BA_Harrison
I always find it amusing when a DVD displays the warning 'contains scenes of mild peril'—it's such a weak description; on the other hand, it's a phrase that perfectly suits Vacation of Terror, which spends an hour and a half delivering such tepid thrills as—those of a nervous disposition, steel your nerves—electric lights mysteriously going on and off (shiver!), remote controlled cars driving themselves (eeeek!), a creepy doll moving its eyes (yikes!), snakes appearing from nowhere (arrrrgghhhh!), slime covered mice in a fridge (swoon) and—prepare yourself—blood running down a wall (OMFG!!!!).These far from bowel-loosening sights occur when a middle-class Mexican family decide to spend some time at the creepy country house inherited by the father and fall foul of the spirit of a vengeful witch burned at the stake 100 years earlier. Trapped inside the doll discovered at the bottom of property's well by daughter Gabby, the witch channels her malevolent powers through the little girl, but proves to be no Hermione Granger when it comes magic: she fails to do away with even one of the characters before being destroyed by flames once again when the doll ends up in the fireplace.Directed by René Cardona III (a third generation movie director, who clearly hasn't learnt much from his elders), Vacation of Terror is not in the slightest bit scary, boasts terrible performances and risible special effects (wires clearly visible in some shots), and fails to even get hot niece Paulina (Gabriela Hassle) topless. In other words, as a horror film, it's a massive fail, and is only just watchable for a few laughs.
Woodyanders
An evil witch gets burned at the stake, but vows to return and get her revenge prior to being torched. A hundred years later a family -- architect father Fernando (Julio Aleman), naggy pregnant wife Lorena (attractive Nuria Bages), daughter Gaby (Gianella Hassle Kus), twin sons Pedrito (Ernesto East) and Jaimito (Carlos East, Jr.), sweet niece Paulina (the fetching Gabriela Hassle), and Paulina's affable occult enthusiast boyfriend Julio (an engaging performance by Pedro Fernandez) -- decide to vacation at a summer home located in the same immediate countryside area where the witch was killed. Trouble ensues when Gaby finds a doll possessed by the lethal spirit of the malevolent witch. Director Rene Cardona III eschews graphic gore in favor of creating and sustaining a creepy ooga-booga atmosphere that becomes more progressively eerie and frightening as the story unfolds. Said uncanny mood culminates in an especially intense and harrowing last third. Moreover, the capable acting from a uniformly solid cast, Luis Medina's polished cinematography, the likable characters, the exciting fiery conclusion, Eugenio Castillo's shivery, ominous score, plenty of unsettling visuals (the bleeding tree and walls are truly scary and unnerving while the shots of vile rotting food covered with bugs, rats and snakes are just plain gross), the constant pace, and the crude, yet effective special effects further enhance the overall sound quality of this nifty little horror picture.
jessecrts
The witch of the village has been torched and the only memories to this are a medallion and an antique doll. A few years later a family goes on vacation to experience their new country home in the outside regions of a pueblo called Valle de Bravo Madero Mexico. Once there the resentful ghosts and memories of the past become apparent and refuse to stay put. The six year old girl of the family falls into a well and finds the ragged old doll which will now bring back one of the many dark entities of the witch. Through incredible telekinetic powers and magical voodoo as well as bloody hallucinations the hell from beneath has come back and will now try to posses the young girl before the night is over. The witch's vengeance is finally alive and ready to bring an end to the family...one by one.
Hector Durante
This genre was very poor in the 80's in Mexico, in those years productions were bad and full of sluts, vicious, old ,morbid men, so this movie was a refreshing pause between all that kind of trash.This movie is about a family going on vacation to their new bought country house, they don't suspect what horrible things are going to happen.
In this trip go mother, father, daughter , brothers (twins), a nephew (she is elder than children, she's about 19) and nephew's boyfriend.When they arrive to the house, children went gone to explore, the little girl falls into a hole and then she found a DOLL!If you saw the movie, you could see it hasn't spectacular fx, but only seeing that horrible doll you'll feel goosebumps, it is suposse that a witch spirit lives inside it.Devil doll take control of a little girl mind, and it would try to kill all family members......Could it kill of them?????????????The script is very predictable but this movie is very entertaining.
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