Miner's Massacre -2003

Director : John Carl Buechler

Writer : Antonio Olivas

Running Time : 86 mins

Rating : R

Genre : Slasher/horror

Cast : Karen Black, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch, Elina Madison, Alexandra Ford, Martin Kove

                                                 Seeing the cover of this before I watched it, my expectations weren't very high, especially since it was amongst those other crappy horror movies at blockbuster, Alright on to it, not only does this movie have the brainless stereotypical characters (the rich scuzz bag, the total bitch, the zanny sheriff, the localer that knows what's going wrong in the town and tries to clue all the dim-wits in and they hardly ever get it, but point blank this film has some god-awful dialogue, acting, directing, and cg effects. The Jeremiah Stone dude was a bit hilarious. The premise for the movie is just as atrocious as the other flaws. From what I could get from it, Jeremiah Stone was a gold digger during the Gold Rush, and a notorious outlaw. He had a crapload of gold, and put a curse on anyone who went after his gold before he was gunned down by the towns locals after he killed some poor girl, but not only did he survive, he bit off his own finger and ran off. So we jump to present day, a group of clueless yuppies find out about this gold mine, and of course, they are warned by locals about "The Curse of the Forty-Niner". And what do they do? As expected, ignored the warnings and greedily go for the gold. But when they get the gold, all sorts of wacky things start happening. And that's about it folks. 

       Besides Actress Karen Black, the film "Miners Massacre" also has veteran actors John Phillip Law and Richard Lynch as the town Sheriff Murphy and Old Man Prichard. Passable stuff but nothing special the movie has a predictable ending with the entire gold mine going up in flames. Continuity doesn't seem to exist in this film, so it's just as much fun to watch for the inconsistencies as anything else. Looking at the cover of the film, you can tell what kind of movie it's going to be. Most of the acting is really bad, some of the gore effects are good, I mostly liked the nudity and gore but thats about all. I just expected more. It's just so terrible it's hilarious.
 And belive me, its not a comedy!

2/10 Stars