Wrestlemaniac (2006)

On their way to Cabo San Lucas, the cast and crew of a low-budget film get lost and come upon "La Sangre De Dios", a ghost town with a spine-tingling legend about an insane Mexican wrestler. One by one, the cast and crew are snatched, beaten and dragged to a bloody death. The few left alive must figure out how to beat the wrestler at his own deadly game, or die trying. Product Description

Not awful and kind of enjoyable

Wrestlemaniac knows what kind of film it is, and it makes no apologies for itself either. The plot revolves around a small group of amateur-porn makers (including WWE babe Leyla Milani) who get lost on their way to Cabo, and end up breaking down and falling prey to a deranged and unkillable Mexican wrestler (Rey Misterio Sr.) who proceeds to stalk them, beat them to a pulp, and finish them off by ripping off their faces. If you're a horror fan of any kind, it's hard not to get some level of enjoyment out of Wrestlemaniac. There's babes, blood, and some nice gore effects, plus with a very, very brisk running time of 75 minutes, Wrestlemaniac is as good a low-budget horror time-killer as anything else you'll find these days on the direct-to-DVD horror market. Naturally you'll see better horror flicks, but you will also most definitely see worse ones as well. October 18, 2008

DOWN FOR THE COUNT

I am not the most avid of professional wrestling fans. Sure I enjoy watching from time to time. At one time my son (much younger then) proclaimed he was going into the business with his best friend. Then they got into high school a few more years. The fact is there has always been a huge fan base for pro wrestling and it only makes sense that they become involved in the film business as well.

Stars of the WWE have moved into this area and done well. Steve Austin has CONDEMNED and THE LONGEST YARD under his championship belt. John Cena starred in THE MARINE. Even Triple H had a somewhat lead bad guy role in BLADE 3. Now it's time for one of the old school wrestlers to make his mark. Rey Mistirio Sr. stars as THE WRESTLEMANIAC!

You've never heard of this movie? It didn't play locally at your theater...or even drive in? Not much of a surprise as this movie is one of the worst I've seen in some time. And this is coming from someone who loves horror movies and even likes wresting.

The story revolves around a group heading down south of the border towards Caba San Lucas to shoot an amateur porno film. On the way they get lost and arrive in the town of La Sangre De Dios. Fortunately for them the "cinematographer" (known in the amateur porn world as the guy holding the camera) is of Mexican descent, a major wrestling fan and knows what this town is all about.

It seems that years ago there was a luchador (masked Mexican wrestler) developed by the Mexican government who went mad while wrestling. To hide him from the public eye, he was condemned to live in exile in a small town where he could hurt no one. But legend has it that he still lives, looking to challenge any comer to a match that ends only when the mask of one or the other is removed.

The director of the film (of course) loves the location and decides they should shoot there. Clothes come off, the tape recorder starts and in the background there is the shadow of someone watching. Could it be El Mascarado? Sure it is!

As members of this amateur production go off on their own, they are picked off by this hulking wrestler who in turn rips off their faces. Hey, when you don't wear a mask, your face will just have to do. Night falls, their car is damaged and there is no chance of escape. Whatever will they do?

Who cares! This movie has only one saving grace that it seems most low budget films have these days: a well photographed look. That's about it. We have no interests in the characters, none of them are sympathetic in the least and we have a maniac who you would think was way too old to do any damage.

Not only that, he's a boring character as well. Hulking around in his well stretched spandex tights trying to loom over the "good guys" does not a memorable maniac make. This movie wants to cash in on three things: wrestling, horror film and amateur porn. It loses on all three counts. The wrestler is one WELL past his prime (it's his son who is popular not him these days), the horror is slim (with the exception of the "unmaskings") and the porn doesn't even qualify as drive in T&A fare.

This movie might be worth watching if you had a chance to see it for free. Then again a game of solitaire on the old computer might be more fun.


July 26, 2008

I Am So Sorry,,,

I am going to be the one to say it. Do not buy this movie! This horror flick is not great. This is really one of those movies that you see a hot girl in it and you hope (knowing the history of horror flicks and hot women) that she will get naked during the course of the film. I will openly admit to you all that I bought it thinking that the hottest girl in the movie was going to get down to her birthday suit... this did not happen. So I had to fully rely on the plot when looking at the title, I already knew it wasn't going to be good enough to keep my complete interest. The plot didn't fail me because I knew it wouldn't be any good.

I will admit though the movie did have a couple of good qualities. It knows how to wrap you in. It comes on almost immediately on the hottest girl and mentions creating porn. This may pique your interest but don't be fooled. The acting for what it is worth was decent. The story is very unbelievable but the acting tries it's best to make up for it.

Of course in a movie like this you will expect some cheesy dialogue. You will get your fill of it here. So by all means people, I am just trying to save you some of your hard earned cash. If you want to see this, please rent or watch it over someone else's house who happened to rent it. Don't do it to yourselves. July 23, 2008

Much Better Than Expected

I loved this film! Wrestlemaniac is a fantastically gruesome piece of cinema!!

The first two kills are off-screen, but they more than make up for it when you see a couple of the victims get their faces ripped off.

The story line was good (just dont' think too much about it), the characters were great, the three women were hotter than three dollar pistols, and the gore was gruesome.

If you haven't seen it, been thinking about it, or just wasn't real sure how good a slasher flick about a Mexican wrestler could be, just rent it, buy it, do whatever .. but see this flick. May 11, 2008

Could have been better

I'm hoping there's a sequal to this since they left it open for one. I hope the sequal is better too. Thing is, most of the action is blocked out. Instead of seeing the actual killing, most of the time you just hear the grunts and screams. I too bought this thinking that it was Rey Misterio. Then, I thought it was his dad only to learn that his uncle had the name. Cool cool. Anyways, this movie is sort of Wrestling meets the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Very poorly done, most of the plot doesn't really make sense. I'm just sayin it was ok. I didn't hate it nor did I really like it. This movie definately could have been done better. And the time on it isn't very long. Needs to be lengthy.

I say, buy this movie if you are collecting movies of wrestlers. Otherwise, I'd just rent it. April 8, 2008

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