Tooth & Nail - After Dark Horror Fest (2007)

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 94 minutes Rating: R Product Description

Dumb premise

I had a very hard time getting in to this movie. First off we're not going to run out of oil for at least 200 years and the screenwriter tries to blow off actual known fact about oil supplies with a cop out of "They were wrong". Second, even if we did run out of oil cars can be converted to run on coal or even wood like has been done in places where oil became unavailable like in World War II.

Then we have a "group" of survivors who hate and mistrust each other. They supposedly live in a collapsed society but apparently only a couple are smart enough to even carry one weapon. How would they fight off the packs of wild dogs that would be overrunning the city? Oh, wait, the screenwriter was too stupid to think of that also.

They don't even twig on the fact that there's at least one guy running around who had killed Neon's boyfriend. (We'll ignore the idea that Neon and her beau are apparently walking to Florida but don't have the sense to carry backpacks, water bottles, .357 magnum pistols, hunting knives, extra clothes..... etc etc.) Heck they should have been able to at least find a couple of mountain bikes. How can you even care whether these people live or die when they are all so incredibly stupid and annoying?

This was just too too moronic to bother watching in full so after the 15 minute mark I ran it at 2x speed most of the time with the subtitles.

Of the After Dark movies I've seen so far this one joins Penny Dreadful at the bottom of the pile. Someone should tell the promo people for the After Dark series that claiming that movies are too shocking to have theatrical releases really means that they are too awful to have theatrical releases.

Rent these Horrorfest movies.. Don't buy any sight unseen. Half of them are just terrible. Some like Reincarnation are pretty good. But be cautious . December 20, 2008

Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth

I did not care much for many of the other reviews on this film. I watched "Mulberry Street" and "Borderland" and, personally, I thought this film blew them both away.
Michael Madsen's part had been described as too small. I agree that his part should have been larger; however, his acting ability made that part live as, perhaps, only he can do, with the character having an evil, yet carefree air to it.
I love "End of the World" movies and the reason for this one was very interesting (I won't give it away as some did).
Sure there were some screwy parts as well as some parts of the movie that flopped a bit. But, as a suspense thriller horror film, I found it kept my attention for most of the film (therefore, the 4 rating instead of 5". The film explained itself well and it was not an impossible setting; not one of those films that you had to "forget" some parts in order for it to be realistic. This one could happen.
I think I loved it best because, in the tradition of "Aliens", it has a woman as the heroine as well as a little girl. To make it even better, there was a woman as the head of the baddies. The battle scenes were well-done and the film did not have to have the women running around in skimpy little outfits (not that that is a bad thing) to keep the viewer's attention. There were few really stupid lines and enough good dialogue to keep the film intelligent. If you like well-done, low-budget films, then this one is a must-see. December 15, 2008

SLOW!!!!!!!

I love the Afterdark Horrorfest movies....but not this one. I fell asleep within a few minutes. It is SOOOOO incredibly slow. Everytime I woke up, I felt like I really hadn't missed anything. That's how slow it was. Also, it had WAY too much unnecessary graphic sex scenes. I felt like I watched more of a porn than a horror movie. October 22, 2008

Is Carradine still a nerd?

I thought this was one of the tops of 2007 horrorfest even though i felt this year was weaker then 2006. The plot is simple (eating and surviving)and easy to understand. It was to bad Michael M. had such a small part but the acting was good due to several veteran actors. This flick did have a few edge of your seat moments with the normal gore. I liked the idea for the ending as this was something entirely different. I did not find this movie boring as it kept me interested throughout but just don't expect this to become a classic. I found it entertaining and definitely a keeper for my collection. September 20, 2008

sholud be continued......

I read another reviewer say that these horrorfest movies shoulda been on a cable series like tales from the crypt or masters of horror and I completely agree. these simply aren't "good" enough to be feature films but I like watching them anyway and I think this one could have gone the distance because I like the premise of this probably better than any other horrofest film I've seen so far. this is what could happen when earth's resources diminish and it shows this without any ghosts or monsters. it shows people turning cannibal which is much more scary in my opinion because these flesh eaters are organized and people need to eat to live so its more truthful and real in that aspect July 30, 2008

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