Steineded How sad is this?

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Leofwine_draca An obnoxious dwarf. Lots of silly deaths. Lame comedy throughout the film. You might be forgiven for thinking that you're watching LEPRECHAUN here, but no, this is just another in the long line of silly "killer creature" movies including the likes of TROLL, GHOULIES, and lots more. I'm desperately trying to think of something positive to say about this film, but the best I can say is that it's slightly better than LEPRECHAUN, but not much...Things kick off promisingly with a scene set in the 1400s, which sees a group of frightened villagers set fire to Rumpelstiltskin and banish him, but not before he's torn out somebody's eyeball and munched it! Sadly, almost immediately, the film goes forward to the present day and we are introduced to the biggest group of non-actors, poor performers, and basic idiots that you are ever likely to see. The prize for "most irritating actress of all time" goes to the woman playing the lead's friend, who wears silly hats and has a fine line in ridiculous facial expressions. Her brutal neck-snapping comes as welcome relief.In a film which has criminals who decide to steal cars WHILE POLICEMAN STAND TALKING ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY and in which a man escapes from a huge truck ON A CHILD'S BUGGY, the only impressive thing is Rumpelstiltskin's appearance, designed and created by the talented Kevin Yagher. With dead grey drawn skin and an almost reptilian look, Rumpelstiltskin seems to be the logical progression of some of Jim Henson's creature creations, for example the ones in THE DARK CRYSTAL. Sadly, the scriptwriters decided to make Rumpelstiltskin a ridiculous villain by giving him lots of silly Freddy Krueger-style wisecracks which totally ruin the impression.The plot seems to have been borrowed from THE TERMINATOR (Rumpelstiltskin rides a bike, massacres a police force and chases the leads in a huge truck which then explodes), the moronic comedy just isn't funny and even the silly gore effects - severed heads, arms, etc. fail to impress. From the moment the heroine sticks a broom handle into Rumpelstiltskin's mouth to defend herself you just know this is going to be a bad film, and indeed it is, in every possible way. Sometimes I wonder why I watch rubbish like this, when I could be doing something more productive. Please don't make the mistake I did, and avoid this at all costs!

bowmanblue I do love a great eighties horror film. They're so bad they're good. Therefore, I was delighted when I found 'Rumpelstiltskin' on Netflix and wondered how I managed to miss this one during the eighties. Then, about halfway through, I realised (with a little help from the internet) that it was actually made in the nineties. I don't really know why I feel the need to mention that so early – perhaps because the film simply feels like it was made in the eighties. That and because I couldn't get the Terminator out of my head.Rumpelstiltskin is a – sort of – modern take on the fairy tale about the little man who tries to steal babies unless you can guess his name. He was happily kiddie-snatching all those hundreds of years ago when a crafty old witch only caught him in the act and banished him into a statue. Then, in the eighties (yes, I still refuse to believe that this was filmed in the nineties) he's thawed out, yadder, yadder, yadder and now he's after another mum with another baby.And, in my opinion, it kind of felt like the original Terminator film. There was an unstoppable creature hunting down a helpless woman with a man to protect her. Okay, so Sarah Connor was lucky enough to have Kyle Reece to help her out. Here, the female protagonist has a sleezy chat-show host to generally get in the way and wind her up. He's definitely no Kyle Reece, but he is pretty amusing.Rumpelstiltskin could just be another monster B-movie, but it's basically saved by the titular monster's performance. He's just so delightfully nasty. He's impervious to pain and knows it. Therefore, he likes to take his time as he stalks and terrorises all those who get in his way.The film knows what it is and doesn't ever try and take itself seriously. If you like slightly tongue in cheek films with a thoroughly evil little man at the centre of it all then give this horror classic a go (especially if you can catch it on Netflix for free!).

jakobdenglish The only reason I watched this movie from beginning to end is because it was so god damn outlandish and cheesy it became comical. An ancient demon known as Rumpelstiltskin is finally freed from his 1000 year old curse and finds himself in the mid 90's. He knows how to drive big rig trucks perfectly through dips and bends that would seem impossible to maneuver to even professional nascar drivers. How did this movie get the rights to some of the tracks in this movie? I do commend them for some key songs that I actually recognized. There are just too many weird scenes that make little to no sense. Why was the Gypsy lady sleeping in the back of that convertible outside of that police station in the middle of the night miles away from her shop? Why didn't she actually go in the station? Why? I challenge you to count how many god damn times Rumpelstiltskin says "baby" in this movie. I'd rather pour acid down my ears than hear that annoying laugh again. 3/10.

drystyx I have heard the term "epic fail", which may die out quickly, so people in 2020 won't know what it means. I wouldn't know what the term means if I didn't see this movie."Epic fail".It's another of the modern day invincible monster movies. A monster, that for some reason mutilates everyone except the only two people that would make sense to mutilate.The worst part of the movie is the leading man. We know as soon as we see the "talk show" that he will be the leading man. It isn't disguised. He is a Howard Stern rip off. Howard Stern, for those of you who will read this in 2020 and not know who he is, was the dullest talk show host ever. He paraded half naked voluptuous women, talked about sex, and still managed to be horribly boring. If there was a prize for "Negative Talent" or "Zero Talent", he would win it.Same for this leading man. He comes up with the ideas that any normal guy would, but we never buy that he has that creativity.Which all goes into the "epic fail" of the movie.We expect clichés. This movie uses all of the wrong clichés. The dull ones. The ones that alienate guys. The ones that take all the fun out of movies. All of them.The writers try too hard to write what they think will be "funny" or "memorable" lines, but they are just flat. It doesn't work."Epic Fail".