Pros The movie "Simon says" has decent lighting and almost a solid start point. The cameras are decent and for the most part I knew what was going on.ConsThe movies choice to start with a flash back revealed to much. We already knew one of the brothers were dead so the twist that he was both Simon and staidly was unusable. Also Simon was sprayed with pepper spray by one of the campers I didn't like the fact that it didn't really show at all that his eyes were hurting. The ghost at the beginning also at the end really was purposeless cause it only points at the building. Can that much people really go missing without anyone knowing where they are I don't think so its not really based in reality. Lastly the ending sucked After having been sprayed in the eyes with pepper spray axed to the shoulder and head this human person (Standly)gets up really quick and over powers a girl who has yet been injured and armed with a pic axe.

I just got done watching this movie On Demand and my review can honestly be summed up in one word - crap.I wasn't sure what to think of Simon Says at first. I really thought I was going to like it, but I couldn't have been more wrong about myself and this so-called Horror flick. I've seen my share of 'B' movies, but this one was the epitome of one and it stereotyped Horror (80's Horror at that) almost to a tee - the stoner, the promiscuous chick, the nerd and the couple.There is not one positive thing I can say about Simon Says, other than thank God for On Demand, so I don't have to worry about having a cheesy DVD collection of Horror movies.

Crispin Glover. The man. The myth. The legend. It was a no-brainer that he'd make the perfect psychopath. When it comes to weird, Glover wears it like a glove(..sorry, it was just too easy).He stars as "two" very unstable twin brothers(..or so we are led to believe)who just so happen to be serial killers as well(..although, the film obviously clues you in early that this might not be the case)and their new targets are a group of teenagers, in a van, on a camping trip. Yes, the conventions are all here, but somehow the film takes off in spite of the familiar trappings. The gory violence(..particularly what happens to a group playing paintball in military fatigues)is so over-the-top(..the constant use of the pick-axe is carried to extreme heights such as how they are used in various wilderness traps, mostly triggered by wire)and tongue-in-cheek, the reaction will vary from shock to outright laughter. Glover toys with a ridiculous(..often slowwww) southern accent and his range is so broad, you can't help but wonder where he's liable to take his character(s) next. You watch as "Simon/Stanley" murders folks, wondering how in the world he's so successful, and oftentimes, victims find ways to get themselves in a world of hurt. It's all so absurd and yet so, for whatever reason, entertaining. I think, it's the way the material is presented. You never, at any moment, get a whiff of seriousness, in the tone or material. The film features aberrant behavior and people dying in very, quick, but vicious ways, yet it never gets very disturbing or terrifying..that could be a good or bad thing depending on how you view these kinds of films. The ending is about as demented as can get with another one of those surreal "dinner sessions with mom and dad", hosted by a cuckoo Stanley offering Kate(Margo Harshman) a "hand sandwich"! This might just gain a reputation(..or cult following) with slasher fans in years to come due to Glover's association..and the "punch-in-the-stomach" violence where victims are killed in elaborately gruesome ways(..it's really a bloodbath), but it mostly happens and is over so the viewer can catch a breath before the next person is slammed with the massive thrust of the pick-axe. If I had to choose the most potent act of violence, it'd be when a victim is burned alive as he lets out a "Devil's cry"(..though, when a woman, dangling from a noose, is hurled into the windshield of the van, it certainly packs a wallop).It looks like Margo Harshman, the pretty heroine Kate, will work within this genre for sometime to come. The rest of the cast play basic stereotypes seen in the slasher genre for some time. The stoner(Greg Pipes), the jock(Artie Baxter), the health nut(Kelly Vitz), and the sexually active hottie(Carrie Finklea). They all pretty much play second fiddle to Glover(..and that crazy machine that launches a number of pick-axes at those who Stanley/Simon aims at) who does his usual scenery devouring.

A group of friends (Margo Harshman, Greg Cipes, Carrie Finklea, Kelly Vitz and Artie Baxter) decides to spin their vacation at the woods... somewhere in the middle of nowhere. They meet an odd-ball gas attendant named Stanley (Crispin Glover), which his even odder twin brother named Simon (also played by Glover). When Stanley gives them directions to the woods. His twin brothers decides to stalk these young vacationers and murder them but he has his eye on one of the vacationers... he likes so much.Written and Directed by William Dear (Angels in the Outfield "1994", Harry and the Hendersons, If Looks Could Kill) made an enjoyable bizarre wild black slasher comedy. Glover seems to be having a ball playing two weird characters. The vacationers are likable but it was tough to like them at first expect for the stoner played by Cipes. It's certainly change of pace for Writer/Director Dear, who's certainly known for making family movies.The Canadian DVD from VVS Films. DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. There's some image problems in the digital transfer. DVD has no special features. Writer/Director Dear has fun creating some clever death traps and as well... moments of black comedy. Although Dear has written too much "Simon Says" jokes, which they don't always work. "Simon Says" is notable for Glover's over the top performances in two roles. Die Hard fans of his work will certainly cherish this... while others won't. Horror fans will have a blast with this. Glover's real-life father:Bruce Glover appears in a cameo in a flashback sequence. Blake Lively from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" fame appears in a cameo near the end of the flick. Worth a look. (*** 1/2 out of *****).