Horrorfest at Lennox

This past weekend, a small distributor called After Dark released some low budget horror films to around 450 theaters to be shown in an event called Horrorfest. Only two of the movies interested me, and I couldn't see one because it was only being shown during the Michigan game. This idea was real cool though, so I needed to support it somehow. I was cognizant of the fact that the movies weren't going to be very amazing, but this idea of showing a number of lesser known movies at a larger movie chain for a weekend is great.

So I chose The Hamiltons. The premise is that these four kids' parents have died, and they are taking care of themselves. Now they're older, the oldest is maybe mid to late 20s, so they're not like 8 year olds, and this is a real sad movie. Well, the oldest three are all killers it turns out and cannibals at that. The youngest, our protagonist, hates this life, but loves his family too much to turn them in. The film goes much deeper than most horror films, especially incredibly low budget ones. It is also pretty funny and satirical.

Of course, the acting isn't that great, and you probably haven't heard of anyone in the movie. That's probably the greatest fault with the movie. It is never too distracting, but the acting just comes across as cheesy at points, though I wonder if it is trying to seem 1950's sitcomish on purpose. The oldest brother wants an ideal family, and he tends to act somewhat ridiculous. His inability to act doesn't help matters.

The movie ends on a couple of pretty good twists that I enjoyed. All in all, this was quite the good movie considering the low budget. If you can allow yourself to not be bothered by the lower than what you might be used to production values, than you will like an entirely different horror movie that is funny, and looks at family in a very interesting way.

Not a whole lot to say about the movie, as you can see.

On a side note, there were A LOT of people at the movie, which surprised me because there was not a lot of marketing for the event. There were also a LOT of little kids there (like around 10 yrs old), and considering this was a pretty hard R rated film, that surprised me.

I am seeing Casino Royale tonight and Fountain Tomorrow, good times.