Necrosis (2009)

Simply Perfect

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Let me start by saying recently my fiancée and I watched all eleven seasons of 7th Heaven on DVD and I became a huge fan. Because of this I noticed George Stultz who played Keven on the aforementioned show headlined in this cast. Add to this that I love horror movies of all kinds, the B-Movier the better (yes I'm aware its strange to love 7th Heaven and horror films) so I was actually looking forward to seeing Necrosis. It should also be mentioned that Necrosis received a lot of positive feedback and award nominations from the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival and all I can say that it must have been a bad year for indie horror flicks. Necrosis has a decent enough plot, fairly stereotypical which you'd think would make it hard to screw up. But the film makers and cast turn in a silly, mish mashed film about ghosts and isolation in a snow covered cabin that barely makes sense, the special effects are awful...even below B-Movie, and the cast is more or less awful although sadly they aren't the worst part of the movie. There is little to no chemistry between them and their character depth is non-existent.As mentioned George Stults plays Matt in the film. Now I known Stults is not a great actor, even in 7th Heaven he was a little bit cardboard and it shows through in this film even more. The only difference between his character in the film and his character on 7th Heaven is that this time he swears more and gets covered in blood more. He doesn't carry a cast well. One of the more redeemable roles in the film is that of James Kyson-Lee (probably best known from TV Show Heroes) as Jerry, the boyfriend of one of the girls who is first to slowly begin to lose his mind and see things. He does decently well especially given how bad the rest of the cast is. Tiffany, yep the singer, plays Karen and she should stick to singing even though that career is over too. Penny Drake, Danielle De Luca, and Robert Michael Ryan round out the cast of stranded friends in the cabin and they are all equally bad in their roles and perform laughably but not in a good way. Honorable mention to veteran horror actor Michael Berryman for his small cameo role that stands out.As I expected director Jason Robert Stephens has little experience and what he does have is classically titled films like Vampire Night and Merchants of Death (I have not seen these they could be A+ films) but he seems like a B-Movie kind of guy without a lot of experience that thinks he knows what an audience might want to see. But without experience what runs through a film makers mind might not translate well onto screen. The cabin fever "Shining" type story doesn't work, its silly, and the death scenes are an attempt at cool or over the top but there is really only one solid death scene that I can think of. Part Ghost Story, part isolation horror story but all silly. You have to be a pretty big fan of horror to sit through this one. 5/10

Psychological/suspenseful movie despite its shortcomings, namely dialogue. There were a couple scenes when I wondered how the actors delivered their lines with a straight face. My favourite line went something like, "Bears hibernate for the winter. The only animal you have to worry about this weekend is me." The music could be hit or miss but I felt it added to the creepy atmosphere. Unfortunately the movie finishes right after the climax and is very open ended. I would have liked a little more resolution because I enjoyed the characters. If you enjoyed this movie but wanted to see more blood and gore I would recommend "Dead Snow".

Tiffany has recently decided to embark on an independent film career. Her first film is Necrosis, which also stars Hero's star James Kyson Lee, along with 7th Heaven's George Stults. I had high hopes for Tiffany in this movie based on early trailers and news. Unfortunately, of the six main cast members, hers is probably the smallest role.The story is about a group of friends who go off to spend a weekend in the snow at a remote cabin which just happens to be near where the Donner Party massacre happened. When a bad snowstorm comes through, they are trapped at the cabin, and must fend off the Donner ghosts, as well as one of their own who seems to be slipping fast into a delusional state.Half-way through the film Tiffany aka Karen decides to go for help with her boyfriend. I won't spoil the results, but it did leave me with a few unanswered questions about her fate. I feel the movie was a little slow overall and the ending a bit too fast. A better balance of action and suspense would have made it all felt a bit more even throughout.All that said, my favorite part of the DVD was the behind the scenes feature, which gets my 10 rating. There are quite a few candid moments with Tiffany, and you can really get a better understanding of just how hard this movie was to make being that they actually did shoot this during a snow storm.

The first few scenes of the movie made me expect something really gross, like cannibalism and lots of gore. In fact, this movie has no gore at all - except for a few gunshot wounds which are so inconsistent that they made me laugh instead of making me say; "Ouch, that's got to hurt!" All right, if it has no gore, at least i expect some good plot and at least a 3/5 score acting. A real shame, because none of these objectives were met; the plot is shallow with some flashes of brilliancy now and then (psychological terror) but truth be told - i wasn't impressed. Not even scared. The other weak points are the actors - really, that kind of bad acting was not seen since... well... i have never seen it - or maybe i have (one movie comes to my mind but i won't tell the name, let's just say THAT movie takes place in 2012).Unfortunately, i don't have anything positive to say about this movie, except the ending which is not expected, and that makes it somewhat brilliant.Do not waste your precious time with this title, those few strong points (i am being generous) are not worth wasting 1 hour and 13 minutes, that's how long this charade lasts.