Miner's Massacre

Customer Reviews:

They've gone back to..........2007-01-20

They've gone back to the Halloween/Friday the 13th-style slasher movies, where the killer is barely seen throughout the first 2/3 of the movie even in the scenes involving him killing people, the victims' bodies basically disappearing, leaving no sign that anything happened, and so on. As such, this is better than most modern slashers.

Also, Vernon Wells is very good at playing a villain... too bad he's only in this for about five minutes though.

Bare bones slasher.......2006-07-22

Some guy finds some gold in an old mine, then he calls his friends to come and help him dig it up. And old miner, the Miner Forty-Niner, comes back to life and kills the guy. When the rest of the kids arrive, he goes after them as well. The characters aren't bad, they're total cliches, but played with enthusiasm. The plot sort of drags here and there with pointless subplots, but hey, they had to pad out the run time somehow.

Overall, I give it four stars because it's better than most of the garbage out there and I sort of liked it. Nothing great though - not even close. Okay for a boring night when there's nothing on TV if you're a fan of slashers.

Miner's Massacre............2006-03-02

I've never been the first to review a movie!! I rented this movie being a horror fan and any movie with the word massacre in the title is a movie for me! This movie isn't all that bad. It centers around 3 couples who go to a ghost town to try to find gold in a old mine. They end up bringing to life a dead miner who now takes revenge on anyone who tries to take "his" gold. Some good scenes in this movie. Overall, not a bad movie to rent, it's worth the $4 !!!!

Average customer rating:

Lots of fun!
There's Gold (And Gore) In Them Thar Hills!
Curse of the 49er!
Honestly.... I've seen worse
Oh the humanity!

Miner's Massacre
Starring: Karen Black , John Phillip Law , Richard Lynch , Vernon Wells , and Martin Kove
Director: John Carl Buechler
Manufacturer: DEJ Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000A9GLC
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Customer Reviews:

Lots of fun!.......2007-02-16

The movie is so bad, it's hilarious! The actors(?) are comatose, the story line has been done to death, it's not at all suspenseful and the ending is pathetic. This is a must see. Really, don't pass this one up.

There's Gold (And Gore) In Them Thar Hills!.......2006-06-23

You know you've made it in cheesy B-cinema whenever your flick gets picked up by the SciFi channel. "Miner's Massacre" is one of those chosen few. SciFi flicks are of two kinds: 1)decent flicks with small budgets and even smaller stars or 2)just flat out awful. "Miner's Massacre" falls into this second group. It's the tale of a bunch of nubile twentysomethings who head off into the mountains to seek out an old mine that's full of gold. Of course, by finding the gold they unleash the fury of Jeremiah Stone, claim jumper, rapist, cannibal, and all-around nasty dude. He's awakened from his evil slumber whenever the brother of one of the main characters finds his stash and sends half of a map to his sister to let her know that there is in fact gold in them thar hills. When the sister arrives, with boyfriend and others in tow, the hackin' and slashin' kicks off big time.

I have to admit that there are some pretty decents kills in this flick. The miner is actually a pretty mean looking fellow and the actor who portrays him does a decent job in the role. The special effects aren't that shabby either.

The main complaint I have with this film is that the actors in it are just horrible. There's a geeky dude named Axl, who loses his girlfriend right at the beginning of this flick when she sees him holding hands with a local named Eve. Sure, Eve's pretty, but she has a horrible "redneck" accent that completely destroys her character. The rest of the gang are typical of films such as these. They all overact, wear skimpy clothes, and seem to abandon all sense of logic in making decisions.

Of course, there are the token cameos by little known or forgotten actors such as Jeff Conaway, Karen Black, and character actor Martin Kove.

If you decide to watch this flick, be prepared to get a typical hacker B-flick with only minimal repeat viewing potential. As stated before, the mad miner is a really cool idea and he has some wonderful kills, but it's just not enough to save this snoozer.

Curse of the 49er!.......2005-08-20

I was streolling through my local Blockbuster, looking for a good slasher flick, and I stumbled upon a little gem entitledThe Miners Massacre. I thought "what the heck?", so I rented it, expecting a mindless, gory, and fun movie.....and guess what, thats just what it is! Sporting an awesome looking killer, inventive and violent death scenes, and decent acting, this one's a winner in my book. RECCOMENDED!!!

Honestly.... I've seen worse.......2005-01-22

Unlike most straight to DVD movies, this was at least not shot with a camcorder. Though Jerimaiah Stone will never be as popular as Jason Voorhees or Freddy Kruger, he does have an interesting story and background.

Seems old Jerimiah survived the Donner party by eating his own wife and child. After that he became a crazed murderer, rapist, and claim jumper. So maybe ol' Satan had a special place in his black heart for him.

A group of young adults go to Suttersville with a map. They discover the gold, release the curse and the killing ensues. That's about the gist of it. The characters are everyday people which adds a little realism to this caper.

Eve was the best looking chick, but she got a pickaxe top the gut. other kills include....

A shovel to the throat through a windshield

A chain and hook hanging

A decapitaion scene with pretty good 'dying head' effects

A burning camero and driver

A lady being set on fire who jumps in the lake (survives?)

No nudity, which sucks for a slasher flick, but good none the less.

Oh the humanity!.......2004-08-23

"Miner's Massacre," a.k.a. "The Curse of the Forty-Niner," is one of those films that sounds great on paper but causes your nose to turn up in execution. In an effort to cover all the bases in the slasher genre, to grind out the absolute last bit of originality in a cinematic rubric long tottering on the brink of utter exhaustion, the filmmakers behind "Miner's Massacre" decided the time had come to make a picture involving a crazed, resurrected gold prospector. Well, why not? Why not resurrect a deceased gold miner and have him prey on a group of young airheads? After all, we've got a guy that victimizes children in dreams, a hockey masked maniac, a killer with a Halloween mask, and numerous enigmatic psychos whose stalk and slash activities revolve around every major and minor holiday on the calendar. I'm continually amazed at the number of low budget slasher films I see on the shelf at the local video store, and can only conclude that somebody keeps making them because I keep renting them. Sorry about that. Perhaps if I quit watching this dreck I could save millions of us one horrible viewing experience after another. I hesitate to even review this film on the off chance that my effort will inspire even one person to take this film seriously. Here goes, anyway.

"Miner's Massacre" starts when a young guy discovers gold in the old mining regions of California. Unfortunately, his discovery of a nugget awakens the spirit of Jeremiah Stone (Vernon Wells), a world-class jerk when he lived back in the nineteenth century and an even bigger brute as a manic monster now. Before the youngster bites the dust as a result of Stone's tender mercies, he sends the nugget and a crude map to his sister Claire (Carrie Bradec). Now Claire, her boyfriend, and her friends aren't the sharpest tacks on the wall, but they do understand the implications involved in finding golden treasures. So Claire and her associates hop in their cars and head out to find the gold hinted at in the correspondence from her sibling. I won't go into great detail about the dolts along for the ride since we've all seen these types before in countless horror movies, but Axl (Steve Wastell) deserves special attention. Think of a low rent Steve Buscemi, add a grating, irritating attitude, and you've got a good idea of what to expect from the Axl character. More important is the number of instantly recognizable B actors sprinkled throughout the film. Karen Black, John Phillip Law, Martin Kove, and Jeff Conaway all turn up in minor roles.

The kiddies hardly step out of their cars before the casualties start to mount up. Axl's mouthy girlfriend is the first to wave bye bye when she leaves in a huff after her boyfriend befriends local gal Eve (Alexandra Ford). There are the usual warnings from the locals about danger in the area, particularly from Sheriff Murphy (Law) and Eve's Aunt Nelly (Black), but the gold seekers continue to look around for riches anyway. And they find them, chests and buckets overflowing with gold, tucked away in an old mining shaft. Of course, taking away Jeremiah Stone's gold will have lasting consequences of a most painful sort. Only by putting every piece of gold back in the mine will these young adults have any hope of escaping with their lives. Predictably, a few of the characters don't think much about this idea, but that's expected--they'll pay for their obstinacy with their lives before the final credits roll because unbridled greed always equals a death sentence in these films. The movie's conclusion fails to deliver anything we haven't seen done better in countless other horror pictures. There is an amusing flashback sequence explaining how Jeremiah Stone's curse came about, but this short series of scenes comes far too late to arrest the movie's downward spiral.

I'm finding it difficult to say anything good about the film. Certainly, seeing Karen Black screech her way through the role of Aunt Nelly provides a measure of enjoyment, but that's about all the movie has going for it. Martin Kove, Jeff Conaway, and even John Phillip Law only turn up for a few minutes before moving on to what one hopes are greener pastures. About ten or twenty minutes into the film I began to hope that the gore would save the day, a hope that turned out to be illusory. Stone carves up a few of the kids, and then collects their blood in a bucket, but nothing really happens beyond that. I thought that a film as derivative as "Miner's Massacre" would try to ramp up the violence in an effort to stand above the crowd of B grade slasher films--guess again. It's all rather tame and uninteresting. The same applies to the acting (mediocre) and the pace (plodding).

Extras on the DVD consist of three trailers for "Snake Island," "Killer Buzz," and "Global Effect"--three films that look no better than this movie. "Miner's Massacre" might slightly appeal to fans of low budget horror films, or completists that simply must see as much in the horror genre as they possibly can. For everyone else, I can think of a huge list of films preferable to this one. I recommend anything in the "Friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street," or even the "Leprechaun" franchise in place of this film. The lack of significant gore, ineffective cameos from faded stars, sloppy performances, and all around cheesiness of "Miner's Massacre" make this DVD a dangerous journey indeed. Watch at your own risk.

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