Laid to Rest (2009)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Robert Hall

Writer:

Robert Hall (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Knife | Florida | Loss Of Friend | Knocked Out

Cast

Bobbi Sue Luther	...	The Girl
Kevin Gage	...	Tucker
Lena Headey	...	Cindy
Sean Whalen	...	Steven
Richard Lynch	...	Mr. Jones
Johnathon Schaech	...	Johnny
Thomas Dekker	...	Tommy
Nick Principe	...	Chrome Skull
Jana Kramer	...	Jamie
Lucas Till	...	Young Store Clerk
Anthony Fitzgerald	...	Anthony
Seri DeYoung	...	Bound Girl

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, some sexual content, nudity and brief drug use.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company:

Dry County Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The cell phone which has the password would not need a password to enable it to call 911. For more than 10 years, there have been no cell phones made with service in North America that won't allow you to dial 911 even when they are "locked" by a password or with an expired or suspended account.

Movie Connections:

References "Hawaii Five-O" (1968)

Gory but fun!

Most of the horror movies i have watched over the the last year or so have lacked many things , all of which i have covered extensively in the past but the blindingly obvious one is Gore . When i was much younger, horror movies were renowned for their gory shock value . The Evil Dead films being the best example .

Many of Horror directors today ,cheat by fobbing off the audience with cheap , substandard CGI gore and they seemed to have made the art of genuine horror make up a thing of the past. Although" Laid To Rest " wont be classed a classic movie ,director Robert Hall has made a film that has enough realistic looking torn flesh and ripped tendons to fulfil the most blood thirsty horror fan.

"Laid to Rest," is the terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by ChromeSkull , a metal-masked serial killer with the money and means to emulate the 1980s Slashers.

Isolated in an unfamiliar rural town, "the Girl" and those who have come to her aid must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined murderer – who video records his vicious killings and is determined to finish his masterpiece tape featuring "the Girl."

My first impressions of " Laid to Rest" were that this was going to be a low budget , straight to DVD kind of movie . The one you see at the Rental shop that's sits on it's own on the bottom shelf amongst the other Turkeys.

I was wrong.

Although the " The madman on the loose" plot is not very original , this had something about it that i really liked. I'm not sure if it was a deliberate ploy by the director to give this a B movie feel or if this is genuinely a B movie?( What is the criteria for a film to be called a "B" ?) but either way it has a charm about it that's undeniable. The acting is pretty wooden as you would expect but that seems entirely appropriate for this film and it's also funny.

It helps having a gorgeous actress like Bobbi Sue Luther playing the lead . Not the most accomplished performance i have ever seen but perfect as " The Girl" Her character acts as the eye candy factor which helps counteract the extreme violence.

The make up and special affects are outstanding. The gore is of the highest quality and is certainly not short in quantity.

What i like is that this film requires no though process whatsoever ( just a gag reflex!) and is a perfect 90 minutes release from the real world.

Not a film for the squeamish but i recommend it for fans of real gore.

7 out of 10