8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This movie is really bad!, April 26, 2006
This review is from: Asylum Night (DVD)
Whoever called this a "British" gem must be out of their minds. This is low-budget, bad acting, with I think they are supposed to be "vampires", yeah whatever. I know everybody has to make a living, including the "actors" in this movie, but unless you have money to GIVE away-don't buy. I'm just being honest!
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of vampires!, May 4, 2006
This review is from: Asylum Night (DVD)
Ellen Cole is an agency nurse. She goes to work a shift at a mental facility. The staff are not interested in knowing her, referring to her as "the agency" (well observed - that happened to me too!).
In actuality, she is an undercover reporter. Her brother is in the facility for the murder of their parents - something Ellen believes him to be innocent of. Somehow she must find a way to expose the abuse and get her brother out; for he never should have been sent to that facility in the first place.
Ellen gets more than she bargained for. Sexy female doctors, blood, sultry nurses, blood, the 'nice bloke' who happens to turn a bit 'odd' when he is holding a machete, blood, and the Christmas party.
Oh yes, and vampires.
Lots of vampires.
As you watch this film, it is really difficult to believe that this is a debut feature for the new Revolt Films company - even in its best moments, Hammer Horror isn't a patch on this!
It is quite clear that the creators of this film are avid horror fans. This is certainly no "cash in on the trend" type of horror flick, nor another "let's put a bunch of teenagers in a forest..." film. Oh no. This film has been written by horror fans so it contains all the things that horror fans would want in a movie. Some great characters, great situations, and considering the low budget - the special effects were okay too.
It is really nice to have the humour played subtle, rather than several recent 'big' horror movies that were mainly funny because of stupid things they said or other movies they ripped off. Asylum Night is not like this at all. It assumes we viewers have a brain. It is a thinking man's horror movie.
In fact my only complaint with Asylum Night is the final?, however this didn't put me off the movie - everything up until that point was near genius.
(I think I'll just have to shrug and say 'artistic differences')
I won't spoil it for you by telling you what I didn't like. Watch the movie, perhaps you can guess...
Ellen Cole is well played by Adrienne Carlyle; and David Horton puts in a brilliant performance as the sanest person in the asylum.
This is definitely a not to be missed film, and congratulations to Revolt Films for such an entertaining and intelligent horror movie...
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved this film, April 30, 2006
This review is from: Asylum Night (DVD)
Ellen Cole goes undercover at St Mariah's (!) Asylum for the criminally insane, posing as a nurse in an effort to rescue her incarcerated brother. However she gets more than she bargained for as she finds it's a little bit more than neglect of the patients that she has to worry about.
I've said it before and I will say it again; it's almost impossible to make a bad vampire movie. Vampires are and always have been fascinating, sexy and excellent film fodder.
I loved this film, although it had a very low budget, which at times was painfully obvious, it was put together and acted out with great spirit. Some of it is very clich?d, but most films, especially horror films are anyway. One of the best things about this film is the humour, without it, it wouldn't have worked so well. It had some truly hilarious moments; yes the Poo Man and some excellent gory deaths; paper cut to the eye anyone?!
Kudos to Brad Watson and all the actors involved for pulling together a mini masterpiece on limited resources, it's very apparent that all those involved loved being a part of it, and the film is all the better for it. While it may never be mainstream it does have all the ingredients to make it a cult hit. Another British triumph.
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