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Cult
A low-budget horror movie with some stars one might recognize from television. The entire opening feels like a trailer, a bad trailer (quick cuts timed to the beats in the background music). Yet after that we are treated to some nice, bright, and colourful camera shots. It sucked me in. It's obvious the director has some talent, but I don't think he quite reached his potential in this film. It fell sort of flat. It plays out like a typical teenager slasher, only with a cult aspect thrown in. Like Bloody Mary (which I watched earlier), I guess... only this time the cult came off as very... lame, and cheesy (not in the good way, either). It was an asian-based cult, and I couldn't help but get the vibe that someone working on the film was one of those white kids with a crush on martial arts, who think they're japanese or something. I don't know. It had strong acting, and good gore. The ending section just felt boring, and I stopped watching occassionally. Camera work, directing, and even acting to a certain level dropped significantly from the first act to the second. It's like they were loosing interest, just like I was.
I wouldn't reccomend it, but hey...
Next up is 2007's Grim Reaper. Time to see how much of a rip-off it is of Final Destination, with a premise like this:
"Death comes for us all, but after surviving a car crash that should have taken her life, Rachel Wilson finds herself stalked by the Grim Reaper himself intending on taking a soul he feels he is owed. Barely conscious in the ER room, Rachel struggles to convince the nurses that Death is coming for her and that her life is hanging in the balance. Supposedly, for her own protection, Rachel is locked up in a secure mental health facility. But it's not long before she discovers that her incarceration in the old hospital was no coincidence, surrounded by six other "patients" who, themselves, have cheated death. Over the course of the night they will have to face their worst fears, their own mortality, and Death himself."
Oh, Rogers Video... you deliver me such goodness with your wall of endless B-movies. :) (Oddly enough I do enjoy b-movies more then the average person should.)
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01-29-2007, 06:14 PM
