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Very disappointing

posted 11 years ago by PastichioRocker
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Nice premise, but ultimately this was a waste of my time. To be honest: I had more fun watching SS Doomtrooper.

The monsters were cool, Clive Barker-esque. I also liked the sound effects and music. But the acting is very, very bad and the found footage style of filming kills all the tension and excitement.

Another problem is that the movie takes itself too seriously and the director's milking every found footage cliché until it's bone dry. The movie also takes its sweet time to get things going. After 70 minutes we finally get to see the evil monster creator. I already dozed off twice before that.

I won't deny that director Richard Raaphorst has some filmmaking talent, but his Worst Case Scenario teasers looked better than what he presents in Frankenstein's Army.

Watch The Human Centipede instead if you want to see a Dutch horror movie done right.

3/10

[–] TheBeardedWonder 11 years ago

I think it was better than 3/10, but it still wasnt amazing (6/10). The monsters look fantastic, and the sets/location were top notch. However the rest is rather bland. The acting, the pacing, the dialogue, etc was all mediocre. Plus it took FOREVER to get going. Once it did it was actually pretty fun, but the opening act is atrocious.

I would just tell people to fast forward the opening 20-30 mins and to have fun with it. I am very interested in what the director could do with a proper budget & script...