Sometimes all it takes is a video box cover to let you know what you are in for. THE SEEKERS plays it's hand early with the catchphrase, 'before "The Ring" there was...' That's right! THE SEEKERS. Well, since the date on this DVD is 2003 and the Hollywood version of THE RING is a 2002 release, then we start out this whole experience with a little bit of fibbing.

The basic premise is that there is this Goth chick named Tota Levil (Hey! Keep the groaning down back there I didn't write the damned movie.) Seems she has a video store that only carries one video. The video shows Tota and her idea of getting even. This is the director's excuse to chop the film up into three little vignettes. Tota believes that if people are screwing you over, kill them. And if you ain't got the guts for it then she'll do it for you. But, if you make her get her hands dirty then she's gotta take you out too. So, our main man Scott (Rob Merickel) has hit rock bottom. His ugly girlfriend is cheating on him with some fat bastard. His fat ass boss (Director John Bowker) has just fired him. Seems the comic shop business isn't what it used to be. It also seems that Scott lives in a town where every man, himself included, is a big guy. And that's big in an unflattering way.

Completely depressed Scott hears a commercial for a new video store on the outskirts of town. And isn't that what we all want when our life is in the shitter? To watch a video? Okay, that part is pretty dead on for me, but I really don't like video stores with no sign and a blind chick running the show. The blind chick being Tota in one of her clever disguises. This particular, elaborate disguise being sunglasses. So Scott takes the video to his sisters house. Can't go home while his dog of a girlfriend is banging some greasy guy, right?

So the video is magical and able to talk to Scott. This is where Tota outlines her plot for Scott's revenge on the people that wronged him. The vignettes are dull and meaningless with the final one being the most ludicrous. Seems that if your Ouija Board is possessed and you put it in the fireplace, it will exude this white gooey substance. If this is tossed in the nearest trash can it will turn into a cartoon Satan. Not a real cartoon, but a guy in horrendous makeup with all the trimmings. Horns, red skin, big chin. You know, Satan, dork lord of the underworld and no, dork is not a typo.

When Tota is finished with her little tales she expects Scott to take out the people that done him wrong. Thankfully, Chris, a former video watcher comes to the rescue. He explains what happened to him and how it almost made him kill his wife. Together Scott and Chris go in search of Tota to end her reign of terror.

Does it sound like I wasn't overly fond of this picture. Don't get me wrong, I thought Felicia Pandolfi who plays Tota Levil was cute. And Director Bowker manages to put a whole ton of that Oregon skin up on the screen. I can't believe how many ugly girls are willing to take off their clothes for micro budget films. The one really attractive girl in the entire film keeps her clothes on. The rest is substandard and that's being kind.

I checked the website www.pipedreamsent.com to see more of Bowker's output and I was shocked. His Evilmaker series looks good and has some really attractive women in it. Maybe there's a limit to the good looking women in Oregon and John has exceeded his quota.

In conclusion, the film tries to play off the popularity of a film that is a remake of a superior foreign film and fails miserably. Hopefully this is the exception to the rule for Mr. Bowker and he won't do it again.

The DVD is widescreen and has a commentary by the director. In addition we get a mindless, disjointed documentary of behind the scenes stuff along with bloopers and a music video. Seems like a lot of extras for such a mediocre film.