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Slices
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Description:
This macabre anthology, like “Creepshow”, features five short horror films, including “The Exterminator,” in which a ruthless businessman gets a taste of his own medicine — and then some — when he’s abducted by his own hatchet man. Other eerie tales include “Turnout,” “The Range,” “Night Scream” and “Dead Letters,” in which a grieving writer discovers a way to resurrect his beloved dead wife — but at what cost?
Rated R, 2 hr. 28 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
Don’t waste your time with this one. This movie contains the following; bad acting, bad writing, bad lighting, horrible audio and bad story telling. Why these types of films are available for rent is beyond me. If this was a film student’s assignment, they probably got a D.
Seventh Moon
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Melissa (Amy Smart) and Yul (Tim Chiou) are enjoying the Hungry Ghost Festival immensely, but their hosts think they’re enjoying it too much. Soon, the couple is abandoned in the middle of nowhere — but they’re far from being alone.
Rated R, 1 hr. 27 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
Run from this one as far as you can. It is a rip off. It is amazing what they call movies these days. You see an actress like Amy Smart on the cover and you think well how could they make a bad movie with a well known celebrity. Well they can. In fact, it seemed like a cheap excuse to write-off a vacation to China. The entire film is hand-held and dark. When I say dark I mean there is nothing on the screen to see.
Surveillance
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 4
Description:
Revealing the stunning truth behind a horrific string of homicides near Santa Fe, a young girl (Ryan Simpkins), police officer (Kent Harper) and drug addict (Pell James) spill their wildly different witness accounts to FBI agents Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman). Jennifer Chambers Lynch (Boxing Helena) directs this thriller that co-stars Michael Ironside, Cheri Oteri and French Stewart.
Rated R, 1 hr. 37 min., 2007
Our Opinion:
Found this little gem cross-referencing other horror movies. How could Bill Pullman make a bad movie? So I took a chance. This one written and directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch (yes, David Lynch’s daughter) will keep you on the edge of your seat. While not a fast pace movie, you will find yourself hanging on every word. About mid-way through the film you will start to scratch your head. Nothing is really what it seems. You won’t have any love for the bad cops that are being interviewed by the FBI, but karma is a bitch right? Brilliant movie.
Dead Girl
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 4
Description:
After skipping school, Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) break into the boiler room of a deserted mental hospital, then make a shocking discovery: the plastic-covered naked body of a woman lying on a gurney. When they realize that the woman may be alive, JT shocks Rickie by suggesting they take advantage of her. But all is not as it seems in this dark thriller: The door to the boiler room had been rusted shut for years.
Rated R, 1 hr. 41 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
Yep, they went over the line and get to be placed in our “Disturbing” category. You will probably want to take a shower after seeing this one. The characters are rich and will have you screaming “Don’t Go There…” While a bit low budget, generally this film is well put together and will keep your attention. The trailer is mild compared to the actual movie. I’d like to say more but I don’t want to spoil it for you. There are some interesting developments in the last half of the film. See Trailer
Funny Games
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 3
Description:
Anna (Naomi Watts) and George (Tim Roth) are enjoying a vacation with their son when two sadistic young men (Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet) break into their cabin and hold the family hostage. The psychotic duo plays twisted games with their prisoners, forcing them to comply to stay alive. Director Michael Haneke remakes his chilling 1997 German-language film as an indictment of the media’s fascination with violence.
Rated R, 1 hr. 51 min., 2007
Our Opinion:
This is psychological horror at its best. What would you do if placed in this situation? Naomi is always great, but this is probably not her best film. Not because of her its just not mainstream like her other films. You will feel something watching this movie.
The Girl Next Door
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Description:
After losing their parents in an accident two adolescent girls (Blythe Auffarth, Madeline Taylor), are sent to live with their Aunt Ruth (Blanche Baker), a sadistic psychopath. Unbeknown to the residents of the small New Jersey suburb, the girls endure unthinkable punishment at the hands of their aunt and three cousins. Inspired by true events, this thriller set in 1958
Rated R, 1 hr. 37 min., 2007
Our Opinion:
This is the is the one based on the writings of author Jack Ketchum and based on real events. At times horror reaches the edge and this is one of them. You most likely will not be comfortable watching this movie in mixed company. The cinematography and the attention to detail with this period piece set in the late 50s is well done.
Live Animals
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 2
Description:
After a night of partying, siblings Nick (Christian Walker) and Erin (Jeanette Comans) and a group of their college friends become prey for a diabolical human trafficker (John Still) who has one of his minions — a trapper (Patrick Cox) — hunt them down and take them hostage. Now, chained in a barn like cattle, the kids face much worse to come from their tormentor in this gruesome horror flick from director Jeremy Benson.
Rated R, 1 hr. 26 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
For low budget this one wasn’t too bad. I could not pull myself to give it a 3, but it is a high 2. The beginning was to dark to see anything as they begin with a party at a cabin rental. The character development was rushed so we really don’t feel anything for the characters. These film is similar to Hostel and Shuttle. If they cleaned up the beginning to be like the rest of the movie it would definately get a 3 rating in my book. Give this one a chance. It does get better if you can get past the rough start. There are some good twists at the end.
Senseless
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 3
Description:
Ambitious young businessman Elliott Gast (Jason Behr) is violently kidnapped by political terrorists, who torture him for crimes he unknowingly committed. What’s worse, his torment is being streamed live online. An unwilling contestant in a sadistic reality show, Elliott fights for survival, hoping that someone in the home audience will come to his aid in this tense, probing thriller.
Rated R, 1 hr. 30 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
A one location shoot is the best choice for low budget film making. The art is what they do with it. Like The Cube, it is amazing how you can make a story in one room interesting. I thought they did a good job here. All I can say is that you will probably end up pitying Jason Behrs character for all that he goes through.
The Seamstress
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 1
Description:
A seamstress becomes a horrific spirit, hungry for vengeance after vigilantes torture and kill her — and when a group of young friends are trapped on the island where she died, she comes after them with her razor-sharp needles. But as one of the friends, Allie (Kailin See), searches for her missing father, she learns a terrible truth about him while her friends begin dying one by one. Lance Henriksen co-stars in this gory spine-chiller.
Rated R, 1 hr. 16 min., 2008
Our Opinion:
This is a really badly made movie. Do not waste your time with it. In fact, run screaming…
Silence of the Lambs
Posted by: | CommentsStar Rating: 5
Description:
Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer; unfortunately, her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape … and now, two deranged killers are on the loose. In this pulse-pounding adaptation of Thomas Harris’s novel, FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal.
Rated R, 1 hr. 58 min., 1991
Our Opinion:
Anthony Hopkins is creepy, oh but you knew that. This a very well done movie, one that you don’t mind seeing again once and a while because of the richness and depth of the story and its characters.
