{"id":16503,"date":"2014-10-31T21:49:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T01:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=16503"},"modified":"2015-09-28T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T01:53:23","slug":"grave-shivers-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/grave-shivers-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Grave Shivers (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/481839126_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/481839126_640.jpg\" alt=\"481839126_640\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/481839126_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/481839126_640-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/481839126_640-538x228.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard enough to produce a decent anthology horror film, but director Brent Sims composes a trio of horror tales with a fourteen minute window. You wouldn\u2019t think it were possible since a lot of anthology movies get ninety minutes and botch it big time (ahem\u2014\u201cTales from the Hood\u201d), but director Brent Sims\u2019 horror anthology short isn\u2019t just a success, it\u2019s an impressive horror film altogether. Filled with imagination, excellent plot twists, and incredible special effects, \u201cGrave Shivers\u201d is a dark horror comedy that delights in offering audiences the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeddymare\u201d is too damn good for a short format. Taking place at night as a dad tucks his daughter in with her teddy bear, he reads a book about an army of teddy bears that battle monsters in a storybook. After leaving her to sleep and heading off to his devices, a horrific monster arises from the darkness of her closet ready to consume her life force. Much to Dad\u2019s shock, he hears the screams of the girl, and is in awe at the unlikely protector his daughter has acquired. This short is filled with enough exposition to sell the big surprise ending, while the effects are flawless. I wanted more of this story. \u201cShhh! You\u2019ll Wake the Dead\u201d is a classic tale of comeuppance, as a child rapist and murderer begins scoping out a group of girl scouts hanging around a school yard.<\/p>\n<p>After being sold a box of cookies by their troop leader, he is rendered unconscious and awakens to discover what it\u2019s like to be preyed on, and by an even more sinister evil than he ever imagined. \u201cTeething Tiffany\u201d is a demented and gory finisher with the same set up as \u201cTeddymare\u201d with none of the whimsy. Howard Hall plays a father reading his daughter (played by Kassidy Hall) Bram Stoker\u2019s \u201cDracula\u201d to ease her in to sleep. After a lengthy read, she asks him to look for monsters under her bed, and what he discovers is quite the shock for both the father and daughter. Sims bookends his movie a surprising and rather creepy tale, and what could have easily been a missed opportunity transforms in to an admirable and ambitious experiment. \u201cGrave Shivers\u201d is a short but sweet horror anthology filled with originality, creeps, and the Halloween spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard enough to produce a decent anthology horror film, but director Brent Sims composes a trio of horror tales with a fourteen minute window. 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