After “Saw,” you could basically build an entire sub-genre around horror movies involving a group of strangers whom wake up in an abandoned location and endure a painful series of trials that teach them some lesson and reveal secrets. Thankfully, director Daniel Krige’s film “Inhuman Resources” (once known as “Redd, Inc”) works because it’s not only unique in its delivery of the premise, but darkly funny, too.
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Tower Block (2012) [Blu-Ray]
Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
That’s more like it. After the first “The Guyver” managed to draw up some profit and interest, New Line released a sequel to “The Guyver” directly to VHS. It wasn’t until 1995 where I was finally able to see it on the Science Fiction Channel in American cable television. I wasn’t even aware there was a sequel at the time. For folks who hated the camp and comedy of the first film, prepare for a jolt of pure action packed entertainment.
Dead Souls (Blu-Ray) (2012)
If you’re a viewer of the horror channel Chiller here in America, you may have remembered that the channel played a promo for their TV movie “Dead Souls” all the time. In fact for three months whenever I watched the channel, I was inundated with promos for the movie four times per commercial break. For a channel based around syndicated shows, there are a lot of commercial breaks, too. Finally watching “Dead Souls” I’m shocked the channel would provide so much hype for such a half baked and painfully boring horror drama that fails as horror, drama, and supernatural entertainment.
Stoker (2013)
Gifted auteur Chan-wook Park has made his US cinematic debut with “Stoker,” a film that is easily one of the most brilliant horror films of 2013. Park is one of the few Asian imports that’s managed to really debut with a bang, and “Stoker” shows that Park is well worth making it to the states. As well, he has potential to deliver a high pedigree of genre films if he has the chance.
Monday Movie Pause: The Murders of Brandywine Theater Official Trailer
From Eddy Spaghetti Productions, A small town loser and puppeteer finally finds the courage he’s lacked all his life when his dummy, Moxxy, starts speaking up for him and, eventually, begins murdering those who always pushed him around. Starring Dian Bachar, Danielle Lozeau, and Diamond Dallas Page.
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Director Wes Craven’s remake of “The Virgin Spring” often gets a lot of credit, not just for jump starting the grindhouse boom, but for being influential as a veritable violent film. Sadly, “Last House” is another of Wes Craven’s films that gets too much credit. While many will argue that “Last House” has to be considered for its time period, even in context, “Last House” is a piss poor horror film with terrible production qualities.