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This Slasher Studios review comes all the way from the Netherlands as Ferdi Akkulak takes a look at The Purge. Make sure to check out his video clips and subscribe to his Youtube Channel for more.
There was quite some buzz for The Purge going forward to its release. And that all started with the trailer that surfaced on Youtube around April 2013. The trailer already catched my eye from the very beginning so I definitely knew about this movie for quite some time. In my opinion the trailer looked very scary and intense and had a nice and original premise. I think that the cast, while mostly unknown to me, looks really great and refreshing. Somehow the movie reminds me of a 2008 movie called The Strangers. I own that movie on DVD and I gotta say that is one scary and thrilling movie. The idea of The Purge really reminds me of The Strangers and in someway it looks like it could be a sequel to that movie. But that is probably not the case here. I am really looking forward to The Purge and how it eventually turns out to be like.
The cast as I said is pretty unknown to me but I do know a few of the cast members so that’s good. First off we have the great and likeable actor Ethan Hawke! A terrific and talented actor, no doubt! However, I haven’t seen him in a single movie… Recently movies like Sinister and Before Midnight came out in theatres starring him but I missed both those movies. However later this year he’s gonna star in the movie Getaway together with Selena Gomez so I look forward to that movie because of him. I really need to see some of his previous movies! Next up is Lena Headey, a beautiful and promising actress. However, like Ethan, I haven’t seen her star in any movie so far. She did star as the villain in Dredd 3D last year but I missed that movie, she seemed bad-ass in that movie so her role in The Purge definitely seems more like the opposite. Next up is Adelaide Kane. A beautiful young actress. I haven’t seen her in any movies so far, but in the trailer she seems like she has a strong performance so I really look forward to her role! Next up is the very likeable and charming Rhys Wakefield! I have seen this great actor in the movie Sanctum, 2 years ago. That movie and his role didn’t really do anything for his career prospects as his role was as one dimensional as the movie itself. However he seems really good and creepy in the trailer of The Purge. I think a great and young up and coming actor that hasn’t yet find the right genre yet. I really hope he found it with this movie.
The Purge is directed by James DeMonaco, he has only directed one time before: a movie called ‘Little New York’. It went direct to DVD but it did also star Ethan Hawke so this is the second time they collaborate. However The Purge marks his first theatrical feature film debut so that is exciting. He has written a couple of movies before going over to directing like the movie Skinwalkers. I can’t really judge him on any of his work he has done so far as I haven’t seen them. It is exciting though, an up and coming director is always exciting to see.
The Purge is released by Universal Pictures. Also the same distributor for the movie in my country. The running time of the movie is 85 minutes. And that is a very short running time. I kind of hate that with horror movies, the running time is always below average for movies. I don’t know why they do that, to make a faster end to a movie? I think it’s ridiculous. I can already say that the movie could’ve been a whole lot longer. It is an R-rated horror movie though so you can never expect what you are going to get in that short amount of time. I hope a lot! The Purge was made for a reported $3 million, now that is very small! Its like the recipe of a successful movie, a really low budget. I felt the trailer made the movie look a whole lot more expensive so I am definitely impressed by this result. I hope it’s not messy cause mostly with a small budget like that, things might be lacking that you might’ve seen better in more bigger movies. I also wonder how much the pay checks were for the actors in the movie, clearly not that much so I am in odd. The movie was released in theatres in America on June 7th 2013 and was a huge commercial hit at the box office (as we all predicted). The movie already opened big on opening weekend with a big number of $34 million in only 3 days. That is so impressive and not to mention how many times it already made its budget back. We can definitely expect a sequel in the near future for The Purge. However the movie was also a bit frontloaded but that still makes it a huge financial success as it so far has grossed in America an amazing total of: $64,3 million. Such a great number and as I said the start of a franchise! Internationally the movie didn’t quite do as well as it did domestically but it still did well enough with a so far total of $14,1 million making a combined worldwide total of $78,4 million.
I am sure Universal were cheering because of this grand success story! This was definitely the case of strong buzz prior release, cause the reviews weren’t all that stellar to be honest. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of: 38% – Rotten (meaning that only 38% of the critics actually liked the movie). However the consensus most of the critics were giving to The Purge was: ‘Half social allegory, half home-invasion thriller, The Purge attempts to use thriller formula to make an intelligent point — but ultimately only ends up sinking in numbing violence and tired clichés.’ Ouch… Now I can definitely see why it was front loaded, word of mouth wasn’t positive for this one… It’s still a big hit none-the-less. In my country Holland the movie came out on July 18th 2013 (more than a month after it got released in America) and it did pretty modest at the box office. It’s only out for two weeks and it opened just decent, not high in the chart but with a healthy total. However in its second weekend it held on much better than expected and didn’t drop that much compared to opening weekend. So far it has grossed a tepid $352,914 here. But the good old suggests that word of mouth is actually strong for this movie in my country. Critics were much nicer towards the film compared to the critics in America. A lot of the praises went to the amount of suspense the movie has. However the moral of the movie got panned a lot as the message was not very clear in the end of the movie. Also praises went to the amount of jump scares and the great acting by Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey. Other critics call this movie a simple ‘guilty pleasure’. So overall the critics were evenly split about The Purge. Which means that there are as much positives as negatives in the movie. Very interesting. A lot of critics do agree that the interesting premise could’ve been developed much better than the end result.
I was finally able to see The Purge on July 29th 2013 (almost two weeks after it got released in theatres in my country) and I obviously went in with decent expectations. On the other hand I was really looking forward to the movie especially because of the premise and the trailers that looked so awesome! Well I am sad to say but The Purge failed to live up to my expectations. And I believe that a big blame is to give to the very short running time. Sure, it went really fast but the movie was not given a chance to develop its very intriguing premise even further. It’s also character decisions that are most of the times very stupid and pointless and the only thing that these decisions do is create even more chaos. It’s like it happens on purpose, not to exactly gain the tension. It was definitely not the cast, although I admit that there were some unlikeable characters of the bunch. The movie is really scary though with a lot of jump scares to keep the suspense going. I also like the face point of views with the cameras making the movie look like a real home-invasion thriller but also as a found footage movie. It really works with the suspense though! The script while feeling very fresh from the start kind of fell into pieces when the ending eventually arrived with the very stupid plot twists.
There are almost as much positives as negatives about The Purge but I think the negatives outweigh the positives. It was just this movie I really looked forward too for a long time but ended up disappointing me. It has a fresh idea, interesting script, great actors and actresses and a great trailer but it just fails to live up. Acting performances were all over the board for The Purge. I really liked the acting performances of Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane and especially the very creepy performance of Rhys Wakefield. I hated the character of the youngest son of the family, Max Burkholder. He caused all the problems that happened to the family that night and was extremely annoying that one might wonder why he didn’t die… It’s just that he caused all the problems and killings. He was so convincing as the creepy guy that it scared me, he also has a lot of charm. Well the movie as I said, is scary, has its family drama moments but is also unintentionally funny. I mean, getting to see this really stupid twist and after that seeing the female lead character kicking the shit out of her ‘supposedly’ sweet neighbor is just freaking hilarious! It made me laugh so hard, easily one of the best movie moments of 2013 and the best scene of The Purge! The movie has some inventive ideas (even the smallest detail) but fails to develop all these promising things in its short running time! There is a nice use of violence in The Purge that I really dig. Fight scenes, people getting shot very brutally and a lot of guns used. It’s all really realistic at some point in the movie. I really liked that aspect, the way they were handling the violence. It obviously had no borderline or filter, so that was really cool! Also a bit graphic at some times. Well I think a lot of the problems in this movie are because of the very low production budget. And now with a sequel on the way I hope they improve a lot of things that they had wrong the first time around starting with the budget. It’s like the movie was short because they were running out of money. It needed more story, more explanation, more motives. I really felt some of these motives are ridiculous and don’t make a bit sense.
The Purge is a mixed bag of positives and negatives. Good acting, amazing use of violence against people, scary moments, good and thrilling camerawork, suspense and even funny at moments. However negatives also come looking as The Purge had very dumb and unexplained plot twists that were outright ridiculous, 1 very unlikeable character, the script that lacks any sense of development or perhaps a longer running time, the amount of questions we didn’t get any answers to (as the movie is only about 10 minutes that was taking place before the purge, and the rest of the movie is just terror but brainless). Also the self-awareness of this movie disappointed me a lot. Also the masked used in the movie were very scary and they needed to do much much more with that aspect of the movie. The negatives outweigh the positives as you see. This movie could’ve been so much better. I can only recommend it to you if you liked the trailer, love the cast and like the premise. But on the very latter, don’t rely on that too much or you will be disappointed. You really need to low ball your expectations for The Purge, trust me.
Not Quite Horror contains reviews of films not traditionally considered horror films. By analyzing them as horror films (identifying the monster, discussing the shared worry for the audience and the main characters, and understanding the depth of horror available to the viewer), who knows? There’s more than one way to watch a movie.
The Imposter (2012)
The Monsters: It would be hard to be more likeable than Frédéric Bourdin, even though he does unlikeable things.
In this documentary, the French man passed himself off as a missing Texan teen in an effort to experience the emotional attachments of a family life. Bourdin looks very different than the boy he impersonated, but he did not let this stop him from making it across the ocean and into an entirely new world as someone else’s son.
The Horror: This family somehow believed Bourdin was their son against all the odds (for example, Bourdin’s eyes were a different color than their son’s eyes). They brought him home from another country and gave him space to adapt to his surroundings.
And at night, when they went to sleep, did they have doubts?
The Shared Fate: Few of us are cursed with losing a loved to mysterious circumstances, and far fewer than that have an imposter return to their houses pretending to be that loved one.
But there are other imposters, aren’t there? How many beloved family members are faking their way through the role they’ve ended up playing? You don’t have to be from another country to be a phony family member. You just have to have secrets and agendas hiding inside your head.
— I am indebted to Noel Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror for his ideas on defining horror, as well as John Skipp and Craig Spector’s article “Death’s Rich Pageantry, or Skipp & Spector’s Handy-Dandy Splatterpunk Guide to the Horrors of Non-horror Film†in Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film for a similar idea.–
–Axel Kohagen
This Slasher Studios review comes all the way from the Netherlands as Ferdi Akkulak takes a look at Byzantium. Make sure to check out his video clips and subscribe to his Youtube Channel for more.
There was a lot of buzz surrounding the release of the movie Byzantium. It’s a small, indie arthouse horror movie about vampires. It has a talented cast and also a talented crew behind the camera so there was obviously a lot of anticipation for this movie. To be honest, I never read anything about this movie but I did find the title for a few months in the release schedule and I think that in my opinion the title is pretty awesome. ‘Byzantium’. What can that possibly promise as a movie title without going further into the plot. When I eventually saw the trailer I was pretty interested in this movie, it has its share of good red blood, an amazing female cast, great direction, stunning cinematography and of course a really original storyline. I could definitely tell that there were a few acting performances seen in the trailer that needs to be having an eye kept on it!
This amazing cast features the likes of: Saoirse Ronan. A young actress that has already proven herself as a truly fantastic actress at early age for her Oscar-nominated turn in the movie Atonement in 2007. I have not seen that movie however. I did see Saoirse Ronan star however in movies like: The Way Back and The Host. Two great movies where she pulled off some amazing performances. I really need to see her in Hanna yet, a lot of praise went to her performance in that movie. She’s definitely an actress to look out for in the near future! Next up is the lovely and beautiful Gemma Arterton. A truly talented and stunning actress. I really like her in every movie I have seen her so far in. Those movies are: Quantum of Solace, The Boat That Rocked, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and recently in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. I really look forward seeing her in Tamara Drewe, I won that movie on DVD yesterday so I need to see that movie ASAP. A really beautiful and amazing actress! Also starring in Byzantium are actors like: Sam Riley and Caleb Landry Jones (I have seen him as ‘Banshee’ in X-Men: First Class and also in Contraband).
Byzantium is directed by Neil Jordan. This director is known for directing the very famous ‘Interview with the Vampire’. A pretty well known and cult classic of a movie I believe, I have not seen it yet but I do own the DVD. A lot of the promotion was all about that the movie was directed by the filmmakers of ‘Interview with the Vampire’ so that was probably a smart move. I think that considering how well known he is with fans and critics that he is the right guy to direct a movie like Byzantium (which is also about vampires but this time its about female vampires). I can already tell by seeing that trailer that it has beautiful cinematography and great camera shots. It’s very exciting to see what the final result will be like. He has a good project in his hands, that’s a given!
Byzantium is released by IFC in America. A distributor known for releasing indie films in theatres. In Holland this movie gets released by Cinéart. The running time of the movie is 118 minutes which is roughly 2 hours. This has me wondering and more excited of how this movie is gonna turn out to be. When I look at that running time it might mean that a lot of character development will get attention but also makes me wonder how much blood there will be in the movie or if there will be any action in Byzantium. I am pretty happy with this running time so let’s hope the movie won’t bore me. Byzantium was made for a reported £8 million pound. Not a figure for what that might be in dollars but I think that would be around $12.2 million dollar. It’s a healthy budget in my opinion, they were not over doing it with the effect obviously and went really low budget, glad that was the case here. The movie has been released in America in Limited Release on June 28th 2013 and did very modest to bad at the box-office. It has to this day only grossed a small $75,566 which is not anything to write home about, especially considering its budget. Maybe it was a smarter move for them to release this movie to a bigger audience and see how it went. Reviews have been fairly positive for Byzantium. It has a Fresh score of 60% Positive on Rotten Tomatoes meaning that more critics loved it than hated it. It did better in foreign countries though but it only saw the light in 3 other countries than America. It made most of its money in the United Kingdom which makes sense. It also made a tiny margin of money in my country (Holland) but really something to be cheering about. It was released in theatres in my country on July 11th 2013 but in a handful of theatres, mostly arthouse with some major movie theatres. It was only shown in one theatre in my city so that means just how small this movie was released. Reviews here have been overly positive and made it look better than most of the released that opened that week. It didn’t have strong buzz or anything but did have its audience. Not box office wise though… It did very bad at the box office in my country with only having a spot in the top 20 for one week only… It disappeared from the chart after that.
I finally was able to see Byzantium in theatres on July 24th 2013 (roughly two weeks after it got released and the last possible day to see this movie in a theatre in my city and I loved it! I am not sure if my expectations were actually really high before I saw the movie cause I was blown away! This is a movie that works for a lot of reasons and for a lot of different genre lovers. It has the perfect casting (the two lovely ladies are obviously the draw here, two amazing acting performances), amazingly directed by Neil Jordan, breathtaking cinematography, a surprise amount of blood for an arthouse horror about vampires, a good soundtrack, just the right kind of mood, amazing settings, locations, costume design and of course a script that interested me from beginning to end. This movie is strong and riveting and definitely not one that is forgotten very soon. Also the genre elements are amazing! Drama, Horror, Thriller, Suspense and Action. It all blended so nicely and made it into one good old fashioned smoothie called Byzantium! I do believe due to its reviews and box office life that this movie is underrated, big time! A lot of people obviously overlooked this one and compared it to fellow ‘vampire’ movie Twilight. Which is a really shitty comparison, especially if there is a quote on the poster that says ‘Twilight for grown ups… A must see.’. It’s not even a legit comparison so why make it anyway. Ridiculous. The acting performances of both Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton were both stellar. They were exactly the opposite of each other and that made them blend in better in the human world. They made a great pair of mother and daughter. It was all very believable and realistic! In fact, I think these ladies deserve some Award Season love for their portrayals in Byzantium. Neil Jordan did one hell of a great job with the directing, this makes me wanna pop in the DVD of Interview with the Vampire into the DVD Player ASAP. I really like his style of filming, it’s really phenomenal. Each shot has its own story.
I believe that fans of a good old fashioned horror story can lift their heart up with Byzantium. It’s incredible and outright crazy what the share of blood was in this movie. I am talking about two decapitations, lots of stabbing with pointy nails and a lot of blood sucking. It worked for me, in fact they was the blood was showed to the audience was really in a unique way, it had a stylish way of showing the blood but also managed to be total brutal to look at. Now that is an accomplisment. The drama in this movie felt really refreshing to me and actually made me care and root for the two leading ladies. They just had amazing chemistry as mother and daughter that you just want everything to end up allright with them. Character development was really a hard task for a movie like this but they really pulled it off and I was left impressed. One downgrade: the movie had some pacing issues that were kind of confusing. It’s kind of weird sometimes how they went from present to past and told some extra stories but in the end it all made sense to me.
Byzantium is one of those rare arthouse horror that knows everything from the genre and gives it a nice and refreshing twist to it. The movie had some comedic moments that were really cool, I also think that the suspense and mood is something that builds up very slow but good in some scenes. The cinematography is so powerful and really gives you a good look at past and present. The movie also manages to be some sort of costume drama at a lot of scenes and that is incredible and blends in just perfect to the story and the other genres that are in this movie.
I can recommened Byzantium on all the factors I mentioned about and you will still be left surprised. It’s a movie that has the right ingredients to become a cult classic and have a massive following to it. It just needs to find just the right time for that. But as we all know, time will tell. I am definitely getting this extraordinary and special movie on DVD and it will stay in my collection forever! Such an original and great movie, I was impressed! The ending is really sad, especially if you have witnessed the development of the characters very closely. A perfect movie that has everything in it that I simply love!
Fourteen years ago today, “The Haunting” remake opening in theaters everywhere and was a huge box office hit making nearly $200 million worldwide. It stands to date as one of the highest grossing horror remakes of all time although many critics were less than impressed. Today we are looking at the posters from the original classic “The Haunting” and comparing them with the posters from the remake. Which poster do you like the best and do you feel that the remake deserves more respect than it originally received upon release?
Not Quite Horror contains reviews of films not traditionally considered horror films. By analyzing them as horror films (identifying the monster, discussing the shared worry for the audience and the main characters, and understanding the depth of horror available to the viewer), who knows? There’s more than one way to watch a movie.
End of Watch (2012)
The Monsters: A world of criminals so ruthless and violent they more resemble post-apocalyptic scavengers or dutiful cultists than the stars of a nightly news report.
Police officers Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Peña) patrol the streets of Los Angeles with courageous energy. Soon, the violence of the streets begins to test their resolve. They first stumble onto a human trafficking ring. Then, they enter a normal-seeming house to find themselves face to face with a mass of dead bodies. Eventually, even our heroes must realize they cannot hope to survive the hordes amassing against them.
The Horror: This gritty found-footage film is bleak enough to make categorizing it as a horror film an easy task. However, a very specific reading of End of Watch as a missing piece from another horror film makes the movie even more rewarding. This film can be read as the story of any couple of police officers from any horror film, in the same way that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead fleshes out minor characters from Hamlet.
Taylor and Zavala aren’t really heroes or villains, though the film depicts them in both heroic and villainous situations. They simply try to do their jobs, even when their job becomes hopeless.
The Shared Fate: Our culture may seem adaptable to every person’s goal for individuality, but it isn’t. Few of us are heroes, and most of us learn to be content with our small roles in the grand scheme of things.
— I am indebted to Noel Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror for his ideas on defining horror, as well as John Skipp and Craig Spector’s article “Death’s Rich Pageantry, or Skipp & Spector’s Handy-Dandy Splatterpunk Guide to the Horrors of Non-horror Film†in Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film for a similar idea.–
–Axel Kohagen
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Stephen King’s IT premiered on ABC in the fall of 1990 and from that moment onward, many children’s psyches were scarred for life and kids across the country developed a fear of clowns. Some older horror fans may cite Poltergeist as the reason for their coulrophobia, but for my generation–it was all about Pennywise the Clown.
This two-part television movie is probably the most well known and well liked of Stephen King’s adaptations, but 23 years later–does it hold up?
The answer is no. It does not hold up. As a matter of fact, some parts of it are outright laughable. But in 1990, this was scary shit.
Seven childhood friends must reunite and return to their hometown of Derry, Maine to put an end an unstoppable evil force that has begun feeding off of the town’s children for the first time in 30 years.
The television movie, adapted from King’s bestselling novel of the same name, does a pretty decent job of adapting the most fundamental elements of the story but (of course) is completely and utterly watered down in comparison to the book itself. I can’t fault it for not having lepers offering blowjobs, or child gangbangs in the sewer, or a refrigerator full of dead pets (and truthfully, who would want to see any those things?) This was ABC after all–the same network that brought us Family Matters. Considering the budget and content limitations director Tommy Lee Wallace faced, IT is not a bad movie, and certainly not a bad horror movie.
As anyone who has watched the two-parter could tell you, the strongest half is the first 90 minutes. The seven child actors (Jonathan Brandis, Seth Green, Ben Heller, Adam Faraizl, Emily Perkins, Marlon Taylor, and Brandon Crane) really bring their A-game and that’s rare to see in any film. They truly show up the seven adult actors (Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Denis Christopher, Annette O’Toole, Richard Masur, and Tim Reid) in every way, shape, and form. The two actors that steal the show, however, are Tim Curry as Pennywise and Jarred Blancard as the local bully, Henry Bowers. Everyone goes on and on about how Tim Curry is flawless in the title role, and don’t get me wrong–he is. He’s the best thing about this movie. But Blancard doesn’t get enough credit for his turn as Henry Bowers. He is perfect in the role and absolutely believable.
The movie has its fair share of flaws–such as its use of the book’s lackluster ending, poor special effects, and timeline inconsistencies. But ultimately I find these things excusable. It’s my belief that a good horror film, over time, does one of two things. It either becomes timelessly frightening or a parody of itself. And IT effectively, and unintentionally, has transcended into parody. That’s not to say that there aren’t creepy moments, or fine examples of acting, but if you watch the movie lightheartedly and go into it knowing that some moments will be…less than impressive…you’ll ultimately find yourself enjoying IT a lot.
–Jayme K.
Not Quite Horror contains reviews of films not traditionally considered horror films. By analyzing them as horror films (identifying the monster, discussing the shared worry for the audience and the main characters, and understanding the depth of horror available to the viewer), who knows? There’s more than one way to watch a movie.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Monsters: This fiendish psychological thriller sports four monsters, all of whom use deception to manipulate and mild-mannered high school student Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall).
Johnson is no match for the two male students, John Bender and Andrew Clark (Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez), and two female students, Claire Standish and Allison Reynolds (Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy), sharing his suspension. These four developed street smarts within their social circles.
The Horror: Forced to attend a Saturday in-school suspension, Brian is easily outmaneuvered by his more socially savvy peers. These four students lead him on, dope him up, and then trick him into completing their punishment paper-writhing assignment.
As these four students leave, paired up into new-found relationships, Johnson leaves with nothing except the delusion he has been accepted by a larger group of friends. When time moves forward and Johnson realizes he has been duped . . . can he survive this blow to his sense of self? After all, his reason for being on suspension involved bringing a weapon to school.
The Shared Fate: People leave high school and move into adulthood convinced they moved past their problems. However, how often do scars from our adolescent and teen years resurface? Who hasn’t made a decision, at work or at home, as a way of fixing high school failures?
Hopefully we are aware of the importance of our actions, and not brainwashed victims like Brian Johnson.
— I am indebted to Noel Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror for his ideas on defining horror, as well as John Skipp and Craig Spector’s article “Death’s Rich Pageantry, or Skipp & Spector’s Handy-Dandy Splatterpunk Guide to the Horrors of Non-horror Film†in Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film for a similar idea.–
–Axel Kohagen
On a brand new Slasher Studios Podcast, our hosts Kevin Sommerfield and Steve Goltz will be discussing horror movies they own that they are embarrassed to admit. Godawful remakes, sequels that never should have seen the light of day, and some guilty pleasures…it’s an episode dedicated to their horror junk! Listen in Thursday night at 10PM central live to find out the dark secrets in their dvd shelves….
