They Call Her Death Film Review

Like it or not if you want to see something that's a bit more daring these days you have to look at the smaller studios as the bigger ones are just doing what's popular at the minuet. With this film being released a smaller indie studio you all know that it's not going to be like anything that the more major bigger studios including yes A24 Pictures would dare to put out there and so then me as I review the film that is a mixture of Terror Of The Prairie and oddly enough Planet Terror with the film in question being called simply just "They Call Her Death" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when she believes that her husband was killed in cold blood a young widow in the old west sets out to find who really killed her husband and exact her own kind of vengeance. Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty so fresh and new and exciting as this is plot that really hasn't been done all that often which is something that does make it feel new every single time that a film fares to use this kind of story as usually it's the husband that's out for revenge and yet here just by reversing the roles it makes it appear to be new all over again and while yes granted the films plot is a tad bit on the simple side this is something that does work well enough in the films favor as not every single film out there needs to have a deep and dark plot as sometimes having one that's alot more simpler and easier to follow works just as well and that is very much the case with this films plot with the only thing that lets this film down from a plot point of view being the fact that the films plot isn't well developed with the film putting more effort onto the copious amounts of gore that they have appear every few minuets then it does in creating an actually good plot with this films plot feeling secondary to the films gore with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Sheri Rippel as Molly Pray , Jeff Boyer as Frank Jaroo and Devan R. Garcia as Diego. Also starring in this film is Shawn Nyberg as JM Winter , Dané Shobe as Bosley Turner , Patrick Poe as Thomas Pray , Jason Puff as Leigh Murphy , Dylan B. Hart as Tex , Carmen Anello as Maggie , Dusty Nichols as Luther , Alex Laughlin as Fat Jack , Sam Tady as A Wagon Driver and A Partygoer , Sri Donepudi as A Traveling Woman , Abigail Musick as Death , One of this films Production Assistant's Kelly Rippel as An Assassin , Gregor Hunt as Denver , Kirby Whitt as Politician 2 , Jeremy Walter as Politician 1 , Joseph Wasinger as George Cartwright Moonshine Mantell as The Groundskeeper and this films producer and visual effects artists , graphic designer , props and set decorated Adam Jeffers as Fudginald Gutts.

Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that he actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot more better then what it really had any right to be. As by all rights with a film like this one it really should have had alot of really bad acting and while yes granted this films acting can be pretty bad at times on the whole the film does have some really good acting in it as well with it being clear as day that this films actors know full well what kind of film that there in and are therefor just having the best time that they possibly could have done in this film and while yes some of them still don't turn in that good of a performance like the fact that Dylan B. Hart still doesn't turn in that good a performance with the same thing also being true for alot of the actors that are playing the townsfolk in this film as alot of them overact but not in a way that makes there performance good rather it's in a way that makes it look like that they have no idea just what it is that there meant to be doing with this film best actor being the films main star Sheri Rippel as she makes her character of Mary Prey seem both heartless and yet at the same time not so heartless as well with the acting that's in this very film also being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this film actors have to do is just the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to rase the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

To be frank all of this films characters are pretty one note characters with all of them either being straight up evil or straight up the good guys of the films. Which is something that does both not work and yet at the exact same time also work really well for this film as well it works for this film in the regards of the fact that thus film is all about doing the more simple things hence why it has a more simple and easy to follow storyline to it as well with that kind of thinking also extending to it's characters but that's also the problem as by doing that it does also mean that we get characters that are very note and that aren't all that interesting as the film doesn't really give us a reason to care for Mary outside of the fact that she's the good guy and it doesn't give us a reason to care for any of this films villains outside of the fact that there the films main villains and that's really it and that is something that does lead to this films characters being dull characters as you know right away how each of the films characters are going to act and how there going to act when there talking to other similar characters as well and it could even be argued that some of this films characters are character tropes seen in other and better movies as well be it from the crooked Sheriff to the new Deputy who is just trying to do his best to even the films main character who has the one goal of getti9ng revenge for the death of a loved one all of these are character types that have been done better not only in other westerns but in other movies as a whole whereas with this film much like the plot they feel secondary to the films gore as that's where alot of the effort went and not into creating genuinely interesting and really well rounded characters.

As was mentioned at the start of this film this is film is like both Planet Terror and Terror On The Prairie. With the film being dine in that dirty and grimy grindhouse style which does suit the film and give the film a rather unique look to it and yet at the same time it's plot can at times be very similar to Terror On The Prairie as both films have widow who at somepoint in the film goes to seek revenge for the death of their husband and yet it's this film pulls of that plot line alot more better due to it's grindhouse nature and look as that then allow for the film to go to these really weird and over the top places which does in turn make the film alot more fun to watch as you never really know what it is that your going to get next and that is something that was also true with alot of grindhouse films as well as with any of them you never really knew just what it was that they were going to show you next and yet it was nearly always either weird or just flat out cool to see with the same thing also being true for this film as well as the film has alot of really cool imagery to it and much like with Planet Terror this films really does embrace the fact that it's a grindhouse film by having alot of the tropes that you would come to find in those films like missing scenes and having scratches appear on the film thus making the film look more run down and giving the film a look that makes it appear as if it was shot in the sixties and not something that was shot just a few years ago and again much like how the director of Planet Terror did alot of the behind the scenes work on that film this film also has that with Austin Snell who not only wrote , produced and directed the film but also filled in several key roles including being the films cinematographer as well with his vision for the film really coming through in something that is nothing more then a great throw back to not only western films but grindhouse films as well.

One of the films more weaker elements is the fact that it does try to have a mystery aspect going through it with the mystery being who really killed this person at the stat of the film. However it's quite clear right from the moment that this character first appears in the film who it is as they just look evil so much so that it actually would have worked well enough in this films favor if they actually had that character be a red herring and reveal that it was actually somebody else who did the films opening kill but nope they go right with the person that you think that it's going to be with it not even being helped by the fact that the film offers absolutely no clues as to who the real killer was even meant to be in the first place which makes the reveal all the perplexing as it does come out of nowhere this wouldn't be an issue if the the mystery wasn't a a key part of the films plot but given that it's this characters death that resulted in Mary's husband noy only getting killed in the first place but also being the one framed for this persons murder then there should have been alot more effort put into the mystery aspect of the film as that would added more of a reply value to the film as then we the audience could get to see just which characters are acting evil at certain points in the film but as the film doesn't do any of that then the films losses one of it's reasons for people to rewatch it as there sill will be people that will willingly rewatch this film just for how much gore that the film has in it but as mystery this films just not that good as it has mystery that's as deep as mystery from bad episode of Scooby-Doo Where Are You as that's just how bad the mystery aspect of this film really is.

This film is an action horror film with the film having plenty of both action and horror in it but there is one thing that does let the films action aspect down by quite alot. With that being the fact that the films sound effects just don't sound that heavy hitting with it sounding like that the characters are throwing lot of weak punches and kicks when having a sound that makes those punches and kicks sound alot more impactful would not only serve the film better but it will also make the films action alot more fun to watch as well as right now they are only just laughable to watch not only due to the weak sound effects but also because of the fact that you can see this films main actor Sheri Rippel not even connect with who it is that she's meant to be hitting alot of the time with it looking like that her opponents aren't getting hit at all but are instead just falling over because they feel like it with it also being true for alot of the films other actors as well and heck there's maybe one fight scene in this movie that actually looks good and even then it's mostly due to the fact that one of the people might be a pro wrestler and that's the end fight that Mary has with someone as even tho the sound effects don't do that fight any kind of justice you can still tell that the person that she's fighting with is actually connecting with alot of their hits thus making it appear as if Mary is getting hurt for real and that is something that does make me believe that the makers of this film did cast a pro wrestler in that nameless role as that's something that they would've been tought to in either in wrestling school or just from doing alot of wrestling shows and it's something that not only shows in the final product but also makes that very brief fight scene the best one in the whole entire movie and after just checking the films IMDB page once again it turns out that they did hire a pro wrestler for that scene with them hiring Ryan Greeness aka Moonshine Mantell to not only act in the film as The Groundskeeper but to also do the stunts for this film as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and fifteen seconds. Which to be fair to this fil is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have with the film even having just the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time as well but at the same time to this film also really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely either as the plot of the film isn't as fully developed as it really could have been with it being hard at times to tell not only what the plot of the film was but also what the characters motivations where alot of the time as which granted is also true for alot of grindhouse films as well but at the same time tho those films knew to have some somewhat well developed characters in them to balance it out a bit more which is something that this film just doesn't have as none of the films feel that well developed as there more like cardboard cut outs of other characters rather then being there own unique thing with us the audience not even getting the chance to find out anything about these characters which does make it hard to connect to them in any sort of way be it to love them as the good guy or to boo them as the bad guy and when that doesn't happen then it doesn't matter how cool and how gory there deaths scenes are because us the audience will be left feeling nothing because of the fact that the makers of this film don't really give us a reason to care for any of this films characters but I really will it that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty the best aspect of this film. With all of this films kills being so good and so gory which granted won't be everyone's cup of tea but as this is a grindhouse type of film it really did make sense for the makers of this film to fully embrace that aspect of the film and that did mean going to those over the top places with the films gore and while yes the fact that the film does have alot more effort put into it's gore then it does either the acting or the plot when the kills are this over the top and this gory it more then makes up for it with the best kill in the whole entire movie being when Mary just straight up stabs a guy and then pulls out his intestine all the while he's just bleeding out all over her with that kill being her first kill of the movie and while none of the films kills get as over the top as that one does that one kill is more then enough to let you know just what kind of a film that your in for as alot of the films kills have alot of really good looking gore and blood effects in them with as far as I can tell all of the films blood and gore being practical effects which makes them look all the more impressive as even tho it's a small thing it is something that really does sell you on just how violent that this film is and that's something that makes all of this films kills all the more impressive in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if you haven't done go and track down a copy of this film as even if you don't like action films you'll love the kills and if you don't love the kills then you'll love the films action as either way this film is one fun filled film that is alot more better then what it really had any kind of right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well a all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and a such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.