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As bodies start piling up, a couple realize their small town is under attack by a strange parasitic organism that feeds on it's host and then savagely kills them, forcing them to find a way of stopping the menace. This was a pretty decent overall effort that doesn't really have all that many flaws about it. Among the better aspects here is the rather nice nature of the body-swapping parasite that attacks here which manages to keep this one with an air of mystery about it as to who is the next host of the dangerous creature, and the mythology surrounding that is rather nicely accomplished here. That also leaves the attacks to be developed quite well with the film resorting to simply miscommunication and obscure behavior at the beginning to really letting loose and showing off the deformed bodies as the parasite's activities get more pronounced and aggressive resulting in stellar action scenes as well. There's the fine jail-house ambush that results in the police chase through the streets upon the escape, a wonderful stalking scene in the bowels of a hockey arena following a great confrontation in the locker room and the finale in the motel room is really enjoyable with the change from the supposed seduction offering plenty of creature fun with the escaped creature switching around bodies trying to escape while the few known containment tactics are put to great use. Still, there's a few small flaws here starting with the silly need for the film to go so far into their back-story history that it tends to really grind the film to a halt since the initial outbreak and possession by the creature is done in the film's opening scene which is setting this up for a thrilling pace only for the love-struck romance to get featured and pull that down. As well, the decision for each of them to be in romances that are thrown away simply to bring them back together doesn't make much sense beyond adding to the body count and there's so much missed opportunities to be had from the fact that they stumble upon the creatures solely because their possessed activities are mistaken for cheating on them and then get swept away from there. As well, there's the film's incredibly lame and really unbelievable CGI present which doesn't make much sense at all and really does tend to expose the cheapness and limitations of the story by not really featuring all that many impressive attributes to the story whenever they're featured for its' not just for the creature and the gory aftermath of it's attacks but also for some really explosive action scenes which really highlights those issues. Otherwise, this one wasn't all that bad. Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and male Nudity.

I've seen worse movies, and this one did keep my interest. The creature effects are great.....but I have many problems with it, such as: SPOILER ALERTS.......SPOILER ALERTS.......SPOILER ALERTS....SERIOUSLY! 1. Nic Rhind is good in his role, but he hardly comes across as a bad boy....more like the boy-next-door. We don't for one minute think he's a bad boy. He doesn't drink, smoke or curse, but then I guess he does ride a motorcycle, and he's supposed to be an ex-con, so that makes him a bad boy. 2. Likewise, Robyn Ledoux is fine in her role, but the screenplay portrays her as the smartest girl on earth, as she scans old manuscripts and documents and in minutes finds out what they are dealing with and how to stop it. Not believable. 3. The hideous creature eats it's way into the victim's belly button, right through their clothes several times, without leaving a hole in the person's clothes or their belly. Huh? No scars left behind by that thing? Come on. 4. The first victim just disappears without a trace, as though his body is never found. 5. The real trackers are in town, but stay away from the investigation while two college kids do the real work. Why? They only show up to mop-up after numerous victims have died. 6. The victims spend about an hour with the creature feeding on their bodies, yet our college boy hero is compelled to pass it along after only a few minutes. I guess he just couldn't stomach the darn thing. His girlfriend knew that to remain safe, they both needed to drink lots of booze, but she didn't bother telling him? Poor guy gets a bad bellyache. 7. And of course, the sweet young girl comes to the rescue, fighting off that monstrous creature like Xena, The Warrior Princess. In short, with some added scenes, and a few changes, it would have been much better.

In a small Washington town, church from the 18th century burns down, releasing a trapped parasite. The parasite infests a fireman who had the bad luck to fall down at the scene. The parasite induces the host to connect with other people. The parasite kills the host and travels to the next. The sheriff is Jesse's uncle, and Scott is recently out of prison. Even worse, the uncle framed Scott's father with the crimes that sent him to prison. Scott and Jesse have to research the parasite and stop it. Will Scott and Jesse stop this public hazard? Will either of them survive? Will the endless sequence of belches ever end? -----Scores----- Cinematography: 8/10 Good looking except for a regular smidgen of shaky cam. Sound: 6/10 Music was used to no effect. Acting: 0/10 Terrible. No competent actors, and the direction seemed to be just as weak. Screenplay: 2/10 Not much of a story, badly told, with absurd dialog and wobbly logic. The actors did not have much to work with. The clichés at the end did not help.

An ancient pestilence called The Scourge has been set free in a small town after being entombed in a church's masonry for a century and a half... We start off with a bit of promise because of a wild naked man. That always sparks my interest. But sadly, that was probably the best part of the film. Is the actress who plays Lydia the worst actress ever? Possibly. But then again, the skateboard chick is pretty bad, too. These poor performances are unfortunate, because with better ones this might have been a decent movie -- indeed, we have more than passable blood effects and while the film is a tad heavy on the CGI... it is not the worst CGI you will see this year. But seriously... How many times can you say "sweetheart" within five minutes? We need a script doctor.

I downloaded this movie after I read some good things posted about it. Scourge is one of those movies you can just kick back and enjoy. I watch a lot of creature movies and most of them at this level lack fx quality. Then you've got the story which I mean 9 out of ten suck at. This movie has some good old tongue in cheek Horror - like stuff from the 80's. The a story that is pretty good and some cool viz FX. The creature was nice looking, I mean I've seen stuff like it before but it was different enuff to keep you interested and the belley button angle ius new. I wish I had paid for it and i don't say that too often! I gave it a 10 not cause i thought it was a ten but because its not a 6.8 which is what it should be!