(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="205" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/rootofdarkness-poster.JPG" width="200" height="300"></td> </tr> </table> <p>It's Erland's (Jesper Danielsson) 50th birthday, and his wife Greta (Katriina Ruottinen) has invited some of their friends and family to their cabin in the woods for a party - and frankly, he could be a whole lot happier about this, as not only does he not enjoy turning 50 or the people who plan on coming, he's also a hobby historian who for some reason just knows some historic artifacts are hidden somewhere on the premises, he has just so far failed to unearth them. But this time round he's lucky for a change - while taking care of the cesspit he finds some weird artefacts including an oddly chiselled skull. Somehow though his blood gets onto the skull which awakens something, then Greta's stung by a splinter from the artefact which causes a rash that soon covers her whole body, makes her head blow open ... and she turns into a monster. And with the guests about to come and being killed off by the monster as they arrive, it's up to Erland (in knight's armour) and the always helpful neighbour Leroy (Hugo Hilton-Brown) to ward of evil - even if they only have a diffuse idea how ...<p> <p>Now there's no doubt in my mind that the makers of <b>Root of Darkness</b> have seen the <b><i><a href="../research/resultserieslinks.shtml?Evil Dead">Evil Dead</a></i></b> movies before making this one and tried to capture those movies' spirit: The setting and story set-up is almost the same, the humour is similar, as is the anything-goes attitude, and there are even some direct quotes ("Groovy!"). But that said, <b>Root of Darkness</b> is all but a copycat movie, its characters are much more Ingmar Bergman than Sam Raimi (as are the constant quotes of <b><a href="seventhseal(1957).shtml">The Seventh Seal</a></b> of course), in terms of monster and shocks the film's highly original, and despite of a similar humour, the film is funny on entirely its own terms. And what can't be denied about <b>Root of Darkness</b>: Its makers have lots of love for the horror genre, a love that's totally infectuous - so prepare to be royally entertained!<p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2016"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>