Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

homecoming8 A remote mansion in the woods is stalked by men wearing animal masks. Sounds kinda familiar ? Yes, the surprise hit "You're Next" but that isn't the only movie "Berkshire County" shamelessly rips off. "Halloween", "When a stranger Calls", "The Stranger" etc..The only difference is that this has to be the dullest home invasion thriller in a long time. Unconvincing characters, the only one who really shows some acting ability is the leading woman aka the obvious survivor. But she's way too old to pass for a young student. Her character is badly written and also the mayor problem for this movie: how are we supposed to care for her if she's portrayed as a brainless sl*t in the beginning ? That scene has little to do with the rest of the story except when the boy in question suddenly pops up for no reason at all halfway the story (in a remote area he just happens to drive by, really ?).But the intelligence of the viewer is questioned numerous times, for example: when in peril she finds a baseball bat but looses it instantly when she walks outside. But there's help: 2 police officers come to the rescue. But you can't put much faith in an officer who's frightened by an ordinary bear rug on the floor in a well lit room.. Needless to say, they are both killed quickly in a rather dumb way. Hardly any explanation is given to the motives of the killers. The writers must have thought: hey, that also worked for "The Strangers" ! You have to wait for almost an hour to see any blood but it's mostly bad CGI due to it's limited budget.The masks were not bad, I give you that. But the killers aren't cunning or smart and their actions are plain stupid.Once again, I was tricked by the story and the BluRay cover. And after recently having seen this and the even worse "President's Day" and "Pin-up Dolls on Ice" it's obvious there are more bad than good films in the slasher genre these days. Beware..

jackmeat My quick rating - 5,2/10. A slightly above average home invasion movie that delivers on the scares. After a girl agrees to babysit on Halloween, a trick or treater shows up to turn her night into a living nightmare. The cat and mouse game between the woman(Alysa King) and the killers is well drawn out and leads to a bit more plot then the usual. A decent attempt at trying something a little different in a genre that is stale and really doesn't give a whole lot of wiggle room for creativity. I guess the message so far in these movies is "Dont answer the door for trick or treaters" since they may end up being there to distract you for someone else to slaughter you. That should make you feel better in 18 days from now...(depending on what day your community allows trick or treating)

moviefansme This is a rather conventional home invasion horror story that fans of the genre will find familiar.As horror goes, this has some thrills. The villains are scary, as is their pursuit of the inhabitants. And the house itself is a star, with rooms that are very visual and a plethora of corridors and hiding places. The lead character evolves from mousy and helpless to develop the grit to fight back.The story follows a well-trodden path with a facade of originality. It gives no motivation to the villains, who take tremendous risks for little benefit. Law enforcement is laughably incompetent. Parents are predictably clueless. The kills aren't very gruesome and lack intensity and catharsis. Twists are predictable and unimpactful.The story finishes predictably and satisfyingly enough--it's a journey, not a destination. But then, as if the filmmakers decided they wished they made the movie very differently, a whole separate scene is tacked onto the end that is completely over the top. Apparently the film found itself with an overabundance of casting extras and gory makeup to use up. Maybe the filmmakers are auditioning for a sequel.

overlawn WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERSBerkshire County is a true gem of the horror genre for telling a story that goes above and beyond the classic fear and survival themes into a much deeper tale of self-discovery and coming-of-age. The directing, writing, and acting all come together to pull off a tour-de-force of suspense, drama, and even some comedy along the way. The imagery sprinkled throughout the film depicts a world where everyone has a mask and no one shows their true colors until forced to. It is fitting that the first scene finds our heroine, Kylie Winters attending a pre-Halloween party dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, only to be tricked by the big bad boyfriend Marcus, who ruins her reputation by filming her in an uncompromising position and shares the video with fellow classmates. From here on out, the name of the game is that no one is truly what they appear to be. Kylie is not the weak flower she appears to be, Marcus is not the cocky confident jock he wants people to think he is, and even our villains are not everything they seem to be. After Kylie agrees to babysit two young children while their parents go to a Halloween party, she is given the tour of a country villa mansion. The choice to walk her through this mansion, describing every inch of it was a great touch, helping the house itself become a creepy and dominating character in the story. Every room has a sense of meaning, from the children's play room with depictions of fantastical imagery and imagination to the pure white minimalist living room that later becomes a tomb-like kill room, we see an interesting juxtaposition of life and death and all the characters stuck in between, trying to balance the scales in their favor after a family of what appears to be pork butchers attempts a home invasion in the guise of trick-or-treaters wearing life-like pig masks. Kylie reacts to the break-in by curling up into an almost fetal position, calling for help through an operator who becomes her crutch throughout the film. But it is not the crutch Kylie needs to survive, nor is it police, but her own sense of self-reliance that will be her saving grace. Kylie attempts to use the help of her now ex-boyfriend Marcus who under his tough exterior becomes a fearful coward. We see this surprising play against stereotype throughout the film and it is refreshing! What is interesting about our villains is the expectation that we are going to see some disfigured hillbilly inbred family underneath the masks, but instead find relatively normal looking people. Which hearkens to another great theme of the movie: Evil is often hiding in plain sight. Those who look confident in this world are actually fearful, those who look normal are abnormal, and those who seem weak turn out to be the strongest. By the end of the film, Kylie is faced down with wolf who she thought was a grandmother, only in this version of the tale, there is no Huntsman to save her. She sheds the weak and delicate "cloak" of Little Red and becomes a wolf in her own right. To watch this transformation on screen is a visceral experience not to missed.