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En las Afueras de la Ciudad (2012)
Disturbing, but Overall a Good Movie
Hidden in the Woods is a film that is based on true events, though this is extremely hard to believe given the gruesome content and nature of the film throughout. Within the interview that is included in the 8-page collectible booklet, the director claims the film is 70% accurate to the true events and the other 30% is his own vision. Regardless, Hidden in the Woods will keep you at the edge of your seat for the whole 98 minute run time and leave the story and some images burned in your mind forever.
The movie follows a couple of sisters and their brother who had escaped from their father, Felipe, who was a drug dealer. Throughout the years, Felipe had abused the girls and brother and subjected them to monstrous atrocities that you only read about in books. Their brother, Manuel, is deformed and had only been fed an all meat diet while he was locked in a shed. After escaping from their father, the girls and their brother all go to a cabin deep within the woods where Felipe used to keep his drugs. It is in this cabin the viewer is treated to a scene where the family cannibalizes a couple of hikers, who were up to no good, after they tried to attack one of the women. We see dismemberment, blood, gore, guts, and just about everything you can imagine. The special effects in this part of the film were very well done and made the scene seen believable.
A man named, Costello, is the leader of a drug gang and he wants Felipe's drugs, so he decides to get other members of his gang to find the girls and torture them until they reveal where the drugs are hidden. Some members of the drug gang finally find the cabin with the girls in it and start to torture them asking where the drugs are; however, they have no clue. After some more blood flies, the girls and Manuel manage to escape into the woods. The remaining two members of the drug gang go out to find them and kill them. This chase sequence is very well done and so intense, it had the palms of my hands sweating and hoping the girls would get away. Eventually, we are brought to the very final scene of the movie. The final scene is so disturbing and so bloody, at times, I had to look away. I kept telling myself, "It's only special effects.", but it was so well done, it almost seemed like reality.
I don't want to reveal too much of this movie in this review, hence, why I'm a bit vague on a few things because there are a couple of twists in the story at the end. Overall, this movie was sick, disgusting, gory, and extremely bloody, but I liked it. It was very well done and the story line was very believable, obviously, because it was mostly true. Hidden in the Woods is a movie that I recommend almost any Horror fan to watch as it's a story of survival and revenge at its most extreme. Overall, I give Hidden in the Woods a 5/5 stars. It's definitely worth buying and keeping in your collection as you may want to watch it multiple times.
Overall rating: 5/5 stars, or in this case 10/10.
Special Features:
Interview with Director Patricio Valladares, 8-Page Collectible Booklet, Behind the Scenes Featurette, Artsploitation Trailers
The Cloth (2013)
An Honest Review
***This review does contain spoilers!***
The Cloth is not your typical Horror movie with traditional exorcisms being performed throughout. It provides a different twist as to how good fights against evil with different levels of weapons depending on the level of demon being fought.
Starring Danny Trejo and Eric Roberts, as well as a number of other B-movie actors, The Cloth falls just a bit flat of being an exceptional movie mainly due to the horrible CGI effects within the film; I really wanted to like this movie, but the cheesy graphics throughout the film took my attention away from the actual story line. At one point, I noticed things completely disappear when they should have still been in the frame.
The Cloth starts out with a traditional exorcism being performed by Father Connley (Danny Trejo) and another priest. There was a lot of promise for this film at this point because some disturbing images, blood, and gore were included in this part of the film, which was appropriate given the scene of the priests exorcising a demon. As they have a hard time exorcising this demon, Father Connley dies during this struggle.
Jason (Kyler Willett) isn't really religious at all, so he really doesn't believe in god. His family had been killed from an accident, so this was the reason why his faith had eventually waned. Jason is recruited by the exorcists to help them fight against the demons because his father had been one and wanted him to follow in his footsteps. Jason is reluctant at first, but he finally decides to join them in the fight.
Jason learns from the in-house historian Laurel (Perla Rodriguez) that the 5th Satan appears in human form and his name is Kasdeya (Justin Price). He seeks people who have turned their back on god. Once Kasdeya arrives, he has to return to his realm within seven days. Basically, they don't want Kasdeya to take any lost souls with him.
Jason also learns about the weapons from their weapons specialist, Helix (Cameron White). All the weapons are made from metals that were found in the Ark of the Covenant. The level of weapon to be used is dependent upon which demon possesses a person as well. Despite all of these new weapons, Father Diekmen (Lassiter Holmes) reminds Jason that the essential weapons are still holy water and crosses.
Jason finally goes out with Father Diekmen to fight some demons that are possessing people. After a couple days of fighting, Jason decides to give up because he is sick of what he sees and being pushed around. Laurel, the historian, eventually goes to Jason's place to convince him to come back, which Jason, eventually, agrees to. Jason actually finds out later that Laurel was possessed at one point in her past and his father was the one who was able to save her.
The seventh and final night, Jason and Father Diekmen go out to find Kasdeya to kill him. Kasdeya finally shows up and they have an exchange of words and a battle ensues; however, after all of this is done, there is a twist at the end of the film that I shall not reveal.
Despite the horrible graphics at times, there were actually some pretty promising graphics as well, but it just wasn't consistent enough throughout the whole movie to appreciate. The music throughout the movie was actually very good and I was able to appreciate that, but I was a bit disappointed in the story line and how they killed the demons. As the demons had been possessing people, it appears to defeat the demons; they are actually killing the people, or vessels, that the demons have taken over. That was a hole in the story that I didn't really get, nor was it really explained in the film either.
Overall, The Cloth is not the worst movie I've seen, but it still needs a bit of help in order to get a higher rating from me. It really seems like one of those cheesy SyFy Original movies that you see on TV. With that being said, the film wasn't a waste of time either as there were some entertaining elements in it as well. Overall, I give this film an average 3/5 star rating. It's worth at least one look.
Overall rating: 3/5 stars
Special Features:
Making of The Cloth, Weapons of The Cloth, Deleted and Alternate Scenes, "Hell and Back" Music Video