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Portal
USA 2019
produced by Chris Sergi, Reinaldo Zavarce, Andrekza Vasquez, Jeremy Sheldon (executive), Jason Hignite (executive), Talia Witowski (executive), Remy Elles (co), Christian Ackerman (co) for HorrorHound Films, Indiesyndicate Productions, Lotus Visual Arts, Portal Film
directed by Dean Alioto
starring Ryan Merriman, Jamie Tisdale, Myk Watford, Heather Langenkamp, Reinaldo Zavarce, Najarra Townsend, Gregory Zaragoza, Yan Birch, Travis DesLaurier, Ryan Sprague, Jill Marie Hoffman, Courtney Nightingale, Jose Rosete, Mitch Alioto, Nick Alioto, Jane Moore, Lauren White, Joe Raffa, Ruby Alioto, Lindsay Seim, Samantha Boehlen
written by Peter Dukes, Dean Alioto, music by Corey Allen Jackson, special effects creature & makeup by AFX Studios
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Steven (Ryan Merriman) and Cris (Jamie Tisdale) run a paranormal
investigation TV show called Ghostseekers that proudly claims to
keep it real and use no effects to spice things up ... and that's why the
show's not doing too well in the ratings. So for the season finale, Steven
pretty much "steals" a location from their main competition, the
Ghost Trackers, the Dalvas House, where a father is said to have
killed most of his family. So Steven and Cris take their team - camera guy
Raz (Reinaldo Zavarce), sound guy Mason (Myk Watford) and photographer Jen
(Najarra Townsend) - to the house, and it looks pretty spooky, and as a
bonus they're warned off by Native American shaman Douglas (Gregory
Zaragoza), but once they're in the house ... nothing. In fact so little
that they decide to use some effects to create jump scares after all, much
to Steven's dismay. However, their luck changes when they find a buried
box that contains a scroll with a incantation in an unknown language. Of
course they read it out loud, and of course all sort of weird shit starts
to happen, with Raz disappearing, Mason turning up dead, and Jen trying to
kill Steven and Cris - and she pretty much has them cornered when they
jump into a passing car ... and it's Fiona (Heather Langenkamp), sole
survivor from that massacre all those years back, who knows exactly what's
going on, and who collects her shaman foster father Douglas so they can
drive the demon our heroes have unleashed back to hell. But this is
something more dangerous than it even sounds, and there's no guarantee
that any of them will make it out alive ... A very nice
paranormal investigation thriller that might not exactly reinvent the
genre as such, but profits from a thought-through build-up and strong
characters to keep audiences entertained, and is heavy on atmosphere and
suspense throughout rather than leaving things to a few jump scares - but
also knows when and how to add a bit of humour to the proceedings. Now add
to that a solid cast and a sure handed directorial effort, and you've got
yourself a really enjoyable genre movie.
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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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