Originally posted: October 11, 2007 @ 1:14 AM MST (Arizona)
Bradley: There’s a half-burnt joint on the floor. Seems our boy was having a little pot in the potty. Lt. Vincent D’Agosta: Pot’s a misdemeanor. Decapitation seems a bit severe. – Dialogue from The Relic (1997)
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Sorry for the lack of posts the last couple days, before the Costume Closet (Editors note: Which we’ll be posting next), but we’re back up and running again. And so, with that, I bring you our next feature presentation, The Relic. Ah, yes, we’re going from zombies to a giant monster who likes to eat brains. Logical jump, wouldn’t you say?
I remember seeing the advertisements for this movie and wanting to see it, not realizing that it was based off of a book. Well, a few years after seeing the movie, I got the book as a Christmas gift and eventually read it (and am rereading it now, actually). Some time after reading the book, I decided to rent it again and watched it over, enjoying it, though certain book characters had escaped my memory. Come this holiday season, my local Wal-Mart had a bunch of scary movies out for sale at five bucks a piece. Amongst such questionable titles as Shock Treatment (the lesser-known sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show) and Edward Scissorhands (not scary in the least) was this movie, so I decided to finally add it to my collection. Does it stand up to the test of time? Does my enjoyment of the movie get blocked by me currently reading the book?
We open with a white man sitting amongst some South American tribesmen performing a ceremony. As he takes pictures, we see a pair of them putting some large leaves into a boiling cauldron. Shortly, the tribesmen bring a cup of the brew to the white man, Whitney, who drinks it. After drinking it, he starts screaming and panicking at the sight of another tribesman crawling towards him on all fours with a wig made out of some straw. We flash ahead a little more with Whitney now desperate to find a crate that he’d packed to send back to the Chicago Natural History Museum by ship. When the boatman doesn’t prove sympathetic Whitney stows away on board, only to find a bunch of rugs in what was supposed to be his crate.
Flash ahead six months and the wreckage of the boat he’d gotten on has been found. Nobody is found on the boat at first and so several theories are extended as we meet Lieutenant Vincent D’Agosta who’s investigating the ship. After some searching, they locate the bodies of the crew… and their heads… in the bilge section.
Ahead another month and we meet our main star of the movie, Margo Green, as she arrives at the Natural History Museum in Chicago. We also see a pair of boys ditching their own class and deciding they’ll try to blend in with another class that’s touring the museum on a field trip ("Gotta do something until we can go to the arcade" one says). We meet several other employees of the institution, including Dr. Frock the head curator and Dr. Cuthbert, the museum director. The museum’s getting ready for a big exhibition about superstitions which Margo, being scientifically minded, dislikes. As closing time approaches, the two boys stay in the museum and explore, while at the same time a guard heads into the bathroom to take a joint break. As he enjoys the marijuana he hears a sound entering the bathroom and tries to hide the smoke, but then an arm reaches under the side of the stall he’s sitting in, grabs him and drags him under, screaming…
So here we are. First off, I’m going to try to look at the movie objectively without the book in mind, though there WILL be some comparisons in my opinion. The first two times I saw this movie I liked it alot, but was disturbed by one thing (and that one thing became even more apparent, for some reason, on the third viewing)… it’s extremely dark. There are scenes in the movie where you can’t see a thing that’s happening because all that’s lighting it is a flashlight or a small light on the wall or something else, and that’s extremely frustrating. Eventually, this last viewing I turned off all the lights and it helped… but not much. I still couldn’t see half of the movie, especially near the end.
Getting to the acting of the movie, the cast is pretty good with a rather well-known list of actors. Penelope Ann Miller plays Margo Green and she plays the heroine of the movie very well. Her other acting credits include Chaplin, Along Came a Spider and The Messengers from just this year. Tom Sizemore played Lieutenant Vincent D’Agosta rather capably as the policeman whose own superstitions guide his life, a good contrast to the scientific Margo. He’s been in such movies as Natural Born Killers, Strange Days and Red Planet. Linda Hunt played Dr. Ann Cuthbert, the driving force behind the Superstition exhibition that’s displaying the strange relic that Whitney sent back. I think she’s good in just about everything she’s in, from the principal in Kindergarten Cop to the necklace-whipping villain in If Looks Could Kill to the commanding officer on the defunct Space Rangers television series. James Whitmore played Dr. Frock, head curator of the museum and sometime mentor to Margo. He’s a classic actor who’s been in the business since the late 1940s, with such films as Them!, Black Like Me, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and The Shawshank Redemption. Chi Moui Lo played Greg Lee, Margo’s rival for an important research grant (one of the characters changed from the novel, where he was Greg Kawakita, assistant curator). He was in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kindergarten Cop. Lastly, Robert Lesser played the Mayor who has several good lines in the movie. He was also in Poltergeist II, an episode of Amazing Stories and the classic Monster Squad.
As much as I remember enjoying the movie the first time I saw it, I have to give it a 3 out of 5 this time, on its own merits (if I were basing it off of a comparison with the book, it would be even less). From what I’ve read on IMDb, when Paramount transferred the movie to VHS and DVD, the print looked worse than the original theatrical print, which caused problems for visuals near the end. However, the creature itself looks pretty good when you can see it.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this edition of Happy Horror. Keep watching for more Happy Horrorween episodes and as always, until next time, this is Red Hawk signing off!
Originally published: October 7, 2006 @ 10:05pm PST
They took your wife away in a balloon? Well you don’t need the police, pal, you need a psychiatrist!
- Officer Curtis Mooney
First, a quick note I forgot to mention in yesterday’s Shocker review. My original plan, when I thought up Octoberfest, was to review as many of the House (our reviews, House and HouseII) movies as I could. If I’d been able to then the original House III, aka The Horror Show, would’ve been yesterday’s review instead of Shocker. Funny thing is, The Horror Show (the only movie in the House series to be directed by Alan Smithee, as well) ended up, in some critics’ estimations, as a rip-off of Shocker. So I guess, in a way, I lived up to my original plan after all.
Now on to a movie that has nothing at all to do with the House series. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a cult classic from the late 80’s (even having their its own action figures!). I remember seeing the last half hour of this movie the first time, turning it on when a girl was getting into a shower. Of course, being at such a young age, the shower scene itself wasn’t what attracted me to the movie, it was the sight of several pieces of popcorn that had been on her clothing now inching along the floor like caterpillars. At the time I didn’t know what the heck I was watching, but the popcorn drew me in. Let’s see if the movie lives up to it’s popcorn!
The movie starts on a lover’s lane when one young couple, Mike and Debbie, see a shooting star and determine that, since it seemed to land so close, they should try to find it. Meanwhile, an old man, Farmer Gene Green, and his dog, Pooh Bear, also head out to find the meteor, thinking it’s Haley’s Comet and that he’s going to be rich once he gets ahold of it and sells it. Instead he finds what appears to be a huge circus tent in the middle of the forest. Forgetting the comet, he starts circling the tent with his dog, trying to find a way in. While he’s pondering where everyone is, however, a portal opens in the side and one of the occupants uses a net to grab Pooh Bear. Hearing the dog’s whimper, Farmer Gene yells at the tent that he’ll tear it down with his bare hands and grabs one of the "ropes", almost electrocuting himself. As he sits up, he finds a weird-looking clown staring at him with a smile on its face. As he tries to talk to the clown it shoots him with a ray gun.
Meanwhile, Mike and Debbie finally make it to the "tent" and find an open door. Debbie is reluctant to go inside, but when Mike suggests that she stay outside, she goes along with him. Mike thinks it’s just a regular circus tent, albeit one that was designed by Clowns-R-Us, but she’s getting a weird feeling from it. They find three doors and enter one, only to find a giant globe floating above them with electricity sparking around it, letting out a massive charge. As they exit the power room a shadow moves against a wall and the two hear footsteps coming, so they duck into another room. Mike, seeing some hanging pink shapes, assumes that they’ve stumbled onto a cotton candy factory and that it’s how they hang it before packaging to be shipped out. When Debbie disagrees, Mike reaches up and pulls off a piece of it, exposing Farmer Gene’s bloody face. Debbie starts freaking out, but Mike calms her down in time to hide as a clown enters the room and starts manipulating some levers near a machine with popcorn in it. When Mike sees someone he recognizes in another coccoon, he makes a noise and they run as the clowns chase them out. The one from the room grabs a gun from the panel and fires it at them, causing Debbie to question, "Popcorn? Why popcorn?" Mike responds simply, "Because they’re clowns!" After throwing one of the clowns off of their car as they take off, they drive back to town to tell someone. Meanwhile, the clowns decide to head into town themselves…
One thing I like about this movie is that it doesn’t play itself for laughs. Something the Chiodo brothers (who’ve got a MySpace page with tons of videos) said in the DVD commentary was that they hadn’t wanted to do it as a spoof, and it shows in the presentation. We get some good performances in this movie. Grant Cramer played Mike Tobacco and went on to play in 2001’s direct-to-video Raptor. Suzanne Snyder played Debbie Stone. John Allen Nelson played Officer Dave Hanson, Debbie’s ex. Curtis Mooney, the disbelieving older cop, was played by veteran actor John Vernon, also known for his role as Dean Wormer in Animal House. Bob McReed, one of Mike’s friends from the lover’s lane, was played by Christopher Titus who went on to get his own sitcom, Titus, about his life. And Farmer Gene Green was played by the late, great Royal Dano.
Another great movie from my past has been added to the site. I don’t hesitate to give this movie 5 out of 5. It’s a fun time and it was great watching it again for this review. I hope that everyone’s been enjoying Octoberfest. Our next stop is the sequel to a movie I reviewed a couple months ago. So, until next time, this is Red Hawk signing out!
BONUS! After searching for this movie on YouTube, I located the music video for it. The group is called The Dickies and they were a punk group in the early to mid-80s (they did a pretty good cover of the Moody Blues song "Knights in White Satin", as well). So, I thought that I would share the video with you loyal readers. Here’s it is and I hope that you enjoy it!
Originally published: August 30, 2007 @ 9:04pm PST
We do love our monsters.
- Bill (Dark Ride)
Our first stop on the HorrorFest tour is Dark Ride, a fun little tale about a group of friends heading to New Orleans for Spring Break when they decide to check out a long-abandoned amusement park attraction, not realizing a killer’s returned home to wreak havoc. Since I was young, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with dark attractions… going back to my early years and the Haunted House at the local amusement park, the Enchanted Forest. I know that it’s changed over the years, but I still have vague memories of having to be carried through because I was so petrified. The fear has diminished over the years, of course, but there was a period of time when you couldn’t get me past the front door.
When I was 5 years old, my grandfather, my mother and I went to Disneyland. The first ride we went on was Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which I loved. I remember seeing Peter Pan’s Flight, also, but the line was so long that we avoided it. Finally, Mom brought me to a large, spooky structure that I positively did not want to go to… The Haunted Mansion. No amount of talking could convince me to go on it, so finally my mom just dragged me onto it and I actually loved it… so much so that, when we went to Disney World thirteen years later, I wound up riding their rendition ten times in a seven day span, the final four on the last night of our trip.
My mom seems to have an obsession with dark rides. She loves riding them, loves reading about them, even hopes to write a book of her own about them some day. With her love of the dark ride, it was easy to decide on this movie when the time came to get her a birthday present.
We open on a set of twin girls, Samantha and Colleen, as they walk across a pier towards the titular attraction, aptly named Dark Ride. As they get closer, words appear to inform us that it’s taking place at Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1996. Right away, you can tell the difference between the girls… Colleen, the more timid, wears her school uniform jacket the traditional way while her sister, the more outgoing Samantha, wears her jacket around her waist. Colleen is nervous about the ride but Samantha’s adamant about riding it, more or less forcing her sister to go with her. As they approach the ride we see the operator dozing at the switch while a young boy is playing chess by himself. The operator opens his eyes and asks them, "One way or round trip?" when Samantha asks for tickets, then ushers them on gruffly when he doesn’t get the desired laugh from them.
The ride is spooky though uneventful, as it contains the usual stunts, jump out scares, weird tableau scenes and creepy figures. Samantha starts making fun of her sister, calling her "Colleen Crybaby", when a hand appears from above and drags her out of her seat. Colleen starts panicking, calling for her sister to come back when the ride stops near a "Mad Surgeon" scene. Suddenly, the surgeon figure comes to life, pulling a sheet off of his victim to reveal a very dead Samantha, before turning and reaching towards the camera as Colleen’s screams usher us to the opening credits. The credits run over newspaper clippings related to the case… the girls declared missing, then found, along with 14 other victims… the killer’s trial and incarceration in a mental institution… and, finally, the imminent reopening, after ten years, of the Dark Ride.
After the credits we arrive at a college where five friends are planning a Spring Break trip. First, we meet roommates Cathy and Liz. We discover that Cathy’s had some history with one of the other travelers, Steve, who we meet next with his roommate, Bill. Bill, we find out, is something of an outcast, Steve being his only friend. Bill’s also something of a film buff, constantly quoting movies and movie facts, regardless of his audience’s interest or lack thereof. Rounding out our quintet is Jim who drives an old-fashioned van and plays guitar for some girls while he waits for the four. Finally on the road, their trip passes uneventfully as they get to know each other, before they stop at a gas station where Bill finds a pamphlet for the soon-to-be-opened Dark Ride. It’s Bill who suggests they go check it out.
We cut to two weeks prior, at a mental institution, where two orderlies decide to taunt one of their charges. They approach his door and see his chart which reads "Strictly Vegetarian" in his notes. Orderly #1, smaller than the other, leads the way into the room where a large figure sits, watching a TV with no reception. Orderly #1 starts talking to the large man, then starts taunting him with a piece of steak, slapping him around with it, until the figure stands up. With a flex of his muscles the man breaks the buckles on the back of his strait jacket, then grabs Orderly #2’s flashlight, jabbing it through him. #2 falls while #1 tries to make a break for the door, but our large friend, Jonah, approaches and grabs him, slamming him against the wall. We cut to outside the cell door, where we see Orderly #1’s face for a split second before it disappears, leaving a red smear. The Dark Ride Killer is loose once again…
I loved this movie. I thought it was a lot better made than some other lower budget films that I’ve seen in similar settings (Asylum of Terror, anyone?). The video quality was excellent, the score was well-made and the special effects were really well-done, also. Acting-wise, they assembled a good cast. Cathy was played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who some of you might recognize from The Sopranos. Patrick Renna portrayed Bill. You might remember him from 1993’s The Sandlot, or more recently, National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze and several episodes of Boston Legal. David Clayton Rogers played Steve. This was his first big role, but not his last, as he has a part in the upcoming April Fool’s Day remake. Alex Solowitz played Jim. He was also in the movie Alpha Dog, which was filmed at the same time as Dark Ride. As a result, there was a series of four days where he didn’t get any sleep at all, which helped his performance here as he’s chased by Jonah. Andrea Bogart plays Jen, a hitchhiker picked up along the way to the Dark Ride. In addition to this movie, she’s also in 2003’s Darkwolf. Liz is played by Jennifer Tisdale, who was also in Ted Bundy in 2002 and The Hillside Strangler in 2004. Chelsey and Brittney Coyle played Samantha and Colleen, respectively. Their only other film credit, so far, is the mini series Revelations where they both play the same character. Finally, we have the killer, Jonah, played by Dave Warden. This dude was huge and he played the psychotic killer to a T.
This movie was a great way to start my HorrorFest experience. I hope that you enjoy it, also, and the other movies in the HorrorFest series. I have no problems with rating this movie a very high 5 out of 5. Next, we’ll be paying a visit to The Gravedancers. Until next time, remember to duck when that seeming dummy is swinging an axe at you… this is Red Hawk, signing off!
"If you could only see the way she loves me, maybe you would understand Why I feel this way about our love and what I must do If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says When she says she loves me…"
At the end of the 1980’s, when I was nine years old, my family and I moved. We moved from a small town in the Midwest, across the country to an even smaller town in the Pacific Northwest. This was just as the logging industry, the driving economic force of the local economy, was dying. The shift from a climate of blistering sun, blizzards and tornadoes to a land of mild temperatures and frequent, drizzling rain was a shock. There was something even more shocking, however. This new town had an embarassingly small library. Being an avid reader as a child, I was devastated. Gone were the multiple floors of literature, the large video collection and the sprawling children’s library.
Now, over 15 years later, the town has expanded both in population and physical size. Many new businesses have sprung up. We even have a "super" Wal-Mart. Yet, the library is still the same small structure with a meager supply of books and movies. This is why I’m reviewing Flowers in the Attic, in case you’re wondering. When there’s not much choice in horror movies, you take anyone’s advice on which movie you should view. Judging by the cover, I wondered just how much "horror" could possibly be contained within this VHS cassette. Boy, was I surprised!
To state that the movie was a rip-roaring adventure that blasts forth at a dizzying pace to show you an epic, blood-bespeckled tale of mind-numbing terror… would be a bald face lie. Granted, one I’m tempted to tell just to see if anyone actually catches me at it, but I won’t. No, my job as a reviewer and critic (haha) of the cinema is vital. I understand the responsibility that I am undertaking each time I sit at my greasy keyboard and type to you, Merry Readers of the glowing screen. Alas, I’ve lingered long enough and we really should get straight to Flowers in the Attic.
The story we’ve got here is based on the novel of the same name. I plan to review that book later on, if I can stomach it. I’ve seen alot of people complaining that Flowers in the Attic the movie does not live up to the standard of greatness set forth by Flowers in the Attic, the book. This is similar to complaining that Swanson’s frozen dinner of mashed potatoes, chicken fried steak and roast vegetables does not live up to a dinner of the exact same type that your mother used to prepare.
The film opens on the quaintly sweet Dollanganger family. They’re a WASPy clan of the well-bred folk who live in quite pleasant surroundings. It reminded me of some sort of 1980’s Anne of Green Gables. It’s all rather proper and perfect, like a really dry sandwich that you paid far too much for because it’s supposed to be in great taste to buy such a delicacy. The lovey-dovey factor here is, well, sickening. As the tape rolls, a tragedy (which I refuse to give away) strikes the family and they move to Grandmother and Grandfather’s house. The children are secured in a small room within a gargantuan mansion which connects to a vast attic, the only place where they are allowed to roam free. Needless to say, the austerity of the environment is stifling to the children’s development. Things begin to get… weird.
The older children, Chris and Cathy, are played by Jeb Stuart Adams and Kristy Swanson. They end up being forced to take care of their younger siblings (twins, in the movie) Cory and Carrie (Ben Ryan Ganger and Lindsay Parker). All the kids do a pretty good job of playing spoiled weenies. The major villain of the film, Grandmother Olivia Dollanganger, is played by Louise Fletcher. The moment she appears on screen you may feel an intense urge to kick the screen of your television set in. Please do not do this, it won’t be worth it, it’s just a movie.
If I’d known that the story was not a simple drama and that it really would devolve into some seriously sick situations, I’d have been far more patient during the first part of the film. Now that you know, go ahead and let the first part take its course with the knowledge that you’ll see some disturbing things and that it is emotionally involving – eventually. The horror here is primarily psychological/emotional. This is the kind of film that will disturb you on the level of principles. I really feel that even a jaded horror fan, if they took the time and consideration to watch the movie intending to appreciate a different, more subtle breed of horror picture, could find this a satisfying story.
If you do see this film, I don’t reccommend getting it on VHS because the copy I watched was messed up. I missed the previews and much more enraging, I missed the climactic scene of the movie. Each time the tape would approach the money shot, my DVD/VCR combo machine would kick in and merrily rewind the tape for me. After several tries, I fast forwarded it by hand, turning the wheels of the tape and got to see the credits. Big fun.
In closing, I do recommend viewing this film once. That’s about all I could handle because it’s a little too disturbing, really. Keep in mind that the movie is quite a bit lighter in subject matter than the book. This is a good thing, trust me. The undercurrents of what the book describes are there for the perceptive viewer to pick up, as I’m sure you will. I feel it’s fair to give this film 4 out of 5 because it tried hard but the grindingly slow pace and stuffy environment just aren’t my thing.
Until I once again grace your screen with another review of engaging media entertainment, I have been and remain GlowStormLion, banging a keyboard in a small, former logging town the way I’d like to bang your [edited]. Goodnight!
Pictured: While visions of mankind’s enslavement danced in his head….
(The Omen 2006)
Ever since Prometheus brought us fire we’ve been sitting around its glowing warmth, telling tales. From campfire to written word to the big screen, whichever medium you prefer, some of those stories never die. During the reign of the Roman Empire, such a story about an apocalypse, was written by a man named Paul. Apocalypse is the Greek word for revelation, which is the title for his story found within one of the most published books, worldwide – the Bible.
For two thousand years we’ve been hearing and telling the same story. In 1976 we saw it in the theaters. (Read our review by clicking HERE) Today we see it again, one man rising to world domination and the eventual ruin of civilization. What could possibly be so different that we would need to see it again? Let’s find out…
Pictured:The Omen (1976) on DVD
John Moore, director of The Omen (2006), found out that the Twentieth Century Fox Corporation was going to produce a re-make of the 1976 movie. Fox knew he was interested. John had always liked The Omen since he saw it in the 70’s. Once his position was entrenched, he had a goal: to reach a younger audience with the same story he too enjoyed thirty years ago.
In this film you’ll see Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby), Liev Schreiber (Scream 1, 2 & 3), Julia Stiles (Wicked) who was recommended by Mia Farrow, David Thewlis (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (the little guy who was in Flinstones’ vitamin commercials), and finally, the original Damien – Harvey Stephens (who you’ll see in the role of a reporter in the re-make).
The Omen started filming on October 12, 2005 with an estimated budget of $60,000,000. In 30 years it had leapt nearly 20 times the amount of the original film ($2.8 million)…. Maybe that’s an omen. With this new version of the film they journeyed to Croatia; Dublin, Ireland; Prague, Czech Republic; Matera and Rome, Italy.
Pictured: Banner flown over certain areas to advertise The Omen (2006) A marketing campaign was planned and executed. Banners were flown over spring break cities reading "You have been warned 6-6-06" (which reminds me of the seemingly legit website used to promote Godsend), Myspace.com was utilized, billboards in major metropolitan areas and you can find ads on just about every site on the interweb, almost all capitalizing on todays date, as well.
"My intention was to get people’s attention, and to posit the notion that the time is ripe for a great evil to get the world in its grasp," John Moore has been quoted as saying.
The Omen has gone through its share of struggles to be made. The filmmakers were forced out of Croatia by the church and John Moore was yelled at by an angry New Yorker during a Question and Answer session with theologian Michael White (for controversial footage which you’ll see during the movie). Who knows how many more post-release hurdles the filmmakers, cast and copyright holders of The Omen will have to jump over in the coming days.
What’s different? The cast, music, time, audience and experience. If you haven’t seen it yet, I hope you will. I know I’m going to and you can read about my viewing as soon as I’m back!
When I went down to Hollywood Video about a month or so ago, I saw this movie sitting in the new releases, with Robert Englund staring out amongst other characters. I thought to myself, "This looks interesting." As soon as I got a chance, I added it to Netflix and bumped it up to the top of my queue. I just got it last Saturday, and enjoyed it alot. The movie has alot of humor and alot of unique kills in it. Let’s take a look…
The movie opens on a college class, where a professor is giving a lecture on the Civil War (you might recognize him as Peter Stormare who played Cavaldi in The Brothers Grimm and Andropov, the Russian cosmonaut from Armageddon). One of the students keeps flashing scenes from a frat party up on the slide show when the professor’s not looking. A glitch in his computer program, though, freezes the pictures and as a result, the student and his two friends are required to stay after class. The professor scolds them, telling them they need to shape up or their grades will suffer, then giving them an assignment that is due at the end of Spring Break. The friends (Anderson, Nelson, and Cory) are on their way to Daytona Beach when they spot a crudely-made detour sign. They follow it to a small, cozy town called Pleasant Valley, which at first appears to be a ghost town. Suddenly, all the residents run out and the Mayor, played by Robert Englund, welcomes them. Another car soon follows them in. It’s driven by Ricky, Kat and Joey, a trio they met at a gas station the day before. Finally, a motorcycle follows them in, driven by Malcolm and Leah. They’re all welcomed to the town’s Jubilee and everyone’s shown to their rooms.
Soon, the townsfolk start to set their plans in motion. First, Harper, one of the sons of the mayor, starts charming Kat, who seems to enjoy the attention. Things quickly sour for her, however, when he shows a "little bit of kink" by blindfolding her… when he takes the blindfold off, she finds that her limbs are tied to four horses. With a few cracks of Harper’s whip, she’s drawn and quartered. Soon, the others start dropping like flies as the townspeople begin showing their true colors.
This movie was great and it has a ton of cameos in it. Eli Roth, one of the producers of this film (the director and writer of Cabin Fever who also directed Hostel) cameos as the same character he played in Cabin Fever. If you blink, you might miss Kane Hodder playing a Pleasant Valley resident named Jason (no hockey mask here). As I said earlier, the kills are really creative, also. The extras on the DVD are great, as well, including a TON of deleted scenes and a whole documentary on how they made the movie. I’m a big fan of Robert Englund’s work so it’s great to see that he really seemed to enjoy his role as the mayor. All in all, I give this movie a big 5 out of 5. Until next time, this is Red Hawk signing out!
