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Crash Analysis: DEAD MEAT (Ireland, 2004)
Zombies with Extra Cheese A woman finds herself alone in Ireland when the Zombipocalypse comes calling… I’ve indulged in nearly a half-dozen Irish horrors and all had merit – except this one. When Helena (Marian Arajuo) enters the Irish countryside with her husband (David Ryan), they find themselves lost in the great field of green…
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Crash Analysis: GHOST SON (Italy/South Africa/Spain/UK, 2007)
Is that a baby or Chucky? A man dies and his spirit takes residence in his unborn son… Laura Harring (Stacey) was beautiful in David Lynch’s fantastic MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) – hell, it earned him a Best Director Oscar nod and put the rock solid and stunning Naomi Watts on the map. And in this…
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Crash Analysis: DEADWOOD PARK (2007)
Could have been a contender Dead kids + return of surviving brother = mystery solved Eric Stanze was certainly ambitious when he wrote and filmed this near miss. After all, he got a group of “living historians” to recreate an extensive WWII scene with genuine equipment – though why he had a girl in a…
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Crash Analysis: THE PRESENCE (2010)
Wake me up when it’s over… A woman returns to a cabin where she was abused as a child – now, spirits want her. I’ve enjoyed the work of Mira Sorvino in many a bad movie, and even continued to enjoy her work after some in Hollywood declared her to be a diva bitch. THE…
