Crazy Eights (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

James K. Jones

Writers:

Dan DeLuca (writer)
James K. Jones (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

No secret stays locked away forever.

Plot:

Circumstance brings six childhood friends together to face their past, and a secret they share.

Plot Keywords:

Fall Down Stairs | Memorabilia | One Way Mirror | Text Introduction | Blood

Cast

Dina Meyer	...	Jennifer Jones
George Newbern	...	Father Lyle Dey
Traci Lords	...	Gina Conte
Dan DeLuca	...	Wayne Morrison
Frank Whaley	...	Brent Sykes
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Beth Patterson
Christine Eads	...	Nurse
Stephen Szibler	...	Orderly
Michael Gabel	...	Dr. Pike
Cheryl Scungio	...	Jennifer's Mother
Karen Beriss	...	Karen
Joe Hansard	...	Flashback Doctor
James A. Ray	...	Jimmy Ray (as Jimmy Ray)
Chloe J. Lindsey	...	Hospital patient
Linda Delpierre	...	Extra

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images, and language.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Crownsville, Maryland, USA

Company:

IKM Productions

Quotes:

[first lines]
Title Card: Between 1954 to 1976, nearly 600 children were voluntarily submitted for participation in a number of behavioral studies. These experimental facilities were privately funded and tucked away in secluded regions of the south.

Movie Connections:

References "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)

I think I just threw up in my mouth...

I'm as big a fan as any when it comes to low-budget, B-Horror films.

Last year I went to 5 of the 8 by myself, and thus far this year, i've hit 4 of the 8, some of them by myself, simply because I lack a circle of friends who enjoys the genre for what it is.

my love and admiration for crappy horror films stated, understand that this movie has no place in the horrorfest 8. It's funny, because even though I know I'll end up going to all 8, I still pick and choose carefully which ones I'll attend first. In that process, I read as much IMDb info as i can, from the syndicated reviews, to the user reviews, and I must admit that I was suckered into this based on the user reviews, something I usually trust.

This movie was atrocious. It establishes very little up front, which is irritating initially, but in the long run more so because of how basic the premise is. It is very cliché, which most B- Movies are, but this one so much so that it seems very amateur, and who likes watching something they feel like they could have written or produced?

Please believe that this isn't your average bully picking on someone lesser than him. I'm of no real merit in the movie review world, but I do watch a lot of crap-horror mainly because I feel like there's nothing better than a movie that accepts itself for what it is, and has fun with it's status, and that's a lot of what horrorfest has come to be. This movie, however, seems to treat itself like it's the freshest and most original idea ever, when in reality, all they did was combine a series of elements that many movies have used in the past (i.e. house on haunted hill, the ring, saw, the grudge, and yes, as mentioned by others, and somewhat out of place in the previously listed, the big chill) ...SIDE NOTE: if you enjoy, in any way, the previously mentioned movies, and figure that because you liked some of those, that you'll like this, you wont, i'd request that you send me your $9.50 instead, and stop supporting a skid mark of movie

There's very little promise in this movie, I do recall one point where I got an inkling of excitement in thinking that soon and very soon, something worthwhile and exciting was going to happen, but alas, no such scenario. It became so frustrating at one point that I nearly walked out, but having only done so once in my life (Shoot 'Em Up), I opted to hold out, JUST IN CASE something came along that made the last hour of my life mean something. instead, when the credits rolled, I felt an overwhelming urge to break something or combatively discuss the movie with other patrons in theater. unfortunately for me, the only other person in the theater had left about 45 minutes in

Far and away, more insulting and disheartening than anything about this movie is that this villainous embodiment that is doing all the killing is on screen for roughly 250 whole frames of the movie. you barely get a look at what's causing all the mayhem, and when you do, it's less than satisfying

3 stars for effort and that 15 to 20 seconds of promise...you'd be okay missing out on this though...