From my favorite movies..

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Kolobos might have been a pretty good little horror flick if it had even a half-decent ending. It's got a talented cast, a script with a nice beginning and middle, above average gore effects and a distinctly 1970s vibe to the look and rhythm of the production that sets it apart from most of its low-budget kin. It does have too much annoyingly stereotypical "scary" music on its soundtrack, but I was able to put that out of mind after a while. Unfortunately, all of the quality work here is just build up for a big conclusion that falls flatter than western Nebraska. This movie has one of those finishes that leaves you saying out loud to the screen "Wait…that's it? Seriously?" It's the sort that leaves you so let down and disappointed, you almost forget everything you liked up to that point while being reminded of all the loose ends and holes in the plot. I don't know what these filmmakers thought they were doing with this ending. All they accomplish is betraying their otherwise admirable efforts.The story is about 5 people who agree to live in a house for some kind of ill-defined experimental film. No one ever references or even alludes to MTV's Real World or similar such reality television when talking about the project, which is part of the 1970s feel to Kolobos. There's little about this film, either culturally or in technique, that brands it as being from its particular era. If you'd told me it was made in 1978 instead of 1998, I would have absolutely believed it.In the house are Kyra (Amy Weber), a young artist with psychological problems; Tina (Promise LaMarco), a sassy kid with a zest for life; Erica (Nichole Pelerine), an ambitious and somewhat full of herself actress; Tom (Donny Terranova), an assertive but unfunny standup comic; and Gary (John Fairle), a pretentious college student. The tale is told in flashbacks as members of the group are killed off one by one while Kyra has hallucinations about disembodied voices and faceless figures. The flashbacks end with Kyra leaving the hospital after recovering from her ordeal, and that's when the wet fart of a conclusion kicks in.Now, maybe I'm missing something so I'll lay it out for you. Kyra is specifically and repeatedly described and portrayed as having serious mental health issues. She's tried to commit suicide, is generally skittish and emotionally shaky and constantly sees and hears things that aren't there. So, the mindblowing twist at the end of Kolobos is…wait for it…Kyra is crazy. No, I'm not leaving anything out. The crazy chick turns out to be crazy. That's it.I'm at a loss because the rest of the screenplay is rather well written, at least for this kind of thing. It's not high art but the characters are clearly established and their interactions are relatively believable. The scenes are solidly constructed and the direction, while clearly bound by financial limitations, is intelligent and sharp. The five main members of the cast all come off like folks who should be acting for a living, which is not something you can say about a lot of low-budget cinema. Promise LaMarco appears to be someone who could have a good career as "cute horror chick".Yet all that leads to closing scenes so awesomely lame that I almost lost the use of my legs through osmosis. Something else…hell, literally any other type of finale would have been better than we get. I went into Kolobos thinking it was going to suck. I'd never heard of it or any of the people in it before. The DVD had a lot of the signs indicating cheaply made gunk. When I popped it into my DVD player, it doesn't even have a menu with set up options or scene selections. It's just an image of Kyra and Tom, the title and the word "play". As I watched it, however, I grew more and more pleasantly surprised and interested. It seemed to be a hidden gem. Then the last 5 minutes left me thinking it should have never been unearthed.I can't call Kolobos bad but I also can't recommend something that falls down so severely at the end. Decide for yourself and don't come complaining to me afterwards.

Yesterday, I saw "Kolobos" and I really enjoyed that film. It's a nice horror movie with a lot of blood and terror. One scene that really scares me is the scene where the killer murdered Erica (Nichole Pelerine). Also, I think that Kyra (Amy Weber) is really beautiful and good actress. However, I don't understand the end. What happened exactly with Kyra? And disappoints me so much, because is a good movie and I believe has a good and more understandable end... Anyway, "Kolobos" Iis really good (except the end) and I suggest to all people see it when they will find the chance! My vote is 9 out of 10. And I will see it again!

Kolobos attempts to set itself up as a disturbing 'reality' horror film like Blair Witch, Last Broadcast or My Little Eye. The unfortunate thing is that while all those films were made on similar budgets, Kolobos doesn't really do anything spectacularly inventive with said budget, instead opting for a visual style that thinks it's Argento but in reality is more budget rack at Tesco (or Wal-Mart if you're reading this in the states.). Imagine Puppet Master with coloured lighting and you pretty much have the look of the film.The lack of inventiveness doesn't stop there. The plot is very tired, though it is enough to keep your interest. Also, while I did understand the ending, I'd agree with those who say it's a bit of a cop-out to have a movie with multiple different levels of meaning and NOT choose just one for the ultimate conclusion. Was the house haunted? Did the house exist? Did Keera kill those people? Did Faceless exist? Who knows. Who cares.Despite this though, Kolobos was fun while it lasted. Largely.A lot of that fun came from the almost gleeful level of scariness and gore that came packaged with the dire plot and the lacklustre visuals. The movie works really well on a basic horror level, instilling a tense atmosphere and providing some shocking deaths (that said I hear most of said shocking death is missing from the US R Cut, so try the Unrated one or the UK edition) along with some chilling scenes. While not as creepy as recent flicks like 11:11 or as violent as Toolbox 2004, Dagon and the like, Kolobos is a scary, nasty (in a good way) horror flick, to the point where it scared the pants off some of my normally quite level headed mates. I hear one particular death is ripped straight out of Argento's Deep Red but since I haven't had the pleasure yet I'll have to take their word on it.In conclusion, the direction is somewhat disappointing, the plot is incoherent at times, but damn if they didn't make a fine thrill ride. If the creators of things like Cube Zero could make similar commitments to making a good solid movie like this does, then maybe I wouldn't have snored my way through all their movies. It definitely won't be for everyone, and it has some astonishingly obvious shortcomings, but I give Kolobos my wholehearted recommendation just for getting in there and making a butt-kicking horror flick despite it all.

Nearly everything about Kolobos is poor. The direction is mediocre and the acting, dialogue and script are so incredibly bad that the film becomes a real test to sit through. The filmmakers have literally lifted ideas and scenes directly from other great horror films and placed them in theirs merely to fill up time in the silly plot. I don't mind when a film pays homage to others but this one often enters into artistic plagiarism. Even the opening song is a near-copy of the witch theme in Suspiria. There are also many scenes in the film that have no relevance and/or make no sense once the "surprise" ending is revealed. If you actually look back at it after viewing the film, you'd see this. If I was Dario Argento or Claudio Simonetti and found out about this film I'd want to file a lawsuit. Even so, despite the filmmakers using the lighting of Suspiria and a key scene in Opera, they screw it all up by making it obvious where they've placed the lights (instead of mysterious and supernatural)and adding strobe lights and laser optic beams shooting through the air. It may as well be a 70's disco club. The main actress is the best of the bunch but since every actor/actress overacts (though some appear to not be acting at all), spits out bad lines, and manages to not even create a character, it could have been improved if it starred puppets. I don't mind some weak low-budget horror acting but this is well below that level. Nothing is quotable in the movie because the dialogue is typically generic though sometimes exaggerated, pointless and/or laughable. The plot and ending aren't as original or fascinating as people would have you believe either. In fact there is hardly anything original about this film that is good at all except that it's perhaps the first 'reality show' horror flick made…but is that really a good thing? Gore you say? Yes it has some low-budget gore but these scenes usually are not even shot or edited right to where it should shock you. Regardless, if you want to see Argento films (including the gums-to-shelf corner scene in Deep Red), Candyman, Cube, The Beyond and much more crammed into an incoherent amateurish mess then this is the film for you. I kept watching it just hoping they would stop stealing constantly from other horror films to enhance their own weak storyline about a teenage girl who sees strange faces (including a man who removed the skin on his face) while hanging out with some other teen idiots being filmed ala The Real World at a 'Cube-like' house. This isn't a 'fun' low-budget horror film – they actually tried to make a scary hour-and-a-half showcase. What they ended up with is a hardly seen flick doomed to collect dust at the video store on the bottom shelf…and that's exactly where it should stay.