I'm so mad I watched this that I want to hit something. I refuse to believe this was actually a finished product. Home Sick (the title makes no sense) is about a group of friends (who don't seem to like each other at all) who are attending a welcome home gathering for one girl. During the lame wingding, Bill Moseley shows up with a suitcase full of razor blades and asks each guest to name who they hate. They do, and then one says he hates everyone at the party. Those named specifically start dying, which leads the "friends" to realize they're next. And somehow a demon gets involved.
The only thing this dreck has going for it is piles of gore. And honestly, it's refreshing that "Home Sick" is an old fashioned splatter movie. Almost every death is shown in splattery red detail, and since I hated every character, I was glad to watch them go so graphically.
Moseley is charming and weird, but only in the film for a few minutes. Tiffany Shepis almost gives a performance, but everyone else is unbelievably bad. People laugh for no reason. Who the hell was the guy in the garage with the glasses?? What was up with the demon guy having a lock of hair in the middle of an oozing scalp? Did the director REALLY tell the guy playing "Tim" to act like that? And saddest of all was Tom Towles, who started off being typically great and then lowered himself to the material.
There's a reason this crap stayed on the shelf for as long as it did. Maybe someday it will be recast and re-edited and make a tolerable movie. As it is, I'm only giving a generous 4 because of all delightful red stuff.
The only thing this dreck has going for it is piles of gore. And honestly, it's refreshing that "Home Sick" is an old fashioned splatter movie. Almost every death is shown in splattery red detail, and since I hated every character, I was glad to watch them go so graphically.
Moseley is charming and weird, but only in the film for a few minutes. Tiffany Shepis almost gives a performance, but everyone else is unbelievably bad. People laugh for no reason. Who the hell was the guy in the garage with the glasses?? What was up with the demon guy having a lock of hair in the middle of an oozing scalp? Did the director REALLY tell the guy playing "Tim" to act like that? And saddest of all was Tom Towles, who started off being typically great and then lowered himself to the material.
There's a reason this crap stayed on the shelf for as long as it did. Maybe someday it will be recast and re-edited and make a tolerable movie. As it is, I'm only giving a generous 4 because of all delightful red stuff.