Dark Ride - After Dark Horror Fest | 
| Director: Craig Singer
Actors: Jamie-lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz, Andrea Bogart
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 26657
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED18387D
UPC: 031398183877
EAN: 0031398183877
ASIN: B000MEYKBY
Theatrical Release Date: January 2007
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Product Description
Nearly a decade after two young girls were brutally murdered, the monstrous killer, Jonah, escapes from a mental institution and returns to his familiar killing ground, the theme park attraction "Dark Ride." His unfortunate victims this time are a group of college kids on a road trip that inevitably leads them to the Dark Ride where their night of youthful fun becomes a nightmare. The killer, who is mimicking the sets within the attraction, makes sure is a "ride" audiences will never forget.
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 I DON'T THINK SO May 13, 2009
C. Nevin (PLGHHT!)
I was actually dumb enough to purchase this movie without watching it first. After watching the great FRONTIER(S), BORDERLAND, and MULLBURRY STREET, I figured it would be worth it. I traded this one in right after I watched it.
Sure it had that 80's feel to it, but it plainly sucked. I wan't impressed, scared, or uneasy at all. Save your money. It's an after night-school horror flick....But if you want a great couple of movies from the 8 films to die for, check out the ones I mentioned above.
 Great Stuff! April 15, 2009
The Tao of Netflix (Washington, DC)
I can enjoy a movie on many dimensions. Good acting, a good script, genre, can each alone provide ample justification for me to enjoy a movie. More importantly, and less quantifiable, are mood elements, things like filming location, nightime vs daytime, effective use of music, rain, time of year, time period depicted, etc. In this case, the movie is mostly shot in dark settings in a haunted house. Anything having to do with a haunted house is a nearly certain winner for me. And the acting was decent enough that you don't readily notice the problems, and production quality was good too.
 A DECENT THROW BACK TO 80'S SLASHER FLICKS October 10, 2008
fmwaalex (Austin, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
DARK RIDE
A while back I read a review by KlownArt on this film, and I remembered that "hey" I have that movie. This film actually turned out to be ok, I had heard mixed things about this movie some saying it was great others hating it. So I went into this with an open mind and came out thinking that while it had its moments it was just ok. This film is most definitely a throw back to the days of when the slasher film rained supreme, the 80's. It really does have that old feeling to it and while some may not like that I think it is a plus. But don't come into this thinking this is a classic because it is far from it, to be honest it is not even the best in the "AFTER DARK" series. I will say to its credit that it may not be the worst in the series either so expect something that is some were in between. Of course to enjoy it at its full potential go into this movie with absolutely no expectations and you may end up some what entertained, you may even like the film.
A group of friends decide that the time is right for a road trip and all meet up and are off and running. While off on the road they decide to stop off some where were they come across an advertisement for a you guess it "Dark Ride", of course they decide to check it out since one of them recognizes the place. It turns out years ago a man went inside of the ride and killed two little girls in a very creative way. With that bit of information they decide that is the next stop along the way, so we are off. While on their way there they happen upon a hitchhiker who happens to be very easy on the eyes, but she is also a little off [absolutely the best scene in the film]. Once she is picked up and wants to go along they make their way there and break into the attraction. It is here that things get a little interesting as it turns out the killer escaped from the asylum and made his way back to the ride. How lucky is he that a group of fresh new victims are at his disposal, was it luck?
The killer in this film to its credit is interesting but you really don't get enough of him, or maybe you do but it doesn't feel that way. Unfortunately that is were the interesting characters stop for the most part, I say that for a reason. The reason being is that at one point or another most of the characters in this film seem interesting, I know that sounds weird but it is true. They either start out interesting but eventually end up annoying or they were just there and developed into something interesting later. That is not to say that the performances were terrible [some were] just the characters were not fully developed, of course this is a slasher flick so maybe I am being a little hard.
Writers Robert Dean Klein and Craig Singer who is also the director really stuck to the basics of a slasher movie, serve up some young bodies to a killer with a knife [or ride in this case]. I guess in that respect they brought a bit of originality to this film but the creative kills are not explored enough. Also it takes a while to even get to the kills and once it does the movie is to quick, once it picks up it is over. And while the ending is pretty cool it is way to obvious as you will guess it right after the first kill. Patrick Renna, Andrea Bogart, and Alex Solowitz turn in some good performances - but see what I said above earlier about the characters of this film. Patrick's "Bill" seems to be a good character throughout but remember what I said about the ending?
I will not say that this is a horrible movie and I will not warn anybody not to see this, you may actually like this film because it does have its moments. To be honest I like this film but I would probably not watch it over and over, it is not a classic in my eyes. I think the main reason to see this would be to say "yes I have seen all the After Dark Horror Fest", I bought all of them just to own the series. Got to work on getting the entire second round of the Fest next.
Talk about going back to the 80's. September 21, 2008
A. D. Kemp (Memphis,TN)
When i started watching this movie, I pictured myself back in 1981 watching "The Funhouse" all over again. "Dark Ride" ventures the same route taking different avenues at times including a different twist towards the end. The last breath of the movie could have contained a whole lot more fireworks here. This movie is average and worth watching but felt cheated since the plot appeared to have been stolen from another slasher. The camera angles could be better during the interior van scenes with the acting being par. This movie was not the best of 2006 nor the worst but again just average. Going above 3 stars would be a push.
Generic Slasher August 26, 2008
KlownArt (Georgia)
Dark Ride
Dark Ride was a part of the After Dark Horror Fest. I was under the impression that these films were supposed to take us where no other horror films have taken us. This, however, is just a generic slasher. I would suggest looking at any of the other Horror Fest movies before this one.
Our cast of characters are a bunch of stereotypical college students. All they care about are drugs and sex. They all seem to have drama going on in their lives, but nothing important to the plot of the movie. Only one character stands out, but he stands out way too much. This makes the ending of the movie extremely obvious.
These students plan on taking a road trip for Spring Break. Along the trail they decide to stay at an abandoned Amusement Park. The Park was shut down twenty years ago after two young twins were brutally murdered. Regardless, they decide to settle down for the night like any normal idiotic person. It just so happens that the killer, named Jonah, has escaped from a mental institution and is on the loose again. Jonah returns to his former killing grounds for some fun.
Dark Ride features a good amount of gore. Only a few moments seem too over the top. Overall I felt the gore factor was just right in this movie. However, check out the deleted scenes for more extreme moments.
Jonah is a fairly interesting character. He is a child stuck in a super human's body. He is supposed to mimic the props he sees on the Dark Ride. However, he usually just slashes the person in an innovative way. The whole gimmick of him trying to mimic the ride only comes into play once or twice throughout the entire movie. One problem I had with the killer was that he had little motive. He just killed for fun. This is a key part of most generic slashers.
There is are a few shocks every now and then. Most of them are cheap though, and involve the Dark Ride props jumping out at you. Johan can be fairly disturbing, but actually came out fairly amusing to me. He always came of as an idiot having sick fun. This actually worked for me though. I doubt it will for everyone.
The ending is also a key part of all generic slashers. There is a huge over the top ending where the killer is finally put down. After this get a surprise ending...that you saw coming the entire movie. They should have put a nice twist at the end.
The extras are pretty good in this one. The commentary track is informative and a fun listen. Their are some worthwhile deleted scenes and a couple making of features. The deleted scenes contain some of the gorier portions of the film.
If you are looking for a quick slasher, you might want to try this one. I feel that there are plenty of better slashers out there though. If you want an After Dark Horror Fest experience, look into some of the other movies.
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