A pair of young children, a boy and girl, survive a home invasion that claims their parents lives. They are sent to the standard "evil" Catholic orphanage, and the girl is adopted while the boy stays behind. As with all Hollywood movies, the orphanage is home to a lot of abuse in the name of God, and the young boy acts out violently to others around him. He also enjoys wearing masks, but hey, who doesn't? Years later, the young girl has grown into a woman who teaches dance at the local Catholic school. Im not sure how many practicing Catholics go to mass in a black micro mini and fishnet stockings - sans underwear. But hey shes pretty hot. Long story short, killer brother comes back to Church and starts offing people left and right, tracking down his sister. Lots of blood later, with the help of her police boyfriend, she has her final showdown with her long lost brother.This isn't a badly made film, in fact, it actually is a lot better then most of the low budget slashers out there. The acting is above average and the gore special effects are also well done. One of the problems is the music, with consists of loud heavy metal blaring during the action scenes. The other problem is the story plot points. Characters who do dumb things at dumb times, etc. Lots of horror movies do this, so it can be overlooked for the sake of the movie.The movie as a whole is watchable and even enjoyable for a bit. It is not however, anything you will remember as soon as the credits roll.

First of all, I would like to point out that if you're watching this movie entirely for the expectation of gore (like I was), you're probably going to be disappointed. Don't get me wrong it's definitely there, but it's nowhere near the level of the "groundbreaking tour-de-force" the creators would like you to believe it is, your average homemade German splatter flick (e.g. Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence, Bone Sickness, etc.) could outdo this one in a heartbeat.As far as the plot goes, the movie actually manages to tell a rather interesting story about a traumatized and mentally-unstable young boy named Marcus that grew up into a vicious masked killer. Marcus' voice was effective most of the time, but others (like when he starts singing) it just sounds ridiculous. But overall I was pleased with the killer.The biggest thing that dragged the movie down for me was the long, boring, dragged-out torture sequence near the end that killed the movie's otherwise decent pace. Marcus also starts getting pretty redundant around this point ("I'm the dealer of pain", "I'm here to cause you pain", "I am going to show you what pain feels like", etc.).This movie apparently was the official selection of several film festivals, and the cover shows one critic describing Marcus as "the new legendary slasher". This movie is far from legendary, but it's a decent way to kill some time.5.5/10

the film plays like a standard 80's slasher horror that tries to flesh out the character of the masked killer. the film is almost like a remake of John carpenters halloween with a heavy dose of Friday the 13th and whiff of nightmare on elm street.(creepy child singing the title over and over)though unfortunately not as good as any of these films that it is clearly inspired ripping off or a homage too.the first act is a little too drawn out and has some truly terrible acting but has some fun kills. even if low budget kills effects are a bit ropey. the second act is where it becomes interesting and has some moments of discomfort but is mostly when we find out about what motivates orphan killer, unfortunately the third act becomes laughably predictable and badly thought out and hurts the rest of the film.the film did have its moments and was not a complete waste of time and shows promise but largely has no new ideas and only cares in developing the orphan killer even the heroine is largely left without any depth or motivation other than trying to keep her extremely good looking body alive and in one piece.

Just been exposed to this awesome movie, and I'm glad I bought a signed copy. This movie is not for everyone- it's very gory, very suspenseful, and downright blasphemous to some. It is not a PG-13 horror movie by any means, and R might not contain it. But for those who find those things a positive...1. Deep Characterization- Despite minimalist dialog, the acting is superb, small motions and scenes bringing across character depth often unseen in the horror genre.2. Powerful Gore Effects- The kills in this are scary realistic, hits mangling and deforming people before they die. Heads are ripped apart, blood flows, skin is ripped off- it's painful looking stuff, and awesome.3. Cinematography and sound in general are both superb, the picture clear and easy to see. Brutal sound on all the squelching, deadly hits going on.4. Acting. The voice of the Orphan Killer is terrifying and awesome, and the way people carry themselves in this really communicates the punishment their bodies have been put through.There are things I could nitpick about this film, but they are so minor in comparison to the awesomeness of it, I can't bring myself to type them. Here's waiting for the sequel!