Have an appreciation for horror and the concept was kind of interesting. So although expectations were far from high, considering the general standard of low budget films seen recently, part of me was hoping that 'Knucklebones' would be at least tolerable. There are definitely worse films than 'Knucklebones', of the horror genre and overall, and it is not even close to being one of the worst, let alone the worst, low budget films seen recently. That on the other hand doesn't make it good, it does far too little with the potential it had in the concept and it doesn't even have enough to make it tolerable. Much of it is pretty lame actually but it is not irredeemable, it frustrated me and has more flaws than it has good things but it didn't at least completely bore or confuse me like some other films did me recently. A few not bad things. Knucklebones himself looks pretty decent, was expecting far worse and he was not as cheap or ridiculous-looking as expected. It's not too badly shot. And at least it's reasonably coherent. However, 'Knucklebones' is also very erratically paced, rushed structurally but dull in momentum. Knucklebones himself doesn't look bad, but in terms of personality and writing he is not sinister at all, pretty cheesy actually and tries too hard to be a horror villain icon like Freddy Krueger but with none of what made that character have the reception he does now. 'Knucklebones' is really quite bad when it comes to the writing. Very stilted and induces too often some unintentional laughs. There were attempts at dark humour, but it was not dark or sharp enough and was instead silly and clumsy. Even worse is the acting, which is pretty awful all round while having to work with annoying characters. Photography aside, the film looks cheap. It's too drably lit and then there are the not-worth-mentioning-because-they're-so-bad-beyond-description effects. The story didn't confuse me at least but there was no tension, suspense or fun whatsoever, it was just far too safe blandness which not even the gratuitous gore could spice up. What seemed like references to horror films were not clever or affectionate, they were just derivative and clumsy with little point to some of them. It's forgettably scored too, and flatly directed.Overall, not a complete shambles but lame. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Possibly the most awful horror film ever made, truly dire on every level . . . the acting is wooden at best, the effects mediocre, the plot ridiculous and the script is beyond bad, it is an offence to film making. At one point one of the girls is taking a piss and the Demon sneaks up behind her and says "tinkle, tinkle little star" - in a comedy this would be barely funny, in a straight horror film it makes you cringe, I wish I could say the rest of the script is better but it is not! Only reason I can think of for watching this film is to find out what not to do if you make a horror film yourself, please do not watch if your care for the state of your brain cells!

What would you do if you died for six minutes and then came back to life? Check out eternity, or maybe see if heaven and hell really do exist? Knucklebones starts with a girl trying to get over a suicide attempt. Neesa (Julin Jean) is taken with her friends to an abandoned warehouse out in the backwoods of Texas, where they chill out, play games and then ask her why she tried to kill herself. I didn't try to kill myself responds Neesa, I did kill myself - for six minutes.That spooky revelation will come back to haunt some of them as this down-and-dirty horror movie kicks into gear. The five friends start playing a game of Knucklebones having heard of the warehouse's past as a place where munitions were prepared for the war effort against the Nazis. But when their game is interrupted by a horrific incident amongst one of their number they quickly realise they have unleashed Knucklebones himself.This is a horror film, not a sobering meditation on Nazism, hence the gore, sex scenes and nudity. As for Knucklebones the monster I found him a good deal more convincing than Halloween's endlessly tedious Michael Myers. The leads are okay, apart perhaps from Kate Bosacki, who has a striking resemblance to the equally tedious Paris Hilton.But as the teens go on the run in the warehouse trying to find an escape route from Knucklebones, more people arrive at this impromptu riot, namely a bunch of thirty year-old's on the lookout for things to steal from the warehouse. This particular scene leads nowhere and seems merely an excuse for Erin Marie Garrett to get her clothes off before riding naked on her boyfriend as you-know-who creeps up on them. It does not end well.Cutting back to our less-than-resourceful teens, who are being picked off one-by-one, the gore count rises considerably when Neesa takes extreme action to try and get rid of Knucklebones. The more squeamish might want to look away at this point. As the monster heads out of the warehouse looking for family members of our not-so-fearless teens, a desperate Neesa concocts a new board to play with in an effort to save her little sister from the demon's clutches.There are more twists to come, and it's worth sticking around for a memorable scene involving Kate Bosacki. The blonde one might not be much of an actress but she shows plenty of leg when leaping over a sofa to escape Knucklebones, only for the monster to take a sharp spear and ram it straight up her very shapely bottom. It's what she would have wanted, I'm sure. Enjoy.

The film starts in 1944 with a satanic rite to raise a demon, then again in Texas at a garment factory in 1976, then 40 years later when Neesa Avery (Julin Jean) tries to kill herself over a guy. She lives, so her friends decide to do what everybody else does in this case, go to a haunted abandoned garment factory and drink...and maybe raise a demon with a couple guys with minds of adolescents.This is a pleasant 1980's throwback. There was some light humor with an original "Ghostbusters" reference to its demon. Our demon had a "Freddy" style sense of humor, unfortunately they used a voice distorter so you have to listen carefully for the lines, which spoils the fun. Oh yes, on that same night some coke heads stealing copper coincidentally come to said factory.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Erin Marie Garrett + uncredited Nazi girl.) Note to self: Do not perform a Satanic ritual on a submarine.