3 Tunnels 2 Hell (aka “Serenity Farm”)

Cheapo flick about a man who acts like a bad actor who inherits a farm on an island in Washington populated by other people who act like bad actors (except one, see below), only to discover tunnels on the property with zombified creatures dwelling in them. An entirely amateur effort that manages to distinguish itself by being just a scintalla more clever than the usual bottom-of-the-barrel amateur horror movie fare, plus some oddly somewhat-adequate cinematography and orchestral score, both also just a scintilla better than these kind of awful movies usual are, plus one mid-movie soliloquy from a crusty old guy who, strikingly, can actually act, recounting the genesis of the monsters with all the gravity of Brando in Apocalypse Now.

It was funny, in the first seconds of the movie, the strings kick in on the score, and I was like, "That's kind of good background music for a shitty amateur horror movie."

Lest you think any of that is praise, though, think about this: this movie begins with two escaped prisoners running through the woods, and you can see how bad the acting is even from just that. How bad an actor do you have to be not to be able to run convincingly?

I sort of liked it for it's odd not-quite-totally-awful moments... although "liked" feels like a bit too strong a word. Let's just say, I was less put off than I usually am by these kind of cheapo productions.


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