Highly Overrated But Still Good

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Supposedly surviving his execution, the body of a thought-dead serial killer returns from the grave and begins a bloodsoaked rampage against those that signaled him dead, forcing the police officer who originally caught him to stop his rampage before hurting others in his path.This one ended up being quite the enjoyable overall effort. This one really manages to generate quite an intriguing amount to enjoy here with the overt brutality and viciousness on display throughout here. Opening up with the scenes of the animal treatment footage drops a big hint as to what's going to be included here, while the scenes of the cops reviewing the series of tortured animals and people on his home videos in his collection gives this an extremely uncomfortable air that carries over into the remaining parts of the film. That is especially prominent in the actual stalking scenes starting with flashbacks to the dreams he has showing the killing spree against his family and friends having a really dark edge, the brutal kills found in the scenes of the officers checking his house during his arrest are quite shocking and brutal. The rampage at the prison yard, where he slaughters the officers attempting to remove him in order to finally be electrocuted provides some strong and brutal moments as well as setting up the actual execution attempt which is long, drawn-out and quite graphic overall which makes it a fun moment. The best aspect, though, is the series of strong ambushes delt to out the individuals associated with the incident. These range from short sequences of the killer striking out of the darkness to lengthier, more involved scenes including him torturing a victim repeatedly with a hammer or chasing them through the house which all leads into the final showdown in the woods which has a lot to really love about it. These here hold it back over it's few minor qualities. The film's main issue here is the fact that this one tends to just waste so much of it's running time in the beginning focusing on utterly unimportant areas. The endless footage of them reviewing the killer's home videos is way too long, not only for the content being shown but also the fact that they don't add much to the characters' backstory. He's already a vile, unsympathetic animal abuser and killer, so getting these extra shots in don't really mean much overall with enhancing what is already known here. It just speaks of mindless padding that does nothing for the film at all and only makes the flimsy storyline ever more obvious about not really requiring a full-length running time. That in itself is another rather big problem here in that the film doesn't really have all that much of a need to be as long as it is, as the scenes of his capture are dragged out way too much meaning that the actual execution that sets the plot in motion is done around the halfway point of the film. The last issue is the half-baked finale that just ends this on a whimper despite the emotional content and raises far more questions than answers anything throughout here which makes this quite a downbeat offering. Otherwise, there isn't much else to this one.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, children-in-jeopardy and scenes of extreme sadistic treatment of animals.

I've never really hated Uwe Boll for his video game adaptations, mainly because he was brutally honest about them. He clearly knew he was making garbage and was not ashamed to say he just wanted to cash in. I don't applaud that motive, but Boll was a bearable director back then. "Seed" on the other hand is from the phase where his movies actually started 'meaning' something. On the surface it's a poorly made (and extremely poorly lit!) slasher movie about yet another mute serial killer with yet another ridiculous disguise, but don't be fooled. According to Boll it's actually about all the evils man can do! Boll recorded a hilariously pretentious commentary for this movie, which is good because the movie is dreadfully boring without it. The scene he's apparently most proud of is the one where an elderly woman gets bludgeoned to death for five straight minutes, a scene which might have the worst CGI effects I've ever seen outside of the SyFy Channel. I could buy Boll as a clever businessman. I can't buy Boll as a filmmaker that actually has something to say, because it all seems so fake to me.

If you take what Boll meant to say, you would have something that I would kind of liked. Well liked is maybe the wrong word, but something I could respect. And this is not Boll bashing (watch Tunnel Rats or Darfur is supposed to be good to), it's just that this movie does look what the budget was like. Lighting, set-up, everything looks sort of cheap. But then you do have some moments of genius thrown in there, in the make-up, special effects department at least. There is a scene with prison bars, that will make you cringe.But all that does not help. The real animal torture scenes, that start the movie off and are there to get you "in the mood", are more than disturbing, which is their purpose. Not sure it works in favor of the movie though either. Yes humans can be cruel, it's not something that is a big revelation. The end might suggest something, though with a sequel that followed that might have been not what Boll intended it to be

If there is one thing I cannot take, it is anyone who gives an opinion, review, etc. of something that involves "insulting" those of a different opinion. Take Author: zarakian_58 from United Kingdom's Review: "badly directed garbage. a mediocre nihilist sadistic gorefest ... if you are the sort of person who likes that ... see a shrink". So, I LOVED this movie, hence perhaps I should skip the shrink and move into the asylum. Stay off the review pages unless you can review objectively AND subjectively without insulting those of a different ilk.Back to the movie. While this is a horror movie, without a doubt, it is also a crime thriller involving the search for the serial killer, "Seed", the search led by the detective Matt Bishop played by the under-rated Michael Pare'. He is caught early in the movie, but after surviving two attempts in the electric chair, he is buried alive to avoid a third attempt that if survived would give him his freedom. He escapes the grave, begins a new killing rampage, exacts revenge on the prison employees who oversaw his "death" and burial, and the investigation for the "copycat killer" begins.This film is brutal, but Seed himself is no worse than a Jeffrey Dahmer, who ate his victims. Seed tortures and kills his victims over and over. These scenes are some of the goriest and most shocking I have ever seen.This is everything a horror film should be: Horrifying, shocking, scary, terrible antagonist, sympathetic protagonist, and with great special effects thrown in. Solid acting and plot for a low budget effort (Don't forget-classics like Halloween and Night of the Living Dead were also extremely low budget). Eight Stars-One of the best torture horror films I have seen in a while.Back to Michael Pare': I have always thought that Michael Pare' has never gotten the respect he deserved. Watch "Eddie and the Cruisers", "The Philadelphia Experiment" or even "Streets of Fire" (Not a good film, but great performances by a young Willem Dafoe and Diane Lane). While earlier in his career, he shows emotion, drama ability, can handle action scenes, and just has overall screen presence. Somehow he has gotten stuck in smaller supporting roles and in B movies. Another example of his B movie prowess, Pare is excellent as the detective hunting for the serial killer in this film.One last note: I recommend skipping the first few minutes of this film which show real footage of animal torture taken from PETA. While this footage helps the Director, Boll, to get his point on "human nature" across along with the rest of the film, I find it unbearable to watch.