Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

hawktwo I'm pretty surprised at the low over rating this film has given its ability to scare the crapola out of you.Other than a sense that this is a video and not a film, it deserves kudos for atmosphere, a build of suspense, a surprise ending, and loads of gore.I didn't feel as though I was viewing a horror film with a predictable plot or characters.This film deserves a lot of respect. It is creepy, the actors, although certainly not known, are good actors. I didn't feel as though the lines or the acting was forced. The only character I felt was almost a bit comedic was the bar owner but you see that in a lot of horror films. Like Night of the Living Dead, the Ring, 6th Sense, this film brings a fresh perspective of horror.

arfdawg-1 Claimed to be based a true event, only it never happened. The film starts out OK but goes downhill right after the credits. Nothing is believable in this movie. Nothing. Typical story -- a bunch of kids on vacation get hung up with a crazy psycho killer who likes to chop body parts -- hence the title.So poorly directed. So poorly written. So poorly acted. A good third of the film appears to have been doctored in post production to lighten up the image. You'll spend your time wondering why the video looks so weird.Don't waste your time on this one. It's not even HAHA bad. It's just bad.

slayrrr666 "Carver" is an above-average, if slightly flawed, slasher that could've been much better.**SPOILERS**Traveling out to the woods, Pete, (Matt Carmody) and Brian, (Neil Kubath) meet up with other friends Zack, (Jonathan Rockett) and Rachel, (Kristyn Green) to go on a camping trip together, eventually finding a spot in a secluded area. When they run into Kate, (Ursula Taherian) also out camping, they decide to hook up as she seems concerned for her missing friend, and they decide to go exploring together. Stumbling upon a strange house, they find it filled with strange video tapes depicting people being killed in the woods nearby, and the situation turns worse when the owners find them and chase after them, pitting them against a deranged lunatic who is bent on making sure they don't get away from them.The Good News: When this one was on, it had some brilliant stuff to it. The main thing is the high-energy stalking scenes on display, which are quite fun and enjoyable. The first one, where they stumble upon the killer in the bathroom during a kill is quite fun and gets some good points going. Later ones are better, especially the barn stalking. The chase there through the woods is brief but fun, and the different elements that come into play once inside is really good. From the surroundings being used as obstacles to overcome, to the tactics of escape and capture, there's just a whole lot of rather fun and incredibly fun scenes to come from it. The setting is awesome, the action is top-notch and the death is just unbelievably brutal and graphic, which makes for a great time. The finale also manages to work well with several really big pluses going for it. From the chase through the underground tunnel to the confrontations within the different areas of the house and then the battle with the killer strung in there as well makes for some really great outstanding scenes. There's also the rather cool way that the film presents the tactic of having the really disturbing idea of the video-taped kills coming into play here with some rather fun ways to bring it into the film. The opening of them wandering upon the house to find the tapes is really good, as their gradual realization at the realisticness of the films is perfectly handled and makes for an eerie scene in the film, which is full of them on it's own. The settings for each of the main action scenes is creepy, and the scenes in the forest when they're waiting for the others to get back are also quite creepy. The last good plus in this one is the incredibly brutal and graphic blood and gore, which is really messy and gory. This one has no shortage of kills, ranging from giant hacksaws being rammed through the neck or into the face, nails hammered into the legs and forearms, knives and similar objects stabbed anywhere there's a visible body part, a slit throat, body parts hammered at with a sledgehammer and much more, leaving this one brutal and bloody. These here are the film's good points.The Bad News: There was a few problems with this one. One of the main points is that there's just absolute utter dullness for nearly an hour of the film. The first hour hardly has anybody killed or even come into contact with the killer, as the only time actually shown consists of the tapes, which is hardly something that can be considered good due to the utterly terrible production job that renders everything effectively distorted, but beyond that, it's anybody's guess as to what the film actually is. It consists of them out wandering around in the forest or interacting with the locals at the bar, and the first attack comes at just about the fifty minute mark. It's a fine sign most don't notice that, but it still remains that this one just takes an eternity to get moving and get to it's absolutely brilliant stuff. Another flaw is the lame joke of a killer, a fat redneck who dons aviator gear to hide his identity but that just inspires laughter more than anything else that this is the best they could come up with. The last flaw here is the utterly confusing finale, which has a whole series of events pass by without ever offering anything as to why that happened. Practically anything in the last twenty minutes makes no sense and this doesn't have anything to clarify them. These here are what's wrong with the film.The Final Verdict: While this can be quite fun at times, there's just some flaws to it that are quite hard to get over in giving this one more than it already has. Worthwhile enough for slasher fans or those who are interested, while a lot of the flaws might not mean enough for most to really look down on this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity

terrible2 Decent gore hampered by an unoriginal, over-done, seen it all before, becoming quite redundant, for the love of God... Story.This is a real shame, because I truly enjoyed everything else about "Carver". It's shot well, the acting is solid and for the most part it is a strong contender to be a stand out horror film. But, instead follows the same olé' boring formulas of a thousand other (better) movies. Director Franklin Guerrero has the eye to make a real name for himself in the business, but first he must trust his "Own" abilities and stop trying to remake other peoples work. And as far as the whole "Based on a true story" (Crap) is concerned, it's just that, and no-one is buying it anymore so you can leave it off the packaging. I look forward to seeing what Mr. Guerrero can do with a story that he writes himself, and not after watching "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" followed by "The Hills Have Eyes" as a double feature with "Hostel" and then going to his neighbor's house to watch "Vacancy" and "Wrong Turn"....Originality is a key element in this genre... Try it, you might be surprised.