A DAY OF JUDGMENT
Boy, does this movie suck
I'm pretty sure I'd rather go to Hell than watch this movie again.
Here's the setup, which I find admittedly intriguing. A small-town preacher in the 20's, facing the fact that his congregation has reduced itself to three old ladies who all look like the chick from that "American Gothic" painting, leaves town to make way for his replacement. And as he leaves, Death comes to town. You think I'm being metaphorical. I'm not. They actually pass each other on the road. Soon after that, the sinners are all given their just punishment.
What follows is a hundred really, really boring minutes of basically watching a bunch of boring people lead boring lives, and throughout the film, I think a grand total of three people are dealt with my Mr. Reaper - I can't really tell, because near the end, I kept dozing off. And except for the crazy old lady who's pulled into the ground by clutching hands, everything interesting happens off-screen. And on-screen, wow, is that bad acting.
Anyway, that's about it. That's the whole movie. And now I'm gonna spoil it for you, because it's a necessary evil. Hopefully, telling you the ending will discourage you from wasting valuable time and money on this turd. Swipe at your own risk, but trust me - you'll be glad you did.
IT WAS ALL A DREAM. Yes, the whole town awakes from its collective nightmare simultaneously and they instantly reform their lives. Then they all go to church together. And the closing title doesn't read "the end", it focuses on the cross on the top of the church's steeple and reads, "THE BEGINNING" and shows us a lengthy (I mean, really lengthy) bible verse which I couldn't stay awake long enough to read.
Man oh man, is this one bad. Saved from complete oblivion by the nice idea of it being, in theory, a "period" slasher movie (are there any other period slasher movies?), but that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.