Knucklebones (2016)

Possibly the most awful horror film ever made, truly dire on every level . . . the acting is wooden at best, the effects mediocre, the plot ridiculous and the script is beyond bad, it is an offence to film making. At one point one of the girls is taking a piss and the Demon sneaks up behind her and says "tinkle, tinkle little star" - in a comedy this would be barely funny, in a straight horror film it makes you cringe, I wish I could say the rest of the script is better but it is not! Only reason I can think of for watching this film is to find out what not to do if you make a horror film yourself, please do not watch if your care for the state of your brain cells!

A group of college kids (naturally all the girls are HOT) summon a rubbish demon called Knucklebones, who has possibly the worst & cheesiest "evil" voice in any slasher movie, plus he sports a cheap, unconvincing looking mask. And this action takes place in abandoned factory, closed for 40 years, yet the electric lights are still on & the place looks fully kitted out! Acting ranges from very bad (especially the sheriff & old Knucklehead himself) to passable. The only two things going for this movie (and why I have awarded it 4/10, not less) is a fair smattering of gore & one titillating sex scene. Hopefully this is not the start of a new franchise.

By seeing adds like, forget Jason or forget Michael or this is a new killer that you will never forget I gave it a try. After decades of watching horrors I do know that such adds mostly predict a terrible flick.So what do we have here, terrible acting, an unconvincing killer and of course the kind of horrors that like to attract the men. Just face it, it's full of voluptuous girls wearing tees who are on the small size to extract their juggs. And with cleavage. And not only that, let's put on daisy dukes. really, it's not because you have juggs who are acting that it makes a flick. Of course the production found a girl who had to reveal her body and she does but hey, she's f*cking but still has her thong on! And there's also a shot were a girl is bending over to have a stick entering her, well you can guess it.No, this isn't an interesting flick. Most of the effects are done off-camera. Some do work out fine and some doesn't. But most of the time the only thing you are watching are the girls. For teens this is a must see but for geeks like me it's ridiculous and never got my attention and you will have to wait halfway the flick before the horror comes in...Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

In my opinion if you don't want to do yourself a mental mischief the best way to view Knucklebones is as a comedy of errors. Casting aside the predictable "B" grade credentials of this film, its inability, in my view, to actually settle on a simple core concept and stick to it, is the main reason its such a mess. This flick constantly oscillates between vaguely formulated, uninspiring ideas. Its as if the whole thing tries far too hard, to be interesting and original. It would have been better off, I feel, basking in its "B" grade glory and just sticking with a simpler slasher flick premise. The acting is OK, there's a little black humour, thats not too dreadful and there are a few "jump scares" but thats all I can find that's positive to say here. Four out of ten from me.