Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder Review
Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder came out in 1997 and was directed
by the ever-shameless Jamie Dixon. We have used science (and possibly the box cover)
to determine that this movie fits perfectly into the "Horror" genre.
During the time we had our polls open, 1 cunty viewers just like
you weighed in on Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder. 1 of 'em thought it was great!
0 thought it was shit. Takes all kinds.
This is a Dave and Jim's B-Movie Review. This review was written some time between 1996 and 2001.
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Dave's Review
I think that the commendable thing about this movie is that it has a little bit of everything: demons, cults, nudity, slayings, and evil. It could also be said that having a little bit of everything is the movie's downfall. By catering to everyone, it's often hard to really excel in one specific area. Well, I guess you could go all out and make a totally insane splatterfest. But every once in a while it's nice to take a step back and do a little cult/evil/demon priest movie. That's where Shadowbuilder comes in. Now if only we could convince the shy camera to show us all of that cool violence...
Dave broke it down like so:
Technology: 5 Action: 5 Nudity: 4 Coolness: 7 Badguys: 8 Gore: 3 Shock: 3 Dialog: 3 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 5 Plot: 6 Length: Fine Overall: 5
Jim's Review
The best thing about this movie is the first 15 minutes, it had some of the best Cult/sacrifice settings I have ever seen (that's a lot coming from me). The Demon was the second best thing about this movie. The Plot was incomprehensible for the first 2/3rds of the film, but once the plot was finally revealed, you could see that it was not random violence and death, but there was a reasonably complex plot running, it was just impossible to understand till you looked back at it. I also felt the dialog had much to be desired. The movie also had little violence that was on screen, it was all implied, I personally like to see people dismembered on screen, and I don't like it when the camera only suggests that it is occurring. But that is just personal taste. Over all I kind of liked it, I think it could just use some more violence and gore.
Jim broke it down like so:
Technology: 6 Action: 4 Nudity: 3 Coolness: 7 Badguys: 7 Gore: 2 Shock: 1 Dialog: 2 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 5 Plot: 7 Length: Short Overall: 6