The Hamiltons is a movie which is geared for horror fans where the horror is not of the supernatural kind. The film moves at a fairly slow pace. The Hamiltons sort of reminds me of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. However, the Hamiltons does not have all the gore that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre has. It dos have some gore. I wish that storytellers would come up with other scenarios rather than a Texas Chainsaw Massacre do-over. It's been done, again and again. The characters are shallow and so is the plot. This is a good movie to have a TV watch party to. This is a late night movie. Popcorn all around here. Try to get something out of the movie.

A Zombie film is about Humans trying to survive while demons are hunting them down. A Vampire film is about Demons trying to survive in a human society, while Humans are hunting them down. The Thompson's are one of those Creepy 1970's vampire films. Y'know some creepy dude attacks a girl, then it goes back to his big castle. It then becomes slow-paced, as things come to a head, and they attack the castle. Well you take away the creepy castle and you have these nomadic goobers. The Hamiltons dispatch their first victims rather unceremoniously. And you're left wondering are these some back wood serial cannibal/serial killer. One brother is trying to fit in, get a job. 2 others love the life they live, but how long until the local yokels put one and one together.

SPOILY SPOILERSI'll admit to being a dyed in the wool horror fan, even the worst of the worst horror I enjoy on some random scene.I loved this movie, judging by the posting boards I'm in a minority but something here really appealed to me.I thought it was torture porn which (when done right) is very good, not my favorite genre but still good. I realized this was not the case when following the abduction of the two girls at the beginning we didn't go immediately to a blow-torch or chainsaw.There are some subtle hints about what's really going on plus some red herrings, witness Darlene's awkward holding of the knife and fork and when Francis throws the breakfast that David cooks in the trash.Other weird things that add to the mystery are 'Lenny'; a feared thing in the basement that needs to be fed but is so loved that Darlene, who is not a compassionate kind of girl, sings tenderly to. David who is really trying to keep his whole family together despite his paternal kindness, (cooking breakfast, trying to chat to Francis about school, scolding Darlene for being late, trying to protect Francis from Wendell) but kills the men he brings home and buries under the house and the aforementioned Wendell and Darlene, twins who are..ahem!...still wrapping their legs round each others heads, if you catch my meaning, they also like to indulge in murder and sexual manipulation.I saw some stuff that made me falsely assume cannibalism, the fact that David and Wendell worked at a slaughterhouse, that Francis refused to eat the roast at dinner and vomited when the others did, some of the tools in the basement and when Francis tells us in V.O at the beginning that Wendell went to jail for biting off a mans ear in a parking lot.The style is like a movie diary in some parts as it's being filmed by Francis as a class project and in the usual 'third wall' fashion for the other parts. The theme is that Francis is a square peg in a round hole, not unusual for most teens. He has a skateboard, likes metal, smokes weed etc etc, he has two older brothers, one who he thinks is lame and one who beats him up for being a 'pansy', he isn't close to his sister as they have nothing in common, he also avoids 'Lenny'.He is not pleased at the girls Wendell has tied up in the basement and tries to connect with one of them by feeding her and asking her about her life. The other girl is dragged away a few times and eventually doesn't come back, the girl Francis is helping begs him to let her go as she fears she will soon end up facing the same fate as her friend.We are only told what is really happening by David who drags her away while Francis, who has been weakening by degrees through the movie, is asleep. As David is telling the girl what the problem is the twins are upstairs killing Darlene's friend Kitty, This scene was when I thought I had really nailed what was going on, I remembered as Wendell kidnapped the girls the moon had been full and as Darlene and Wendell lowered a bloody and dying Kitty into the bathtub with yips and whimpers I changed my mind from cannibals to werewolves, finally after the girl from the basement is rescued by Francis who bashes David on the head to save her we get the REAL story, Davis comes to find Francis who is crying as the girl lays dead and we see the blood on Francis' mouth and his fangs.David explains that he too was like Francis and tried to resist but he accepted, as Francis must, that they need to drink blood. Lenny is actually a younger sibling, they are feral and indiscriminate until they learn self control, now he is old enough to leave the box and as Kitty's uncle is a sheriff The Hamiltons must now become The Thompsons and move yet again.I loved it but as a drama rather than a horror movie, not a lot of action and gore but plenty to think on, even after the twist is known.The acting from all is excellent, Samuel Child is awesome as David and Mackenzie Firgens as Darlene gives some much needed estrogen and as a female I'm thrilled that she was portrayed properly, no fuzzy pink bunnies and no cliché where she was the one with a conscience (for as Stan Smith said 'only women have feelings, they come from their ovaries')So there it is, a modern day twist; vampirism as a hereditary blood disease passed from parent to child, please don't let people put you off, if you enjoy movies where the focus is on the acting rather than the blood and the story rather than the sensationalism then see it

Hamiltons,is one of the movies featured in the after dark horrorfest 2006.The movie is about a family which actually appears strange ,and they are hiding a secret about their existence.Into the movie and you will notice one thing for sure that the family is not normal but what are they and what they want ?Nothing much is explained or implied,so you have to keep your senses out and enjoy whatever is being shown.But still if you are a horror movie fan like me then you will be impressed with some of the sequences and amount of gore in the movie.Overall,there isn't much to say about this movie apart from the fact it gives you a good company when you want to spend a lonely night..!!!