Watch The Darkside For Free

hyped garbage

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Not only is this film outdated (1987) but I would rephrase the film not as low budget but NO budget. The Darkside's monologue was so one dimensional that I thought a bunch of high school film students could have written a better script on their lunch hour then what was presented here.The evil villain laughed as if he were waiting for the film to start rolling so he was trying oh so hard to look realistic that it was pathetically overdone and amateurish. Throughout the film the co stars kept yelling the cab driver's name Tony, Tony, Tony, such that I wished someone would just kill Tony so I would not have to hear his name anymore.I would stay away from this NO budget film unless you want to irritate anyone who happens to be watching the film with you. It's a sure bet they will find some excuse to leave so that they don't have to watch another minute of this awful film.I give it a 2 out of 10 only because it was filmed in Toronto my hometown, otherwise it would have rated a 1 out of 10.

This movie is obviously low budget but I did not care. I watched this movie purely on the fact that David Hewlett was in it. He is not a lead character but he does have some nice scenes. His character "Chuckie" does forward the plot - what there is of a plot.If you are a David Hewlett fan then this movie IS worth watching - he made it when he was nineteen years old, and you can see that he had acquired a certain amount of acting skill even at this young age. He does make a credible drug addict. I would recommend this if you are a David Hewlett fan just so you can see he is not just Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis. Other reviewer have said that the other acting is not that good but I found it adequate to watch the movie. Enjoy.

Mostly influenced by Paul Schrader and Martin Scorcese films: From "Taxi driver": The hero is a taxi driver working night shifts and dealing with prostitutes, pimps, punks and generally the scum of the earth. He tries to protect a girl who just escaped from some guys shooting a sex/ snuff film. This brings to mind Schrader's "Hardcore". There's also the odd humor and funny sequence here and there and some plot twists that reminded me of "After hours". In the end our man arms himself with a gun and takes care of the criminals, but not without suffering loss himself. It's worth mentioning that the bad guys are so over the top and exaggerated , they almost are comic book creations. And their dress code makes them look as if they stepped out of some early Fassbinder b&w film( Drugs and drug use are also prominent). Supposedly the baddies are making "snuff" films. But nothing is really explained. They are seen laughing satanically over a couple of young frightened things, but they don't actually do anything. Perhaps they kill them with their evil laugh (?!). Cyndy (Cynthia)Preston's role certainly called for some "revelations" since she's supposedly making nudes, but she's only shown in underwear or under the bed sheets, otherwise she's pretty much covered. All in all, a b movie, low production values, cheap performances, cheesy action, but not with some merit for the connoisseurs of the genre.

Don't waste your time. This is a 95 min bore. They try to compare it to Blue Velvet but NOT.