Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

First, I want to state that I have only seen the 3D version; having said that, my reaction after the viewing was why was this shot in 3D? There is nothing visually attention grabbing or exceptional about the staging of this film; as a matter of fact, the cinematography is so featureless and unexciting that it might be useful to insomniacs. The flashback sequences begin immediately and make the storyline perplexing, especially since the writing and acting are so anemic. It doesn't take the viewer long to recognize who the killer is, but since the writer failed to develop any back story for him, we are forced to listen to him justify why he is killing as he is killing, which is very confusing and very far-fetched. The filmmakers attempted to imitate Saw, Hostel, and countless other films in the HORROR genre, with not much success. All they did was make a HORRIBLE movie. Most horror fans will yawn during this film and constantly check their wristwatch, and if they manage to get through the never-ending 78 minutes, feel swindled.

I always say that if I see a film in 3D that no matter how awful the 3D is I will never mark a film up or down because of it. I feel that is a cheap thing to do because it is like grading the film on what size TV you watched it on. Just because you watched it on a small TV doesn't make the movie bad, it just makes your TV small. The movie did nothing, your TV didn't meet standards.But something needs to be said about the inexcusable use of anaglyph 3D, or as most refer to it as, red and blue 3D. I am going to assume it was added in later because nothing seems to be even remotely 3D. It was clearly not shot with 3D cameras, and was all added in later. What a waste of a good movie-going experience.As far as the film goes, Scar 3D is not a remake, but is clearly inspired by the countless number of Saw films and, at the time, I believe the first of Eli Roth's Hostel series was out. The torture porn genre is brought to the table, but it isn't doing really any harm here. It's not as despicable as you would think, and most of the film does without it.The story focuses on Joan (Bettis), now an aunt, who was lured into an old funeral home and tortured with her friend by the owner. The game was, you get tortured back and forth until one of you says "kill him/her." The only was to save yourself is to kill your friend of relative. Joan now goes to live with her niece Olivia (Blanton) and her father Jeff (Titus). But now, a copycat killer is on the loose since Joan killed the original one. Now he's after Olivia and her friends.Despite its interesting premise, the ending is more cliché than I was hoping it was going to be. That is because not enough characters are introduced, and once the real killer walks on screen for the first time you're blind if you don't know its him. There is no twist, surprise, or even something to confuse you. It's plain obvious.Some of the torture scenes are quite brutal. Researching a bit, I uncovered information from a review saying one person was "out cold" and another ran out of the theater and "threw up." My guess is they never attended one of the many torture porn films we have out today. I cringed during some of the scenes, but I never felt sick or anything major. Most of the torture scenes were well crafted and amusing - in a totally non-satanic way.The film is what low budget is made of. Clearly, not a lot of money was used to make this film which is perfectly fine with me. It almost felt like someone picked up a pretty solid HD camera and made this. Again, that isn't an insult. It's a compliment to the makers. They didn't produce a piece of fine horror gold, but they did something with what they had. I hate to keep repeating myself, but one has to thank the producers for not remaking The Shining and at least coming up with their semi-own idea.While Scar 3D does pass on a few levels, the cliché ending and the lack of character development does drag this one down a little bit. Gorehounds will be satisfied, but people looking for a very memorable horror film may be a little let down. It's a quick watch, but one that is fast-paced and admirable.Starring: Angela Bettis, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Devon Graye, Ben Cotton, and Christopher Titus. Directed by: Jen Weintrob.

During the intro credits we learn from newspaper headlines that a bunch of teens were killed by a mad mortician. In the present, a woman named Joan with a nasty scar on her face visits her family. In flashbacks we find out how she ended up scarred. As a teen girl she and a friend of hers ended up spying around a funeral house. They got caught and were invited in by the mortician to whom young Joan is attracted. The mortician is indeed twisted and has the girls play a nasty little torture game. He will keep mutilating one girl until she begs him to stop and kill the other girl instead.Back in the present, the town is celebrating all sorts of festivities. Suddenly some of the teens, friends of Joan's niece Olympia, start disappearing. Joan keeps having nightmares, memories, flashbacks of the mad mortician. She has a hunch that things are not as the appear, it feels all too familiar, even though the funeral home is now turned into a horror museum. Olympia in the meantime is falling for a shy guy; her father is the town's sheriff. Joan gets herself in trouble with the law as she turns up at the scenes of the crimes just as law enforcement arrives. Because she keep investigating, she eventually finds herself yet again involved in the torture game.This movie is quite outstanding compared to most formulaic and sanitized horror flicks. There are really two stories here, that could have made for 2 movies. The story taking place in the past, which is also the more interesting one, is focused more on the horror and gore, and it's pretty horrific stuff. It also stands out because of Brittney Wilson's excellent performance. She plays young Jane, is a very cute girl, and gives one of the best victim performances I've seen. Her screams and cries of agony are very believable. Kirby Bliss Blanton performance as Olypmia, in turn, makes the story taking place in the present interesting. The director is particularly good in portraying teenage dialogue and relationships.This movie does not look good though, the coloring, mostly yellow/brown, is gimmicky, distracting, and pointless- it makes things look unreal instead of making the torture seem real. Sounds is excellent. The story and the twists were good. This isn't just about torture for torture's sake. There are some interesting death scenes- my favorite a death using some vacuuming device used by morticians that is plunged into a living persons abdomen, to well, suck out their guts. Other effects are very well done and realistic, not CGI, fortunately. I'm not so thrilled about the casting of Angela Bettis. She in a way is suited for the part of the troubled and traumatized victim. But when she's on screen, things become less interesting and watchable.This movie stands out because of a good and rich story, some great performances by attractive girls, realistic gore effects, and a welcome cruder and bloodier approach to horror. Highly recommended.

While driving to her hometown Ovid, Colorado, to visit her brother and local sheriff Jeff (Christopher Titus) and her niece Olympia (Kirby Bliss Blanton), Joan Burrows (Angela Bettis) recalls her traumatic experience with her best friend Susie (Tegan Moss) when they were teenagers. Joan (Brittney Wilson) and Susie are smoking pot in the cemetery and decide to snoop the caretaker Bishop (Ben Cotton) in the funeral home. Joan falls and hurts her knee, and Bishop invites the girls to enter in the house to clean the wound. Sooner they are sedated with chloroform and submitted to a cruel torture in a sick game where Bishop tells each girl to ask to kill the other to stop the suffering. When a copycat killer kills Olympia's friends, Joan tells the police officers that Bishop is back but nobody believes in her words. When Olympia is abducted, Officer Lucas (Chris Nannarone) actually believes that Joan has abducted her niece and might be the serial-killer."Scar" is an impressively gore and sadistic horror movie that follows the style of "Hostel" or "Saw". The story is reasonably well developed through flashbacks, but it is not difficult to guess the identity of the killer; the predictability is due to the few numbers of characters. I am a fan of the cult actress Angela Bettis, but in general the acting is good, highlighting Ben Cotton and Devon Graye. The special effects and make-up seems to be great, but I saw the DVD without the 3-D glasses and the image was completely blurred. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Scar – A Marca do Mal" ("Scar – The Mark of the Evil")