After looting a Native American burial site in the Old West, a hunter unwittingly unleashes a shape-shifting demon. Once thought to be only a legend, it rises from the grave to wreak vengeance on those who cross its path.
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präsentiert von Sheriff Svipi
Just red man's talltales.
Zwei Hillbilly-Brokeback-Mountaineerer finden etwas Schmuck auf einem Indianerfriedhof, stecken diesen ein und wundern sich dann, dass nachts plötzlich einer von beiden mit einem überspringenden Indianer-Zombiefluch aufwacht. Dazu noch eine im Genre schon dutzendfach erzählte Marshal-Gangster-Frau-Sidestory, die leider den größeren Teil einnimmt. 🙄
Ob amateurhaft und mit gezwungen coolen Dialogen und Akzenten gespielt, mit hässlichen Perspektiven und Schnitten gefilmt, einem Billig-Score aus irgendeiner Datenbank, das bekannte "Zehn kleine Negerlein"-Prinzip mit den überzeichneten Figuren, ein paar nette Blut- und trashige CGI-Effekte... und trotzdem war Skinwalker ab und zu schön peinlich und zum schmunzeln dumm.
PS: Das übertriebene Entsetzen und die Abscheu bei einer Szene um Mehrfachehe und eine eindeutig Nicht-13-Jährige war schon putzig, bei dem aus den Augen blutenden und Menschen in Monster verwandelnden Problem das sich dort herumtreibt 😂
When two hunters steal a totem from a Native American burial site, they unleash an ancient curse. The name of the game is demonic possession, but cannibalistic impulses, and "body hopping" based on bites - makes for a low stakes zombie. A sheriff (Dan Higgins) and his deputy (Cameron Kotecki) using a bandit's moll (Eva Hamilton) to entice her partner, the gang in question, vengeful Natives attempting to retrieve the totem, and a family of polygamists - converge just as the bodies start piling up.
Writer / Director Robert Conway has spent over a decade plying his craft at independent genre fare. There are a few westerns in his output, but the majority are horror pictures of the off brand…
I managed to get around to a HorrorPack movie this time around. This one comes from the DVD box. The story is set in 1883, if I remember right, somewhere in the West. Benny, an outlaw, finds an Indian burial site and takes some jewelry. His partner Hugo tries to get him to just leave stuff alone but Benny doesn't listen. That night, something bites Hugo which causes him to bleed from the eyes and go crazy. Hugo attacks Benny, drawing blood, before Benny can kill Hugo. Meanwhile, a couple of Marshals find the house of an outlaw they have been searching for. The guy they are after the most isn't home, but his wife Maisie is so they take…
It does suffer from moving at a snails pace and the sometimes wooden acting. Other than that, I didn’t hate the story or horror parts. It’s decent!
LOL that ending scene made me jump and grab my heart 😭
Skinwalker (not to be confused with Skiwalkers or Skinwalker Ranch) opens in the Arizona High Country in 1883. Two travellers Benny (Nathaniel Burns, Battlefield 2025) and Hugo (Robert Conway, the film’s writer/director) come across a Native American burial site. Benny wants to loot it for items he can sell to collectors. Hugo warns him against it, but Benny grabs a Death Totem anyway. Big mistake, shortly after Hugo is bit by a snake and becomes possessed by the spirit removing the totem freed.
Elsewhere Marshall Bascom (Dan Higgins, Exit to Hell) and Deputy Riggs (Cameron Kotecki, Eminence Hill) have tracked down a pair of outlaws. They kill Elmer (Chris Beeman) and capture Maisie (Eva Hamilton, Death Kiss, Cabal) who happens…
Super weak shock western. Poor acting, no chemistry and the usual poor production values I've come to expect from anyone attempting to make a western these days. Another avoid like the plague release....
Simplesmente uma BAGUNÇA, um CAOS, uma DANAÇÃO ETERNA.
Não tem absolutamente NADA de certo nesse filme.
Comecemos do começo: depois do cowboy ladrão de túmulo roubar o artefato da índia, a cena que ele e o companheiro de viagem estão dormindo tem uma luz branca vindo diretamente na cara dos dois sem uma fonte explicável (talvez seja uma hiperlua que tem no universo do filme, né?).
Logo em seguida, aparece o primeiro 'skinwalker', que se parece mais com um zumbi de The Walking Dead que qualquer outra coisa. É certo que existe mais de uma versão da lenda dos skinwalkers, mas nunca tinha ouvido falar nessa, nem há indícios de que cultura indígena venha, ou de que região tenha se…
Working through the countryside, a sheriff and his deputy tracking a dangerous convict and his wife stop at a deserted town a cholera outbreak and rest up to replenish their supplies, only to come across a strange curse from an Indian being turning others into similar such possessed beings and must find a way to stop it.
Overall, this was a pretty solid and fun old-west creature feature. When this one gets the majority of its positives is due to the build-up of the creatures’ actions over the town. Focusing heavily on the Western atmosphere of the sheriff and the deputy escorting the woman and her dead husband back to town in order to collect the reward on them, that…
