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The Fiancé
USA 2016
produced by Staci Layne Wilson, Kate Rees Davies, Gwendolyn Gadek (executive) for Firebreathing Films
directed by Mark Allen Michaels
starring Carrie Keagan, Dallas Valdez, Douglas Tait, Curt Lambert, Kip Kincaid, Michael Wood, Seamus Cattaneo, Mattison Walker, Larz Yungbliut, Michael Coleman, Ed Morrell, Robert Acres, Aaron Kai, Joseph Whittemore, Alison Roedel, Jake Wagner, Isaiah Waldron, Tony Snegoff, Beto Araiza, Danni Lang, Stephan Colson, Christopher Brown, Shy Vaughn, Staci Layne Wilson, Kate Rees Davies, Sharon Quzintana, Michelle Sfarzo
written by Mark Allen Michaels, music by Mike Barnett, special effects makeup by Michelle Sfarzo, animation by William Reliford
Bigfoot
review by Mike Haberfelner
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All of his life, Michael (Dallas Valdez) has been a shady businessman
with criminal tendencies, but even he has been able to find true love - in
lovely Sara (Carrie Keagan), who loves him just as much as he loves her,
so he obviously can't wait to propose to her in his cabin in the woods -
it's just, he has picked a really bad day for this, as presently Bigfoot
is roaming these exact same woods, killing people left and right, or even
worse, turning them into monsters of his ilk - and Sara falls into the
latter category, and when Michael intends to welcome her, a glass of
champagne in hand, she bites off some of his fingers and he only just
manages to fight her off - but from here on has to literally hide from or
even defend himself against his true love. And while he does, he reviews
their relationship - which through no fault of her own was quite a bit
stony from almost the first ... Now I'll freely admit that the
narrative structure of The Fiancé that pits (on different time
levels) a love story descending into a gangster piece against a
mutilation-heavy creature feature takes a bit to wrap one's mind around,
especially as it only makes perfect sense towards the ending - but if you
can accept not getting all your answers spoon-fed and can take in more
than one genre formula at once (and part of the film's charm is that it
plays genre formulas against one another to make something original), then
you'll be rewarded. Plus, the film truly delivers in gore and gross-out
scenes, but that said, doesn't go overboard, spectacle-wise and is carried
by some very fine performances. Definitely worth a look!
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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!!! |
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