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Purely Joyful Movie!

Load of rubbish!!

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Kelby Unger (Ward Roberts) is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates (Christy Jackson) and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of his hometown telling that his father had just died from heart attack. He decides to return to Bisbee for the funeral and Amelia goes with him. Kelby and Amelia lodge at his mother's house and he meets his slut sister Trish (Alexa Havins), his former friends James Lilly (Aaron Gaffey) and the policeman Wally (Jeremiah Jordan) and his unknown uncle Tom (John Coffman). When Wally has a nervous breakdown with the name of Joshua, Kelby is haunted by the evil past in Bisbee.Yesterday I saw "Joshua" and I am still impressed with this disturbing and sick movie. The director and writer Travis Betz has been well-succeeded in capturing the essence of evil and horror, creating a very original low-budget movie that confronts the innocence of a baby with the twisted and mean minds of three very bad boys. I dare to compare the importance and originality "Joshua" in the horror genre to George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" or Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", just to mention a few of movies that became the basis for many rip-offs. Further, with an appropriate distribution and marketing, I believe "Joshua" has potential to be a future classic in the genre. The story is very simple but credible, with a fantastic camera that explores unusual angles, great acting of unknown actors and actresses and I must confess that I had trouble to sleep after watching "Joshua". My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Joshua"

I simply can't believe how bad this movie was, but what really irritated me was that friends, family members, cast and crew were obviously the only people commenting on this flick in the guise of the "unbiased masses". I (used to) come to IMDb in order to be better informed when choosing a film to see, rent or buy – but I think it's high time IMDb started ensuring, at least one or two, unbiased and intelligent reviews. Perhaps an on-staff or free lance reviewer – maybe a link to responsible reviewers. The "reviews" of this film were clearly written by people involved with the film and or its cast and crew. Due to the bias, I wasted an hour and a half of my life, not to mention the spondole needed to pay for this ka ka. The premise actually had promise, unfortunately this film was execrable! The director should be fed to the protagonist piecemeal. The actors were quite clearly "acting". The camera people, in no way to be confused with "cinematographers", should be forced (clockwork orange style) to view the frames from 42:23 – 42:50 mins ad infinitum, the camera stays focused center but James moves to the left and we are all left staring at a dung orange colored wall and James's "evil eye". As for the make-up, I've seen better on crack whores. The script "writers" should be forced to renounce their membership in the Writers Guild of America (WGA), if, for no other reason than writing such drivel as: when Kelby walks into James' home for the first time James: "I'm afraid the life of an accountant isn't as glamorous as you might have thought" Having said all that, I'd like to say this: I am one of the most easily frightened people on the planet… this flick didn't frighten me a bit!

I loved this film,OK. its made by fangoria but don't let this put you off. I believe the budget for the film wasn't very much but you would not think so. The acting and direction are all above standard, and the camera work is cleverly done. The gore factor although not prolific is well done and impressive. The story at first is a little slow and could be a little confusing at times, but that all changes as this movies then turns into a roller-coaster ride, with enough twists, shocks and turns to keep you glued to your seat. If your looking for a horror film thats different and were you actually want your brain to work for a change and think, then this could be the film for you, check it out, you won't be disappointed.

I first became aware of "Joshua" on the IMDb message board for "Blair Witch Project" when a user mistook it for a sequel to the ailing franchise. Out of curiosity I scouted out the website for the indie venture and found the following proclamation:"Our mission is clear: reinventing one of the oldest film genres known to man: the horror movie.Horror is the release for the everyday person who needs an outlet into the dark and twisted. Fear is the most honest emotion anyone can experience, which is the reason we all enjoy a good scare now and then. That's why Drexel Box Productions is hard at work on its first feature film, joshua.In the last few years, horror has suffered from an onslaught of bad scripts, poor acting and unimaginative directing. We at Drexel Box are committed to resurrecting truly terrifying movies. Our hope is that even adults will once again check under their beds, close their closet doors and plug in the nightlight before going to bed. We want to reach into the audience members' soul and hold it for the duration of the film, so that every breath they take in the darkened theatre feels like their last.Joshua, promises to exercise the dark corners of your mind, and tap into fears you never knew you had. You have two options:1. Run away from this movie as fast as your fear-engulfed legs will allow. 2. Live the nightmare."I thought the statement was pretentious and, well, boring. It's one long, misinformed boast, that is just begging to be proved wrong. The fact is, innovative horror is nowhere near as extinct as these guys suggest; one need only look outside of Hollywood -- and often the US market -- to find well written, well acted, well directed, and well crafted horror. So, are they as good as they think they are?Joshua has a great underlying concept. Some kids find an abandoned baby and raise it in an abandoned cabin. As time goes on, the baby becomes their play-thing and their sadistic natures begin to evolve. As years of torturing and abusing the child pass, they begin to form a plan for their subject: he will become a soldier of Satan. The story is told by flash-back as one of the kids, Kelby, returns to town to face down the remnants of his actions, and the people he left behind."Joshua" is at its best when dealing the tortured souls captive to the memories of their actions. How could you live with the horror of what has happened? What has become of those who stayed put in the town? Close to the core of insanity, reminded day after day of what they did.Technically, "Joshua" is severely lacking visually and mechanically. Lighting is often over-bearing with little aural quality. The camera work, while sometimes unique, is text book at best. The looping is a painful mix of onset sound and punch ins with no normalization and no attention to consistency. The editing, well, therein lays the problem. If I were to guess, I'd bet that "Joshua" has an outstanding screenplay. The dialogue, at times, is laughably pretentious and could have used a polish, but broken down to its elements there is a good story here; lacking are the skills to tell it well. For all it promised as a departure from the cookie-cutter mentality dominant on the big screen of today, "Joshua" emulates the same old "spiraling towards revelation" twist-based formula that is SO overdone today. In the end, that revelation is really not powerful enough to close a story with as much potential as "Joshua". Technically immature. Poorly executed. "Joshua" is not the reinvention of the horror genre.