The RelicYear: 1997 Director: Peter Hyams Written by: Amy Jones, John Raffo, Rick Jaffo, & Amanda Silver Threat: Monster Weapon of Choice: Fire |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
The monster was totally cool one minute, hardly believable the next. Still,
it was a fascinating conglomeration of different beasts--unlike most movie
creatures. Tom Sizemore plays a superstitious cop, and though I normally
like him, I sure didn't here. Penelope Ann Miller is as vapid as they come,
yet she's playing a scientist. Hmmm. Somewhere in my travels (Mexico City,
June 1997, it was), I picked up a Spanish version of the theatrical one-sheet
with a title (El Relico) that always makes me crack up, but I digress.
Best Scare: The creature jumps out several times.
I'd Recommend It To: Indiscriminate monster fans.
The tyranist's thoughts
I liked this movie in spite of some bad acting and a relatively unoriginal plot. I probably liked it as much as I did
because of the Stan Winston monster. It looked fantastic. The biggest question that the movie left me with was--what
did the relic have to do with anything?
Sequel | ||
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Bad title | ![]() |
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Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ![]() |
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Bad dialogue | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Characters forget about threat | ![]() |
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Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ![]() |
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Phone lines are cut | ![]() |
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Someone investigates a strange noise | ![]() |
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Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ![]() |
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Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Toilet stall scene | ![]() |
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Victim locks self in with killer | ![]() |
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Killer is in car with victim | ||
Cat jumps out | ![]() |
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Fake scare | ![]() |
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Laughable scare | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Beheading | ![]() ![]() |
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Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Blood fountain | ![]() |
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Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ![]() |
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Music detracts from scene | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
Virgin survives | ![]() |
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Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ![]() |
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Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ![]() |
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Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unresolved subplots | ![]() ![]() |
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"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
What the hell? | ![]() |
Total Skulls: 21
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