Fantasia
Film Festival: The Curse of Chucky Review by Oz
The
bloodshed starts fast in this 6th installment of the Child’s
Play saga. The film moves with haste and
retains the creep factor the first 3 Chucky movies had. We're back to
the horror element, this one's a suspenseful seat jumper. It still
remains funny though, the difference being you are laughing with Chucky instead of at him. Clever visuals and
twisted effects make this a pretty impressive movie for a straight to
DVD release. There are a lot of special fx that caught my eye as
well as a ton of references to the previous installments There is
even a romantic subplot that flips the cliche on its head. I saw the
first Chucky movie at the age of 6. Now 31, the cycle of terror
continues and I'd recommend this to any CHILD'S PLAY aficionado.
Fantasia
Film Festival: HELL BABY Review by Oz
A
comedic horror that hits all the right spots. A pregnant couple who
moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the
Vatican's elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby. Wife
(played by Leslie Bibb) steals the show, and Keegan Key is a delight.
I love the comedy of KEY AND PEELE, so seeing Key on screen was a
pleasure. Be warned, there is a lot of not subtle humour that's
meant to gross you out. And a lot of straight guy gags at the expense
of husband Jack played by Rob Corddry. HELL BABY made me laugh, it
made me squirm and is one of my favourite FANTASIA submissions.
Fantasia
Film Festival: TROMA'S Return to Nuke’Em High Volume 1 Review by Oz
What
a disgusting fucking movie, we are greeted to our first scene with
melty tits and dick. I laughed a lot at the start, especially with
the subtitled scene of Lemmy as president. The movie lost me after
it's first half but I must say, it keeps the Troma traditions of
over-acting, sex driven characters, and low budget gross out factors.
Disgusted, yet I still left with an erection.
Fantasia
Film Festival: THANATOMORPHOSE by CBNAH Junior Reviewer Mrs. Z
When
I looked at the fantasia booklet the first movie that caught my eye
was Thanatomorphose.
Just the name meaning death transformation was very interesting to
me. Followed by a picture of a women with white eyes and cover in
blood. The film synopsis from the booklet mention that the movie is
about a women who is rotting from the inside. I don't know why but
the idea intrigued me so much.
For
the first 30 minutes of the movie you follow this nameless woman
(Kayden Rose) throughout her daily banal routine. It’s very boring
to watch , but yet unsettling because you're expecting something to
happen. She’s dating this man who mistreats her and uses her for
sex and one day with no explanation and no reason whatsoever her
METAMORPHOSIS commences.
The
movies takes place in her apartment the whole time with no glimpse of
the outside world. At one point of the beginning of her
transformation she barricades all source of light with black garbage
bags thus making her apartment dark. Leaving you with a great sense
of claustrophobia making you feel like you're a trapped fly condemned
to watch with anticipation and disgust her unavoidable rotting of the
flesh. Just like watching a fruit rot on your kitchen counter.
There
are two things very unsettling and uncomfortable about this movie
from the exception of her decomposition. The fact that she’s
completely non chalet of her slow disintegration. She's almost jaded
of what is happening to her and there’s no monologue, so you don’t
know what she is thinking or feeling the whole time. The second
troubling thing is her growth in libido as she slowly decays.
Overall
the movie was a full hour and thirty minutes with very little to
nothing dialogue. The movie could of been as effective as a thirty
minute short film without
leaving any guts or body fluids out.
This
movie is not for everyone. It's a gruesome and nauseating tale that
is filmed very realistically. Let's just says that during the showing
a few people left the cinema. Despite the long moments you just can't
stop watching the incredible and vile DEATH TRANSFORMATION! Tis' not
for the faint of hearts. If you liked the films The
Fly and Hellraiser you
will enjoy this movie.
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