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Crash Analysis: [REC]3: GENESIS (Spain, 2012)
And what a wreck A lovely wedding annihilated by the new plague Paco Plaza’s [REC] from 2007 had its moments, but I wasn’t as wowed like the majority of fans. Yes, he kept it real and atmospheric, and the conflict amongst characters provided great storytelling strength, but a fullblown suspense element seemed to be lacking,…
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Crash Reports: My 100th Japanese Horror Film
An odd milestone, if you can call it that – but a definite milestone for a horror geek like me. I indulged in my 100th Japanese horror movie: EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS (2007). Shion Sono’s film dealt with the subject matter of many a Japanese horror, most Asian horror for that matter, a pissed off ghost…
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Crash Analysis: TALISMAN (1998)
Uh… Er… Uh… A teen enters a bizarro school for mispent rich youth and all Hell breaks loose. Benjamin Carr, who has written a lot of schlocky and pathetic horror, including RETRO PUPPET MASTER (1999), THIR13EN GHOSTS (2001) and HELLRAISER: DEADER (2005), brings us another half-baked script that in the end, makes very little sense.…
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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: 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…
