Survival Island

2002 "A Weekend to Dismember"
2.5| 1h24m| R| en
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Teens trapped on an island are haunted by a demon hidden inside...a pinata.

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PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Anders Twetman Last night I saw "Horrors of Spider Island", a cheesy movie about youths on an island getting killed by monsters. "Demon Island" is much the same concept but done some 40 years later so it might be interesting to compare the two in an attempt to review to latter. Both have a cast consisting of young people, several of which are good looking women. The gang ends up on an island and are unable to leave, in "Horrors of Spider Island" they crash there, in "Demon Island" they go there willingly to party but the monster breaks their boats (how the monster knew it had to do that is a mystery). Most of the characters are pretty much just cardboard cutouts meant to be monster food, even though most of the "Horror s of Spider Island" characters actually survive while "Demon Island" kills them off.The monster is utterly ridiculous in both movies, half man half spider thing in one and demon piñata in the other. Although it must be said that the special effects in "Demon Island" are worse not to mention annoying as the monsters vision is an absolute joke, and everything the monster does is really loud.In both movies the monster dies in the end and what's left of the cast go home. The main difference is that "Horrors of Spider Island" is slow paced and mind numbingly boring, at least "Demon Island" has more action in it and i therefor the better movie. However, "Demon Island" takes itself a bit too seriously when it could just have been some campy fun.
Mikel3 'Pinata: Demon Island' was on one of our movie channels last night.Just when I thought I'd seen about everything in film monsters from outer space Clowns to giant bunnies, this one comes up with a demonic pinata. You know, simlair to those candy filled figures kids hit with a stick at children's parties only this one hits back HARD....and it's mean looking. The explanation of the pinata's creation at the beginning was actually pretty imaginative. After that segment and years later it was your typical brainless college kids partying, drinking, flirting, girls in skimpy tops and or course acting stupid. The kids make just about every stupid move you can make in a horror film like "Lets stay together so we don't get beheaded...no, no, you go on ahead I don't want to slow you down...I have a pebble in my sneaker...I'll catch up later" Or a girl saying while chased through the jungle " I have to stop and Pee".The pinata itself was done with either very primitive CGI effects for 2002 or simple amateurish animation. In some scenes it must have been someone in a bulky pinata costume. The creature looked so bad at times we were laughing when we should have been scared. And the way they finally stop the pinata .... was a bit much considering how unstoppable it had been till that point. I did like the last scene however...at least it seemed the writers were in on the joke by then. Who would believe what just happened and how could you explain it to the authorities? In all fairness it did hold our interest. The kind of movie you like to watch on a summer night not expecting much. It may even be in that rare category we so often hear about 'So Bad it's good'. Well if not Good then almost fair anyway. And I have seen many worse.Warning: After seeing this movie you may think twice about breaking a pinata. Most likely you'll be getting flash backs when you see one. In fact you may even take the stick from the kids and beat yourself in the head with it. Oh heck, see it anyway.
Aaron1375 Yes, I saw this movie on AMC, which stands for American Movie Classics. How a movie that came out in 2002 and might have came out the same year it was shown on the channel is considered a classic I will never know. How a horrible movie that is not worth your time to watch it turned up on a station that claims it only does classics is beyond me. The story is about what is essentially a killer piñata, which is kind of absurd in the first place. However, you add lots of blood and nudity to the mix and you have yourself a good fun time. Well, the makers of this movie did not want to take that route apparently and thought they were on to making the next great horror movie. And who can blame them, their movie went apparently straight to the American movie classics station where they showed it repeatedly that first October when it premiered. I thought I would give it a look see as I was expecting some sort of horror movie from the 1970's that possibly slipped by my radar, but no just another bad horror movie with bad special effects and virtually no good kills to be found.
AzureKite This was one of the most pathetic movies iv ever seen. I watched it on IFC, when nothing else was on AT ALL. This movie can be summed up in 3 words- killer goddamn piñata. Yes I said piñata. The story is very simple, the acting is very lame, and everyones an idiot. There are only 2 good things I can name about this movie 1 - One of the actresses is a playboy playmate.2 - The killer piñata is one vicious little bitch.In all seriousness, there's 1 really hot chick and the Pinata, though pathetic and cheesy, brings the gore fest like Pinhead and Leatherface, just without the awesome demonic powers or the chainsaw. This is the kind of movie you rent for $1.00 when there's nothing else to do, or watch on TV for free as its pretty much worthless.