Did anybody else manage to catch You're Next at the cinemas?
I just saw this last night. One of the best home-invasion movies I've seen in forever. The excellent reactions of the family once they're in panic mode, the sheer brutality and some hilariously creative kills make for an incredibly satisfactory slasher. Even managed to make me jump a couple of times.
The only criticism I'd have is there are a couple of scenes that go a bit over the top with the extreme-closeup-shakey-cam, but it didn't bring the overall movie down.
Running a bit late today, but fear not, I haven't forgotten you.
Today we are going dark and brutal. Would You Rather. This is dark, visceral and has a great cast. Jeffrey Combs, straight out the gate is all you need to hear. But you've also got Eddie Steeples (Crabman from My Name is Earl) and Robb Wells (Ricky from Trailer Park Boys) acting admirably in non-comic roles. Plus, randomly, porn star Sasha Grey.
The premise is very simple. High-stakes game of Would You Rather, but it makes for a very effective, very dark, bottle movie.
Time for a shark movie. Check out Bait, it contains a hilariously long list of character clichés, but still remains a fun movie. Plus what could be bad about the concept of a tsunami hitting Australia and flooding a shopping centre. With a shark addded to the mix.
Oh, this also happens in the middle of a robbery gone wrong.
Trapped in a house with a hungry tiger and your autistic younger brother? Burning Bright: a film with a retarded concept, that is surprisingly entertaining.
Also starring Garret Dillahunt, who should just be in more stuff. Because he's awesome.
There's Nothing Out There! The film that shows you what happens if you get attacked by an alien monster whilst holidaying with a horror movie fanatic.
I like this movie. It uses it's complete lack of budget well and the level of sarcasm displayed by Mike is epic. This is easily one of my favourite zero-budget movies.
And secondly Bitten. Mewes is a lonely paramedic who falls in love with a just-changed vampire. There's some hilarious dialogue in this and Mewes' acting is perfectly over the top.
Brutally dark English horror-comedy today. The Cottage. Featuring Andy Serkiss and also Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and various other sketch/comedy shows).
It's a bit early in the month, but today you get a halloween movie in the form of Murder Party. This movie is hilarious and awesome. Plus one of the main characters is dressed up as a baseball fury.
Some cheap modern exploitation today. It's good to see that Roger Corman is still pumping out high quality movies of the calibre of Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader.
Martial arts flicks, I can get into. Although they're not my speciality.
Have you seen Raging Phoenix? It stars JeeJa Yanin of Chocolate (actually, if you haven't seen that, watch that first. It's more of a slow mover, but the final fight choreography is epic) and involves drunken muay thai and generally spectacular athleticism.
Darn it I keep missing some really cool stuff. Well this isn't really a typical movie trailer but it's a thing that is pretty cool. Might have been nice to find it a bit sooner.
I went to see Amazing Spiderman 2. It's pretty good. Just putting that out there.
I was worried because they had 3 villains in the trailer. That happened with Spiderman 3 before and I had correctly guessed that one would be bad because of it, but it's ok this time. No worries.
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I just saw this last night. One of the best home-invasion movies I've seen in forever. The excellent reactions of the family once they're in panic mode, the sheer brutality and some hilariously creative kills make for an incredibly satisfactory slasher. Even managed to make me jump a couple of times.
The only criticism I'd have is there are a couple of scenes that go a bit over the top with the extreme-closeup-shakey-cam, but it didn't bring the overall movie down.
Here's the trailer for the uninformed.
Back to horror again today with The Collector. It's pretty creepy and builds tension really well.
Today we are going dark and brutal. Would You Rather. This is dark, visceral and has a great cast. Jeffrey Combs, straight out the gate is all you need to hear. But you've also got Eddie Steeples (Crabman from My Name is Earl) and Robb Wells (Ricky from Trailer Park Boys) acting admirably in non-comic roles. Plus, randomly, porn star Sasha Grey.
The premise is very simple. High-stakes game of Would You Rather, but it makes for a very effective, very dark, bottle movie.
Oh, this also happens in the middle of a robbery gone wrong.
Also starring Garret Dillahunt, who should just be in more stuff. Because he's awesome.
I like this movie. It uses it's complete lack of budget well and the level of sarcasm displayed by Mike is epic. This is easily one of my favourite zero-budget movies.
Also it's a Troma release so you can watch it online for free here.
I'll make it up to you with a Jason Mewes double feature:
First up Silent But Deadly. A very low budget slasher that manages to transcend it's own retardedness to make a pretty decent horror comedy.
And secondly Bitten. Mewes is a lonely paramedic who falls in love with a just-changed vampire. There's some hilarious dialogue in this and Mewes' acting is perfectly over the top.
This movie is crazier than a shit house rat.
This is a low budget movie that has excellent humour and surprisingly well done action. A fun movie, especially with some beer and buddies.
And if that wasn't enough to convince you: Here's the first five minutes of the film covering the awesome opening sequence.
Also starring Jeffrey Combs and Clifton Collins Jr. Plus the bonus of Kurtwood Smith (Red from That 70's show) playing the evil warden.
Man of Tai Chi. Keanu Reeves is a bad guy. He mainly achieves this via shouting and frowning.
Still, it's a pretty fun martial arts movie. Although it does devolve into pretty heavy wire-fu right at the end. Oh, and fun fact: Keanu directed it.
Have you seen Raging Phoenix? It stars JeeJa Yanin of Chocolate (actually, if you haven't seen that, watch that first. It's more of a slow mover, but the final fight choreography is epic) and involves drunken muay thai and generally spectacular athleticism.
I was worried because they had 3 villains in the trailer. That happened with Spiderman 3 before and I had correctly guessed that one would be bad because of it, but it's ok this time. No worries.