Five Nights at Freddy's

 

                                         

                                          The final scary movie to watch in the month of October and what a great way to review a movie I recently watched with the kiddo's at the movie theaters, and I'm not going to lie when I say this, but this movie I've seen with the kiddos, was a billion times better than the Meg 2, though that's not saying a whole lot about Meg 2 because anything I've seen in 2023 was better than Meg 2. Five Night's at Freddy's is based on a video game titled, Five Night's at Freddy's for which was a big surprised because I had no idea that it was before I was tasked by my brother to take the kid's to see this movie and from the words of my little niece whose a big fan of scary movies tells me that one of her friends plays the game at school, which to me is funny because I guess now you can get away with anything at school. Either way she tells me that her friend plays the game and wants to see the film so she can brag to her friend that she's seen it.

                                          A troubled security guard (Josh Hutcherson) begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the late shift at Freddy's won't be easy to make it through. 

                                          The game alone how I can describe it in a nutshell, it's basically a horror game (not like the Last of Us) where you basically sit in a security room making sure nothing happens to you with very little power, getting more to the point don't let the costume creatures get you. And I've done my homework and it's terrifying for there's no way in hell I'm wanting to play this game because I'm thirty-six and I got to worry about my health. Had I'd not known that the movie itself was co-written by the developer of the game Scott Cawthon, I'd probably be intrigued to see the movie because having the creator help write the screenplay brings a much special thing when adapting a video game like this, hell it would have been better if co-creator Ed Boon wrote the screenplay to 2021's Mortal Kombat. I do feel it's a little unfair that the film is receiving negative reviews because the film alone is not bad in fact I looked at the film as a surprising hidden gem that I never thought would be this good, I mean sure the acting alone is a bit ridiculous mainly coming from the evil aunt furthermore the scumbags being hired to trash the place which seems a bit over doing it especially when it comes to creating a creepy horror movie, for many reasons why would you go in a place like this. And sure the acting on that side is chewing the scenery but at the core of the movie it's also a sweet brother and sister story with the big brother with a troubled backstory trying in the best of his abilities to take care of his sister and I personally relate to that because I too worry about my own nieces and nephews at times moreover I got my own personal worries along the way, so really the story alone is relatable, and the way Josh Hutcherson was able to portray the character is without a doubt the best acting I've seen him do. But more importantly the film itself has a great mystery story to it as well along with a perfect twist to the reveal of the end. So, deep down I look at the film as a good movie that Alfred Hitchcock would have directed if he had the resources and this movie alone needs to be an important example of you want to create a suspenseful/creepy film, this was a great example. I was surprised by this movie's story and looked at it as one of the best hidden treasures I've seen in 2023, and with Halloween season ending I would highly recommend watching this, and you will most certainly not be disappointed.  

     

October Recommendation: Sleepy Hollow

 

                                  I had other October Recommendations to see when it came for a Halloween themed film. Though really it became clear after finishing childhood Sleepy Hollow films and TV that Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow would no doubt be my recommendation for the month of October. Sure there was The Adventures of Ichabod Crane and Mr. Toad via 1949 but no debate the greatest movie adaption has always been Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, staring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci (who I was surprised was 19 when staring in the film) along with an incredible list of supporting actors from Michael Gambon aka Harry Potter, Christopher Lee aka Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid aka Emperor Palpatine, along with Michael Gough aka Alfred from the first two Batman films Burton directed and Christopher Walken as well as the ever talented, underappreciated Stunt man Ray Park.

                                  Set in 1799, "Sleepy Hollow" is based on Washington Irving's classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes horror, fantasy and romance and features an extraordinary cast of characters that dabble in the supernatural. 

                                   Granted it's been quite a long time since I watched this Tim Burton classic but no doubt this is the greatest and only faithful adaption to Sleepy Hollow I've ever seen, and this is it's only film about Irving's classic tale so there's no mystery that none of the film producers out there today would ever touch this film and try to remake it, and even if they did how can you really capture the magic and the story Tim Burton himself created in the first place? And to sum up that answer you really can't for many reasons, you'd try to do something different and it would never work. Why it wouldn't work mainly because writer Andrew Kevin Walker really sat down and created a version of Sleepy Hollow that makes the most sense of any story but more importantly stayed true to the source material as well. The way the film itself was developed started around 1993, Kevin Yagher, a make-up designer who had turned to directing with Tales from the Crypt, had the notion to adapt Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow into a feature film. Through his agent, Yagher was introduced to Andrew Kevin Walker; they spent a few months working on the film's treatment that transformed Ichabod Crane from a schoolmaster from Connecticut to a banished New York City detective. And really the idea of making Crane a detective is the most genius idea moreover making the film alone as a mystery film that that blends both horror and the supernatural in the best way possible. Also, it makes the perfect sense of creating a story into film because if you made this guy the same as he was in the short story it wouldn't be interesting to watch on film I mean sure it would work on Shelley Duvall's Tall Tale and Legends show, but on film it would be a disaster. Now, the way I was introduced to the movie was of course through Dish on Demand previews furthermore notice the R rating on the preview and thought to myself "well of course I wasn't going to see it" though through the course of like a year I ended up seeing it mainly because my brother said it wasn't scary moreover not gory so in the end I got around to watching it back then and was obsessed with the movie, I mean it was one of the many few movies that came out in 1999 that I though was great and amazing at the same time and also learned that Ray Park was the Headless Horseman so that was a bigger plus because he was one of the greatest villain's in the Star Wars Universe hence Darth Maul. Surprisingly, this was the first movie I was introduced to Johnny Depp though to be fair there maybe a few in terms of Dish On Demand previews though in all fairness those don't count so Sleepy Hollow was my first Johnny Depp film, moreover I would defiantly rank this in his top five best performances for many reasons, I love the fact that is portrayal of Crane is yes true to the character in terms of his being afraid but is also brave as well as really smart when it comes to solving murders. But most importantly he's also got a great list of supporting actors including the late great Michael Gambon whose most remembered for Dumbledore, but his greatness in the film was him telling the story of the Headless Horseman, and really him telling that origin story I kind of wished he was narrating more books. Though the Late Christopher Lee's performance in the movie is very slim he also does a great job in the first act of the movie sending Depp's character to Sleepy Hollow and the same goes to Ian McDiarmid does a great job despite his role being small as well. Which leads us finally to the Horseman himself or two of them, Christopher Walken and Ray Park starting first with Christopher Walken, I honestly don't know how Burton decided to cast Walken as the Horseman but really was genius for many reasons mainly is that he gives Walken chompers along with the wig and tells him "look Chris this is a small role so all I want you to do is just roar and I'm afraid to be the bear of bad news but that's your only lines", now that's just an assumption but it makes perfect sense, for which leads us to Ray Park aka Darth Maul, now yes Walken plays the Horseman with a head but I have to believe that Ray Park was the main stunt double for Walken's fight sequences because there's no way he would be able to do all of the sword and ax twirling was done by Park, and really all the praise goes to Park because along with Walken he helped create whole presence of the Headless Horseman moreover brings a lot of character especially when it comes to his fighting style and how he walks and rides, even a great scene where he butchers a family we hear his spur's which brings a extra level of awesome because it's like the grim reaper coming into you're house ready to kill you in you're sleep, and really that's what make Ray Park such a great character actor and stunt man because he is able to transform himself into the character not using words but using appearance as his strong suit on screen. Now granted I had to close all the logic out of my head because yes the movie is a fantasy/horror movie but when it comes to the action sequences it's really amusing how the Headless Horseman is able to craft a scorpion spear without a head. Having watched the film for the first time in quite a while, I have to say this was a great murder mystery film from start to finish it plays out great as a who done it story moreover is a great visual stunning set piece that I believe everyone will enjoy and despite that the film is an R rating I would also tell all the parents out there that this is an appropriate movie for the kids and yes it may sound crazy but I also have a niece that watches scary movies furthermore is in the fourth grade and this movie alone she would say is a great movie to watch on Halloween.                       

Movies I haven't seen in a While: Tower of Terror

 

                                          HEY LOOK! I found a Halloween hidden gem buried deep into the wonders of YouTube, based off one of the greatest Disney rides ever created at Disney World's resort in Orlando Florida. Tower of Terror (the ride) in my mind is without a doubt one of the top five greatest Disney rides of all time and I can say that because I've been to Disney World twice and it's defiantly a great thing going on that ride. I've always said before once you go to any of the Disney Theme parks you will never appreciate any other rides or theme parks out there. And I've never been to the Tower of Terror till like the summer of 2003, and so the only way I can really experience those kinds of things was watching a movie based on the ride. For which I present to you Disney's movie adaptation to Tower of Terror.

                                       A journalist (Steven Guttenberg) and helpers (Kirsten Dunst and Nia Peeples) investigates a 1939 mystery in which five people vanished from a hotel elevator on Halloween. 

                                        Though I'll admit it's been quite a long time since I watched this hidden gem, and yes it does have some bizarre questions in terms of the protagonist's profession of making up stories on a so called newspaper for which in all honesty I remember going to grocery stores all the time and seeing some strange gossip papers that I didn't believe to be true so, deep down there really is or might be a profession out there although I'm not for sure if it's still out there even though I have no clue how they would get away with that such profession. Now the movie itself is a family movie with very slowness in terms of scenes and dialogue but it still has that fun-ish way of telling a story about helping the past find some closure in life moreover trying overcome obstacles in life, but more importantly has a good story about jealousy and forgiveness that I believe the rest of the family can enjoy. But most importantly the film itself does have a fantastic list of actors starting with Scott Guttenberg who’s infamous with the Police Academy films, furthermore does a great job playing this duchy guy but with a good heart. And a side from Guttenberg you also have two recognizable actresses, an up-and-coming in Kirsten Dunst who had a ton of movies under her belt with Interview with a Vampire, Jumanji and Small Soldiers and sure she was a little over the top in terms of accusing people, but she was really the best part about the movie. And most importantly you get the most surprising actress in the movie Melora Hardin aka Jan, for the Office for which was a big surprise because I do remember seeing her in the film while back and this was when the Office was still a big thing and I do believe she as well does a great job in the movie being this strong woman who sympathies with Guttenberg's character although in a strange way but in the end does. Another unappreciative actor that's been in a lot of shows and movies in the 90's is Mike McShane who was in a lot of like family films or shows most notably the side character of the Lawrence Brothers (Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Andy Lawrence) show called Brotherly Love and the family movie about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn titled Tom and Huck,  and along with Tower of Terror but also was in small role in Office Space moreover played Friar Tuck in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood and then, the poor guy just disappeared from the media though I guess he did a lot of voice acting from then on. Even McShane does a great job playing the lovable goof ball that's doesn't want to set foot in the haunted hotel but in the end helps the ghost cross over. The production itself is really a mystery mainly because there's not a whole lot of what I can find, but I assume that some of the film was either shot on California or in Florida and I'm guessing they filmed in Florida because they would film at the ride itself because in all honesty they had to get the exterior shots of the Hotel, but really they did a fantastic job with interior shots of the hotel making more believable just like the ride itself when you're waiting in line itself so major props to the filmmakers and production designers of bringing the whole look of the ride to life. Despite being a TV movie, the film alone is really entertaining until the final frame and more importantly is a great nostalgia movie that brings you back to when Disney was a simple company and not just a money-grubbing whore that would annoy the husband and would take a good chunk of the alimony every year of your life. Though according to Wikipedia, "As of 2023, the film is not available on any streaming service or aired on any television channels for unknown reasons though maybe related to the films production under a dual partnership, MGM is now owned by Amazon, which is in a direct streaming competition with Disney's Disney + service". So, there's a reason why I found this movie on YouTube and another great reason why the film alone has been disappeared just like the main characters to the Tower of Terror ride, although you can find the movie on Amazon as a DVD copy so if you have a DVD player you can defiantly purchase it furthermore it's also under ten bucks. Having relived this silly entertaining ninety-minute movie I would most certainly recommend watching this movie if you want to relive your childhood like me, and I surprisingly go my niece into loving the movie so that's a positive effect to this forgotten hidden gem of a film.

           

Evil Toons

 

                                           One of the many movies, I'm going to look back on and say that I'd rather let the guys at Red Letter Media watch these kinds of movies and make the jokes on their own because to God's truth I couldn't find anything new to say. Evil Toons was another one of those B-movies that Red Letter Media reviewed on one of their Halloween episodes on YouTube, moreover, learning it that it was on Freevee which is basically Amazon's way of subscribing to their streaming service and yet you can have this free service that contains free movies and shows. Now Evil Toons from what I can describe is probably one of the best descriptions of a sleazy director making a film about half naked women running around in almost nothing. But has one of the greatest movies opening with David Carradine and don't you worry will get to that later.

                                         Four Sorority sisters get more than they bargained for when they agree to renovate a haunted mansion.

                                          Now the half-naked women weren’t what sold me to this movie I just want to assure everyone that was not the main reason. And trust me if I'd told you that was the main reason, then it would be insanely sad and moreover pathetic for which that's a lot to say about the movie itself. The real reason of why I wanted to sit down and watch the movie was that it foresaw the foreseeable future of David Carradine's death. And if you don't remember how David Carradine died, the man basically hanged himself while masturbating to what maybe porn or some bizarre deadly sex play though either way the first opening scene of the movie is David Carradine hanging himself for no apparent reason nor explanation and I couldn't help but laughing because it was so unexpected and it looked like he was fully committed to hang himself. And sure yes you can feel bad because yes the man died, but here's the thing the man didn't die of actual suicide because the man was happy with his life and loved doing what he did as an actor but again he basically hanged HIMSELF OF STRANGE EROTIC FANTASY! which it's been a good 14 years since the event took place but come on, if that doesn't give you a good laugh I don't know what does and if you don't have a sense of humor then my friend that's on you. Furthermore that was it with the movie for many reasons it was just flat out dull because again it just a bunch of bimbos half naked running around a mansion trying to be funny moreover breaking a spell to destroy this only cartoon which again I don't understand why this has a cartoon though in all honesty Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out in 1988, so in fairness that was basically Hollywood's attempt to make another one of these kinds of films though this is a porno without the sex. Speaking of director Fred Olen Ray, this guy is defiantly a sleaze ball because when through the course of this guy's filmography he's directed a ton of pornos for which he changed his name in those film credits but once I looked that up, I was like "okay that makes sense of why this movie, is what it is". Although the movie has one of the greatest comedic openings for a movie buff like me for which for saw how David Carradine died but, deep this movie was just dull and lame mostly boring because what again the things that make bad movies funny is that their unintentionally funny and this movie was trying way too hard to be funny and that's the biggest problem with the movie alone. Now seeing this movie I'm now going to just let the guys at Red Letter Media watch these bad films and come up with the jokes.

         

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through childhood Media

 

                                         With the season of Halloween among us moreover a time for fall, pumpkin spice everything hopefully not everything. I figured why not take a dive back into my childhood of spooky media that I grew up watching. Now, if you were my age you'd grew up with some of these mild-mannered family themed Halloween movies or shows and really one of them was this TV special created by someone I'd never expect, Shelley Duvall and TV-esh show was titled Shelley Duvall presents American Tall Tales & Legends and one of first episodes was the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, for which this was my first introduction to that story of a school teacher whose chased by a mysterious Horseman without a head. And so, now re-watching this hidden gem I got to admit this really wasn't all bad, in fact I was impressed with some of the set designs they were able to do in terms of visuals moreover the look and feel to it that really brought back a nostalgia to it that I never expect to come back. And really, if you we're my age again these were the shows and movies that you'd grew up watching because my parents would never in a million years let me watch A Nightmare on Elm Street or The Shining so, this was one of these things I was allowed to watch. The impressive factor of this version of Sleepy Hollow was that Beverly D'Angelo plays Katrina Van Tassel for which I completely forgot but was impressed with her portrayal mainly because I look back on Vacation looking down on how dumb her husband was is a little on the surreal. Even to the ending of this episode it's still interesting the way they were able to adapt this into TV show about American legends for many reasons if you were wanting to adapt this as its true format I don't think you'd get a better story wise on film then you would TV and thank God for Tim Burton in being able to make it a mystery film. 

                            

                          Another one of those movies/shows that I grew up watching when it comes to the story of Sleepy Hollow, was the Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad, which really is not at all true because Mister Toad was an insane Toad that's blowing off his money like a stockbroker blowing his drug money on cocaine. Though let’s be honest it's Walt Disney so he had to of come up with a title that would work in the fifties. Though again if you'd get past the story about Mister Toad, which is really about a Toad who spends so much money on things he doesn't need and for some reason is accused of a crime he didn't commit but any way this is all about Sleepy Hollow so we're skipping Mister Toad and talking about Ichabod Crane. Like, the Tall Tales & Legends version it's basically the same premise where the schoolteacher Crane is trying to win the affections of Katrina for which his rival Brom Bones is trying to do the same for which leads to one night on Halloween, fate occurs when you bring up a spooky legend of the Headless Horseman. Now before I forget anything the Legend of Sleepy Hollow was in fact based on a short story by Washington Irving, and having watched the Tall Tales version and the Disney version I kind of thought in my own point of view that the character of Ichabod Crane is a generous man but is also a superstitious man who is for some reason is afraid of nighttime moreover can't get any sleep at all for which is strange to me because I even I don't know how that makes any sense in terms of how that can be portrait and deep down I think the better portrayal of Crane if I had to compare these two nostalgia themed movies and episodes is definitely Disney's version because in Shelley Duvall's show they kind of over did it in terms of Crane's paranoia with the night time although it's funny but a little confused as to why they would think that was funny. Having relived some of these childhood movies and shows, I’m not going to lie in how fun it was to look back on these media to Sleepy Hollow and now I have the need to re-watch Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow because I'd truly would say that is probably the best version of Washington Irving's short story, for many reasons if you portrait-ed it the way Irving did, you wouldn't have a better version of Sleepy Hollow. Now, I don't know if I would recommend the kids in wanting to watch these hidden gems, for many reasons kids now a days are just watching everything that there is no way at all they would want to watch these media but if you're a grown man like me who loves reliving the nostalgia with movies and shows I'd highly recommend watching these hidden gems of Sleepy Hollow.     

Repo! The Genetic Opera

 

                                        This ladies and gentleman, is a movie I remember in 2008, and looked at it as a movie that I would never in a million years wanted to watch and this was 2008, the year Dark Knight became a box office success moreover I was 22 years old. Through years of movie watching behind me, furthermore it was on Tubi a streaming service where anyone can use when it comes to free things though must put up with commercials or ads. Repo! The Genetic Opera is one of those movies that I still have no idea of how producers can look at this movie and simply say "yes will defiantly green light this movie".  For many reasons yes, it's a musical and yes has a lot of science fiction elements to the film, but also has this Gothic/heavy metal feel to it, and it's really, really, weird.

                                        In the mid-21st century, an epidemic of organ failures leads to the rise of GenCo., a company providing transplants at a great price. Those who miss their payments become targets of GenCo. mercenaries, who repossess the organs. In a world of drug addiction and legalized murder, a sheltered youth (Alexa Vega) seeks cure for her rare diseases as well as information about her family's mysterious history. Her questions are answered at "The Genetic Opera."

                                        What makes the film weird is how producers can look at a based rock musical, but also a carbon copy of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and sure I've never seen it but I'm confident it has Tim Curry who’s either a man or woman for which either way is unimportant. Yes, I've seen previews moreover images of Rocky Horror Picture Show furthermore can look at a movie like Repo! The Genetic Opera and see how clearly it has the same feel as Rocky Horror Picture Show, but is also a gothic, rock, horror, musical that contains some decent actors one who’s a real singer and one who does not belong in acting nor should of been allowed to sing as well because she's a horrible singer. Now if you’re having trouble on who I'm talking about don't worry it's Paris Hilton whose one of the cast members in the movie, and so if you were me in a teenager or a college man you'd be hearing of the Hilton sisters both Paris and Nicky Hilton (Nicky was mostly a twin sister that didn't have a whole lot of quote on quote fame so she doesn't matter) and they would always appear on the Red Carpet on movie premieres' or Award shows, like these two broads were so rich and famous for being part of the Hilton family of hotels & resorts moreover Paris was at the center of that but like Kim Kardashian she also had a sex tape that made her even more famous plus gave her a bunch of reality shows, came out with her own music album titles Paris, with her only one hit wonder Stars Go Blind for which leads us to Repo! The Genetic Opera because whoever was the casting director heard her album moreover her past acting films where she died in almost every movie. And really when Repo was coming out in 2008, it was her singing that was so cringe and felt like you’re watching a car crash as well as a train wreck that you can't stop but watch, and this was 08, that I was like yeah I'm not going to watch this, until now I figured this wasn't going to hurt me but it does ask me questions of why? Why in God's name would you cast a rich socialite like Paris Hilton with not talent no experience in acting or singing, TO BE IN YOU'RE MOVIE? Either way it doesn't matter when it comes to Paris Hilton because I found a satisfying fact that she won a Golden Raspberry Award for worst performance in a supporting role so, deep down there are good people out there to say that Hilton was the worst choice. The other thing in what makes me question why to green light a movie like Repo, is that this was a gothic Rock musical and you remember all the South Park episodes where they included like four Goth kids and are just like "ah I hate my parents, f*ck life, call me night pain" and I even remember a few kids in my High School class that were all about wearing over dramatic makeup and donning black hoodies which is in sane really in how that memory came out into the open moreover that's basically what this movie really is, in a future we've all tuned into lame Goth people where our favorite store is Hot Topic and thank God that this movie was set in the year 2056 because if I woke up into that world I wouldn't hesitate to jump off the ledge. I do question everyone in the movie sinking because they cast the only Opera singer in the movie Sarah Brightman whose resume dates back to Andrew Lloyd Webber's first Phantom of the Opera does a good job in this movie which really is the only compliment I can really give, but also cast like Paul Sorvino whose best known for Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas for which I'm curious if he really did sing in the movie for many reasons the guy is Italian and all Italian's can sing at an Opera level though really it's not a big deal of a question to ask because I'm not going to watch this film again. There will be times where I am not feeling the need or wanting to watch a movie but when a weird movie comes around 97 minutes long, you can't resist because you never know if you find something that's refreshing moreover can't resist in embracing how strange the film is furthermore can't help in watching the train wreck singing that is Paris Hilton. So, if you're a Goth person who wears nothing but black, has black hair, wears way too much make up, love going to Hot Topic, have a hatred for your parents and life? Well, then this movie is without a doubt your cup of blood tea. 

          

                                             

Piranha

 

                                          Well, we're nearly getting close to Halloween season, and I figured why not talk about a movie that was trying to be the next Jaws franchise but no doubt the most awful yet very sad thing to watch when you look at the movie itself. Piranha in 1978, was supposed to be kind of the next Jaws movie, in that it's about a killer fish that stalks the waters and kills people lurking in the waters, hell I'm surprised we didn't have a movie yet were a killer whale comes out of the water's molests kids and eats them but I guess we live in a safe space of a generations where we can't do that anymore. Either way, Piranha was another one of those B-movie nights with my brother where we both are trying to expand our horizons and, in the end, I'm glad I got to watch the original Piranha before they made remakes of the film back in 2010, for many reasons the real one being I absolutely hate this movie from start to finish.

                                          When thousands of military hybrid piranhas are accidentally released into a children's Holiday camp uses, the race is on to get downstream before the flesh-eating fish do. 

                                          Now the film itself was supposed to be this parody of the classic 1975, Jaws. And yet the main problem I had with the movie was this supposed to be some sort of comedy or a low-budget horror movie? And really if this was supposed to be a comedic parody to Jaws than they really failed miserably at it, especially when it comes to making this funny or unintentionally funny, and if this was supposed to be the next Horror spin from Jaws then they did a mediocre job because a lot of what happens in the movie is so what funny but is like "are you kidding me?" Like there are certain ways to make this scary or funny, I mean maybe the couple who go skinny dipping are drinking some booze then the dude spills some on her girl and she's like "oh well I guess I'm going to have to take my top off", because really this movie is supposed to be a knock off to Jaws so why not just make it more ridiculousness, like a beach party where everyone is playing strip volleyball or an entire plank set on fire and women are trapped on it and they remove their tops to the life guard in order to get attention, and granted those ideas alone would probably make the film worst but it would be better than what the creators were doing with this movie. Sure some of the mistakes in the movie are funny but really when you watch the whole movie you slowly get annoyed about how bad the mistakes continue, a great example of that was when our main protagonists along with a mad scientist (who was responsible of the Piranha's) helps save a kid risking his life and instead of pulling out a half corpse they pulled out a full bodied corpse that looked like it was bitten all over and decided to half ass and not eat half of the corpse, which sure this is a low budget movie but yet you're able to have a full squad of military cast as well as van's and jeeps which is like really, you couldn't just mold a half of a corpse that was devoured by a bunch of piranha's? Which is beyond me to grasp that understanding especially when this is a low budget horror movie. Moreover, the attack on a kid’s camp is just barbaric and find it unnecessary, because really, I would of wished other ways to have that big piranha attack but really not attacking kids, maybe teenagers or college f*ck ups for many reasons one of them they make poor decisions and you feel good inside. A side from this being produced by Roger Corman, it still doesn't change the fact this was one of those cliched, flawed horror movies that wasn't funny at all in terms of how badly made the movie was moreover taking so long in terms of story wise also being super obnoxious of what this movie is supposed to be is one of the many reasons why I would never want to watch this film ever again and more importantly would never recommend to anyone to watch.