A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

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.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Braindead studios aren't exactly known for good films, quite the opposite in fact. They are all hyper low budget movies and rarely have anything going for them beyond T&A.A Bothered Conscience otherwise known as Fatalities & Phantasms doesn't even have that going for it.It tells the story of a redneck father & son who kill trespassers on their land, who also happen to be rednecks. A combination of criminals, poachers and idiots and thus you have absolutely no protagonist in this film.Weak death scenes, shoddy camera work and a finale that is just seven shades of awful this is one of the worst Braindead films I've seen and that is really saying something.The Good:NopeThe Bad:Score is an annoying messWho was I supposed to be rooting for?Fails on every frontThings I Learnt From This Movie:All rednecks are criminals

Vicious redneck patriarch Keller McGavin (well played to the stern'n'steely hilt by Dennis Smithers, Jr.) and his wimpy bumbling son Lucas (a solid performance by Stephen Martin) protect their secluded forest land against trespassers through the most harsh means imaginable in rural Arkansas. After Keller gets bumped off by a sleazy cocaine drug dealer, Lucas is left to fend for himself and exact revenge on those responsible for his father's death. However, Lucas is soon plagued by unsettling visions of all the people him and his dad have killed. Writer/director Smithers, Jr. ably uses a mean'n'lean style in order to effectively create and sustain both a gritty no-nonsense tone and a creepy atmosphere which becomes more progressively bleak and spooky as the unsparingly grim story unfolds towards a genuinely startling surprise bummer ending. The outbursts of raw savage violence pack a really nasty punch. The remote sylvan location projects a truly harrowing feeling of dread, isolation, and vulnerability. Of course, we also get a handy helping of grisly gore and a good deal of nerve-rattling tension. The rough widescreen cinematography by Smithers, Jr. gives the picture an appropriately grainy look. Doug Johnson's neatly varied score alternates between harmonic hillbilly jamboree music and shivery ooga-booga moodiness. A cool little indie fright flick.

A Bothered Conscience is set in Arkansas & starts in 1974 where Keller McGavin (producer Dennis Smithers Sr.) is very possessive about his land, he hands out rather brutal justice to anyone who trespasses on his land. Jump forward '20 Years Later' over the course of which Keller has tried to teach his son Lucas (Stephen Martin) to follow him in his murderous footsteps, that's about it really...Photographed, written, produced & directed by Dennis Smithers Jr. who is also credited with the special effects one has to say this glorified home video is awful. This is the sort of film that makes you want to give up on the medium, seriously A Bothered Conscience is maybe the worst film I've seen this year & believe me I've seen some stinkers. This is one of the most plot less, pointless, boring & downright awful films I've ever seen. Hardly anyone is even given a name, character development is absolutely zero, there's barely any dialogue in it, no-one is given any motivation for anything (one guy puts a gun in his mouth & commits suicide because his mate might have killed someone. Eh? How does that work?), there's no logic behind anything that happens (one hunter tries to shoot Keller but he has no bullets in his gun, what would a hunter being doing carrying a gun with no ammo in it? Seems a bit pointless to me) at almost 90 minutes in length it feels like it goes on forever with shots & scenes drawn out to tedious lengths & to top it all off there's one of the worst most pointless twist endings I've ever seen. This is a horrible film in every way, seriously it's one of the most plot less & amateurish films I've seen.Director Smithers was working on a low budget but that's no excuse for making such a crap film, if I released my holiday video footage badly edited together as a film that wouldn't automatically make it any good. This is literally home video stuff, these days it seems like anyone with a camcorder think they can make a film & all us horror fans are mugs who will put up with any old crap aren't we? Not me, this is crap of the highest order & I honestly don't know how else to describe it. Although set in 1994 the cars on show are modern contemporary vehicles, during the flashback to 1974 the woman has a brand new modern camera with an LCD display & Keller mysteriously doesn't age a single day between the flashback to 1974 & the later day events of 1994. The gore consists of some fake blood, a few zombies & a headless corpse. The effects are rubbish & the blood doesn't look like blood.With a supposed budget of about $2,300 you can see why this is such a poorly made, conceived & executed film. Shot on location in a patch of forest in Arkansas. The production values are rock bottom & generally speaking it's an eye sore. The acting is awful as well & the guy at the end looks like an idiot in that bright orange hat.A Bothered Conscience is awful, it's one of the most plot less & pointless films I've ever seen & I urge you not to waste your time or money on it. I have nothing against low budget films or the makers but that doesn't mean they are immune to criticism.

If you are looking for a new original horror movie then this is exactly what you are looking for. Dennis is getting better with every movie he makes. The story is really good and easy to follow and has some damn good twists near the end. The effects are done very good for a low budget movie, but like before with his short film, he needs a bigger budget. A lot of people that make low budget movies stick their family members in and sometimes it hurts the movie but not in this case. Dennis Jr. knew exactly what he was doing when he got his father to play Keller. Stephen Martin did a good job as Lucas. I don't want to take anything away from Martin's job as Lucas, but I personally would have liked to have seen Thomas King come back and play that role. Speaking of Thomas, I think he stole every scene he was in. Overall, A Bothered Conscience is smart, dark, twisted and original. Just what horror fans have been needing!