{"id":22861,"date":"2016-10-21T22:08:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T02:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22861"},"modified":"2016-10-21T22:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T02:11:18","slug":"meridian-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/21\/meridian-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Meridian (1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"meridian-movie\"<\/a>Let\u2019s face it: \u201cMeridian\u201d is only a Full Moon classic because it has the insanely sexy Sherilyn Fenn being all nude and scantily clad and whatnot. Co-star Charlie Spradling even has her change to unclothe as we\u2019re given full view of her breasts during a surreal scene involving a party with a bunch of supernatural gypsies. \u201cMeridian\u201d watches like a really sluggish two dollar romance novel from a super market, where the author tried really hard to appeal to the horror audience, but failed big time. \u201cMeridian\u201d has a ton of beast on woman sex scenes, all of which are slow motion, to boot. One scene in particular bears a shocking similarity to the one in \u201cBram Stoker\u2019s Dracula\u201d where Dracula rapes Mina\u2019s sister Lucy.<\/p>\n

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Despite the sharp creature effects (hey kudos for them even trying to mimic the transformation scene from \u201cAn American Werewolf in London\u201d), \u201cMeridian\u201d is a sluggish and droning fantasy drama that unfolds a mystery I couldn\u2019t give two squats about. While Ms. Fenn is absolutely stunning, \u201cMeridian\u201d fails big time to deliver a remotely compelling mystery. Said mystery involves a sculptress uncovering a mystery in a creaky castle, a twisted love triangle, twin brothers working toward murdering each other, one of whom is a monster of some kind. Not to mention there\u2019s a painting pulling double duty as a macguffin and a plot device. There\u2019s women in tight or torn clothing, and Fenn looking out in to space attempting to look confused, all the while there is a ton of exposition with characters literally sitting down to explain back stories rather than allow us to watch it all unfold.<\/p>\n

Malcolm Jamieson plays duel roles as twin brothers apparently fighting over the same woman and competing for a Lord Fauntleroy costume contest. All the while Sherilyn Fenn is misused as a romantic prop. She is slapped, thrown on to beds, stripped of her top, and sexed up by the monstrous twin of the pair, over and over. Because it\u2019s okay to hit and abuse women, just so long as the sex is good, right fellas? Fenn looks very bored in this role half the time, while the narrative is spoon fed to us in small doses hoping for it to all come crashing down on us when we finally reach the climax. The sad fact is when we finally do hit the ending it still doesn\u2019t make much sense, and it\u2019s all painfully convoluted. What I was able to take away comes off as anti-climactic and feels like dopey soapy melodrama you could find on weekday afternoon soap operas.<\/p>\n

I give \u201cMeridian\u201d credit for the creative way it lays out the mystery and for Sherilyn Fenn looking dynamite during the movie, but as a dark fantasy horror film, it\u2019s quite a tedious task to get through.<\/p>\n

Coming to Blu-Ray for the first time, from Full Moon Features on October 24th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n