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In New York, on the bachelor party of Mike (Kip Parude), he goes with his troublemaker brother Tony (Breckin Meyer) and his friends Carl (Scott Adkins) and Joe (Karl Geary) to a strip club; however Tony gets in a fight with other costumers and the group is expelled by the bouncers. Tony convinces Mike and his friends to take the subway and go to another bar; in the wagon, they see the striper Michelle (Sarah Barrand) and her friend Brita (Vinessa Shaw), and Carl makes a corresponded move to Michelle. When Tony flirts with Brita, she becomes upset and uses a spray against him. The train stops in a traffic light in an abandoned station, and Brita forces the door and leaves the wagon to breath, followed by the others. However the signal opens and they are left behind in the station, Mike, Tony, Joe and Brita decide to walk through the tunnel to the next station and seek help for Carl and Michelle that prefer to stay alone dating in the station. When they reach the next station, they witness a trio of brutal homeless men killing a guard and they run through the tunnel trying to escape from the deranged murderers in the beginning of their nightmarish night.

The gore "Stag Night" is a rip-off of "Creep" with Franka Potente, i.e., a claustrophobic plot with people trapped in the subway tunnels. The acting and make-up are excellent, but the camera work is terrible in the action scenes. The flawed screenplay uses many clichés of the genre and Brita is indeed the only character that takes reasonable attitudes in a distressed situation of panic. This movie is not totally bad and entertains, but could be better and better. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Fuga Sobre Trilhos" ("Run on the Rails")

This has to be the strangest horror film I've ever seen...I'll list the basics:

Decent production values: Check Decent enough cast and not bad acting: Check Dark and atmospheric: Check Creepy and plenty of jumps: Check Great gore effects and plenty of blood: Check Decent soundtrack: Check

All of the elements to make a good horror film for even the most demanding horror fans...So why on earth did the director feel the need to have his camera man shake the camera from side to side ALL THE WAY through the film???

It was nauseating, annoying, difficult to make out what was going on for most of the time. The action and horror scenes were extremely difficult to concentrate on...Underneath this was a very good horror film but it was totally ruined by the worst camera work I have ever seen in a film.

I'll give it a 3 purely for what lies underneath but it loses 5 stars for the camera work...Hugely disappointing...Watch Creep instead, it's no classic but it holds the same premise and more importantly, you can see what's going on.

There are some lines at the beginning of the movie (after the "initial" shock scene that is), that try to convince that this movie has a real background. Of course as with many other horror movies, this does not stay in our reality and has quite some major flaws in it's story telling. You just get enough background information on some of the guys (their relationship to each other), to know who is who. Beyond that there is nothing to really distinguish them (apart from the character that Breckin Meyers portrays, but never really achieves anything with, except from his first scenes).

Actually, if you didn't know Breckin Meyer (which could be the case), you might be excused to not even really notice him and be completely irritated by his action(s) later as the movie progresses.

Storytelling and character aren't really the backbones of this movie, but it has some nice/decent horror moments and some pretty good gore effects. Unfortunately some scenes are edited/shot as if the cameraman/editor had been under "influence". I'm not a big fan of the "shake the camera" and it will look frightening theory. Others might be, not me though.

Decent, but nothing you really need to watch, unless you are into this sort of genre pictures (and even then there are so many other movies out there)

Think "Wrong Turn" set in subterranean Manhattan.

"Stag Night" follows a group of friends on a subway home from a bachelor party in NYC. After exiting their train too early at an abandoned station, the group along with two female strippers from the party look for a means of exit. Unfortunately for them, they've walked off the train and straight into the stomping grounds of a clan of subterranean cannibals. It's gonna be a long night.

"Stag Night" works with the cannibal killer formula that's been done for the past three decades, but, like the 1972 film "Raw Meat" (also known as "Death Line" in the UK), this one is set in abandoned subway tunnels. We saw a similar scenario in the 2004 flick "Creep" with Franka Potente, where she struggles to survive against a mad cannibal in London's subways. There's something eerie about being underground in the first place because it adds an increased sense of helplessness; you've literally got the weight of the earth against you, and means of escape are few and far between. Even creepier is the fact that these abandoned subway tunnels and platforms do actually exist far beneath the streets of New York and London, and the notion that people could be inhabiting these dark, old places is one that is extremely eerie.

This film makes ample use of its setting, which is ultimately the hook, line and sinker for this one. Transplant this story to the woods, and you've got "Wrong Turn". Transplant it to a nuclear California desert, and you've got "The Hills Have Eyes". It's familiar, yes, but who said familiar cannot be fun? This is an extremely violent film, so modern gorehounds will get their money's worth here. For those who prefer slowburn suspense, this one may be a pass. I like both ends of the spectrum, and this one delivers on action. I've read some complaints about the cinematography in the film and the shaky camera-work, which are understandable complaints, but I will say that it does give the film a visceral texture. I could, however, have down without the corny slow-motion shots during scenes of high drama though.

The production quality is actually really great, and the subterranean atmosphere is well-used. The villains in the film are also surprisingly scary looking, and, where films like the aforementioned "Raw Meat" gave a humanity to the villains, this film rather presents them as outright murderous animals. Acting-wise, there's a solid cast here that make up the core characters. Kip Pardue and Breckin Meyer are both pleasures to watch, and Vinessa Shaw (you may recognize her from "The Hills Have Eyes" remake or Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut"— or, if you're a '90s kid, Disney's "Hocus Pocus") plays a sassy Columbia student by day and stripper by night. There is some particularly funny dialogue between her and Meyer, that is, until things get serious.

I felt the ending of the film was abrupt and the last-second surprise was a "c'mon" moment for me, but I can forgive it since I was glued to the screen for the 80 minutes prior. Standout scene: the group's first sighting of the killers as they dismember a security guard, and the train track beheading.

Overall, "Stag Night" is all in good fun. It's not high art, but I tuned into it right at the beginning around 1am, and I was taken by it enough that I finished it to the end. Genre fans will likely enjoy it, while most others will not. As far as indie horror goes, this one is fairly high up there. 6/10.

Already seen many times, predictable and without any imagination. The only reason it got 3 out of 10 from me is because of the pretty good acting and few scary scenes which I got to mention as a true horror fan. So, if you are the one, you would maybe like to see how is director of this film mixing movies "Creep" and "Hills have eyes" while trying to take the best out of them but without success in pretty cheep and stereotypic way. Also, most of the scenes were made in the dark but director insists on their speed which is pretty irritating as you see only blurry shadows instead of the picture. All in all, pretty bad and pretty generous rate from my side.

This movie is quite all right for its kind (Creep, The Midnight Meat Train etc). It's gorgeously shot and you can actually "feel" the action and all those fast-moving running scenes and bloody fights add to the action. The film is barely scary if you have already seen movies of this kind. The only thing that distinguishes this film from others is that here you're not dealing with one or two savage creatures but many.

The characters, their dialog lines and their reactions are quite natural and the music score fits the scenes perfectly well. If you decide to go watch this film, be prepared to see a lot of repetitive actions; running in endless dark tunnels while being followed by a horde of savage creatures. The savage men are believable at least they don't look like monsters.

The characters are not well developed but you can get a glimpse into their real selves through some of their actions like sacrificing themselves for the sake of others. At certain places in the film (especially towards the end) the film desperately tries to get you sympathize with the dying characters and feel their pain through the background music, because in these kinds of movies we rarely care if any of the characters dies due to the fact that character development is absent from a lot of horror movies and this one is no exception.

The only "effective" scenes in the movie are those where the victims look into the eyes of their killers for a few seconds before they die a slow death. The movie as a whole is not scary, but the last scene startled me. They should've used more of this "startling" technique throughout the film instead of showing the creatures approaching their victims from miles away which made the film very predictable, although the ending was not a cliché and that's what I liked most about this film.

First off, let me say i love my horror films.

The story is nothing special, 6 people get them selves stuck in an underground train yard, they are confronted by a group of crazy cannibals, Can they survive? Maybe, Can we survive the bad camera work and sub par direction of the movie? maybe...

All around the acting was decent, all the actors held up there own in this movie, i have to say they actually did a good job with the script they had to work with.

Let me get to the camera work, it was bad, really bad for most part of the movie, i think i got a bit of a headache after watching the movie.

This is not a bad movie, but it's not good either, it's watchable (if u can stomach the camera views that the director chooses to use), The death scenes were OK, the actors did well, the only problem is when a movie of any genre takes it self seriously, then i would expect some kind of logic from the script, there was little logic here, but I've seen worst. deducting 3 points for the camera work and 2 for the poor script. 5/10

I never intended to watch Stag night – not this one anyway. I read on IMDb about a British film that was more or less a wannabe Shaun of the Dead entitled 'Stag Night of the Dead'. It was supposed to be reasonably amusing and with the action transpiring on a Stag Night you can't help but guess that a certain number of strippers might've been involved… I wasn't actively hunting SNotD but as things tend to do the title lodged itself in my subconscious. A few weeks later at the video shop I spy the cover for Stag Night and my mind does a quick double-take; was that supposed to be good and if so why?, as it was on the weekly shelf I threw caution to the wind and slapped down the $1 required to borrow Stag Night for an entire 7 day period.

Stag Night has no 'of the dead', no laughs and only a brief moment of nudity… But it isn't terrible.

Here's why; Predictably enough the movie is set during a Stag Night. Not a glamorous or large scale affair, just four guys having some beers in the city. When we meet the four guys they are being kicked out of a strip club and discussing whether to call it a night or kick on.

Kicking on wins.

Shortly after they are aboard the subway heading to the next destination with two of the strippers from the club who are done for the night. After some obnoxiousness from one of the quartet leads to mace being released, a door is forced open (somehow) and all 6 exit the train in a dark section of subway tunnel at 4 AM.

Let's fast forward only a few minutes: SUBWAY TUNNEL CANNIBALS!!! Yep it's that kinda film. The ensuing hour has the usual chaos, stupid decisions and unlikely events as the 6 mostly unlikable anti-heroes stumble about in the dark.

There is liberal use of F-Bombs even well before the Rob Zombie looking cannibals show up to slice and dice. The film has one good kill scene that is more entertaining than it is inexplicable – and it is quite inexplicable – and an hour of running from bad guys in a film most aptly described as Mimic Vs Wrong Turn.

I didn't hate Stag Night. It's just too reminiscent of so many other better movies to stand out from the pack. I like the fact that they played it straight and never winked to camera or made things too unbelievable… what am I saying? SUBWAY TUNNEL CANNIBALS!!! I'd like that last remark stricken from the record.

Final Rating – 5.5 / 10. If you want lotsa gore and minimal thought all wrapped up in a familiar package Stag Night isn't bad, how good Stag Night of the Dead is remains to be seen.

One last thing: How many movies feature monsters/killers or creatures that have apparently been prying their deadly trade for some time without anyone ever realising. Fine I can believe that they have a 100% kill rate once they target their prey, as unrealistic as that is. But no-one ever seems to ask about the missing or looks too hard into things.

And when cops do they are invariably killed… but who looks for them? (I know, I know. Just a movie.)

I seriously don't know why people didn't like this movie that much. I have seen a bunch of these new horror movies and I can honestly say that 90% of them isn't even worth mentioning. However this flick caught me from the first frame!

If you pay attention, you can notice that this movie has some old school intro music. I loved that it reminded me of the good old horror movies in the 80's when people actually took the time to score some tunes for the movie like in Halloween and Precinct 13 etc. The film feel was also like in the 80's, not all digital, sharp and contrasted like the new movies, however the makers added some modern camera movement which made this even spookier.

I gave this movie an 8, although it's wort more in my opinion but unfortunately I've already seen a movie with a few similarities so I have to stay realistic.

Anyway, definitely a horror worth mentioning in these unfertile times of the cinema industry.

Breckin Meyer definitely didn't seem to fit the role of his character in this movie. Breckin always plays a goody two shoes nice guy in his movies. It's rare that you see this guy in horror movies, never mind the fact that he plays the d*bag in this movie. It just didn't seem like he fit the role of a d*bag. I was disappointed with the character choice in this. Kip Pardue should have played the d*bag. It would have made more sense. And no doubt, I bet Breckin Meyer was the top billed actor in this movie anyway. This movie wasn't worth my time, I wouldn't suggest that anyone should watch this movie. This is just another B-rated horror movie in which the payroll probably exceeded the profits.

that's what the people in this movie are thinking. This is a below average gory, chase, killer, movie with psycho hobos instead of monsters. It's about 6 people whom get stuck in the subway tunnels of New York City. All they have to do is walk to the next station, but that's easier said than done when you run into 3 crazed hobos. They see the hobos kill with no mercy and even find their way to the hobos hideout. There we get a dose of even more gore as the hobos bring back 2 of their friends they already killed. What's silly is these people are able to run in the tunnels but yet seem to be going in circles? Are the subway stations really that far apart?

FINAL VERDICT: This is a frat house type of movie where you can take a drink every time something disgusting happens. Not a great horror movie, skip it.

Stag night kind of reminds me of the 1973 movie deathline in America it's called raw meat. But censored heavily. And midnight meat train. It's an ugly world below the subway and these guys and 2 women leave a subway car and get trapped in this dirty disgusting world inhabited by cannibals. Can we call them chuds?Anyway it's a predictable story with a lot of blood and guts. It stars; Breckin Myer (Freddy's dead, final nightmare) Vanessa Shaw, and a few unknowns. It's a good time Easter you should only see once. No visible plot. But an uneasy feeling of claustrophobia.with rats and roaches and dirty toilets. The subway can be a very scary place and you really don't know what kind of evil lives underneath. But no alligators so they did leave that urban legend out of the movie. But can you get any worse than canabals?

After a failed pick-up attempt on a subway train lands four guys and two girls in an abandoned stop at four in the morning they realize they have bigger problems then trying to find a way out. There really is not much to say about this one. Not much to this movie but finding people and killing and dismembering them. VERY Gory!!! For a "Ghosthouse" horror movie it actually is not too bad though. The best way to describe it would be if the creatures from "I am legend" and "The Descent" lived in the New York subways. If you are into gore and a decent story this would be a good pick up. I give it a C.

Would I watch again? - I don't think so.

It is hard to review this movie because you can't see much of it. Way to much of the X-treme shaky camera, perhaps because Toby, the DP, thought he was working on Tremors (a drunken rehab film)which required him to go through a specialty course in dipsomania photography.

Hint: When you really don't have a film, shake the camera a lot and draw attention to the camera not the plot. "Look mom, I can shake the camera and not hold it still, even for a second". Mom: "Good job, Toby, now go out into the world and make films".

That and the 'subway' dark lighting scheme, means you couldn't see a thing or make out an image because of poor lighting and way overuse of shaky cam. Shaky cam plus bad lighting equals crap footage.

The story was about a couple of 'stag' guys stranded with a couple of strippers in the tubes of NYC while being pursued by several 'inbred tunnel rats'. That is the high concept summary.

So don't waste your time on this stinker.

Go rent Wrong Turn 1 & 2 instead. They are far superior films about hillbilly inbreds.

The director and cinematographer need to take Horror Movies 101.

1) Try and have sympathetic characters. None of the characters

in this movie should remain alive at the end. Did I actually

root for the 'tunnel rats'...I forgot.

2) Always and I mean always have the chicks in tight, cleavage

showing clothes. Stag Night actually even has

strippers, but covers them up like they were nuns. Bad decision.

3) Use and employ make up artists. It is amazing what they can

do (as in Wrong Turn). Here the make up was so bad, I wonder

if they just got some local bums to do the role. You never

really saw them indicating a cover up for poor make up job.

4) Have a plot somewhat unique and different from the hundreds

of others before you. Simply ripping off Wrong Turn does not

make a good film.

5) Use your setting to your advantage. Camera was so shaky I

wonder if they shot in a tunnel or someone's living room.

This could have been a great chance to really use the wonderful

tunnels of NYC and all the weirdness and wonder they contain.

6) Maintain tension and relief. This film does neither.

This movie should be called "Attack of the Ninja Cave Men Hobos" that title pretty much explains the entire movie. The movie starts off immediately with pretty much no character history or connection and continues this way until the end.

I'm not saying it was bad. I think Ninja Cave Men Hobos are actually pretty cool and I think you're weird if you don't. I'm just saying I wouldn't expect anything super awesome or amazing about this movie. It was a decent flick, It wasn't boring, the acting was better then your average horror movie. Not much else to say about this one.

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The first 10 minutes of the movie I thought it was going to be a total cliche plus Brecken is not my favorite actor, but I am kind of glad my girlfriend made me stick it out. Despite that the main reason why I've given it a 7 is that the very last second and when I say "last second" I mean the last second of the movie was very satisfying.

This movie is terrible. So bad so, I have written and re-written this review because I'm afraid IMDb would find the post offensive. I will keep is simple: terrible script that wants the viewer to be completely void of common sense; situations that are completely out of this world in a bad way; I just want to prattle on but I can't because I'm allowing this film to waste more and more of my time. Never have I rooted for EVERYONE to die in this film. I wanted a nuke just to take out the whole city and end it all. I should have realized how bad it was when we as the views see the reason the 6 characters get off of the subway. That in itself made it evident that I was in for a steaming pile.

Avoid, avoid, avoid.