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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: 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…
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Crash Analysis: HELLRAISER (1987 UK)
Great Story, Great Gross-Out People play with a mysterious puzzle box – and lose… Barker’s acclaimed HELLRAISER holds no punches when it comes to the disgusting meter, but that’s just an aside to a riveting story inhabited by intriguing characters. The always phenomenal Andrew Robinson, character actor extraordinaire, leads a cast of the damned, the…
