Month: April 2012

  • Crash Analysis: CRYPTZ (2002)

    A no good hood Like VAMP but without the bite  Danny Draven’s Book of the Dead, about independent horror filmmaking, is an excellent must-have reference. The DVD of his film CRYPTZ, however, isn’t worthy of being used as a coaster for drinks. Like VAMP (1986), a comedy/horror favorite for many, the story takes place in…

  • Crash Preview: LOVELY MOLLY (2012)

    Opens May 18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JXnv9YZrcY

  • Crash Analysis: XTRO (1983)

    Extraterrestrial trip of guilty pleasure proportions Once scooped up by aliens, a father returns for his son  Hmm… Not easy to begin this review because it’s hard to talk about a movie that is so disjointed in narrative while unnerving in some of its special effects. Regardless, a family is torn asunder when a father…

  • Crash Analysis: CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)

    The SCREAM of the decade – or were Whedon and Goddard inspired by something else?  Five co-eds enter a cabin in the woods… After the phenomenal “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” series came to sorrowful ends, Joss Whedon went on hiatus. Then he came back with the ultra-ridiculous “Dollhouse”. With that ill-fated move, I…

  • Crash Preview: CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)

    Opened April 13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfc12BqFkc