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The Telling

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Upon reading the synopsis for the movie and watching the snippets featured in GND, I was hopeful--if still somewhat dubious given the cast of pretty women I have never heard of--that this feature would entertain me for the 100 minutes it promised. It has the potential to entertain if you: a) Don't take this seriously. b) Are not a horny male idiot expecting to see all sorts of nekked pseudo-lesbians "goring" themselves with sex (there is none) and c) Are not bothered and/or offended by some of the cast members' "bunny" affiliation. If that describes you, do read on! This movie was filmed on location at the Playboy Mansion and the Hollywood Castle with a good camera, so you do not have to endure 90+ minutes of crappy homemade video footage that you could have made yourself. The acting is what you would expect from a movie of this caliber. Some of the women really show potential to act in bigger movies (ex: Rebekah Kochan, Jean-Louise O'Sullivan) while some of the others (i.e. Bridget Marquardt and Jessica Lowe) should stick to being cute. The three plots are interesting, and the one featuring Bridget is certainly pretty to look at. There is a good twist at the end. With all said and done, this movie is not amazing, but not terrible, and much better fare than most low budget horror films. I would recommend renting it before shelling out the money if you're still uncertain, but if you're willing to take a chance and have a couple laughs at some one-liners ("she burned my hand... ON PURPOSE!!!" "We may be dead but you'll still be a loser!") then go ahead and buy it. Cheers.

This movie was really cheesy, the acting was pretty bad, but it's fun. I am not a GND fan, but I love a cheesy horror. There were three stories. The first is about a guy that brings home a scary homicidal doll that forms an infatuation on him. In the next story, Bridget Marguardt plays an over-the-hill actress who encounters a horrible fate when she tells her agent that she will take the last roll on Earth as long as the check clears. The third story reminded me of some of the older slasher movies that I grew up on such as When a Stranger Calls. It involves three girls that make prank phone calls and overhear a murder. Because they forgot to block their number, the killer called them back and told them that he would kill them if they went to the cops. There isn't a lot of gore, it really isn't that scary, and the worst acting in the movie came from Bridget and Holly.

I really only bought this dvd because of Holly & Bridget and I thought it was going to be a horrible low budget movie.

I was very wrong, I love the story lines and was amazed of how well they could act!

Every Girls Next Door fan or horror movie fan should buy!

Possibly financed by Playboy, "The Telling" features a warren of bunnies from Hugh Hefner's personal hutch. As "actresses" these dumb bunnies can by rated triple d cup (actually dumb, dumber and dumbest). While none of them would ever be considered for an academy award-they would hands down win the "booby" prize.

It's a shame that any effort was expended on this vanity production as it plays, because the basic story had potential if more time was spent on the horror and less time on eye-liner and lip gloss.

A trio of pledges for the most useless sorority on campus, Phi Delta Braindead, are being interviewed/initiated. As part of their initiation they each must relate a scary story for the approval of the sorority sisters. (The mistress of ceremonies is so amply endowed she has to hold onto the arms of her chair with an iron grip so she doesn't fall forward).

The stories involving a possessed doll, actors famous for portraying "the undead" are really "undead" and a phone prank gone horribly wrong but here they play out without horror, no scares, no gore, some fake blood in a couple of scenes, no onscreen killings, in other words.....dull.

After the stories are told the "sisters" scoff and tell the trio that it was a joke and none of them losers would ever be under consideration for the sorority--but one of the candidates has a nasty surprise in store.

I rated the movie two stars for the eye candy but taking everything into consideration and considering the cast are from a Playboy photo shoot, perhaps my rating should be two carrots.

oh no! sad to say i'm what reviewer j. brannon clearly loathes: "... a horny male idiot expecting to see all sorts of nekked pseudo-lesbians "goring" themselves with sex (there is none)." hey what can i say, i'm sick and need help! the movie is mildly entertaining. the stories are actually good. the women are very beautiful but not much for nudity or acting. gonna have to stick to the witchcraft series....

signed,
a horny male idiot

I bought this for a friend and watched it with him. I knew it would be bad and it was. I guess if you like this kind of thing then it would be good for you. I on the other hand have taste.

Holly Madison and Bridget Marqueadt (both from E!'s THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR) star in this decent 2009 horror anthology. It is nowhere near as good as George A. Romero's CREEPSHOW, John Carpenter & Tobe Hooper's BODY BAGS or Roger Corman's TALES OF TERROR. Nicholas Carpenter and an uncredited Jeff Burr (LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART III, STEPFATHER 2, PUPPET MASTER 4 & 5, THE DEVIL'S DEN and PUMPKIN HEAD 2: BLOOD WINGS) direct this "different" kind of horror anthology. One story tells of an evil doll, the second story tells of an actress who will go to the extent to keep her youth and the third story telling about a group of girls pulling prank calls. My personal favorite part is the opening scene and the revenge at the end. I will keep it short and simple. I like the movie but I don't love it. 5 out of 5 star rating!

This movie was a poorly made, badly acted cheese-fest...However, it had some redeeming qualities that made it entertaining. It is 4 stories in one. Holly Madison is the evil, vain and shallow leader of a sorority and as part of an initiation she makes 3 "ugly" (aka, normal looking girls with no plastic surgery) each girls tell a scary story.

It has a little bit of humor and a lot of camp that reminds me of a lot of classic cheesy B-horror flicks. It has many impossibly hot girls who can hardly act but fortunately there are a lot of nude scenes to keep things interesting if you are into that kind of thing. If you love seeing hot women and cheesy horror you will like the nudity and the cheese. If you are not a fan of seeing hot women, you will enjoy seeing many of them meet their doom in this movie! Either way, if you are looking for cheesy horror this isn't bad. It was better than I expected but that isn't saying much!

I have to admit that when I first bought this movie I didn't expect it to be very good. The story line was very interesting and unique. This movie is absolutely worth your time and money.

I will admit, anything that has my favorite girls on, I will buy! "The Telling" stars Bridget Marquardt, Holly Madison and Sara Jean Underwood from "The Girls Next Door". Plus there are DVD extras on it. Well worth the money. A Must Have for your GND collection!