DVD Review: The Crypt: Sarah Oh, Michael Ranallo, Cristen Irene, Craig McMahon: Movies & TV
DVD Review: The Crypt: Sarah Oh, Michael Ranallo, Cristen Irene, Craig McMahon: Movies & TV
Product Description
Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town, and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the Great Depression only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group tries to escape alive.
Decent Concept, Terrible Acting,
By The Tao of Netflix (Washington, DC) -
If possible, I’d give this a 1.5 star rating. In short, a group of socially deviant 20-somethings decide to break into an old crypt and rob graves, only to find the crypt inhabited by ghost-ish creatures intent on not letting them make off with the loot. On the good side, the production values are surprisingly good. This isn’t quite a micro-budget film, but it definitely is low budget. Annoyingly, they used a camera that isn’t well adapted to low light conditions, so the dark scenes have lots of digital artifacts that don’t look so nice on a HDTV. But aside from the camera quality, the production values are surprisingly good; good camera work and good sets make for a movie that seems larger budget than it actually is. However, the film really breaks down on the acting and script. The opening scene is good - it drew me in, did a good job of setting the mood and future expectations, etc. From there out, though, it grinds to a halt. The story fails to develop the grave robbing team as a group of individuals who would actually be inclined to rob a grave. There’s a lead guy on the team who gets released from jail in an early scene, and he gets paired with a group of females who are much more valley girl (think Clueless) than hard core. They’re just not believable at all. Then there’s the actual story of them robbing graves. Obviously there are ghosts involved, and that is perhaps the biggest problem with the film. The film seems to reject modern notions of computer graphics and opts instead for very mediocre makeup. The ghosts look ridiculous, period. All in all, I very hesitatingly might consider recommending a rental if you’re really in the mood for a low budget horror-ish flick, but certainly not a purchase.
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