Captivating. Terrifying. Creepy. Believable. Are just a few words to describe this Poltergeist/The Exorcist/ The Blair Witch Project hybrid. It has been awhile since I have heard “ooh” and “oh my God!” mixed with gasps from an audience. A suburban couple begin to hear noises at night and decide to videotape their bedroom while they sleep. And lets just say the video captures a presence that becomes more and more active each evening. This micro-budget indie will give you goosebumps long after you leave the theatre.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Black Christmas (4 Stars)
1974. Rated R.
Bob Clark’s (Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, A Christmas Story and Porky’s) Christmas terror dishes out tension and character development in lieu of blood and guts. A sorority house gets obscene phone calls; a little girl is murdered in the park; a sorority sister disappears - how is it all linked?
Margot Kidder is fantastic and plays the smart-ass, drunk girl to a big T, along with Marian Waldman as the flip housemother. This Halloween precursor is sure to send chills down your spine. Highly recommend.
Bob Clark’s (Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, A Christmas Story and Porky’s) Christmas terror dishes out tension and character development in lieu of blood and guts. A sorority house gets obscene phone calls; a little girl is murdered in the park; a sorority sister disappears - how is it all linked?
Margot Kidder is fantastic and plays the smart-ass, drunk girl to a big T, along with Marian Waldman as the flip housemother. This Halloween precursor is sure to send chills down your spine. Highly recommend.
Quarantine (3.5 Stars)
2008. Rated R.
A remake of the 2007 Spanish film [Rec], Quarantine gives its viewers a glimpse of madness and carnage when a disease runs rampant in a quarantined apartment complex. Jennifer Carpenter (Emily Rose) is believable as a news reporter who goes on a call with the fire department to the complex and is trapped inside with her cameraman. Filmed Blair Witch style though the lens of Carpenter’s cameraman and includes only natural sound, the film is an effective zombie thriller. The last ten minutes evokes the same degree of hysteria and mayhem that the Blair Witch did back in 1999 and closes the film with a memorable finish.
A remake of the 2007 Spanish film [Rec], Quarantine gives its viewers a glimpse of madness and carnage when a disease runs rampant in a quarantined apartment complex. Jennifer Carpenter (Emily Rose) is believable as a news reporter who goes on a call with the fire department to the complex and is trapped inside with her cameraman. Filmed Blair Witch style though the lens of Carpenter’s cameraman and includes only natural sound, the film is an effective zombie thriller. The last ten minutes evokes the same degree of hysteria and mayhem that the Blair Witch did back in 1999 and closes the film with a memorable finish.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Coffy (3 Stars)
1973. Rated R.
Pam Grier is most excellent as a vigilante nurse who goes after the drug pushers that gave her sister laced drugs. Filled with head explosions, women catfights with salad and razorblades and most notably a young Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects), this blaxploitation, drive-in fair is a must see for those who like their action gritty and raw. The movie is dated and the dialogue can be corny at times – but this is pure 1970s nostalgia with Tarantino-esque style.
Pam Grier is most excellent as a vigilante nurse who goes after the drug pushers that gave her sister laced drugs. Filled with head explosions, women catfights with salad and razorblades and most notably a young Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects), this blaxploitation, drive-in fair is a must see for those who like their action gritty and raw. The movie is dated and the dialogue can be corny at times – but this is pure 1970s nostalgia with Tarantino-esque style.
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