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I thought this movie was utterly thrilling throughout and I really and truely enjoyed it.
The begining, with the first story, was well written and had a great twist to it. The second story was bloody brillent, with the clown suit and all, kept me on the edge of my seat! And the third story was well put together with another, but not as good, twist. The ending however did come over a bit sudden, with the death of Shelby and Lisa, as I thought they could've died in a more sinister way, per haps. Lol. Other than that the camera work was beautifully shot and the acting was good, with a well writen script.
I enjoyed Amusement at first.I thought the first girl's story was good but was ready for the clown suit for it to get really scary! And thats what I got with the second story! It was fantastic! truly creepy in every way.If only the whole movie would have been like that....because in the third girl(played by insanely hot Jessica Lucas) the movie took a off the wall stupid turn. And the ending was even better.So pop it in for a good 45 minutes then take it out! It doesn't work from that point on.
The fact that the people who gave this poor ratings either can't spell, or use punctuation should say something.
That said, yes, this movie had plot holes... And TONS of them. That didn't, however, take away from how truly creepy this movie really is. Scene two is a downright mind fuck, though you know what's going to happen. No, it's not crazy bloody, or gory, and I thank god that SOMEBODY can make a decent horror film without it being over the top. It took what Saw has been trying to do for six years now and did it all in one movie. I didn't see the ending coming, but can see how others did. The writer did an AMAZING job creating the most fucked up killer in any movie I've ever seen. This is easily one of my movie of the year candidates. Glad to see some others agree with me.
Posted By: l_boogie15401 at 5:31am, October 11, 2009
I rented this, with no prior knowledge of it beforehand. The cover looked cool, so did the blurb and all.
I was mistaken, this movie didn't even have a proper layout. It was like everyone was mashed up and then sprawled everywhere to create a pile of messed up crap.
It wasn't scary, and it wasn't extremely gory.
It was more disturbing than anything else. And I mean, disturbing is good, but this was a bit sick.
(Spoiler:)
-Very sick how the kid did that to the rat. Kind of scarred me. =_=
(end of spoiler)
Overral, I don't recommended this even for a rent. You will be extremely disappointed. Not even that great plainly for the gore. 1/10
Posted By: caseynight88 at 10:09pm, September 21, 2009
I began watching this one, knowing full well it was not going to be anything epic or anything to talk about unless you're bored or drunk or both. So my low expectations saved it from wrecking my DVD evening. To be honest it wasn't half bad. There was a decent scare or two, and the second vignette involving Tabitha, and the final act was thoroughly...Amusing...
This is a classic example of a movie that starts off strong but gets weaker as it nears the beginning of the final act. There was a great build-up, with the three story lines of how each of the girls were captured, etc, etc. Then everything got rushed at the end for a quick wrap up.
All in all, it was enjoyable and he acting is pretty solid for a low budget film, good popcorn flick for sure.
Posted By: iNSANEmoments at 11:34pm, August 26, 2009
If you want a good, screwed up thing to laugh about - watch this movie. It wasn't well scripted but I didn't even care!! The ending was satisfying and the entire movie kept me on my toes. Good job, Amusement.
Posted By: groundgamer at 12:51pm, August 24, 2009
I really like this movie. Yeah, it's a low budget horror flick, with corny acting, but honestly, it's a great horror. If you don't like clowns, do not watch this movie at all. It's scary, screepy and damn fine all at the same time. I really enjoyed watching this, and should be a part of anyones horror DVD collection! A wonderful, scary masterpiece of a movie! I highly reccomend.
8/10
Posted By: YoungHorror at 11:41pm, August 10, 2009
I don't see what is wrong with this movie, i really liked it. No it's not amazing, but it still isn't complete crap. I thought it was pretty damn clever, AND scary at some parts. They took the cliche killer clown and made it a completely new thing. I recommend this to all. F*** you close-minded people.
Most people would laugh at this comment but this is one of my favorite horror movies ever!! I was not expecting any of the twists in the girls' stories and the deaths were gory -- but not too gory.
But I give this a 9 because some of the actors were not too good -- but Tabitha and the Killer were teh best actors to me.
**SPOILER ALERT**
The ending was predictable too, but it was great! I knew that she should stab him when you saw the knife then the peephole. It was overall good! An amazing 9/10 for me!
I'm glad I was able to get this for FREE because I would of been pissed to waste my money on this crap. Only a few good parts total waste. I even fell asleep! =/
Spoilt by awful script writing, involving unoriginal ideas and cliches. Some scenes are scary and freaky, however they are spoilt by the way they are woven together in a scrappy patchwork of a story.
Watch on a rainy day, only if your very bored and its free.
Everyone who said that this movie sucks is right!
I bought this movie and I was totally sucked in, by the looks of the dvd and by the trailer. On the back of the dvd it says its more horror than in Saw and Hostel... well that sentence AMUSED me because all the Saw movies en Hostel are 100 times better than THAT movie!
I say it was a totally waist of my money...
Bad plot, bad horror and absolutely NOT terrifying!
I was sooo sad that i checked the movie after i saw it to see if i didnt missed anything that looked a little bit like horror.
This movie REALLY PISSED ME OFF! .. the only part, HONESTLY worth watching is the scene with the clown, which actually had the NERVE to creep me out... but I was so mad at myself for renting this B/S.
Stupid. The film takes an hour making all three girls get kidnapped. Three seperate setting,s and the firls don't reuinite until there is 20 minutes left. Plain stupid. The film tried to be scary, but all it was, was bunch of cliche's and obvious plans for the killer to get "amused". The motive for kidnapping the girls was utterely stupid, and I would never ever make anyone watch this. I do admit, i was fooled in one scene, but the movie itself is all rigged up with cliche's, and dragged on for a pointless ride. The girls are with eachother for 5 minutes before theres one left, and the DVD's plot on the back, is way wrong.
The plot was really bad. It takes an hour, showing how each girl was kidnapped, then they reuinite for 5 minutes before some are killed off. The motive was really bad too, and the film should really have had a better script, and maybe it would be worth watching.
The acting was really, the only decent thing in the movie. The three girls, were well acted, and believable. They well interpreted their roles.
Overall "Amusement" is rigged with cliche's, obvious moment,s and is overall boringly bad. My rating is 2/5
Posted By: txvoorhees at 2:31pm, February 18, 2009
i really enjoyed this movie. it was new and fresh and very creepy the whole clown thing had me going.
Part 2 with the life size clown not being part of the collection was an amazing creepy and original part until I found that on Supernatural series 1 or 2 they mention the exact plot on it about a clown in a house that wasn't part of the collection and turned out to be a killer!
Apart from the blatant robbery I thought this was a worthwhile film that if your bored is worth a watch.
I was looking forward to this movie but than again i wasn't because of the harsh reviews....but i was pleasently suprised!!! the beginning was creepy up until about 40 minutes and the story about lisa was a little bit boring until the end but the rest was good... i only have one complaint.......why does Jessica Lucas die in every thing she is in except Cloverfield??????????????????
yeahh umm it wasnt bad but it wasnt good. i feel like if a movie takes the approach of taking three completely different stories they have to find a really bad ass way of making them connect and i feel that this movie just did not deliver in that sense. The first story was my favorite though i feel like if they did a whole movie based off of that it would have been pretty sick
While this is in no way a perfect film (and how many of those do any of us ever see?) it deserves kudos for its fresh and different approach. What it lacks in narrative cohesion (and, yes, if you favor the join-the-dots approach this is not the film for you) it more than makes up for in mood, atmosphere and style. Personally, I loved it. It's exceptionally well shot, majorly creepy and oozes production value. If this had made it into theaters - as it seems it was intended to before the collapse of Picturehouse and NewLine - it could have done solid business. Also, re the narrative, if you look at the trailer you can see a number of scenes haven't made it into the final cut. I'm guessing that's the reason for some of the plot confusion right there.
Some parts were great and others were a set-up to something great and then you get totally let-down. I really wanted to like it. May be with a re-edit and change a few things it could have been great.
Posted By: Bloodymuffins at 10:43pm, February 3, 2009
Well, what can I say? This movie was by no means a well made film. In all honesty it sucked and could best be described as a piece of crap.
*Spoilers*
It essentially had four parts to it with the first three parts being the girls' separate encounters with the "killer" and the fourth one being their final encounter with him together. While parts of the first three encounters were enjoyable, overall they were just a mess. I still do not understand why the truck driver in the first story tried to kill the man if he wasn't evil. And it didn't make sense that the deaf woman in the third part turned out to be the "killer", even though he never actually killed any of them in the first three parts which raised the question as to what was the point of it all but whatever. The worst part however was the fourth part due to the terrible plot twists. For starters, how did the counselor woman who was called in to evaluate the chick NOT know that something was wrong? You would have to be a complete moron not to figure that out when the place you are going to is a massive underground prison out in the country underneath a farmhouse and there is only one other person out there who is not being held prisoner in a room at the end of an industrial sized hallway with nothing in it! I mean come on. But again, whatever.
*End Spoilers*
Now, I could keep going on with all of the plot holes and crappy "twists" that the movie had in it but, in the end what's the point? Yes this movie is terribly made and sure it makes absolutely no sense but, for reasons I don't really understand, I still enjoyed it. There were enough parts throughout it that were genuinely creepy and it had mostly a good, scary atmosphere throughout, with the exception of the first part. So, while I can't honestly recommend that anyone watch this movie, because they shouldn't waste their time. I will still give it points because I found it amusing(sorry, no pun intended there) which makes me wonder, what the hell is wrong with me?
This movie had an awesome trailer, and i was really lookin forward to it. But what a letdown.
Acting was not that good. Script was worse.
Posted By: vonlicorice at 4:24pm, January 31, 2009
I actually though this was an above-average straight-to-dvd release. I agree with the crowd about the plot holes and the derivative nature of the ideas at play, but in each section there were one or two things that I found truly creepy and surprisingly original. It actually reminded me of Doomsday in the way it attacked three very different genre tropes and managed to nail a few concepts even though it was hardly aspiring to reinvent the wheel.
*Mad spoilers ahead*
I loved the focus on “convoys” in part one. The idiot boyfriend was right-on when he said that after tailing someone on the highway for hours you mistakenly think you know them in some way, when in fact they could be ANYONE, including a psychopath. Also, I though the moment when you saw the girl’s face peek out of the semi was brilliant because it set off this back-and-forth in my head between the horror fan who was convinced that something fatally fishy was going on and the rational dude who kept assuring himself that there was probably a good explanation for it all. It was cool to see which me ended up being right, too.
Part two was the straight-up creepiest, because, clowns? Horrifying. And that clown’s face in particular will haunt me for a while. What was neat about this classic babysitting tale was the way in which the kids ended up being complicit in the terror. Talk about the perils of innocence!
I’ll admit I was mostly sprung for the sets in part three. Their apartment had like 20-foot ceilings! (Ridiculous and unrealistic, but jealous-making nonetheless.) And where the fuck did they find that boarding house? It gave me the chills from the moment it appeared on camera. This part really brought the awesome, though, when Lisa (only name I remember, probably because of some semi-racist conflation with Lisa Turtle on my part) finally discovered just what had happened to her friend. Sewn into mattresses? With barbed wire? He wasn’t kidding when he said all the beds were full. (Yuk yuk.)
The final section in which the stories were united was by far the weakest. It barely held together and the various “traps” were all yawners to me. I did dig the guy’s laugh, and I thought the blond woman was a surprisingly good actor and I will never complain when a female victim finally arms herself and fights the hell back. Still, I would have preferred if they had resisted the urge to provide a “reason” for the attacks and just ended with the three girls dead or half-dead, tied up in that creepy-ass bordello. But it could have been worse. It could have turned out that the blond girl was the killer all along. FUCK TWISTS!
There’s nothing fun about this “Amusement”. With a straight to DVD release, that has to tell you something right there. The trailer though looked pretty intriguing and of course I was sucked in.
The story begins in the likes of “Tales from the Crypt”, but lacking the wit and charm of that series, as Shelby (Laura Breckinridge) and her boyfriend find themselves following a small convoy with a couple of sinister characters on some desolate backroads, ala “Joyride”. Needless to say their trip home isn’t all fun and games. Two more stories unfold, one with a babysitter named Tabitha (Katheryn Winnick) and a house filled with clowns, and another as Lisa (Jessica Lucas) finds her best friend missing in an old dilapidated hotel. None of which are that scary or horrifying.
Anyway, the three tales become entwined, when it turns out that all three were childhood friends who made fun of a boy in elementary school who now seeks revenge. Yawn. The three tales aren’t exactly horrible but just seem too disconnected from each other. Another flaw that adds to this is that the psycho’s appearance is different throughout the entire movie, from geek to cartoonish mad doctor. He wasn’t frightening in any case.
When all three are finally brought together at the end it’s a real mess and turns into a low key chase scene. Tabitha runs through a room reminiscent of “SAW” and then finds her friends in a contraption right out of “Hellraiser”. Don’t get your hopes up, it’s.
Next time I want amusement I’ll pull the wings of some flies.
This movie is fucking lame. No twists, someone dies from one and only one stab wound, basically there are two endings becasue they probably tested both and both got equally shitty responses. Wow, I can't believe I can't give this a One.
I have to say that I was really looking forward to seeing this movie after seeing the trailer last spring. Overall I would say it was adequate at best, had a few good moments of suspense and then some really lame ones. The clown was definitely well done, the suspense of when he would stand up or do anything. However that scene was the real highlight of the film. The rest of the film was confusing and didn't really do anything to make itslef stand out from the hundreds of other straight to dvd horror movies that are released each year. Hopefully there aren't any sequals planned for this one.
Wow. I was really psyched to see this, especially with all of the perpetual delays. I was lost most of the way through this movie. The deaths aren't particularly memorable, and the plot...well, I don't think there is one. Not worth the wait.
This is one of those movies where the preview makes it look great, but it reveals the only good parts of the movie. The only parts the preview showed was the clown, but the clown wasn't incorporated enough into the movie to be used on the cover of the film nor on the previews as much as it was shown. Overall, I would rate this movie a 4/10
It was ok story needed some adjustments and would have loved more scares,clown,and gore! It was ok if you wanna kill some time this is your movie
Posted By: bloodnguts313 at 9:51am, January 24, 2009
TERRIABLE! Worst movie ive seen this year! I thought this year was goin be great 4 horror...guest knot?
Posted By: spilnkspawn at 12:15am, January 24, 2009
Slow In Some Parts, but covers most of the basics for a good thriller. . .could have done better with some of the acting with their budget, but the laugh was good. As for the holes in the plot, quit looking for them and watch the movie its good, especially for those new to the genre.
Very good scare quality here esp.
if you're afraid of clowns.
The first story is typical and boring
but the other stories make up for it
and that creepy laugh will get stuck in your
head. It's funny right?
Posted By: horrorfan25 at 10:49am, January 23, 2009
I was so excited seeing this movie at 9 o' clock yesterday waiting to be scared by an evil clown movie. What I got was the complete opposite. If you want to watch a killer clown movie rent 'Stephen King's It'. You only see the clown here for a good 20 minutes. I think the biggest problem with Amusement is that it could have been better. Oh well. It did have it's moments of pure terror and some jump scares. It was good. But it wasn't that great. It's not good enough to be on the big screen, but it's definitely worth a rental. Just don't get your hopes up too high or don't expect a killer clown movie and you'll be entertained instead of disappointed.
Posted By: flesheater123 at 1:03am, January 23, 2009
What a terrible film. The only cool part was the creepy clown costume. The death scene in which the girl falls off a lader with the main villian and dies is stupid as fuck. The main villian survives the chick dosn't go figure. It was short, boring, and not worth your time, unless you watch in online, or on HBO even then it's not worth it.
Really cool and unique horror film. I had a lot of fun with it. It starts off almost like an anthology film but then it all comes together towards the middle of the film. I really enjoyed it. Recommend checking it out.
Posted By: Slaser Maniac at 6:39pm, January 22, 2009
It was an OK film. There were some creepy moments, but the film needed blood. They didn't show the clown that much. It was kind of confusing but it tells you at the end. Overall it was a clever and creepy film.
I loved this movie because of the intertwining stories of the girls and camera work. This was an overall creepy and cool horror flick. Very original. Loved it.
Posted By: slipknot611 at 11:26pm, January 21, 2009
I've been following the rather limited info about this flick since early last year, when I first saw the trailer in theaters, so yeah, I was pretty keyed up about seeing it. Started out pretty decent, but truly became an epic failure somewhere down the line. There wasn't even a motive for the killings! Someone mentioned that this movie was like Valentine, but no. No motive. The kid wasn't picked on at all, he just seemed really weird. At least Valentine had THAT much going for it. I watched the whole thing hoping it would eventually reach some sort of... well... point. Interesting ideas in there, but I'm thinking it's been chopped up by Warner Bros. until there was pretty much nothing resembling a story left. That said, I loved the clown scene.
Posted By: riotsquid1408 at 11:13pm, January 21, 2009
pretty cool
Posted By: morehorror4me at 11:00pm, January 21, 2009
Sadness. I was looking forward to this one and...ah...just sadness. Could have been, should have been, wasn't. Head-scratching brainless tease of a "thriller", not "horror" film.
With what looks like a sizable budget for horror fare, Amusement opens with slick camera work and hip music. I found myself wondering why this film never made it's theatrical release. Unfortunately that question is soon answered with a whole slew of WTF moments, rehashed horror plots, and some seriously amateur gore effects and CGI. Never have I seen characters make so many dumb decisions, and I watch a lot of bad horror flicks. Riddled with stock characters, bad effects, and and cliches, Amusement is a glossy bunch of crap.
Begins with interesting elements and catapolts itself into pure mediocre predictable silly made for television type story and acting.
If they kept on the pathway that the beginning was and kept a area of mystery and suspense without the use of some stupid weak killer clown concept that had no feeling to it at all, it might have been at least a few digits higher in this review. the worst horror film ive seen along with "Asylum" & "the last house in the woods" in this past decade.
usually user reviews average out to be pretty fair to the film, but i have no idea why people are giving this film high scores, this is even worse than "texas chainsaw massacre: the next generation" in which the review is a half skull.
1/10 - but since 1 isnt an option, i have to at least give it 2/10 for some reason.
Amusement is a good movie; I enjoyed it. But The background story could've been better. My favorite part of the Film is the Clown Scene! SPOILERS!!!
This Film reminded me of the Film "Valentine," is about a kid that gets bullied and when he grows up he gets revenge. This movie did have some good gory scenes: when the Rat had its stomach open, it looked kind of Bloody-Disgusting! You don't need much Guts and Gore for a good Horror movie. If you want to see a good Direct to DVD Horror Film Pick this movie up!
Not bad. It was pushed back way too far and the hype was deafening... but the trailer is misleading. I was expecting a film about a killer clown, which would have sufficed as an extremely creepy movie. Instead, the clown was only used in one of the three "stories" in this horror anthology, and was a tad bit disappointing. The film didn't have much gore, but the gore it did have was awesome. The only thing that wrapped this up in a flawed package was the almost completely invisible plot. It was paper thin and very simple, which is a shame, because if it was fleshed out at least 5-10 minutes more, I would have cared about the characters and what was going on. They should have stretched out the clown sequence to the entire film. It was definitely the creepiest part.
This movie was good but it definitely had some plot holes. SPOILER...As Mr.Disgusting said, why did the trucker chase the girl's boyfriend? Would anyone have been able to sleep in a room they aren't familiar with beside a lifesize clown without checking it out some? How was the psych doc notified to come and talk to these girls, and wouldn't she have known something was wrong when she was led to this abandoned underground lair? Wouldn't it have been a good idea to call the police when people are vanishing inside this old building?
This movie was better than your average straight to dvd borefest, but it definitely could have worked on the story line and plot holes a little more.
Pretty damn good! Hot girls, creepy clowns, disturbing psycho boy, disgusting special effects (poor rat), great payback. Ending sequence could have been better but overall it was pretty damn good!
What this was a gud movie just because it wasnt loaded with blood doesnt make it bad!!!! it kept me on the edge of my seat and i like that!!! overall it wasnt the greatest movie of all time it keeps u entertained and wanting to know whats ganna happen next
Posted By: MrDisgusting at 6:30pm, January 20, 2009
Are you kidding me? This movie is TERRIBLE - I barely made it through the whole thing. *Spoilers* First of all, none of the victims who end up together at the end of the movie die in their "mini" stories, therefore there's no blood, guts or violence in the film. The only real craziness is when the girl jumps out of the moving truck and the trucker gets smashed in the head. The script was filled with holes too, such as, if the trucker wasn't the kidnapper then why would he try and run over the kid with his truck? The ONLY good thing in this film was the clown segment, which still, could have been better. AMUSEMENT felt like a toned down R movie that should have been rated PG-13. It's a complete mess and should be avoided at all costs.
Posted By: killerkong56 at 4:51pm, January 20, 2009
i watched it 3 days ago on watch-movies.net and i've been wanting to blog about it forever.Good as movie.
Posted By: blood_rules1 at 3:24pm, January 20, 2009
This movie was original and unique in it's own way. It makes u want more every minute. The beginning was excellent. The movie gets a little confusing after a while, but it all comes together at the end. Great movie. Finally came out on dvd. It's been pushed back so much, it made me anticipate it's release so much more. The anticipation was worth it.
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