The Tomb

Plot synopsis:
Jigsaw, I mean the Puppetmaster, wraps a man and woman in plastic and
leaves them in a warehouse full of dolls and candles. He talks to them over
a loudspeaker and plays a video of him taunting a topless woman with an
axe. They keep finding other people in the warehouse but they always die
within minutes of being found. Instead of looking for a way out, they spend
their time talking about how the situation is just like HP Lovecraft's 'the
Tomb.' There are flashbacks that show how the prisoners wronged the puppetmaster in the past. Eventually, the two main characters find an asian woman who does not immediately die so, for some reason, they kill her.
The woman kills the man and exits the warehouse through a door which
was wide open. A car is waiting for her with a bunch of money and a copy
of the titular book. She goes to a motel and some guy asks her to have
sex so she can keep the car and the money. She kills him too and we reach
the merciful end.Based on a story by the master of outrageous horror, H.P. Lovecraft, this bloodcurdling film introduces the "Puppetmaster." Imprisoning a group of people in a living hell of darkness and death the Puppetmaster controls the fate of each one. One by one, the captives awake in agonizing pain - some are slightly injured, others are fatally wounded. The survivors are also mentally tortured by the unseen villain, who demands that there can be only one winner at this game. [D-Man2010]

Tags: boring, stupid

Review:
First I will say that this movie is so bad, I had to stop watching after 15 minutes.
Stay away from any movies directed, written or related in any way to Ulli Lommel..
German director Ulli Lommel randomly emerged into the direct to video horror genre in the mid 2000's and has since then delivered the worst films anyone could ever lay their sorry eyes on.
They are actually literally painful to watch where no one gains a thing from them – not even unintentional so-bad-its-good comedy.
However, there is a chance that in the distant future his films will become iconic with a cult film formula growing from nothing-but-trash to weird-that-it-was-made, though it's a little unlikely for now as he is making fans of the Horror genre puzzled and confused as to how anyone can create such atrocities of cinema.If H.P. Lovecraft were still around and saw Lommel's adaptation of The Tomb he would probably be a very sad man and never write ever again; there are just one too many directors who take his well structured stories and utterly destroy them in a demeaning manner through their saddening execution and lack of cinematic talent -- Lommel is a very unoriginal man once again he goes to prove it by creating The Tomb.
An unoriginal story is fine granted successful execution, art direction, style, acting, pace – whatever works as long as it isn't in-your-face done before tripe which is exactly what The Tomb is.
A major comparison one cannot pass up is the 2004 hit "Saw" with The Tomb having one too many similarities that helps this film fall into the category of either rip-off or cash-in.
People are very well aware of Saw by now, the seriousness of their lives, the fact anyone can fall into the trap at any time and you can even wind up dead – whilst The Tomb is an adaptation of another medium its unoriginality is shocking in terms of cinema.
Yes The Tomb is quite a seen before pile of crap with many terrible aspects about it like no other.On top of the films unoriginality is its astonishingly terrible special effects, poor casting and acting, mind numbingly boring music, poor editing, ugly cinematography, shaky camera work that at times is as though the cameraman was drunk and oh how the list just goes on.
The Tomb is so much like a home video that someone without a clue about film making could quite possibly pull off a better film that is more watchable.
It's a prime example of just out right bad horror that hopefully will be forgotten as time goes by as it is just another shot on a camcorder horror film released straight to DVD.
As the saying goes "It's hideous, yet I cannot turn away" which somewhat summarises Lommel's work – he is so terrible yet sometimes I feel myself renting his movies just to be gobsmacked over how terrible they are.
Still, Lommel is a very bad film director and its movies like The Tomb that make this a fact more than an opinion..
The camera work looks like a student from high school was assigned a film directing project.
I was so annoyed and irritated that I felt like I was going to die after watching this movie..
I rented this DVD because it sounded better then it was.Lionsgate put it out and I am questioning their horrible taste lately.At first I was thinking yet another movie that has copied saw(but saw copied cube).I have seen a few other movies similar to saw(are you scared and unknown)which no doubt copied it's idea,but they were all watchable and had their own twist.The tomb was just boring and I wasted money on this rental and wish I could get my money back.It started out lame.When we first see the first 2 people they are injured but don't even speak to each other for the longest time.And then as the movie continues I was just bored and could not get into it.I can easily see how this bad movie went straight to video(DVD).
It's just a cheesy heap trying to ride on the success of the Saw films, using Lovecraft's name to give itself some semblance of credibility.This one has it all- Lack of real plot, recurring scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with the story, horrible acting, and even worse music...The ending was the most disappointing thing of all.If this isn't on the Worst Films of All Time list, it very well should be.If you ever see this in a video store, you'd do best to run as far away as possible..
I watched some pretty dumb stuff over there, but this movie by far is the worse my eyes have ever seen.
but I was furious to learn that this low-budget shlockfest was allowed to bill this film as Lovecraft's work, when it has nothing to do with the story.
OK, once I get past the disappointment associated with this not being a Lovecraft story it was creepy at times, but overall this is a low budget, low quality, film.
Whether or not you like this kind of film or not is your business, but don't think it's Lovecraft, or you'll be disappointed too..
Ulli Lommel is the new Antichrist of horror genre,I kid you not.The story of "The Tomb" goes like that:one by one the Puppetmaster controls the fate of his captives-some are slightly injured,others are fatally wounded and those that survive are mentally tortured by this unseen villain who demands only one winner in his game.Ulli Lommel's "The Tomb" has nothing to do with Lovecraft moody stories.It's horrendously cheap and hideously boring rip-off of "Saw".Basically a man and a woman are wandering around this basement and every once in a while the guy above them would drop little pieces of paper down through the floor/basement ceiling that had "clues" written on them.There are also some annoying flashbacks that provide more boredom.81 minutes of my life are forever gone and I can't get them back.2 out of 10..
;)Basically, its kinda like Saw and some other low budget films only its been made recently (shudder).
The plot literally makes no sense and is further compounded by the actors' inability to actually do any acting.I got this from a DVD club and more than likely will ask them to stop carrying it because it was so bad.
The only way this film 'could' have been improved is if it were loaded with mime's acting in the roles then at least then we could sit back, laugh,and know its only a joke.The film suffers badly from other things as well including but not limited to: bad soundtrack, flashes of things unrelated to the film, shaky camera (some people on America's home videos have a steadier hand), bad effects, and unrealistic scenarios.One good thing about this is that it has taught me to come to IMDb.com to get the reviews of any films I may purchase.
Poor Saw. Tomb, The (2007) * (out of 4) Another direct to DVD film from director Ulli Lommel, this one being credited to H.P. Lovecraft but in reality this is a major rip of the Saw films.
Lommel actually has more energy here than in previous works but that still doesn't equal a good movie..
The most annoying thing with the film though, is that all the time the characters are "walking in circles" in what seems like a totally open garage or a basement, you see the daylight coming in through windows, doors and the ceiling.
Take a shot every time a horror film cliché comes up.
I thought that it would be a decent movie, but I missed the red flag on the back cover- directed by Ulli Lommel.
I quite after watching about half of the movie, but it still managed to ruin my whole night.Don't EVER watch this stupid p.o.s. or any other Ulli Lommel film.
unfortunately, this review has to be 10 lines but this movie's not worth it, so i'm a do this Once I saw how low budget it was and how retarded the characters were being, I had to turn it off.
unfortunately, this review has to be 10 lines but this movie's not worth it, so i'm a do this Once I saw how low budget it was and how retarded the characters were being, I had to turn it off.
Figured it maybe might get kind of better...nope any person rating this movie a 10 is either joking or they haven't seen itAnd Im a huge fan of Lovecraft, the movie had NOTHING to do with book.
To tell the truth: the case looked cool and I was fooled into thinking this time he'd actually made a "movie." Lommel is delusional.
Gosh darn.This is one of the worst things my eyes have ever been subjected to.Now, I've watched a lot of terrible movies in my time but this has to take the cake.
This movie is so bad that I think I might be literally dead after watching it.Everything is terrible about it: script ("eight nails who fails" - for the love of god, stop), cinematography, sound, lighting, acting, everything.
The only good thing about this film are the sets - and that's just because I really like Halloween decorations.
As it stands, the Lovecraft connection is, at best, tenuous.The Tomb is perhaps one of the worst films I have seen in the past few years.
Lommel seems to have no heart for that film's twisted ingenuity, instead having his cast doing the same thing over & over again (by that I mean that the two lead actors wander aimlessly through a vast basement, encountering other victims & futilely trying to understand why they are there).Lommel has had quite a negative reputation in the Internet world, with most people giving him the sort of kicking a Brazilian soccer player would be proud of.
A being known as the Puppetmaster (Jeff Frentzen) holds victims captive in a tomb and tortures them.Ulli Lommel moved to the United States in 1977 and started working with Andy Warhol, who produced his film "Cocaine Cowboys", and appeared in "Blank Generation" (1980).
After that, he went on to make films like "Brainwaves" (1982), starring Tony Curtis and Vera Miles, "The Devonsville Terror" (1983) with Donald Pleasence, and "Revenge of the Stolen Stars" (1985) with Klaus Kinski.What happened after 1985 is anyone's guess, because now Lommel is universally known as the guy who pumps out the worst-looking, lowest budget horror rubbish available.
(The answer is probably money.) As others have said, the plot of this film is completely unrelated to the Lovecraft short story.
Also, the film is often compared to the 2004 movie "Saw", as it should be.
Tomb makes Saw look like definite Oscar material.The decors and props are laughable, there is no line at all to be seen.
Now believe me when I tell you that the movie you're thinking of would be like a combination of Gone With The Wind, Singin' In The Rain and Star Wars when compared to H.P. Lovecraft - The Tomb.This unholy abomination was written and directed by Ulli Lommel.
She responds to that demand by beating the killer to death with a lamp, which is what you'll want to do to Ulli Lommel after watching the first 5 minutes of H.P. Lovecraft - The Tomb.There is no possible way anyone ever thought that anyone would ever find this movie entertaining in any way.
Alas, we do no live in a just world.Now, some fools might read this review and want to watch this movie to find out if it's really this bad.
Gave the other $900 to acting school dropouts to provide empty and pathetic performancesThis movie tried to be like the Saw franchise, but without the creativity, budget, directing, acting, suspense, writing, special effects, or editing.But I do believe there is some merit to this.
This should be shown to every graduating film student as an example of what not to do with your first film.Absolutely horrible, do not waste your time or take up memory space by watching this movie.
This has nothing as far as I know from any of H.P.Lovecrafts books in this movie,except the only thing remotely even close to H.P.Lovecraft was the ignorant trivia game he was playing.....The only reason I gave this 2 stars is for the title and the lighting,some of the sound was OK....But this is not a H.P.Lovecraft movie,I really wish people would stop desecrating his name.This was a total SAW ripoff !!!
And SAW was horrible....This is just my opinion.I love Low Budget movies,I am always ready and open minded for any good Low Budget horror movie.I had a free rental I found out it was getting released,I knew nothing about it,so I got it,but not bad for a free rental !!!
This is another horrible film that uses the name H.P. Lovecraft to attract a certain audience, but has nothing whatsoever to do with that author's story of said name.
(That's the extent of my spoiler, by the way.)I think it's neat and all that we live in an age where anyone can sell their car for enough money to buy a decent quality digital camcorder and make a movie in their parent's basement or friend's warehouse - I just don't think everyone should do so.I love the horror genre and it saddens me that puke like this continues to be what most people think of when they think of the genre.To be fair, the actors seemed to be doing their best with the script, and most of the acting is actually decent.
If you want to waste your time, see this..."movie".
the only thing remotely even close to H.P.Lovecraft was the ignorant trivia game he was playing...people are really desecrating his name with movies like this one.
Bad movie, bad copy of Saw, a bad use of the name of Lovecraft.....
If I could rate it a zero I would.The acting was terrible, the special effects were terrible, the was no real plot, the storyline didn't make any sense, the gore was so fake.Here is a list of the biggest problems with this movie that made it unbearable to watch: 1) They're in a warehouse full of axes and hammers but don't make any attempt to try to break out at any point in the movie.2) They know there is 8 people but don't bother looking for them.
Let's call it an 'F' Movie for failing on all accounts.From the silly scene where they find the girl who was attacked with the plastic axe who for some reason talks a *LOT* for someone with some of their brain sticking out to the horrible music which almost completely drowns out the bad dialog.This movie really looks like a makeup student's homework assignment and probably some other student's script writing homework assignment.
As everyone else has said, this movie has no resemblance to the Lovecraft tale "The Tomb".
Really, if you want to see a film version of Lovecraft's "The Tomb" then check out "The Ghosts of Edendale" which has quite a similar plot.
Second, when I first saw this I had not read the short story of the same name, and third, my memory's kinda fogged, so bare with me on the review.When I remembered this movie, I went to the video store, rented it, and that night when I put it in the DVD player and pressed play on the DVD menu, the nightmare began ...The "plot" (which is clearly ripped from SAW) is that there's this woman, Tara (Victoria Ullman) and a man, Billy (Christian Dehm) trapped in a warehou-I mean, tomb, by Jigsa-oops, the Puppetmaster, filled with wooden coffins marked by inverted pentagrams and dolls with "666" on their heads.
The duo goes around opening the lids on these coffins, and it shows the Puppetmaster taunting them through a microphone sitting at a table filled with your typical store-bought Halloween decorations saying "Eight nails, who fails?" And so Tara and Billy go around talking about H.P. Lovecraft after finding a book that was handwritten in marker that was entitled "The Tomb." In between several of the scenes is an irrelevant clip of some woman wearing a black robe and a white mask, riding a horse.This movie is probably one of the worst things I've EVER seen.
The majority of it involves terrible actors, with an even worse director (Uli Lommel) , and seemingly, his team of monkeys, in creating what is an hour and 20 minutes of confusion and boredom.However, I have to mentioned that can't review the whole thing because I turned it off after roughly an hour of constant face-palming and painful boredom.The plot , even though I didn't quite understand what was going on, revolved around a deranged killer known as "The Puppet Master", as he traps his victims inside what looks like a grocery store and subjects them to his terrible wit, stupid laugh and "8 nails..
I have no problem with cheap film making, (Movies such as Blair Witch Project, were great because the low budget heightened the realism) But its almost like Uli Lommel is a high school student with some tomato sauce, bad costumes and camera he picked up from Walmart.
HP Lovecrafts's The Tomb (2007) was one of the 10 plus movies that were directed by Ulli Lommel and were shot circa 2005-2006.
Keep in mind that this is an Ulli Lommel film and if you are not a fan of his work then you'll be disappointed.
But if you are in on the joke and like his movies then you'll want to watch this one..
BY far the worst movie i have ever seen in my life.
BY far the worst movie i have ever seen in my life.
BY far the worst movie i have ever seen in my life.