Cookers (2001)

ridiculous rating

An absolute waste of money

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

First of all, on the DVD sleeve it was written, in the style of Blair Witch project. I haven't seen anything in that style. secondly, it was filed here in shops as horror but it's more one of those flicks that has not that much to do with horror but more with flicks about drugs and hallucinations.If you have seen the flop Someone's Knocking At The Door (2009) then you know exactly what I mean. But that flick did had some creepy moments but Cookers never satisfied me. Maybe I didn't get it after all but for me it was all about talking and taking drugs. Once things go wrong with the house their in you will see for example a CGI hand coming to grap the girl's hair. Not for everybody, that's a fact and be it that I didn't like it, maybe the sentence Blair Witch tricked me and fooled me. Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Anyone that's spent any time around tweakers will fully relate to COOKERS. I was expecting a really cheezy SOV bore-fest, but instead got a pretty damn solid mix of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM meets THE AMITYVILLE HORROR that pretty much works on all levels. For a relatively no-budget, unknown film - COOKERS surprised and impressed me...Hector and Dorena are a couple of white-trash meth-heads who are running from some thugs that they ripped off. They hole up in an abandoned house to set up a lab to cook up a whole rack o' crank. Hector's dim-witted pal Merle joins the fun to help out - and a good bit of the film is watching Hector and Dorena smoke, snort, and slam about 400 ounces of meth while Merle drinks beer and smokes a bit himself. Eventually we find that the house is haunted - add to this the increasing paranoia as Hector and Dorena's drug use escalate to ridiculous proportions - and you have a pretty tense horror film that'll make you wish you had an 8-ball handy...Seriously though - there are a lot of plus-sides to this film. The performances by the three leads are all strong and believable. The actor's who played Hector and Dorena were either addicts at one time, or REALLY did their homework - they were spot-on as a couple of skeezed out speed-freaks. Their performances rival any other actor playing the role of an addict that I've ever seen. The storyline was interesting and the mounting sense of tension was well handled. The only gripes I have were that there were a few cheezy CGI scenes that were ineffective an actually brought the realism of the situations down a notch, and there were a few spots that tended to drag a little bit - but COOKERS is the type of film where the good aspects definitely outweigh the bad. The ending was also downbeat and dark, and I dug that a lot too. I'd definitely recommend this one to anyone lookin' for a haunted house story with a "twist", and a strong message - Don't do a bunch of crank in a haunted house...I got that message loud and clear...8.5/10

Judging by the hype, and other reviews on this site, I was ready for an awesome horror movie focusing on junkies. What i got was complete crap focusing on junkies. I wonder if there's another movie called "Cookers" that these people reviewed? There are only 3 main characters, and none of them struck me as well-written or well-acted. Basically the whole movie I just spent shaking my head and marveling at the stupidity of these drug addicts.Do yourself a favor. Don't rent this movie. Rent "Cabin Fever" or some other decent horror movie. Hell, rent "Mary Poppins"! The animated penguins are scarier and more convincing than anything you'll find in "Cookers."

I loved this movie. I loved it because it was disturbing and it cuts to the core of all our fears, touches on every insecurity. It was a wild ride that respects its audience. It forces us to think and analyze or interpret. No cliff-notes here-- it is up to you to decide for yourself what the film means, what is happening, how it affects you. The acting was superb. Each character clearly defined and sussed-out. Brad Hunt gave a strong performance, if at times, slightly exaggerated. Cyia Batten's performance was impressive, gut-wrenchingly touching and extraordinarily brave, particularly being the only female to have to stand against two, very powerful men. Patrick McGaw was unrecognizable and fantastic-- funny and tragic all at once. In my opinion, awards should be doled out here to each one of them for what they brought to the table but if I had to pick just one, I would have to pick Cyia Batten, who plays the heartbreaking Dorena. It is not easy to embody vulnerability and power at the same time and yet she appeared to do it with ease. The editing can be dizzying at times, fast paced and over-stimulating but it fit perfectly considering the nature of the demons these characters fought. It almost got you into their heads for a time. Overall, I was moved, scared, saddened, angered, overwhelmed by this movie. I couldnt get it out of my head for a long time. I hope this movie does well, because everybody should see the raw, brutal truth of drug addiction annd losing oneself to their own private demons.