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Crash Analysis Support Team: MARTYRS and the Systematic Torture of the Horror Remake – Guest Post from Jonny Numb
[2008. 99 minutes. Unrated. Director: Pascal Laugier] [2016. 86 minutes. Unrated. Directors: Kevin & Michael Goetz] *** This review contains SPOILERS for both films *** Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs was a lot of things, albeit in a deceptive manner: blunt, brutal murders that seem nihilistic and unprovoked take on greater resonance late in the game; characters…
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Crash Analysis: CRAWL OR DIE (2014)
Panic Time A phobia-inducing nightmare I was sold on CRAWL OR DIE nine months ago when I saw the trailer – the best one I’d seen in twenty years. Granted, a trailer is a promise that you are going to see something worthwhile and entertaining. As we know, all too often, filmmakers fail to deliver…
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Crash Analysis: NURSE 3D (2013)
Your 1960’s Smut Cover Made Real If you haven’t seen the enticing posters or heard the notorious whispers, Douglas Aarniokoski’s NURSE 3D is the horror movie you should watch if like some sex-laced spice with your carnage. See it now. Um, nurse’s orders… The film stars the amazing Paz de la Huerta (translation: Orchard Peace.…
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Crash Analysis: LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW (2013)
An excellent surprise… A fearless actor carries a dramatic horror In 2002, Colin Farrell agreed to play the part of Stu in Joel Schumacher’s PHONE BOOTH. Apparently, other more renowned actors (for the time) turned down the role because the majority of the film rested upon that character’s shoulders. However, in 2010, Rodrigo Cortés intense…
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Crash Anaylsis: BIG ASS SPIDER (2013)
A Big Ass Blast! Horror/comedy at its creature-feature best Mike Mendez, the man behind the often overlooked THE GRAVEDANCERS (2006), which is one of the best of the “Films to Die For” series, brings us BIG ASS SPIDER a horror/comedy of immense, eight-legged proportions. Alex Mathis (Greg Grunberg) is an exterminator who just can’t seem…
