StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
Ceticultsot
Beautiful, moving film.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
suite92
In a small Washington town, church from the 18th century burns down, releasing a trapped parasite. The parasite infests a fireman who had the bad luck to fall down at the scene. The parasite induces the host to connect with other people. The parasite kills the host and travels to the next.The sheriff is Jesse's uncle, and Scott is recently out of prison. Even worse, the uncle framed Scott's father with the crimes that sent him to prison. Scott and Jesse have to research the parasite and stop it.Will Scott and Jesse stop this public hazard? Will either of them survive? Will the endless sequence of belches ever end?-----Scores-----Cinematography: 8/10 Good looking except for a regular smidgen of shaky cam.Sound: 6/10 Music was used to no effect.Acting: 0/10 Terrible. No competent actors, and the direction seemed to be just as weak.Screenplay: 2/10 Not much of a story, badly told, with absurd dialog and wobbly logic. The actors did not have much to work with. The clichés at the end did not help.
ctomvelu-1
IMDb's synopsis for SCOURGE reads far better than the movie itself. An ancient evil is accidentally released in our time and jumps from body to body as it goes about doing something or other. I was never sure what. A young man is suspected of a string of murders, which actually is the thing jumping from body to body (through the belly button, I might add) and leaving each former victim dead dead dead. The creature is a close copy of the alien creature from THE HIDDEN, which also leaps from body to body as it goes about its business, which involves eating a lot, driving a very fast car, trying out sex for the first time, and running for president. At least that creature had a purpose. This one doesn't seem to know what it wants. The creature effects are not bad, but the acting is from hunger and there's little plot. I watched this on DVD one day and SPLINTER, about a parasite that attacks and absorbs people's bodies, on TV the next day. Watch SPLINTER instead. Or THE HIDDEN, which I first saw in the movies and consider a semi-classic, even if it is a knockoff of ALIEN and THE TERMINATOR.
JoeB131
This movie takes the typical small town where the misunderstood kid from the wrong side of the tracks is blamed for a series of murders actually caused by an ancient creature that was soaked in a bottle of wine for 130 years and buried under a church. (Gee, why isn't the nice, clean-cut, churchgoing valedictorian ever the hero of a film like this? No, no, it's going to be the kid destined to a petty criminal record and menial jobs for the rest of his life!) The performances had some funny moments, like when the leading lady had to get the current host of the creature to go with her, she said "I'm going to sleep with the fattest ugliest guy in the bar." Yup, prejudice against the overweight is the last acceptable bigotry in PC America.Of course, you have to check your logic at the door, such as if the Church has special investigators who hunt these things and have had for centuries, how did they miss this one when it was secretly buried IN A CHURCH! The other bit of illogic is that each host is attacked, apparently doesn't remember having a nasty worm like alien enter their body, and never think to seek medical help when their bodies start giving out on them. "Gee, a big chunk of my forehead just popped off, maybe I should see someone about that!"
surfer-lancealot
well usually don't watch b-rate movies but the name interested me.... so here i am watching this epic fail and i just thought i would lay down a comment... while the movie was entertaining and interesting its all been done before however this has a particularly weak dialogue and storyline and the acting was terrible.... however i blame the script not the actors.... The cinematography wasn't bad and the graphic effect of the "monster" wasn't bad either (for a b movie).... I have seen a lot worse movies if u have nothing else to do then maybe give this a look but otherwise give it a miss... i got the movie from start to finnish but further dialogue to explain the situation in more detail would have made the movie better.... well don't want to add any spoilers but a better explanation or more of the churches involvement would have been prudent... as the movie does start with a church... idk my thoughts yes no maybe... gave it 4 because it wasn't a total fail but if you are reading this don't bother....
