Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Foreverisacastironmess I really enjoy this quaint charming little oddity of a horror picture, it might be kinda corny and downright dumb in places, but it's also genuinely edgy and even a little daring at points too, and it has a great creepy child performance in young Sammy Snyders, who is very effective in his role and holds pretty much everything together himself as a disturbed and lonely young boy who discovers a way to rid himself of his enemies after finding a pit deep in the woods that's full of mysterious yellow eyed monstrous primeval beasts that are very hungry! The last time I watched this I really couldn't stop thinking about how much more effective a viewing experience it would have been if the plot had been retooled just a little so that it turned out that Jamie had been murdering people all along and dumping the bodies into the pit, and the "Trol-lol-logs" had just been figments of his warped imagination and a way of justifying himself. That was what the movie was screaming out to happen in my book, it would have clearly been so much deeper, darker and meaningful that way. If they'd have had the balls to go with the more psychological route I'm certain the movie would have gone down as more of a classic, not to say that it isn't a classic to those who love it, I like it a lot, I find it to be a lot if strange old school fun, but if it fails, it fails the hardest because of the horribly mishandled tone and plot structure. It feels like a movie of two halves, you have the dead serious stuff like the intensity of Snyders and his crazy eyes and his voyeuristic tendencies and obsession with *adult* naked women, and then you've got the goofy whimsical music playing while an old lady comically gets dumped down the pit, and then it really changes things up when the monsters briefly get free to go on a little rampage and feast on sunbathers! Anyway it's not exactly ideal but it is worth watching for Sammy Snyders. You do feel for his character at first when you see how the horrible neighbourhood kids treat him like dirt and the ignorant adults who should know better judge and dismiss him as "no good", but then as his more deviant behaviours come to the fore and he's essentially a murderer it makes it pretty hard to care too much when he eventually meets his own demise via a little classic grim poetic justice at the hands of another disturbed child... Kooky, creepy, and a little bit deranged, this cool little gem is well worth checking out if you've never seen it, it's a fun flick, never quite seen anything like it. X

EVOL666 I can honestly say that THE PIT is unlike any film I've ever seen. There are several different themes running concurrently in this one-all wrapped up in a strange, low-budget, horror film.Jamie is quite obviously a severely emotionally disturbed loner of a pre-teen weirdo. He has no friends, save for 'Teddy'-his teddy-bear (that talks back to him...), and some troll-like creatures that live in a pit in the woods. He's also a bit of a pervert and has an unhealthy obsession with his latest live-in babysitter. When Jamie runs out of money and can't afford to provide his troll-buddies with meat from the local grocer-he turns to the locals that have wronged him as a new source of food for the pit- dwellers... THE PIT is one of those seriously 'what the f!ck' type films that really makes you wonder what types of psychedelic drugs the writers were on to come up with such a story. There's no shortage of bizarrity going on in this one. The talking teddy-bear, some alluded to incest themes ('do you know why my mother washes me so much? Is she really trying to make me clean? Do you like washing me???'), Jamie's overall creepy nature, pit trolls-the list goes on. The kid that plays Jamie is surprisingly good in his role as the freakish outcast-and his ability to switch from vulnerable and almost sympathy-inducing, to deranged and homicidal on-the-fly is pretty noteworthy. My only real problem with THE PIT is there are parts toward the middle and end that are (I hope intentionally) 'funny' and sorta kills the mood at times-and the parts toward the end where the trolls get out feels a little disjointed compared to the rest of the film (though the very last scene is priceless and suitably twisted). There's very little gore to speak of, and just a few quick titty shots-so don't expect anything in terms of graphic sex or violence. In the case of this film though-I was entertained enough that I didn't really notice it-and for once-I'll go so far as to say that the film didn't suffer from the lack of graphicness. Definitely an odd-ball of a film-and since I tend to dig the 'evil kids' sub-genre, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Not a 'great' film so-to- speak...but definitely original and entertaining. 8.5/10

Scarecrow-88 Really, really warped black comedy about a sick kid who feeds those he doesn't like to a giant pit filled with prehistoric monsters who resemble little sasquatch with sharp teeth. Jamie(Sammy Snyders) is singled out by the community as a freak, and appropriately so since it's quite easy to see that he's a perverted creep. His parents are wary of his "dificiencies" getting away on a trip, leaving Jamie with a babysitter with a history of tending to "extraordinary" children. Boy, has she got a challenge on her hands. Jamie carries a torch for Sandy O'Reilly(Jeannie Elias), likes to watch her sleep or shower, and becomes obsessed with her love-life, offended by her "betrayal" to him when she calls up other potential boyfriends. For instance, her jock boyfriend, whose future as a football star is evident, and he even attempts to show kindness to Jamie, plays catch with him, leading to his eventual doom. One girl, with a bicycle Jamie likes, insults and ridicules him, her aunt, a librarian, he's fixated with sexually. They are ripe for the pickings(..Jamie, the little bastard, following the advice of his teddy bear(!), has the librarian strip or else her niece would remain kidnapped!)as are two kids who pick on Jamie when he asks to be a part of their exclusive gang. Anyone that crosses Jamie are in trouble of being fodder for the pit beasties. The crux of the film is teddy bear's involvement in Jamie's shenanigans..in a more sinister voice resembling Jamie's, the teddy offers solutions and answers to problems he might face or currently suffer, motivating the twisted youth to follow them, with only tragic results normally occurring. Sammy Snyders is perfectly cast as Jamie, he has an unsettling quality that gets under your skin. Jeannie Elias, with a bright smile, tries to accommodate him, hoping to equip herself against his strange behavioral issues with that warm personality. Her fatal flaw is trusting Jamie, ending horrifyingly. Laura Hollingsworth is Marg Livingstone, the librarian Jamie torments. The film questions whether or not the creatures exist in reality or as a figment of Jamie's imagination..I'm not sure their release was the correct one, although it provides some stalk sequences and scenes of baffled police quizzically attempting to come to grips with why so many locals are vanishing from their small town. The ending should amuse those who couldn't grasp the idea of Jamie getting away with his crimes. The film isn't as gratuitous as it could've been, but for some reason it's shocking, unforgettable all the same because of the subject matter. This is certainly a one-of-a-kind movie, a real oddity to be experienced. Anytime you see a kid roll an old lady out of her wheel chair into a pit to be eaten alive by carnivorous monsters, you know this isn't your more conventional movie.

udar55 12-year-old Jaime (Sammy Snyders) discovers a pit in the nearby woods that houses four carnivorous monsters (he calls them Tralalogs). For whatever reason, he decides these monsters need to be fed and he goes about tricking anyone he deems bad into the pit. Did I mention Jaime is a pervert who has a teddy bear that speaks to him? File this one under "They sure as hell don't make 'em like this anymore." I can't fathom anyone making a horror flick like this nowadays, especially casting a real 12-year-old in the perverted lead role. Snyders is either one hell of an actor, or he really was this odd when they were filming. Imagine a pre-teen Crispin Glover with a bowl cut. Apparently the original script had the monsters exist only in Jaime's mind, but director Lew Lehman (one and done after this) changed while the film was made.