Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

bowserbomb1 Holy God in Heaven this is one of the worst pieces of garbage to ever hit the straight to DVD line up. If I ever have the displeasure of seeing something this bad again I promise I will never watch another movie again. This movie is nothing but terrible acting piled on top of useless plot set ups that never develop into anything. I don't know where they found the funding for this "movie" but the person who funded it cannot be too happy with how it turned out. Honestly I can't find one good thing to say about it besides that fact that a girl kind of gets naked in it, even though that isn't even that great because of her terrible "acting abilities". The movie was under the horror section in my local redbox and let me tell you it does not belong there. The synopsis said it was a movie about four people who get lost in the woods and hunted down by a spike monster. Not only is this not an accurate portrayal of the "plot" but it makes it sound like a real movie, which it is not. To sum up what I'm trying to say this movie wasn't worth the 1 dollar we rented it for and I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy.

recroom-729-874713 It's been a while since I saw Spike, but I retain a lingering memory of the awful terror with which it begins -- long before the beast appears -- like Jaws, but much scarier. Spike's cinematography and direction are superb, but its strength is the story's poignant beauty, which reminds me of a Russian fairy tale -- think Baba Yaga. In a Russian fairy tale, even the Princess may die.The back-story's development without excessive flashbacks is inventive, and the delineation of a convincing rough homestead in a few sketched Picasso-like strokes a dark delight against the backdrop of a luxuriant wilderness.It's not been often that a love story has married fear, fantasy and psychology in a movie that takes such pains to conform to scientific reality -- for example, the difference between a person's two eyes.To summarize, though it may perhaps not be to everyone's taste, it is no surprise to me, on the basis of its plot and production quality, that Spike has been winning "Best Of" awards. It has a lot to like. I liked it enough to rate it "Excellent."

info-17105 This was a great movie. Dark, mysterious and entertaining. Just perfect. The characters were well developed. The plot was a okay, but definitely entertaining. The photography was great. The use of light, or lack thereof, was extremely creative and helped make the movie even more suspenseful. The acting was believable and well done. The storyline was well thought-out and took the audience on a journey.Some of the small technical problems can obviously be worked out as it seems that the movie is still in the final stages. The director (Robert Beaucage)even said that the movie hadn't been seen before, even by the cast. I'm not sure most were prepared for this film when they went to see it, but most of the audience at the Edinburgh Festival enjoyed this film.Beaucage incorporated some very original methods that pulled this film together. Several of the scenes are still having me rethink some of the techniques that he implemented. I really would love to see a final version and another film from this young director.

AndrewConnor As per some of the other comments here, I was at the premiere in Edinburgh too. I found the film enjoyable - it has some rough edges, but that's to be expected when it's a low-budget first film.Contraray to the other comments posted so far, the audience members I spoke to afterwards all thought the film was good. There were enough twists in the plot to keep you engaged, and enough interest in the characters to make you want to know what will happen to them, even though that's never going to be good given the nature of the genre.The plot is far-fetched - but then, you are watching a film with a main character who is covered in sharp spikes! The visuals fit the piece well, with that Gothic look that suits the material. For me, the jarring aspect was the ornate style in which Spike talked, but that could be linked back to the novels he collected at his lair.On the sound side, I thought the music and effects worked fairly well too - I think the sound would have benefited from a more subtle mix, as there are points where the music is really a bit too obtrusive for the action - but that could also have been down to the sound system in that particular cinema, which though improved, is still a bit ropey at times.This is what it is - a well-executed, first-time-round genre film, which gives the director that first step on the ladder to bigger and more polished films. It's a decent film to watch, and illustrates what can be done with an enthusiastic cast and crew on a low budget feature.