Bloody Mary (2006)

If people are wanting to make a movie about the story of bloody Mary, they could at least tell the story on its history or something. By the way, the story originated where I live, in Lincoln NE. The house she lived in is no longer there but the location is still there... it is now an archery range for boy scouts. Some people have gone there and experienced creepy things. For other ideas for movies, there supposedly was a witch who use to live in Lincoln.. In wilderness Park in a cabin. She apparently killed children. Locals found out and hung her with a chain on a tree. Then later wrapped her up in the chain and buried her somewhere out in wilderness park. They say her cabin is still out there somewhere, and that if you find a random chain.. do not follow it, because she may be waiting at the other end of it for revenge.

I was expecting a much worse film when I sat down to watch it. I figured the scene at the beginning would be the best scene as a naked girl wanders through some tunnels and finds a mirror. It was, but the rest of the film holds up pretty good considering the low budget. However, it prevented itself from being a good movie by setting up a few things that are never resolved leaving one to wander just where were they going with it. I do not know if it was the film makers intent to create a sequel, but the way it ended made me not care for the movie as much as I would have, had they simply tied up a few loose ends.The story has a bevy of nurse who have been playing something they called the mirror game. What is the reason for them playing this game, you ask? I have no idea...one of the unresolved issues. I just know the main nurse and all around bad girl is obsessed with this game and it's changing her body. No word on why it is doing these things or what she is getting out of it. Well a girl is taken and killed by Mary and soon the victim's sister is there to try and find her sister who at the start is presumed missing. It all ties back to the psychiatric institution her sister and the other nurses work at. It may also have something to do with one of the doctors and a patient seems to be really deep in it...once again though there is nothing in the end that tells you why the doctor is doing what he is doing or what the relationship between Mary and the one patient is. They seemed to want to set up a lot of stuff, but they fail to deliver a payoff. Heck, I am not even sure why Mary was doing her thing.So the film was going pretty good, but the ending kind of derailed this film from being an okay horror film, to a not good and not bad one. There is some nice nudity, the acting is not great, but considering there are no actors in this one it is not horrid either. It moved at a nice pace and at times it had good atmosphere. I just wish they would have revealed some stuff at the end rather than revealing virtually nothing at the end!

A group of psychiatric nurses invoke the deadly and murderous spirit of a vicious madwoman known as Bloody Mary. Of course, said spirit embarks on a killing spree in the hospital. Writer/director Richard Valentine relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, does an able of creating and maintaining both a spooky atmosphere and a good deal of tension, makes good use of the dark and bleak hospital setting, delivers a generous helping of graphic bloodshed (Mary gouges out her victims' eyes and places them in jars), and tops everything off with a sizable smattering of tasty gratuitous female nudity. The competent acting by the able cast rates as another substantial asset: Kim Tyler makes for a strong and sympathetic hero as determined crime writer heroine Natalie Fitzgerald, Jaason Simmons does well as kindly and helpful shrink Dr. Daniels, Danni Ravden gives a terrifically wicked performance as ruthless bitch head nurse Jenna, Troy Tori makes your skin crawl with his intense portrayal of crazed inmate Johnny, plus there are sound contributions from Matthew Borlenghi as the skeptical Bobby, Amber Borycki as the feisty Amber, Eero Johnson as the unhinged Ricky "Railroad" Reynolds, Anna Pippus as the scared and fragile Hilary, Brianne Wigeland as the guilt-ridden Shelby, and Jessica Von as the naive Nicole. Mary sizes up as a truly frightening boogey lady figure. The slick'n'shadowy cinematography by Bill Summers gives the picture an appropriately eerie look. Richard Tyler's ominous score does the brooding ooga-booga trick. A neat little flick.

I got this movie in a 4 pack for 5 bucks, so I wasn't expecting much. Heck, I was surprised it was even a full length film. The premise is pretty simple, a typical "this monster has killed my family member now I'm going to go on a big quest to find out more about it and(stop reading if you don't want to know the ending" in the end I will kill it" pretty standard stuff. so, when I popped it into my lap top, I had no expectations what so ever. I was completely shocked when it actually showed potential. the deaths were kind of cool, the acting was better than some big budget crap, and hey (spoiler) you get to see some glee (I think) star die painfully. Oh, and there are boobs. I put and emphasis on that because, it seems like in every bloody Mary scene, someones naked. An interesting twist on a classic myth, but hey, apparently that works for some people, as in they actually see something in the mirror trying the movies method, so to each his own I suppose. in the end, I have three complaints about the movie (spoiler alert!) 1. YOU NEVER SEE BLOODY MARY! well, her face at least. If my memory is correct (which it may not), her face is always hidden. Whats up with that? 2. The ending sucks. basically all it is (spoiler alert): Main character smashes the mirror. Thats it. Well, most of it at least, some other crap happens also, but thats the gist. and 3 (really major spoiler): What the h*** is with the creepy dude who serves Mary? I just didn't get it. But, all in all, its a good movie, pretty scary, has some really good moments (the opening is freaking awesome), and all in all, is worth buying.