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RED VICTORIA (2008)
Witty, low budget, horror/comedy splendor A reluctant horror writer finds his deadly muse. Not another movie about a writer… Well, get over it (In fact, this is the 237 such film: http://christinakatz.com/free/236-movies-about-writers/). This one’s different. And I mean that. In fact, Tony Brownrigg’s venture is so good, the clichéd notion of the premise proved irrelevant.…
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Crash Analysis: LOVELY MOLLY (2011)
Nothing truly compelling An abused woman learns that you can’t go home again – ever. Writer/Director Eduardo Sanchez is certainly all over the map when it comes to his projects. He had reached into the nightmares of my childhood with THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and had me enthralled with his suspense laden and under-rated…
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Horror Diary: TOO MANY PREDATORS Script Revision
My horror script, TOO MANY PREDATORS is undergoing its third rewrite since Chris Messineo and the New Jersey Film School (http://www.njfilmschool.com/) agreed to take on the project for the Advanced Filmmaking Workshop. The notes came from Chris this morning, after already cutting the piece from five to four minutes. From the beginning, I had envisioned my…
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Horror Diary: TOO MANY PREDATORS in Pre-production
At the end of the summer, my horror script, TOO MANY PREDATORS was supposed to have become a short film directed by Chris Messineo of the New Jersey Film School (http://www.njfilmschool.com/), and the man behind Off Stage Films (http://www.offstagefilms.com/) – both award winning institutions, by the way. But after finding the perfect location with screenwriter/director…
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Crash Analysis: POSSESSION (France/West Germany, 1981)
A wide-eyed, jaw-dropping, migraine of a trip Husband and wife’s relationship collapses – as does everything else. Writing about POSSESSION is akin to trying to deconstruct David Lynch’s mind trip ERASERHEAD (1977) or Takashi Miike’s bizarro VISITOR Q (Japan, 2001). And although director Andrzej Zalawski’s film is based upon the trials and tribulations of his…