Anytime someone asks me what is the worse movie I've ever seen, Skeleton Man always comes to mind.I tell people to watch just to see how dumb it is. It is probably good for a laugh if you like horrible movies.Or maybe it would be amusing if you were on drugs. I'm guessing the writers and directors were when they made this.Seriously, how does something like this even make it this far? I'm pretty sure my 15 year old nephew could make something better on his computer.So if you are in the mood to see how bad a movie can be, and you can download it or whatever for free, then go for it!

I'm a fan of what might be called lesser horror movies. Generally I review them when I believe that other reviewers have been unjust to them. However, although I enjoyed Skeleton Man, it has some problems. The biggest one is that its main episode, involving the skeleton man's inconsiderate treatment of the eight special forces members, is accompanied by briefer "supporting" episodes that just don't support what's going on in the main one. For instance, how does a rather nasty Native American find black garbage bags to wear, and also find an invulnerable horse? Another is that these experienced military people discover fairly soon that the skeleton man is invulnerable to bullets, yet keep firing at him/it. Firing so much and so often that I'm surprised that they could possibly have packed in all that ammo. Finally, what possible successful effect could the fiery conclusion have had?That said, some of the we-have-been-warned Violence scenes are excellent, the mountain scenery is lovely, and enough gore is spilled to fertilize these woods for some time to come. The explosions are generally fine, and … despite what some reviews have written … the acting was acceptable

A team of US Special Forces is picked off by a mysterious man on horseback. Another team (lead by Michael Rooker) goes in to rescue them, and after being told more by a blind Indian, face the same man. But this is no ordinary person... can he be stopped by mere bullets?Before this film began, I decided to look up a few reviews to see what I was getting myself into. Universally, this film is given about the lowest rating of any movie I have ever seen. While I daresay it's not as bad as "Nine Lives" or "Hell's Threshold", it surely does go from "this has potential" to "what the heck" in record time.The potential is obvious: a film starring Michael Rooker, known for such great genre films as "Slither" and "Henry". Plenty of impalements here, too, as well as explosions and beheadings. You would think the gore alone might sell this picture (heck, it works for Lamberto Bava).But the fact is that this film has two major problems. One, it's excessively boring. You can only show so many firefights before I get sleepy, and you can only have the soldiers run over the same ground again and again so often. The plot amounts to nothing more than this: man on horseback appears, gets shot at, disappears. Repeat.And second, it makes absolutely no sense. Why are military men in a forest in the first place? What is the origin of the Skeleton Man? What are his motives? What does any of this have to do with the nearby chemical plant? The more you think about it, the more you realize that the writer put no effort whatsoever into creating a coherent story.Do yourself a big favor and just stay the heck away from this one. I have a copy because it appears in a multi-pack. I suppose in this case, I could say it was free, but I'm tempted to say it's not even worth being free... I feel like the creators owe me something for my emotional and mental distress. For a similar, but better, plot, watch "Predator".

SKELETON MAN was okay for the first 5 minutes but as soon as the so-called "Special Force Agents" hit the screen, it went down hill faster than a fat kid on a sled.The opening makes us think we might have a corny, yet fun, horror flick on our hands but no...the film makers ruin any hope of that when the "Special Force Agents" show up. I wish the screenwriter took a different route and had the "Skeleton Man" chase down some dim witted teenagers until one of them finally gets the upper hand. Instead, the "Skeleton Man" chases down some dim witted "Special Force Agents" and offs them until their Captain finally gets the upper hand.I know the whole "stalking of dim witted teenagers by a killer" thing as been done before but it would of been more suited for a movie like this.When the "Skeleton Man" finally does meet his "so called" demise, in a building that blows up, the Captain of the "Special Force Agents" is asked the following by a police officer outside of the building: "What the hell happened in there?" My answer to that question: "Who the hell cares?"