Hellacious Acres

Nice try...but this one fails on most counts. There's nothing "Bloody Disgusting" about it other than the cinematography, special effects, soundtrack and storyline. The acting is non-existent. So far, I've seen all but two of the Bloody Disgusting collection films. Only "Yellowbrick Road" lived up to the promo...so far. What bothered me most was how S-L-O-W thisk moved along. In fact, it didn't move along at all. With a nickel and dime budget, I recommend you avoid this unless it's the only movie available and you have a couple of hours to waste.

I have a soft spot for low-budget and no-budget movies. I'm not talking about Hollywood's standards of what qualifies as "low budget," either. I'm talking about films assembled for a few thousand dollars using mostly just whatever the filmmakers already have on hand. This is an example of that genre. In fact, it was almost entirely assembled by a single person. If you look up the crew, you'll find that it was written, directed, produced, and edited by Pat Tremblay, who also did the visual effects and is one of two individuals credited for the music. Having done a little bit of solo amateur filmmaking of my own (though nothing even approaching the scale of a feature film), I can understand and respect just how impressive an accomplishment that is. And of course its low-budget status shows through. A grainy filter was added to the video to give it an apocalyptic sort of feel, but probably also to compensate for video quality. All of the characters wear masks throughout, which is fully explained within the plot, but which also meant audio could be added in postproduction rather than trying to capture dialogue on location. The special effects are amateurish but manage to actually get the job done. Indeed, it's quite well-crafted in its way because all of the compromises that had to be made due to limited resources were actually incorporated into the film's story. I think that's a brilliant approach and director Tremblay is to be applauded for it. There's also something interesting in that the film's overall style seems to mimic the effect of playing a video game. I didn't find that particularly effective, but I thought it was an interesting experiment. The problem is, though, the film just doesn't have the kind of narrative "oomph" to really hold my interest. Far too much of the film consists of fairly repetitive shots of the main character walking from abandoned barn to abandoned barn. The viewer is left with the feeling that what would have been a rather impressive no-budget short film was stretched beyond the breaking point by turning it into a feature-length movie. It's not really a good film to watch; however, if you're an amateur filmmaker, you can probably draw some good ideas or inspiration from some of its technique.

Nothing could have prepared me for this. I have watched some stinkers but this one topped them all. Having a tiny budget is fine but you need some skill to make the most of the little you have. Unfortunately the film rambles on doing almost nothing for 106 minutes when, because it doesn't have a lot to say, it really could have been made as a short film. The worst aspect was it seems to have been shot purposely to have appalling video properties - the quality is worse than watching an old VHS tape. So you can never really see what is happening. What you can see is shrouded in sepia tones most of the time. The problems are compounded by the sound design. The music overpowers any of the occasional speeches made by the actor so a lot of the time it's virtually impossible to hear what he is saying. The result is an unnecessarily long film, light on story, awful to look at and incredibly difficult to hear.

Cool film... the plot is a bit far out there. What they did with the budget is something to be praised though. The film has a post-apocalyptic setting but with a POV rpg video game feel to it... kinda feels like watching Fallout. The film is also pretty light-hearted... so good for a laugh as well. Check it out if the price is right.

Though it is a bit of a slow burn, this is definitely one of the most artsy and tasteful low-budget trash film you will ever see. A perfect satire of the Fallout video game franchise. If you are a huge fan of RPG's, give this a try, you'll really dig the humor.

Dumbest movie ever a two hour bore fest of a man walking around for two hour movie was pointless and the special effects a kindergartener could have done better

It's bizarre as hell. I went into this movie expecting nothing. Watching it made me feel like I was going insane, and actually probably did permanent mental damage. Nothing made sense for days afterwards and I still feel like I lost a part of myself, to have it replaced with something alien and hostile. It isn't a comedy, or horror, or sci-fi movie. It's a despair movie. The awful despair of a senseless hostile world that no one would ask to be part of. Absurdity that makes you laugh to keep from crying. It is a tale of the human condition: brutal and insane. Camus would run off a cliff after this movie, screaming about what a waste of time L'Etranger was. Watching this movie will damage you, and not just through it's plot, imagery and music. Even the pacing will make you realize how much of your life you've pissed away and how little it matters that you even exist. You'll laugh, cry, scream, want your money back and eventually accept it's dark lessons. You will not survive watching it, but something new will walk away wearing your skin. So yah, I guess I'd say I really liked it.

This movie was strange (not in a good way) no particular plot that I could figure out and extremely boring.