I kind of appreciate what “The Sand” is going for. It tries to be a summer time survival movie that evokes “The Raft” from “Creepshow II” with a bit of “The Blob” for good measure. The problem is that it spends so much time on unlikable characters and ridiculous plot points that it feels like a sub-par prequel to a good movie. The film literally ends on a scene that made me think “That is the movie I want to see!” Set on the night after a graduation, a group of friends go out on to the beach for a night of drinking, and teenage antics. Little do they know that a small gooey ball they’ve discovered is some kind of substance that is alive, and has embedded itself in the sand.
Category Archives: Halloween Horror Month
Subconscious Cruelty (2000)
In this anthology of the subversive, four tales are told with bloody realism. A woman is cut open while naked to remove something from her body, a man obsessed with his sister helps her give birth with dire consequences, a group rolls around outside in mud and blood, a man masturbates until the end and a group of women worship a man in a very particular way.
American Satan (2017)
A starting band with members from the US and the UK moves to Los Angeles to make it big. Living in their van, they work hard to get their start on the Sunset Strip. After a chance encounter with a mysterious man, things start to fall into place, but there is a price to pay.
Midnight Kiss (1993)
There’s probably a very good reason why “Midnight Kiss” has never seen a DVD or Blu-Ray release, and that’s because it’s very much a cheesy nineties horror movie lacking any kind of focus. Sometimes it’s an erotic thriller, sometimes it’s a gory vampire movie, and other time it even dips in to something of a vigilante superhero movie. Fans of vampire flicks will hate its soapy late night cable porn aesthetic, while fans of erotic thrillers will dislike the gory vampire tale that ensues. I’m not sure who will enjoy the vigilante vampire cop aspect, but that’s only some of the problems behind this movie.
Salvación (Salvation) (2016) [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2017]
A teen with a heart condition in admitted to the hospital while she waits for life-saving surgery. While there, she meets a boy her age who claims to be a vampire and to be able to help her.
Game of Death (2017) [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2017]
In a game where the players’ heads will explode one by one, a group of young adults has to decide if they are ready to die or kill others to survive.
Fashionista (2016) [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2017]
As her life implodes, a woman with a clothing obsession finds herself in a position she’d never imagined and must do what’s needed to survive.