Can't believe this movie was even made
357422
I can't believe the cost and the time to make such a bad movie.  The main actor is very good but the story was so lame.
1059077
Wow, are my eyes deceiving me?? Who in their right mind would give this HORRIBLE film more than 2 stars? Apparently a few people out there have. How they could do that is absurd! I suppose they wanted to like the movie so much they convinced themselves into doing so and ended up writing very misleading reviews about it. OK. After watching the trailer I expected this movie to be entertaining and gory, it was neither. The story is so ridiculously cliche and overdone that I can't believe any film maker in this day and age would still try to pull it off. This film brings nothing new to the table. It's not scary in any sense, the zombies look so bad I could have done a better make-up job. Gore is seldom seen in this slow paced film. Common sense is thrown out the window and the villain runs while swinging a mace around her head, do you know how heavy a freaking mace is? The kill count is so low and the deaths are not worth sitting through the movie to get to. This was one of the most over-hyped horror films in recent memory. Save your money, there are much better foreign horror films than this one. Anyone with good video equipment could have done a better job than this. The promotion and packaging for Hell's Ground fooled me, don't let it fool you.
2510790
Having heard about this movie, I had a vague idea that it was going to be highy lacking in plot and dialogue, but hopefully somewhat entertaining in a Seinfeldian fashion-so still worth viewing. I could never have imagined, in my most wildly confused dreams, that ANY movie could be so entirely TURGID!!! The poor acting only served to accentuate the poorly written scrpit and complete lack of direction in this pathetic excuse for a film.

In a few scenes we start to see a rather homoerotic sort of lust or attraction between the main character (who is, by the way, chosen to be the body into which the evil fraternity brother will transport himself when the main character is stretching shirtless and glistening outside of a gazebo...) and the evil frat brother of doom. Once the main character, Chris, is good and drunk the evil characer proceeds to initiate him as a pledge of the ATO fraternity. He takes a small needle from his large and pretty necklace of doom and sticks the obtrusively handsome and naive main characer in the hand and proceeds to suck his blood in the most boring blood sucking vampire of doom scene I have ever seen on film. When Chris wakes up the next morning he is greeted by his equally uninterestingly written roomate, Dan, and a suitacase of clothes from his new frat brothers sitting on the kitchen table. Strangely, though, the top outfit in the suitacase is a silky white shirt and pleather pants--clubbing attire perhaps? Or just a friendly fashion tip from your new brothers?

Ignoring the fact that most important aspects of this film reeked of ham left out in the sun for days, the least the director could have done was added some non confusing/disturbing sex scenes. In the one overtly sexual scene in the movie the evil frat brother decides to show Chris the ropes of boring blood sucking. He chooses the most intoxicated looking forty year old at the party and proceeds to lead her into the chamber. Chris undresses and goes at it...he pricks her arm and starts sucking her blood. The evil character, watching, becomes intrigued and decides to strip down to his designer underwear and join in. The scene climax is a pathetic fake orgasm (assumably induced by the sucking of the vampire frat brothers) by the intoxicated forty year old--hardly an arousing scene to say the least.

In any case the movie ends anticlimatcially (suprise suprise) with several of the frat brothers, the evil character, and the main character engaging in the body swapping ritual that, of course, must be performed in the designer underwear and nothing else. How else would one possibly achieve a proper body swap?!?

Overall, this movie was an atrocity not only to horror films but also to goth/vampire/fantasy films as well as homoerotic thrillers. This movie is so not worth your time and is good, for lack of clever cinematic design or plot or dialogue or good acting, only as a joke for you and your friends to view time and time again in order to revel in the glory of its unintended comical nature. Perhaps the director's intent was not to make an eloquently done vampire/fantasy film but merely to produce a film  whose intent was to showcase young male verility at its finest. If this indeed was the case then DeCouteau did a splendid job. However I'm not sure how many film makers would make the sort of film this is their goal style.

If you like well done vampire flicks with homoerotic undertones and--dare I say it?!?--a plot, I would highly recommend Interview with the Vampire as well as the rest of the films based on the Vampire Chronicles of Anne Rice.
485613
Can you believe they made this into a movie? You should WATCH it, I just didn't like it.
3217219
When I was in the video store with my family, I happened to look at a movie called, The Orphanage. I thought maybe this was like, The Orphan, where the girl is actually 40 years old and decides she wants to kill her host family, but with a 10 year old boy in an orphanage who seeks vengeance on the staff of the orphanage who have killed him or let him die, as what the cover leads you on to believe. This movie was so terrible that my sister and I both just went along with the reality of this just being the Chi-Mo Chronicles (Child Molester Chronicles) because of the simple that it wasn't scary AT ALL, just some trippy pedo-induced movie about a director who needs to learn a thing or two about personal space with minors and with his anger problems. Every time we tried to figure out the plot, it completely swerved into something that had no purpose in the movie. This was just pure awful. I was extremely disappointed with this movie as should the directors and producers... Nice touch with the unnecessary music.
3619936
I was sucked in by some of the positive reviews on Amazon, I have no idea if these people saw the same movie I did.  This movie smacks of a very low budget sci fi channel remake.  The plot is ridiculous, makes little sense and has numerous plot holes.  The characters are over the top in that sci fi channel unbelievable way, as is the plot, storyline, dialogue, etc.  Look, I understand that a self sustaining train running around a post apocalyptic world is not the most believable concept, but other movies have had far less believable premises which were made believable by a great plot and acting.  This movie is not one of them, from the Monty phtyon-esque characters which are presented seriously to the environments where the last people on earth are stuck in a perpetual rave party complete with industrial waste sniffable drugs which double as explosives.  It's just ridiculous, which I don't mind if the movie presents itself that way.  But this ridiculousness isn't presented as tongue in cheek, rather it's quite serious in it's supposed message on humanity and class warfare.

Please, can someone send me my money back!!
1650978
I heard so much positive hype about this movie that I rented it the day it came out. Boy what a mistake! I almost stopped the movie several times. I never stop movies, even bad ones. This movie was worse. The main problem with the movie is that it is yesterday's news. The idea that mind creates reality is the mantra of the new age movement.

 This movie tried to tackle this idea and present it in a creative way. The problem was that the characters and people in the movie were just so uninteresting. They also were so full of themselves that they appeared sorta crazy. Esspecially the older blond scary nazi lady. If you check the credits you find out that she was actually channeling an entity when she was speaking. Scary...

 I had hoped that new ground could have beeen covered by this film and that an intelligent and scientific presentation could have been made about the nature of mind and its relation to the universe. Nope. Don't think so. A very weak film and in my book one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I enjoyed Jaws the Revenge better. Sheez.
341010
Ok, when I wanted to see this movie,I knew it would be predictable,un-realistic, and a bit over-dramatic, but I didn't expect this turkey. I really think a good ol' lifetime movie is more entertaining than this junk. Jennifer Lopez is way too over-dramatic, and doesn't have enough sincerety to make this role believable. The plot is more retarded than anything that I could've imagined:This waitress meets this guy at her cafe, and within 1 minute you have a flash-forward:Suddently the two are married, and Jennifer Lopez("Slim")has had the ultimate rags-to riches transformation. Within the next 2 minutes,Slim and her prince charming have a cute little kid, and are the perfect family. Within 5 more minutes (maximum), Slim discovers that her prince ain't so charmin'.He's been cheatin', and she ain't likin' it. The rest is soooo predictable it hurts. The prince turned frog becomes violent, forcing Slim to run away and plan a "scheme" (oooh) of her own. The only expectations I had for this movie, were:I expected a suspensful,predictable,guilty-pleasure flick with a few twist and turns, and some cute lines. This movie would seriously flop on Lifetime,(and no,I'm, not kidding).This movie just blows in many different directions, and no the results ain't good.
5087
I knew this movie was going to be bad when I rented it, but I watch ALOT of bad horror movies, and besides, it had some accolades on the back, so I thought there was always a chance it could end up being a good way to spend an evening. What I discovered, however, was that this movie was so much more astronomically bad than I ever could have guessed in my wildest of dreams. It looks like an inexperienced and clueless high school students misguided attempts to use his weekends in a more productive way than his usual watching wrestling and getting stoned. Everything in this movie was just done so horribly. The camera work is terrible, the directing is without any kind of skill, the actors all look like friends from math class coaxed into reading from cue cards. The audio is SOOOO awful, and the editing is painfully amateurish. Lighting and sound is inconsistent from cut to cut, the dialogue is so bad you'll be grinding your teeth with every line. The plot is all so convoluted and ineffectively conveyed that I wondered if I had been punked when I rented this, and half expected Ashton Kutcher to be behind it all. All in all, I can't think of a single thing they did well in this movie. I am well aware that this was made by children, and that there are difficulties I'm sure they were able to conquer with commendable effort, but the end result is that there is just nothing here whatsoever that is worth watching, and there is no talent involved with this horrid mess. A second glance at the back cover will reveal that BOTH the positive comments are from the same place, something called "The Meatgrinder." I've never heard of "The Meatgrinder," but I'm guessing that it's somehow involved with the making or distribution of this movie. I just cannot and will not accept that anyone's honest opinion of this chore to watch was that it was good. It's so bad that it transcends opinion, it's poor quality is an unshakable fact. It's not even "MST3K it with your buddies" bad, because we tried. It's just awful to watch.
2579480
don't watch this movie! what a huuuuuge waste of time. no real plot. the twist at the end wasn't even a good twist. i watched the whole thing hoping that they would turn it around. the idea of illusion and the detail in which they 'tricked' people was pretty interesting and smart, however, what a waste of a movie. here are all the reasons you shouldn't watch this movie:
- bad acting by all except for maybe woody harrelson
- the plot was convoluted, filled with nonsense and did not follow any story format. it's as if all these scenes were stitched together by a complete stranger
- the twist at the end - huh? why? who cares! it wasn't even stitched together or explained properly at the end
- the chemistry between all characters - none. had they not done a test screen to test the chemistry?
- the french interpol agent - again, why? who cares! unnecessary!

If I could give it negative stars, I would. Also, can I please have my money back?
85896
I hate to even waste my time writing a review for this junk!  But if a save one person from seeing this film it was all worth while.  It's too bad they could have made this film alot better but it's to late.  It's not worth the 3.00 to rent it and DON'T even think about buying it!! OK I'm done bi***ing now!
1439022
I'm not one to write reviews but after deciding to buy this movie because of the positive ratings I'm just blown away. This has to be one of the worst movies I have seen in the last 30 years. I know we all have different tastes and opinions but I will never understand how so many people could conclude that this is a good movie. WOW! Horrible, horrible, horrible.
1794272
I am a Sci-Fi fan (from fanatic). Books, movies, TV, even if it's not great SCI-FI, I'll give it a chance and usually like it to some degree.  That was my first mistake here. I love Asimov and feel Nightfall is one of the best short stories ever written.  You cannot imagine how horribly disappointed I was after viewing this movie.  High schoolers with a hand held video camera and no script could have done a better job.  If I could have given it NO STARS, I would have but I had to give it at least one or rather a negative number.

If you haven't read the story, please, do yourself a favor, do so.  The only thing this movie has to do with Asimov's story is the title.  In fact, if you weren't familiar with the short story, you'd have no idea what this movie was actually about.  I'm sure the people making it didn't.  There is so much wonder, mystery and awe in the short story that it seems inconceivable that the people making this movie couldn't have found even a hint of it.  However, there is nothing in this movie that appealing in any way.  They not only didn't follow Asimov's story, but also choose the add things that never should have even been considered. Did they think they cold improve that was pretty close to perfect??

I pray for the day (and I'm not religious person) that someone in Hollywood (or wherever) will make a movie worthy of Asimov's masterpiece.

If anyone suggests you view this disaster, you should immediately question their friendship!!
2026914
Hard to believe but this is the worst movie that's ever been made in the history of cinema
3454026
You would be hard pressed to find a horror film more ineptly made than this one.  The Slaughterhouse Massacre is embarrassingly wretched from start to finish, spilling even more clich&eacute;s than blood.  The stupidity of the whole thing is actually a little hard to believe; you would think even the most amateurish of filmmakers would do one thing right, just by accident, but not these guys.  If there's a human being walking around on this earth that could actually take any enjoyment from this movie, I sincerely hope I never meet him.

The movie starts out with a hot and bothered young blonde begging her boyfriend to take her to the slaughterhouse because nothing turns her on more than the blood and stench of poor slaughtered animals.  You can guess what happens.  Then, things get confusing because another murder is mentioned, one which led a group of guys to come and murder the suspect, Marty Sickle.  The killer's body was never found, though, so the legend is that you can bring Sickle back to life if you go to the slaughterhouse and recite a silly little poem.  Enter our main characters: Justin, the incredibly stupid football jock and Stacey, the reasonably hot chick that loves him (despite the fact he isn't exactly faithful to her), Justin's even dumber sidekick Bobby and his girlfriend Tina (who actually thinks going to the slaughterhouse and trying to raise a dead killer back to life sounds like fun).  Potential viewers, prepare for your mind to be rotted by egregious overacting in a college classroom, the lamest college party in history, characters so one-dimensional and annoying you would actually consider killing them yourself, incredibly bad special effects, and a killer lacking any presence whatsoever.

All of the available evidence suggests that no thought whatsoever went into the making of this movie.  Seriously, the sickle-wielding killer is named Marty Sickle, and there's a pothead character named Stoner.  Then there's the fact that this slaughterhouse, which has been abandoned for ten long years, still has electricity.  Oh, and did you know that animal blood doesn't dry up at all if you keep it in an open bucket for ten years?  Or that you should make as much noise as possible when trying to hide from a deranged killer?  Or that an unconscious person with a bum leg can still walk as long as someone holds on to her?

Believe me - I haven't even begun to plumb the inept stupidity of this movie.  This cinematic atrocity currently sports a 13 percent approval rating on a certain tomato-related site, and I'm seriously considering opening an investigation into how the rating on there can be even that high.  The Slaughterhouse Massacre is an utter travesty of a horror movie.
4313542
The premise for this film is HIGHLY improbable.  C'mon.  Not only is the story line improbable but it is just one long piece of propaganda.  Don't be fooled, it's not romantic.  It's not a comedy.  Also, I wonder:  How can an entire creative group such as the writer/producer/director/actors make such a horrible film?  I mean, really, how do they rationalize doing this kind of schlock?  One of the worst "films" I've ever seen.  And... I'm not done... the tempo of the film was painfully S-L-O-W, the dialogue unbelievably D-U-L-L.  Bleh, bleh, bleh.  Hated this film.  Okay. I'm through ranting.  Sorry for all the negativity.
3500348
I just saw this movie for the first time and I am sickened by the positive reviews it has gotten. Are we living on alternate planets? This was a HORRIBLE movie. The storyline and the characters were all completely unbelievable. The acting was so bad I sometimes didn't believe they were professional actors on the screen. I muscled through it hoping that something would eventually happen to redeem the movie. Even though I spent no money to watch this I am going to send a bill back to the makers of this movie for compensation for wasting my time and brain cells. I hope I will be able to keep my dinner down tonight. Do yourself a favor if you see it on cable, keep flipping channels. The shopping channel would be more interesting.