Oct 28, 2014
Review: THE PIT (aka JUG FACE) {0}
With a title like Jug Face, you could get just about anything. Is it a satire? A basic slasher retread? A tale of haunted dishware? The good thing about an offbeat title is that it compels you to approach the film with a touch of caution and a dash of attentiveness. Fortunately Jug Face – now retitled The Pit for its UK DVD/VOD debut – is none of the options mentioned above. It is, in point of opinion, a bizarre but confident and odd yet grimly accessible tale of bad religion, bad spirits, and very bad behavior.
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Oct 28, 2014
VODcast #3: Found Footage: “It’s Not All Junk” {0}
Most found footage films are found wanting, but in the third official TheHorrorShow.TV VODcast, our man Scott Weinberg finds a few worth digging up: EVIDENCE, BANSHEE CHAPTER and DAYLIGHT.
Oct 28, 2014
Review: YELLOWBRICKROAD {0}
Lots of horror movies take place in the wilderness, and it’s not really hard for a screenwriter to get their characters out there. It could be a rave in the forest, a wrong turn in the desert, or a detour caused by a crazy hitchhiker in the mountains, but in most cases the “WHY” of the road trip is not at all important. It’s often just an excuse to get a bunch of vulnerable people stuck in a dangerous spot. But the impressive indie horror flick YellowBrickRoad(yes, all one word) is noteworthy in that the reason for the trip is the really interesting part – and the subsequent death, danger, madness, and mayhem is more or less the icing on the cake.
Oct 28, 2014
VODcast #2: First Among Threequels {0}
In the second TheHorrorShow.TV VODcast, legendary US horror critic Scott Weinberg looks at a gruesome twosome of new releases at TheHorrorShow.TV ~ BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR and CABIN FEVER 3: PATIENT ZERO. The link? “Threequels that are an improvement on the sequels”
Oct 28, 2014
VODcast #1: Acceptable In The ’80s {0}
In the first episode of our new VODcast, legendary US horror critic Scott Weinberg takes a look at a goresome foursome of recent releases at horror streaming platform TheHorrorShow.TV ~ check ‘em out!
Oct 28, 2014
Review: CABIN FEVER 3: PATIENT ZERO (2014) {0}
Let’s just get it out of the way from the beginning: it’d be really hard to make a worse Cabin Fever (2002) sequel than Cabin Fever 2 (2009). Arguably the only weak movie in Ti West’s filmography (and he’s not a big fan of it himself), Cabin Fever 2was the victim of endless studio tinkering, release delays, and really sloppy post-production decisions. The sequel has gone on to earn a small but vocal fanbase, however, and Eli Roth’s original squirm-fest continues to bring in new horror geeks all the time. So surely there’s some gas left in this franchise’s tank, right?
Oct 28, 2014
Review: BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD (2014) {0}
Less than a month ago I saw, enjoyed, and reviewed a new documentary called Doc of the Dead. Directed by the man who gave us The People vs. George Lucas – which is more fair-minded than its title suggests – it’s a quick, slick, and entirely enjoyable documentary about the history of zombie cinema. Logically, a large portion of Doc of the Dead is dedicated to legendary filmmaker George A. Romero and his classic zombie trilogy: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1981), and Day of the Dead (1985). But given how monumentally influential that 1968 movie has proven to be, it surely warrants a feature documentary of its own.
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Oct 28, 2014
Review: DAYLIGHT (2013) {0}
Clever indie filmmakers just keep coming up with new (and generally legitimate) excuses to position their horror tale as “found footage.” In most cases their film’s premise involves a documentary film crew, which helpfully explains all the extra lighting and the “keep filming no matter what” attitude that keeps the action moving forward, but lately there have been new developments in where the “footage” is “found,” which means there’s a few small splashes of novelty to be found in some otherwise half-decent horror flicks.
