Bite Me
Who loves Zombies? I’m gonna say nearly everyone. Especially when their involved in comedy horror themed movies or shows. Bite Me is into its second season, and is about 3 gamers who gained their skills from playing zombie games and now have to use these skills to survive the zombie apocalypse. The show contains plenty of blood, gore and comedy with plenty of references to zombie movies and games.
Bite Me airs on Youtube by Machinima, who mostly base their content on video games. Most gamers out there will find it easy to relate to, and zombie lovers alike.
The Pefect Host
David Hyde Peirce is an actor who I really enjoyed watching as Niles Crane on Frasier, all them years ago, but it is nice to see him unleash as a psychotic maniac. A down on his luck career criminal John Taylor (Clayne Crawford), robs a bank, and during this robbery takes an injury to his foot, now on the run, he cons his way into a dinner party, that of Warwick Wilson. A sociopath with a severe case of split personality disorder.
Warwick Wilson is being the perfect host, offering food and drink, a cheeky little bottle of red wine. The viewer would at first think, as this unfolds, were lead to believe that John is in control, and would take lead in a kidnap. But the red wine was nasty, as John awakes from his drugged out sleep, he realises tables are now turned and he is about to become a victim of Warwick’s murderous escapades.
Tied to a chair we see the guests have arrived, each and everyone quirky, a pigment of Warwick Wilson’s persona. As the clock ticks on, and after numerous attempts for escape, as of which it unfolds with a nice twist. David Hyde Peirce played out as a sociopath brilliantly, it was nice to see a talented actor do so. Clayne Crawford’s performance as bank robber turned victim was also nice to watch, as the twists unfold the sympathy we build with the characters changes, when it gets to the final scene we understand some motives of these characters
This is a good thriller, that contains plenty of twist and turns to keep one captivated, and enthralled to the end. It’s a story driven movie, we learn why John needs to rob a bank, and that it isn’t for selfish reasons, but to help his girlfriend. the movie itself was very stylish set in a big home with modern decor, It also had it element of comedic value which doesn’t go unnoticed.
Primarily here at my Web Blog I like to generally chat about horror themed movies this of which isn’t one. This is a great thriller, which includes some nicely timed twist and turns and a underlying comedic tone which plays more to Warwick and his posse of quirky house guests.
Definitely worth a check.
Burning Bright
A tiger roaming your house can be a scary thought, but for most of us it’s more then likely not gonna happen. For Kelly Taylor (Briana Evigan) and her younger brother Tom Taylor (Charlie Tahan) this nightmare comes true. Their step dad, Johnny (Garret Dillahunt), who after the death of his wife and mother to Kelly and Tom decides to build a “Safari Ranch” on the family home. As Johnny is collecting the tiger from Howie (Meatloaf), back at the Ranch there is a hurricane approaching and he has his workers boarding the house up to protect it from damage. We Learn that Tom is autistic, when we see Kelly trying to get help from a specialist institution to help Tom, but the debt can’t be payed because of her step dad buying the tiger. On confronting Johnny back at the house, he said the money is his and that he has spent it.
When Kelly wakes in the middle of the night she notices the tiger is roaming downstairs, it now becomes a fight for survival for her and her brother. What I really enjoyed was this movies ability to build suspense and generate tension, it was done perfectly. Now I’m not sure whether the tiger was real or CGI but throughout the movie he came of as creepy, the villain was well portrayed.
Carlos Brooks, the director has done a great job, its highly entertaining from start to finish, and never slows down. Performances from everyone were great, Briana Evigan and Charlie Tahan get a thumbs up I was really pleased with the direction they went.
This is definitely worth checking out, it is a movie that works well on a simple premise. the story is easy to follow, half way through there is an odd twist that makes you go WTF but when the ending rolls round questions are answered and the ending is refreshing.
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Sick Girl
This is twisted, Izzy that is, who loses it when anything doesn’t go her way. Izzy takes on the role of looking after her much younger brother Kevin, when her older brother whose in the marines is dispatched to war. There’s also Barney, a long time family friend, who looks out for them both but more so keeps an eye on Kevin, but is ignorant to Izzy’s psychopathic tendencies.
Izzy (Leslie Andrews) is mental, even in general conversation with Kevin is unpredictable, she can snap and go haywire, which can come as a real shock at some points in the film. After some popular girls treat Izzy bad and some kids bully Kevin a few end up dead and the others end tied up in the barn, being tortured. Torture is (mostly) always gory and this wasn’t a let down, some of the methods Izzy has to inflict pain in some scenes really hit shockingly, and as the movie rolls on the craziness and horror unfold, there’s one scene in the barn which really has stuck in my head, also the ending really wasn’t for its originality but for its boldness.
The performances were a little stiff from Barney (John McGarr) and Kevin (Charlie Trepany), and the plot felt like it had parts missing, Izzy and her older brother were talking about their parents at the beginning of the film, but we never truly learn what happens to them. Izzy herself never allows for us to learn her back story, if I knew her hard upbringing I may nave been able to sympathize with her.
Overall Its worth checking out, it did contain horror appealing brutality, with some real wow factor, but don’t expect to sympathize with the story or be intrigued by a solid plot.
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Stake land
A refreshing take on the vampire genre. Martin bear’s witness to his parents getting killed due to the outbreak of a vampire epidemic, bad ass vamp hunter named Mister stumbles across the boys predicament and intervenes, taking him under his wing he begins training him to defend himself against these vamps for their new journey to the vamp free haven called New Eden. On their journey they encounter motorcycle gangs, Vamp clans and the biggest enemy, which are the extremist christians known as The Brethren who sacrifice the sinners, and praise the vamps as one of Gods creatures. On their journey they save some folks who they band with to take to new eden.
Mister (Nick Damici) I thought was great , the man lost everything, and on his destructive spirals downwards took it upon himself to one last good deed and save some people, it gave him hope that he would make it on his journey and with companion, Martin (Connor Paolo) who evolved as a better vamp hunter which made Mister proud. on the journey They save a Nun (Kelly McGillis) from rape and a pregnant lone survivor Belle (Danielle Harris)
The movie cut down to nitty and gritty, brought out the monsters within vampires, they look like rotting super zombies in a post apocalyptic world, that allowed for some nice horror and cinematography. It was well acted with great performances and what I think is a more natural approach to emotions in this kind of genre. It is definitely refreshing seeing what has been done here. It is worthy of your collection.
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Among Friends
This will be the first horror feature directed by Halloween scream queen Danielle Harris, as the tag line reads “Among Friends. This dinner party’s gonna be KILLER”, a group of friends are having a fun dinner party together when one of the guests turns sinister and tries to get the other guests to come clean about their betrayals of each other.
I look forward to this, Danielle Harris who was in Halloween 4 & 5 plus the Rob Zombie directed movies. I think she will do a good job as director. It’ll star Christopher Backus, Jennifer Blanc, AJ Bowen, Dana Daurey, Brianne Davis, Kamala Jones, Alyssa Lobit and Chris Meyer, Kane Hodder.
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Some movies to look forward to.
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises
The Amazing Spider-Man
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Any others I may have missed? What are you looking forward to? Leave responses in the comments below.
