Jug Face

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The emperor has no clothes. It is next to impossible to have a scary movie with nothing scary. The people who believe that 'less is more' are fooling themselves. Crap like Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity try to substitute style for substance under the guise that people will fill in the omissions of the movie with their own imagination. Well that is BS. The lead actress is excellent. All of the performances were exemplary. BUT there is no real monster, almost no back story and almost no resolution. I don't want to give anything away but this movie didn't resolve itself so much as dissolve into credits. OK, it's one thing to criticize so I will make up a scarier ending. Something freaking scary and mean comes out of the pit and eviscerates the victims in front of the whole clan. The chick runs away with the potter and while in the big city, the monster rips up the potter in front of hundreds of people. The girl becomes resigned and goes back to goober holler and kills almost everyone in the clan to get out of being the sacrifice. The END. THERE. THAT is a better ending.

A lot of people are calling this an "indie gem" a "low budget masterpiece" etc. It really isn't. It has no suspense, no great shocks, no character development and seems to meander along to a complete dead end. IMDb ratings are so awash with crew members and their relatives input that it can be classed as nothing but fraudulent behaviour on their part. After reading great reviews to this film, I went against my better judgement and decided to give it a whirl. There's 81 mins of my life completely wasted. It is true that mainstream horror movies are saturated with generic plot lines and are predominantly aimed at the easily entertained, and on paper at least, the premise of this story may well seem unique and intriguing in comparison, but the director or the cast never lived up to it. Half way through I actually wish I had put an aforementioned Hollywood trash movie on. Yep I said it. If you want to watch it, go right ahead. But please, don't let half of the liars on these exemplary reviews sway your opinion. If you do decide to watch it, stream it online for free, I'd be seriously p****d off if I'd spent a penny watching this drivel.

Upon reading every other review of this site i thought i would give this film a watch and was whole heartedly looking forward to watching this when hearing about it on bloodydisgusting.com last year, Now i very rarely write a review and only if i have really enjoyed a film or feel that i have been completely cheated. ....SPOILERS.... I found it hard to like any of the characters especially the lead who was selfish and incestuous, i found although the film was well acted and well written it wasn't that interesting and i couldn't of cared less what happened to any of the characters and least of all the creature or thing that is the sole reason for the sacrifices is never even seen.some sort of explanation is never given neither no origin stand point for the story. All in whole i thought the acting was the reasonably good that is the reason i give this a 4 and not a 3/10, the story itself doesn't really go anywhere but round in circles and then the end!. Films are a hobby of mine and i re watch most, anything from the 60's to the 80's and most are low budget...so i have no idea why one other reviewer would even consider re watching this film as it has no replay value whatsoever.

Someone on here had the nerve to say this movie was a cross between "The wicker man" and hill billy horror movies like the first wrong turn... Well it's not... I'd been looking forward to it given the interesting synopsis. Hick American locals have ancient ritual, where if the pot maker makes a jug that looks like you, the towns folk sacrifice you to an old mythical pit. It started off OK, but as soon as the towns folk started getting killed left right and centre any suspense was lost. Note to film makers, the less people that die the more of a climax/shock there is when one of the characters we have bought into dies... It also had a really cheap feel to it. Obviously a quite low budget movie, but if they had saved some money on paying actors like Sean Young(she's nothing special in terms of acting anyway...) they could have spent some more money on... well anything else really... It's a shame, because the concept was quite interesting...

Jug face is a pretty offbeat horror that plays well as a good short story. Its not predictable and engages with good cast performances throughout. Lauren was a strong female lead who induced quite a bit of sympathy I didn't even recognise her from another good movie "The Woman" which I'd already seen. Its about hillbillys, hillbilly pagan rituals, spirits and whether intentional or not manipulation, religion and society. I'm still thinking about what it was supposed to mean, so that's a good thing. Its certainly not just 5 twenty somethings get killed in a cabin. Weirdly I've been thinking about "The Crucible" ever since.

While it clearly suffers from a low budget, this movie works harder and is more interesting than most of the product that comes out of Hollywood these days. You will enjoy the twist and turns in the plot. The writers obviously put more effort into the storyline than their big-budget counterparts in the film industry. The lead actress is impressive as a victim of circumstance who yearns to break free of her world. It's an intimate look into a slimy dirty mini-society... decent acting, believable dialog and passable set design. Give these folks some real funding and I bet they hit a home run.

OK, just finished watching this. At first I was really mad at the ending. I can't really say why without spoiling it but it just wasn't what I was expecting. I wanted a bit more. I guess it's been about an hour now though and I'm thinking that wasn't such a bad ending. I totally get what they were doing with it "The pit wants what it wants" it just wasn't what I wanted. It was well done though. The whole film was well done. Sure the old sacrifice for a bountiful harvest thing is old and tired but this is a new twist on it, pretty original I thought. Acting was really good I thought even though I didn't recognize any of the actors. Character development was great, I had a good feel for who they were and where they came from. Production, lighting, sound etc was all notches above most indy films. I had rated this 7/10 when I started but after reading what I wrote I find I really agree with myself, going up and change it to an 8 i think.

Jug Face (2013) *** (out of 4) The "redneck-horror" genre has pretty much delivered either really bad movies or interesting and original takes on the format. JUG FACE is certainly unlike any other movie I can recall and on that level alone it's worth watching. Set in the backwoods, a community lives by a religion that includes sacrificing anyone who a local potter (Sean Bridgers) sees as a "Jug Face." If this potter sees someone they are taken to a pit in the woods where they are killed and their blood drained into it. Ada (Lauren Ashley Carter) finds out that she's pregnant with her brother's baby and soon she feels that she might be the one ready for the pit. If the plot makes you think you're getting some sort of weird exploitation movie then you're wrong. Writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle actually delivers a very serious and straight-forward horror film that manages to be highly entertaining and creepy. In a lot of ways the film reminded me of THE WICKER MAN as both deal with a backwards community that offer up people for what they believe are good reasons. I'm not sure if the director was aware of that film or not but the two actually have quite a bit in common and I'm not saying that in a bad way. JUG FACE really does offer up an interesting story that keeps you glued to the screen because you never know how it's going to play out or what twist might follow. The director does a fantastic job at making you believe that you're actually in the woods with these rather sick people who are living by codes that most would find pathetic. The film also offers up some rather gory moments that never call attention to themselves in a sense of wanting to shock the viewer. Instead the scenes just come off as realistic. Another major plus is that we're given some excellent performances with Carter really delivering. This is the second picture I've seen her in and she's certainly a talent to watch out for. She brings such a warm feeling to this character to where you can care for her and want to see her survive this ordeal. Bridgers is also extremely good in his role as is Sean Young (yes, that Sean Young) who plays the girl's twisted mother. People who are tired of the same old type of horror films will certainly want to check this one out. It's not flawless but it's certainly entertaining and creepy.

Teenage Ada lives in a closed woodland community with her family which sounds idyllic were it not for the fact that that deity they worship demands human blood. Ada's problems escalate when she discovers that she is pregnant and that that she is soon to be sacrificed to the pit. Jug Face is a wonderfully constructed and quietly intelligent film, with a plot which from it's description unfairly invokes up images of something perhaps more B-movie-ish. What you will find rather than a sensationalised romp through the woods with inbred hillbillies is an emotionally intelligent coming of age drama, with some very respectable quality horror included in the mix. Performances here are consistently wonderful, with Sean Young in particularly terrifying form as Ada's sadistic mother (she is arguably more horrific than whatever it is that lives inside the pit). Elsewhere, relationships between characters are believable, often touching and collectively build a picture of a real community whom rely upon one another entirely for survival, support and solace. Ada suffers inner conflict during her transition from teenager to adult, wrestling with her individualistic urges and her responsibilities to the community. A sense of reverence and fear for the pit comes across very well and clearly throughout. Visual effects are used sparingly and appropriately and never at the expense of the story. This is very human film with potentially wide appeal. It would be of definite interest to cinema buffs and movie snobs as well as genre-loyal horror fans. Older teenagers may possibly enjoy it. Anybody who craves a break from the stupidity of the mainstream should give it a try. For people who would rather see CGI demons or torture * Jug Face will be of absolutely no interest at all and undoubtedly leave them bored and somewhat baffled. Overall aside from being extraordinarily enjoyable and intriguing Jug Face is quite simply a well-conceived, well-acted and well executed film. No silly plot holes, no desperate plot twists- just a good solid piece of work with strong dialogue and an interesting thematic premise. In a world where the opposite is the norm, all of this is quite an achievement. Director Chad Crawford Kinkle is one to watch and based on this directorial début seems certain to go on to do great things. There really should be more films like this one.