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Darkside Stories
USA 2017
produced by Zachariah Foster, Sergey Mavrody, Timothy Ridenour, Mark Willis, David Strege, Jonathan E. Smith, Leland Alexander Townsend for MMH Production Films
directed by Matthew Mark Hunter
starring Zach Waterbury, Jovanny Ortiz, Noah Kenyon, Grant Guyton, Matthew Mark Hunter, Matthew Mark Hunter sr, Harley Kasper, Linda Lukat, Kirizma Cieplinski, Carson Strnisa, Chris Wiggins, Larry Patterson, Olivia Anderson, William Abbot, Anthony Liotta, Holland Petway, Leah Pajarillaga, Mariam Sita, Autumn Cohara, Michelina Sajovie, Jennifer Brown, Phil High, John Polace, Devlin Pope, Zach Bonvenuto, Nick Mowry, Jacob Washington, Johnny Herbert, Aislynn Gruul
story by Matthew Mark Hunter, screenplay by Matthew Mark Hunter, Anthony Liotta, music by Matthew Chamberlin, Zach Dailey, The Dollyhoppers, John Polace, Anthony Liotta
review by Mike Haberfelner
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5 boys go on a camping trip and tell scary stories around a campfire. Can
the boys handle stories of werewolves, balloons, and a DVD store owner?Five
boys (Zach Waterbury, Jovanny Ortiz, Noah Kenyon, Grant Guyton, Matthew
Mark Hunter) are out camping, and to pass the time around the campfire,
they start telling each other scary stories - as you do of course:
- Justice (Harley Kasper)
and Lili (Kirizma Cieplinski)
go on a picnic, despite a werewolf roaming the neighbourhood. But the
creature might be closer to home than either of them realize ...
- It's young Juliet's (Michelina
Sajovie) birthday,
but her mom's (Jennifer Brown) is more interested in spenmding time
with her abusive boyfriend (Phil High) than being there for her
daughter, so it's up to Juliet's sister Rebecca to put up a little
party. Later that night, Paul comes by, drunk and with violence on his
mind - but he's attacked by Juliet's birthday balloons ...
- Being forced to work the graveyard shift at the videostore
freaks Brett (John Polace) out a bit - to the point where he kills a
customer. But one kill only leads to another.
Thing is, all these stories don't exactly bring out the best in the
boys - not by a longshot ...
Ok, so this one was made on the cheap, and the lack of funds shows in
places, but at the same time, the movie is very good at creating a 1980s
direct-to-video feel, in both stories and looks, and lots of imagination
did actually go into the separate segments to not make them play like any
other genre story but present the audience with something more original.
And the outcome is just a fun little genre piece!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
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