Favorite Horror Movies of the Last Decade: “Insidious” (2011)

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From the very beginning, I had faith in James Wan. I loved the original Saw, and Dead Silence wasn’t too bad either. He’s a young film maker with a ton of talent and a lot to offer, and Wan put it all on the table with his newest film; Insidious.

I’ll start with the film’s soundtrack. Joseph Bishara is known for his work on the soundtracks of Night of the Demons (2009) and Repo! The Genetic Opera and I can say, in full confidence, that this is definitely his best. The strange, ominous, unsettling noises and music that Mr. Bishara brought to the film were incredible, and really set the mood for the dream-like horror movie.

The next part of the film worth mentioning is the cinematography. David M. Brewer and John R. Leonetti used the camera to even further add to the creepy atmosphere of the movie. Cinematography is something that’s often overlooked with horror films. Most movies contain the simple close-ups, shaky running cameras and static angles. Insidious is different. It combines first person shots, suspenseful moving angles, incredible use of focus/out-of-focus shots, and a ton of other creative tricks that really brought the film to life.

The third and probably most important part of the film that really blew me away was Leigh Whannell’s incredible story. Unlike most paranormal horror films, Insidious wasn’t the generic haunted house story with a nice little family in their nice little home that is also inhabited by some generic evil force that leaves you thinking “Why didn’t they just move out of the house?” No, Insidious takes it a step further by saying that it’s actually the son that’s haunted. Alright, not too bad but that seems like it’s been done before as well, and that’s where Insidious really succeeds. It goes way beyond the story about a little boy with some nasty spirits following him around. I won’t ruin it for those of you who still haven’t seen it, but trust me; the trailer doesn’t even explain half of it.

Overall, Insidious was incredible. Not only because of how much I enjoyed it, but because of how it managed to actually be scary in a genre that’s become a bit jaded in the actual real scare department (this does not include shock or jump scares), especially to a veteran fan like myself. So, if you’re a real horror fan, go see Insidious as soon as possible, I promise it won’t disappoint.

–Blake A Corrao

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Heartbreaking & Chilling, “Malevolence” (2011) Spins a Terrifying Tale

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Bereavement is the 3rd film by writer/director Stevan Mena and serves as a prequel to his 2004 debut film Malevolence. Bereavement hit the festival scene in 2010 and got a limited theatrical release in March of 2011. There was a lot of hype surrounding the release of Malevolence and audience reaction to the movie was very mixed; with Malevolence Stevan Mena took to the slasher film back to its roots of the late 70s and early 80s and while the film wasn’t original it stands out since at the time there weren’t many movies like it as everything seemed too Hollywood even in the Indie scene these films were copying Hollywood releases. Bereavement has a lot less hype with its release, but from the fan base Malevolence built up there was still some excitement.

Stevan Mena is a filmmaker who isn’t afraid to stray from the safe film Hollywood always puts out as I stated with Malevolence it may not be the most original, but it features no comedy and it strays from the Scream dominated clones at that time and that sort of makes the movie more original than it actually was and he could have gone for a more mainstream audience and knocked off Scream, but instead, Mena delivers a movie that has more of an 80s slasher feel than actual 80s slasher flicks. Now with Bereavement instead of doing what most filmmakers do and play it safe he makes not only a prequel, but a movie that has a completely different tone than the original. Don’t go into Bereavement expecting a slasher flick since you’ll be disappointed and while the film does have some slasher movie elements, Bereavement is much more of a throwback to the late 70s and early 80s exploitation flicks such as Don’t Go in the House and even a little bit of Maniac. Bereavement is a character study and while there is plenty of action and some gore the movie doesn’t rely on that at all Bereavement is far more driven by the characters. Stevan Mena shows a lot of courage by making a movie so drastically different in style when the easier thing to do would be to simply rehash the first film.

Upon my first viewing of Bereavement I liked it, but didn’t love it and I just felt the movie was average at best. To be honest I’m not really into prequels overall with some exceptions; I think my biggest problem with Bereavement is since I’ve seen Malevolence I sort of knew what would happen with all the characters and thus for me the element of surprise was taken away so I don’t think I allowed myself to fully get into the movie even if I tried. I sort of held off reviewing it or talking much about it since I had a feeling this might be a movie that grows on me and so I decided to sit down and give the movie another try and this time I was fully able to accept the prequel aspect as well as scenes I wasn’t able to the first time around and Bereavement in my opinion is a great film that truly needs to be seen.

The screenplay by Stevan Mena has an interesting idea and gets into more detail on the abduction of 6-year old Martin Bristol (List) and how he’s forced to watch the homicidal acts of Graham Sutter (Rickaby) and with Bereavement Mena goes into deeper detail on how Martin Bristol became the cold-blooded killer he would become in Malevolence and this was an excellent and chilling idea and while it may not have been needed in the sense that Mena explained this in Malevolence even if not in full detail, but yet it still works well when all is said and done. The subplot deals with Allison (Daddario) moving from Chicago to a small Pennsylvania city to live with her uncle after the death of her parents. This aspect of the screenplay was a lot more complex than your typical exploitation flick and Mena works both stories well and the family angle with Allison adds a lot of depth to the movie.

The characters in Bereavement were fairly strong and interesting with some decent depth and like I said that isn’t often seen in these films. The dramatic aspect of the story doesn’t take away from the horror and Mena works both these elements together very well. While Bereavement does feature plenty of action and gruesome violence it’s much more driven by the characters and as I stated Mena’s script works very well and you might even find yourself attached to the characters, which makes the horrific scenes against them even more powerful.

As director Stevan Mena delivers a film that is totally different in tone from Malevolence; whereas that film was a throwback to the 80s slasher and sort of feels like a holdover from the 80s, Bereavement is a much darker and meaner movie; this isn’t a movie you watch for entertainment. Bereavement is a dark film that’s quite tragic and this is the movie where Stevan Mena really arrived as a filmmaker. Between Bereavement and Malevolence it’s difficult for me to say, which film I liked more, but Bereavement is the better made movie and despite the low budget it can hold its own in production values with any Hollywood release.

Stevan Mena delivers some genuine moments of suspense and right from the start of the movie he sets up an eerie and dark tone and always manages to keep the pace of the movie going along. Typically when it comes to sequels and even prequels the filmmaker delivers the same basic movie with some new characters thrown into the mix, but Stevan Mena isn’t afraid to try something different and again Bereavement has a completely different tone than Malevolence and I really appreciate the effort and care put into the movie. As I stated Bereavement is very much a throwback to 70s/80s exploitation flicks and Bereavement is very gritty looking at times and its clear Mena understands the genre.

The pacing of the movie is excellent and like I said before while there are plenty of gory deaths at the end of the day Bereavement is very much driven by its characters, which will turn some people off looking for cheap thrills. Stevan Mena proves with Bereavement he’s more than a capable filmmaker and as long as he keeps getting projects the future is high for him. While many fans hail Rob Zombie or Alexandre Aja as the best of the new generation of horror filmmakers and even though I like both filmmakers in my opinion Stevan Mena is the best of the bunch.

The final act of the movie everything really pays off since you’ve spent so much time with the characters that it makes what happens to them all the more tragic and had Mena just gone for cheap thrills the impact of the final act wouldn’t have worked; without spoiling anything the first person Martin Bristol kills easily for me rates as one of the most tragic scenes. The character was likable and did not in any way deserve such a violent death and for me I thought it was rather heartbreaking and not many movies can strike that emotion out of me, but Stevan Mena really pulled it off.

Overall I found Bereavement to be an excellent and chilling movie that works great as a horror movie and a drama. My original disappointment stems more from seeing Malevolence since enough was explained that I’m not sure a prequel was really needed, but seeing it again I was able to accept things much better and saw how truly amazing of a movie Bereavement is. Stevan Mena has arrived and I can’t wait to see his career unfold; in my opinion Bereavement is one of the very best of 2011 and even though it’s a straight up prequel its strong enough to stand on its own.

—Dave Kaye

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No Immunity From Fear: “Contagion” (2011) Review

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“The average person touches their face two-or-three thousand times a day… three-to-five times every waking minute. In between, we’re touching doorknobs, water fountains, elevator buttons, and each other.” However true or exaggerated this might be, it is the foundation for the horrors that drive Steven Soderbergh’s chiller Contagion. With its all-star cast comprised primarily of Oscar winners (Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet) and nominees (Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law), Contagion was promoted as a cross between drama, horror, and medical thriller, and with good reason. While it is not what one would think when hearing the phrase “horror film,” Contagion defies this by being one of the scariest movies in recent memory.

When Beth Emhoff (a mere cameo by Gwyneth Paltrow) comes home from a business trip to China, something’s off. She’s queasy, she’s coughing, she’s flushed one moment, pale the next. And she doesn’t live long enough to find out she’s infected several other people, each one en route to another massive group of people, with a novel, and immediately lethal, contagion. When Beth dies, her husband Mitch (Matt Damon) discovers he is immune to the virus… but the virus itself is the least of his worries. While CDC bigwig Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) sends the green EIS officer Dr. Erin Mears (a particularly effective Kate Winslet) to investigate the possibility of bioterrorism, the World Health Organization sends epidemiologist Dr. Leonora Orantes (a rather isolated Marion Cotillard) to track the virus back to its source. As the race for a vaccine commences, and the virus is exploited (its exploiters represented by a detestable Jude Law) and society falls apart, Orantes and Mears both find themselves in grave danger, and even the immune Mitch finds himself in constant danger. The threat of the extremely lethal disease itself is ultimately nothing compared to that of the fear it creates.

This movie is terrifying, but in a different way than most horror and thriller films. It takes an entirely plausible (and mortifying) concept, and expands upon it in the most realistic ways imaginable. The style is deliberately sterile and detached, almost clinical. The detachment makes it even scarier… because it shows that if this scenario were to happen, anyone would be fair game (as Soderbergh proves by dispatching some of its biggest stars, and rather early, one might add). It covers every major angle: The surviving family members and the immune struggling to deal the devastation; the doctors scrambling to find the answers while putting their own lives on the line; the public’s reaction and the subsequent shutdown of society; and the lengths people will go to protect their own interests and the level of deception they will sink to (both illustrated in many ways through Marion Cotillard’s storyline and the predicament her character, Orantes, finds herself in).

Soderbergh’s direction is top-notch, the score plays almost as elevator music. It is never melodramatic and it never takes sides (except, perhaps, in the case of Jude Law’s dirty bastard of a blogger). The performances are strong across the board, with stellar performances by Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, and Jennifer Ehle. Cotillard and Winslet are victims of restricted screentime (because of the multi-angle nature of the film), but manage to make an impression, especially in their respective final scenes.

Last but not least, the film is extremely informative to the reality of how much is known and unknown about fighting viruses. The film is almost cruel in its frank portrayal of how far in the dark its heroes and heroines are, but provides a pretty accurate insight into the reality of disease control.

Whether you like the film or not is all a matter of personal taste. I myself loved it. I knew what I was getting when I went in. If the movie isn’t exciting enough for you, that’s all a matter of personal taste, but the quality of this film is undeniable, and I WOULD call it one of the best horror/thriller films of the last decade. Remember: No one is immune to fear.

–Joshua Dean

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“Piranha 3DD” Serves Up Gory Fun B-Movie Style

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After 2010’s hit horror remake “Piranha” made a killing at the box office ($83 million worldwide on a $25 million budget), Weinstein Company quickly gave the go ahead to make an even campier sequel with the affectionate title “Piranha 3DD.” Tentatively scheduled for August 2011, the release date came and went without any word about the film. Weinstein soon announced that they would be releasing the horror sequel in November 2011. Once again, the release date whizzed by with no word from the studio as to when or if the film would be released. Now, on June 1st, the film has finally been released to horror hell. Opening in 83 theaters this weekend, the film is also showing on demand (where I caught it as no theaters within a 100 mile radius of me is playing the flick). With little press and even littler buzz, the film has little to no hope of making waves at the box office. Did Weinstein Company lose faith in the film? Is the film so awful that it simply doesn’t deserve a theatrical release and the studios is simply fulfilling contract obligations? Let’s take a step into these piranha filled waters and find out.

“Piranha 3DD” begins one year after the famous attack on Lake Victoria by prehistoric piranhas. Extremely bad press from the incident has left the lake devoid of any life whatsoever. The town itself has been largely abandoned as a result of the drying-up of their main revenue source, tourism by horny spring breakers. At a nearby lake, two middle aged rednecks named Clayton (Gary Busey) and Mo (Clu Gulager) wade into the water to recover the body of a dead cow. Eggs laid inside the cow carcass, and before you can say “piranha meal” the farmers are killed by a hungry and very angry swarm of baby piranha.

Enter Maddy (the lovely “Friday the 13th” remake star Danielle Panabaker) a marine biology student. She returns home for the summer to the waterpark she co-owns. She finds to her horror, and our amusement, that the other co-owner, her step-father Chet (David Koechner), plans to add an adult-themed section to the waterpark with ‘water-certified strippers’, and re-open it as “Big Wet” where the “double DD’s get in for free.” At a party at the waterpark that night, Maddy encounters several old friends, including her policeman ex-boyfriend Kyle (the enjoyable slimy Chris Zylka), and Barry (Matt Bush) who has secretly had a crush on her since grade-school. She also runs into two of her close friends, Ashley (Meagan Tandy), and Shelby (Katrina Bowden). It doesn’t take long to guess who will and won’t become piranha bait.

Shelby and her boyfriend Josh (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) go skinny-dipping in the lake, where a piranha makes its way inside her vagina (yes, you read that right). Meanwhile, Ashley and her boyfriend Travis (Paul James Jordan) go to have sex in their van. They accidentally trip the handbrake, causing the van to roll into the lake, where they are both devoured by the angry piranhas.

The next day, Maddy is consoling Shelby about their missing friends. While sitting on the boat dock, they are both attacked by the swarm of piranhas in easily the film’s most suspenseful sequence. After some struggle, the two girls manage to kill one. Maddy, Kyle and Barry bring it to the strange Mr. Goodman (Christopher Lloyd in a kooky and actually sort of sweet performance that manages not to go too over the top) to examine. He has some bad news for them. He informs them that the piranhas may be moving via sewage pipes and underground rivers between lakes. Oh no, the waterpark is not safe!! Big surprise.

Meanwhile, back at the waterpark, we find celebrity lifeguard David Hasselhoff (played by himself in a hilarious, mocking tone similar to Jennifer Tilly’s role in “Seed of Chucky”) has been hired on as an “A list” lifeguard from the waterpark. It doesn’t take long before the piranhas find their way to the park to devour and feast on the lovely young teens and the families enjoying their stay at “Big Wet.”

Sound silly, over-the-top, and preposterous? Of course it is! The film is “Piranha 3DD” not “Schindler’s List.” You want big breasted girls being torn apart by piranhas? You want David Hasselholff running in slow motion to the Baywatch theme to save a drowning ginger boy? You want the death of not one but TWO annoying kids played up for two of the biggest laughs in the movie? Well, you get all of this and a hell of a lot more. Rating a movie like “Piranha 3DD” is a different proposition. The film itself is not nearly as good as the original remake (how’s that for an oxymoron?) but I would argue that this sequel is a hell of a lot more fun. Take out the 13 minute credits (stay for them, there are some funny bloopers and behind the scenes video) and you are left with a 70 minute nonstop rollercoaster ride that is over before you can even begin to think of the bad acting and nonsensical plot developments. “Piranha 3DD” left me craving another sequel and isn’t that the best thing you can say about a cheesy horror flick?

To order on demand from Amazon: Piranha 3DD (Theatrical Rental)

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Slasher Studios Horror Webcast: Best New Horror Directors

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On this week’s epsiode of Slasher Studios Horror Webcast, our hosts Kevin Sommerfield and Steve Goltz will be discussing their favorite up and upcoming hor new horror directors. Directors that they believe are on the rise and are definitely going places in Hollywood. Make sure to listen in live Sunday October 3rd at 10PM central to find out which directors make the cut! Click on the link below to listen live or to catch a previous episode of Slasher Studios Horror Webcast.

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“Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight” Delivers Ghoulish Laughs and Screams

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What could be better than an episode of Tales From the Crypt? Easy. A feature-length, no-holds-barred, R-rated, Cryptkeeper-hosted blast bolstered by a fantastic cast, including Billy Zane, Jada Pinkett-Smith, CCH Pounder, Charles Fleischer, Thomas Haden Church and William Sadler. The Cryptkeeper is back and badder than ever as he prepares for the Hollywood premiere of his big blockbuster. While he finishes up, we are treated to one of the most gruesome, hilarious, and altogether entertaining chillers of the 90’s.

When the mysterious Brayker (an unusually straight performance by William Sadler) enters Irene’s (a FANTASTIC CCH Pounder) boarding house, all Hell breaks loose. Pursued by a demonic Rogaine failure known as the Collector (Billy Zane), Brayker tries to protect the tenants from the Collector’s army of Pumpkinhead clones. Eventually, a small group of survivors, including Brayker, Irene, and the strong-willed Jeryline (Jada Pinkett), must wage a bloody battle for the future of mankind… that has been fought since the time of Christ.

This movie has everything you could want in a horror comedy… although it does lean a bit closer to straight horror for most of the running time. CCH Pounder and Billy Zane provide the live-action humor… both are hilarious. They have attitude, one-liners (“Get that pussy off the table!… I meant the cat.”) The atmosphere is so dreary and pulpy, right out of a Tales From the Crypt comic book (which ironically plays a role in the story). But with such a hilarious villain (Billy Zane is unstoppable with his one-liners and his wild, flaming penis) and an off-beat cast of wacky characters, it’s nearly impossible not to like this movie.

Now, onto the Cryptkeeper. Where do I begin? As a director, he’s hilarious. He adores such hacktors as Gory Cooper and Robert Deadford. And he’s no prude about a great death scene.

As heroine Jeryline, Jada Pinkett is charismatic and likable, and she’s one hell of a fighter. Brenda Bakke is over-the-top as the resident hooker, who chalks the stubborn stains on her sheets up to “damn guacamole,”; and Dick Miller is great as the local drunk. If you’ve never seen this, I cannot recommend this enough. Hang on to your seats, boils and ghouls!

–Joshua Dean

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‎The Lost Boys (1987) Proves to Still Have Bite

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When I am in a mood for a horror/teen/comedy movie I always consider Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys as one of my top 5 choices. First of all I love the cast. I find the appearance of Dianne Wiest amazing as the mother of Jason Patric and Corey Haim. She proves that she can manage with success every role she plays. I also find Kiefer Sutherland very good at his role as the leader vampire. Last but not least the grand father Barnard Hughes has a small part in the movie but a very special and funny one.

A divorced mother with her two sons moves in a small town to live in a house with her old father. There something strange is going on. Flyers with missing persons are everywhere. Gangs and restless people creating troubles all the time and make local people’e life miserable. The young boys discover the dark secret of the town with a very bad way. The oldest becomes a member of the most dangerous and vicious gang without his will. His younger brother try to help him as much as he can but things keeps getting worse and worse. Their mother doesn’t seem to understand the danger for herself and for her 2 sons even though the signs are everywhere. I won’t say more because I don’t want to be a spoiler for those who haven’t seen it yet, even though I hope there aren’t too many.

–Panos Tsiros

To buy from Amazon: The Lost Boys (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Alexandre Aja’s Piranha (2010) is a Bloody Good Time

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One of the biggest problems a filmmaker can encounter in the horror-comedy subgenre is being ahead of the material. It is one thing to have a knowing, sly attitude towards your material but having a “Hey guys! This is really funny! You should laugh…NOW!” attitude is the death wish for horror-comedies. It is quite possibly the hardest subgenre of horror to perfect. If your film is too funny, it will no longer be scary. Let’s be honest, who wants to see a horror movie that isn’t scary? Not me. It’s the entire point of the genre. If your film is too scary and not funny enough, people may forget the laughs or, worst case scenario, think that the laughs are unintentional. Will all of this in mind, I’m ready to take a stab at Alexandre Aja’s 2010 horror-comedy hit, the blood bath Piranha. Does it deliver the bloody goods or should it be left in the ocean like a bloody, piranha infested corpse?

Piranha begins with a lonely Matthew Boyd (a wickedly funny cameo by Jaws alumni Richard Dreyfuss) fishing in beautiful Lake Victoria, Arizona when a small earthquake hits, splitting the lake floor and causing a whirlpool. Boyd falls in and is ripped apart by a school of piranhas that emerge from the chasm and ascend the vortex as we head into our bloody opening credits. So far, so gory.

We meet Jake Forester (a charming Steven R. McQueen who looks ready for his part in the next Final Destination) as he is admiring attractive tourists as spring break begins. He reunites with his old crush, Kelly (Jessica Szohr) and meets Derrick Jones (Jerry O’Connell), an eccentric pornographer, as well as Danni (the beautiful and utterly charming Kelly Brook), one of his actresses. Derrick convinces Jake to show him good spots on the lake for filming a Girls Gone Wild style knockoff.

That night, Jake’s mother, Sheriff Julie Forester (an enthusiastic slumming Elisabeth Shue), searches for the missing Matthew Boyd with Deputy Fallon (a way over-the-top Ving Rhames). They find his mutilated body and contemplate closing the lake, however this is made difficult by two thousand partying college students on spring break who are important for bringing revenue to the small town. The next morning, a lone cliff diver is attacked and consumed by the marauding fish.

Jake bribes his sister and brother, Laura (Brooklynn Proulx) and Zane (Sage Ryan), to stay home alone so that he can show Derrick around the lake. After Jake leaves, Zane drafts Laura to go fishing on a small sandbar island. They forget to tie the boat down and are stranded in the middle of the lake. Meanwhile, Jake goes to meet with Derrick and runs into Kelly, who invites herself onto Derrick’s boat, The Barracuda. Jake meets Crystal (Riley Steele), another of Derrick’s actresses, and cameraman Drew (Paul Scheer).

Julie takes a team of seismologist divers — Novak (Adam Scott), Sam (Ricardo Chavira), and Paula (Dina Meyer) — to the fissure. Novak speculates that the rift leads to a buried prehistoric lake. Kendra and Sam scuba dive to the bottom and discover a large cavern filled with large piranha egg stocks. Both are killed by the piranhas before they can alert the others to the discovery. Novak and Julie find Kendra’s corpse and pull it onto the boat, capturing a lone piranha, which they take to Carl Goodman (a hilariously funny cameo by the one and only Christopher Lloyd), a marine biologist who works as a pet store owner. He explains that the piranha that they caught is a prehistoric species, long believed to be extinct, which must have been trapped underground for over two million years where they have grown super-aggressive after having had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Will the crew survive the night or end up as Piranha bait?

Piranha is the type of B-flick that Hollywood simply doesn’t make anymore. Lots of nudity and tons of gore delivered with style and grace by Aja. This is the rare bad movie that knows it is a bad movie and simply has fun with it. Is the cast and crew slumming? Sure but they are having a blast with it and I had a blast watching them create the ultimate B-movie for this generation. The gore is top notch (if there were any justice in the world this film would have been nominated for best makeup effects by the Academy) and the sting-in-the-tail ending left a smile on my face that lasted for hours. This movie is just a blast and I cannot wait for the sequel.

To order from Amazon: Piranha DVD

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Review: “The Hamiltons” (2006)

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Our resident twitter reviewer Tim Schilling is back with a brand new horror review for us. Today, Tim is taking a stab at the grossly underrated After Dark Horror Fest selection “The Hamiltons.” I’ve loved this little gem of a horror movie since it was first released. Does Tim feel the same way? Let’s dig in and find out!

Thoughts before the film:
I didn’t care for #TheHamiltons the first time I watched it,but everyone else seems to think it’s one of the best from After Dark Horrorfest. Sooo maybe I’ll give it another chance!

Thoughts while watching:
0:10 Stupid blonde… It’s raining out, there wouldn’t be any stars.
0:16 “what do you call it?” “Death.”
0:16 What are the chances that all of these events would happen, and the baby doll would actually end up in Hollywood?
0:20 This is what I didn’t like about this movie before, it’s so random. Who was that old guy at dinner?
0:32 It’s awkward to watch the oldest brother talk to anyone.
0:36 Oh shit, she did triple dare in dare or double dare. We got a bad bitch.
0:37 Incest incest incest!
0:44 I wanna know what Lenny is!
0:57 She sucks on her bloody finger and thinks nothing of it?
0:58 Even if they didn’t have Lenny locked downstairs and those people chained, this family would be fucked up.
0:59 Unless they’re vampires…
1:03 These twins man. They’re freaking me out.
1:14 Lenny, I wanna know what you are and what you look like.
1:17 ~*spoilerZ*~ They are vampires! That makes more sense now.
1:22 Lenny is just a kid! I wanted to see a monster thing. But his little room was way too creepy.

Overall:
I really like the story behind #TheHamiltons, but I don’t think the movie played it out well. It was confusing and very random at parts. Even though I don’t think the plot was made well for the movie, I thought the film itself was made very good. #TheHamiltons

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“The Suckling” (1990) is Fun, Bottom-of-the-Barrel Horror Trash

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A guy convinces his very reluctant girlfriend to get an abortion and ends up dragging her to a whorehouse that doubles as an illegal abortion clinic. When the girl refuses to get the abortion, she is drugged and given the abortion regardless. The aborted fetus is then flushed down the toilet and lands in the sewer, but a barrel of toxic waste has been overturned and it leaks into the sewer onto the fetus. The fetus then springs to life, traps all of the occupants of the whorehouse/abortion clinic inside the giant home and proceeds to kill them off one by one….

Oh yeah, this movie is every bit as tasteless and trashy as it sounds. In one scene, the madame (appropriately named Big Mama) finishes an abortion, then hangs her lab coat on the same wire hanger!! The effects are atrocious… Actually everything about this film is atrocious but extremely hilarious! I had a lot of fun watching this movie because just when you think the filmmakers can’t sink any lower, they do!! There is a huge bodycount. Lots of people getting killed off and there’s a psycho ex con trapped in the house who holds them all hostage! So not only do they have to deal with the mutant fetus, but also the ex con as well! Despite the fact that the characters are meant to be despicable, I still liked every one of them. I particularly loved the hooker named Candy who has had 5 abortions so far and explains to the heroine that getting an abortion is “really no big deal.” I also love how calm she is about a mutant fetus slaughtering her friends/clients….

It’s absolutely bottom of the barrel but what can I say?? I enjoyed every minute of it!!

–Nathan Johnson

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