Ten years ago a string of 14 abductions took place in a small town. All of them were children with the final one being deputy sheriff Dwayne Hopper's (O'Kane) son Kyle. This has shattered the town and Dwayne's family as they have never been solved. He's alienated from his daughter Daisy (Beesley) and his wife Janine (Mihut) is having affair behind his back. One night he comes across Ronald Perkins (Brake) a local resident brought in on a small charge to his jail. Hopper has a creepy suspicion about the man and sends a deputy to Perkins house. The deputy finds the 14 abductees locked up in the basement and he frees them. Perkins has spent the last 10 years turning these kids into savages and killers and they quickly kill the deputy and are loose in the town. Hopper tries to collect his family and keep them safe as the town is being over run by the 14 killers. They eventually take refuge in the police station as Dwayne must fight with himself whether to kill his son or try and save him. This original horror tale is a breath of fresh air. The story by Jeremy Donaldson and screenplay by Lane Shadgett raises interesting moral issues about main character Dwayne Hopper. His love for his son has driven Dwayne beyond reason on many occasions as he must face the toughest choices. Director Craig Singer keeps the story moving and some of the deaths are very bloody which should please gore fans. The movie never gets cheap and moves to a chilling ending which seems perfect for this tale. Patrick O'Kane is very believable and convincing as Dwayne Hopper and his performance carries the film in some places. By no means is this a classic, but Perkins 14 is a fresh and scary idea in a world of remakes and sequels.

What starts as a very interesting premise, dealing with a pharmacist and the kids he's brainwashed into mindless killing machines, is hamstrung by terrible execution and shoddy acting. At the beginning I was intrigued but as the movie wore on I found my Interests waning exponentially, hoping that the film would just end already. When the end finally came it didn't even cause me a sigh of relief that the whole awful movie was over, but rather more mad that I ever watched it in the first place. The ending, be that as it may, was simply atrocious. Yeah who would've thought there would be an awful '8 films to die for' movie? (that's sarcasm by the way )

This has got to be the strangest looking, least talented cast I've ever seen. They must have gotten every freaky looking goon with a Screen Actors Guild card to star in this thing and it was amateur hour to the extreme. The story isn't so bad to start out, a man who suffered a tragedy wants to get back at the people who didn't do anything to help him. He does this by kidnapping 14 of the towns children, and yes, his name was Perkins. This strange, evil, little man decided to drug these kids with PCP, until there brains are mush, and then he tortured them into become zombies, who would be unleashed if anything ever happened to him, and yes, something happens to him. From there, this film becomes one badly acted gorefest that makes no sense at all. Body parts fly, intestines come out and get consumed, and the town of Stone Cove becomes overrun. This whole thing was ridiculous and I can't believe it was chosen to be part of the After Dark Horrorfest. It's so badly directed and cast that it looks like some kids film class project, Perkins' 14 shouldn't be in a Horrorfest collection, it should be a joke on Mystery Science 3000.

I got to see the first public screening of this film at the After Dark Film Festival and thus was able to meet all of the actors and directors from this. And I have to say that this was one of the greatest horror movies of all time. It is original, the first fan based horror movie ever, there is no hope, its dark, gory, mysterious, and just plain evil. Some of the death scenes are fantastic. The premise is set up extremely well. The acting is right where it should be, not overdone. And the plot was great. Even though the ending leaves you with so many questions it is the greatest ending to a movie ever. It was single handedly the most unexpected turn of events in a movie. I just had fun and loved this. Should get a nice big release if you ask me.