Reviews of Parashites 48

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  Good laughable fun
  A review of Parashites
  by Chris Alexander on 06/14/2011
  Although I really enjoyed this script and laughed out loud several times when reading it, there were moments where my mind drifted towards films such as Eight Legged Freaks and Evolution. But just because it’s similar to these other films doesn’t make it inferior to them. In fact, as a personal fan of dark comedy and science fiction, I found that this script has actually taken... Although I really enjoyed this script and laughed out loud several times when reading it, there were moments where my mind drifted towards films such as Eight Legged Freaks and Evolution. But just because it’s similar to these other films doesn’t make it inferior to them. In fact, as a personal fan of dark comedy and science fiction, I found that this script has actually taken some of my favourite features of said genres and put them together. The descriptions are very visual and although some of the characters are stereotyped, I felt that it worked well as it meant that the script didn’t focus too much on ALL of the main characters (as there are a lot), and is then able to let the reader enjoy all of the unfolding mayhem. If this were made into a movie, it’s definitely one I’d add to my collection and re-watch (if it is directed and cast correctly of course). read
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  A Horror Film For the 3-D Era
  A review of Parashites
  by alexsinesi on 05/31/2011
  This is a really fun script. I imagine a sadistic, gleeful grin was plastered to your face for the duration of the writing process. I gotta hand it to you, you have a great concept and I could easily see it turning into a cult horror film -- it's like The Human Centipede meets Aliens. There's definitely room for improvement though. The main problem is the ending...I like... This is a really fun script. I imagine a sadistic, gleeful grin was plastered to your face for the duration of the writing process. I gotta hand it to you, you have a great concept and I could easily see it turning into a cult horror film -- it's like The Human Centipede meets Aliens.
  
  There's definitely room for improvement though. The main problem is the ending...I like the idea of a "Well, f**k." no-win scenario, but the giant parasite didn't cut it. One of your least effective sight gags. I felt like the script was begging for a false sense of security post-climax, betrayed by one final, incredibly gory scene, a la the Final Destination films. My first inclination was, jump to a few years later, in a McDonald's near you, and off the main characters as spectacularly as possible. Just a thought.
  
  Some reviews have suggested you beef up your characters (lol, pun not intended), and while I think Gary definitely deserves more screen time, character development isn't the first thing I'd focus on. I think the build-up is really the key. Drag out suspense as long as you can and trim down the action. Not only will the script be more effective, it will be a lot cheaper. Body horror is what this is all about, and once you've got big CG monsters running around, the script gets costlier and less engaging in equal measure. This is really a script from the 80's with a slice of aughts attitude, and I love that about it, but I was kinda disappointed by how quickly everyone crapped out their problems and kept on moving. Final verdict? Needs more constipation! read
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  Parashite's review
  A review of Parashites
  by Brodie Cotnam on 05/19/2011
  I think it's good you tried to work some humor in but not all of it worked, like a lot of the crude comments Gary makes. ie. "Your mother said" Liked some of the character description, Gary's for example, or Melody's hair being a disaster or dreadlocks. The dialogue was decent, a little straight forward or cliched at times, like when Calire says "He'd take more of my life"... I think it's good you tried to work some humor in but not all of it worked, like a lot of the crude comments Gary makes. ie. "Your mother said"
  
  Liked some of the character description, Gary's for example, or Melody's hair being a disaster or dreadlocks.
  
  The dialogue was decent, a little straight forward or cliched at times, like when Calire says "He'd take more of my life" but pretty good overall.
  
  The overall concept reminds me of slither, and a lot of Characters themselves are cliched. Gary reminds me of a lot of pompous older anchors who aren't ready to ride of into the sunset yet. Didn't find him particularly funny.
  
  You do a good job of capturing the atmosphere of a lot of similar movies in the genre, but nothing really sets it apart.
  
  Throw the book at him kind of works if they don't ask him why it's funny.
  
  Lot of archetypal things throughout, they scene with the keys in the jail, Kevin leaving the guy to be eaten.
  
  You never really get into how Kevin got away with taking advantage of Claire. Why wouldn't they believe her? Wouldn't they have tested to see if she had been drugged? I mean those are pretty serious charges.
  
  All in all it was entertaining but as I said like a lot of other movies in the genre.
  
  Best of luck. read
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  Parashites isn't shite!
  A review of Parashites
  by DraftierMocha7 on 05/18/2011
  Parashites, what a title, with a title like that you know this isn't a screenplay to be taken seriously, I went into it expecting.... nothing, I came out amused and glad I spent an hour of my time reading it Where do I start? The story, simple enough, a meteor full of parasites lands in a town, and the parasites begin to kill everyone, this was the cliche part of your screenplay,... Parashites, what a title, with a title like that you know this isn't a screenplay to be taken seriously, I went into it expecting.... nothing, I came out amused and glad I spent an hour of my time reading it
  Where do I start?
  The story, simple enough, a meteor full of parasites lands in a town, and the parasites begin to kill everyone, this was the cliche part of your screenplay, the way you handled the story wasn't, it felt like a stupid version of Slither, in the best way possible, I loved the main cast members, Claire really had some feeling in her character, I was genuinely sad when Summer and Melody died as you'd made those two really likeable characters, I loved the character of Liza even though she was only in it shortly, mainly because of the comedy value, pleasuring herself with a photo, it was just excellent, I've never laughed so hard. The only gripe I do have, is the ending, it was a bit too depressing, you expect a happy ending with a movie like this, it didn't deliver, also some characters were under-used, such as Helen, I don't believe she really had much of a place in the story, but she did help the story along
  Overall, Parashites was an amazing screenplay, it lagged in bits, but the overall evolution of character personalities and the gore along with meta-humour helped it to excel read
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  Parashites
  A review of Parashites
  by m-p-a-l-c on 05/15/2011
  Parashites really was a great laugh, it had a good feel to it, the read was nice easy going. The story itself i think was well thought out and had great structure. With the characters really coming to life through dialogue, actions and relationships held within the story. I think that Gary was a man that we could've got to know alot better, with the story opening with him... Parashites really was a great laugh, it had a good feel to it, the read was nice easy going. The story itself i think was well thought out and had great structure.
  
  With the characters really coming to life through dialogue, actions and relationships held within the story.
  
  I think that Gary was a man that we could've got to know alot better, with the story opening with him his character really took us from the start and was amusing to read.
  
  Towards the end, the action started to kick in and we saw sides of characters that we had not yet noticed, like claire fighting kevin.
  
  However i saw how the foetus scene was related but was really relevant.
  
  Overall success, nice pace, great structure.
  
  Good Job. read
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  Nothing shite here
  A review of Parashites
  by RobMSF on 05/09/2011
  I was really quite surprised by the time I finished this. The story was well structured with a good premise and funny. The story went along at a quick pace and I can really see the potential for seeing this made one day. It's already much better than some films you see on the horror channel or Sci-Fi. I only had two issues with this and that was that the scene with the foetus... I was really quite surprised by the time I finished this.
  
  The story was well structured with a good premise and funny. The story went along at a quick pace and I can really see the potential for seeing this made one day. It's already much better than some films you see on the horror channel or Sci-Fi.
  
  I only had two issues with this and that was that the scene with the foetus was a bit over the top in my opinion and could be cut and the screaming I thought was not shown in the dialogue but written as
  
  Claire screams, or something along those lines.
  
  Great story though, good luck! read
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  Parashites
  A review of Parashites
  by mkbrenner on 05/06/2011
  I loved it. Concept: The action grabbed and enticed me throughout the entire story. A mix between Tremors, Sean of the Dead, and Evolution, the story kept the plot motivated and with humor to boot. There were many times where I was laughing while during others I was face-palming. For instance, p. 47 the sheriff references a search for Claire when back on p. 36 Claire states... I loved it.
  
  Concept:
  The action grabbed and enticed me throughout the entire story. A mix between Tremors, Sean of the Dead, and Evolution, the story kept the plot motivated and with humor to boot. There were many times where I was laughing while during others I was face-palming. For instance, p. 47 the sheriff references a search for Claire when back on p. 36 Claire states she was with Joe while they were taking him away.
  
  Story:
  The plot and idea was original, unique, and memorable. Most likely a movie I would see only once or twice, I would definitely recommend this to my friends for a good laugh. The kill scenes were funny as well as imaginative. The random organization, HyGro popped up in the middle of the story with the wrong motivation. If this organization was concerned with the bug problem to begin with why bring politics into it at all. That detail can be left out and more of an emphasis put on getting the problem solved fast and without panic.
  The ending was abrupt and leaves the audience unfulfilled. Instead of showing our heros heading for their doom, have Greg keep the video tape and the gang saddling up for another battle against that huge monster and TADA recipe for a franchise.
  
  Characters:
  Claire was a fun character to follow but her past with Kevin could be taken out completely. She can be having digestive problems from stress related to school. Her vegetarian ways should be more obviously enforced. Instead of talking about Kevin, have her open with an exciting new protest she's organizing with Melody.
  
  Kevin is an on the fence character, the story can be told without him but his connection to the other characters creates other avenues for the bugs to strike upon. Kevin could stay on as a character that stands to oppose Claire and her radical new ways instead of sharing that dark event in their pasts.
  
  Joe is a sweetheart and felt his character acted as a positive motivator for plot and action. His feelings are sincere toward Claire and his intentions are motivated by his drive to survive. His appearance is also a cool idea. Coming from a culture that embraces that type of appearance makes me very excited to have someone who shares those values a love interest sidekick to the main character. All in all, loved Joe.
  
  Gary and Damien are the classic underdogs looking for their big opportunity that stuck gold. Attempting to drag in an older crowd as well as a poop appreciating younger one, this duo makes for fun entertainment. I feel that Gary's language will be a bit of a turn off to some audiences and that most of this f-bombs can be replaced with other words of equal significance.
  
  Structure:
  The plot and action raised around the appropriate time. My only concern is for the finite hopeless ending. The gang had fought their way that far, why give up then? Keep the ending open ended for better audience result.
  
  Dialogue:
  Most of the dialogue was true to the characters and setting the author was setting through time period and location. Again, I feel that a lot of Gary's dialogue and profanities could be replaced with other less offensive, or at least, less harsh profanities. A few appropriately placed f-bombs work well with this script, but litter the action sequences with them and some of the audience is turned off and lost.
  
  Overall:
  All in all this is a super fun, amazing, adventurous read with s little something for everyone. Consider a rewrite with an emphasis on dialogue clean up and relationship readjustment. Following the classic B-movie horror line, I can see this story becoming a successful cult franchise. read
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  Liked it.
  A review of Parashites
  by agren757 on 05/05/2011
  I thought that the script was good and I could see it being a good movie if the side characters were more than just fillers. The central characters were good with Claire and Joe and the antagonist Kevin but I thought that so much personality can be given to those throw-away characters that died early. Maybe that was a missed opportunity to have some other type of character... I thought that the script was good and I could see it being a good movie if the side characters were more than just fillers. The central characters were good with Claire and Joe and the antagonist Kevin but I thought that so much personality can be given to those throw-away characters that died early. Maybe that was a missed opportunity to have some other type of character rather than your frat-boy archetype.
  Good script though and I laughed out loud repeatedly.
  I liked the physiology of the parasites and how they are described. I liked their mechanism for killing too.
  The character Claire is good but didn't she eat a bite of the burger too? This may have been explained and I must have missed it. read
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  What a pain in the .....
  A review of Parashites
  by Magnet360 on 04/27/2011
  Very easy and fast read. Cool genre script. Concept: The action starts on page one. This script doesn’t fool around. LOL. Seemed like a similar idea we’ve seen before but it was executed well and knew exactly what kind of genre it was. Simple and direct. This has lots of potential for a movie or something on the SyFy or Chiller channel. I see lots of these horror genre... Very easy and fast read. Cool genre script.
  
  
  Concept:
  
  The action starts on page one. This script doesn’t fool around. LOL.
  Seemed like a similar idea we’ve seen before but it was executed well and knew exactly what kind of genre it was. Simple and direct.
  This has lots of potential for a movie or something on the SyFy or Chiller channel. I see lots of these horror genre movies on there. A bit of a throwback movie.
  P. 19 How could his turd not get flushed? How big is this thing? LOL. Try to describe it better. What just came out of this guy?
  Running to the old brewery reminded me of “Shaun of the Dead” in a fun way.
  P. 92 They nuked the whole town? LOL. This movie might get expensive. But, hey, we only write this stuff -- let the producer figure it out.
  The ending is a bit vague. I think you can work on it and make it better.
  
  
  Characters:
  
  Nice descriptions of Gary and Damien. Very clear and nicely written.
  Claire and Melody were pretty cool. Maybe a bit one dimensional but you have to kill some people. LOL. And beside Claire has a nice ass. I like the vegetarian angle and that she’s cautious what she eats.
  I liked Pat the Marine.
  The Burger joint was interesting and I liked the Rat Box. Seemed like generic teenage places.
  P. 51 We’re just getting around to killing Thelma and her dog Theo? Maybe kill her earlier when we saw her at the store. This woman’s still alive? LOL.
  I like the cougar women on page 57?
  
  
  Dialogue:
  
  Maybe a little exposition at times. Summer and Claire at the opening talking about her past just to give back story verbally. Meh. This is in lots of horror movies though.
  P. 10 Gary -- Energy alcohol shit. LOL. Those crazy college kids and red bull.
  P. 32 -- It was like a religious experience. LOL.
  P. 33 Something big is blocking up the hose. LOL.
  P. 36 You can probably spell out numbers in dialogue. Like : Unit 104. How should the actor say it? One oh four? or A hundred and four? or One zero four? If you spell it out it makes it clear how it should be read.
  P. 43 They’re like bedbugs up our butt. LOL. Someone should make a “Bedbug” horror movie, that would tie into the hype.
  P. 81 Damien -- people have to see this. Aahhh. LOL. He really likes his recording job.
  
  
  Story:
  
  Some of the setup was never paid off. Why is Claire a Senior at a specific college and why is she studying Sociology? I thought that would tie into a solution at the end or something. I guess it’s just random character description. Or your trying to show she is a hippie liberal type and it’s ironic that she doesn’t like meat. The vegetarian stuff pays off but why is she a sociology major? I thought it might mean something.
  The rape is odd. But I guess lots of Horror movies have social commentary weaved into the story. It worked to drive the story into act three. I was surprised Kevin was involved and thought I missed something in the beginning. I guess that’s Claire’s flaw that she must overcome.
  Story felt very familiar but many genre scripts feel that way. Especially Horror movies with lots of gore. This is similar but is different enough to stand out. Lots of original type of gore. How would you make a trailer or market this? LOL. It has a twist to it but also follows the formula of many films.
  There was certainly plenty of attractive people in this to kill. Potential for lots of T & A. I like the cheerleaders. Good idea to incorporate them. How convenient for aliens to go to a High School with hot chicks. LOL.
  The pregnant lady attacked in the womb was pretty original and grosse. Reminded me of seventies exploitation movies.
  I didn’t really see an ending here. It just kind of stopped. I think you should close out the story and give it a proper ending.
  
  
  Structure:
  
  Seems very sound. The action escalated and the stakes got raised at a nice pace throughout.
  
  Overall:
  
  Very fast and easy read. Thank you for that. Fit neatly into a genre and was pretty clear and direct about what kind of script it was. Tone is clear and the pacing was very quick. Nice read.
  
  I like “Ass Monsters” for the title. It’s more high-concept like “The Forty Year Old Virgin”. Then we completely know what the movie is about.
  
  
  Similar Movies:
  
  Piranha 3-D, The Human Centipede, Them, It came from Outer Space, The Puppet Masters, The Blob. The Stuff.
  
  
  Just my opinion for what it’s worth. Good luck with the shark and your script in general. read
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  You have to have an ending!
  A review of Parashites
  by dmw256 on 04/18/2011
  I will start off by saying that this is by far the grossest script I have ever read... period. I couldn't even look at it if I was eating. And I am sure there is an audience for this, but I won't be a part of it. However, you are a good writer. And you there is a definite flow and movement with your words It's vivid, but concise. You have a style that I think works well with... I will start off by saying that this is by far the grossest script I have ever read... period. I couldn't even look at it if I was eating. And I am sure there is an audience for this, but I won't be a part of it.
  
  However, you are a good writer. And you there is a definite flow and movement with your words It's vivid, but concise. You have a style that I think works well with this genre.
  
  You have a good sense of action. The script moved swiftly from start to finish without any real lag in the action.
  
  Each character has its own personality. Kevin seemed pretty one note though. And I don't think the middle of a nuke explosion is the time to reveal a rape allegation.
  
  May go to far with the fetus being eaten. Just my opinion.
  
  An about the nuke. How far are they away? Wouldnt they all be dead? And if not, they'll be dead in a year cause of radiation.
  
  And I was disappointed in the fact that you just end it. There has to be an ending and if you don't get a series of comments and critiques on that I would be very surprised.
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