Death Do Us Part (2014) Reviews

• Slightly above C "in the woods" horror.

  gothic-fiction2014-04-20

  Surprisingly enough the plot was actually kinda complex. Sure, had its holes but once the action starts you do start do wonder a thing or two. So let's begin: the acting was B+ for a horror, I was relatively impressed; the characters were maybe a tad bit cheesy, only wrong element being the "creeper". That one completely failed in my book; Camera work was good, better than your usual flick in the woods horror; plot came with a twist which shows that the producers actually put their brains at work; last but not least, death scenes, weak. Tho 3 lovely girls are involved, all of them with huge cleavages, nudity won't make an appearance here. Little blood, a few good friendly jokes and the usual "let's split and everybody run in one direction waiting for the script to decide who dies next". The reason I said C and not B will be explained once you view this. Which brings me to the next question: do I recommend it? Well, it could work if you are a fanatic in horror and you wanna add one more to the collection. In rest, although an effort was put into it, you can clearly see that it's missing the punch! Characters were indeed explored a little but in the end it had to be a horror and acted too little like one. Watch it and you'll most likely feel the same. Cheers!

• A terribly bad B-movie (Not B from Boobs)

  peterp-450-2987162014-04-22

  Sometimes one wonders why he has made the effort to start watching a particular film and how he could think it would be a pleasant time waster. "Death do us part " contains elements of a slasher film and a common mystery movie. But it contains all the worst elements. A group of young people going on stag weekend in a godforsaken place far from civilization . Of course you do that if you want to keep such a party and don't want anyone to witness the riotous festivities that will erupt there , I suppose. The cheerful couple who are going to give their consent the following week is Kennedy and Ryan. She is apparently the daughter of a wealthy family (with also a mental illness apparently), and he's some loser who has more to answer for than you may suspect . They are accompanied by the sister Hannah, a good friend Emily , Ryan's best man Chet and his cousin Derek who also has a rather dark past . The welcome committee alone would already make me turn around and return to the civilization ASAP. Bo, the owner of the bungalow, is not exactly a paragon of kindness and is quite frightening and threatening. The dead starlings on the porch , he cleans up reluctantly with a spade after he concludes in an intelligent way that they are indeed dead . A terrible way to bring humor in this film , and it gave a good idea what was to follow . What ultimately was the purpose of these dead birds , I couldn't figure out . An attempt to make it lugubrious and mysterious perhaps? We can't really talk about performances. It's more like a failure in performing. The three main female characters were probably selected based on the weight of their breasts. The higher the weight, the more important the role. After a while I was even convinced that their cup-size effortlessly defeated their IQ in numbers. Totally unconvincing , and they looked like members of a youth movement running around in the threatening woods anxious and panicky. The three male protagonists tried to be tough, except Chet who behaved throughout the film as a drunken fooler. Eventually they behaved like a bunch of sissies who are running back and forth through the woods and at every suspicious noise they react like real cowards. The moment they try to flee by car and they want to check the engine was hilarious. Eventually it becomes a "who-is-now-the-main suspect" game, where you'll be put on the wrong foot a huge amount of times. Bo is of course suspicious. The guy looks a bit like Lurch from "The Addams Family", and appears every time where you least expect it and saunters around with a dangerous looking ax. Eventually, you may expect a surprising plot and a not so surprising ending. Don't expect a real massacre. That was really a major disappointment. Conclusion: A terribly bad B-movie that doesn't look like a slasher movie at all. No suspense, no gory murder scenes and a total lack of scares. More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.com/

• Awful

  arfdawg-12014-08-08

  Kennedy Jamieson, a wealthy socialite, has waited her whole life to have the perfect wedding. Engaged to the charming Ryan Harris, the young couple is just a week away from the big day but hasn't had a chance to celebrate their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties. Ryan's best man Chet books a remote cabin in the woods to throw them a 'Jack and Jill' stag that they'll never forget. Out in the middle of nowhere, things take a horrifying turn as members of the group are brutally picked off one by one. What started out as a celebration quickly descends into a bloody nightmare. Friendships are ripped apart and accusations fly in this blood filled psychological horror with a whodunit twist. OK so if I arrived at a cabin and the creepy gate keeper was a retardo I'd leave. But that's me and then there would be no movie. Then if on the porch there were a bunch of dead birds I'd leave. But then it's this movie. It's not good. Excruciatingly slow and poorly written. No real sex no real nudity no real point. Another review said the girls have big jugs. You don't see them. In the only "sex" scent the girl has ALL her clothes on. I mean ALL! She never drops her pants nor unbuckles them! How is that possible.

• Wedding in the woods

  kosmasp2014-10-20

  Not really, but cabin in the woods is overused. Oh wait: everything shown here is overused. The soon to be husband, who might not be real marriage material, the girlfriend who has a best friend, who really is into their friendship. And so on and so on, with more stock characters. Also while it's not a bad thing, the present setting (with a bit of "mystery") with a person narrating what happened, might work for other movies, but is just another thing that doesn't work here either. Especially considering what happens at the very end ... which just happens ... for no reason at all. Anyway, there are not that many effects, though they are nicely done. Acting-wise you shouldn't expect too much. As already made clear the script is really not good either. Could've been a lot better, but as it is, a waste of time

• I THOUGHT I SAID NO PARTY!

  nogodnomasters2018-10-09

  A group of six people go away for a weekend prior to a wedding. Wealthy anxiety prone Kennedy (Julia Benson) is getting married to Ryan (Peter Benson). The party includes Kennedy's older slightly jealous half sister Hannah (Christine Chatelain). Emily (Emilie Ullerup ) is a super friend to Kennedy. Chet (Kyle Cassie) is the best man who wants to get back with Hannah while Derek (Benjamin Ayres) is the confrontational old buddy of Ryan. He knows stuff about Ryan that make Ryan uneasy. He has his eye on Emily. They are renting a place from the overly creepy Bo (Dave Collette). The film smartly takes it time to build and establish character and have minor confrontations. About 50 minutes or so when the body count starts to mount in this who-dun-it, the film seems to fall apart. There was nothing spectacular in the killings. The panic aspect didn't seem to work. The plot, which was well woven in the beginning, frays shortly after the first death with one of the main suspects getting killed first. Nice little twist on the end. Too bad they couldn't deliver the middle game. Parental guide: F-bomb. male rear nudity. Fully clothed sex...what was that about?