Written and directed by Mitch Wilson. Starring Julin Jean, Tom Zembrod, Taylor Tippins, Katie Bosacki and Justin Arnold.
Plot: a group of college students unleash a demon while playing a game made from human knuckle bones (eww)
A group of friends discover this ancient dice game behind the wall of an old building and decide to play. Even though the game comes with a warning, they roll the dice anyway and wind up unleashing a demon called Knucklebones. He’s pretty disgusting looking, but he ruins it by trying to be the next Freddy Krueger. He spouts off all these one liners like “That’s what she said.” Like, please, only Freddy can do that. No one else.
Meanwhile, the young people in the movie are idiots. I mean, “wanna summon a demon”, sure they decide, why not. I’m hoping not everyone would just decide to do something so stupid. Also, they can’t act. They overreact to everything. Although, I do have to admit that the sheriff is the worst of all the actors in the movie. He must know someone.
The movie gets some points for being utterly hysterical though. They’re are also a lot of boob shots. Almost, too gratuitous and that’s coming from us. And if you wanna watch stupid people die for 80 minutes than this is the movie for you. But for the rest of you the movie is worthless.
How do they even know how to play the game for example? There are no real directions. The specials are wretched – especially the bones breaking. The whole Nazi part of the movie was irritating and completely unnecessary. They tried to give Knucklebones several different motives throughout the movie and none of them were good. It was so unrealistic. The rules were crappy. And OMG the end!! No. Just no.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I met George Romero. He was the kindest and sweetest man. He talked to me for longer than he should have with the line getting longer. He also held my hand. And when he noticed the ladybug I have tattooed on my wrist, he said he liked it and asked me it's name. Till then, it had not had a name. Now, I call him George.
2. I love stickers. All stickers. I just adore them. I even ask for stickers for Christmas! As a matter of fact, the birthday that just past, every member of my immediate family gave me sticker packs as gifts. Affordable and extremely appreciated.
3. I have never put much stock in astrology or horoscopes, but I LOVE the magic of the MBTI. Omg. I am an INFP and it actually sounds just like me. Introverted mostly. Creative always. Heart before head and not the most logical. Totally me! For better or worse.
4. It's no surprise I count horror so high up on the list of things that make me, me. However, it's so within my soul that I was part of the Horror Club in college. Interesting bunch. And even took a Horror Lit class as an elective. I got an A.
5. Coffee always makes me happy. Always. I'm particularly fond of caramel macchiatos. But I'll drink black coffee if it's the only thing available.
6. I hate shock for the sake of shock and endings that depress me. I always mention the movies Within (2016) and the Eli Roth produced, written and starred in, Aftershock (2012), as proof of this distate I have. I abhor the idea that just because I like horror, some people think I'd actually praise a movie that lets you think the "Final Girl" just made it through the night, only to slap her in the face with a tsunami.
7. We are big time animal people. I mean, if I could, I'd have an elephant, a bear, a zebra, a penguin, an otter and a meerkat, living with me. Seriously though. We have 2 dogs right now and 2 cats. Both cats we picked up when they each came to our front door hungry. And both dogs we got from 2 different sets of neighbors. Both who, unfortunately, don't know how to care for pets long-term. But they're happy and healthy now!!
8. Revisiting my love of horror, one of the above cats, my cat, is a little black guy named Church. Because Pet Sematary. His middle name is even Pascow. To give credit where credit's due, the name was DJ's idea. But he loves horror too!
9. I'm big into art. Along with movie posters and an Anne Frank quote, I have some actual paintings on my wall. I really think Dali paints beautifully when he wants to. And if I don't get to see Michaelangelo's Pieta in person some day, I will be very disappointed.
10. Lastly, I find Emily Dickinson's poetry intriguing. I took an elective course about her as well. But do you know I injected horror even there? I was given a poem to dissect and I picked one on death, of course. Then, I researched old "Death Photos" and even printed out copies for everyone in the class. They were so interested in looking at them that it stopped them from all looking at me, and I was able to deal quite well with my stage fright. Haha
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