Gut Pile (2000)
While out hunting, Dan accidentally shoots another hunter. Rather than reporting the accident to the authorities, he chooses to bury the body and forget it ever happened. One year later, Dan returns to the same woods for a hunting trip with some friends. Their weekend starts out innocently enough, but while the guys are having fun, something is coming back to life in the woods--and it wants revenge.
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Over the years, plenty of directors have been 'influenced' by low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead, but very few have tried to emulate that film as closely as Jerry O'Sullivan, whose uninspired 'evil spirit in the woods' flick Gut-Pile shamelessly 'borrows' every directorial trick in Sam Raimi's book, albeit with very little success.Made by the aptly named Shoestring Films and released by Sub Rosa, this crappy effort revolves around three guys spending a hunting weekend in a remote cabin who find themselves at the mercy of a vengeful spirit. Complete with Raimi's 360 degrees rotation shot, his steadicam through the trees gimmick, and a variety of other very familiar camera angles, sound production tricks and lighting effects, this piece of highly derivative nonsense would be completely and utterly worthless if it wasn't for a half-decent 'wall-mounted decapitated head trophy' gag, some cheap and cheerful flying severed limb action, an eviscerated corpse (his guts left in a pile on the ground, hence the title) and the appearance of a silly scarecrow monster towards the end.
Title: Gut-Pile U.S. Release Date: 24 February 2004 (DVD) Directed by:Jerry O'Sullivan Written by: Jerry O'Sullivan Running Time: 51 minutesSynopsis: After Dan (Jeff Forsyth) kills his buddy Mike (Ron Bonk) in a hunting accident, he covers up the incident by burying Mike in the woods where he fell and never speaking of it again. A year later (always the anniversary, right?), Dan returns to the woods for another hunting trip with a new group of (living) friends. But, unfortunately for them. . . they're the hunted! Cause of Outbreak: Revenge and/or Demonic Possession Review: The film is less than an hour long. And, to be honest. . . you should be grateful. There's nothing really new or interesting about it. The dialogue and acting is believable. I actually imagine they're hunting buddies. But, the film is essentially one giant fan film for 'Evil Dead.' The camera angles, plot, writing, etc., are all taken directly from Raimi's classic. It does take a little while to really get going, and when it finally does. . . there's not much to see and you feel like you wasted your time. Then again, watching a 50 minute no-budget zombie flick. . . why wouldn't you be wasting your time? Final Verdict: 3/10 Recommended? Only if you've really got nothing else and less than an hour of free time. Otherwise. . . just watch Evil Dead. It's endlessly better.
OK, so it's not Spielberg but as straight to video "B" movies go its not that bad. I think the acting has room for improvement, but on the whole its pretty good. The other commenter pointed out the fake fire crackling sound "added" to the soundtrack. I beg to differ, I was there that night the sound is the real fire burning and is not augmented in any way.A small bit of trivia, the explosion was an accident and not intentional, but it was "caught on tape" and added to the movie. I believe a couple of us lost some eyebrow and I fell over a log and pierced the palm of my hand on a stump! Ed Mastin, Bob
One of the best popcorn horror movies I've seen in a long time, and easily one of the best homages to THE EVIL DEAD. Director Sullivan and producer/actor Ron Bonk deserve high praise for putting entertainment back into low-budget horror movies.