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Harrowing Tale
What an amazing movie! Ticket to Heaven takes us on a bumpy ride through cult hell. David, played by Nick Mancuso, is, after a failed romance, primed for being sucked into a Moonie-like cult. His descent into hell and his friends' journey to pull him out make for riveting entertainment and thought provoking viewing. No one will forget the final few moments when you say to yourself, "What just happened here?"

Creepy, real, important and scary
Anyone who has been in a cult, knows or knew someone in a cult, or finds extreme belief systems interesting, you'll find this movie to be amazing. My eyes watered because I didn't want to blink and miss anything. Check it out.

Good movie to watch, even if you haven't been in a cult.
Ticket to Heaven is an honest look at one young man who gets sucked into a cult.Nick Mancuso's character, David, has just broken up with his girlfriend. When he goes to find solice in his friend in California, he becomes entangled in a fanatical religious group that turns out to be a cult. The movie follows David's struggles getting in and hopefully, getting out.The film takes a really honest approach showing how easy it is to get into the middle of a cult without knowing it. It shows the different tactics used by cults to wear you down and turn you into a part of their group. Nick Mancuso does an excellent job portraying David, who though reluctant and struggling a lot with his decision, decides to join. Mancuso's character really shows how listening and giving in little by little to a cult's activities makes one more susceptible to them.This movie is a must-see for those who have ever experienced something like this. It is a real refresher to see where you have come from since you left. It is a real learning experience to see some of things that maybe made you susceptible to joining a cult.If you are a parent with a child in this situation it shows what your child may be going through or experiencing and will show you what it may be like to get them out.Even if you haven't been in a situation like this, it is a captivating film to watch and see the struggles that are involved and maybe catch some of ideas of staying out of a cult. ... Read more

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A group of friends from Queens, New York reunite for a wedding. Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna, Jamie Lee Curtis ... Read more

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A soso film
I first saw this on the Scifi channel.It was an ok film.It has some flaws,but the acting was decent.The special effects were good,not great.Almost all the actors we no die,except the 2 main ones of course.When a teen reporter goes under cover at a building were they help teens with there problems,she finds out that there are killer rats everywere and they are starting to kill some of the patients.The momma rat is about the size of a large T.V.Anyway,now the reporter has to escape and get the patients to safety.The rats killed all of the falcuty and only 5 of the teenaged patients.In the end the reporter and her boyfriend escape along with the survivers.A good movie to rent and watch on a Friday night.There are some really creepy moments and gory scenes,like when the momma rat is dragging the girls head across the floor leaving a trail of blood.I would recomend you to rent this not buy.

RATS!!!!!
KILLER RATS is one of those rare modern movies that captures much of the essence of the fifties and sixties "killer monster" movies. Director Tibor Takacs manages to instill some real creepy moments as we are engrossed in this tale of mutant rats. Sara Downing plays a reporter who goes "undercover" to investigate the goings on a HMO type facility. She meets the esteemed doctor (Ron Perlman) and the obedient staff and soon senses something amiss. Meanwhile, her boyfriend reporter (Michael Hagerty) tries to convince her to get out after a series of mysterious disappearances. Michael Zelniker plays the maintenance man who has a mysterious connection with the rats; Bailey Chase plays a drug addict who is a handsome action movie star; and Denise Dowse plays Rose, the bitchy roommate of Sara. The CGI generated rats of course don't look real, but they are scary nonetheless. The movie has an eerie atmospheric pacing and I forgive the numerous plot loopholes because it's a scary movie! If you like this kind of thriller, you won't be disappointed.

It was made for cable, but it belongs in the garbage...
Low budget and very poor production highlight yet another story of animals going amok and killing people. Ron Pearlman stars as the guy trying to hide it from the outside world. Too bad he couldn't stop this film from being made, period.

Killer Rats pulls no punches
Killer Rats has more substance than most killer beastie movies although it leaves me a little confused as to the set layout.
Sewer workers find a blocked-off doorway. One leaves to find a new way around while the other breaks open the seal. He pokes his head in the wall and is promptly yanked in. The other worker returns. She gets a look at something in the hole and runs. She gets caught.
We then see a troubled blond woman, Samantha, get delivered to a private sanitarium. There she is forced to fit in. We meet some of the other characters, including the ruthless head doctor, and discover that the rats are free in the building.
All is not quite as it seems. Samantha is actually an undercover reporter trying to report of possibly deteriorating conditions after privatization. People start disappearing and Samantha may have seen something but she was medicated at the time.
The movie gets pretty intense as the rats get bolder and we learn more about their relationship with some of the facility's staff. There is one scene of a disturbed girl who had seen her lover killed by the rats. She knows they are after her and that she has no way of escaping the padded room where she is on suicide watch. As the rats arrive, she manages to bite a wrist sufficiently to commit suicide.
The movie's effect vary somewhat throughout the film. One scene shows rats scurrying toward a door and they look like toys being pulled on strings. the big main rat sometimes looks very real and at other times it looks two-dimensional. But one thing is constant, the rats have glowing red eyes that emit malevolence in every scene.
I will not spoil the twists and surprises but I was somewhat confused during some of the action scenes as to what was basement and what was sewer. I was not sure why the characters could not find a way out. But it's a good film with plenty of atmosphere and some good solid framework.

Bad.
This movie is proof that I will watch any [thing]they have at the movie store. But, a one liner ironically describes what you will be thinking while and after you watch this plane crash: "This is definately....not good for my sobriety."

A girl is an undercover reporter that moves into a mental ward trying to see if they hurt the mentally ill people, little does she know that the head Psychiatrist and some....dude? Are performing horrible atrocities on rats.

The guy, which I think is the janitor becomes mentally bonded with the big momma rat, saying she "feeds off his thoughts" ... Well anyway the rats become physcho, yes physco they got red eyes and love blood. When your watching the film you wonder if the producers just went over the film with a red highlighter or something, dotting the eyes of the rats. But watch out kiddies, there is a big huge alpha rat thing, which when he comes on screen looks like a cgi smear as it jumps and attacks ... and old women. This whole movie seems aimless, you dont know if they are trying to appeal to 80's horror movie fans with the minimal blood and gore they show or PETA members when they preach about animal cruelty, which is the main motive for why the rats went nuts. Oh yes and another one liner "Time...for a little 1on1 therapy!", ...

The highlight of this film would have to be the crazy girl chewing her arm off for no reason other than she is nuts. Even though the idea of killer rats is far from cliche, Lets be for real here; I mean honestly, who is scared of someone mutating rats into physco rats? Not me, thus takeing away a scary movies lasting appeal giving it nothing to generate fear off of. The climax is as entertaining and anti-clamtic as Archie Bunker takeing a big joe.

But dont fret because a whole lot of monster rats came out a of trash can at the end, leaveing this horrible movie open for what sees to be a even worse sequel.

A sterling example that rat horror movies can't be any good. ... Read more

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The ultimate predator...unleashed! The countdown to the end of the world has begun. As a runaway moon hurtles through space on a collision course with Earth, only a small team of interplanetary miners stands in its way. Their mission to alter the moon's course is halted when a fossilized alien is unleashed from its subterranean hibernation. The indestructible creature now stands between them and their determination to save humankind from certain extinction. ... Read more

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STANDARD SCI FI FARE
One of the main problems in this low budget sci fi flick is its failure to show us the monster in full detail. A combination of ALIEN and ARMAGEDDON, WITHIN THE ROCK offers us a mining crew on a strange moon that is hurtling towards the earth. A doctor is on board to help divert the orbit of the moon. What they don't know is that the moon is harboring a million year old demon imprisoned by an alien civilization. The monster cannot function in oxygen-saturated air, so the crew decides it must battle it with nitrogen. The cast includes Xander Berkeley in his typical villain role as the money-grubbing manager of the mine crew; Caroline Barclay in a lifeless portrayal of the doctor; Brandon Tatum and Brian Krause as the gungho brothers--they're actually pretty good; Calvin Levels in his typical brother role; and Michael Zelniker as the computer nerd Archer, who is also quite good. The direction is amatuerish and the movie moves a little too slowly;it is also atrociously edited and lit. Not a horrible film, just not a good horror film.

Let's be honest
Not too bad for a B flick. But, spend your money elsewhere.

Completely Horrific!
What a horrific movie! It's scary and bloody. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's worth watching over and over again no matter how many times. ... Read more

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Stuart Bliss has everything one man could want, a good job, a big house in San Fernando Valley, a beautiful wife and a shiny red BMW. Everything, that is, except his sanity. After his frustrated wife abruptly walks out on him, Bliss's mind slowly slips into a muddled mixture of conspiracy fantasies, apocalyptic visions and rampant paranoia. Stuart, deftly portrayed by Michael Zelniker (Bird) watches helplessly as his television set becomes possessed, religious zealots surround him and his favorite cream soda turns radioactive. Walking the thin line between psychological terror and absurdist comedy. Director Neil Grieve's claustrophobic visual style vividly captures Stuart's unfolding as he quietly confront the complex issues of privacy, identity and religion with compassion and grim humor in this truly original black comedy. ... Read more

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Surreal and Disturbing
I'm not one for reviews, but here's some advice: If you liked Donnie Darko, watch this. If you liked Naked Lunch, or Existenz, watch this. It's WELL worth your time. Wonderful movie. ... Read more