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Crash Analysis Support Team: YOU’RE NEXT (2011) – Guest Post from Jonny Numb
YOU’RE NEXT (2011) [94 minutes. R. Director: Adam Wingard] YOU’RE NEXT begins under dubious circumstances, recycling slasher-film clichés with precious little innovation: a schlubby guy (Larry Fessenden) fucks his girlfriend (who wears a distinct look of dissatisfaction) before walking to the kitchen for a snack. It’s not spoiling anything to say that this pre-title sequence…
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The Ruins (2008) by Billy Crash
The Ruins 2008: Far from Cliché A triumph? The Ruins 2008 is based upon the novel by Bruce B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay. The beginning offered the usual, hackneyed fair: four American college students on a trip to Mexico. Snooze. Thankfully, I hung on, and witnessed one great dramatic tale of foreboding. Our college…
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Crash Reports: Chiller Theatre Spring 2013 (Part Two)
Due to my own personal financial crunch, whenever I visit Chiller Theatre, I choose a but a few horror, science fiction and cult personalities to secure an autograph from, so breaking down the guests list isn’t easy. This year, I had no doubt who I would run to: Jeffrey Combs A horror favorite,…
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Crash Reports: Chiller Theatre Spring 2013 (Part One)
I had visited Chiller Theatre almost twice a year since 1995, but today was different. Most Saturdays for the April venue called upon dark skies, wind, rain, and the kind of cold that seemed to herald in pneumonia. But today, I traveled in shorts, my “Breakfast at Zombies” shirt from www.threadless.com…
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Crash Analysis: KICHIKU DAI ENKAI (Japan, 1997)
Gored to death… Demise of a political group Otherwise known as BANQUET OF THE BEASTS, the movie is based upon the Asama-Sanso Incident. During a ten day siege in 1972 at Karuizawa, members of the United Red Army (URA) turned against themselves, resulting in a blood bath. And in KICHIKU DAI ENKAI, the blood bath’s…
