Grim (1996)

Boy... what the hell did I put myself through? GRIM felt and looked like a third rate Full Moon movie (it was equally crap), only it's not. So that makes it a lesser movie (anyone following my logic?). The Grimmie-creature was fun to look at... but the movie wasn't. At one point I got so bored, I found myself making up lyrics for a song about... GRIM. The song's called... "Grimstink". A band called Grimfist inspired me with the title. It's supposed to be a gore-grind-death-metal song (so if you want to sing along, makes sure you growl the words in such a manner that no-one understands them). The content of the lyrics, is designed to at least give you some idea about what's up with this movie. And yes, the chorus is loosely based on "Maze Of Torment" by Morbid Angel. Here we go...------------"GRIMSTINK" Where do women go? - What does Grimmie know? - Are they used for food? - Or there just to look good? Grimmie do the moan - Grimmie gimme growl - Grimmie made of foam - Grimmie looks so foul. CHORUS: Grim! - Caves of torment - Stink! - Caves of deathWhy go down the cave? - Above, much more safe - Simply makes no sense - Geef mij maar witte pens Grimmie hangs around - Grimmie looks at lens - Always underground - Until this movie ends Grimmie looks around - Nothing to be found - Grimmie looks some more - This movie is a bore CHORUS (x2): Grim! - Caves of torment - Stink! - Caves of death------------

I remember seeing "Grim" many years ago on Polish TV.To this day I consider it to be one of the worst pieces of utter garbage I have ever seen.The plot is about very hideous troll-like monster that carries a crude scythe and can walk through walls.Of course the creature likes to kill and eat it's victims which consists of a bunch of dumb teenagers and drunks.The action takes place in the mines and the origin of the monster is never really explained.Honestly "Grim" is incredibly awful.The action drags,the creature looks painfully bad and the acting reeks.The worst of all "Grim" is so horribly boring that you will want to kill its creators after it's over.1 out of 10.

"Grim" is actually a pretty decent creature feature.**SPOILERS**A series of disappearances plagues a small town, and Rob, (Emmanuel Xuereb) and his wife Penny, (Tres Hanley) decide to take a small assortment of the townspeople, Ken, (Michael Fitzpatrick) his wife Trish, (Nesba Crenshaw) Katie, (Kadamba Simmons) and her boyfriend Steve, (Jack Chancer) and sister Sarah, (Jules De Jongh) into some nearby caves to find the reason of the disappearances. As they get further into the cave, a mining accident strands them below with a vicious creature. As they start to get picked off one-by-one, Steve relates a story that he and some friends had accidentally released the creature earlier. Finally forced to accept the story, they try to work together to find a way out and stop the monster.The Good News: I don't really know why this is so attacked, it's not all that bad of a film. The underground cave setting is one of the best assets, allowing for tons of suspense moments in the twisting cave designs and outcroppings that are just the right size for hiding behind or concealing the threat. The fact that it also portrays some Gothic influence, with giant cobwebs, low light coming from overhead flashlights and the small lighting coming in naturally, and the eerie mist that always surrounds the areas. Seeing the creature emerge through the mist with the design of the cave-well behind it is a really nice ambiance that is rarely seen nowadays. The slow walking that it moves by makes them all the better, allowing the frame to slowly move through and let the shadow of it come through before detail is seen, making it far more threatening than had it just simply walked through at regular speed. The atmosphere exuded from the cave is a real bright quality for the film, and it works quite well in establishing a menacing tone for the creature. It's actually very threatening on its own, with an impossibly large frame showing huge mass, large claws and fangs, a very scary face and a great overall design. It really looks otherworldly, and is made all the more believable with it being made as a suit rather than CGI. It makes it more 3-dimensional and like it's actually interacting with the cast, and therefore more threatening than if it was a bland computer generated image. It's also not in the slightest shy about piling on the gore, making it a pretty messy film. There is a side of the face bitten off, a head smashed against a rocky outcropping and broken into pieces, a sword up through the neck and out through the head, and several large scar marks on the body, in addition to a massive graveyard of body parts strewn all over. Most of them still have meat on them, and broken bones with muscles and skin still on them are found, conjuring a very gruesome image. Add these together with a fantastic ending half with lots of action and it's a very underrated creature feature.The Bad News: There's only a couple of small complaints against this film. The biggest one is that the creature is seen far too early in the film for its true shock appearance to the group to have much threat. It's supposed to be a shock to see it, yet the mood is spoiled by having seen it before. Yes, logic is also thrown out the window at times, and several moments in here are pretty groan-inspired, yet it's not overall that bad.The Final Verdict: Nowhere near as bad as I thought, or what the other reviews peg it out to be. It's a simple creature feature with a great villain, interesting location and a rather by-the-numbers play-out. It's really not as bad as it sounds, though it could use a couple of improvements. Recommended only for the most discriminating creature feature tastes or those that enjoy these kinds of films.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language

A team of spelunkers, when investigating a system of caves beneath a small town, come across a hideous creature that can move through walls that was recent awoken from it's ancient slumber by a group of teens. I'll give the film credit where it's due: The effort was there. The idea of a creature that can move through walls is also kind of original. What doesn't work? just about everything else. Poor pacing, very weak acting (The opening scene with the Ouija board stood out in my mind especially), terrible lighting, awkward dialog, and cheesy visual effects, especially when the creature moves through walls. Now there are some bad special effects for you. It's not as ghastly as others have made it out to be, and the creature effects are no where near as bad as some say, but it needed a bigger budget and better actors, which it didn't have. Shame.3/10.