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Crash Analysis: NEEDLE (Australia, 2010)
The killer is a prick A voodoo box unleashes vengeance Part of what makes us indulge in horror movies is to see death presented to us in a different manner, through a story that compels us. NEEDLE had a wonderful premise with a wonderful little mystery that screenwriters Anthony Egan and John V. Soto (who…
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Crash Analysis: VAMPIRE PARTY (Luxembourg/Belgium/France 2008)
Once in a lifetime party turns out to be just that Three friends get invites to a wild party where they end up on the menu This is one of those movies where you know exactly what you’re getting: Three friends, one exclusive party in the middle of nowhere, and you know the hosts are…
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Crash Analysis: OFFSPRING
Tarzan’s family meets the New England coast Two mothers fight to save their children from feral clan Based on Jack Ketchum’s novel (he even wrote the screenplay), this horror follows police as they try to stop a nomadic family along the New England coast as they kill and devour parents, and steal their babies. Sounds…
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Crash Analysis: STIR OF ECHOES (1999)
A lot of echo but not enough stir A young couple and son can see dead people in their new rental Kevin Bacon shines as blue collar Tom Witzky. He and his wife (Kathryn Erbe) have just rented a home from a friend in residential Chicago. Right from the start, their son (Zachary David Cope)…
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Crash Report: Movie Making Motivation
On Friday night, March 30, I entered the New Jersey Film School in Martinsville, New Jersey and met with my dear friend, Chris Messineo. An award winning screenwriter and filmmaker, he established this school but a few years before (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1980129/). His body of shorts include the endearing BRANCHES, the intriguing ONE SAVED MESSAGE and the though-provoking…
