Simply Perfect

Load of rubbish!!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

"The Brotherhood" is a decent enough entry that doesn't have too many flaws.**SPOILERS**During Pledge Week at Drake University, Dan Myerson, (Josh Hammond) meets with his new roommate Chris Chandler, (Sam Page) while a strange murder rocks the whole campus. After a few days on campus, he is recruited by Devon Eisley, (Bradley Stryker) to join his brothers in his fraternities, and when Megan, (Elizabeth Bruderman) offers him the opportunity to meet them during a party, he decides to go along and meet up with him. When they come back from the party, they soon discover that he's been acting strangely, and when he announces his intention of joining the fraternity, they discover that the organization is a group of supernatural beings that is intended on prolonging their longevity by sucking the blood of others, and race to stop him before he becomes a full member of the group.The Good News: There was some good stuff in this one when it counted on it. There's a really great ability of the film to be able to make sure that the guys in this film are presented more in a sexual light than the women are. There's plenty of useless, throwaway scenes of the men in here running around topless or in their underwear, which is usually the type of tactic that is reserved for women in these films, and there's some good stuff to go around for this. The finale with all men in here performing that tactic makes it really stand-out, and the other scenes of them running around the campus like that only reinforce this view even more. There's also the fact that the film's manages to make the mystery about what's happening feel really good and worrisome, which is normally one way or the other. Here, it takes a while to finally catch on, which results in many instances of there being something really weird happening that doesn't have much sense for it. The unusual amount of time that this uses for these methods is really good, making them more important than they really are and has some really nice tactics to do so. There's also the film's really fun climax, which is really great. There's a fun, energetic and gory brawl with the guys, the perfect resolution to the mysteries and a great feeling of excitement when it's all going on. It's one of the best things about the film, along with the film's lone sex scene, which is a little erotic and definitely a little out-there but still fun and enjoyable. That alone sums up the film as a whole.The Bad News: This one did have a few problems with it. The main one is that there's very little action in this one. Most of the film has them running around the campus talking about what's going on with them and why they want him in the club, which makes for a boring beginning that doesn't have a whole lot worthwhile about it. The fact that there's a ton of scenes that also go on a lot longer than they should've makes for this being another factor about that. The rescue from the fraternity rivals, the first date in the coffee house and most importantly the two guys psyching themselves up to go to the party, which lasts for a near-eternity, all help make this one a little more harder to get through. There's also the film's almost complete-dryness that the film exhibits. The couple kills in here are really dry, which is something that needs to be overcome. It needed a little more blood in this to be able to showcase how brutal they were, which is another factor as they needed to be bunched up a little as well. The last flaw to this is the uncomfortableness some might have with the film's frank portrayal of men as sexual objects. Rather than doing this for women, it does the same tactic for men, and because it's so different than the norm, it can be something that is new and a little off-putting for some, even though it's not a complete detriment and doesn't hurt the film at all like the others do.The Final Verdict: A rather entertaining entry that is actually a lot better than expected if only hurt by a few flaws, this one is watchable at the least. Give it a shot if you're into the general style or are in the mood for a more homosexual experience, while those who can't get around that factor are urged to seek caution.Rated R: Violence, Language and a mild sex scene

I made myself sit through this BS straight-to-video for what reason again? Boy...well, 1st off, I have no problem with the gay communities throughout the world, but god...some other user had it penned correctly as a homoerotic flic disguised as a horror film. I mean, there's nothing very scary about it.THIS MOVIE NEEDS TO BE SPOILED! Therefore, basically GQ models who form a fraternity try to get the new hot stud on campus into there lair of bloodsucking...but they're not vampires. (?) whatever...they are led into the frat parties they hold by some annoying actress (whose disinterest in her role comes through in her delivery) and later reveal that the other brothers are in the fraternity to act as catalysts for the main guy's spirit to live in after his time on earth is through. gaw...This movie gets a 2/10 from me because the later Brotherhood sequels are pure 0/10. Even this one has a better-looking evil lead. That gives it the 2 points...and the original musical score that is reused in the sequels first got played here. Good god, throw it away and damage every copy in your neighborhood video store!

I totally agree with the other person who wrote up this movie--seriously the worst movie ever made. I have seen some terrible movies but this "horror" flick was such a laugh...my friends and I literally laughed through it. Do not ever see it! I can't believe they made not one but two sequels to this piece of garbage.

Working with a minimum budget and an agenda to provide mild homoerotic thrills for the PG-13 market, DeCoteau has hired a group of young wannabe actors, particularly male-underwear model types to populate his youth-oriented horror films. The quality of the productions are reasonable, given the funding and target audience, but the material definitely needs to sway more in the direction of the soft-core erotic thrillers that populate the cable airways featuring the likes of Shannon Tweed, Krista Allen and the like. If you're going to simply provide a plot premise around an excuse to titillate audiences with well-built ingenues, then you can certainly turn up the heat without getting offensive or any more exploitive. The substance of this and DeCoteau's similar projects is not yet interesting enough to warrant not pushing the homoerotic content a bit further. Bradley Stryker's physique is about the only gratifying aspect of this particular production, and his shirtless screen time is not significant enough.