Bone Sickness

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06/26/2012 This forgettable zombie flick commits one of the cardinal sins of the genre -- it's boring as hell! Furthermore, its plot is so convoluted and serpentine, it would have confused Salvadore Dali. At a running time of 1:38, one might imagine the pacing would be brisk. One would be wrong. At one point, I thought it must be wrapping up soon, but no -- I was barely 10 minutes into the thing! It went on, and on, and bloody on; by the time it was over, it felt as though several weeks had gone by. Another major mistake was in populating the film world with no likeable characters. Giving this half a star is being overly generous. Heed my advice: Do not waste your time on this drivel! Remove it from your Netflix queue. Pray it doesn't infest your local Redbox. You have been warned! See more 04/05/2012 Perhaps I'm an idiot, but I loved this film. It has an extreme low-budget, shot-on-video look and feels like a Toe Tag pictures kind of production, but unlike most zombie fare I found this to be true throwback to golden days of the genre. This film reminded me not of Romero and his many copycats but of Lucio Fulci and the Italian zombie film of the late 70s and early 80s: Zombi 2, Gates of Hell, The Beyond, Burial Ground, etc. Terrible acting and an overall abysmal aesthetic do not quite detract from the brutally independent drive of this film. Twisted, nasty, and truly exploitative, Bone Sickness will delight fans of the genre that may have grown tired of the passe zombie film fare that titillates the masses but may feel a bit stale for true horror fans. See more 06/25/2011 Ultra low budget, putrid gore filth. Logic and sense are pretty much thrown out the window, but what you get instead is a pretty entertaining, and extremely gory zombie flick, that is a refreshing change from what most zombie movies are nowadays. I suspect this was inspired more from Fulci than Romero, and Im not complaining. The plot and a lot of the acting and dialouge are sketchy and this is very amateurish, but what they managed to create with little to no budget is actually really impressive. Worms and maggots and shit are gross for sure, and no there presence here doesn't make any real sense, but that was the case in Mermaid in the Manhole as well, and they got away with it so why not. I would argue that the film is over long and 20 or so minutes cut could have made the movie a lot less meandering and more direct, but all in all this was pretty good for what it was. Not exactly anything special either, but a gorefest, made by gorehounds for gorehounds. See more 10/15/2010 The whole story line for this film is just a bit mash of random scenes and some are really not needed for the development of the film. Zombies didn't really look that great, I think more money should have been put into it as well as more thought. See more 08/03/2010 I love gore. This is not gore, this is just terrible, with no hope of anything good in the whole thing. See more 07/16/2010 Behold this little ditty of a film entitled Bone Sickness. The story concerns concerned wife Kristen (Darya Zabinski) who is caring for her terminally ill husband who has been suffering from a degenerative bone disease. The film also concerns their best friend Thomas (played by the film's director Brian Paulin), a county medical examiner who works to steal bones from corpses to grind them up and use them as a form of medication for his dying friend. This eventually leads to the uncovering of a cult-ish group of zombies that crawl out of their deathly tombs and begin (literally) ripping people the fuck apart. Once you get over the expected hump of super-low budget, independent D-I-Y filmmaking, bad acting, etc, die-hard gorehounds and gross-out horror fans wind up having a field day with Bone Sickness. Many people shamefully throw around the bold statement of "goriest film ever" when in fact they're being idiots and clearly showing that they've not seen many films. Well let me tell you...I think Bone Sickness may tie (or possibly even outdo) with Peter Jackson's Dead Alive (aka Braindead) for a couple of the goriest films ever. I'm not kidding. It looks as though the film's creator, Paulin, really put all of his eggs in the effects department as they are fairly commendable. Aside from the recent rise of the mass vomit horror subgenre, Paulin manages to pack a effective gross-out punch without the usage of "too" much vomiting, but I will say there were moments when I definitely felt sick to my stomach...especially when it involved worms (that's all I'll say). Also, we see a young Ruby LaRocca (Flesh For the Beast) in a small, nudity-filled role. She looks great, but I promise she looks even better these days! Most people will detest Bone Sickness, but there is a small fanbase that this film strictly caters to, which I'm a part of, and I can confidently say that this movie would more than exceed this small group of weird film lovers' expectations. Watch at own risk, weary horror noobs. See more Read all reviews

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