Mask Maker

source: Maskerade

source: Maskerade

We have a poor deformed man who has a wretched past and had to watch his mother die right in front of him. He also dies that very same day! Already we feel bad for the poor guy, we might actually be cheering for him if he went after the people who originally did his family wrong. But years later a boyfriend buys his girlfriend a house for her birthday, what a sweet guy. The only problem is this is the house that the poor deformed boy lived and died with his mother and is (of course) buried on this same property. Now , we bring in some good friends of theirs to help clean the old house, you know get the old haunted house feel out of the home. I swear immediately, someone has to mess around that damn graveyard and pull out something that looks ancient American Indian. Come on, you know NOT to screw around with graveyards and their contents, right? Well apparently this person never got the memo. Of course this brings deformed psycho back into the picture intent on getting revenge for his mothers death. Which would be well deserved, if it had been the people who actually did the damage. Well, revenge is blind and a little dumb too. Poor bandaged deformed psycho goes on a sweet little killing spree going through everybody from the electrician to that sweet boyfriend. And as per title, he is ripping off their faces to wear as masks. I love it when he has the chicks "mask" on with that long hair flowing, too funny! He keeps pretty busy during the whole movie, he's as fast and efficient as Jason and Michael Myers, he really gets around. You really start to pity him during the back story of his life, so the killing is not so heartless, he just loved his mommy. So that makes it okay. Kill away sweet deformed psycho, kill away. Yes, we have seen this kind of masked maniac before, but I felt the acting was well worth the watch, so was the story. I really got into the plot and enjoyed the whole darn thing! I give this movie 4 Hatchets! By the way. loved the ending, can't wait to see sequels! If you like this review and want more of them visit: www.HatchetHorror.com .

Are there any movies out there being made that don't screech of utter grimness and hopelessness? I am so sick of movies where every character dies no matter what they do. "Blair Witch" pulled the trick off nicely, for me, anyway. But now the idea is so overused that it comes across as hackneyed and trite. If you haven't seen this movie, and don't want to know how it ends, don't read any further. On the other hand, if you want to spare yourself of the experience of watching it, do read on. Needless to say, all of the characters die, hacked to pieces and cranially skinned by a character than seems half Leather Face from the Texas Chainsaw franchise, and half Michael Myers, or Jason Voorhies. Because he is hideously disfigured, he kills people, and skins their heads... face, lips, hair, ears, everything... and then he pulls this flesh bag over his own head to cover his face. Yes, he does this with both the male and female victims. In the end, he is killed by the female lead, who pierces him through the torso with some sort of voodoo spear or stake. Of course, as the coroner's office is about to take his body away, someone removes the spear/stake/lance/whatever. Next scene is our heroine and survivor driving away in her slain boyfriend's Jeep. Overcome with grief, she pulls over to the side of the road to cry. A police car pulls up behind her, and it's driven by guess who... the killer! He has on another skinned mask, and he walks on up to her, and breaks her neck, killing her. At this point, questions beggar. When last seen, the killer was being loaded into the back of an ambulance. Where did he get the police car? Did he arise from the dead and kill all of the policemen and other first responders? If he did, he killed a whole bunch of people in no time flat, as he caught up with our heroine only a few minutes after she'd left the scene of the murders. Secondly, he was a resurrected corpse that had died some 50 or 60 years before. He was considered a dullard when he was alive and mortal. How and when, upon his first resurrection in the movie, did he learn to drive a car? There is no evidence in the movie at any time that he can handle anything more technologically advanced than an axe or a pitchfork. Rather than watch this movie, see, perhaps, if you've a friend or a relative who has a DVD of their colonoscopy. It would have much less crap in it than this movie had.

Creepy rustic farmhouse, spooky basement, graveyard, sepia tinged back story explanation(including voodoo), indestructible boiler suited killer, victims fornicating in barn, killers creepy underground cavern .... if you think that is original then you haven't seen too many slasher movies. How does bilge like this get funding to be made in the first place?. Usually you can forgive airhead victims in horror if they are teens but some of these clowns are in their 30's. It's a strong emotion but i have to say i absolutely hated the characters in this movie and wanted them all to get pitch forked. All the clichés were present and correct. When players went missing everyone just got on with things until they were next in line to die. Like how did the creep who came to turn on the power actually get to the house - no vehicle, guess he must have walked and thats why no one noticed he was missing. And if anyone turns up at my house at the next family bereavement evaluating my silverware they're gonna get pitch forked too.

What a pile of dog entrails! You have seen this movie 50 times. There is not an original idea in this movie. You have never heard of any of the actors or actresses. Can you say Friday the 13th or Sleepaway Camp VI? The characters are one dimensional. They have porridge for brains. What 20-somethings plays with a bird skull on a stick?! These weirdos do. The townspeople are 10 times weirder than the "heroes." The villain is an uninteresting dolt and has the typical supernatural powers to drive the plot when necessary. Betcha the characters get picked off one at a time because they are cognitively delayed (retarded). Red Box is full of movies like this with interesting covers and C-grade plots. Avoid for your own good.

I went into Maskerade otherwise known as Mask Maker with low expectations, the cover looks highly generic and the premise sounds like a lot was taken from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Immediatly you are introduced to your usual group of 20 somethings, 3 girls and 3 guys including our obligatory "Final girl" It's all very standard stuff. It tells the story of a young couple who buy a house in the middle of nowhere (More cliches) It has a dark history involving murder and witchcraft, one which they accidentally find themselves digging up. We have an antagonist, we have the fresh meat and thus we have our standard slasher style death scenes. The whole thing is very play by numbers, but I'd consider it above par thanks to being not only well made but having a surprisingly good back story. Don't expect any shocks but if you like the genre you can do considerably worse than this, in fact I wouldn't mind seeing this become a franchise. The Good: Nikki Deloach Couple of great characters Great finale Decent plot The Bad: Jason London is wasted Lot is taken from other films Things I Learnt From This Movie: People in their 30's are still cast to play college kids

PG13, really wasn't much gore. But the story was pretty solid. This film pays homage to several older films, including The Hills Have Eyes and Halloween. I kind of liked it. Although, I still felt it was a bit tame. A couple buys an old farm house that just happens to have a cemetery out back. And, of course, the old occupant is woken up and out for blood. The movie spends a lot of time trying to give a backstory to the killer. The rest of the movie is pretty average. It's really only interesting for the little homage bits. After seeing so many bad movies, this one really wasn't that bad at all. It just could have used a bit more gore, maybe a bit more action. But it's better than a lot of the junk that's out. It was worth sitting through.

While not overly great, the movie "Maskerade" wasn't overly bad either. It had enough material to prove entertaining enough for a single watching. The story in "Maskerade" is fairly horror / slasher movie cliché. Roughly summarized; a group of young people go to an old house (in this case, they buy it) with a vile, dark history. They awaken something wicked from its slumber, unintentionally. And now they are being killed, one by one. End of story. And it is pretty much straight from the 'how to make a slasher movie' handbook. Nothing new here in those terms. The acting in the movie was good, and there were some interesting names on the cast list. Those including Michael Barryman (playing Fred), Terry Kiser (playing Mr. Peck), Treat Williams (playing Mr. Tucker) and a very short appearance by Jason London (playing Arthur Bronw). These people were the most impressive, but the young cast did a good job as well. Most memorable was Nikki Deloach (playing Jennifer), though. As for the gore and guts in the movie, well it isn't a splatter-fest. The movie has just enough gore and gruesomeness to keep you interested, without being too much. The biggest turn-off in the movie, if you will, was how it too much like other classic horror / slasher movies such as "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween". How you ask? Well, the "Halloween" part would be with the mask. Sure, Meyers used a firm-set rubber mask, while the killer in "Maskerade" wears a mask from people's faces. Oh wait, back it up here, can you say "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" anyone? And as for the "Friday the 13th" part, well when Jason Voorhees saw what he believed to was his mother, he froze up and stopped, as did the killer in this movie when Jennifer was wearing his mother's old dress. No, no, no! You do not "borrow" these things from classic movies, you make up your own stuff. This really brought the movie down in value and worth. One thing that the movie should get praise for, though, was the ending. Now, I am not spoiling it in anyway by revealing stuff, but I will say that it is a typical Hollywood horror movie ending, but with a really great 'twist'. I liked that ending, and it almost, just almost, brought justice to all the other stuff that went wrong in the movie. Overall, then "Maskerade" is good for a single watching, so if you have nothing better to do one evening, and if you like horror / slasher movies, then give "Maskerade" a chance. Despite its faults, it still is a decent enough addition to the genre.

What if your dream turned out to be a nightmare? After Jennifer's (Deloach) boyfriend Evan (Colletti) surprises her with a new house for her birthday strange things begin to happen. This is a hard movie to review. It is not that bad, but it drags, a lot. It's another haunted house because of something buried in the land movie that is not that bad, but it would have been a good "Fangoria Series" movie at an hour long, trying to stretch it out for an hour and a half really hurt the movie. If you are looking for a decent horror movie that is a cross between suspense and a slasher, this is a good choice. If you are looking for a very scary movie then I would go for something else. Not terrible, not great. I did like the ending though. I give it a C. Would I watch again? - I doubt it.