Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Paul Magne Haakonsen The reasons for why I opted to sit down and watch "Charlie's Farm" was solely because of two things; of which the first was that it is a horror movie, and the second being that Kane Hodder is in the movie. It turns out that my horror heart skipped a beat when I saw that Bill Moseley also was in this movie - a fact which had eluded me."Charlie's Farm" started out quite nicely with some brutality and slayings, so the scene and mood of the movie was established right away. So it was off to an impressive start.The atmosphere of the movie and the build up of the storyline is very reminiscent of the horror movies from the 1990s, so there is a sense of familiarity and nostalgia to be experienced here. Personally, I think that worked out well in favor of the movie.The cast was for the most part quite interesting in this movie. I was initially thrilled to have Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley together in a horror movie, but was somewhat disheartened when I came to realize that they didn't actually have any on-screen time together. Also, I feel somewhat bamboozled because Kane Hodder didn't really have that big of a role in this movie. Now, I don't claim to be much of a fan of Tara Reid, and for some reason she looks exactly the same in every movie she is in, exactly the same - so she could potentially just be the same character in all of her movies.The special effects, props and make-up department had done some pretty good work in bringing the movie to life on the screen, and the gore and mayhem looked rather realistic, which really added to the enjoyment of the movie. Well, at least most of the time anyway, there were moments when it was obviously a prosthetic being used, and was painstakingly visibly so.I have to admit to having a good laugh when Kane Hodder was standing in the dark and asking "is that you Jason?"If you enjoy the old school slasher horror genre then you will most definitely get a kick out of "Charlie's Farm". However, the movie does follow that traditional blueprint of how the horror movies were made back then, so on that note don't expect any great surprises in terms of innovation or creativity.

CousinBagunca If you're stepping into this territory, you gotta know what you're in for. Welcome to a slasher B-movie! That sums up the whole thing.The movie is short if you compare it with today's standards; and, for a short movie, I think the storyline got kinda messed up. It seems like they took too long trying to put the audience up to the facts, but then they realized that they had only a short time to start making things happen and so they rushed the finale in. When the storyline gets real, it's already the end of the movie.I'm not saying that's a terrible thing. I mean, c'mon! Halloween (1978) did the same thing and it's considered a classic! What I'm saying is that this movie is for those that enjoy a slow paced movie. Storyline is given to you without rush. Only thing, though, that got rushed was the ending.The villain was OK, generic, but rather fine. I think they could've put more work into it. He's no personality whatsoever and often you'll be agreeing with the townspeople about him being a retard. At first, I thought he was not, but when you're introduced properly to him, you get the point straight up.I can't say this movie is worth watching, by any means. It's bland and shallow. Though, for its short length, I'd say you wouldn't be losing too much for watching it. It's just another slasher B-movie. Nothing to it.

dcarsonhagy Yet another hackneyed been-there-done-that recycled rubbish regarding stupid people, an old abandoned house with a legend, and six people who ALL apparently had a death wish. "Charlie's Farm" proves there are absolutely no new ideas out there for the horror genre. It seems some sort of family resided there, killed backpackers, and then ate them. That would certainly be on MY bucket list to visit, but I digress.Four people decide to visit these legendary haunts, even though they are warned at every turn to stay away. Tara Reid plays one of the people who have no spine and simply doesn't know when to give up and just stay at home. Why anybody would want to give up luxuries of an in-ground pool and civilization to go lurking about abandoned buildings (with a past, no less) still escapes me. One of my running complaints is that a cell phone never works out in the woods. This point, however, is made abundantly clear in the first of the film when one of the dudes tells Tara Reid not to bother to take her phone because it will get no service. That is all I'll discuss about this overused plot line.I just reviewed another lesser known horror film ("Judas Ghost"), which pleasantly surprised me, and one of the reasons it surprised me, was because the writer made ALL the characters in that movie likable. Not here. The one loud-mouth oaf named Donkey (and I'm sure you can guess why), I wanted to immediately die. The others were too stupid to live. The pacing was horrible. It took the story FOREVER to really get started. You get flashbacks and all sorts of other unnecessary filler to bump up the time limit, I suppose. Tara Reid looks like she's 60 years old. Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder make appearances...just for the sake of making appearances. This movie finally proved (to me at least) that Bill Moseley cannot act. His 1-note acting ability has proved very tiresome. Unlike the characters he's played in other movies, e.g. Chop Top in TCM 2 and brother Firefly in "The Devil's Rejects," his characters have now all become caricatures with absolutely no life in them.This movie is rated "R" for disturbing images, some nasty kills, and major stupidity.

David Hine "Charlie's Farm" could have been a modern-day classic. Undoubtedly designed to take advantage of the increased interest in Australian Horror movies created by "Wolf Creek" the makers have chosen a less cerebral, slasher path here and have come up with a pretty gory film. The storyline is flimsy (pure clichéd slasher movie contents including the clueless pretty blondes and their dickhead boyfriends, locals who tell them "don't go there!", even a campfire scene for telling scary stories, and, of course, gore, gore and even more gore..) and while Bill Moseley shone as Charlie's demented dad, the rest of the cast at best struggled with the task at hand (especially the totally underwhelming performance from Tara Reid - one of the "Home and away" kids could have done better). The effects were delightfully amateurish and I'd love to know how much fake blood they went through!But where the movie fell over was Charlie; his grotesqueness and size was so exaggerated it was funny. In fact when Melanie is running away from Charlie I'm sure she is laughing, not screaming in fear. Whichever way, it was a good watch and my partner and I still laugh about it.