The Lazarus Effect (2015)

Frank and Zoey, whose engagement is on hold due to their current scientific experiments, are doing research into how to bring the dead back to life.  The University is unaware of that this involves jump starting dead animals, but once that is discovered, the project is shut down and they lose their funding.

Frank is furious since after many years, they've just succeeded revived a dog from the dead. Wanting to make the most of the last night before their lab will be dismantled and credit for their work most likely stolen, they sneak in to do see if they can duplicate their success with another dog carcass.

During the experiment,  Zoey is accidentally electrocuted. In his grief, and desperation Frank decides they need to bring her back to life... because it's perfectly safe to jab a huge needle randomly into a human head and not worry about hitting anything important.

The others are not on board with experimenting on Zoey, especially they've only recently had success on a dog.  Clay repeatedly warns them that something was very wrong with the dog they revived, but everyone ignores him.  Eventually they agree to help Frank and boom, here's Zoey back from the dead  But she's not the same and you just know she's going to be as weird as the dead dog.

The preview for the movie looked great, but it just didn't play out well.  I'm still left wondering why they took the back-from-the-dead dog home? I thought maybe it was their dog, but Zoey doesn't know it's name. Wouldn't it be safer to keep it in a cage in the lab?  Why is taking home an animated corpse a viable option in their project? It's totally outside any protocol for scientific study, and they could have gotten across how weird it was with things that happened in the lab.

Devil's Due (2014)

Newlyweds Zach and Samantha head down to the Dominican Republic for their honeymoon.  On their last night in town, they decide to get a palm reading and Samantha is unnerved by a creepy psychic.  After they leave her home,  the couple gets lost in a sketchy part of town.

S when a cab shows up out of nowhere, they hop right in.  The cabbie offers to take them to a special underground club that is not known to tourists and they say, why the hell not.  Good god, they're old enough to know better. You should never go to mystery clubs off the beaten path while in a foreign country - unless you want to end up going missing or birthing a devil baby.

The next day, Zach and Sam wake up in their hotel and wondering how they got back to their room.  No one shall ask why they don't look at the video they shot.  Zach is constantly documenting everything they do, so you'd think it might cross their minds.  Too bad it didn't because the few glimpses of underground corridors, alters and chanting means Sam is in for quite a pregnancy when she gets home.

As is always the case with those pesky devil baby's, things start getting weird and Sam gets even weirder. Nothing original here and it's been done better before. But the bigger problem is that most of the movie is a bunch of talking and not much devil-ing.

Blood Widow (2014)

Hugh and his girlfriend Laurie buy an isolated house which is referred to as a fixer upper., but looks perfectly fine.  For a reason never explained (ahem, plot convenience), the couple who sell them the home make plans to come back in a few days and help with the home repairs.

Laurie is picturing a quiet romantic weekend in their new home. But Hugh has invited some friends over for a party and neglected to mention this to Laurie.   This does not bode well for their future, especially when his friends invite more guests and the house ends up packed.  Laurie is not amused.

When they glimpse a neighboring home through the trees, their friends think, "hey an abandoned house" and traipse off to explore it.  Although this group is in their mid twenties, they  think it's fun to vandalize the home and generally act like idiots. Unfortunately for them, there's a Blood Widow in the basement. Take that, you over aged vandals.

The old house used to be a school for orphans, and some horrible things went on there.  Why is the blood widow in the basement and taking revenge on people who never wronged her?   Who knows.

The movie is slow paced with not so much blood widow, but a lot of annoying partiers.  The characters aren't very likable so you won't care when they die.

Avalanche Sharks (2014)

Legend has it that high in the mountains, there used to be killer sharks that swim in snow.  Most people dismiss this as a Native American fable, which is really a shame since an avalanche unleashes said killer sharks from their frozen graves.  Soon snowboarders, skiers, and anyone within reach is a tasty snack for these extremely cold blooded killing machines.

As people begin to disappear on the slopes, friends and family notify the ski patrol.  But this resort has the worst ski patrol ever.  They're too lazy to conduct a search for anyone.  What's that? We're up to four missing skiers?  Oh I'm sure they'll show up at some point.

The one guy who figures out there's a problem raises the call to close the resort. What? Harumph harumph.  Close the mountain?  But it's spring break and the best snow in years.   This is our peak tourist season, says the person in charge who doesn't realize it's better to lose a tourist season than be known as the ski lodge where everyone died.

This is a tough one to get through.  The sharks and blood are CGI, and you won't care who gets taken out by the sharks.

Indigenous (2014)

In a typical horror movie fashion, idiot college kids scoff at a local legend and traipse off into the jungle to their inevitable deaths.

A group of friends go on vacation in Panama to hang out on the beach and party.  One night in a bar, they are told of a beautiful waterfall deep in the jungle which is not known to tourists.  When they express interest in seeing it, one of the locals whose befriended them warns them not to go.  There is a legend about creatures who roam that part of the jungle, and people who go to that area disappear never to be seen again.

Now you would think that even if they didn't believe in the legend, they might want to be concerned that people disappear in the jungle.  But as a bunch of drunken privileged white college kids who feel invulnerable, they're not worried.  They're here to party, and seeing something that other tourists don't should get them more hits on whatever social media they're posting on.  Yeah, that's right. We went to this secret location that other people aren't told about, so there.

Although she promises not to take them there, the woman from the bar drives the group deep into the jungle the next day.  And it's all fun and games until someone disappears after uttering a blood curdling scream. Oh yeah, there's creatures in this here jungle so get ready for some death college kids.

There's nothing to distinguish Indigenous from any other film where kids wander off to a place where they shouldn't go and they pay with their lives. If you know that people disappear when they go to a certain area of the jungle, then why are you going? It's a foreign country. You don't believe in the legend? Fine, but what about animals, poisonous things, drug traffickers, guerrilla armies, or even locals who don't like your smug stupid face? What if you've accidentally done something horribly insulting or rude while you were drunk?  Not every culture is going to just let you walk away. You don't know the customs there. So yeah, maybe be cautious when a local warns you away from a certain area.

The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill (2013)

A group of paranormal investigators decide to investigate Clophill, the ruins of a church that are said to be haunted.  There are stories of black masses, ghostly sightings, and mysterious things happening in the churchyard.

This is essentially like watching a really boring episode of Ghost Hunters.  The investigators interview townsfolk and nothing much happens during the investigation.

The description says based on true events, but there is also information provided that 90% of the movie is real with the remainder being staged.  Based on the credits, everyone is listed as themselves except for those listed as cult members.

House of Dust (2013)

Fresh out of a mental institution, Emma is dropped off at college with a supply of meds and hopes that her hallucinations have disappeared.  Her roommate Gabby introduces her to the two guys across the hall and invites her to a keg party. Woohoo, college!

The campus has an abandoned asylum on it, which seems like a terrible idea. What college student wouldn't want to explore an old building or have a party in it?  The building was the sight of experimental lobotomies until a patient and doctor were murdered. So you just know there's got to be some bad mojo around there.

Gabby and the two guys convince Emma to sneak into the building with them, where she promptly wanders off.  The other three go into the basement and accidentally break a jar containing the cremated remains of psychotic patients. Inexplicably their souls possess the students.

Her friends begin acting strangely and creepily.  Emma, who didn't breath in the corpse dust, starts believing her meds aren't working because she is beginning to see people who aren't actually there.

The synopsis for this movie states these kids are med students, but I find that hard to believe since they are pretty lackadaisical in their studies.  The only class mentioned is psychology, which the snotty girls in school state is what the stupid kids take (even thought they all all in the same class).

This is so tame it's practically a TV movie, with minimal blood and killings that are essentially off screen.

Catacombs (1988)

A few hundred years ago in the catacombs under a monestary, priests lock up a demon that looks like a crazy Kim Fowley with Edgar Winter hair.  In the present day, the monastery still exists and young teacher Elizabeth arrives to stay for awhile.  Most of the priests are gracious, except for weirdo Brother Marinus who is convinced that having a woman there will bring evil upon them.

Whether it's true or just coincidence, one of the brothers is down in the catacombs, sees the seal across the demons tomb, and promptly removes. it  No one shall ask why he wouldn't know that a sealed room should not be opened.  Oh well, he can't be very popular with the others because after he dies, no one notices he's missing.

Timothy Van Patten is Father John, the youngest priest. In fact, he's the only young priest, which makes it strange that he's also the most boring priest. He spends his time lying on the floor muttering, being kind, or talking to Elizabeth. He's a level headed guy but he's questioning his faith.

Meanwhile there's a brother in the basement eating a candy bar and the life-sized sexy Jesus nailed to the cross has extricated himself and is starting to head his way. Well this isn't going to work out well for anyone.  So now we've got a demon who can possess inanimate objects. So that's different.

This may have been an okay movie if it weren't so incredibly boring.  Although the demon escapes, not much happens until the last part of the movie.  You keep waiting for him to show up, but nope.  It's just people talking and wandering around underground, or Brother Marinus scaring the heck out of the other brothers with his screeching about the evil of a woman in the monastery.

The best part of the film is when the credits rolled and one of the characters was Possessed Albino.  Wait? So that wasn't a demon?  It was just a possessed albino?  What the hell?  So why did his body  look fine 400 years later, other than an old face?  Surely a demon can't keep a human body looking young and maintain a six-pack while chained to a wall.

One last thing, they must have spent most of their money on the candle budget because there are candles lining every corridor in the catacomb

Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)

Worrying that she may be getting too old to keep a small town safe from the wolves that prowl the local woods,  a witch decides to pass her gift on to her granddaughter.  This involves her granddaughter Sammy being mauled by a wolf, burying her body deep in the ground with a sword and red hooded cloak, and killing herself on the grave.

When Danny learns the old wolf lady has died, he's concerned about his girlfriend Sammy.  But the Sheriff isn't concerned since he's got a dead body on his hand which might be a homicide and Sammy has run away before.

Danny decides to drown his sorrows at a college kegger in the woods.  But things go horribly wrong when some of the kids are attacked by wolves.  With more dead bodies on his hands, the Sheriff decides to kill some wolves.  When he runs into a strange woman in the woods where a hunting party are attacked, he starts wondering what is really going on in town.

This movie seems much longer than it actually is. It's an Asylum production so you know it's going to be schlocky and not very good.  The old wolf lady is too young to be known as the old anything or called a coot.  And it's odd that the Sheriff doesn't seem to know Sammy even though she lives in town. Also with all the wolf attacks in town, they have a free officer to babysit the Sheriffs kids at the police station, even after they're down a deputy.

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

Being a Scout in high school is not cool, which is why Ben and Carter want to quit.  They want to go to parties and hang out with girls.  But the only other person in their scout troop is Augie, who they've been friends with since they were kids.  Augie loves being a Scout, and Ben doesn't want to hurt his feelings by quitting.

When Carter manages to score an invitation to a rave for the high school seniors on the same night they are going camping with the scout master, Carter convinces Ben that they should sneak off to the party after Augie and the leader fall asleep.  But only the three teenagers show up for the camping trip because  their scout leader, like most of the town, is a zombie.

Earlier that day, a test subject quarantined in a laboratory bit a janitor and a scientist, which started the zombie outbreak.  Ben and Carter team up with a stripper who bought them alcohol earlier in the night.  They meet up with Augie and try to figure out what is going on, how to get out of town, and decide to stop by the rave to make sure Carters sister got out of town safely.

I liked this movie.  It had some good laughs, and although sometimes it veers into questionable territory, overall it was entertaining.

Hallows Eve (2014)

While at a local haunted attraction, a group of mean teenagers bully a little girl who stutters and tends to tattle on people. They pelt her with pumpkin guts and chase her through a corn field where she ends up getting mowed down by a tractor.

Ten years later, the mean kids are all grown up, the haunted attraction is in full swing for Halloween, and for some reason that is never explained, the kids are given complimentary passes each year.  Well I assume these kids are the same ones from the opening scene. It's impossible to tell because no one looks the same, but since it's been ten years, the bullies should now be in their mid twenties which appears to be the age of this group.

But then a character utter one sentence that totally destroyed the time line.  While talking to one of the twenty somethings, Danielle Harris says, " Well you and your friends parents weren't the nicest kids back then."  Wait, what?  So the characters parents were the bullies from the first scene of the movie? Or is it just this one kid along with his friends parents, as the sentence awkwardly implies?   Or were the bullies the college kids we've been watching the whole movie? The question is never cleared up. And if these college kids are actually supposed to be teenagers, then the parents who bullied the girl must have all had kids at age ten.  The only thing we can definitively confirm is that the little girl run over by the tractor is now a teen and has a disfigured face.

There are other things that also make no sense.  Why does the family give complimentary passes  every year the the kids (or kids of) the teens who bullied their daughter?  Why does loser pothead Rudy actually plan in advance to look in the teenage girls window?  He's ten years older than her so it's extremely creepy.  Why doesn't the girl have any shades since she's living on the ground of the haunted attraction?  When her father and mother figure out Rudy was at the window, why don't they ever say anything to him or kick him out of the haunt?  Why do Rudy's two friends who arrived with him completely disappear after this scene, never to be mentioned again?

The movie was filmed at the Bates Motel haunt. As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity.  Even though it's not very good, it gets their name out there and is going to help business. The hame of haunt sounded familiar and I realized they'd also filmed The Bates Haunting at the same place.  Filming at a haunt can be mutually beneficial - the haunt gets free advertising and the movie has ready made spooky sets.  Unfortunately neither movie is very good, but it did make me look at their website once I figured out it was a real place.

ATM (2012)

While at the company Christmas party, David mentions to his friend Corey that regrets never asking Emily out. It's her last day of work so he'll never see her again.  His friend Corey convinces him to talk to her, and she accepts David's offer of a ride home.  The problem is David is also Corey's ride home and Corey is an ass.

David begs with Corey to catch a cab. But Corey has no money and neither does David.  So the three of them jump into David's car and Corey proves to an even bigger dick than we previously presumed when he pressures David to take him to an ATM because he wants a pizza.  No one shall ask why David parks  40 parking spaces away from the ATM rather than pulling up directly in front of it.  Niether shall you ask why David doesn't drive up to the ATM for his own convenience when going to check on why Corey is taking forever.

The parking situation turns out to be unfortunate when a mystery figure in a hooded parka appears outside the ATM vestibule.  Although these young professional live in a big city, they didn't consider that making withdrawals from an ATM in the middle of the night could be a safety issue.   Especially when it turns out the man doesn't want to rob them, he wants to kill them.

The plot contrivances are far too many and unrealistic.  They park across the parking lot rather than next to the ATM.  It's winter but they're not wearing coats. Two of the three leave their cell phones in the car, and one person who has theirs has a dead battery.  Although there are three of them and one attacker, they never mount an attack.  They also don't try a distraction such as having one guy run for the car. Either he'll be able to drive off to get help, or he'll be a distraction that lets the other two slip away. Argh, movie you are so annoying.

Tourist Trap (1979)

Our story begins when a couple gets a flat tire, and the guy sets off to see in search of a gas station.  A few hours later when their friends drive by, the girl hops and off they go to find her boyfriend.

The first place they see is a sign for an old tourist attraction.  While driving down the road, their jeep dies so they start walking. When they see a lake nearby, they decide to go skinny dipping, which is fun until the proprietor shows up.

He turns out to be friendly and invites them back to his house and offers to help get their jeep started.  The owner warns them not to stay away from the house across the field.  But the phones don't work so one of the girls sets off to see if they have a phone.

Things go down hill from there and everyone wishes they'd been smarter than visiting a closed tourist attraction filled with creepy mannikins.

I've seen this movie a couple of times and it still freaks me out. It's the mannikins with their mouths flapping open while singing, "ahhhhhh" and the large man wearing the mannikin face while talking in a strange sort of Harvey Fierstein voice. It's not so much scary, as unnerving.

The Returned (2013)

Kate and Alex have jobs they like, a fancy high rise apartment and are crazy about each other.  What they haven't told anyone is that Alex is one of the Returned, aka people bitten by zombies who keep from turning into the walking dead by taking daily injections of an experimental serum.

Kate is a doctor who works in a unit that treats the Returned. This  gives her access the serum, as well as the most up to date testing and treatment methods. The serum is made from fluids from the infected and the more people that return, the less serum is available.  Currently the unit is working on a synthetic serum that they hope to have before the need arises.

But when there is a serum shortage, the Anti-Return League employs fear mongering to generate public panic.  The names and addresses of the returned are stolen from a government database, and someone starts killing the returned on the list. Kate and Alex fear that someone will show up at their door looking for Alex, and due to the limited supply of serum, she doesn't know if she can get more before their supply runs out.

Alex is kind of a twit. The guy gets bitten when he goes into a store. It appeared no one was there, and then he found the owner at the bottom of the basement stairs.  So later in the film, when he goes into a gas station, and it appears no one is there, you'll want to punch him when he goes to investigate. Did he learn nothing from this first experience?  And what happens if they returned are bitten again? Does it matter?

Willow Creek (2013)

Bigfoot enthusiast Jim decides to make a documentary about the mysterious creature, and brings his extremely patient girlfriend Kelly along for the ride.  What girl wouldn't want a vacation with a Bigfoot believer  who's chasing after an elusive creature that she doesn't believe even exists?

They head to Willow Creek, the Bigfoot capital of the world, where they stay at the Bigfoot Motel, indulge in a Bigfoot Burger at the Bigfoot Cafe, visit Bigfoot Books to learn local lore, and talk to various town folks.  When a local overhears them talking about heading out to the spot where the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage was captured, he warns them not to go there.

There is also a warning from a ranger who says not only are bears in the woods, but so are people doing illegal activities, such as pot farming.  But believers in bigfoot will not be be dissuaded by something as trivial as armed men protecting their precious crop of weed or ravenous bears.  So Jim and Kelly drive up into the woods and run into a creepy guy who threatens them and tells them to go back to town. Surely our Bigfoot lover has enough sense to reconsider his or his girlfriends safety before traipsing further into the woods.... no, of course he doesn't

Jim finds another access road, and the pair wander off into the woods.  Not a terribly bright idea, especially since they are not on a trail and don't seem to understand it won't be easy to find their way back to the car in an unfamiliar forrest.

While Kelly worries about such things as who messed with our campsite, Jim's singleminded pursuit of documenting their Bigfoot adventures makes him ignore all warnings that it may not be a good idea to stay overnight in the woods.

Be prepared for a long, long scene of two people sitting in a tent straining to hear what is going on outside.  Depending on your viewpoint, it could either be really tense, or really tedious.  Since it's a found footage movie, you know things don't go well for the participants. I'd heard good things about this and really wanted to like it, but ultimately, it didn't really grab me.

Mongolian Death Worm (2010)

Bad boy Daniel is a treasure hunter who is seriously lacking in treasure and charm.  Alicia is a doctor delivering medicine to an isolated village where there is some sort of outbreak. And they're on a collision course with wackiness and large Cgi worms in this Syfy styled Tremors rip off.

Meanwhile at a nearby oil refinery, workers are disappearing and the legend of the Mongolian Death Worm sits on the lips of superstitious villagers.  But you can't shut down the oil refinery. It's big business and no one messes with the business of money.

When Alicia's car breaks down, she and wimpy fellow doctor Phillip are stranded until the Sheriff happens along. But he's busy and when Daniel drives up, the Sheriff asks Daniel to give them a ride, which he does for all the cash they have.

While transporting them, Daniels car breaks down.  Daniel warns Alicia that the road isn't safe due to the drug traffickers that use it at night.  No one shall ask why they make a fire that can be seen for miles about twenty feet from the road.  Needless to say, the night does not go well, especially since Alicia can't keep her big mouth shut, even when she's being threatened by guys with guns.

Chaos ensues and here come the death worms, but if you've seen Tremors, this is a pale imitation without the humor, charm, or fun.  In one scene, the Sheriff says to Daniel, "You look like you could use some meal."  I'm not sure what's worse - that the line was written like that, they didn't notice he said it, or they did notice but didn't bother to shoot another take.

Death Curse of Tartu (1966)

A group of college students accompany their archaeology professor and his wife on a trip to the Everglades, where they plan to do some research. Upon arrival, they find the campsite of the man they are supposed to meet, but he is nowhere to be seen.

While their professor tries to translate a stone tablet, the kids run off to the edge of the swamp to make out, listen to the radio, and dance very badly.  What they don't realize is that they are partying on Tartu's burial ground, and that he is not amused.

Native American legend states that Tartu left a curse that if anyone desecrates his sacred burial site, he will return from the dead in the form of an animal to exact his revenge.  So look out kids, you're about to be killed by creatures that live in the swamp... and a shark.

This is a ridiculous movie and might be enjoyable if it ever really got going. But it's a slow paced and not much happens.   The deaths occur in the daytime and the viewer can see the threat to the kids far sooner than the kids do - even though there's a giant alligator right ahead in the clearing. The damn thing isn't even stealthy.

If a director asks you to jump into the Everglades to frolic in the water, you'd have to be nuts to comply.  There are real alligators in there!  The water must have been really cold because the male actor is involuntarily shivering like crazy and gritting his teeth while trying to pretend he's having a great time. Yippee!

Of note, director William Grete also directed Sting of Death and the Shatner vehicle Impulse, which is an amazing bad movie from Shatners lean mid 70s acting era.

There's an issue with corpse continuity

Surprisingly, this is a dance move, not a reaction of horror 

Dorky dancing in the swamp

Come on in, the waters freezing

Tartu knows when you're dancing on his grave

Tartu threw them the old switcheroo and hit them with a shark

What's he doing back there?

Welcome to my tomb, I'll be your living nightmare

Tartu - the only ancient Native American who wears flesh
colored tights and has visible pantylines

Logan's Run (1976)

In 2274, humans live in a city in a bubble where they are free to pursue whatever pleasures they desire, and live a life of luxury.  But when they turn 30, the gem implanted in their palm changes color, signaling they must go to Carousel. There they spin and rise in the air until they ascend to a rebirth.

But those who choose not to comes to Carousel when called are known as runners.  Those who doesn't come when called, are tracked and eliminated by the Sandmen, employees of the government who maintain order and ensure everyone obeys the law.

Logan 5 is a Sandman.  He and his fellow Sandmen don't understand why someone would choose to be terminated rather than reborn in Carousel.  But the runners believe that Carousel is not what it seems, and resent that the government controls their lives.  The runners wish is to get to Sanctuary, where they will supposedly be safe and begin a new life.

When Logan is assigned to infiltrate the Runners, in an undercover operation to lead the Sandmen to the Runner underground, he balks.  But the government does not take no for an answer. They activate Logans gem which indicates he is to report to Carousel.  When he doesn't show at Carousel, they brand him a runner and send the Sandmen after him.  Logan goes to a suspected ally of the runners, and asks for help, but since he was formerly a Sandman, they are suspect of his intent.

I like the plot, and love the feel of the movie, even though the effects are dated. It's a bit slow at times though.

Last Shift (2014)

Rookie cop Jessica is assigned to work security at the old police station on the last shift before it closes. The building is already locked up and the phones forwarded, but they need someone there to let in the hazmat team.  There's no explanation as to why the hazmat team can't schedule a time to show up, rather than randomly coming by in the middle of the night.

Since the place is already closed, Jessica will be the only one on duty.  When she arrives, the surly officer on the previous shift is antagonistic and tells her not to leave the building.  It's not a good start, but its uneventful compared to the rest of the night.  She hears noises, a homeless guy breaks into the building, and furniture is moved around.

When arresting the homeless dude, she gets locked in a cell for awhile before the door opens as mysteriously as it closed behind her.  She gets repeated phone calls from a girl that needs help.  She sees people but can never find them, and all the furniture in one room gets stacked up in a pile.

At first she thinks she's begin hazed because she's a rookie. But when she calls the new station, she's told that the building she's in is rumored to be haunted by the Payman family, a cult-like group similar to the Manson family, who died in the cells.

I can understand why a rookie wouldn't want to call for help when she feels she's being hazed.  But a bum broke into the building, so why not ask someone to bring him to the new station to book him.  And when she finds out people think the building is haunted, and they moved to a new building due to the incidents, you'd think she'd be smarter.

Deathgasm (2015)

When his mom is sent to jail, metalhead teen Brodie goes to live with his Christian aunt and uncle.  On the first day of school he discovers his jock cousin is a bully, and saves a geeky kid from being beaten up. Later he meets Zakk, another teenager who loves metal, at a local record store.

Brodie and Zakk decide to start a band and enlist the geeks that Brodie helped on this first day of school.  Obsessed with a rare metal album, they break into a residence which is rumored to have been used by the band.

After getting into a confrontation, they grab some sheet music while running out.  The tune turns out to be an unreleased song , and they decide it would be perfect for their band.  What they don't know is that the song summons a demon, and people in town will become possessed and turn into psychotic zombies / monsters.

I'd heard good things and thought the trailer was great.  I had really high expectations and while I liked it, I wasn't crazy about it.  So I may have expected too much.  On the other hand, both the friends who saw it with me loved it.

As a side note, I'm not sure why they had to make Zakk such as ass.  He was a horrible friend, and it seems like they could have had him be an okay guy without interfering with the plot.

Death metal and ice cream cones