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Brooke Baker, Derek Lee Nixon, Gary Busey

Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew b...( read more  read more... )efore the demons come.

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Directed by: Andrew Pozza

Release Date: March 10, 2009

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  • silentbob66
    May 2, 2009
    silentbob66
    When Tyler Jensen and a group of his friends decide to spent one more fun filled weekend in the old ranch home of his late grandmother before its sold he didnt expect what he finds inside all of sudden each of his friends start dieing one by one and now Tyler must find a way to s...( read more)top the evil from killing and save himself and his girlfriend from almost certain death. That pretty much sums up this waste of time of a movie that started off really well which is why the 2 stars but falls very hard very fast as the acting just turns really cheesy and Gary Busey didnt help matters with the way he plays the hard ass town sheriff watch at your risk.
  • mvieaddict
    March 19, 2009
    mvieaddict
    Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew before the demons come.

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    A group of college friends go to Tyler's grandma cabin where they later reveal that 'something bad will happened.' It's true what they say: it's all been done before, but it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it, and director Pozza and company do it quit ok for a while.

    The cinematography and sound design were the two things that I enjoyed most about this film. The acting was generally solid as well accomplished. The dialogue was good for the most part and Gary Busey's small role was well played and memorable.

    Hallettsville has memorable scares and jumps, but the film becomes a B-movie when the killing starts and we don't really see much of anything. And what the hell is with the book? It brought nothing to the story.

    Though not a movie that you'll rewind and want to watch again and again. Too predictable. The ending was OK could have been better.
  • Jackalqueen
    April 12, 2009
    Jackalqueen
    It's rare to find a film where I can't think of a single thing I liked about it... but I found it here in Hallettsville.

    Maybe it's the fact that the actors are also the writers, producers, executive producers - it all feels very like some friends got together and made it themse...( read more)lves. Hats off to them for trying but it just doesn't work. They may have been strapped for cash but if you can't act, you need to hire actors, there is no getting around that.

    The film opens with a flashback to 1901 where a class full of young school children are slaughtered by their teacher. The film then jumps to present day.

    As happens so often in American films, Tyler's grandmother happens to have a holiday home in the middle of the country, just standing around empty so he decides to go for the weekend with his friends. His mother tries to dissuade him because her brother died there when she was young but they go anyway. They have a run in with local law enforcement who don't like strangers so you know they are going to make an appearance again later.

    Back at the house, a couple of them start seeing ghostly figures and them some of them start dying mysteriously - for us, as well as the others. We see people fine one minute, blood pumping out of them the next, with no explanation. They go down to the cellar looking for weapons and find a journal which we later find contains demon worshipping spells. There are some random occurrences of people being attacked by ghosts and a demon but it doesn't make any sense. The demon was raised to heal the school teacher and needs blood sacrifices which was why the children were killed at the start but it never explains who raised it this time or why it still needs blood sacrifices. It also needs to kill the firstborn in every generation, which explains why it's after Tyler but no one else.

    The only famous name in this is Gary Busey, and on the strength of this film, it's liable to stay that way for some time. The story is confusing and can't decide if it's a ghost story or a demon story, the acting ranges from awful to OK at best and literally the last ten minutes of the film is shots of scenery set to music until the last 30 seconds when it cuts to a baby in a cot (the new firstborn) and then the credits roll.

    If you don't like seeing children killed, you won't like it. If you like a plot that makes some kind of sense, you won't like it. If you need actors to be able to act a little, you won't like it. If you like a bit of sex or nudity with your horror, you won't like it. In fact, I really can't recommend this I'm afraid, it has nothing to redeem it at all.
  • angel0974
    April 11, 2009
    angel0974
    Ok this movie was good. Not a great wonderful movie but it was not bad. It is a horror so there is some blood involved but it is not that bad. I liked the storyline.
  • jenn1984106
    April 3, 2009
    jenn1984106
    Started really well, good acting and good build up to the plot. Got a little lame after the first 30 minutes or so.
  • CorpseFlower9
    March 26, 2009
    CorpseFlower9
    a well made, perfect horror movie
  • ladyred2988
    March 21, 2009
    ladyred2988
    okay so this film was a bit of a bore, i did watch it to the end and was dissappointed, i didnt really understand how it ended?? and it was all very redictable and has the same story line as millions of films out there..
  • irony
    March 20, 2009
    irony
    I didn't mind watching it. I thought it was going to be better than it was, but it wasn't a total lost. 3/7

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