MAGGIE
Arnold Schwarzenegger as a
farmer in the Midwest (good casting LOL) dealing with his daughter who has been
bitten during a zombie-like disease outbreak and is slowly turning into
one. Low budget and more of a human drama
than a horror film although it contains one of the grosser visualizations of
the zombie virus – Skin turns black, eyes cloud over and eventually turn black
too, bits of skin falls off, people start to smell like meat to the
infected. Also odd little detail – virus
also makes crops die. It’s thoughtful
and definitely something different but also has really long stretches where
nothing happens and we stare at the barren countryside. The director should have stuck with George
Romero as an influence not Terrence Malick.
Original but dull.
DEMONIC
A James Wan production that
is better than the uneventful piffle of THE CONJURING but not anywhere close to
the disciplined creepiness of INSIDIOUS.
A twist ending that can be seen ten miles away anchors this haunted house/demonic
possession tale. Not much to recommend
other than the dual narrative style in presentation of the story.
EXTINCTION
A found footage film about dinosaurs
in a remote part of the jungle has been done before (The superior THE DINOSAUR PROJECT) and this film adds nothing
new. The plot takes a very long time to
get to the dinosaurs and then only shows them in a few scenes. I give the filmmakers credit for using mostly
models instead of CGI but there just aren't enough exciting scenes to make up
for the long slog to dinosaurville.
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