Review of Bone Sickness (2004) by Patrick D — 13 Feb 2008

This film is for gore fans only!

Let me just say that this film was an exercise in criminal illogicalness and nonsensicality. The plot is ridiculously convoluted and you spent most of the film wondering things like: "how is this guy puking worms when he hasn't eaten any" or "how did a scorpion get loose in this house" even "how did this guy grow his hair past his shoulders in one afternoon" and the list goes on. The zombies in the film look like rejects from the Fulci rip-off Burial Ground, and some how have spiderwebs on them after coming out of the ground.

The film is also poorly directed and edited, and the sound and music is quite bad, this being one of the main reasons for the low rating as it could have been alot better with some care and effort. The dialogue and acting was laughable at best. And I felt it was quite misogynist the nudity was senseless really, I'm all for as much nudity as you can cram in a picture but only if it pertains to the plot, I felt this was just thrown in for kicks, even one scene where a girl seems to be writhing in lust as she imagined decaying bodies fucking....yah, It makes less sense it you watch the film.

What I will say about this film is that the special make up effects are jaw dropping. Clearly the filmmaker did not care about the things I have criticized above as this film is essentially a gore fest, and I mean like mass amount of blood and guts slatter the screen. There are some key gross out parts, even for me, a seasoned horror fan. What's incredible is how well they are done on such a low budget and although owing about to 70s exploitation and Romero in particular still retains an imagination to disgust. If this Brian Paulin character makes another film I hope it's in the sfx department as a good script and good director could have really made this film something.

Bottom line: If you just wanna see crazy gore, and I mean fucking insane, watch this. If you want some plot and meaning, avoid at all costs.