Review: It's Alive (2008)

It's Alive

IMDB rate: 3,6

Genre: Killer Kid

It's Alive is one of those horror movies that I bought without knowing what it's about. I can't even remember anymore where exactly I bought it but I already figured that this movie can't be too good.  Damn, was I right. Again, I watched this movie in a not too sober state and in contrast with Black Sheep, this movie is not so bad that it's good. This movie is just bad.

Come on, if a movie is not even funny when you're drunk then it must be terrible ;D.

Pregnant college student Lenore Harker leaves college before the end of the semester to move to an isolated house with her boyfriend Frank. When Lenore is ready to deliver the baby, they drive to the hospital. In the surgery room, the two doctors and the two nurses are found slaughtered and Lenore and the baby are found covered in blood. When Lenore is released, the family returns to Frank's house where things are getting weird...

My friend and I figured out that this movie should be between Bride of Chucky and  Seed of Chucky. The ending of Bride of Chucky would have fitted perfectly with this movie. The killing baby could have been a puppet so that it's indeed Glen/Glenda, this is mainly because the baby is that CGI-obvious that it easily could have been the doll. It looks terrible!

And sorry but how bad is that mother if her baby can crawl out of the cage MULTIPLE TIMES, to kill the mothers friends? If this happens once, ok that sucks but you do something about it! Lock the kid up, at least check up on it every few minutes. Don't be a dick and accept that your child is that fucked up that you need to do something about it. Don't be all chill that your child just killed all of your best friends. 

The acting is horrible, if your baby just killed one of your friends, or a rabbit for that matter, on a brutal way, you are not going to be all Kristen Stewart about it.

Honestly, this is a really weird movie. A young student gets a baby, baby is fucked up and kills everyone and everyone is being chill about it. I'm sorry, but where the fuck was the father all this time? Why do you keep covering up for your fucked up baby? How can the baby even do this? Or how the hell can an adult not defend themselves from an one week old baby?! It's all just too ridiculous and there are no explanations given whatsoever, it's just a lame slaughter movie.

I honestly can't recommend watching this movie to anyone. It's really crap and not even funny crap. Terrible acting and especially a terrible script.
Oh, and as my friend noticed correctly, where the hell was the Frankenstein reference with a title like that?

My personal rate: 1/10

Review: Orphan (2009)

Orphan

IMDB rate: 6,9

Genre: Killer Kids

It has been quite some time since I last saw this movie. I remember that when I first saw it I did not like it a lot. But now I've seen it again I remember why, it's a very long and unsettling movie. There are a few annoying moments in it but overall it's a reasonable movie.

Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their troubled marriage. Kate had a drinking problem, but is in therapy and is doing well. She has been sober for one year. The couple decide to adopt a child. When they meet the nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther, at the St. marina Orphanage, they immediately fall in love with the well-educated orphan. Their young son, Daniel, is hostile to his new sister; but their deaf daughter, little Max, is enchanted with her - at first. Eventually, Kate begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and possibly even psychologically disturbed. John refused to listen to his wife's misgivings, and the wounds in their marriage reopen. Kate calls Sister Abigail at the orphanage, and the nun informs her that Esther has a troubled and mysterious history. Kate delves further into Esther's past and discovers she is not all she pretends to be.

Since watching this movie for the first time I grew an immense disliking for the actrice Isabelle Fuhrman, but now I saw it again I know why... She's a brilliant actress in this movie and her role is so brutal and scumbag-ish, that it's quite hard to not dislike her. I dislike her in a way as in I dislike Daeg Faerch from the Halloween remake, they both play the scumbag role that well, that it's hard to not dislike them. They're both great actors.

Not too sure what to think of Vera Farmiga, to be honest, I like her sister Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) a bit better as an actress. I find Vera a bit plain in this movie and she's kinda stupid for her actions. She should talk more to her husband instead of immediately hurting Esther, the way she does it in the movie she looks like the bad guy instead of Esther.

Peter Sarsgaard is also kinda dumb in the movie, the entire movie he is all protective about Esther and suddenly in the last scene he says that she is indeed a scumbag. Dude, couldn't you sat that earlier? Because of your ignorance, your wife and son are in the hospital. The switch between protective and aware of Esther's true nature came a bit too sudden I think. Also, his acting abilities were a bit boring to be honest. His face was all emotionless the entire movie.

I think Orphan has an excellent storyline. The entire movie you think that Esther is just a real scumbag kid that's kinda fucked up inside her head, but then there's a plot twist and it changes quite a lot I think. I would have liked to know why she is like this though, it might have been kinda interesting. But since the movie was already too long for my taste, I think that adding more about Esther's history would have been too much.

I also watched the alternative ending, where you see that Esther is alive and well in her room and is being taken by the police. I did not really like this ending, it was kinda boring and it made me sad that she won.

The movie is very dark and has some brutal scenes. I think it was a very good movie but some moments were a bit annoying. Especially the parts where John's (Peter Sarsgaard) ignorance was being shown. Also, I really dislike movies where talking to each other seems to be difficult. If everyone would just talk normal to each other, there wouldn't have been a lot less issues. Of course, this is only a movie and talking would be taking out the tension, but a bit more talking would have been appreciated.

Overall this is a decent movie. It has some very story moments but also a few weaker ones. The acting of Isabelle Fuhrman is amazing and that makes it definitely worth a watch.

My personal rate: 6,5/10