Archive for March, 2010

 

ThanksKilling (2009)

2 years ago
by Nic in , ,

Director/writer: Jordan Downey | Rated: n/a (violence & nudity) | Review date: 5-Mar-2010

Jordan Downey’s ThanksKilling starts off with a smack-talking killer turkey chasing down a topless dame in colonial America, setting the stage for the rest of this preposterous ultra-low budget horror-spoof. In modern day, when five college classmates head back home for the holiday they unknowingly stumble upon the awoken curse of the Thanksgiving turkey. I already used up my food analogies in my review of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, so bear with me.

ThanksKilling is one of those films that More >

 

Let the Right One In (2008)

2 years ago
by Nic in , ,

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Rated: R | Review date: 20-Feb-2010

aka Låt den rätte komma in

Vampires are all the rage lately, so much so that one would think there’s very little room for creativity in the genre. Well Let the Right One In proves that to be quite the contrary. The author of the book of which this film is based, John Ajvide Lindqvist, has also wrote the screenplay for this dark Swedish gem directed by Tomas Alfredson.

The story follows 12 year old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a bullied loner living in an apartment complex with his mother. Oskar would like nothing more than to have More >

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