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Vegas Vampires  (2007)

I have a theory that there is no such thing as a bad horror movie. A horror movie that is truly terrible becomes hilarious, and this one proves my point.

It is badly acted, badly edited and the special effects look like they are lifted straight from a 1980's video game. It is probably the funniest movie I have seen this year (so far - there are many, many horror movies I have yet to see)

****SPOILER****

I don't know why Daniel Baldwin is even in this movie. He shows up once at the beginning and once at the end of the movie, and doesn't do anything to advance what little plot there is. I hope he got well payed for what amounts to little more than a cameo appearance.

If you like bad horror movies (like me), watch this. If you don't, don't even bother.

Under discussion:

Attack of the Crab Monsters  (1957)

A giant brain eating crab monster, that cannot be harmed by any weapon and communicates in the voices of its victims, and with plans of world domination. Just another one of those "Nature Mutated By Radiation" movies. This is a funny movie now, but is just another in a long line of movies playing on the fears of its time. The fx are cheesy (but probably state of the art in 1957), the giant crabs especially, with their human eyes.

The final demise of the creature is fairly typical. Definately one for those of us who love cheesy horror/sci-fi.

Under discussion:

Dark Harbor  (1999)

A strangely compelling, weird little movie. Rickman and Walker play off each other well as a bickering couple. Reedus, the young good looking stranger, is a little obvious, but his Marilyn Monroe impersonation is, well, disturbing.

There are a few good plot twists, a nice primer on mushroom picking and a fairly obvious choice of murder weapon, but the ending is still a bit surprising.

That being said, the movie was well made and well paced and has an interesting feel too it.

Worth a watch.