![]() ![]() Kate bursts from Zack's corpse where she was hiding, bringing the cleaver down on Simon's head. Moments later, Simon also approaches the body, vowing to kill her. Returning to Zack's charred body, Kate promises to kill Simon. Kate seduces Simon, distracting him he accidentally frees her in the ensuing struggle, allowing her to flee. Turning back to Kate, Simon announces that he is also Stanley, having taken over his brother's identity after murdering Quinn and Carrie while the real Stanley is in a coma. Zack confesses his love to Kate calling her his 'Dream Girl.' This angers Simon and he burns Zack alive. Simon ties Zack to a tree and tortures him. Suspicious, Simon chops off several of Stanley's fingers with a cleaver, and it's revealed that it is actually Zack in the suit, trying to masquerade as Stanley. ![]() ![]() He ties her to the table when Stanley appears in his ghillie suit. Simon takes Kate to an old campsite where two long-decayed bodies are sitting at a picnic table. While they are driving, Simon explains that he and Stanley have lived in the area their entire lives with their parents Quinn and Carrie, and took over the gas station when Quinn and Carrie died. Zack sneaks up and climbs into the truck bed as Kate gets into the truck. Kate is stopped by Simon in his truck, who lies and tells her that the others are safe at his store. They are watched by Stanley, who kills Riff, while Simon kills Vicky. The group heads into the forest to look for Ashley and discover that Stanley has made a 'doll' out of Ashley's head, hands, and feet. The teens find their van's tires punctured, stranding them. At this moment, a terrified Zack arrives and manages to convince Simon to leave. After dark, Simon arrives and tells the teens Stanley is missing. Zack pulls several newspaper articles off the bodies, as he then flees the store. He lets himself in and discovers numerous bodies hanging from the ceiling, including those of Pig, Garth and Clay. The attacker - revealed to be Stanley - begins to cut up her body, saying that he will make her into a present for 'dream girl'.īack at the store, Zack arrives to find it closed and empty. He chases Ashley through the woods before realizing that she is not 'dream girl' and murders her. Unbeknownst to them, there is someone observing the teens, dressed in a ghillie suit. Frustrated, the group leaves and finds a campsite. Simon is unhelpful, denying the teens requests to buy anything. Making their way into town, four of the teens head inside a store, where they meet brothers Simon ( Crispin Glover) and Stanley. They encounter two strange men, Pig and Garth, who warn them to return home, saying there have been murders in the area. It was premiered at Fantastic Fest on 24 September 2006.įive teenagers - Kate ( Margo Harshman), Zack ( Greg Cipes), Vicky, Riff, and Ashley - are on their way to pan for gold during Spring Break when they make a wrong turn. Even die hard JCVD fans (I consider myself one of them!) will be disappointed by this.Simon Says is a 2006 American slasher film, directed by William Dear and starring Crispin Glover and Margo Harshman. It's up there with Double Team, Black Eagle, and Derailed. The rest of the cast do what they have to do, but none of them really stand out all that much Final Thoughts: He's made some really good DTV gems since this awful film, but this is without a doubt one of the worst movies he has ever done. I realize he has toned down his histrionics over the last few years, but this movie really lets him down. He phones it in, but he can't overcome the weak script or poor pacing issues. Jean-Claude Van Damme isn't really trying all that much here. There are a few exceptions to this rule where I end up enjoying them, but this was bloody terrible. Anything to do with it, I tend to lose interest in quickly. It doesn't help that I can't stand politics. It doesn't have much action to speak of, and when it does happen, we get a lot of frustrating shaky camera work that really hampers what little it has going for it. But this feels like something that Steven Seagal rejected. Even recently he has really upped his game with some DTV gems like Until Death, Wake Of Death, Replicant, Assassination Games, and In Hell. I grew up with his movies, and whilst not all of them were great, he has provided me with many hours of entertainment with classics such as Bloodsport, Universal Soldier, and Time Cop. As such an admirer of Jean-Claude Van Damme, watching him make stuff like this is really disheartening to be honest with you all. ![]()
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