MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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

Woodyanders A group of dopey American tourists who are vacationing on a Caribbean island find themselves in great danger after they witness a voodoo ceremony. Sound good? Well, it just ain't. Man, doe this cinematic bilge stink something rotten in every possible way: We've got flat (non)direction by John N. Carter, hokey false scares, a meandering story that plods along at an excruciatingly pokey pace, zero tension or creepy atmosphere, annoying and unlikable idiotic characters who do the dumbest things to exacerbate the severity of their already dire situation, lame and unconvincing gore, variable acting from a no-name cast, Harry Manfredini's familiar score blatantly recycles cues from his "Friday the 13th" music, and, worst of all, the shoddy paint-by-the-numbers script by Logan O'Neill and William Stoddard even provides an irritating and disappointing logical explanation for what's happening. On the plus side, busty former congressional housewife and Playboy model Rita Jenrette bares her exquisitely enormous breasts during a gloriously gratuitous shower scene at the very start of the movie, although to be brutally honest Rita's horrendous attempts at "acting" leave a lot to be desired. A dismal dud.

Witchfinder General 666 Generally, I'm a huge fan of Troma films. Troma movies are just for people with a certain affection for trash and exploitation, of course, and many of them are over-all pretty silly, but they are all somehow highly entertaining, original and memorable. At least that's what applies to every Troma movie I've seen, EXCEPT John N. Carter's "Zombie Island Massacre" of 1984. While even the sillier Troma Movies I had seen, before I saw this, were entertaining in their own way, "Zombie Island Massacre" is just plain boring.The movie is, of course, silly, but, as mentioned above, I don't mind the silliness. "Zombie Island Massacre", however, does not have any of the great qualities that make Troma flicks special and memorable. Neither is it gruesome, disturbing and ultra-violent as "Blood Sucking Freaks" nor is it demented as "Mother's Day" or hilarious as "The Toxic Avenger". These three movies are probably Troma's most famous films, of course, but "Zombie Island Massacre" does not even compare to any of the lesser-known Troma flicks I've seen. The only elements "Zombie Island Massacre" shares with many other Troma flicks are the negative ones - A thin plot and bad acting - without featuring any of the many great elements Troma's, usually wonderfully demented films normally provide.Furthermore, I can't stop wondering who was responsible for the title "Zombie Island Massacre". The film takes place on an Island, all right, but there is not a single Zombie in the entire movie. Some people are talking about Zombies in the movie, but that's it. Furthermore, I would have wished to see some more people massacred. A few people are killed of course, but this film having the word "massacre" in its title is a daring exaggeration.Anyhow, the movie, has a few (very few) funny moments, but I was disappointed in spite of its bad reputation. Even hardcore Troma fans should consider twice before wasting one and a half hours on this movie, since it does not deliver any of the great, demented qualities Troma usually stands for. 2/10

Luisito Joaquin Gonzalez (LuisitoJoaquinGonzalez) When you pick up a movie called Zombie Island Massacre, it's not too hard to let your imagination run away with you. It certainly sounds like there's going to be a massacre; its obviously going to take place on an island - and it looks to me like a gang of Romero-like zombies are sure to be the culprits. Why else would you choose a title like that? Well only director John Carter knows the answer to that conundrum, as he alone seems to be the only zombie that was present on the set of this eighties miss match, which is a damn site more Friday the 13th than it is Fulci. Yes folks for some unknown reason he and his crew have took the trappings of an eighties slasher and slapped on a misleading tag to excite fans of the living dead. But even stalk and slash addicts will feel cheated because the movie swaps genres once again towards the climax. More on that later… Things launch with the oldest and most common of slasher movie chestnuts. The camera pans in on the exceptionally well-endowed Sandy (Rita Jenrette) as she washes off the suds in a shower. She must've just finished mud wrestling in a sewer judging by the way she's scrubbing those bazookas. Before you have the chance to say 'hackneyed', a masked intruder is on the scene creeping up on the unsuspecting female. Fortunately for Sandy, it's only her husband Joe (Ian McMillan) playing a prank. As a consolation the two head off to the bedroom so Jenrette can give us one last flash of her jublies. Next up we learn that the couple are currently in the Caribbean enjoying a pleasure trip with a group of surprisingly non-teenage tourists. Along with Sandy and Joe we have an elderly couple, a pair of newly weds, two stoners, a mysterious photographer and a single guy and gal who look certain to join the couple's list any time soon.Part of their holiday package includes a trip to the remote isle of San Marie and they will be transported to the location aboard a coach that looks fit only for the scrap yard. Upon arrival they witness a voodoo mass, which sees a priest bring a corpse back to life using only goats blood and a few bizarre chants. The gruesome sacrificial sights are too much for one young madam to handle, so she and her hubby head off to the deep forest for a kiss and cuddle under the moonlight. That cues the arrival of an unseen menace with a spiked club, a murderous intent and heavy breath that sounds like a pig grunting over its chow. The maniac slaughters the two lovers before disappearing into the depths of the forest. Meanwhile, the rest of the holiday makers head back to their coach only to find that their driver is missing and so is the distributor cap, making the vehicle about as much use as a glass hammer. Luckily one of the travellers knows of a house that is situated nearby and the troupe decides to head over and bed down until morning. Little do they know that a psychopath is stalking them and it doesn't take long for him to start slashing the tourists… Zombie Island Massacre is a bit of a let down in every respect really. As a Living Dead flick the lack of any actual zombies pretty much ruins it from that aspect. As a slasher it starts promisingly with a few tense shocks and creative use of the clichés, but soon withers with an unnecessary climax that involves everything from Columbian drugs cartel to spear chucking Zulu assassins. No really. Finally as a gore film it looks about as gruesome as an episode of Sesame Street, which also sums up the level of the producer's mentality. The early woodland stalking scenes are fairly atmospheric mainly due to the decent musical accompaniment from Harry Manfredini. But he proves once again that he can only produce one horror soundtrack that is re-used continuously throughout almost every slasher flick that he's been involved with (Friday the 13th/Slaughter High etc).To be fair the acting is passable and you'll never ever guess who it is that's behind the maniacal murders. The Caribbean scenery is alluring to the eye and a sub-reggae soundtrack was somewhat refreshing for a flick of this genre. The maniac's disguise is also worth a look; imagine a ninja that's covered in feathers and has just been dragged backwards through forty yards of forest and you'll almost have a mental picture. The problem is that it just feels like John Carter set out to make three different movies and ended up chucking elements from all of them into one. It's just a shame that the net result was a bit of a mess with one too many rough edges that certainly needed sanding down.So I can't really find much to recommend about Zombie Island Massacre, which is better described as the living dead flick where the only zombie was the guy in the director's chair. It's never a good idea to leave the audience feeling ripped off and that's why Carter's slasher fails dramatically

Aaron1375 This is the first Troma picture I have seen that is basically a serious horror movie. What I mean is they never get really goofy here. Unfortunately, this probably turned off all the Troma fans out there. Then the title probably got zombie lovers attention and when they see this movie has basically one zombie who is not really involved with the plot they get ticked off and give the movie a one. I had low expectations so that is why I gave it a five. I did not think it was really all that good, but I also did not think it was all that bad. It was a watchable horror movie on an island with a few good kills and an easily predicted plot twist or two. I got this in a pack with two other Troma movies "Blood Hook" and "Blades" and I enjoyed this one the most even though the other two have higher scores. Still I understand why it has such a low score, when you are all set to see a zombie movie and you are not given any you do tend to get angry. I will admit this one would have been better if there were zombies swarming all over the house they take shelter in, but since I read some stuff before I watched it I knew it was not going to be a zombie movie per se.