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Dark Honeymoon

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The only way to explain this movie is to spoil it upfront so if you haven't seen it once, see it, then read this, then see it again.

The truth is that he does get too drunk to kill her on their wedding night, esp since we find out later that she is trash from NYC that didn't invite anyone to the wedding. We find out also that his father is a preacher/fireman(saves lives). When we find out that his wife is also cruel, that is when Tia shows up. This is the side of his wife that he was forced to kill. The righteous side and the deceptive side are both Lindy and Tia talking to him after he makes it to a motel. There he makes a shrine to marriage but he has lost his mind. He lost it the night his wife didn't want sex after he had waited so long to have it. He was the virgin. And after he gets to the gas station in his dad's BMW, he kills a man because he has already crossed over to being a killer. The whole time that he is talking to his wife at the motel he is actually talking to his own righteous side, his preacher side, his unyielding side. Tia is another side of him; a devil's side, a yielding side, a deception point side. The two girls and him are all actually the same person. He killed his wife long ago on his wedding night in her wedding dress.

Anyway, this is a movie that you get 4 friends to spend 6 hrs yakking about what it all means and it probably would make a GREAT campus movie to show to a group of eggheads. I thought it was great not just because of the fine acting which in retrospect was not so bad if he WAS the killer, but because I had to watch it literally 2 times to get some of it and then skip forward and backward a bunch of times to get everything straight. So I spent more than 7 hours watching this movie and it was fun and not too gross.

This was terrible! Lindy Booth as a psychopathic Christian zealot killing the "sinners"? No thanks. Also, for them to put Eric Roberts on the DVD box when his scene lasts about a minute before he is killed is extremely deceptive to the person buying the film.

I liked fellow reviewer Huhito's analysis of this movie...but there are too many scenes where both the husband and wife are obviously present. However, the plot has puzzling "holes" that are damaging, especially the twist ending.
DARK HONEYMOON did hold my interest. The film's name stars aren't really used much: Eric Roberts is the movie's first victim and Darryl Hannah has little screen time. Roy Scheider as the motel owner and Tia Carrere has a pivotal role as a sexy seductress. Lindy Booth chews up the scenery as the repressed psycho and boyish Nick Cornish has an affable demeanor as the supportive husband.
DARK HONEYMOON is disposable but enjoyable filmmaking.

The only reason we rented this movie was because of the familiar 'big' names [more like has beens] and the seemingly interesting premise. A young man is stopped by a policeman and a body is found in his trunk. He is subsequently arrested and under questioning, spins an elaborate tale that takes viewers through the last couple of days - he and his new bride are both on their honeymoon, and weird things start happening. This includes most notably, the deaths of people they come across - the young man blames all the deaths on his bride, a young woman who acts strangely and seems to spout Bible verses, who is a strong believer in the sanctity of marriage and who appears emotionally detached when receiving bad news.

The movie is unrated, and there aren't any explicit scenes. The movie is basically a B-grade thriller without much thrills, and some Lifetime movies were better made than this piece of drivel.

The so-called big names - Roy Scheider plays the motel manager, Eric Roberts has a brief cameo as a loud-mouthed businessman, Tia Carrere plays a voice instructor/guest at the motel who lusts after the young couple, and Darryl Hannah as half of a couple who stay at the motel. All of these familiar faces are rather wasted in this movie - all of them have interesting but undeveloped roles and all of them meet an untimely demise...leaving one to ponder and sort out - who exactly is the killer? There is an abrupt twist at the end, but even that doesn't save this poorly acted [by the two leads, the names of whom I can't remember], weak excuse of a thriller.

This movie just plain stunk! Don't know why I'm surprised. I'm notorious for picking out crappy movies. BUT I thought I was safe with this one because of its "big" stars. The acting & dialogue seemed awkward. The married couple didn't have any sort of rapport or attraction. And it just ended up not making a whole helluva lotta sense all-around - which always totally irks me. The only reason I didn't give it only ONE star is because of Roy Scheider & Eric Roberts (although sadly, Eric only had a brief appearance). Don't waste your time or money on this bomb! I'm glad I only rented it, but still....that's $4.50 I'll never get back! =\

If someone had said to me before I watched this movie "Trevor, here's a movie. In this movie, Lindy Booth and Tia Carrere make out. However, by the end of the movie, you'll wish you hadn't watched it," I would have said "Impossible. There's no way to screw up a movie that badly. Those two kissing will make up for ANYTHING."

I was wrong. I wish I hadn't watched it. Despite a steamy kissing scene between two of the hottest women in Hollywood (ok, Tia Carrere's not 25 anymore, but still not bad), I could have rented anything else at Blockbuster and been happier. Eric Roberts and Roy Scheider deserve much better roles. Ditto for Daryl Hannah. Lindy Booth has made some decent stuff, too, just not here.

The storyline is awkward and improbable. How did Lindy Booth get that woman up into that tree, anyway? With the rope? And then she tied her up with it? I don't think so. While we're at it, I'm having a hard time seeing her lift Roy Scheider and put him into a car trunk, too. I suppose that in the end she didn't really do it, he did (spoiler, sorry!), but even that is left poorly explained. Why did he do it? What's HIS psycho background? At least I wasn't expecting it to end like that. The Sixth Sense, however, it's definitely NOT.

The movie ends with the killer walking away after escaping from a police car wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and a State Trooper hat and jacket. Yeah, he'll blend right in looking like that. They'll never see him again. At least you don't have to. Unless you really enjoy bad movies. Then go ahead and see it. Thanks for reading my review!

Some women don't like men? So why would you marry such a woman?
What sparks wild violent outbursts in a monster anyway?
Does any modern man expect his wife to be a virgin on the honeymoon?
Screw top champaign and a motel aren't my idea of a first night either.
Story after story about the disturbed girl's childhood follow
as the boy Paul tells the FBI agent his tale.
So what it the truth about all these dead people?

Get this movie , but better look out for another version in the hope that they did a better job in the studio.

I have never seen a movie edited that bad !!!
I can do that better if I have to.