Hoboken Hollow (2006)

I bought this as part of a box set of 8 movies for $5.00... It wasn't worth the 62 cents. That's all I wanted to say but this has to be 10 lines. There really isn't anything else that can be said about this movie. Don't waste your time. I've seen paint dry that is more interesting than this sham of a tale. If i can help one person not go through what I just went through I'll consider this review a success. Is this 10 lines yet? Honestly, reading this terrible review is better than watching the movie. I don't know how its possible that so many actors signed on after reading this script. I guess Dennis Hopper's career was officially over in 2006. This movie is going on my list of movies i'm embarrassed to ever mention i've seen.

So this Texas Slave Ranch thing all took place like 30 miles from where I live. The actual story ended with one guy doing 3 years of a 15 year sentence, another guy getting probation (for multiple counts of abducting, enslaving, torturing and possibly killing people,) and the mother went free (she's currently one of the town's homeless. Poetic justice, I guess.) I haven't seen the movie yet, I was just investigating the story. But these crazy, inbred pieces of filth made tapes of the torture sessions. Probably the only good thing to come out of the whole fiasco was the family having to put the ranch up as collateral to pay their big-shot high-profile lawyer. They were what's known as land-rich, cash-poor. The scuttlebutt is that this ranch was legendarily well-kept. Which should have raised some eyebrows. I mean, 4 people doing all of the work on a 3,500 acre ranch?

I give it one star purely out of respect for Dennis Hopper (oh Dennis, where did it all go wrong?) This was a horrible film. And by horrible, I mean waste of time. OK, some of the gore was quite realistic if a little excessive, but that might be all it has going for it. The 'acting' is merely an imitation of some of the worst hillbilly-killer-mutilator-family stereotypes - either that or 'I'm hitch-hiking in American backwater country and I don't understand why this is happening but I will find my resolve and overcome'...yada yada yada.....If you've ever seen a horror movie, chances are you will recognise at least one part of this. As a blatant rip off, it still sucks. As a film in it's own right....it should be ashamed of itself....

This film is very documentary . It takes you out of your comfort zone and drops you in the middle of hell. The film places the audience in the lives of people that were actually tortured. I know a lot of people go to see movies for an escape, some go to be entertained, some go for fun. Not to forget those few of us that go to a film to see a bit of truth that is brought by an artistic point of view. This film left me with the most gut wrenching feeling that I've ever had. I felt such sadness for the poor victims that actually went through this torturous experience. I really admire the film makes that went out on a limb to make his film. I"m sure they knew ahead of time that viewers would give them grief that they didn't put ten half naked models running around screaming with their hands in the air. I'm sure some viewers were upset when a guy didn't jump out from behind the door and say boo... To wrap this up, if you are an intelligent person and want to see what an actual horror film is all about, then this picture is right up your alley. It's probably the only film I've seen where I was actually scared for the victims. Strong content so be warned.