We know that the living dead want to eat us, but we didn’t know why. Now we do: It’s because the living are so goddam cute they just have to eat our face off.
Archive for January 2011
January 31, 2011
January 30, 2011
Here’s an example of a low-budget horror film done without stereotypes: SALVAGE. The film offers us believable characters who aren’t always likable but you can’t help but sympathize with; as a result, their terror is infectious to the viewer. (Unfortunately, for me the premise of the cover-up was kind of dumb and ruined the otherwise very poignant ending.) Still, it was entertaining and I recommend it.
January 29, 2011
Tony Schaab’s highly respected “G.O.R.E. Score” gives THE INFECTION, my apocalyptic horror novel coming out from Permuted Press on February 28, a score of 8 out of 10: “28 DAYS LATER meets THE MIST … action-packed zombie mayhem that you won’t want to put down … a definite page turner right from the get-go all the way to the insanely intense final scene.”
Click here to check out the complete review at the GORE Score.
January 28, 2011
Just watched DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND. Interesting premise–drug trials that turn the volunteers into cannibalistic infected (although connection between drug and contagion is not established). The poor character development mars an otherwise potentially good film though; I found everybody to be a zombie movie stereotype, which was a big turn off. Note to would-be zombie filmmakers: Watch THE WALKING DEAD.
January 26, 2011
Just saw BLACK SWAN with my lovely wife. The trailer looks like the typical story of an artist crumbling under pressure, but the film is more than that. Part psychological thriller, part horror film. It was very good, if emotionally exhausting. I wanted to start smoking again after seeing it. Natalie Portman should get a special Oscar for being “the most amazing actress delivering the most amazing performance ever.”
January 26, 2011
“They are refugees forced from everything they consider home, searching for a safe place. They have become nomads, living on whatever they can find. But mostly they are survivors. They are good at surviving because they are on the road and they are still alive. They have done the things one had to do to survive. They have all killed or they would not be here.”
January 26, 2011
Beautiful little science fiction short. Simple concept best left unexplained. Just watch. You’ll love it.
MODERN TIMES from BC2010 on Vimeo.
January 26, 2011
Critical elements of a religiously themed apocalyptic movie or book: 1) God/Satan easily thwarted by automatic weaponry, 2) action hero who remains agnostic even with direct evidence of God’s existence, and who intentionally thwarts God’s Plan for the Final Judgment, 3) sadistic, bloodthirsty God who nonetheless everybody loves, 4) annoying woman impregnated with a child that is inexplicably “mankind’s only hope.”
January 25, 2011
Do we really need another jaded book reviewer asking, “Do we really need another zombie novel?”
January 25, 2011
Scene from a RESIDENT EVIL mod for GRAND THEFT AUTO – SAN ANDREAS. Looks like a scene from TOOTH AND NAIL so I wanted to post it.
