AAAH! Zombies!!

N: Cutie cuddly zombies that you can take home. Its all the craze these days, so it seems. Yet what a perfect world it would be to be a zombie in fact. The bad part is that these characters in the movie don't know they are zombies...until at some point the truth slips away like the rotting flesh from your body. Well actually between the gnawing and biting. The tearing of flesh and eating of the brains I doubt I would want to come faced with a zombie let alone become one.
So if you want a somewhat light hear-ted comedy about flesh eating zombies that are running a muck through the streets then this is your movie. It has everything as I have mentioned. With a little bit of love and romance mixed in and references to other zombie movies this movie takes the" brains" so to speak.
However, the acting is a little sub par. Slow in some parts as the over talking gets annoying. A little more action would be great. More eating of brains please.

Yellowbrickroad

N: Small town disappearances. Abandonment. An unsolved mystery. Well then, welcome to a small town that holds an eerier Twilight Zone strangeness that will leave you tormented in an estranged confusion. In essence when I should be describing this movie lets say it sort of falls under the "Blair Witch" spectrum of horror movies.
All in all the acting was very in depth. The carnage came out of left field striking so fast that when you react you have to look away as the horror and shock of what has been done ravishes your mind like a hatchet striking the back of your head.
The group that follows the YellowBrickRoad stumble one after another as the wilderness and something else I shall not mention terrorises the group. Only the screams that echo throughout the forest fall deaf and silent.
Some of the cuts and computer generated effects don't really work so well. But what can I say its a low budged B rated film. And you know just sometimes those can be the best. Well not this one I would say. But beware. Good luck finding your way back once you enter the forest.

Phantom Museums

N: Brilliant. Outstanding. Mesmerizing. Orgasmic. A collateral composition of breathtaking cinematic magic produced in effect without reliance of computer technology. A a true architectural design of story telling that casts a horrifying reality upon us. Such masterful use of puppetry and an imaginative use of found materials create a dynamic relationship of inspiring and aw struck dramas. As we watch the drama unfold upon the stage we become so hypnotic that you cant stop watching.
With the use of stop motion animation strange doll like figures and a man are brought to life to exist in unnatural surroundings. Each character within these 13 short-timeless films endure an agonizing  existence that only can be found within the labyrinths of our repressed mind. Though while we watch these puppets come alive throughout the mysterious  fantasy's, we are also introduced to actors that are placed within the enigmatic sets that bring even greater depth to the uncanny stories.
Indeed, I have loved stop motion since I was younger. I even had a chance on several occasions to do some small stop motion movies. Yet I still can not believe how exceptional these short films are, which were produced by the Quay Brothers; as they take you on a thrilling journey that entraps you in the souls of the characters that come alive.

A few of my favorite shorts: Street of Crocodiles, Stille Nacht III

Beneath The Darkness

N: You know what you will find beneath the darkness? Only darkness and nothing more. Poor Denis Quaid. What have you gotten yourself into? Question after question rattles around in my mind as I try and find any good parts in this movie that would be worth talking about. Its another horror movie where a devious mortician who has control of the town is hiding a very dark and disturbing secrete. It seems that he can't let go of the past and is reliving it every night behind closed doors. Actually, perhaps its harder than you think to let go of the past? In fact I know someone that lost her mother about four years ago and they keep voice message on the answering machine. Whats disturbing is that they play the message everyday. Everyday for the last four years. so in essence the main character replays his once cherished life with his once living bride. Oops did I reveal the secrete?
   Yet as this film continues and  people continue to get murdered, I find myself watching the clock. Thus, by the end of this stale movie I just want to forget what I had seen and find my own darkness to sulk in.

From Dusk Till Dawn

N: As gun totting killers kick off this flick with a shootout and fire-bombing a store, things just keep getting interesting when two brothers on the run take a few people hostage along the way and head to the Mexican boarder where paradise awaits them.

I was defiantly enticed by the pole dancing babes that keep burning up the stage at the bar, but it dose not get scorching hot until after a few brisk confrontations break out; something that no one expected strikes like a King Cobra slithering at your feet. Thus, a blast of gunfire spills onto the silver screen while an orgy socked bloodbath and flesh eating vampires arise one by one to stalk the remaining folks inside the bar.

Silent Hill

It's tribute time from the D! And what am I paying tribute to? Why one of the coolest adaptations from game to movie ever! I'm talking about the movie Silent Hill.
Now for those of you who don't know about the games listen. This movie is based off of the popular komani game Silent Hill series. In the movie, a mother and daughter go to the abandoned town Silent Hill to solve the mystery of the daughters nightmares and why she calls out the towns name in her sleep. As they near the town they get into a wreck and the daughter goes missing. The mother goes out to find her in the town and is soon introduced to the nightmare that has swallowed the small town.
As a fan of this epic game, its hard not to compare movie and game. But personally I think they did a great job. Especially with the monsters that roam the streets of the town. I think they did a awesome job bringing the grand daddy monster Pyramid head to life. Ahh you beautiful creature. I still cheer out his name whenever I watch this movie and he comes onto screen.
The story is good, the casting is awesome, there is a perfect amount of gore to satisfy the creepiest creep. All in all, I will never get tire of this movie. It is on my shelf and it will stay there. See it! See the weirdness that is Silent Hill!

Waxworks

N: Oh the feeling of a 1980s horror film. It begins with a midnight invitations extended by a stranger. Its liked picking up a hitchhiker or letting a stranger into our house. Trouble is bound to happen. A group of teenagers take part in accepting an invite from this stranger and enter a museum where private parties are all the scream. It becomes very tormenting for me to wach as the kids one by one began to fall pray to the creatures of the museum. But wait these creatures are made of wax. How is it possible I ask myself? Wait and you shall find out....
While this creepy low budget film and early special effects take hold, the true meaning of the museum is discovered and in an epic, but rather confusing battle between the creatures and the remaining teenagers ensue.
It was a heart warming film between the slicing and splatters of blood to say the last. At least the ending was charming when the two remaining teenagers fell in love.