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Creature of Darkness

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10 REASONS I HATE THIS MOVIE:
1 - Why do these movies always feature friends who don't really like each other?
2- When did Devon Sawa gain so much weight?
3. The CGI effects areawful.
4. The plot makes little sense.
5. The acting is terrible.
6. The women scream too much.
7. The directing is mediocre.
8. It isn't scary.
9. It isn't funny..just stupid.
10. The ending doesn't make any sense.

Creature of Darkness is one of the worst sci-fi movies that I've subjected myself to since Battlefield Earth. It was so bad for different reasons that I have no idea how it made it to Redbox.

Andrew and his friends decide to spend a night off-roading and camping, at the exact time and location that he's aware an alien hunter is on the prowl. But since the producers couldn't afford an alien costume, our outer-space hunter walks around the woods in a hooded overcoat.

Oh, it gets better.

While the alien in Predator loves to hunt soldiers built like NFL running backs, our alien targets humans that seem "collectible" for his galaxy's museum. Andrew, in his infinite knowledge of alien hunting patterns, expertly proclaims that one of their buddies was captured because of his red hair and freckles.

I'm not making this up.

Creature of Darkness is basically a rip-off of Predator, only with bad acting, bad directing, and horrible CGI effects. While there's nudity in the film, one beauty flashes her boyfriend, yet the director pans the camera up so you can't see (why even include that). When the group discover a bloody body near their campground, one actress has a huge accidental grin after hearing another's shriek. Director Mark Stouffer apparently felt that shooting more than one take of a scene is for amateurs. In fact, the only actor who offers a quality and funny performance is Dan White, as Andrew's buddy Mason.

The only redeeming feature of this movie is that the entire cast of women is beautiful. There are plenty of curvy bodies and flat tummies in this film, from TV personality Ingrid Schau to Hawaii surfer Sanoe Lake. Mexican actress Fernanda Romero is unbelievably pretty and sexy as Mason's girlfriend, and the only nude scene in the movie is courtesy of the extremely hot Siena Goines. These lovely ladies were probably the only thing that kept me watching an otherwise boring movie.

Creature of Darkness fails on many levels. I gave it an honest shot, and I was surprised at how bad it was. Absolutely rent this one from Redbox before you consider buying the DVD.

The writer(s) on this film must be the most laid back people in existence. I don't know what other type of person could write characters like this because they do NOTHING.

There's a mangled corpse in the road, should we do something. No lets just wait it out.

Cops (Military Rangers?) have shown up should we go over there? Nope
Should we speed off into the desert as to not get caught? Eh, sure but no hurry.

A huge hole just opened up in the road ahead of me, should I avoid it? Nah just drive into it.

Friend goes missing, look for him? Nah, call his name a few times and move on.
Strange figure in the distance; investigate? Nah, that's just our missing friend, he always carries a cape and hat in his pocket.
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I bought this movie because of my Devon Sawa obsession (the fact that I have seen C.O.D more than once is a sad testament to this). Devon and a few laughs (at the movie, not with) was really the only thing going for it. Devon and Matthew Lawrence seemed to be the only ones that ever bothered to act, for even a fraction of the time. Kevin Alejendro's performance was surprisingly bad.

Bad writing, cheap effects, minimal plot. I'm not surprised that it took a few years for this movie to be released. Thank you, Devon, for not doing anything else this bad.

This movie is a joke. No one sets out to make a crappy movie-sometimes the best of intentions comes up crap. This movie was willfully made to look crappy. What do you know? They succeeded. It's crappy and just plain crap. A blatant low-rent rip-off of Predator, but the dred-locked creature in that movie was scary. This creature looks like a combination of Pirahnna, an old Ray Harryhausen stop-motion creation and any one of the weird Cantina characters from Star Wars. But this creature likes to disguise himself in a "flasher" raincoat and a wide-brimmed floppy hat. Scenes of it wandering through the woods looking like a homeless wino is the only reason I gave this movie a very generous one star.

Since this movie is a rip-off of Predator, maybe Devon Sawa who plays the er-hmmm,"hero", the producers may have suggested he bulk up.

Hint for Devon Sawa----Arnold pumped iron--you scarfed down Big Macs. Not the same thing.

Ok., I was at red box one day and saw this. I knew it would be stupid, but I thought I'd rent anyway, since it was $1.06. Turns out that was a dollar to much. This movie was SO stupid. I mean, it didn't explain the story at all. It also was trying to have a back story that it took about five minutes to try and explain. The acting was really bad and it was just boring. Was it really trying to scare me? I think one of the boys was from Boy Meets World. Sometimes, when the main character would talk, words would be soming out that did not match what you could see he was saying. I remember when devon sawa was young and in a few alright movies. Not any more. One of the girls was talking about how much they wanted him and her and another were both trying to get him as a boyfriend. I was like OH, he is supposed to be an attractive guy in this movie. Sorry, dumb, no plot, bad acting and I don't think there was any music. Like one song. The ending they were just like, ok it's done." Save your money and stay away!

I can enjoy "B" movies. However, this one, was a time killer and that is about it. Extemely bad acting, silly Predator rip off plot, awful effects. Pointless...unless you are desperate for very bad sci-fi/horror. Avoid this one unless you are a "B" movie fan.