
The small community of Eidolon Crossing once boasted a flourishing economy and great prosperity, fueled by Dogwood Park, an amusement park at the edge of town. Then the child murders began. When the first child's corpse was discovered at Dogwood Park, the town knew they had been pulled into a horrible nightmare. As more murdered children were unearthed on the amusement park property, attendance began to decline. Finally, the macabre publicity shut the park down entirely. Dogw... (Full plot summary below)
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The small community of Eidolon Crossing once boasted a flourishing economy and great prosperity, fueled by Dogwood Park, an amusement park at the edge of town. Then the child murders began. When the first child's corpse was discovered at Dogwood Park, the town knew they had been pulled into a horrible nightmare. As more murdered children were unearthed on the amusement park property, attendance began to decline. Finally, the macabre publicity shut the park down entirely. Dogwood Park was abandoned. The old amusement park became known as "Deadwood Park" by the locals. Eidolon Crossing quickly withered into poverty. Over the course of 35 years, 26 children disappeared at the hands of the elusive murderer. In 1979, Jake Richardson's little brother Francis was the last of the children to be abducted. Jake and his parents moved away from Eidolon Crossing shortly thereafter. Now an adult, Jake is drawn back to Eidolon Crossing, the town where his brother was taken from him. The spirits of the many murdered children begin to contact Jake. He glimpses them in the shadows of his house. He hears them whisper in the darkness of the surrounding farmland. Jake is led back to abandoned Deadwood Park. Here, somewhere in this decaying amusement park, is the path that leads to the killer's identity. It becomes Jake's mission to solve the mysteries of this sinister, blood-soaked town.
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| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. RansonA haunting, cerebral thriller that dangles secrets like candy and pays off sweetly. |
| User ReviewKyle LWickedly smart, creepy, haunting and brooding. Deadwood Park is a true example of an Independent Horror film that can keep you entertained from start to finish on its low budget and execution. Deadwood Park tells the story of a man name Jake Richardson who returns to his hometown in Eidolon Crossing, the place where he grew up as a child and also where his brother was kidnapped by a child abductor who has claimed the lives of many kids. When he arrives in town, the voices of the dead children began to haunt him as Jake delves deeper into the mysteries of the town while also finding out the identity of his brother's killer at the same time. Its clear from the get to go that Eric Stanze is now the king of low budget Horror movies. Of all his films, this is his most entertaining one yet since Savage Harvest. Where as Savage Harvest was like a tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead, Deadwood Park is more of a dark, slow burn Horror film that combines some of the best elements in the genre for a long time. One of Deadwood Park's highlights is how filmmaker Eric Stanze like in his previous films, can tell a good story with wit and intelligence from beginning to end on a relatively small budget. He proves it here as this film is different compared to most big budget Horror films, this is the only movie that can stand on its own without relying on jump scares than most big budget Horror films today; I would call this film true art over 2018's Hereditary. I love how this film captures lots of gorgeous scenery that builds up the haunting atmosphere (abandoned houses, churches, creepy forest shots and the big dilapidated amusement park that made the film more eerie and mysterious). I like how this film combines the genre of Supernatural Horror and Mystery in one go at the same time. There are loads of scenes that are chilling and creepy (Scenes with the dead kids appearing outside of the main character's house, the creepy atmospheric bathroom scene, the spooky bloody hand prints appearing in the mirror and the shocking finale). Plus the gore effects are great here despite that it is used only for the finale (nasty beheading, amputations and some brilliant and disgusting bite sequence before the antagonist burns to the ground) and lastly, the use of flashbacks from past to present sets the tone and mood of the film in the best way, giving this movie the look of a true masterpiece in Low budget cinema. Now the acting is really good, all of Eric Stanze's collaborators are great with their performances from William Clifton, Emily Haack and more. Director and Writer Eric Stanze has proven once again that he can do a good Horror movie on a small scale without losing its magic touch throughout the heart of its story. I admit that both this and Savage Harvest are pure art in the Horror genre, if Savage Harvest was a gore fest from start to finish, Deadwood Park is more of a Supernatural, Murder, Mystery with lots of creepy imagery, a chilling tone and a spooky atmosphere. Overall Deadwood Park is a Horror film that works on every level thanks to Stanze's stylish directing and execution. This film will keep you interested, entertained, spooked and frightened in all the right places and is also an example of a true artistic Horror film that in my opinion can be easily compared to 2018's Hereditary for all the right reasons. This film gets a 10/10. |
| User ReviewDavid DThe story is fairly original and quite engaging. It develops slowly, at times too slowly, but its slow development and lingering scenic shots serve to build a sense of eerieness that reminds me of an M.R. James story. The cinematography and editing are both very well done and the musical score is good. The acting isn't great but it is good. The multiple flashbacks are very simply and effectively handled and do not create the confusion that flashbacks often can. The special effects work is not all that good (with the major exception of an excellent creature in the WWII flashback) but this film is not so reliant on special effects for that to matter much. All in all, this unusual twist on the idea of a vampire movie is an exceptional low budget horror movie and well worthy of three-and-one-half or maybe four stars. |
| User ReviewTodd GGreat horror/mystery and oh what a payoff! Stanze does it again while constantly maturing as a filmmaker. It could be described as slow but it leads up to such a surprising conclusion that totally breathes new life into a certain horror convention that a lot of it's flaws are completely forgotten in the final moments. Still, I was intrigued throughout and never found it that slow going. Deadwood Park is melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down... |
| User ReviewTodd S[font=Times New Roman][size=4]2007 US Director: Eric Stanze[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]Score: 6[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]I?m considering this one an early Christmas present. Really, I am. An Eric Stanze movie that does not have even one scene of pornographic level nudity or rape, a plot that doesn?t get dragged under and drowned by massive amounts of filler shots of trees or buildings (although the stuff in the closed amusement park started to push it), and no acting that seems to belong on amateur improv stage night. This means something people!! Eric Stanze has made a real horror film! What the hell? Seriously though, I am not only surprised, I am quite happy. I had, based on my past experience with Stanze?s movies, not been expecting much of anything from this one, and it did surprise me in a good way.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]This film did a good job to set up some very eerie atmosphere and it had a couple of ?shiver up the spine? moments in it. There is plenty of gore at the end, and it is well done, but it is not the reason this film is a real horror film; it is the atmosphere that makes it that. As I have come to expect from a Stanze movie, the SFX, especially the afore mentioned gore effects, are very well done. There is even a great WWII battle scene in this one. Stanze finally got a decent budget and he did some great things with it. The music score is also a notch above what I was expecting and it helped with the atmosphere building that made this film worth recommending.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]The plot and how it is edited does have its problems, I?ll be honest. Let me preface by adding, the problems, while still some of the same old issues I?ve had with other Stanze films, are vastly improved in this release. Most of the stories I have seen this director put on film would have made excellent twenty to thirty minute short films but they were stretched to 90 minute length by padding them out with shots of every bit of scenery they could shoot. This film has some of that going on as well, but not nearly as bad as I have seen it get. I also didn?t get a clear sense on how, really, the pastor (Callahan) became an almost unstoppable child killing monster. The WWII scene, while well shot, kind of muddied up the story and threw a strange creature into the mix that never really got much of a clear explanation.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]These few shaky points do not bring the movie down enough to keep it from being enjoyable. The actors all do a good job with their characters. The main protagonist especially is excellent in conveying the terror of some of the more spine chilling situations he is caught up in. The sheriff is another well performed characters. In a nutshell, this independent, low budget release is not with out its flaws but it is interesting and well acted. It gives us some chilling atmosphere and something that gore hounds will like as well, both in a good balance. For the first time since I have started reviewing films for fun, I am recommending an Eric Stanze movie. Horror fans should check this one out for sure. Some horror film makers who have, shall we say, supposed ?higher credentials? should look at this one to see how it is possible to balance gore with tension with out one covering up and swallowing the other (I?m looking at you Eli Roth). Yes, give this a viewing.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=4]NOTES: XV-HL Suggested Age: 16+[/size][/font] |
| User ReviewAllen REric Stanze has been a leader of the underground/no-budget film movement for the last decade. His work is usually as thought-provoking as it is visually striking. This time around he presents a ghost story where nearly everyone, and thing, is haunted, either physically, meta-psychically, or metaphorically. But just because your subject is lifeless, doesn't mean the film should be too. Stanze's static camera doesn't so much reinforce the thematic subtext as it brings things to a screeching halt. Long sequences where characters just stand and talk about the story, doing nothing else, barely even interacting with one another, attempt to create a sort of slow burn but instead fizzle out from dullness. My thought is that Stanze has always fallen in love with his footage (justifiably so, his camera work is often fantastic) and should probably have someone else edit his work - DEADWOOD PARK only reinforces this belief. |
| User ReviewJenn TWas really hard to like the main character. Too much info about the characters. |
| User ReviewBill BSlow, boring with a twist that you won't bother waiting for. |