating to the point that when they start getting knocked off its actually more of a relief than anything else. Unfortunately much of the work is left undone and far too many of them escape the farm. The plot is decent enough but the movie isn't really black enough to make it a good teen horror. Overall its reasonably enjoyable to watch, but very much let down by a cheesy/happy ending that won't see it taken seriously by fans of this genre.
Rating: Summary: Not Black Enough Review: The highlight of this movie is the wry humour of the well-acted McDonalds characters. Transposed into a blacker more frightening movie, this might have been very compelling. The teenage characters are irritating to the point that when they start getting knocked off its actually more of a relief than anything else. Unfortunately much of the work is left undone and far too many of them escape the farm. The plot is decent enough but the movie isn't really black enough to make it a good teen horror. Overall its reasonably enjoyable to watch, but very much let down by a cheesy/happy ending that won't see it taken seriously by fans of this genre.
Rating: Summary: fun and cute Review: The morning I stumbled on this movie, I was intrigued by the title. I actually watched the whole movie and then watched again. I have read with the reviews before posting my own.
The morning after i watched it, I got my partner and she and I watched it. True, it did not provide the blood and guts, but it was not intended too. This movie would be appreciated by bands that are just starting out to make it big.
Yes it was surprising that it was made in Africa. But the best scenes in the movie were near the end. The surprise in the band was cool and most definate, the selling of the land.
We thought it was a great movie and away from the Friday the 13th predicative scenes.
Awesome movie. Yes, we would buy the movie. The music in the beginning could fit the title and be a little more heavy, but thats cool!!
Rating: Summary: GREAT DIRECT TO VIDEO DVD!! Review: THIS MOVIE IS LIKE COMBINATION OF JEEPERS CREEPERS AND ED GEINS. ITS ABOUT A VOODOO MYTH OF IF YOU SPRINKLE A LIL BLOOD ON THE CROPS IT GROWS BETTER. SO CRAZY OLD MACDONALD TAKES IT A LIL FAR AND KILLS GIRLS AND USES THEIR BLOOD. 15 YEARS LATER HIS GRANDSON(A BUDDING ROCK STAR) IS ASKED TO COME BACK FOR FUNERL AND THE WHOLE THING STARTS AGAIN. ITS A REALLY GOOD FUN SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE...NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS!!!
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