directed by kimble rendall beyond films/mushroom pictures/mbp/south australian film corporation Another Australian horror comedy? Okay, sure, why not. Dispensing with overt laffs in favor of a general mood that isn’t all too serious, this filming-of-a-film-within-a-film is about the attempt to finish, uh, filming a film. Which was never finished. Said celluloid seems to be cursed, … Continue reading Cut (2000)
directed by jesse o’brien dicentium films/hummingbird films/storm vision entertainment You know, it’s hard to make a good comedy, and it’s at least equally as hard to make a good horror picture, so you’d have to imagine that the odds of producing a good horror-comedy (comedy horror?) aren’t very good. Now, the snarky side of me … Continue reading Two Heads Creek (2019)
DIRECTED BY BRIAN o’MALLEY fantastic films/makar productions/greenhouse media investments/mr. significant films/creative scotland/bord scannÁn na hÉireann (irish film board) No, Marsha, I did NOT expect that I would be watching a morality play when I dialed up this Scottish/Irish co-production set mainly in a single location, that being a police station or whatever the hell they … Continue reading Let Us Prey (2014)
directed by jon hewitt stewart & wall entertainment The story of three Troubled Teens – well, two of ’em, at least – who become enmeshed in a blackmail-and-murder triangle of sorts, this accomplished Australian venture turns progressively darker as it proceeds … and it starts off with a jarring, unpleasant scene. Every bit of the … Continue reading Acolytes (2008)
directed by tony williams filmco limited/sis/the film house Here’s a rarity for this list: a good movie. Actually good, that is, not “good for a horror movie,” not “good” (scare quotes) – a film that’s well-written, well-acted, well-directed … how the hell did this happen? I feel cheated. Not quite the supernatural assault suggested by … Continue reading Next of Kin (1982)
SPACE RATS From Outer Space 