A Disappointing Continuation

A different way of telling a story

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

I was really looking forward to this, a lot decent comments about on sites This boy who is kinda off a outcast, he talks to his bear, who tell him what to do.It wasn't to clearer if Bear was actually talking or they Boy was just thinking bear talking.Anyone who upset the boy, the boy takes them in the wood, to see a Pit and pushes them in there.We don't find until near the end, what is actually in the Pit as they escape the Pit.We do get to see these creatures, they look okay for the time.Acting was just Okay, some acting was really poor.I found ending a little funny, I'm clad it ended it like that 4 out of 10, as I was expected more, it felt more like kids movie

"The Pit" follows a young adolescent boy, Jamie, who is an outcast in his bucolic small town; his only friend is a teddy bear, he has an unusually focused sexual interest for his age, and his classmates pick on him incessantly. When his parents leave town for an extended business trip, he is left under the care of Sandy, a psychology graduate student who is babysitting to make money. Jamie bonds with her (and also becomes romantically obsessed), and lets her in on his hidden secret: an ominous pit in the woods that is home to a group of carnivorous creatures.Walking the line somewhere between "Carrie" and "Gremlins," (the latter of which it predates), "The Pit" was an unexpected surprise to me. I went into it (no pun intended) with considerably low expectations, given that everything from the synopsis of the film to its poster art scream "really awful '80s movie," so I anticipated little, but found quite a lot to like here. Make no mistake—this film is pretty ridiculous—but it's also quite well-done and takes itself just seriously enough to not implode. If one can get past the silliness of flesh-eating troglodytes being fed local townspeople by a disturbed young boy, the film is insanely enjoyable.While the special effects of the creatures are somewhat dated, and the entire premise utterly insane, "The Pit" no less manages to be engrossing largely due to its lead performances from Sammy Snyders and Jeannie Elias. The scenes between Jamie and Sandy are some of the most interesting (and disturbing) in the film, and set a sinister tone that permeates throughout; the quieter scenes at home are where the pair's acting really shines, and the character dynamics are most vividly realized.The film also gets major points for managing to be suspenseful as the creatures are fed victim after victim—everyone Jamie has been scorned by. It's all headed somewhere grim, and the tension between Jamie and Sandy increases as his antics grow more and more twisted. It's also a very nicely-shot film with some beautiful compositions, and a fantastic, bucolic setting that is rich in atmosphere and lends it a late-'70s Americana feel. The conclusion to the film is unexpected and provides one final jab at the audience that steers from the expected formula.Overall, "The Pit" is a hidden gem of a horror film, and is a mild triumph in its own right. It's the kind of film that takes itself seriously yet requires the complete reverse of its audience. If one can suspend their disbelief, there is a finely-crafted, atmospheric monster movie here. Granted, it is far from scary, but it is ridiculously entertaining, consistently sinister, and never once fails to keep one's attention. It's held up rather well for a film that ascribes itself to such a fantastical premise. 8/10.

Now here's something worth seeking out for those genre fans with tastes tending towards the twisted, offbeat, and humorous. It's got enough laugh out loud moments to make it consistently entertaining, memorable creatures, and an amusing mean spirited tone coupled with a fairly decent body count.Young Sammy Snyders is effectively off putting as Jamie Benjamin, a creepy 12 year old boy who partakes in a variety of interesting extracurricular activities. Stuck with college aged babysitter Sandy O'Reilly (Jeannie Elias) while his parents go on vacation, he begins lusting after her, while consulting with his teddy bear confidante. He's also discovered a hole in the nearby woods in which a few troglodyte monsters - which he calls "tra la logs" - reside. He soon finds out that they eat only meat, and he's quite willing to provide it for them, taking care of his nemeses in the process.Little Sammy is quite the pervert, as we can see when he cons frosty librarian Marg Livingstone (Laura Hollingsworth) into stripping in front of her window. He similarly has no problem with ogling Sandy at every opportunity. Among his exploits, he takes crotchety blind senior Miss Oliphant (Lillian Graham) for an action packed wheelchair ride and cuts suggestive photographs out of books. This is one kid who likes to keep busy.Canadian produced but filmed on location in Wisconsin (!), this never ceases to entertain the viewer with its utter insanity. Lew Lehman directs, from a screenplay by Ian A. Stuart. A chief asset is a hilarious, old fashioned type of music score composed by Victor Davies. Elias is appealing as the babysitter and there's also a part for Canuck actress Sonja Smits ("Videodrome"), making her film debut.If you decide to check it out, you'll find that the priceless resolution is well worth waiting for. Overall, this is one obscurity that creates a pretty big impression.Seven out of 10.

I can honestly say that THE PIT is unlike any film I've ever seen. There are several different themes running concurrently in this one-all wrapped up in a strange, low-budget, horror film.Jamie is quite obviously a severely emotionally disturbed loner of a pre-teen weirdo. He has no friends, save for 'Teddy'-his teddy-bear (that talks back to him...), and some troll-like creatures that live in a pit in the woods. He's also a bit of a pervert and has an unhealthy obsession with his latest live-in babysitter. When Jamie runs out of money and can't afford to provide his troll-buddies with meat from the local grocer-he turns to the locals that have wronged him as a new source of food for the pit- dwellers... THE PIT is one of those seriously 'what the f!ck' type films that really makes you wonder what types of psychedelic drugs the writers were on to come up with such a story. There's no shortage of bizarrity going on in this one. The talking teddy-bear, some alluded to incest themes ('do you know why my mother washes me so much? Is she really trying to make me clean? Do you like washing me???'), Jamie's overall creepy nature, pit trolls-the list goes on. The kid that plays Jamie is surprisingly good in his role as the freakish outcast-and his ability to switch from vulnerable and almost sympathy-inducing, to deranged and homicidal on-the-fly is pretty noteworthy. My only real problem with THE PIT is there are parts toward the middle and end that are (I hope intentionally) 'funny' and sorta kills the mood at times-and the parts toward the end where the trolls get out feels a little disjointed compared to the rest of the film (though the very last scene is priceless and suitably twisted). There's very little gore to speak of, and just a few quick titty shots-so don't expect anything in terms of graphic sex or violence. In the case of this film though-I was entertained enough that I didn't really notice it-and for once-I'll go so far as to say that the film didn't suffer from the lack of graphicness. Definitely an odd-ball of a film-and since I tend to dig the 'evil kids' sub-genre, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Not a 'great' film so-to- speak...but definitely original and entertaining. 8.5/10