Seven Days to Live (2000) R...

I was looking through Fearnet.com and saw that they were playing this movie. It made me remember how much I liked it. I went through a stage where I was watching a lot of English/Irish films. Dog Soldiers and Wilderness were a few others. As I have stated before, Dog Soldiers is my very favorite Werewolf movie. Seven Days To Live is like an English version of The Shining. Is it as good as The Shining, no... not really, but it is very entertaining. The theme is different, but the overall sense of the movie is the same. The funny thing is that the woman who plays the wife looks a lot like Shelley Duvall from The Shining. You should check out the trailer below and give this movie a shot... I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

In an old house on the edge of a secluded swampland somewhere in Northern Europe a young woman and her husband try to start a new life after the tragic death of their son. Before they have even settled in, the woman begins receiving eerie messages counting down the days until her death.

Sean Pertwee
Having watched Sean Pertwee in Dog Soldiers, I really became a fan of his work. I've seen four of his movies and all have been well done and highly entertaining. In Seven Days To Live, Pertwee plays the husband who decides to make a move to an old house out in the country after the tragic death of his son. After a few days the wife begins to get "messages" that she only has seven days to live. At first, she doesn't think anything of it, but after a few days, she begins to get scared. Pertwee plays a role very similar to Jack Nicholson in The Shining. He just thinks shes still suffering from the loss of their child, but then he begins to change and act more angry and hateful. This is a good movie and one I can recommend. Give it a try!





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Splinter...

WE have been on a role the past few weeks with our horror selections. It didn't start off that well with the disappointment of The Broken, but other than that... we have seen 7 decent horror movies with Perkin's 14 and The Butterfly Effect 3:Revelations being the best of the bunch so far.

Which brings us to our latest movie, Splinter. I have to admit that the beginning had a hillbilly, Wrong Turn feel within the first few minutes of the movie. Couple that with the geeky/nerd boyfriend, I thought this movie is going to be a waste of time. However, when we are introduced to the escaped convict, that is when it gets interesting. To be fair, the film kicks into high gear within the first 10 to 15 minutes and really is quite good. The convict character played by Shea Whigham was an interesting study as you move through the film. Not just your average hoodlum. The movie turned out to be very well done and the "creature" that has them trapped in the gas station is an interesting mix of parasite/zombieish, blood sucking, body consuming monster. We get quick flashes of the creature throughout, but not too overdone in my opinion. We learn that the parasite is transmitted through the creatures splinters and it takes over the body. Check out the trailer below and give this one a try!

Director:
Toby Wilkins

Cast:
Shea Whigham
Paulo Costanzo
Jill Wagner
Charles Baker
Rachel Kerbs
Laurel Whitsett

Kidnapped by an escaped convict (Shea Whigham) and his young accomplice (Rachel Kerbs), Seth Belzer (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly Watt (Jill Wagner) are thrust into the fight of their lives when the four of them become the prey of a bloodthirsty splinter parasite. Trapped inside an abandoned gas station, the foursome is forced to band together to thwart the monster's vicious attacks and make it out alive.



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The Burrowers (2008)

A horror western... I always find unusual pairings of genres rather interesting. I really do appreciate writers and directors thinking "out of the box". I do hate that business style saying, but it does get the point across. The Burrowers is a western set in 1879 in the Dakotas. A family goes missing and it presumed to be an Indian attack. A posse is set up that includes some area men and the military. The military captain is dead set on finding the Indians responsible and getting the family back. Along the way the towns men are not so sure that Indians are really to blame. The towns men end up separating from the military and going off on their own to find the family. What I really liked about the movie is that you do not see exactly what the burrowers look like till the end of the movie. You are shown quick flashes of them, but nothing definitive. The story moves well and the acting is good. Plenty of tension and gory to satisfy the horror fan.

Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown is an actor who I have really grown to appreciate his work. I first saw him in Shawshank Redemption (one of my all-time favorite movies!)as the "mean" prison guard Captain Hadley. His work spans movie, TV, and animation voice overs. He does a very good job in this movie as one of the towns men in search of the missing family. Because of his deep voice and 6'3" frame, he is usually cast as a villain, but in this movie he is one of the good guys. The Burrowers is a good, entertaining movie and well worth a watch in my book. Check out the trailer below!

When the men on a pioneer homestead are brutally murdered and the women and children go missing, a posse sets out to find them, assuming they've been abducted by Indians. But the truth turns out to be much more horrific. As they find more bodies, it soon becomes clear that something from beneath the ground is brutally attacking humans. Clancy Brown, William Mapother and Sean Patrick Thomas star in this horror film set in the Wild West.

Director:
J.T. Petty

Cast:
Doug Hutchison
William Mapother
Karl Geary
Laura Leighton
Seri DeYoung
Clancy Brown
Sean Patrick Thomas
Jocelin Donahue
David Busse
Brighid Fleming





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The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

The "Butterfly Effect" is an interesting concept in the horror/Sci-Fi genre. I liked the first one with Aston Kutcher a lot. The whole idea that someone has the ability to go back in time and "fix" something is really fascinating. The only catch to that gift is you usually make things worse. That is the case in Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations. These movies require you to really think and follow the storyline carefully, because everything ties together at the end. The story revolves around a young man who is trying to figure out who killed his girlfriend and try and catch the killer. However, every time he goes back, someone else dies and the police believe he is responsible... a serial killer. This was a very entertaining movie and well thought out. Once you "learn" the truth, the ending is no secret. However, you do not learn the truth till the last few minutes of the movie. I thought the ending (last scene in the movie) was very cool. It let you know that all is not peaceful and harmonious. I didn't see the second Butterfly Effect because it didn't get good reviews on Netflix. This movie, I can highly recommend... especially if you liked the first one. Check out the trailer below and give this one a shot!


When he discovers that he has the ability to travel through time, teenager Sam Reed (Chris Carmack) uses his newfound power to unravel the mystery surrounding his girlfriend's (Rachel Miner) untimely death. Despite his noble intentions, Chris inadvertently disrupts the space-time continuum and unleashes the wrath of a psychopathic serial killer. Directed by Seth Grossman, this sci-fi thriller also stars Daniel Spink and Richard Wilkinson





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Dying Breed...

We are in the middle of an 8 Movies To Die For mini marathon. This is the fourth movie we've watched and it was pretty creepy, twisted, gory, and sick... so yes, we liked it! Perkin's 14 and Dying Breed are to good movies, and considering the entire series over the past three years has not been all that great... these two were pleasant surprises. It is so much like Wrong Turn and the other cannibalistic hillbilly movies that have been around for a while. I wouldn't say it is as good as Wrong Turn, but it was entertaining. Typical theme and storyline... nothing great or original here. The problem with this series is that we have come to expect the majority of these movies to be crap, that when a few are actually "pretty" good, we are pleased... low expectations, is a sad reality with this series. There is a fair amount of tension and a large amount of gore. The beginning sets up the true reason for this secret "society" that lives in the jungle of Australia. For so many years this society lived off tourist that wandering in the jungle. Will the light finally come to this deep woods cannibalistic "tribe"? You will have to see the movie. Check out the trailer below and see if it interests you! I think it will.



Eight years ago, Nina's (Mirrah Foulkes) sister disappeared in the Australian backcountry while searching for the mythical Tasmanian tiger. With only one clue -- a photograph of a mysterious paw print -- in hand, Nina sets out to continue her sister's work. But something else awaits Nina and her team: cannibalistic descendents of a 19th-century psycho known as "the Pieman." Leigh Whannell (Saw) and Nathan Phillips co-star in this savage thriller.




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Perkins' 14 (2009)

This movie actually had a good storyline. Tension and gore made for an entertaining movie. It was a little slow at times, but that seemed to add to the tension and suspense. Another of the 8 Movies To Die For and this one did not disappoint. It was visually dark and creepy. The acting was very good for the most part for relatively unknown actors. We have seen 3 of this series so far and this one was actually worth watching. There's a lot of tragedy in this story because of the kidnapping of young children. The main character has had his young son kidnapped 10 years earlier and this has effected his marriage and his job. As a police officer, he tried to find his son with no luck. The 14 children who were kidnapped were presumed dead. However, there was a more sinister plot to the kidnappings. Check out the trailer below and give this one a shot.

Unbalanced by the brutal murder of his parents, Robert Perkins (Richard Brake) kidnaps 14 people from a nearby town and brainwashes them into serving as his band of psychotic bodyguards -- who'll stop at nothing to protect their master. When Perkins's antics land him behind bars, the "Perkins 14" snap and unleash a horrifying reign of terror on the people of Stone Cove.


Cast
Patrick O'Kane as Dwayne Hopper
Shayla Beesley as Daisy Hopper
Mihaela Mihut as Janine Hopper
Michale Graves as Eric Ross
Gregory O'Connor as Grodsky
Katherine Pawlak as Felicity
Richard Brake as Robert Perkins
Craig Robert Young as Mitch James
Trey Farley as Scott
CJ Singer as Kyle Hopper
Sean Farragher as Pete
Josh Davidson as The Stranger





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Autopsy (2008)

We watched this movie the other night. I had been looking forward to seeing it after looking at the trailer. The trailer looked awesome! However, the movie was just OK for me. There are a few other movies that it reminded me of, Room 6 being one. The movie was graphic and bloody, but it just didn't stand out in my mind. While it was an entertaining movie, it seemed like so many other "crazy" hospital movies that have come down the pike over the years. Robert Patrick plays the "mad" doctor of the hospital and is doing surgery on the victims so that he can save his dying wife's life. The hospital we find out has been closed for several years and being used by Patrick for his madness. The movie had some tension and definitely gore. It was entertaining and I would recommend giving it a watch if you have lower expectations. Check out the trailer below and see what you think!

Plot:
The film is about a group of friends that go to a punk concert. One of them is hit over the head with a bottle. Before his girlfriend can call for help, a 1950's ambulance arrives. They are taken to a strange hospital where the injured friend is. The plot centers on their search for their friend in the old hospital where inhumane experiments are being done on the living patients. The tag line, "Autopsy; Not just for the dead anymore" pretty much sums it up.
Cast:
Robert Patrick
Jenette Goldstein
Michael Bowen
Robert LaSardo
Ross McCall
Jessica Lowndes
Ashley Schneider
Joe Reegan
Ross Kohn
Eric F. Adams








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House (2008)

We watched this movie last night. I had seen the trailer and thought the movie looked very intense. It's based on a "Christan" novel by Ted Dekker. Why it is considered a "Christan" novel? I don't know, except for the "good verses evil" theme and a brief mention of "light conquering darkness", other than that, who knows. I would imagine the book is much more involved and therefore the "Christan" theme is more obvious. Anyway... The "House" is supposed attract the "guilty", for them to confront their guilt. As the synopsis below states, a troubled married couple gets in a car accident and walks to an old looking inn. There's another couple there who also had car problems. After several minutes, the proprietors of the inn show up and they are creepy. The movie moves very quickly and smoothly. Every character gets an ample amount of screen time to develop their character and give us insight on their "guilt". Michael Madsen is in this movie and plays a major character, but does not have a lot of screen time compared to the others. The "evil" wants to two couples to suffer for their sins and is trying to get them to kill each other as they roam through the house trying to escape. Some of the CGI elements in the film are a little campy, but overall effective. The tension and darkness of the movie kept me in to it throughout, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ending. Not really the most original movie... many elements I have seen before... even the ending. However, it was very entertaining and a well made movie. Check out the trailer below. Also, if you click on the title, it will send you to the movies website. Check it out!

Trying to recover from the nearly marriage-breaking stress following the death of their child, Jack (Reynaldo Rosales) and Stephanie (Heidi Dippold) spontaneously take off on a road trip. But when their car breaks down in a remote area, they find themselves in a horrific nightmare. Seeking shelter in a house, they soon realize that more danger lurks inside than outside in this spine-chiller based on Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's best-seller.





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The Brøken (2008)

Movies that try to be too "smart" really annoy me. This movie had so much promise. It actually kept your interest and all the way through you thought your questions would be answered at the end... did not happen! It's one thing for a movie to leave you guessing a little at the end because there may be a sequel, but this one left you wondering what EVERYTHING was about. The concept is interesting... a woman sees someone riding in a vehicle similar to hers and the woman looks just like her. Strange events begin to happen after that to make the woman question everything. She's in a very bad car accident and can't remember much about it except for a few short nightmares she has. This is where the movie has many bazaar events that are very creepy. Without giving too much information, she thinks her boyfriend is NOT her boyfriend because he has begun to act strangely. There's a fair amount of tension and a little gore to add to the mix, but the ending leaves you very flat. I wanted to like this movie, but I just couldn't. I needed answers as to the why and how of it and they were not given. I would stay away from this one. It is part of this years 8 Movies To Die For and I hope the others are better. This was the first one I've watched... and I feel "Broken".

From the very first moment Gina (Lena Headey) spots a woman who looks exactly like her driving down a busy London street, reality ceases to exist as she knows it. Tailing her doppelganger, Gina finds herself immersed in a surreal landscape of mind-bending nightmares and inexplicable events. Written and directed by Sean Ellis, this disturbing tale also stars Richard Jenkins and Asier Newman.





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