Plague Town (2009)

Let's be realistic.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The acting is overall decent, but the problem is the characters that they are playing as. None of the main characters in this film are really likable in any way or form. They are basically a dysfunctional family, and an annoying group of people. This is one of them horror films with such horrible characters, that you don't really care if any of them survive or not.For being such an all-around awful movie, some of the deaths were okay, not fantastic, but just okay. I think that the deaths will be one of the only memorable things about this film. The other memorable things being Rosemary, and the creepy children.The deaths were okay, but now let's talk about the plot of the movie, which could perhaps best be described as "stupid". An American family who apparently cannot stand each other is in another country and come across a bunch of crazy adults and children, and try to survive the night. Like I said, stupid.I personally think this movie is awful, and unless you're bored out of your mind and are desperate to see a horror movie, you need to avoid this title. My rating for Plague Town: 1

"Plague Town" is a another horror film about murderous children after "Eden Lake" and "The Children".There's a little bit of "Children of the Corn" and "The Wicker Man",a touch of Wolf Rilla's "Village of the Damned" and a dollop of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" all rolled into one.A small group of bickering travelers ends up stranded in a remote rural village.This nameless Irish town has a crop of mutant children who enjoy spilling blood of unfortunate victims.There are subtle hints of paganism in the air as well.Admittedly disfigured albino children look pretty creepy and sporadic gore effects are well-done.Unfortunately the story is pretty confusing and highly derivative.The climax is also a little bit disappointing.Still I enjoyed "Plague Town" and you should too,if you are into indie horror.7 out of 10.

This movie is a crazy sort of Children of the Corn/Hills Have Eyes hybrid. Whilst it does have it's moments and a certain level of strangeness going for it, overall the idea simply doesn't work.As soon as the first few mutant babies were born surely the obvious thing to do would be contact a hospital rather than invite the local priest round for a quick execution.In fact like the rest of the UK (remote location or not)a doctor, the local nurse or even a social worker would have been in contact with these pregnant women. Not just some creepy old priest with a sharp knife! If mutant babies were suddenly being born in you're town/village the first conclusion anyone would draw is that we must have been exposed to something. Let's contact the appropriate authority to check things out and then sue the backside off whoever is found to be responsible.Not in this town apparently. The adults for some reason completely ignore the rest of civilisation, teach the children to kill, kidnap and torture.In terms of plot(mutant children not withstanding).......well as has been done a million times before, it's a case of here are some lambs to be slaughtered, let's drop them off and let the killer(s) get on with it! However, the key to this type of formula is to have have interesting, funny or sexy characters combined with inventive kills and a bit of suspense. Unfortunately in this movie the characters and kills are none of the above. I'm afraid twigs and hubcaps just don't cut the corn beef and cabbage sandwich! To be fair though With the budget they had the special effects of the gory bits are a reasonable effort. A nice change from the normal overdone cartoon CGI.3.5 stars out of 10. 4 if you really twisted my arm or slapped me a bit with a twig!

Anyone who knows horror knows that this misunderstood genre has seen much better days. The 90's was by far the worst period ever, although our current decade hasn't been THAT much better. Most people are limited to the mainstream, the first 4 Saw's were good, and our pal. Rob Zombie has made quite an impact, but The truth is, nowadays, independent horror is the only place to find true quality. I'm not talking about Dimension Extreme independent, I'm talking about Subrosa independent, I'm talking about Troma independent, yeah, B-movies. Some are worthless, some are awesome, but once in awhile, even in this day in time, one might stumble across a rare work of art, just waiting to be discovered. Enter Plague Town.About a family, none of which seem to enjoy each others company, vacationing in the depths of Ireland. They have some British guy with them, apparently to keep the more ornery daughter quiet, which doesn't work, but it was a nice thought nonetheless.The bickering family, along with British guy, wonder around just long enough to miss the bus back, but is eventually offered help by a harmless, yet peculiar stranger, even though they didn't feel they needed it, although, it's not dark yet , now is it?There are some disturbing things that come out at night around these parts, dangerous things with bad intentions that aren't necessarily looking to kill, but what this family doesn't realize, there are some scenario's far worse than death.I am Impressed beyond words, Plague Town is proof that The Horror genre is alive and well, and I was starting to worry, but never mind, David Gregory is on it. Eli Roth could learn a thing or two from this guy. Certain things, as insignificant as they may seem, really brings out the horror in the horror. Everything about Plague Town looks dark and desolate, not a lot of color. Plague Town is not over-scored, which is also a plus. Very little character development, as strange as that may seem, makes for quality horror, the less you know the better, in this genre mystery equals success. The vibe of Plague Town reminds me of obscure horror gems of the 70's, like Messiah Of Evil and Bruial Ground, as if it just ended up with the pure essence of horror by accident. We're looking at quality from all directions, from the simple, yet horrifying plot, to the subtle, yet haunting score, to the brutality and hopelessness, to that adorable, worried-looking chick. They got it all right. Plague Town is the horror masterpiece of the decade. 8/10