The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Everything about EPITAPH is low key, to the point of being almost inert BUT I was surprised by how much I liked it. Unlike most horror films with a serial killer type, EPITAPH is actually more realistic. Yes, the part of the painter was stretching it a bit but the mother's deadly antics never blossom to the point of being incredulously silly. What she does at times is really gruesome (the rat scene) but never exaggerated like so many horror films out there. Because of this, the low key approach never veers off into "eye rolling" territory and it maintains its offbeat credibility until the very end. The film's best asset is actually its low key approach and the almost obscurity of everything and everyone involved with this project, which many viewers out there could translate as, first, boring, or second, worthless. EPITAPH is like one of those movies you watch late at night, and you know nothing about it and the fact you know nothing about it is a plus. It gives a certain sense of realism to the film that horror movies with big names and big budget cannot duplicate. Because it's so low key, watching EPITAPH has an almost voyeuristic feel to it. It's as if you're really watching a truly dysfunctional family trying to deal with the psycho mother/wife. EPITAPH is more lurid kitchen-sink drama with a psycho inhabiting that drama than a standard horror film with an unstoppable killer. And because I'm partial to kitchen-sink dramas with a sick twist, I got into this movie quite easily.The mother is one nasty bitch. The things she does are twisted. I liked seeing how the family tried to co-exist with her psychotic behavior. Again, this approach is much different than most films. It doesn't even pretend to play it as a black comedy, which is a relief because a lot of horror movies with twisted families always end-up being black comedies. Not this one. It's straight from beginning to end. The fact that the film was trying to be serious is probably another reason why many don't like it. I'm sure many thought it's too humorless for its own sake or because of the lack of talent or budget involved, that it shouldn't even have pretended to be this serious. But I see this as a quality. Like I said, EPITAPH is VERY low key.There are some moments of lurid black comedy here and there, like when the mother is trying to be sexy to the young men around her. You can't help but smile and take pleasure in the embarrassing situations. She's nuts because she ain't even close to being sexy but she goes on and on and try to seduce these young men. Arf! This aspect is never played over-the-top though. Also, seeing the daughter cry and whimper throughout the movie gave the film a sorta funny, in a twisted kind of way, feel to it. I've never seen an actress cry so much for so long. The best actor in the movie was the shrink. She was very good in her role. And her death scene is hard to take because it is well acted. I even liked the hokey dialogue. People in denial don't spout fantastic dialogue, you know. And the structure of the story was interesting. There's a good portion of the movie when nothing gruesome happens. It's just a drama. I was wondering for a moment where this movie was going, which is a good thing. It wasn't too predictable.Anyway, if you watch EPITAPH expecting a Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE type of horror movie, you'll be disappointed. If you expect a black comedy, well, you won't like it either. But if you watch it as a somewhat lurid voyeuristic kitchen-sink drama with a bloody twist, you might be pleasantly surprised. EPITAPH is not a great movie but I liked this obscure gory drama.

This has to be the worst movie since movies came out. This movie doesnt even define cheese. There was one scene where the actor tripped over a power line, looked back at the camera, and kept on going. I even wonder if there was a director at all in this movie. I watched about 5 minutes of it, turned it off, took it back to the place I rented it from, and tore my membership card up.

The main problem with this film - which isn't as amateurishly made as some I've seen - is the writing. The crazy mother's actions are just too implausibly tolerated by her family. Her husband says he loves her but you'd be hard pressed to understand why, as she's just an aggressive, screwed up bitch most of the time. Her family stay loyal even as she becomes a threat to them all, but at least this means she gets to go further and further over the top, which is what the film really wants to do. If you hate movies where people doggedly refuse to act in their own best interests then this one will drive you up the wall. But casting aside these criticisms there's a lurid, cheesy quality to the film, thanks to the shameless over-acting of the mother, and the 'Mommy Dearest' aspects of her relationship with her daughter. Fans of the TV show 'Absolutely Fabulous' should see this as it's like a trash-horror variation, even down to the doddering grandmother and dowdy sensible daughter, whilst the mad mother plays like a mixture of Edeena and Patsy from that show! And it deserves mention as a film whose set piece is a stab at that classic rat, bucket and blowtorch trick so beloved of torturers with a history degree...

I've seen many, many horror movies, but this one beats it all and I don't mean in a good way. First of all the film was obviously very very cheap. The camera work is the worst I've ever seen. The story is so stupid and implausible, that you got the feeling they wrote the script it in one hour. The actors are all so bad, it's beyond belief. But the worst of it is, that there is no humor at all. There are just some mediocre tasteless gore effects for splatter fans. On the video cover is written, that this film is a psychological Thriller - far from it ! It's nothing but a bad, dumb little movie,that has no, really no qualities. 1 out of 10.