with my ongoing trend of watching low budget slasher flicks, i came across this little gem of a movie.... the poster was enough to gain my attention and the premise seemed interesting enough.... so once again, Netflix OnDemand provided another nights entertainment.... now, it's not your atypical scary movie.... it feels a bit disjointed and uneven, but there are enough good things about it to make it worth your time to watch it at least once....i don't know how many of you have seen the movie 'Dead Silence' by James Wan....? he's the original creator and director for the original 'Saw' movie.... now 'Dead Silence' had a cool poster, had an interesting premise and seemed to offer some serious promise.... the first scene was genious.... parts of it were good, but on the whole it was kind of a let down as it got washed away into the bland world of horror films and cliches.... this is kind of how i felt about 'Amusement'.... it held a lot of promise, but gets overshadowed by cliches and a lack of direction....
the basic premise is that the kid in grade school that everyone thought was the weirdo and the one no one wanted to hang out with.... this is what happened to him when he grew up.... the kid that was out to shock you to get attention and the one that seemed to have a few screws loose in the head.... and the story centers around the three girls at the center of the whole situation.... and out of those three girls, one is the primary focus.... there are no name actors in the movie and that lends some credibility to the storyline.... although one of the characters from the opening scene was also in my previous movie i reviewed, 'Laid To Rest'....alright.... now for the good and bad points of this movie.... the bad points start with the opening scene that makes no sense with the rest of the story.... although if my theory is correct and it would have been explained better, i guess it's not a total waste of time.... there are also some serious plot holes and some jumps in logic.... no too mention, i want to know where all of thise unstable killers find these awesome places to hold up and kill people with no one being the wiser....! now the good point of the movie.... and i mean the really bright and shining part involves the poster and the photo shown above.... the main character is babysitting and finds the master bedroom full of clowns.... and one inparticular is life sized and sitting in a rocking chair just looking f'ing creepy.... we soon find out that the owners have no idea where that clown came from and it just gets scary from there.... this is the one big reason i recommend this movie.... not unlike the reason i would recommend 'Dead Silence'.... one good scene can justify an hour and a half of your life getting used up....
overall.... i wasn't happy with the movie, but i wasn't totally let down either.... it's a popcorn movie and would make a good double feature with 'Laid To Rest'.... both sold 3 out of 5 star movies.... decent stories, decent gore and scares, decent acting and not skimpy on the quality of the filmaking.... not a bad way to waste some time.... and you don't have to think too much....i think if the filmaker comes up with another good idea and spends more time developing the truly scary parts and leaving out the filler.... we might just have an above average horror film that could gain some serious buzz.... so pop it in your queue and let me know what you think.... maybe i'm jaded and over critical of it, but when i see a movie and i don't want to see the same things i've seen 100 times before.... and i want to be suprised.... and boy did that scene with the clown put me on edge and offer some nice suprises.... dig it.
if you enjoy this movie, check out: 'Dead Silence', 'Clownhouse' and 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space'
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