Leofwine_draca
THE BROTHERHOOD III: YOUNG DEMONS reaches a new low in cinema. The first two movies in this franchise were bad enough, but YOUNG DEMONS breaks with tradition and the type of storyline offered up in those flicks for something new and much, much, worse.David DeCoteau heads off with his camera north of the border to shoot a clunky Canadian piece of trash. The very loose storyline involves a bunch of roleplayers who decide to break into their high school one night to play a new type of game. Unfortunately for them, they use a real-life book of the occult to summon up some very real demons who proceed to wreak havoc among them.There's virtually no story or dialogue in this film, just a constant stream of bad acting and worse direction. The entire soundtrack of the film consists of a single, thumping heartbeat, which as you can imagine gets tiring before a minute has passed. DeCoteau pads his film out with a lengthy S&M sex scene and an interlude in which a buff young dude - what else? - strips down to his underwear and takes a much-needed shower, and such moments are as cheesy and horrendous as they sound. There are no redeeming values in this film whatsoever, making it one of the worst I've ever witnessed.
Timelord-2
This movie was so bad I can't even really call it a movie. The story would be stupid if it even really existed, the script is bad, the effects are bad, the makeup is bad, the sound is terrible. I'd say the acting was awful, but given the material and directing I actually felt sorry for the actors and can't blame them. Every single creative and technical aspect of this movie is awful.There are two titillating scenes, both involving the Kip character (who is undeniably cute). In the first he goes into the locker room to wash the blood off his back (he fell into it) and ends up doing an erotic look-at-my-body shower scene instead. But at least the story had him in the shower for a reason. Then after he and another character are "posessed" they do another soft-core bondage dance with poor Kip looking terribly bored. Not only wasn't it worth it, but there was no reason for the scene to exist! It made no sense! These comments come from a guy who *loves* bad movies. I had rather low expectations to begin with, and they were not met. Take, for instance, Brotherhood II. It too, was terrible, but in that fun, what a great way to waste some time way that bad movies ought to be.
TobyS
The Brotherhood III: Young Demons pretty much blows. Nothing happens except for a LOT of running. The acting is the worst yet in the Brotherhood series, as is the "plot".Lex (Kristopher Turner) is his own Jeff Probst in a game he has created and plays in the school at night. The players all dress up like they're on their way to a renaissance festival and search the school for something that I really don't care to try and remember. During the game, Lex is able to see, hear and talk to anybody, anywhere in the school from his position in the library. As an added touch, a really stupid looking mystery man is loose in the school and appears to be making all of his victims pleasure him orally. This all builds up to a lame climax (no pun intended) that makes the end of The Brotherhood II look like Shakespeare.This film is annoying. From the constant running though the halls to the never stopping heartbeat, this movie rots. There are two redeeming things about The Brotherhood III: 1: Lex is hot! 2: The shower boy has a killer butt! It's good to see DeCoteau did something right. Other than that, there is nothing in this film to recommend. When will he realize that constant lightening in every scene is not scary? And what was up with those camera angles? I was starting to get motion sickness watching! If I was to list every plot hole in this thing, we'd be here all day.Anyway, I've rambled on enough about a movie that didn't deserve this much review space to begin with. I won't tell you not to watch it, for you have to decide that for yourself. But I will tell you that I stopped shy of hating this film, and hope that the inevitable Brotherhood IV is more on par with the first in the series than this effort.My grade: D-
BHorrorWriter
Okay, I know what kind of films Decoteau makes and I know who his real target audience is, and I know I have given rather mixed reviews of the other two Brotherhood films. But this one is by far the worst in the series!Granted, the "Guys running around in boxer-briefs" scenes are cut down to almost none. With the exception of the all too predictable shower scene...Gimme a break!Anyway, the acting was exceptionally bad, save for the character of Lex. I was very impressed with the actors talent and scene presence. I would like to see him in something again. As for the rest of the cast: Totally forgettable!The stalking/chase scenes took up waaaay too much of the film and lasted too long. I felt this whole movie moved in slow motion. Oh, wait, it did! The smoke in the school and that blasted lightning and thunder machine Dave uses for all his films was just down right silly!As with all of Decoateau's films, we have the heroine clutched at knife point by our would-be villian...some corny dialog takes place and everyone crumbles to the ground!Matt Walsh, if you are reading this...I was so sorry to see your name attached to this film. I know you are a better writer and deserve more than this! I could see where your talent was trying to peek through, but got crushed and pushed to the wayside. I am sorry, and I am sure your script was MUCH better than what was filmed! I would love to read it, as well as yours for the Frightening!Here is to hoping is there is a part 4, Decoteau will attempt something different or new...however, I know he will not!So sad!2 out of 10
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