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Crash Analysis: I CAN SEE YOU (2008)
Abysmal A photoshoot in the woods leads to surreality. As with any movie, the number one element has to be story above all else. Sadly, I CAN SEE YOU just didn’t have it. What little story there was did nothing to excite the senses. Furthermore, the narrative as well as one too many scenes were…
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Crash Report: Why the hell are you making a short horror film?
No choice. Dammit. In 2008, my vampire horror/action script RED AGENDA won First Place at the International Horror and Sci-fi Film Festival in Phoenix (http://www.horrorscifi.com/). Afterwards, thanks to the festival’s promoters, producers contacted me like crazy. One even reached me through my Kutztown University email because he was at Sundance and had heard it was…
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Crash Analysis: FINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011)
The best in the series? People avoid a major disaster – but they can’t cheat death for long… Though originally a 3D venture, which is obvious thanks to that annoying “in your face” camera angle, and sometimes shoddy looking special effects, this the first of the movies to hold my interest throughout. Granted, it’s over-the-top…
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Crash Analysis: THE WOMAN (2011)
Ultra-disturbing Character Study A man brings a feral woman into his house… Lucky McKee’s THE WOMAN, is clearly his best feature since MAY. Again, with the phenomenal Angela Bettis in the mix, this twisted take on family, suppression and feminism is amazing in its tension and suspense. This venture into an alpha-male that brings a…
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Crash Analysis: BLACK SUNDAY (1960 Italy)
No blimps were harmed in the making of this film. A witch seeks revenge by trying to possess a descendent. I was impressed with this “Citizen Kane of Horror Films” as special effects master and actor Tom Savini had put it. The story is enticing and is delivered quite well with strong special effects makeup…
