Death Tunnel (2005)

I've seen plenty of bad movies, plenty of them are B-movies, but it's safe to say that DEATH TUNNEL is the ultimate nadir of the genre, one of the worst films I've seen in a long time. The only interesting thing about the movie is that it takes place in a real-world building with a sinister history far more frightening than anything in the film, but unsurprisingly the writers and producers fail to capitalise on this connection.Instead, DEATH TUNNEL becomes a film that causes excruciating pain as it progresses. Both writing and direction (from the 'Booth Brothers') are exceptionally poor, with the narrative involving various porn-looking actresses wandering around in flimsy attire and calling to each other. Meanwhile, the director goes all out with his flashy, headache-inducing, MTV-style editing, making each and every sequence a real mess to look at.For some reason, the narrative jumps all over the place in time, throwing in constant flashbacks and the like so that the cast are still being introduced about halfway through the film. Then there are the inevitable death sequences, which are lame in the extreme, along with gratuitous nudity from the silicon-enhanced actresses taking part. Not that these people can be called actors, not really; I've seen better acting from my local pantomime group. Each and every thing about DEATH TUNNEL makes it a hopeless mess, a production that absolutely nobody could like.

The idea seemed interesting so I gave this one a go. Little did I know that Death Tunnel would be one of the biggest wastes of time I've had. The concept promised much, but other than a haunting setting the movie delivered next to nothing. Death Tunnel is very over-edited, making it incomprehensible to see what it's going on and it cheapens any scares the film has. Which is actually not saying much, the lack of atmosphere and the increasingly predictable jump scares mean that Death Tunnel just isn't scary. The dialogue is of stilted quality, the characters are incredibly obnoxious, the pace is dull and the story doesn't make any sense. As for the acting, what acting, everyone seems to have forgotten their acting lessons. So all in all, a terrible movie that failed utterly to live up to any potential it initially had. 1/10 Bethany Cox

I strongly recommend this film. As opposed to the usual "straight to DVD run of the mill" crap that hits the horror shelf, this one actually was a bit original in its take on the "locked in a scary place" angle. I also enjoyed that the scary effects relied more on sensory input, flashbacks and some empathy with the victims rather than drenching the watcher in blood, gore and badly created monsters/ghosts.It looks like the director had a clear vision that he wanted to get through to the audience and he executed it brilliantly. It is, in my opinion, "Barker"esque when it comes to the visual presentation of the entities inhibiting the hospital.

Having worked in independent films for years, I'd like to think I can rate a movie with detachment and clarity. One thing I have noticed on IMDb is that "indies" get a lot of reviews that use words like "horrible," "a must miss," "sucks," "don't wast your time," and "worst movie ever." Really? Worst ever? First thing I discovered is that in more cases than you would believe these comments are written by friends or acquaintances of the film makers. For what ever reason, jealousy, envy, or even just kicks, they feel the need to write the worst tripe about the movie. They use false names, and as these small movies do not get a lot of votes or comments the vituperative remarks tip the balance against the film. Second are the snipers. They love to assassinate every movie they can. Don't you wonder why they rented or bought this movie in the first place? Do they not recognize the signs of a B movie? What were they expecting? There are two possible answers. They are stupid. They cannot tell the packaging of a low budget B movie from the latest Dreamworks DVD. If this is the case I pity them as they are just showing their lack of intelligence by purchasing the movie in the first place, and then telling everyone on IMDb how stupid they were. Or they may just like trashing movies. It's fun. Like beating up an elderly person. Not much chance of getting hit back.As mentioned above their comments lack style, insight, or even a modicum of actual film critique. Death Tunnel and others like it deserve better. Those of you that care about independent film must learn to disregard the rantings of these vermin that seem to thrive on low budgets. Pity them. If you can't pity them kick them in the shins.