Alive or Dead
Alive or Dead
| 07 May 2009 (USA)
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While traveling down a desolate road, Maria comes upon an apparently abandoned school bus. A girl has written “Help Me” in one of the windows, and Maria quickly discovers the messy secrets that lie in the back of the bus. Maria soon finds herself hidden and trapped with the girl as the killer takes them on the ride of their lives. Their journey leads to a bizarre medieval castle nestled in the des

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Robert W.

Certainly much could be said for this film. There is no doubt it does not tread on any new ground and uses some age old ingredients to create the flick. But that doesn't make it less entertaining. It isn't a perfect film but quite often you have to give credit where credit is due. In this case, this is a low budget film made on a budget of $200,000, had a very small cast (essentially 6 people in the entire film), and was really just trying to entertain fans of the horror genre and it does that. Where perhaps it falls short is that because of the small cast the film isn't as violent as most slasher flicks, in fact, there are few if any victims. The film tries to use sex to hook you in right away to the film which just comes across as silly and tacked on. The setting works perfectly, the typical desert, and old rickety farm type setting with the crazy inhabitants. The film borrows elements from Hostel, Hills Have Eyes etc. But never quite finds its footing the way it could have. I think the film falls victim to the small budget but all this being said it is worth seeing for an entertaining film that just simply might not stick with you for long after it ends.Ann Henson is the young hot lead female in the film. While they try the whole sex angle to get you hooked she actually ends up turning in a pretty bad ass female lead role and kicks some serious butt! Her character does not have a lot of depth so really she is relied on to just carry the story and fight for survival and she does both of that well. Angelica May plays the captured young woman that Henson desperately is trying to save and protect along with herself. The two of them have good chemistry but as mentioned there is little to no depth to their characters, the film is strictly about their survival which works to a certain degree. The rest of the cast make up the killers and inhabitants of the desert castle they are taken to but honestly they don't stand out because they could be anyone or anything. The two girls are the focal point in the film and they do decently enough to entertain.By the looks of things my so-so review is top notch compared to other reviews that hated the film. I do understand where they are coming from but I went into this film with no other expectation than a slight cheesy horror flick to pass an hour and a half and it did that so go in with the right expectations. Director and writer Stephen Goetsch has done a lot of behind the scenes work but this is really his only foray into directing and it shows because it often feels rushed. Go into this with high expectations and you will indeed hate it. So simply heed my warning that an hour after watching this you'll have forgotten all about it. Yes the opening scene is absurd, ridiculous and crude, yes the girl spends the entire film running up when she should run down, and inexplicably 'falls asleep' on a bus being driven by an insane killer...its B-Movie fluff so take it for what it is and big horror fans won't be entirely disappointed. 6/10

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jjkjsk8685

This movie was not the best I've seen, but also not the worst!!! It follows two girls who get trapped in a castle in the middle of nowhere. some of the gore is really good...if you like that sort of thing.It doesn't really pick up until the end of the movie... and then leaves you wanting more. Overall the acting is not horribly bad like some others I have seen. Some of the characters are out of place and you wonder why they are even there, or where they come from! If your looking for a frightening movie this is not it. I don't think I jumped once, or had an edge of your seat moment.Overall I would say don't waste your money on it..Maybe it will come on the SYFY Channel, and you can just waste your time. NOT your TIME and MONEY!!!

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sprtone101-1

This has had to be the worst movie I have ever laid eyes on. I mean at the end where the fat guy kills the main character after them driving like 50 miles I wonder how the hell he caught up to them. So many plot holes it's not even funny. I would like to find who wrote this and slap them across their face. They should never be allowed to write movies again. The title is what drew me into renting it out of the red box. And trust me I ain't ever getting that dollar back. Coulda went to the dollar store and bought something way more useful. One hour into this I did not even know what was going on. I mean I heard of dumb girls in a horror flick, but who the hell goes into a "dead" killers house when they have a perfectly running car. I mean you don't explore a murderers house when his car is running perfectly. In conclusion, Please do not support this movie DO NOT RENT IT!!!

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streicher01

Starts out with girl having phone sex while driving then finds an abandoned bus with another girl tied up. She tries to help and ends up at a castle chased by what I am assuming is an inbred. A doctor shows up to kill the scary man but is attacked by another inbred that is the son of the first.. Saved girl ends up getting away to a house where the big surprise is revealed (That her father helped raise the big scary inbred)..Any movie that starts with a girl enjoying herself with a cell phone charger and ends with the slaughter of a family of inbreds should tell you enough about the movie..

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