'Pinata: Demon Island' was on one of our movie channels last night.Just when I thought I'd seen about everything in film monsters from outer space Clowns to giant bunnies, this one comes up with a demonic pinata. You know, simlair to those candy filled figures kids hit with a stick at children's parties only this one hits back HARD....and it's mean looking. The explanation of the pinata's creation at the beginning was actually pretty imaginative. After that segment and years later it was your typical brainless college kids partying, drinking, flirting, girls in skimpy tops and or course acting stupid. The kids make just about every stupid move you can make in a horror film like "Lets stay together so we don't get beheaded...no, no, you go on ahead I don't want to slow you down...I have a pebble in my sneaker...I'll catch up later" Or a girl saying while chased through the jungle " I have to stop and Pee".The pinata itself was done with either very primitive CGI effects for 2002 or simple amateurish animation. In some scenes it must have been someone in a bulky pinata costume. The creature looked so bad at times we were laughing when we should have been scared. And the way they finally stop the pinata .... was a bit much considering how unstoppable it had been till that point. I did like the last scene however...at least it seemed the writers were in on the joke by then. Who would believe what just happened and how could you explain it to the authorities? In all fairness it did hold our interest. The kind of movie you like to watch on a summer night not expecting much. It may even be in that rare category we so often hear about 'So Bad it's good'. Well if not Good then almost fair anyway. And I have seen many worse.Warning: After seeing this movie you may think twice about breaking a pinata. Most likely you'll be getting flash backs when you see one. In fact you may even take the stick from the kids and beat yourself in the head with it. Oh heck, see it anyway.

I found this movie by mistake, while browsing at a used DVD store. I was looking for the movie, 'Survival Island' with Billy Zane and Kelly Brook. When I noticed that this film had Jaime Pressly in it (one of my faves), I bought it. I sure would like my $5 back. I cannot even BELIEVE that they allowed this garbage to be produced. The "monster" goes in between a man in a plastic suit, and a video-game "flash". Yes, you heard that right. It "flashes" to a screenshot of a video game monster, chasing them...I could make a murder look more realistic. The "blood" is so orange/red/fake-looking.....DO NOT EVER, under any circumstances, buy or rent this film. You will regret it, and you will be back here where I am, writing about how horrid it is. And this is coming from a die-hard "B" movie fan! I usually dig the "B", "campy" films...but this isn't even in that category. It's not "so-bad-it's-good"...it's just SO BAD.I am still confused as to why Ms. Pressly would agree to such a low-budget mess.

This film is one of the last I was able to get a hold of in order to see as many of IMDb's Bottom 100 films--the 100 movies with at least 1500 reviews that are the lowest rated. Most of the films on the list truly are horrible, but a few seem to have been unjustly rated. Is this film truly horrible enough to be on this infamous list? -- The movie starts with a prologue about some pre-Columbian natives creating a clay statue and magically transforming all the evil into it and sending it away to stop the plague. The scene switches to the present and you see a group of really, really worthless fraternity and sorority member heading to a hedonistic time on an island--which, surprise, surprise, is where the statue currently resides. Considering that these spoiled brats seem to spend all their time drinking, screaming, showing off their butts and acting boorish, I must assume the film is going to be a comedy. It certainly would not be a horror film to see these jerks die!Later, when some of the idiots discover the statue, they do what you'd expect anyone to do when they discover an ancient artifact--they smash it to see what's inside!! As I said, these idiots really, really needed to die! What follows, however, does look much more like a comedy, as the statue comes to life and a clay guy starts running amok!! It smashes people to death and blood goes a flyin'--making it a slasher movie but without the knives. In every possible way, it's exactly what you'd expect.So is it bad enough to make the list? Well, yes...but MOST slasher films should make the list, if you ask me! This one does manage to be even dumber, however, given the whole piñata angle. Plus, explosions when there really shouldn't be any as well as a dumb CGI villain make this a really bad example of a really dumb genre. Still, dumb young adults being slaughtered--this isn't exactly an idea that we haven't seen before or will probably see much more of in the future--as there are LOTS of fools who flock to theaters to see this mindless crap. This doesn't say much about the human race, does it?!By the way, why is Garrett Wang in this film? He's 34 years-old and way too young to be hanging with these morons. I guess life after "Star Trek: Voyager" isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Without a doubt one of the very worst movies I've ever seen. Bad acting, bad directing, terrible special effects. Some bad movies are so bad they're entertaining. This isn't one of them. You might think from the first minutes that the movie has an interesting cultural message. It doesn't. It's a stinker through and through, with shallow characters and special effects so poorly done that they drown out the ridiculous, superficial plot. But maybe that's a good thing.Star Trek fans will definitely want to stay away--it was just painful to watch Garrett Wang in such a bad movie. If you're a super die-hard Jaime Pressly fan, and you want to see one of her less mediocre, albeit fully clothed, performances, and you really don't have anything else to watch, you might think about subjecting yourself to this.Otherwise: Stay Away!!!!!!!