Necrosis (2010)

One of the best films i have seen

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A group of 3 men and 3 women head off to a remote cabin in the woods, with both them and the audience getting flashbacks of what the Donner party did in the mountains near Lake Tahoe back in the 1800s. What I did like is that they didn't stereotype the Asian guy, as his character slowly gets scarier throughout the movie. What I didn't like is that all three female characters really got on my nerves, like why their men would bother saving them from something dangerous with all of their nagging. Furthermore, the acting is low energy from everyone. The one highlight was that they dug up Michael Berryman of The Hills Have Eyes fame, and he can always be relied on to play some weirdo well.

Again seeing some of the previous reviews. It does make me wonder who wrote them. This movie did have potential. In fact I would have focused on the cannibal dead, rather than the assumed alive. The acting was abysmal. I have seen more animation in a zombie video game. It's like they go through the motions without having experienced anything. Next time go pick up some 'actors' from a January sales group. They at least get excited about their discoveries.. Now the plot sounded decent enough. Group of friends go to a (may I say beautiful) cabin that looks more today than 1800's (and if its been renovated since then, well they did a lovely job. So they go to this cabin and they hear the stock story and well that was pointless wasn't it. They see bodies in the snow and do not get noticeably worried, just leave it there. They say later when the body vanishes that animals took it. yet not a bear print or dragging mark to be seen. You know, I can't even make a snow angel without affecting the place that I arise from. One of the group (of course the one with mental issues) sees creepy dead people. Now here that should have been taken to a whole new level and the director and writer should have made them attack the living, not have them as harmless ghosts. Then the Snow truly would have been Bloody. And when the killing starts, well that was another pointless exercise, no real build up, just bang! Watch Dead Snow instead, that is much better.

Friends spending a weekend trapped in a remote cabin is not a new movie concept. But, adding in a snowstorm and Tiffany, you will catch my interest! I watched this film expecting the worst, but actually enjoyed it for the most part.I know a little of the Donner party story, and I thought the connection was a good one, if under-utilized. A few flashback scenes and vague mentions of them didn't really paint the picture of just who these people were and why they were coming back to haunt this cabin. But, I suppose that is part of the intent. We are never sure whether there really are ghosts, or if they are just in the mind.The two main leads did very well together. There "romantic" scene in the power shed near the end of the film was my favourite. I thought they clicked well and having the film finally end on them, with the big question still looming about whether or not they will make it, left me thinking.I was also impressed that the movie used Tiffany's song "Winters Over" for their closing credits. Little touches like that found in this movie make it stand out a bit from the usual fair found in this low-budget genre.

Had a chance to watch this over the weekend, and found that I enjoyed it despite a few shortcomings. As a fan of Heroes, I was really happy to see James Kyson Lee not playing a token "Asian guy", but in fact takes center stage and does a good job, IMO.The rest of the cast holds up well too. The pacing is good for the most part, but a little slow where is shouldn't have been. Which leads me to my only real complaint about this film and that it doesn't have the amount of blood/gore/cannibalism I expected to see based on the trailer and DVD art. They only touch upon the cannibalism in a few flashbacks (which looked cool) but I was really looking forward to seeing more of that stuff appear later in the film.There are some decent blood scenes (removing some buckshot comes to mind) that might make one a bit squeamish, but as a whole the movie fell a little short to be considered a true "horror" for my tastes.