Monday, February 15, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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....
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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.
Friday, February 5, 2010
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.
Monday, January 25, 2010
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.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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:
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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
Monday, January 4, 2010
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.
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