Misery (1990)
This review is going to be a little different. In honor of throw back Thursday, and I was reminded of this movie after watching The Walking Dead episode 3 season 6 "where Glenn falls into the Zombie mosh pit by the garbage bin."
**On a personal note my fiancee and daughters we in hysterics when this happened, and that wasn't even the end of the episode!! Thank you Scott M Gimple; not!**
With all the shady goings on pertaining to Glenn's apparent death, (see spoilers below if you must) it reminded me of this movie.
I have read the book at least 3 times, seen the movie at least as many times, so watching it again was not a hard decision.
Now this is a thriller, and could almost be a cabin in the woods style flick, there are really not a lot of actors or effects, it is an old school crazy ass tale about a writer and his #1 fan.
It is not a hacker, slasher, scary jump out of the dark and stab you in the face movie, it is a tense uneasy film where you as the viewer try to imagine what you would or could do if you were screwed like the protagonist.
I enjoyed the actors, sets, and dialogue; they were directed together to give this film an eerie something isn't right vibe that just keeps climbing till you know shit is bad and now what are you gonna do about it!!
An easy 4 stars out of 5, recommendation for anyone who likes that uneasy queasy feeling.
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates.
**
-Bad camera angle on death scene
-No memoriam on the talking dead
-Called Rick "dumbass" a reference to the first season where they first met, which is also the season that Rick and Glenn use "Zombie camo" to walk past zombies.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Saturday, 24 October 2015
The Root of the Problem (2012 short)
The Root of the Problem (2012 short)
4 stars out of 5.
A well done interestingly creepy short that I feel quiet certain will be hated by a good number of people just because of the topic, (Spoiler** Dentists)
Directed by Ryan Spindell who also shares the writing credit with Mark E. Davidson.
The actors in this short do a great job, but I feel with this short the real star here is the set and atmosphere that the writer and director bring to life so quickly in the short. I felt uneasy right from the start and it continued to grow with the help of the actors.
I have to agree with Ivan Kander's write up, this flick has an "old-school scare" feel to it, which is great; and an easy one to recommend.
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
**Spoilers
-I already gave you one, go watch the flick!!
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/06/22/root-problem/
4 stars out of 5.
A well done interestingly creepy short that I feel quiet certain will be hated by a good number of people just because of the topic, (Spoiler** Dentists)
Directed by Ryan Spindell who also shares the writing credit with Mark E. Davidson.
The actors in this short do a great job, but I feel with this short the real star here is the set and atmosphere that the writer and director bring to life so quickly in the short. I felt uneasy right from the start and it continued to grow with the help of the actors.
I have to agree with Ivan Kander's write up, this flick has an "old-school scare" feel to it, which is great; and an easy one to recommend.
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
**Spoilers
-I already gave you one, go watch the flick!!
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/06/22/root-problem/
Monday, 19 October 2015
Tremors 5
Tremors 5
4 out of 5 stars.
Adult Stuff- Cheesy One Liners, Bad Language, Booze, Drugs, Puss, Blood, Bondage, Guts, Gore, Hoochie Girls, Boobs, Sex, Vagina, Penis, Penis Trauma
After 10- Alright, you have my attention. But keep in mind that this is number 5, I enjoyed the first 4, number 3 was a bit sketchy, but still not that bad. So let's see how they do.
After 40- OK, let's see how this ends.
By The End- Not bad. Story, effects, acting, all came together to make a 5th story worth watching.
After Checking IMDB- Directed by Don Michael Paul, story by M.A. Deuce, C.J. Strebor, William Truesmith and John Whelpley is mentioned there too. Staring Michael Gross as the unstoppable Burt Gummer.
I am a Tremors fan from the first one; and I have seen all the others so it seems only natural to me that I would make the time for the 5th. The combination of physical and cgi is pretty good, couldn't find mention of the budget, but it sure did look like a nicely produced film. Over all this movie is an easy one to recommend. Fun with frights and worm guts. (Seriously you can't have a Tremors movie without throwing around buckets of worm guts!!)
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
Spoilers**
-Loved the cave drawings, nice touch!!
-Called bloodlines for a reason, which is a nice way to ensure you could do more if, or when someone wants.
-What if someone like Eli Roth, or Chris Sun took the reigns for a flick? How dark and gory could you make a Tremors movies? Or should this not even be a question?
4 out of 5 stars.
Adult Stuff- Cheesy One Liners
After 10- Alright, you have my attention. But keep in mind that this is number 5, I enjoyed the first 4, number 3 was a bit sketchy, but still not that bad. So let's see how they do.
After 40- OK, let's see how this ends.
By The End- Not bad. Story, effects, acting, all came together to make a 5th story worth watching.
After Checking IMDB- Directed by Don Michael Paul, story by M.A. Deuce, C.J. Strebor, William Truesmith and John Whelpley is mentioned there too. Staring Michael Gross as the unstoppable Burt Gummer.
I am a Tremors fan from the first one; and I have seen all the others so it seems only natural to me that I would make the time for the 5th. The combination of physical and cgi is pretty good, couldn't find mention of the budget, but it sure did look like a nicely produced film. Over all this movie is an easy one to recommend. Fun with frights and worm guts. (Seriously you can't have a Tremors movie without throwing around buckets of worm guts!!)
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
Spoilers**
-Loved the cave drawings, nice touch!!
-Called bloodlines for a reason, which is a nice way to ensure you could do more if, or when someone wants.
-What if someone like Eli Roth, or Chris Sun took the reigns for a flick? How dark and gory could you make a Tremors movies? Or should this not even be a question?
Friday, 9 October 2015
Nurse 3D
Nurse 3D
2015
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski who shares the writing credit with David Loughery
Staring:
Paz de la Huerta- gotta watch more stuff with her in it.
Katrina Bowden, fan since 30 rock and have only enjoyed her more thanks to Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and Piranha 3DD
Judd Nelson so many roles!!
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Adult Stuff-Cheesy One Liners, Bad Language, Booze, Drugs, Puss, Blood, Bondage, Guts, Gore, Hoochie Girls, Boobs, Sex, Vagina, Penis, Penis Trauma
After 10- 10 minutes! not even, I was sold on this flick before the credits stopped rolling. The story, the look, and Paz... what can I say, she has a unique look and voice that for some reason drew this viewer in and I think I have become an instant fan.
After 40- spoiler** reminds me of single white female meets american mary.
By The End- An interesting tale, but by the end I was no where near as excited as I was when we started. Some interesting uses of the 3D, but I can't say the story didn't fall into some cliches. Which was to bad, it had laid the ground work in the beginning for an interesting sit up and take notice story.
As for Katrina Bowden her character does evolve, and the role she is needed to play is valid, but I don't know if we care enough about the character to be overly interested.
Overall this movie is very nicely done, well acted, looks great, and is not poorly written. If you are young enough that you didn't watch single white female, the hand that rocks the cradle or fatal attraction then this movie was probably written for you. If you enjoyed this flick, go back and watch the classics, because parts of this movie seem to be inspired by or are paying homage to them. If you have seen the classics, then you could skip this one, but I think you'd be missing out.
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
Spoilers**
TBH- I was really hoping i would get to see Katrina Bowden play an evil role. Seeing her as a friendly ditz is fine, but I mean really, can we not give this young lady a chance to spread her wings? Maybe she likes the roles thou, maybe she doesn't want to try the dark side.
As for the story, it's too bad that it fell into and followed the cliches, some of which I do not think would be possible in today's world,
2015
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski who shares the writing credit with David Loughery
Staring:
Paz de la Huerta- gotta watch more stuff with her in it.
Katrina Bowden, fan since 30 rock and have only enjoyed her more thanks to Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and Piranha 3DD
Judd Nelson so many roles!!
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Adult Stuff-
After 10- 10 minutes! not even, I was sold on this flick before the credits stopped rolling. The story, the look, and Paz... what can I say, she has a unique look and voice that for some reason drew this viewer in and I think I have become an instant fan.
After 40- spoiler** reminds me of single white female meets american mary.
By The End- An interesting tale, but by the end I was no where near as excited as I was when we started. Some interesting uses of the 3D, but I can't say the story didn't fall into some cliches. Which was to bad, it had laid the ground work in the beginning for an interesting sit up and take notice story.
As for Katrina Bowden her character does evolve, and the role she is needed to play is valid, but I don't know if we care enough about the character to be overly interested.
Overall this movie is very nicely done, well acted, looks great, and is not poorly written. If you are young enough that you didn't watch single white female, the hand that rocks the cradle or fatal attraction then this movie was probably written for you. If you enjoyed this flick, go back and watch the classics, because parts of this movie seem to be inspired by or are paying homage to them. If you have seen the classics, then you could skip this one, but I think you'd be missing out.
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
Spoilers**
TBH- I was really hoping i would get to see Katrina Bowden play an evil role. Seeing her as a friendly ditz is fine, but I mean really, can we not give this young lady a chance to spread her wings? Maybe she likes the roles thou, maybe she doesn't want to try the dark side.
As for the story, it's too bad that it fell into and followed the cliches, some of which I do not think would be possible in today's world,
Monday, 5 October 2015
Undying Love
Undying Love
Written and Directed by Omar Hauksson.
I give this perfectly good peak into one day of a lonely man's post ZA life 3 stars out of 5. There is nothing wrong with this short. Well executed, acted, edited, scored. It is just that we do not see anything we haven't really seen before.
If you love Zombies, and like Love, and have 11 minutes to kill, give this flick a look.
If you wanna play the "what if game" this one is good for a short conversation you've probably already had.
As for me, Josie and I have had many conversations, and this one is no exception, if you're curious, the answer is in the spoilers.
Tried to look it up on IMDB and was unable to find it, which is kind of disappointing, but not really a surprise to me. I had to get most of the information about this flick and it's writer/director from the write up by Rob Munday. As I have become accustomed too, Rob is fun and informative in his post flick write up, and if you are gonna watch the flick, you should give it a read.
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/10/29/undying-love/
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
**Spoilers**
This 11 minute short is what I expect the undead love child of "28 days later" and "the walking dead" comics to look like.
Or maybe if you took the Governor from the walking dead and moved him to the UK,
Or Night of the living dead, 3d remake mates with 28 days later.
If either of us were undead flesh eating mindless monsters, we'd have to be put down, the less undead there are the better chance the rest can survive.
Written and Directed by Omar Hauksson.
I give this perfectly good peak into one day of a lonely man's post ZA life 3 stars out of 5. There is nothing wrong with this short. Well executed, acted, edited, scored. It is just that we do not see anything we haven't really seen before.
If you love Zombies, and like Love, and have 11 minutes to kill, give this flick a look.
If you wanna play the "what if game" this one is good for a short conversation you've probably already had.
As for me, Josie and I have had many conversations, and this one is no exception, if you're curious, the answer is in the spoilers.
Tried to look it up on IMDB and was unable to find it, which is kind of disappointing, but not really a surprise to me. I had to get most of the information about this flick and it's writer/director from the write up by Rob Munday. As I have become accustomed too, Rob is fun and informative in his post flick write up, and if you are gonna watch the flick, you should give it a read.
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/10/29/undying-love/
Until next time everybody, remember, Protect Your Privates!
**Spoilers**
This 11 minute short is what I expect the undead love child of "28 days later" and "the walking dead" comics to look like.
Or maybe if you took the Governor from the walking dead and moved him to the UK,
Or Night of the living dead, 3d remake mates with 28 days later.
If either of us were undead flesh eating mindless monsters, we'd have to be put down, the less undead there are the better chance the rest can survive.
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