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They must complete several tasks and spend the night in the prison in order to win the game; the catch is that you only win if you survive.<\/p>\n<p>So this group of 20-somethings are in a prison, and like the short lived MTV game show Fear where it\u2019s supposed to be the producers playing mind games with the contestants and there\u2019s really nothing to fear, which is revealed to be b.s. and there&#8217;s really the ghost of the sadistic warden picking off the contestants and crew.  Did I spoil the twist? No, because it&#8217;s all given away when you watch the trailer; the rest of the movie is just filler.<\/p>\n<p>The DVD extras include the trailer and a featurette with cast and crew interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The film reminds me of that episode of Tales From the Crypt starring the late Morton Downey Jr, however that episode was actually scary and it summed up everything in a half an hour.  There were too many characters, and they were all greedy, vapid schmucks whom you don\u2019t really care about anyway.<\/p>\n<p>To summarize, it&#8217;s an un-scary horror film with a tired recycled plot.<\/p>\n<p>Total Rating: D-<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by JM Willis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_task_dvd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_task_dvd.jpg\" alt=\"The Task\" title=\"The Task\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_task_dvd.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_task_dvd-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Task Directed by: Alex Orwell Starring: Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire and Marc Pickering Running time: 94 minutes, Rated R Six people are abducted off the 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