THE WAVE
This Norwegian disaster movie features a lot of standard plot details of the genre - Foreshadowing through various warning signs, a hero who is not believed at first about what is to come, fear of disturbing the local tourist industry, family separated during the actual event, finding each other after it is over. The disaster here is an avalanche that creates a massive tsunami in a fjord. It's a solid thriller and a very traditional disaster film- something I haven't seen in awhile. Good entertainment. I wish there had been more scenes of the giant wave- That part is very quick.
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Director Sion Sono's prolificness is matched only by his weirdness. This film whose narrative style reminded me of David Lynch features a schoolgirl who transforms into a bride about to get married and then a marathon runner all the while dodging a killer wind that cuts people in half, homicidal well armed school teachers, and a man wearing a pigs head as a mask. In the end, I'm not sure what it was all about despite an attempted explanation at the end. Something about the nature of reality and fiction. I liked the visuals and it was a stimulating movie as you try to figure out what is going on. This made up for the emptiness at the heart of art without meaning. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it but I did enjoy it on a purely entertainment level (which is perhaps not what the director intended)
SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
Filled with gross out jokes, this paint by numbers zombie horror flick at least gives us a slight variation on the typical undead. Here the infected are the result of a bio-weapon accidentally released from a lab. There are fast zombies and also animal zombies. The three teenage cub scout heroes team up with a stripper. Fast paced, filled with gory gags ( this is more of a comedy than a horror/comedy). The best part is the always reliable David Koechner as a scoutmaster with a Dolly Parton fixation. Entertaining but not memorable.
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Not sure what this film was about. The only real horror parts are at the very beginning and at the very end. The rest is teenage mean girls carrying out teenage mean girl behavior with some artistic flourishes particularly in the social media game the characters play throughout. Looks nice but ultimately not very scary. There's message in there too about mean girls and social media but it is lost in the muddle.
ASMODEUS
Low Budget talky limp horror about a serial killer loose in a halfway house for female convicts. Spends a lot of time building up the character's personalities and back histories which I liked but the actual horror part is not particularly well directed and the narrative is wildly uneven.
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