Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

As Good As It Gets

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

Moving to a new house in the country, a family finds the site was used in a witch-burning ceremony hundreds of years earlier and must stop their possessed daughter from unleashing the witch back in their time.About the top of the heap in terms of just plain cheesy Mexican horror cinema, this one is just a blast it's hard to really hold any flaws against it. Sure, the film is so clichéd it borders on a remake of numerous films, disregards plot for a never-ending series of special effect scenes and never really seems to be as exploitative as it really could've, that last one is really the only legitimate complaint that could be lobbied against this one. It's hard not to be entertained at what goes on here, from the opening witch-burning to the gradual realization of possession coupled all the way through to the film's last half hour, which just has so much fun it's almost criminal due to the fact that it comprises one sequence of the witch's powers being levied against her tormentors and seeing dishes thrown across the room, furniture toppled over, objects magically transform in front of their eyes and much more in one extended, dragged-out sequence is just wonderful cheesy good times, and the fact that the film copies a Gothic trademark with a stand-out burning-down-the-house finale leaves it in good taste afterward. About the only thing wrong with this is just how tame it was.Rated Unrated/PG-13: Violence and children-in-jeopardy.

I always find it amusing when a DVD displays the warning 'contains scenes of mild peril'—it's such a weak description; on the other hand, it's a phrase that perfectly suits Vacation of Terror, which spends an hour and a half delivering such tepid thrills as—those of a nervous disposition, steel your nerves—electric lights mysteriously going on and off (shiver!), remote controlled cars driving themselves (eeeek!), a creepy doll moving its eyes (yikes!), snakes appearing from nowhere (arrrrgghhhh!), slime covered mice in a fridge (swoon) and—prepare yourself—blood running down a wall (OMFG!!!!).These far from bowel-loosening sights occur when a middle-class Mexican family decide to spend some time at the creepy country house inherited by the father and fall foul of the spirit of a vengeful witch burned at the stake 100 years earlier. Trapped inside the doll discovered at the bottom of property's well by daughter Gabby, the witch channels her malevolent powers through the little girl, but proves to be no Hermione Granger when it comes magic: she fails to do away with even one of the characters before being destroyed by flames once again when the doll ends up in the fireplace.Directed by René Cardona III (a third generation movie director, who clearly hasn't learnt much from his elders), Vacation of Terror is not in the slightest bit scary, boasts terrible performances and risible special effects (wires clearly visible in some shots), and fails to even get hot niece Paulina (Gabriela Hassle) topless. In other words, as a horror film, it's a massive fail, and is only just watchable for a few laughs.

I have to be honest with your fellow IMDb reviewers. I'm Mexican. I watched this movie when I was very young. I got really scared with the evil doll moving her eyes and the sound it made.I'm very interested in knowing why many European horror lovers think it's such a creepy film. In my opinion, trying to be objective, I believe it works more as a black comedy (almost spoof) rather than a serious Horror movie.Sure, the whole demonic entity makes presence through cheesy f/x and more. But the acting and direction is very, very bad. Honestly, Pedrito Fernández delivers a putrid performance and his raunchy dialogs made me feel uncomfortable.For nostalgia's sake, this is a memorable horror effort. For taking it seriously, I would consider it to be extremely cheesy although it put on some effort.The "Evil Dead" and "The Entity" references were cool though.

An evil witch gets burned at the stake, but vows to return and get her revenge prior to being torched. A hundred years later a family -- architect father Fernando (Julio Aleman), naggy pregnant wife Lorena (attractive Nuria Bages), daughter Gaby (Gianella Hassle Kus), twin sons Pedrito (Ernesto East) and Jaimito (Carlos East, Jr.), sweet niece Paulina (the fetching Gabriela Hassle), and Paulina's affable occult enthusiast boyfriend Julio (an engaging performance by Pedro Fernandez) -- decide to vacation at a summer home located in the same immediate countryside area where the witch was killed. Trouble ensues when Gaby finds a doll possessed by the lethal spirit of the malevolent witch. Director Rene Cardona III eschews graphic gore in favor of creating and sustaining a creepy ooga-booga atmosphere that becomes more progressively eerie and frightening as the story unfolds. Said uncanny mood culminates in an especially intense and harrowing last third. Moreover, the capable acting from a uniformly solid cast, Luis Medina's polished cinematography, the likable characters, the exciting fiery conclusion, Eugenio Castillo's shivery, ominous score, plenty of unsettling visuals (the bleeding tree and walls are truly scary and unnerving while the shots of vile rotting food covered with bugs, rats and snakes are just plain gross), the constant pace, and the crude, yet effective special effects further enhance the overall sound quality of this nifty little horror picture.