After taking a few days off from watching my normal Horror
or Sci-Fi entertainment, I was definitely feeling some withdrawals. I had to
find something mindless with blood to quench my needs. What did I find? I found
the 2008 entry Scourge to keep my company.
Plot/ An ancient
pestilence called The Scourge has been set free in a small town after being
entombed in a church's masonry for a century and a half. As bodies rapidly pile
up, nothing stands between the spawning Scourge and the rest of the town except
our young heroes.
Scourge, hmmm, where to start. This movie was kind of a mixed bag, featuring a
solid and creative concept, some decent cinematography, and blood. Honestly, everything
that should make for an enjoyable flick, but it never truly delivers on its
promise. The acting is uneven, the pacing is off, and the creative concepts in
the idea fail by biting off too much in the scripting and losing its identity. In
the end, it is not terrible, but not good either, it sort of sits in the middle
of the road. If you are like me and were looking for something to pass some
time, put it on for background fodder, but if you are looking for something you
will definitely enjoy, go a different direction.
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