PlatinumRead
Just so...so bad
Supelice
Dreadfully Boring
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
punishmentpark
I picked this one from an ICM-list and hoped for the best: an above average slasher. Well, it's not the best, but it does have its pros, so let's start with those:The best thing about 'Mountaintop...' I found to be the idea of having a motel (there's never a mountaintop in sight, so you'll have to imagine that bit) with an underground passage (something which isn't obvious at first) that leads to all the (shabby) little cabins .Second, I loved the very, very understated roles of some of the main parts, particularly Al 'the Lying Salesman Trying to Get into the Pants of Some Lovely Singing Brokedown Ladies' and Crewshaw - intended (unlikely) or not (very likely). Correct me if I'm wrong.(third) The gore is very adequate. Every kill seems to be the same (Evelyn coming at them with that sickle), but there is enough variety (and blood) to keep things interesting. And what about that ugly, ugly snakebite?Then, there are some things which are just mediocre, like the character of Evelyn; there is potential there, but somehow she doesn't get the depth / attention she deserves. From the get-go, she is presented as a simple crazy, and nothing changes. The teen daughter (I'm guessing that's Prissy by Amy Hill?) deserved a little more attention, too (outside the short ghost appearance in the end)...Particular downsides are the slow evolving of the 'story' and... well, that's just about it; it's a rather slow, slow piece of slasher horror with just enough pros to counter the cons (the soundtrack left me mostly indifferent, even if the ghostly voice of Prissy tried hard enough).6 out of 10. Of course, the roadside wet t-shirt competition did help.
anxietyresister
There are four pages of comments for this trash. What are you people, gluttons for punishment or something? Why anybody would sit through such a worthless timewaster and then bother writing about it is beyond me. But here I am doing exactly what I'm chastising you for. *SLAPS WRIST* Call it therapy if you will, but I have to take this opportunity to get back at the studio for unceremoniously ripping 90 minutes from my life and not refunding it. Just a small bit of payback, but better than nothing..An mad old lady murders her daughter and the poor girl's pet rabbit. She claims it was an accident and everybody believes her, but as usual in these films one policeman gets suspicious. She also owns a hotel by a small town, and after the funeral she has a particularly busy night with the predictable assortment of guests e.g: A fat guy, two hot chicks, the loving couple, an old black dude etc. Most destined to be wormfood, but can our doubting Thomas copper save the day before things get TOO bloody?Boredom kicks in early during a long irritating sequence in which the crazy old bat hears her dead daughter's voice in her head and continues it's steady progress as the unlovable stereotypical characters get picked off one by one. This is a genre movie of the worst kind, and whenever anything interesting starts to happen (a teen being hacked up, the beginning of a sex scene) the camera decides to cut away to a pointless unrelated moment, and all sense of excitement is lost. In fact, the only buzz I got from the entire mess was when the ending credits arrived, and the torture was over. HURRAY! Don't bother. 2/10
Michael O'Keefe
You like movies that are so bad, they're good? You know who you are. Borderline ridiculous even better. MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE features amateur acting, terribly cheap special effects and top notch creepy atmosphere. Evelyn(Anna Chappell),after a three year stay at the Arkansas Mental Hospital, runs the Mountaintop Motel just off the highway and deep in the woods. She oversees a series of run-down cabins renting for $7 a night. Evelyn's head is full of evil voices that push her to killing her own daughter and then on a rampage of cabin-to-cabin slaughter. She employs snakes, rats and cockroaches as tension elevators before she sneaks in and uses her deadly blade. I absolutely loved the rainstorm atmosphere. This motel has a hell-of-a check out time...its bloody murder. Jim McCullough Jr. writes and directs. The cast also features: Bill Thurman, Will Mitchel, Virginia Loridans and Gregg Brazzel.
randymil
First of all I would like to start this off with an apology to the creators of silent night, deadly night. I made that movie sound like the worst movie ever and in reality mountaintop motel massacre makes it look brilliant. This so far is the worst movie i have ever seen! I watched this movie for 2 reasons, because i have always had a fear of creepy hotels and the cover looked scary. This movie did not make my fear any worse and in fact I am probably less afraid of hotels. This movie is slow and boring and the only reason i watched all of it was to give a review. We didn't even get to know the characters and I for one didn't care what happened to them. They were morons and this was the worst acting ever. I know most of these movies have bad actors but i have honestly seen better and more believable actors in elementary school plays. And what was with the killing scenes? The victims had their heads turned and you couldn't even see what was being done to them until after it was done. I love scary B movies but if you are thinking of adding this to your collection, I hope you don't make the same mistake as i did and ignore the reviews. Don't say I didn't warn you.
