acidburn-10 The set up was quite good, at first we see the main character Evelyn working in her garden peacefully until she goes a bit nuts when she sees one of her daughters rabbit's on loose, and then goes a bit psycho, which was totally hilarious. Then we see the young girl holding some sort of séance, which isn't explained and Evelyn goes a bit nuts again with her trusty sickle and accidentally kills her daughter. We also learn that Evelyn was in a mental hospital for 3 years, but doesn't explain why, and some time later a few guests arrive at her rundown motel cabins. We get a quite interesting bunch ranging from an binge drinking preacher, a black carpenter, a young married couple, a businessman pretending to be a record producer and 2 wannabe singers.The motel setting was very creepy and the thunderstorm does add a nice touch to the proceedings, plus the acting was pretty decent from everyone involved. Also the tunnels underneath the rooms was effectively done, very dark and dusty with cobwebs and undergrowth was very nicely done. Plus the scenes were Evelyn plays pranks on the guests by unleashing a snake into one of the guests room, was very horrifying and makes your skin crawl, and also some of the death scenes were pretty good, especially the sickle through the face, which was realistic and great.Now the bad stuff, firstly the girl at the beginning who I assumed she was the daughter, but wasn't explained, like firstly what was with that occult stuff, why or what was she doing with all that, and her corpse at end walking about, what was that all about, was she a zombie or something. Then there's all them pranks which was fun and creepy at first, but went on for far too long and grew pretty tiresome. While the acting was fine, some of them were pretty boring and didn't keep my interest, and scenes in between the killings also got boring and plus there is no explanation of why Evelyn is the way she is, nothing is explained.All in all an okay movie, it doesn't anything fresh or new to the genre and doesn't quite keep you interested, and recommend to slasher fans only.

Leonard Smalls: The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse "Mountaintop Motel Massacre" will appeal to those horror fans like myself who often have to see a movie just because of the ridiculous title. Sometimes we get snowballed and the movie sucks but other times, we are treated to a semi-entertaining gem that stands out from the rest. "Mountaintop Motel Massacre" stands out.The whole setting of the movie is creepy as hell, kind of a mix between Tobe Hooper's "Eaten Alive" and "Motel Hell." Mountaintop Motel is in the country, off a dirt road, itself a collection of small 'cabins' and they are all linked together by an underground passageway. The lady who runs the joint is a psycho, she offs her kid in the beginning of the flick and then proceeds to off some guests in her cabins.My only complaint is that this movie takes way too long to get going. If it had the pace of the final twenty minutes during the entire movie, it would have been amazing. But hang in there, you won't be disappointed in this one. Some nice, genuinely creepy scenes and some decent gory killings.5 out of 10, kids.

TOMASBBloodhound So this is where the makers of last spring's Vacancy got the idea for their film! Well, maybe not but you cannot avoid recognizing the similarities of the plot. Moutaintop Motel Massacre is a title that pretty much sums things up. Atop one of the many pine-covered bluffs of western Arkansas sits a rundown motel run by a strange old woman. Early in the film, she kind of has an "accident" in the basement that results in the death of her daughter. Apparently, the daughter has been performing some kind of witchcraft that she may have learned from her mother. Anyway, the old woman sees what her daughter is up to and goes nuts. After her tantrum, the daughter is dead, and the old woman goes off the deep end. Matters also aren't helped by the fact that the old woman has recently been released from a mental institution. With this setup, it's a pretty safe guess that the next guests at her motel are not going to get much sleep.For such a rundown motel, there sure are a lot of visitors that show up. We have a kindly old drunken preacher, a nice old carpenter, a couple of newlyweds, a phony record company exec, and two girls he picks up along the side of a rain-soaked highway. And I must say it's a good thing its raining, because these two nubile young women have forgotten to wear bras underneath their plain white tee shirts! As soon as the guests arrive, strange things begin to happen to them. First off, the old woman begins releasing various critters into their rooms. She uses a tunnel beneath the rooms to move about and enter each room when she likes. Just like in Vacancy. You can only do so much damage with one rattlesnake, a few rats, and a bag of roaches, so eventually the old woman breaks out her sickle and begins chopping these guests up. Will the law arrive in time to stop her, or will all rooms be vacant for the next night? The film really could have been worse. True, it has some dull spots that think they're suspenseful. And yes, some of the acting is awful. The newlyweds are particularly bad. But the film is really creepy. The music and lighting help this atmosphere, and its a good thing they do. The old woman just isn't that scary on her own. She really doesn't look like the picture on the DVD cover. The conclusion seems to be trying to leave room for a sequel, but this film was likely never even in theaters so that would have definitely been a reach. The film was actually sitting on someone's shelf for three years before it was even seen on cable. It will give you an unsettling feeling, but don't expect any huge scares. Few of these actors ever appeared in anything else! Psycho, this is not! 5 of 10 stars.The Hound.

HEFILM Most of these actors would never be in a Hollywood movie, they look and act like authentic back-road types. This helps give the movie a dangerous off road reality that helps keep a sense of danger going during the rather uneventful proceedings. But you don't notice that not much is really going on and then people start getting bumped off and it does earn its massacre title. Could have used more "voices in her head" moments to drive the film into high gear, but it's odd in a good way and there is some clever gore.More ghostly voices, more strangeness and this would go up several points, but has a feel that makes it different from other slasher films of the era. Good make-up effects help. And you never know for sure who will live and who will die, and important thing most films don't ever bother to even try to do.