Horror (2002)

Director:

Dante Tomaselli

Writer:

Dante Tomaselli (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Expect nothing less than sheer... Horror

Plot:

This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Reverend | Drug Rehab | Murder | Haunted House

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Kreskin	...	Reverend Salo
Lizzy Mahon	...	Grace Salo
Danny Lopes	...	Luck
Vincent Lamberti	...	Reverend Salo Jr.
Christie Sanford	...	Mrs. Salo
Jessica Pagan	...	Marisa
Raine Brown	...	Amanda
Kevin Kenny	...	Kevin
Chris Farabaugh	...	Fred
Felissa Rose	...	Art Therapist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erin Andre	...	Zombie / Church Goer
Rick Norberg	...	Churchgoer / Zombie

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore, language and drug use.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Quotes:

[last line]
Luck: I didn't mean it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Something to Scream About (2003) (V)

Creepy, disturbing, but disjointed.

OK, so this film doesn't make oodles of sense, but it's cool to watch and it's at times, pretty disturbing. If anyone saw Tomaselli's previous film, "Desecration", well, it was kind of that way too. Also, if anyone has seen one of many Italian films from the 80's, or perhaps even other times, they are too. Yeah, I know Tomaselli's from New Jersey but whatever, he has the look and feel down. This is about a 75 minute nightmare, drifting from what seems to be reality to different realities and then to good old delusion at the drop of a hat. There's a young girl who thinks that her grandfather is still alive (an old priest played by...the Amazing Kreskin?) and she's also not well but then again, who are all these 20-somethings with the guns and the big bag of drugs that have shown up? Overall I'd say this was a combination of madness and a nightmare and to the best of my knowledge none of the dreams or nightmares I ever have make sense when I can remember them. Strange that people pick apart horror films for not making sense, they're HORROR films, they're not real, they're about things that (hopefully) don't exist. Anyway, I liked this movie and this is the second I've seen from Tomaselli, I think I'll be seeking out his next, Satan's Playground....I'm a sucker for movies about the New Jersey Pine Barrens. 7 out of 10.