Among Friends [HD]

Not so bad
Frankly it' s not a masterpiece, but for a first movie it's not so bad. Danielle Harris is a great scream queen, and with a little more work a good director. And so it's always a pleasure to see her friends, Kane Hodder, Mickael Bieh, Xavier Gens & co.

Horror Has a New Director
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Among Friends is the directorial debut of horror queen Danielle Harris. It would appear to be, on the surface, a similar hash of the tired torture horror that has been overdone since the endless Saw sequels and Hostel ripoffs but it actually brings some fresh air to the subject. The story revolves around a group of 6 friends who have come to a 80's themed party hosted by their friend Bernadette. They are drugged by one of the group and forced to see their sins displayed and they have to answer for them. You see them violate the trusts of others and they violate each other to the deepest core. Before the night is over none of them will ever be the same if they can make it through the night. Ms. Harris called in all of her friends to help with this one and you can see she has a very talented group of friends. Standout performances from Alyssa Lobit, AJ Bowen, and Brianne Davis. Abley supported by Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Christopher Backus,...

disappointment of the year!!
To call me a Danielle Harris fan would be a tremendous understatement, and I was so excited for this movie I paid for expedited shipping. Unfortunately, I find myself wickedly disappointed. The film simply is boring, formulaic and completely unoriginal.

I would give Danielle Harris even benefit of the doubt, but this film offers absolutely nothing new. Its your standard fare revenge film, where a wronged girl dupes a bunch of bad guys into a private party and ambushes them into her revenge plot. As the night unfolds, she introduces various evidence that "justifies" her actions as she does something brutal to one of the wrongdoers.

The movie is not engaging on several fronts First, to any fan of horror films, the story purely replays other far more imaginative revenge films. Second, copy cat films can be entertaining, but this one is not; the entire story was just boring, no other word for it. Even as the story unfolds, we're left with no understanding of...

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