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1.0 out of 5 stars
Karen Black must have been desperate., November 29, 2007
"Miner's Massacre" is your standard modern-day slasher with a little bit of sleaze and a lot of cheese, but virtually nothing to offer the horror genre. Borrowing from classics of the past, "Miner's Massacre" attempts to sell the villain Jeremiah Stone, a cold-blooded 49er who died but placed a curse on his gold, to the audience. Well, some of your typical idiotic twenty-somethings decide to go collect this gold upon receiving word from a friend that is within reach. Of course, the gold is cursed by the ole 49er and he is not about to let it go without a fight.
While fairly straightforward, "Miner's Massacre" has very little to offer the horror genre or its slasher sub-genre. The kills are pretty lame to be honest with you and the acting is for all intents and purposes pretty wooden to say the least. It is very difficult to take this one seriously, and it is actually a pretty boring movie overall. One of the many problems with this movie is that there are no likeable characters in this movie. To be perfectly frank, there are some very unlikeable characters in this movie to the extent that one almost hope the ole 49er will kill them all except for the fact that he is such a lame and generic attempt at a horror villain, made in the mold of a Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers style, but not nearly as convincing. The villain, Jeremiah Stone, also cannot be taken seriously and this another reason the movie comes off as a total joke.
I love slashers, but this one just cannot be taken seriously at all. Many slashers are not meant to be taken seriously, but most of the really good ones attempt to create some horror at least to some extent, a la "He Knows You're Alone", "Madman" (perhaps it is cheesy at times, but it comes up with the goods when it counts), "The Burning" and "Black Christmas". However, "Miner's Massacre" is really nothing more than an unintentional comedy and while some people like these types of movies, I find them dull and boring. In essence, "Miner's Massacre" has absolutely ZERO style and essentially zero substance to hang its hat on at the end of the day. Every now and then I run upon a good slasher flick, but every one I do find, I find ten or more like "Miner's Massacre" which is for all intents and purposes a complete waste of time. Sadly, I have seen much worse, however.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bare bones slasher, July 22, 2006
Some guy finds some gold in an old mine, then he calls his friends to come and help him dig it up. And old miner, the Miner Forty-Niner, comes back to life and kills the guy. When the rest of the kids arrive, he goes after them as well. The characters aren't bad, they're total cliches, but played with enthusiasm. The plot sort of drags here and there with pointless subplots, but hey, they had to pad out the run time somehow.
Overall, I give it four stars because it's better than most of the garbage out there and I sort of liked it. Nothing great though - not even close. Okay for a boring night when there's nothing on TV if you're a fan of slashers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Miner's Massacre....., March 1, 2006
I've never been the first to review a movie!! I rented this movie being a horror fan and any movie with the word massacre in the title is a movie for me! This movie isn't all that bad. It centers around 3 couples who go to a ghost town to try to find gold in a old mine. They end up bringing to life a dead miner who now takes revenge on anyone who tries to take "his" gold. Some good scenes in this movie. Overall, not a bad movie to rent, it's worth the $4 !!!!
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