The Horror Seasons

Canada 2005
produced by
Shawn Buffington, Samantha Seltenrich, Greg Russell Tiderington (executive) for OmegaWorks Pictures, G.T. Enterprises
directed by Shawn Buffington
starring Phil Trasolini, Michael Root, Greg Russell Tiderington, Lexie Huber, Fleur Jacobs, West McDonald, Boyd Crockett, Lonnie McDonald, Mic Jahn, Maria DiMartino (= Martina Gallo), Dean Wunsch, Sandra Medeiros, Gregory Milne, Janez Wall, Krystal Vrba, Andrew Mondia, Thomas Buchholz, Ed Appleby, Krista Kelloway, Christy Nguyen, Mike Todorovic, Live She Cries
wraparound segment written by Shawn Buffington; segment The Darkest Secret written by William Pattison, Eric Morse; segments Satan Claws and Thirst for Blood written by Gregory Milne; segment Easter Beast written by Shawn Buffington, based on a story by Greg Russell Tiderington; music by Shawn Buffington

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Jacques Pierre (Phil Trasolini) is a very gifted composer, but every time he has composed something in the past, the grim reaper came by to take one of his loved ones - so nowadays he earns a living conducting a (rather horrible) rock version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, called Horror Seasons ... and each season has its own story:

• The Darkest Secret: Gareth (Greg Russell Tiderington) is a man on the run from his own past - and he's happy to find a new abode in Alice's (Fleur Jacobs) boarding house - noticing all too late that he has long killed himself and the boarding house is his own private hell ...
• Satan Claws: Two kids (Mic Jahn, Mike Todorovic) in church do ... well, pretty much what you'd expect them to do, act stupid, and steal from the collection plate. Too bad then that a demon has chosen exactly this night to slice up all sinners. Well, a demon ... or the priest (Andrew Mondia)?
• Easter Beast: A woman (Sandra Medeiros) has made it a habit to get rid of her husbands once she has grown bored of them - which happens about once a year. She has chosen the Easter Beast - a demon with a bunny theme - to do her dirty work. Too bad then that demons have the nasty habit to eventually turn on their masters/mistresses ...
• Thirst for Blood: Maggie (Krystal Vrba) has to find out that sometimes it really does not pay to help those in need - especially when the person in need is actually a vampire (Krista Kelloway) ...

Not having found solace in conducting the Horror Seasons, Jacques Pierre finally goes back to composing - after all, he has lost all of his loved ones, how much worse can it get? However, once he's done writing his magnum opus, the reaper comes for him ...

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The Horror Seasons is by no means a perfect film, its stories are a bit on the predictable side, and the film's low budget shines through a few times too often. And yet, the movie is good fun: Its stories are uniformly short enough to not outstay their welcome, they have a certain amount of irony to them to make them work, and at times they even show originality (as in the silent black and white Easter Beast) or attempts at atmospheric filmmaking (especially Thirst for Blood).

It might not be a masterpiece in any sense of the word, but it's 80 minutes of indie horror entertainment, and some days, that's really all you need!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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