Carver

2008 "Screaming only excites him."
4.5| 1h37m| R| en
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Based on a true story, Carver depicts the real life events of five 20-something's that went camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge and never returned.

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Finney/Thompson Entertainment

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Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
arfdawg-1 Claimed to be based a true event, only it never happened. The film starts out OK but goes downhill right after the credits. Nothing is believable in this movie. Nothing. Typical story -- a bunch of kids on vacation get hung up with a crazy psycho killer who likes to chop body parts -- hence the title.So poorly directed. So poorly written. So poorly acted. A good third of the film appears to have been doctored in post production to lighten up the image. You'll spend your time wondering why the video looks so weird.Don't waste your time on this one. It's not even HAHA bad. It's just bad.
Cristian Bocan OK, first i think i have to thank both the director and the writer of this film for giving me another opportunity to practice my writing skills... Thank you! Now let's get on with the "huaa"s... What surprised me from the very beginning was the song they were playing during the first seconds of the movie... I knew this was a horror and mainly because of that i was expecting something else. Still, i thought maybe i am too conservative and the movie is different from others the like ('finnaly' - i said to myself). But, guess what? I actually was too conservative and the movie was NOT different (even worse). However, i kept watching...So the song ends ('thank god') and the characters begin to appear. Normal conversation, nice surroundings, adequate actors, average acting... I was still hoping ('well, this just might be a good movie'). Everything was great until The Killer joins the party (and, obviously, ruins it - big time). I felt like watching someone playing a computer game - you know, when you keep hitting your opponent and he just doesn't die! Anyway, this is a horror, so let's give him the special enchanted armor a regular killer has... But for Christ sake! There were times when everything was so unbelievable fake (starting with how they were moving and falling and rising after taking several major damage points)!! The entire 'building the personality' process - which wasn't that bad for a horror - was totally ruined by this bad acting. But don't blame the actors! They could have done better! It was the writer or the director (whatever, who's in charge with this?) who made this movie so bad! Despide the cruelty and the intense violence (and, let's be honest here, not so violent after all! i mean, i've seen worse), there was one scene i saw at least two times because, surprisingly, it was too funny: one kills another with a tool, but you can actually see how the victim tries to place himself in the perfect position to be executed and as the executioner makes the move you can hear a sound (special effect) like those from old Japanese movies when they used swords to kill each other. Funny. Very funny! And do i need to say something about the ending? Of course, NO motive, no explanation, no real ending - just some more killing. And the song - so from another planet than the movie!!Conclusion: unless you don't have anything better to do and want to see some violence and some tomato sauce (with extra water added - i guess a low budget feature), do not watch this crap!
Allan Brunke I watched Carver with my girlfriend a few nights ago and as I was watching I soon realized that this movie was following the simple rules of dying in a horror movie. You know, sex, drugs/drinking, camping in the middle of nowhere, helping out some creepy guy in a diner.Although the death scenes were very predictable and I was found saying "Well, he's going to die." It still kept me entertained with a lot of bloody scenes, including one that will make the guys, like me, cringe in their seats.The ending was a little bizarre, but again predictable, something about having a character in the movie with the last name Carver sort of gave it away, but it was a very clean and what I like to call a "That's gonna be a sequel," ending.All in all this was a very good effort by a lower budget company and they deserve any and all props for this movie. The actors put forth an awesome effort especially that of main actor, Neil Kubath, who I think will have a very good career ahead of him in the coming years. This movie is totally worth the watch.Congrats to all for an awesome job.
jammer53 i guess we all have to start somewhere,this is one of those movies that one day will be remade maybe by the same guy and what he has learned will make him a better director/ producer.as stated the actors needed more depth, i did learn the words to turkey in the straw so not a total loss. the inn keeper or what ever that PLace was has a good southern accent most likely real, he may have been the bright spot. overall the movie was a bit too dark to see , i wanted to turn on all the lights in my house. gore was too dark to give the heave ho feeling, but again there actors did their best, script wise it was at least 2 rewrites from where it could be a much better movie and that is the problem now that i think of it.. the script was jumbled never flowed, so watch it learn from it , it was an indie i think but i have seen some kick butt indie movies ...clerk, a dogs breakfast, so i know it can be done..but someone told me horror films were the hardest to make and this proves it