Sunday, July 21, 2013

FIVE FILMS - SATURDAY MORNING MYSTERY, BENEATH, PACIFIC RIM, JUG FACE, ABSENCE


SATURDAY MORNING MASSACRE/MYSTERY

SATURDAY MORNING MYSTERY (Formerly known as SATURDAY MORNING MASSACRE) is a live action parody of Scooby Doo with sex, gore,  and a dog that is neither smart nor resourceful.  A very clever funny horror film that is not afraid to go there.


BENEATH

 I can forgive BENEATH for its b movie lack of logic (the teenagers in peril are never more than 20 feet feet from the shore) due to the film’s unpredictable plot and the non-CGI (monster is a model not computer generated) plus I am a sucker for lake cryptids.  Dumb but fun – the director I think is winking at the audience.


PACIFIC RIM

In the moments when the monsters and the robots are not on screen, PACIFIC RIM drags but when they are the child within me hollers his approval.   A rush like from five slurpees and a giant-sized Milky Way. The plot is secondary.  


JUG FACE

JUG FACE’S unabashed perversity and overall weirdness salvage it from b movie turf. Good flick with some good acting (Many of these actors were also in Lucky McKee’s THE WOMAN)


ABSENCE

ABSENCE is a complete waste of time.  I would like my 80 minutes back.  Don’t mind slow burner horror but only if there is a point which there isn’t here.  Crappy, stupid found footage film that resembles the last and worst segment of V/H/S 2.


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