Teen Horror Comedy set around a high school prom where zombies invade the proceedings. The obvious stereotypical 'no date' misfits save the day from the impending zombie apocolypse. Some humerous moments and solid characters and script set this apart from your average fare, and with a running time of around 80 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. OK , however... personally it still languishes in adverage zombie territory.
5/10
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Dance of the Dead (2008)
Monday, 9 April 2012
Creepshow 3 (2006)
Unfortunatley this new attempt at furthering Romero and King's Creepshow series comes no way near its predecessors.... Even the slightly ridiculous Creepshow 2! Bad graphics, animation and effects are its main bugbear alongside the quality of the 5 new stories it presents. Trying to tie in the stories at the end doesnt really work either. Overall its quite fun with some amusing moments but fails to deliver on storyline and good old fashioned gore.
3/10
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
A real cult movie directed by Allan Arkush and starring the legendary Ramones, the story loosely tells the tale of a southern Californian High School who's principal goals are to 'rock out' even in the face of their new stricter and more repressive principle and her 2 goofey sidekicks. Led by superfan Riff Randall the school embark on a mission to see the Ramones in concert (The Roxy), much to the Schools disgust! Campy... hilarious and totally charming this film is a whole lot of 80s fun. The Ramones are awesome especially Dee Dee Ramone who in one scene is seen playing his bass in the shower! Dee Dee was notoriously hospitalised over the course of the shoot and because of his terrible acting had his lines axed to just 2! They're absolute beauties though! This film is great fun and a must if you have any interest in the Ramones...
7.5/10
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Directed by David Blyth and starring Michael Hurst this resides in the 'best worst movie' or 'so bad its good' category. Set in New Zealand it tells the sorrowful tale of a man who seeks revenge on a scientist, who 7 years prior hypnotised him into killing both his patents. The story however is far from that straight forward and has elements of 'Mad Max', 'Scanners' and equally bad Aussie cult flick 'Body Melt' about it. Ridiculous, but a good laugh overall. A few mates round and a few beers and you'll enjoy it. Awful acting, booms appearing in shots and an incoherent plot. I enjoyed it.
George 5/10
Sunday, 27 November 2011
The Killer (1989)
Directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun Fat as a proffesional hit man this is an unusual blend of superb choreographed action, a limitless body count and endless fag smoking, all served with a healthy portion on bromance. Between the endless killings its fairly humerous, but doesn't live up to the hype. The action, however is second to none.
George 5/10
Macabre (1980)
Directed by Lamberto Bava and allegedly based on a true story that took place in New Orleans the film depicts an adulterous woman's decent into madness after both her son and lover die. Although this hasn't aged particularly well its beautifully shot and is is unintentionally hilarious in places. Definately a strange little movie and worth a watch if you enjoy old Italian genre films. If you don't avoid as you'll probably find it boring. The end however is an absolute treat!
George 4.5/10
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Piranha 3D (2010)
Directed by Alexandre Aja of 'Switchblade Romance' and 'Hills Have Eyes' fame, this light hearted teen romp is nothing more than good fun. Ridiculous in places, tongue in cheek in others, all with plenty of cheer inducing gore! Home 3D worked ok too.
George 6
Cassie 7.5
Scott 5.5