Wild at Heart (1996, Gifford)

Amazing dialogue. Ingenious and funny. 4.5/5

The Scream (1987, Skipp & Spector)

Brilliant! 5/5

Don't Look Up (2010) Fruit Chan

Possessed (2009) Yong-Joo Lee

Homecoming (2009) Freeman

7 Days (2010) Grou

A Serbian Film (Spasojevic, 2010)

Insane, FuckedUP, chauvinistic, brilliant. The reveals are amazing.
4.5

The Darkest Night of the Year (2008, Koontz)

I am not a follower of Dean Koontz. That being said, I have read some random books by him. The first was in middle school, where I read Whisperers. This was the first real book that I had read, and mostly the one that felt like a real book, a real experience. Then I read Servants of Twilight, I felt the ending was a a slight let down. But, man, was the getting there exciting. Then i started to read Phantoms, and it went down hill from there.
Not that it was bad or un-entertaining, but because ADD or ADHD had kicked in and a sentence would ignite a flurry of memories and ideas; most of the time, not worth the pipe dreams that lit up my brain. Most of the books were probably blew out the side of a fast moving vehicle.
The gold retriever aspect, which i should say dog aspect, because the empathy is there with all dogs and animals. This book proves that Dean Koontz is warranted in his popularity. Although, I am not sure how much of this is his editors, and what is him, Because he writes so G D M that it's insane, I can only fathom, if he does churn out as much as it seems, the writing day he has, everyday, everyday, everyday. is as supernatural as his fiction.

Cameron Pierce - Ass Goblins of Auschwitz - 2009

Obviously, the title is a grabber; I thought that it was shocking. By reading the synopsis I started to think that the ridiculous title might be warranted. The book seemed to be about an overly-imaginative child. whom, unknowingly of course, was telling a narrative. His satirical prose of what he is going through at Auschwitz, the concentration camp, was during the Nazi invasion and the capture of people's religions and race not of Aryan.
Well, I give a big thumbs up to Cameron Pierce for churning my stomach. Besides that, the story was basically a first draft; a treatment. So many instances during the story had the loving care of Burroughs that i decided that i must tread on, because there be music ahead. But. alas. there was not. It was an incomprehensible mess that tried too hard to become a whole. Sorry. dude, try writing something real. something that hurts.

Jeremy Robert Johnson - 2006 - Extinction Journals

John Skipp and Craig Spector - The Light at the End - 1986

Peter Straub 2004 - In the Night Room

Peter Straub 2003 - Lost Boy Lost Girl

Peter Straub 1980 - GhostStory

Heartless (Ridley, 2009)

Brilliant 5.o

5150, Rue des Ormes (2009, Tessier )

Salvage (Gough, 2009)

The Horseman (2008, Kastrissios)

S&MAN (Petty, 2006)

Maniac

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009, Weitz)

The krueist dude in the ->tainm8t indu6dy

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The Girl Next Door (2007, Wilson)

Dark Reel (2008, Eisenstadt)

Cornered! (2009, Maze)

Cornered! is pretty much what it sets out to be: A slasher flick.
Production value and acting are good...to be continued.

• Originality - 6
  
• Production Value - 7
  
• Acting - 6
  
• Story Premise/Themes - 4
  
• Plot -5
  
• Surprise Factor -5
  
• Relate-able Characters - 7
  
• Imagery that resonates - 4
• Most memorable: Mona's telephone conversations.
  

Verdict:2 .5 out of 5

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2010, West)

Wow, what a shitty uninspired poster.

I can not accurately assess this movie. Ti West reported that the studio took over and threw out his "John Waters" cut. I imagine that saddens anyone who hears that. Other than that, it seems to be a solid genre film in the vein of B without being B.(Say that last part fast.) Has the most gore/gross-out-moments I've seen in a while. The gross out moments rank up there with Brain Dead(1992, Jackson.) It's a very fun movie.

• Originality - 8
  
• Production Value - 7
  
• Acting - 6
  
• Story Premise/Themes - 5
  
• Plot -7
  
• Surprise Factor -9
  
• Relate-able Characters - 5
  
• Imagery that resonates - 8
• Most memorable: The one-liners. Oh, and the fingernail....
  

Verdict: 3.5 out of 5

The Chaser (2008, Hong-jin Na)

The Chaser:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now. -imdb

The Chaser brings a fresh look on the slasher/crime drama. Great plot, lighting, acting, and direction.

• Originality - 8
  
• Production Value - 8
  
• Acting - 8
  
• Story Premise - 6
  
• Plot -9
  
• Surprise Factor -8
  
• Relate-able Characters - 7
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 6
• Most memorable: Cigarette flying back into the car.
  

Verdict: 4.0 out of 5

Killer Movie (2008, Fisher)

Killer Movie was delightfully better than other reviewers made it out to be. All of the acting seemed to be up there, nothing stuck out as being amateurish. Top production design, 35mm, good lighting, coloring, etc. Although, ultimately, nothing about the movie stood out; comedy, horror, performance, composition, or otherwise. Its all there, but nothing really exceeds the threshold of standard Hollywood fare. Ok, well, Lee (Cyia Batten) was pretty great at being a bitch, and I mean that in a good way.

• Originality - 3
  
• Production Value - 7
  
• Acting - 7
  
• Story Premise - 4
  
• Plot -5
  
• Surprise Factor - 1
  
• Relate-able Characters - 7
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 3
• Most Memorable: Lee's quirky male chauvinist personality.
  

Verdict: 2.5 out of 5

Tell Tale (2009, Cuesta)

A modernized version of Edgar Allen Poe's Tell Tale Heart. The story holds barely more than the theme of the original, but what a strange theme it is. The movie is definitely a mystery first and a thriller second, although it blends the two quite nicely. The movie keeps up a commercial-pace of thriller and action, which keeps it interesting but makes it hard to create an atmosphere worthy of Poe. Nice twists though.

• Originality - 7
  
• Production Value - 7
  
• Acting - 7
  
• Story Premise - 5
  
• Plot -7
  
• Surprise Factor - 6
  
• Relate-able Characters - 7
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 6
• Most Memorable: The last line of dialogue.
  

Verdict: 3.5 out of 5

Mutants (2009, Morlet)

Mutants is basically 28 Days Later(2002, Boyle), but the virus topically mutates the infected. No powers added or razor sharp claws, just crazy ugly zombies.

Like most of the other french new wave horror, this is visually striking and and quite brutal. The direction in the film seems to be top notch. The screenwriters plotted this horror film in a new and interesting way, but the reliance on the zombie sub-genre takes down the points.

Someone, please, shoot the last zombie in the head and move on to something more original.

• Originality - 7
  
• Production Value - 8
  
• Acting - 8
  
• Story Premise - 3
  
• Plot -7
  
• Surprise Factor - 6
  
• Relate-able Characters - 7
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 6
• Most Memorable:
  

Overal : 3.0 out of 5

Murder Set Pieces (2004, Palumbo)

As detailed below, the film lacks considerably in the story plotting department. That said, the visceral and at times phantasmagorical brutality of imagery in this film resonates with one for quite some time after the viewing.

• Originality - 6
  
• Production Value - 5
  
• Acting - 5 (characters 2, victims 9)
  
• Story Premise - 2
  
• Plot -3
  
• Surprise Factor - 7
  
• Relate-able Characters - 1
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 8
  

Overal : 2.5 out of 5

Green Food to Eat You By

Troll 2 (1990, Floyd)
This was another one of those movies that I saw growing up that managed creep me out until this day. Well not this day, because i watched it a few days ago and its pretty horrible. Probably one of the worst movies. As a child, the green "blood" was the eeriest part. So, I post this picture in remembrance to Troll 2.

• Originality- 7
  
• Production Value - 4
  
• Acting - 1
  
• Story Premise - 6
  
• Plot - 6
  
• Surprise Factor - 3
  
• Relate-able Characters - 1
  
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 8

Verdict: 2.0 out of 5

Bloody Birthday (Hunt, 1981)

I saw Bloody Birthday when I couldn't have been more than 11 years old. This movie's creepy atmosphere stayed with me all these years. Until recently I had no idea what this movie was called but after googling the pieces of the story i could remember, I found this treasure's name and got to watch it again with fresh eyes.

• Originality- 7
  
• Production Value - 6
  
• Acting - 6
  
• Story Premise - 5
  
• Plot - 6
  
• Surprise Factor - 7
  
• Relate-able Characters - 6
  
• Themes/Imagery that resonates - 8
• Most Memorable: The tree house scene.
  

Verdict: 3.0 out of 5