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Signal, The (2007)
Oct 16th
Rated: R | Review date: 16-Oct-2009
Sometimes we lose sight of reality in between our obsessions with television, cell phones, and other possessions. We get so caught up in the fast paced technological world around us, that we rarely stop and appreciate the small things. One of these days we’re going to drive ourselves ape shit crazy. Well, that’s roughly the concept behind The Signal, an experimental masterpiece conceived by the writer/director trio of David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, and Dan Bush.
The film is divided into three parts, or “transmissions”, with each segment being directed by a different director. This becomes quite More >
Død snø (Dead Snow) (2009)
Oct 14th
Nazi zombies vs. Norwegian medical students, what more can you ask for?
Rated: n/a (extreme violence) | Review date: 14-Oct-2009
If the idea of a group of co-eds in their 20s going on a ski trip, only to find that it’s been the host of some dead Nazis with unfinished business, sounds like a great idea for a movie, you’d be right. Dead snow combines classic slasher horror, humor, and plenty of gratuitous gore. I mean, how can a movie not be good with a tagline like “Ein! Zwei! Die!”?
The story is fresh with plenty of hilarious moments. It takes place More >
Last Man on Earth, The (1964)
Oct 13th
One of the best performances on earth
Rated: n/a (mild violence) | Review date: 13-Oct-2009
Horror meister Vincent Price stars in 1964′s The Last Man on Earth, based on Richard Matheson’s novel “I Am Legend.” Price stars as the lone survivor, scientist Dr. Robert Morgan, of a mysterious airborne plague that has spread across the world, even affecting his family. We’re shown that he’s been living in this post-apocalyptic world for roughly 3 years, mostly trying ferociously to kill off all of the infected.
Most of Price’s dialogue in the first half of the film is through his poetic narration. A better More >
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
Oct 12th
aka Death House
Rated R | Review date: 13-Oct-2009
In spirit of Halloween being around the corner, I plan on releasing nothing but horror reviews for the remainder of October. To start things off, I’ve pulled a cult classic, Silent Night, Bloody Night.
Silent Night, Bloody Night was directed and written by the late Theodore Gershuny, and it was his last feature film (he only directed three in his career). What he left us with was a low-budget horror masterpiece. The movie opens up with a narration by Diane Adams (Mary Woronov; The Devils Rejects), setting the tone for this creepy chiller. The More >
Full Grown Men (2006)
Oct 12th
Time to man up
Rated: n/a (contains mild language) | Review date: 12-Oct-2009
Full Grown Men, written and directed by David Munro and co-written by Xandra Castleton, follows the story of a man child named Alby (Matt McGrath) who suddenly decides to run away from home. His wife wants him to grow up, his son needs a father, but Alby just wants to have fun. So, with a suitcase full of action figures Alby sets off to Diggityland, an amusement park, but first making a stop to his mother’s house in his hometown.
While in his hometown he meets up with his More >