Jennifer Runyon

Lynn Lowry

Felissa Rose

Helene Udy

Laurene Landon

Ari Lehman

Jonathan Tiersten

Christopher Showerman

Yan Birch

Ashley Park

Heath C. Heine

Josh Outzen

Hilarie Grace

Vivienne Bersin

Mark Canjar

Alec Ybarra

Aeon Cruz

Josh Feldman

Bekah Jung

Alaina Garland

Allie Escaffi

Olivia Crist

Jewel Cavazos

Pam Renall

Madeleine Ours

Karen E. Thomas

Bailey Sorrel

Ella Madison

Ben Hilzer

Kevin Sean Ryan

Perry B. Anthony

R.J. Wagner

Leana Lewis

Amber Pennington

Greg Farinelli

Thomas Fears

Daustin Harvey

Andy Hankins

Lyle DeRose

Alayna Lewis

Paige Awtrey

Rick Haak

Spencer Kane

Lauren Lipman

Charlie Aligaen

Amirah Lee Counts

Aeona Cruz

Gretchen Pleshaw

Jimmy Lee Combs

Irene Leonard

Natalie Salazar Waldrip

Mia Felica

Randy Outzen

Terrie Blaney

J. Giordano

Kyrannio Margaros

Devin Douglas

Melody Tucker

Jon Antanios

Shelly Maxwell

Amanda Whipp

Angie Morency

Derick Gonzalez

Nicki Runge

Jain Barrett

Alex Hall

Cali Kemper

Lee Lopez

Alec O'Non

Richard Taylor

Jamie Lamé

John Wolter

Brett Shafer

Austin Graham

Luka Bakata

Philip Lamé

Jacob Thomas Brooks

Alayna Smith

Peggy Lapp

Erica Lapp

Nalanie Martinez

Chad Michael Brown

Kit Kelly

Ember Runge

Sheri Danette

Miranda Byers

Chris Medved

Jonathan Lindenmuth

Stephanie Coleman

Rebecca Sullivan Milligan

Mark Lapp

Matt Block

Christopher Heath

Shane Graham

Chelsey Shernaman

Maya Grace

David Henderson

Zack Beins

Ana Bersin

Chris Walter

Joe Williamson

Dennis Vincent

Horror

Terror Tales

United States of America

One of the aspects I most enjoy about horror anthologies is that they are like fighters who know they can't go the distance. Instead of a long drawn out match they attack with a flurry of blows from the bell; going for a K.O. As fast as one match is over the next one starts. What if the film makers think they have twelve rounds in them? Full of themselves they know they can go the distance. But like the tales they tell, it is all make believe.

An unnamed lunatic (Christopher Showerman) has taken a family hostage at gunpoint. The mother and daughter are tied up in a booby trapped trailer attached to a pick up truck. Dear old dad rides shotgun as the crazed driver passes the miles by telling three alleged tales of terror. There's no point to any of the stories being told. None of it relates in any manner to the captive audience and his predicament. The lunatic just likes to hear the sound of his own voice. Yes, we have a wrap around story.

And our three tales. Tales that are so uninteresting, dragged out and poorly edited that they aren't worth mentioning. I was fast forwarding like a fiend only to seemingly end up where I started. That's how poorly written and edited this film is. Minutes pass where nothing happens. There's no back story. No character study. No depth. Only actors milling about cheap sets and locations spouting inane dialogue.

Did I mention this thing runs two hours?

The only plus that kept me from turning off TERROR TALES and watching a blank screen instead is the cast. Some how the film makers were able to rope in actors we horror fiends grew up watching; Felissa Rose (SLEEPAWAY CAMP), Lynn Lowry (THE CRAZIES), Ari Lehman (FRIDAY THE 13TH), and Laurene Landon (MANIAC COP). Fill in the remaining characters with working class actors with extensive credits and on paper TERROR TALES should have been worth a watch. Sadly, no.

Stay away. Do not watch. Avoid like the plague. Achtung! Boredom ahead.

Does anyone want to buy a copy of this on DVD for cheap?

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