AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

BA_Harrison Back in 2011 I had the pleasure of meeting director Marcel Walz and actress Annika Strauss at The European Weekend of Horrors in Germany. They were lovely people, extremely passionate about their chosen pursuit and very friendly, so it pains me to say that Seed 2 (AKA Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge), directed by Walz and starring Strauss, and co-written by the pair, is far from a great film (to put it mildly).A sequel to Uwe Boll's Seed (2006), Seed 2 follows four girls, Christine, Olivia, Barbara and Claire (played by Natalie Scheetz, Christa Campbell, Sarah Hayden, and Strauss), who, after a wild hen night in Vegas, run into a family of killers in the desert, one of whom is none other than Max Seed (Nick Principe), the psycho from the first film.What follows is a series of torture scenes involving some fairly brutal violence (gore courtesy of director/SFX guy Ryan Nicholson), but what makes the movie a total let down is the woefully unoriginal script (which borrows heavily from The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), the equally dire performances, and, worst of all, the pointless non-linear style that, rather than add intrigue, simply makes the whole thing a confusing and thoroughly irritating mess.Sorry Marcel, and sorry Annika, but I rate Seed 2 a pitiful 3 out of 10 (solely for the gore), minus half a point for having Claire wander the desert despite being run through with a serrated knife and nailed to the ground, and minus another half for leaving me scratching my head in puzzlement: exactly who was Caroline Williams supposed to be? Seed's mother? In which case, who was The Officer (Manoush) and why did Max Seed snap her neck at the end?

Paul Magne Haakonsen Granted, I haven't seen the first "Seed" movie, so I have no clue whether or not this sequel lives up to the first movie. But given the low ratings both part 1 and 2 have scored on IMDb, then I guess the first movie was just as bad as this sequel was.The storyline was completely pointless, if not utter rubbish. A group of girls are on a roadtrip, when they have to pass through the desert. Coming across a police woman on foot in the middle of the desert, the girls stop and decide to give her a helping hand. But something is very wrong this far out in the desert.Right... Well, the storyline was fairly straight forward, but towards the end it took a rather unforeseen turn for the worse and it just went downhill so fast. Prior to that, then the movie did bear some resemblance to movies such as "The Hill Have Eyes"."Seed 2: The New Breed" doesn't really bring anything innovative to the genre. In fact, this is the type of movie that you just shut down your brain while watching, because it requires nothing from the audience.The acting in the movie was good and the camera work was good, and that the the high points of the movie, the rest was just a waste of time.The sound effects were so off the chart that is was just annoying. Someone got shot in the head, and there was a long series of slurp-like sounds. It just didn't make any sense whatsoever."Seed 2: The New Breed" tries to be brutal, but it fails in doing so. There is nothing original or innovating about the entire movie. And it becomes a struggle to sit through the entire movie to the very end.I can't really recommend "Seed 2: The New Breed" to anyone, because it was a waste of time. And now having suffered through it, I can honestly say that I am not even going to bother with part one.

ASouthernHorrorFan Seed returns in "Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge", this time with new story and direction provided by Marcel Walz. Uwe Boll hangs back as producer on this sequel to the 2007 slasher horror. "Seed's Revenge" moves the nightmare into the desert of the southwest, not far from Las Vegas, where some girlfriends find themselves battling for survival against Max Seed's brutality."Seed's Revenge" takes on a whole different look and feel than the original film directed by Uwe Boll. This one has a modern grindhouse/torture porn thing happening that comes of more like Suicide Girls take on the Hills That Have Eyes. It just really doesn't fit the bases of what Boll created with the character and his mythos-what little there was of one. Max Seed still is just as menacing and brutal as ever, only in "Seed's Revenge" there seems to be less of a plot than in the original one. The cast do decent enough jobs at being lambs for the slaughter, but there isn't a strong continuity in the style that Walz chose for the full story arc to make an appearance here. Choppy scenes fragmented between the present and past events are more cumbersome than dramatic and emotional. I understood the intend of showing the powerful and gritty fate of the characters, then pull us into the more human, and compassionate side, but so often, and suddenly makes it almost unnecessarily broken-the story that is. It also confuses the intended effect. The special effects are half and half. The practical, bloody, full on graphic violence is still present in "Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge" , but the theatrical nature and religious overture of the sequences felt more ridiculous than artistic. Then there is that pesky CGI stuff that kills moments. Plus the moments that CGI was used in this film could have been done just as effectively through practical application. The soundtrack and atmosphere is acceptable, however it is over used a lot. Some scenes the music just bursts into the scene for no real reason- especially when the result is so underwhelming. Overall "Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge" is a let down. The story is a thin, fragile spectre of the Max Seed mythos, with more torture porn attention paid than actual, purposeful story. Plus the setting and deeper development of Max Seed's character, and a few others introduced, just seems convoluted. On a positive note, the kills are gruesome, bloody and brutal. There is no remorse or concern for audience tolerance. The ending that ties into the first film is a really cool moment in the film but not enough to save this sequel. If you set out to see the film just be warned that it is less impressive than the first film-by Uwe Boll-that that as you will.

ElLoGGe Marcel Walz is a name which instantly flashes to your head when you think of German indie movie making. In 2014 he not only brings us one or two, but three movies which will leave you sleepless. Besides the newly made Directors Cut of his 2013 movie Raw and its sequel Raw 2, he gives the horror fans a sequel to one of the most disturbing and sick Slashermovies out there: Seed! But can Seed 2 life up to the hype?After their bachelor party some Girls are on their way home, but this ride will become everything else but joyful. On this Trip they meet some bizarre people and have to realize that their meeting up with Death! A journey which will become a nightmare for everyone!The story of Seed 2 is one hell of a mix between a Road Movie, a little bit of Hills Have Eyes and some sparkles of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Seed 2 is something completely different than its predecessor and that's only for the best, because you don't get that feeling that you have seen it all in the original. Marcel Walz is truly one sick guy and everybody who is familiar with his work, such as La Petite Mort or Candy House (Schlaraffenhaus). La Petite Mort is for most fans currently the best of his work and Candy House is a movie which will captivate you and leave you truly frightened. But Seed 2 ramps up everything you've seen this far from him. Right away, when not even the opening credits have rolled, you will be speechless and standing on your couch, cause the movie will hit you like battering ram. Such an Intro for a movie hasn't been seen yet and you get a glimpse of what is to come. Max Seed takes no prisoners and that's one thing you know for sure after not even 1 minute.After that, the movie makes one step back and you will be jumping through the time. One Day earlier, the night before and so on. Because of that the story will leave you exhausted and with every new display the jigsaw becomes a little bit clearer. But you also get a certain feeling of insecurity, cause you never know what awaits, when the black screen is gone. Is someone being tortured? Is everybody still alive? It's this insecurity which leaves you breathless and frightened and that's one thing you don't see very often in modern horror flicks. Not even the original Seed was so intense.In the sound department Marcel Walz again proves that he definitely knows what a good choice of songs has to be like and Seed 2 is his greatest choice this far. The great house-like song right at the beginning or the rocking sound at the end of the movie, everything fits perfect in the gritty mood of the movie itself. It's like going on a journey yourself which starts happy and party-like and ends in totally mayhem. The actors are the who is who of independent movies. Besides Annika Strauss, the German scream-queen, you'll find Natalie Scheetz, Christa Campbell, Sarah Hayden, Manoush, Caroline Williams and Nick Principe and they all doing an exceptional job. Especially Manoush is born for the roll of the psychopath and she proves why she is always used as this. But the one thing everybody wants to know is the gore and in movie by the name of seed you're definitely expecting some nasty kills. The original stayed in everybody's mind because of it's dark, gritty Gore overkill, but Seed 2 isn't anything less gory. The effects were made by Ryan Nicholson, who even plays a small part in the movie itself, and everybody who is familiar with Ryans work will know what he is up to. Every kill is sick and disturbing although they don't really spray blood everywhere but you'll be shocked and that's one good thing. Especially Annika Strauss has to survive some truly disturbing and sick torture. Nothing Marcel Walz has done before can be compared to this beast of a sicko. Seed 2 is the highlight in the career of Marcel Walz. Dark, Gritty and totally sick. Fast Cuts and jumps in the story will leave you exhausted, so that you can't even thing about boredom. Every Fan of horror movies needs to watch this bad boy and will embark on one wild ride.