Retitled release of Glynn Beard's The Crier given a re-edited opening (that contains new footage mixed with quick cuts to the film - which somewhat spoils some of the "shock" moments later on) but still basically the same movie as Beard (who's a wimpy presence) plays a insecure man who goes to an old witch and is given "tears of the crier" (which is supposed to be tears from a wiccan practising woman who drown herself three-hundred years prior after townsfolk killed her children and dubbed her "evil") to make his wife love him forever. All Hell breaks loose when they invite friends over for the weekend and the ghost of said woman decides to show up and kill them all.

This one is quite a bore and it's mostly the fault of the script which is packed with too much pointless talking (and many melodramtic monologues) and seems to think it's trying to be "poetic", but it's also dragged down when it succumbs to having the characters wandering around aimlessly and being killed with hokey looking gore effects (some of which are confusingly shot). And the weak twist ending doesn't help.

I actually would have liked more of the Crier's backstory since it's the most interesting thing here. Don't bother.

Get it from Shock-O-Rama.

Directed By: Glynn Beard.
Written By: Margaret Francis.

Starring: Glynn Beard, Margaret Erin-Easley, Corey Elias, Jason Fenton.

aka: The Crier.

Picture Ratio: Full Frame.

Picture Quality: Not too bad with a few moments of fuzziness but generally a solid picture.

Extras: The best thing here is the inclusion of the short Y2K:Shut Down Detected which just rocks but there's also EI's usual trailer vault and a pretty informative commentary track (in fact it's the best thing about the movie).