Joshua (2006)
Kelby Unger is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of his hometown telling that his father had just died from heart attack. He decides to return to Bisbee for the funeral and Amelia goes with him. Kelby and Amelia lodge at his mother's house and he meets his slut sister Trish, his former friends James Lilly and the policeman Wally and his unknown uncle Tom. When Wally has a nervous breakdown with the name of Joshua, Kelby is haunted by the evil past in Bisbee.
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What a beautiful movie!
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
The same day that Kelby (Ward Roberts) proposes to his girlfriend Amelia (Christy Jackson), he receives a phone call to inform him that his father has died. Kelby returns to his home town for the first time in thirteen years, where he is forced to confront the demons of his past.Released on Fangoria's Gorezone label, Joshua is proof that bags of talent and enthusiasm, and a strong story are worth a whole heap more than a good looking cast, a glut of Hollywood style special effects, and an overpaid music-video director looking to break into feature films. Writer/director Travis Betz's twisted debut is truly the stuff of nightmares and, even though it might lack the sheen and gloss of your 'Saws' and 'Hostels', it is a damn sight more disturbing and a lot more memorable.Opening with the brutal murder of a young woman by a man with obvious mental health issues, Joshua quickly establishes the fact that it's not suitable viewing for the whole family. The rest of the film, however, employs a slow burn approach, with Betz gradually revealing pieces of information that slot together to gradually reveal the true nature of the story. And what a warped tale it turns out to be, with the deliberate, prolonged physical and mental torture of a child forming the core of the ingenious and prevocative plot, and plenty of other weirdness and depravity littered throughout (including tons of violence and even a dab of incest!).If you're bored of big budget 'torture porn' or glossy remakes of Asian ghost stories, and are able to see beyond the occasional iffy bit of acting, check out Joshua: it's got the makings of a classic.
honestly apart from the acting from some of the cast the rest of this movie is great, the final moments are outstanding, the direction the soundtrack and the dialog are great, evan if it comes from some very bad actors, i am not surprised this movie isn't well known the budget gives a new meaning to the word shoestring, but this movie really does deserve attention, give travis betz a bigger budget and let him remake this movie it would be an instant classic honestly the story, the characters, the dialog, and especially the direct are outstanding this guy deserves a bigger budget and he deserves to be congratulated on coming up with something truly original, this is truly a great film, watch it
i have just finished watching the biggest load of rubbish i have ever had the misfortune to view. the acting was terrible..and as for the policeman....enough said. and as for the film being scary..ll my electric bills are scarier. if you have to watch this load of crap,take a magazine or comic to read..this film is definitely the worst film i have ever seen,i know its a low budget film..but hey..they could have spent a bit more than my kids pocket money on this pile of crap.the story..(what story) was nonsense and the so called twist at the end i could tell after just a few minutes of this rubbish..and where o where did the cop learn to act...if it was a quick act course for beginners..please ,-please go back and finish your course..
This is one of the most psychologically disturbing movie I've seen. If you're only into FX like sbarshow whose mental faculty does not allow an iota of imagination and cannot comprehend even a slightly complicated plot line, sure, then forget watching this movie. However, if you want to explore the dark side of your own psyche and meet the demons in the far recesses of your own mind, I highly recommend it.It's a travesty that IMDb's first-come-first-served policy will deter many people from watching this movie because of an inbred degenerate like sbarshow claimed his/her "rightful" place through the sheer luck of being the first one to post his/her comment. I usually don't do ad hominem attacks but this time it's appropriate.