Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on November 07, 2006 at 15:36:07

In Reply to: Ok, name one movie that is so bad you want to get it out of your head with a Roto-Rooter posted by late on November 6, 2006 at 18:50:55:

I got roped into going to these with friends...why, oh why? I know better.

Van Helsing was even worse than I thought it would be and I was expecting it to be awful. The director/screenwriter had the attention span of a gnat (and the movie was paced accordingly) surpassed only by his gift for silliness. The costumes were embarassing. The plotting was hilariously bad, even for an FX flick. Alas, this was not one of the movies so bad it's good - it was so bad it was exhausting.

I went along to Event Horizon because it had Sam Neill in it (whom I adore) and I like sci-fi, even tacky sci-fi (e.g. The Hidden). I knew from the set up it was gonna be a horror movie in outer space (not a deterrent in itself, e.g. Alien). But the last 1/3 was just a gory, repellent mess. I was with people but I walked out.