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Crash Analysis: THE LAST HORROR MOVIE (UK, 2003)
Didn’t take it far enough A serial killer hijacks a horror movie to bring us the real deal… AMERICAN PSYCHO + MAN BITES DOG = THE LAST HORROR MOVIE That’s certainly not a bad thing by any means. The only problem for screenwriter James Handel and director Julian Richards is that they didn’t take the…
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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: AUTOPSY (Italy, 1975)
Definitely had its moments – but not enough A young pathology student is out to find a killer When one too many suicides come into the morgue, Simona Sana (Mimsy Farmer) takes note and wants to learn the truth – especially since an apartment neighbor who had plans to leave Italy for Pennsylvania, shot herself.…
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Crash Analysis: DEAD MEAT (Ireland, 2004)
Zombies with Extra Cheese A woman finds herself alone in Ireland when the Zombipocalypse comes calling… I’ve indulged in nearly a half-dozen Irish horrors and all had merit – except this one. When Helena (Marian Arajuo) enters the Irish countryside with her husband (David Ryan), they find themselves lost in the great field of green…
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Crash Analysis: GHOST SON (Italy/South Africa/Spain/UK, 2007)
Is that a baby or Chucky? A man dies and his spirit takes residence in his unborn son… Laura Harring (Stacey) was beautiful in David Lynch’s fantastic MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) – hell, it earned him a Best Director Oscar nod and put the rock solid and stunning Naomi Watts on the map. And in this…
