Hooray, frightfest. first up on monday was a last minute replacement for guinea pigs (which looked quite good) the replacement was...
A NIGHT IN THE WOODS
Hmmm, from the poster i was thinking it all looked a bit 'blair witch' then as the film progressed it became more and more like blair witch. a couple and the girls ex go on a camping trip to dartmoor and stop off in some woods, they are filming their trip on a cheap shitty camera with no stabalization button, something really noisy that you NEVER SEE kills them all. theres no blood no visable violence just lots of really loud noises presumably put in to try and make you forget its just a rip off with nothing going for it. dont bother unless you really need to see what the blair witch project would look like if it was all in colour. crap
BLOOD/VIOLENCE - 1/5 - you dont see anyone getting done, lots of screaming tho
SEX/NUDITY - 1/5 - theres an almost sex scene in a tent
SCARES - 2/5 - it almost builds up the atmos, but not quite
FILM -1/5
next up was a zombie comedy....
DEADHEADS
until deadheads was announced i had never heard of it, it was directed by two brothers who grew up on the evil dead sets cos their dad was the fx bloke. the film opens with what is basically the end of night of the living dead, theres a black guy in a vest, a bickering couple with a contaminated kid and a shit load of zombies, then it sort of forgets about all that for a while and instead we join a pair of zombies who would rather not have to eat people, and one of them wants to find his ex. so the film becomes a zombie road movie as the 2 dead blokes and a huge potntially unstable zombie called cheese run around trying to avoid the goverment bods who want to 'shoot them in the head'. the film was really funny and pretty gory, worth a watch.
BLOOD/VIOLENCE - 3/5 - heads get blown off, intestines make an appearance
SEX/NUDITY - 1/5 - maybe an exposed shoulder
SCARES - 1/5 - its a comedy, its not scary
FILM -3/5 -
next up was the first horror film to ever come out of switzerland...
SENNENTUNTSCHI: CURSE OF THE ALPS
Curse of the alps is a ghost story mixed in with a bit of rape/revenge with a sprinkle of police thriller thrown in and its the nuts. a friendly cop in a small village investigates what has happened to a mute woman who has appeared out of nowhere. priests start getting worried and some shepherds have gone missing. the film unravels what has happened in flash backs, flash forwards and strange dream bits and its not a happy tale. a bit confusing and worth a second watch i strongly suggest this fucked up tale of straw women being made into flesh and then being abused to the point of the axes coming out. its cool.
BLOOD/VIOLENCE - 3/5 - fair bit of abuse, and people get made into dolls
SEX/NUDITY - 3/5 - the woman gets raped a couple of times
SCARES - 3/5 - lots of atmos, good sense of dread throughout
FILM - 4/5
ah onto what was hyped to be the gore film of the day...
INBRED
inbred delivers on all counts providing your not looking for an acting or script writing masterclass, its an out of order gore fest and it knows it. a group of young offenders go to a small village in yorkshire with a couple of carers on a team building excersise. before you can say 'dont piss off the locals' legs, arms, heads and intestines are flying all over the place. its great. the locals capture the kids and set up a show for the whole village in the town hall that involves strangly shaped carrots, a horse, a big vat of pressurised silage and an unfortunate young offender. blood, shit and inerds ensue. and theres a great bit with a field full of landmines.
BLOOD/VIOLENCE - 5/5 - full of out of order goings on
SEX/NUDITY - 3/5 - constant suggestion of bad sexual things afoot
SCARES - 2/5 - more funny than scary
FILM - 4/5
and onto the last film of the festival...
A LONELY PLACE TO DIE
a lonely place to die just couldnt fail in my book, its got mountain climbing gone wrong bits, kidnapped children, melissa george, sean harris and a mad serbian. a group of climbers in scotland discover a young girl buried in a box on top of a mountain, shes alive so they have to get her off the mountain and find help. alas 2 nutters who kidnapped the kid off a serbian gangster for large amounts of ransom money want her back, and they have sniper rifles. now im scared shitless of heights so from the start i was loving it, loads of dangerous shit going on up mountains, then when it kicks in and becomes a hunter/hunted type film it just fucking rocks, melissa george is wicked as the uber climber who is determined to save the kid and sean harris is the nuts as the psychotic sniper trying to shoot them. it all decends into chaos when she reaches a village and the killers are wandering around with shotguns wearing pig masks wiping out anyone who gets in their way. watch this film at a cinema if possible. its great.
BLOOD/VIOLENCE - 3/5 - people getting shot mainly, and the odd drop from a high place
SEX/NUDITY - 0/5 - no time for sex when your running from a sniper
SCARES - 5/5 - constant tension, never lets up, mental pacing
FILM - 5/5
