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Film Review: Nicholson’s ‘The Bleading Lady’ (2010) Goes Straight for The Jugular

Mar 052011

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The first movie I caught by director Ryan Nicholson was his tourists in peril movie Live Feed. It wasn’t until I got sent a bootleg copy of Torched though that I really got what he was all about. Live Feed got sucked into the “oh it’s just a Hostel rip-off” category of films, of which it wasn’t. Torched however was a brutal sojourn into the realm of the revenge flick. Short, sweet and to the point, it was a little rough around the edges but that was part of its twisted charm. Oh, and in case you wondered, which I am sure you haven’t, I have since bought Torched. At the time it wasn’t readily available, Nicholson knew this and didn’t threaten me with a lawsuit.

Torched really set the tone of what was to come in terms of style and content. If Live Feed was a little slicker in terms of production it was Gutterballs Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘The XXXorcist’ (2006) – Just keep Telling Yourself…They’re Only Hump…Only Humping…Only Humping

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Jan 142011

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Horror and sex have always been closely interwoven, from horny kids getting killed in any number of slasher flicks through to the wonderfully sleazy Euro-trash movies where a bit of nudity never goes amiss. Now though we have full blown (of course the fucking pun is intended) horror porn. Now you get to enjoy the best of both worlds. Or do you?

Well far be it for me not to find out! So, I ordered myself a copy of The XXXorcist, which itself was a mean task I can tell you, but that is neither here nor there. One thing is for sure, and that is that I didn’t really know quite what to expect, other than it will obviously Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale’ (2010) – Not All of Them Have Happy Endings

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Dec 072010

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Let’s face it, the majority of movies that feature Christmas as its theme, whether they be horror or not, tend to play to the mass-marketed Western ideals of Christmas. That in main means a jolly fat old Santa Claus, all white beard and a red costume. In other words the Coca Cola Santa, a Santa that is relatively new in the grand scheme of things. What we don’t get is a story that plays on the origins of where Santa really came from, the Santa of Finnish folklore, the Santa that collected children and did less than pleasant things to them. Until now that is.

Set in the barren landscape of rural Finland Rare Exports begins with the excavation of an ancient burial site by an Continue reading »

Film Review: If You Aren’t The Victimizer, You’re The ‘Victim’ (2010)

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Nov 192010

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You could be forgiven for thinking that Victim, from directors Matt Eskandari and Michael A. Pierce, is just another in a long line of kidnap and torture flicks. Just take a look at the basic premise, a young man is kidnapped and then held hostage whilst a doctor performs experiments on him. Seems pretty cut and dry doesn’t it? Fortunately that is not the case in this dark and disturbing movie.

Victim starts with some handheld style footage of a young girl being assaulted and presumably murdered. It then shifts focus to a young man, who is never named, sitting at a bar chatting up the staff. Upon leaving he is attacked and wakes up in what appears to be some sort of cage. With no idea how he got there the poor fella Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘High Lane’ (Vertige – 2009) – Nobody Can Hear You Scream Up There

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Oct 172010

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Before I get into the meat and potatoes of this review I am going to quickly get something of my chest. It may seem a minor detail to some, to me however it was a major pain in the ass. The thorn in my side being that this French movie was screened dubbed into English with no warning that I could recall. Now, I paid good money to watch this On Demand so I would have at least liked to have had the option of watching it dubbed or with subtitles. Hopefully the DVD release of this will have the option of both included. So you have been warned, if you don’t like dubbed movies I would hang around and see what they come up with for the shiny disc release.

Moaning over with, for the time being, and onto the movie itself. High Lane, or Vertige as it is known in its native language, follows the tried and tested Continue reading »

Film Review: Don’t Stop to Rest or You may End Up ‘Road Kill’ (2010)

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Oct 112010

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This Australian movie first came to my attention under its original title Road Train which, in my opinion, was a far superior title. No doubt it was changed in order to dumb it down to appeal to an audience who couldn’t possibly comprehend what a road train actually is. Who knows? Regardless of the title change Road Kill was picked up by Fangoria for its Fright Fest imprint which at least meant that we would all get to see it at some point. Whether that is a good thing or not would remain to be seen.

The movie starts off promisingly enough with four friends out on a camping trip in the Outback (no not the restaurant) Continue reading »

Film Review: Adam Green’s New Film Will Leave You ‘Frozen’ (2010) with Terror

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Oct 032010

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I will have to admit that my first thoughts upon reading about Frozen weren’t exactly filling me with excitement. I mean, how engrossing could a movie be about three friends stuck on a chair lift at a ski resort? Well, quite often the most simple ideas prove to be the best and that is most certainly the case with this fine movie.

Parker, Joe and Dan, aside from having horror related names, are three friends who take a trip to a local ski resort in the hopes of getting a few runs in on the cheap. Not wanting to pay full price they sweet talk the attendant into letting them ride for less than the asking price. All goes well with this ploy until they try to squeeze Continue reading »

Film Review: The German Film ‘The Experiment’ (2010) Finally Sees an American Remake

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Sep 192010

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If you locked a group of 24 men up with very little to amuse themselves you would probably be asking for trouble. Now, if you take said group of men and gave a small section of that group all the power you would almost definitely be getting some serious mischief. That is the basic premise of The Experiment, a film that is based on a German movie and a novel which were both loosely based on an experiment conducted in Stanford University in the Seventies.

Travis (Adrien Brody) and Barris (Forrest Whitaker), amongst others, reply to an advertisement in a newspaper which is Continue reading »

Film Review: Man From Deep River (Il paese del sesso selvaggio – 1972)

Cannibals, Exploitation, Italy, J. Felton, Uncategorized No Responses »

Aug 122010

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I’ll admit it, the thought of reviewing another Umberto Lenzi movie filled me with a certain amount of trepidation. This is one seriously inconsistent film maker that you just never know what to expect from. Some of his movies are a joy to watch, others are just plain painful, yes I’m looking at you Black Demons.

Man From Deep River though did have a couple of good selling points that filled me with a little hope. Firstly, the lead is played by Ivan Rassimov, that stalwart of Italian exploitation, secondly, he is joined on screen by Me Me Lai, who is one fine looking lady, and finally it is a cannibal movie. Well, the first too are true, but the third is slightly misleading, more on that later though.

So, with high hopes, higher than they were anyway, I popped the disc in Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘Colin Fitz Lives!’ (2010) – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

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Aug 092010

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Colin Fitz does live, eventually. There are always films that seem to exist in a sort of limbo before they finally see the light of day, whether it be theatrically or on DVD. Movies such as the terrific Trick R Treat which took a couple of years to finally get released, or All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, which was made in 2006 but has yet to get a wide release, are a couple that spring to mind. Neither of these two get close to the limbo that Colin Fitz Lives! has been in though. Not even close.

Colin Fitz Lives was made in 1996 and hit a few festivals in 1997, and now nearly 15 years later it is finally seeing the light of day. That is one hell of a long time to be sitting on a shelf gathering dust Continue reading »

Splice (Theatrical – 2009)

Horror, J. Felton, Sci-Fi, Thriller 2 Responses »

Jun 062010

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It’s not that often that a horror movie gets shown at the theater. Actually I will rephrase that, it’s not often that a horror movie that isn’t a sequel or remake gets shown at the theater. Personally I like to try and get along to see any horror flick on the big screen, if it is an original flick so much the better. Then there is always the bonus if said movie turns out to be a winner, which in my opinion Splice is.

The story follows Elsa (Sarah Polley) and Clive (Adrien Brody) as two scientists who are experimenting with gene splicing with the goal of trying to find cures for diseases. The company that funds them though aren’t so much interested in humanitarian causes though, which in turn forces Elsa and Clive to secretly splice together human and animal genes. The result Continue reading »

A Day of Violence (2009)

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May 172010

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It is always said that you should never judge a book by its cover. Fair point if you ask me. It should also be mentioned that you should never judge a movie by its poster artwork. Too often a movie will have a cool as hell poster then the movie turns out to be utter shite. All that aside I could not help but to be sucked into the artwork for A Day of Violence. I actually spied it on another very good website and was drawn to it like the proverbial fly to shit. There it was in all its Continue reading »

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