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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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Crash Analysis: THE DIVIDE (USA/Germany/Canada, 2011)
I’m stuck in a basement and missed the end of the world… Apartment dwellers hunker down in their building’s basement during the apocalypse The divide is right: Most people having watched this sci-fi/horror fall into either two camps: love it or hate it. And from what I’ve read on the net, they’re at each other’s…
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Crash Analysis: COLOUR FROM THE DARK (Italy, 2008)
Italian interpretation of HP Lovecraft An Italian family in WWII has good things come their way – with a price Yes, it’s a low budget horror, but it has some solid acting, especially in the riveting Debbie Rochon (as Lucia), some wonderful make-up effects, thanks to Mauro Fabriczky and some great atmosphere because of Zuccon’s…
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Crash Analysis: BORDELLO OF BLOOD (1996)
Popcorn with extra blood, please VAMP revisited… So, Katherine Verdoux (Erika Eleniak) is coerced by down on his luck PI, Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to find her missing brother, Caleb (Corey Feldman). Once Guttman figures out what’s going on – and it doesn’t take much detective work – he’s out to rid an old mortuary…
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Crash Analysis: 2.13 (2009)
Fell apart A profiler gets back on the job after a breakdown and nearly loses his mind – again This is one of those horror/thrillers that makes me angry. This movie, written and staring, Mark Thompson (who was fabulous), has some all too blatant errors that force what could have been a great tale to…
