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A Horrid Attempt at a Horror Film
A member of the Donner party survives only to become a crazed claim jumper. He steals treasure in the form of gold and hoards it in a secret stash within a mineshaft. Making some kind of pact with the devil, the miner, Jeremiah Stone, swears that anyone who encroaches upon his treasure will find a quick death. When a young man discovers the gold, he unwittingly releases this demonic miner and the "curse of the 49er." Jeremiah promptly rids himself of this usurper. However, his work hasn't finished yet. Before Jeremiah got to this young man, the adolescent managed to send a golden nugget and a map to his sister. The sister and a group of her friends, wanting to make a quick fortune, head out into the western wilderness with dollar signs in their sights. Little do they know that they will be met with more than a few twangy locals, and will get more than a mere vacation in the great outdoors.

This film could have been decent, but was extremely poorly executed. Both the plot and the script are chock full of horrible cliches. The script steals lines from other movies in a desperate attempt to be humorous. The plot is excruciatingly unsubstantial. A good portion of the background is not explained until near the end of the film, leaving the viewer wondering what is going on while the seemingly mindless bloodshed ups the body count. The characters aren't developed at all, and thus the viewer doesn't really care what happens to them. This of course isn't helped by the fact that the acting is pretty poor as well, with everyone turning in easily forgettable performances. The effects and cinematography are cheap looking, with the possible exception of the make-up on the miner himself.

I love horror films. However, this film was just awful. It wasn't scary, it wasn't gory, and the script had me chuckling with how dreadfully horrendous, boring and banal it was. Do not waste your money on this film unless you are a filmmaker who wants to see what not to do.

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Gold Miner's Slaughter!
Despite it's awkward title and slow start, "Miner's Massacre" turns out to be quite an interesting take on the slasher genre. Here we have a group of friends(who look wayyyyy to old to pass as teenagers) searching for treasure in an old mine. The locals repeatedly warn them not to go near the mine for good reason. They are soon stalked and slaughtered by a re-animated 1800's-era miner who's trying to protect his gold.
What "Miner's Massacre" lacks in originality, it makes up for in it's humorous script and memorable characters(particularly the Steve Buscemi lookalike Axl). The young actors are attractive and mostly appealing, and the cast is rounded out by some seasoned vets(John Philip Law, Karen Black, Richard Lynch, Jeff Conaway, and Martin Kove).
"Miner's Massacre" is a satisfying blend of horror, action, and comedy. It may not be the best of it's genre, but it's hard not to like this movie.

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Great slasher flick
I love this movie it has everything sex,hot girls,nudity,and some gore.Sure it has elements from "Wrong Turn", and "Jeepers Creepers" but who cares.If you like this movie then I recomend these movies to watch:

Jeepers Creepers
Wrong Turn
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
House Of 1000 Corpses.