Crazy Eights

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Movie Info

Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhoodfriend. While settling the estate, they discover a map, which leads them on a search for a long forgotten time capsule, at the request of their dead friend. What they discover reawakens repressed childhood traumas and leads them on a journey through their long abandoned childhood home: a home with a terrible secret and a mysterious dead girl who will lead them to their strange fates.

Rating:

R (for violence, disturbing images, and language)
Genre:

Horror
Directed By:

James Koya Jones
Written By:

James Koya Jones, Dan DeLuca
In Theaters:

Nov 9, 2007 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 18, 2008
Runtime:

80 minutes
Studio:

After Dark Films

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Cast

Traci Lords
as Gina Conte

Dina Meyer
as Jennifer Jones

Gabrielle Anwar
as Beth Patterson

Frank Whaley
as Brent Sykes

George Newbern
as Father Lyle Dey

Dan DeLuca
as Wayne Morrison

Critic Reviews for Crazy Eights

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Rotten (3)

Beneath late-night cable standards.

Nov 20, 2007

Dennis Harvey
Variety
Top Critic
A laudable attempt at atmosphere and a handful of creepy moments are not enough to redeem this muddled mess.

Jul 10, 2008 | Full Review…

Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter
Doesn't quite have what it takes to be low-key and reserved and still hold more than cursory interest.

Nov 11, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Dustin Putman
TheFilmFile.com

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Audience Reviews for Crazy Eights

Oct 16, 2011

Scary, entertaining, and original. This film is a complete success to the AfterDark films.

Jacob P Super Reviewer
Mar 05, 2011

I had to watch this movie twice because I was like WTF? after the first time. [SPOILERS] The movie was about a bunch of unlikable characters called the "crazy eights" (not sure why they're called that). They grew up in a mental institution or facility of some kind (it was very vague) when they were children. They escaped and put some kid in a trunk because she was weak or would slow them down on their escape or something. Then they forgot to get the kid, and she died. Years later they go back to the place where she died, and they enter a condemned building (the mental facility) where they are now trapped. It's a pretty stupid story line, and a confusing one. There were random flashbacks that were both irrelevant and unnecessary. Plus they were so fast I was like "wait, what was that?" The entire plot was so unstable, and it seemed like the movie didn't know what to do with it. I think they tried to add a twist, depth or something at the end with the doctor scene, but I'm still not entirely sure. In the scene, the doctor talks to one of the children and says "One box will lead you to more tests, and the other will lead you to redemption" or something. Then he was like " Guilt or redemption. Choose." It doesn't make sense as I type it, and it didn't make sense when I watched it. That scene was a complete fail. They should've just cut it out. All it did was add confusion to the already complicated movie. I watched the scene three times to try to understand, but I couldn't put it together. It was such a mess of a movie. The plot was the main problem....and the video editing. I nearly got a seizure from that shit yo.

Japes . Super Reviewer
Oct 22, 2009

Was I suppose to be scared???

Brody M Super Reviewer
Jul 17, 2009

There are some good actors in this......hard to follow the story very odd ending......

Sherry . Super Reviewer