Best Slasher Movies

I remember when news broke that Uwe Boll was making a movie based on the tunnel rats in the Veitnam war. Anyone at all familiar with his work immediately started predicting the worst. Boll has built up quite a reputation for himself – and not the kind of reputation most people would want. The problem with that is, if I skipped Boll’s movies because of his reputation like most people seem to do, I would’ve skipped Tunnel Rats and that would’ve been a shame.

Good job, Uwe. You finally made a terrific movie.

Tunnel Rats is everything it needs to be – brutal, honest and unflinching. Ignore the typical deluge of negative reviews that Uwe Boll’s movies usually get. I have a suspicion that those panning Tunnel Rats didn’t even take the time to watch it. That’s sad. They missed out on one of the best movies about the Vietnam war in a long time.

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Seed is… uh, not an easy movie to watch – even for the most depraved gore-hound. I myself almost didn’t make it through the opening scene. The point of having real life Peta footage of animals getting tortured and killed was lost on me. There is a little disclaimer saying they were included as social commentary and an address for Peta is given. That may have been fine had any comment on society been made. The footage is used in a more sensational and exploitative way than to further make a point about animal cruelty. I really am at a loss here, folks and that feeling didn’t go away for the duration of the film.

There is a lot of great gore. I can say that for it. The movie is a bloody mess and for that reason alone I’m posting it on this site. Not all the movies I post here are among my favorites because that’s not what this site is about. This site is about blood and guts and hey, sometimes I bend the rules. Sometimes I post movies that are a little light on the gore but heavy in the horror. In the interest of pleasing my audience, I think it’s only fair that I post Seed so you can choose to watch it if the mood strikes you. I just want to make sure that by posting it here, no one is under the mistaken idea that I’m actually endorsing or recommending it.

It wasn’t just the animal footage that bothered me about Seed, although it may be what bothered me most. The entire premise felt hollow and empty – and more than a little ridiculous. The police seem like halfwits and the killer seems almost supernatural in the way he can be every where at once. I can over look that in a horror movie if it’s entertaining or fun, but this movie is neither.

Now, I’m not against Uwe Boll as a lot of people seem to be. Anyone that challenges their critics to boxing matches (even if the bad reviews are more than a little fair) is okay in my books. I’m not even going to say all his movies are horrid. I haven’t seen them all. I’m one of the few people that liked Alone in the Dark, They Wait and Bloodrayne. That said, this movie… has no point and although that’s true of a lot of slasher movies, most of them don’t try to pretend they do. Bunch of kids get hacked to bits, the end. Seed seems to want to say something, but it falls short – way short.

I commend Uwe Boll’s efforts on behalf of animal right. He really seems to be passionately against animal abuse and torture, but I think the footage in question could’ve been better used. Not nearly enough was done with it to make a valid – or even close to valid – point.

So enough of that. I think I’ve made it pretty clear how I feel about what doesn’t work with Seed. Here’s what does. Uwe Boll has succeeded in making a film that is truly disturbing, graphic and frightening. There are some extremely disturbing images and some excellent gore (especially the five-minute scene with a hammer). If nothing else, Seed is a good movie for conversation even if it’s just a 500+ word rant to an invisible audience about why you thought it sucked.

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