Crushed (2009)

I love this movie so much

Disappointment for a huge fan!

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Okay, so for a start I don't like what's apparently the American version of the title, "She's Crushed", as it makes the movie sound like something silly and lighthearted, which it most-certainly is not! I think what it went by when they used to show it here in England on the Horror Channel, simply "Crushed", sums it up much better as it's a double meaning, with her being crushed by his rejection, and in return he and all that he holds dear being crushed by her... Natallie Dickinson really did play one of the scariest demon-bitches I'd seen in a movie in years. Her character "Tara" is a tortured but quite entirely unsympathetic soul who has a mother who is comatose in a psych ward, and her doctor who you learn is actually her father thanks to one mighty quick scene that's easy to miss, and who also has a relationship with his daughter that's of the sick and perverse variety if ya get my drift..ahem, and her sole mission in life seems to be to find true love with whatever extremely unfortunate guy she happens to choose, even if she has to make them hers and hers alone by obliterating everyone they know and even mutilating their craniums Jeffrey Dahmer style to render them drooling zombies that she can make dance like macabre puppets to do it! And the story ends like it begins, with Tara hauling away the sorry remnants of her latest failed 'conquest' in a suitcase, getting away scott-free(movie logic), which I found scary and interesting 'cause it's like a cycle, only throughout the movie we got to see how the 'process' goes, and the descent into her murderous madness. And despite claims to the contrary there is a sort of weird flashback type deal that offers something of an explanation as to why Tara became such a bloodthirsty freak when it suggests that she herself was once abducted and tortured by a psycho. And it ends on her spotting the next 'the one', whom she'll shortly be manipulating into her nightmare web and loving to death... What I most enjoy about this picture is something that, while it happens but rarely so convincingly, where you get an actress that's trying to portray a big level of deranged insanity and actually succeeding in sustaining genuine unhinged menace for the duration of the whole show, and I completely bought it and was very impressed by her because that kind of role is something that's a lot easier for men to act than it is women as they are the fairer sex and are just not naturally as threatening, but in my opinion Dickinson accomplished one of these monster-women roles with gusto, and to me she is the only real highlight of the movie and alone makes it engaging and above-average. Of course you've gotta take her physical appearance into account to.. She was kind of pretty, but she looked a neurotic witch, all bony angles and mean sharp facial features. It helped! And this was not just a cute little kooky kind of crazy we're talking here - it was great big roll-it-up-to-your-car crazy!!! And the actor who played the object of her devotion, "Ray", was alright and I did feel terribly sorry for the guy and the hell that he's put through, but he also seemed a bit miscast and out of place, and he had a heavy German-sounding accent that was distracting. I did like the lively dude who played his horny and obnoxious workmate though, he was funny and brought a little very-much needed levity. I was sorry to see him go. I consider this a good horror movie because it really is hellishly sick and disturbing and points, namely the demented centerpiece of the story, when Ray's poor pregnant girlfriend is butchered in an uncomfortably prolonged sequence that the first time I saw it, it left my emotions raw because you really feel the horror and tragedy of the character's death and you keep hoping that anything will happen that'll allow her and Ray to live. But alas, no! It's a frightfully ruthless cautionary tale that will go to just about any lengths to shock and absolutely pulls no punches when it comes to who will live or die, and it doesn't play by the conventional rules of slashers, with no happy medium ending being allowed, and in this instance I took that as a plus. I'd cautiously recommend Crushed, while I'll admit that it does greatly lack in many areas, does have a cheap feel, and anyone looking for something more than a plain, no-frills bloodbath will probably be left wanting, but to me its a perfectly watchable and entertaining straight-up horror thriller which carries no pretensions beyond being a gripping if mindless time-burner, and in the horror department it doesn't fail and is grim and nasty enough to give anyone a run for their money. Take care, beware of Venus-mantrap psycho harpy bitches. See ya!

She's Crushed is a sort of light weight Fatal Attraction with Natalie Dickinson as a teen girl who flirts with her next door neighbor, Ray, until he finally breaks down and has sex with hot Tara. He sees it as a one night stand. She believes that it is true love. On a return, Ray tries to explain the situation, including the fact that he has a girlfriend. Big mistake, as his nubile lover sees him as her night in shining armor.Ray's life becomes an unending nightmare as Tara stalks him and becomes a serial killer simultaneously. She tortures her victims with glee, and for no apparent reason. The movie's poster, with Ms. Dickinson in a Catholic school girl outfit holding a knife in her hand, is much more interesting then the film itself. Bad acting; bad script; waste of time.

The Highlight is the Gore and Blood but the plot and production isn't fantastic, it is after all what it says on the tin - an independent movie. So the actors aren't great and the budget is low, but the fact that Keith Malley and his unique character is in this movie makes it better. I would have liked to see Keith as the main character but back to this movie, it was okay but it's nothing great. The Crazy female was quite good at acting and the camera work was okay, Keith Malley is cool and hopefully we will see him in more movies.See this movie if you are a fan of Gore Movies or Keith Malley 'KATG' NYC. She's Crushed is very very Bloody but its kinda spoilt when Tara gets in the shower and the blood turns to a shade of orange. Squeamish people beware because there are scenes of throwing up, toes being cut off etc etc./////-__- She's Crushed- 4.7/10

This movie wasn't too bad for a low-budget thriller/horror movie. There were buckets of blood/gore, tons of maiming and a lot of sick sadistic acts perpetrated by the main psychotic freak. What really killed the movie the most for me, though, is how much of a weak pathetic loser the guy is portrayed as. He has many opportunities to take the chick out in the movie, but since he's such a pathetic wuss you'll find yourself yelling at him to grow a pair and do something besides being a tool. They should have picked an actor more congruent to the role, the actor here is a pretty decent size guy and yet he can't take out a little 115 lb psychotic chick when he has the chance (and he has many!). GROW A SET OF TESTICLES MAN!Anyway, as I said there is a ton of gore, the story is quite intense and for the most part the actors do a good job; the problem for me is the absurdity of the guys situation and how he handles it... or in this case, fails to handle it.Would I recommend it? Yes, it's a good ride and has decent shock value. The story is decent enough to keep you there, if only to see what she'll do/get away with next. Another thing I'd like to know is how when she's cutting people up she only gets blood on her face and nowhere else...