Hot Picks
|
|
|
Drive-In Horrorshow
USA 2009
produced by Greg Ansin, Michael Neel for Grim Films
directed by Michael Neel
starring wraparound segment: Luis Negrón, Bill Gage, Nancy Sadsad; segment Pig: Judith Kalaora, Matthew Catanzano; segment The Closet: Chris Fidler, John Cleary, Elizabeth Rose, Michaela Reggio; segment Fall Apart: Larry Jay Tish, Dinah Lane, Robert J.La Tremouille; segment The Meat Man: Trevor Fidler, Jimmy Flynn, Jonathan Donahue, Nick Anistani, Brian Moore Ward; segment The Watcher: Nathaniel Sylba, Jenna Morasca, Ethan Zohn, Rydia Vielehr, Robert Hines
written by Greg Ansin, Michael Neel, music by Greg Ansin, special effects makeup by Rob Fitz, Nicholas Flanagan, Jeff O'Brien
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
|
|
A time after the apocalypse: Drive-ins are nothing but a distant
memory, monuments to a better time that was long ago - except for one such
place, which is run by the undead, playing horror movies for Death himself
and his date:
- Pig: A girl (Judith Kalaora) has her revenge on a fratboy
(Matthew Catanzano) because he put something into her drink, then
gangraped her together with his friends. Now she has glued him into
his bathtub, then turns the water on - and there is nothing he can do
to escape.
- The Closet: A boy (Chris Fidler) gets so fed up by his family
that he feeds them to the monster in his closet. When he realizes he's
fucked up though, he feeds himself to the monster as well.
- Fall Apart: A doctor (Larry J.Tish) who has made it his point
to treat the poor catches a virus from a sewage worker which makes him
slowly disintegrate. And now the gouvernment, who has never
appreciated his efforts for the poor, becomes interested - after all,
the virus could make a great weapon ...
- The Meat Man: Two boys (Trevor Fidler, Jimmy Flynn) come to
the conclusion that their dad (Jonathan Donahue) is the notorious
serialkiller known as the Meat Man. When they confront dad with this
assumptions, he manages to convince them otherwise. But what then are
these human bodyparts doing in the secret compartment of his freezer?
- The Watcher: One by one, a quartet of campers (Nathaniel
Sylva, Jenna Morasco, Ethan Zohn, Rydia Vielehr) are taken out by a
cannibalistic serialkiller (Robert Hines) whose weapon of choice is an
ax made from human bones ...
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
A fun little anthology movie that houses a very eclectic collection of
shorts, ranging from black comedy to serious satire to formulaic
genrepiece. For the most part, the selection works though because the
stories are all pretty well-written, end on fun (if sometimes a bit
predictable) punchlines, and director Michael Neel tends to favour
atmosphere over gore. In this respect, only the last story is a bit of a
letdown, it's formulaic, weakly written, and relies way too heavily on
blunt depictions of gore. But that's only a minor flaw in what I would
otherwise call a pretty enjoyable party flick.
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
|
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
|
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|