TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

WeYreAoung But I didn't get one. Instead, I get a debut film from gore master, Ittenbach, back when he was a teen. Yes, you heard folks, Ittenbach was at his teen years when this was made, and boy did he have a sick, twisted mind; and he does prove that by making the most god- awful of debuts, BLACK PAST, which wants to be the new EVIL DEAD (the movie that stars Bruce Campbell, that stunk too), because he drags scenes too long, like when Thommy (why is there even an H I will never know) kills his girlfriend, who was suddenly possessed by the devil of the mirror he stupidly took from a wooden box, that keeps coming back and we just wonder where we've seen this already. Now let's get to reviewing to this "video". The acting is terrible. Ittenbach might not have heard of a take, because these people cannot act. The story isn't even good, like really? A mirror with a dark past which is possessed by the devil by what? We never know because this movie lacks logic. There is tons of gore (like if you want to call it that) thrown over this movie you might want to be screwed over by it, but sadly I'm not one. The main character, Thommy is a whiny idiot. How's it going over there being a drama queen, you bad actor? What? You're not as good as Tom Savini?

S_Craig_Zahler This is low budget shot on video German splatter, starring the writer/director/special effect guy, Olaf Ittenbach.No small amount of this movie originated in The Evil Dead, but rather than look at The Black Past like a typical narrative movie, I'd suggest approaching it like a Halloween haunted house with gory set pieces and an intensely nasty depiction of hell.Unlike most of his later movies, which push toward bigger ideas (and don't work as well), this is a simple piece that builds to intensely gory happenings. It is a bit too slow and the performances aren't there at all, but when things get surreal and vicious, the experience is a vibrant and charged gore cornucopia that will leave a lasting impression. You'll need to forgive a lot in this film, but like the very different movies of Werner Herzog and John Waters and H.G. Lewis and Harmony Korine, Black Past is an experience and a spectacle more than it is a traditional narrative film and those looking for a dungeon of gore, where "Hell = Creative Torture" may forgive Ittenbach's shortcomings as a traditional filmmaker...something that is less forgivable when he attempts to make traditional films (albeit ones crammed with gore).((I found Premutos a bit dull after a while, and House of Blood and the Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine, sporadically engaging.))Ittenbach's other recommendable movie, The Burning Moon, is similarly strong-- and expands upon the man's visual conception of "Hell = Creative Torture," though it is also a bit more bloated. And Brian Paulin's Fetus and Bone Sickness explore this dungeon and are better in most regards.

Dan Ittenbach's Black Past is can easily be categorized as one of the goriest films that has ever filmed. It contains so much gore that you cannot help being delighted! There are zombies, serial killers and some other kind of creepy monsters.The story is quite shitty, but who really cares while there is much GORE! Basically, it's indeed an Evil Dead rip-off, but it's ten time gorier than the Evil Dead. Not only isn't the acting bad, the dialogues are bad too, but then again, who cares? GORE is the name of the game and if you are in favour of it, don't think twice!!! Black Past has been made just for you! 10/10 (it could be 0/10 if it weren't so gory heh)

Zuluu As far as the story goes: Who cares! Some dark force captures someone who turns into some bad ass with a chain saw or something like that - exactly the kind of plot you need to show unnecessary violence and gore! Or better: GORE!!!!! Some sick stuff you can't put in a commercial movie because you wont be able to sell it anymore.If you like splatter flics, watch this one uncut!