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Doing The Timewarp

Advantages: A different horror tale
Disadvantages: Too predictable (for me at least)

...a day more miserable than the last, Grant realises that he no longer has a girlfriend; he reflects on an argument that started with his hatred of Lord Of The Rings (being a New Zealander this is sacrilege). Already planned Paul turns up to take Grant away for the weekend, a time of alcohol, women and surfing. As with all good horror movies a detour takes them somewhere they never expected to go and the duo witness the murder of a young Maori woman. ...
...pursued through the countryside by the residents, who seem prepared to do anything to get their prey. I expected the Locals to be like Staw Dogs, with the "non-locals" turning up and upsetting things. However this is far from the case, in actual fact its not really that sort of film at all. Because of the rural location there are actually very few "locals" and its not the great pursuit that the DVD case boasts. I'm not saying that The Locals is ...

sghawken 05.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Locals (DVD)

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Dead and Dying

Advantages: Not many
Disadvantages: Everything in the film is expected and fairly dull

Dead and dying is about some teens who have found a money making sceme in the tunnels of mexico. The deal is to buy and sell drugs but there trail is hindered by ghosts who have been tortured. These ghosts find grusome ways to kill any human who enters the caves. With this knoledge they carry on as planned. It is a horror made on a low budget. It lacks imagination and has tried to copy ideas from everyother amusing horror released in 2005. It's ...
...with the added poltergiste and dead dude who follows them everwhere but isnt seen until the end. With the odd bit of humour seeping into it, it's definatley worth a watch even if your just bored. I think the characters could use a bit more experience in horror, it's the classic "oh no im being chased" 'runs into a room with no exit and just stands there' Thats about everything for this film, give it a watch and see what you think, always good ...

the_irish_rock04 08.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Dead And Dying (aka El Intermindo) (DVD)

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Evil has been summoned again!

Advantages: Make your wishes come true!
Disadvantages: Lose your soul!

When Morgana, her boyfriend Eric and another guy rob an art gallery of some paintings, and kill a couple of armed security guards, they thought the worse that could happen is them going to jail... However a bullet broke the opal containing the Djinn, that Morgana was wearing atound her neck, this leads to the Djinn, in the form of Nathaniel Demerest coming to Earth and pleading guilty to her crimes so that he can go to prison and claim the 1001 ...
...rights to the Earth. Every time someone makes a wish, Demerest grants it in exchange for their soul. He meets up with a Russian who helps to escape the prison so that he can walk the streets for easier access to the souls that he needs. In order for the Djinn to take full control of the Earth, Morgana (with the help of a priest called Gregory) must make three wishes to complete "the Prophecy"., but we all she ain't gonna do that, hell there's ...

iateamonkey 03.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies (DVD)

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"It's just wrong!"

Advantages: Nice opening credit shot.
Disadvantages: Shame it doesn't end at the end of the opening credits.

...claims that one reviewer called Forest of the Damned the best British film in years. Either he is making this up or the reviewer has appallingly bad taste in films. A group of friends end up stranded in the middle of some woods miles from anywhere and fall victim to 'fallen angels' (naked women with dodgy dentistry). That's the basic premise of this film. To be fair the core idea is a nice one. But its so shoddily executed. From the writing to ...
...that I did think was good. There are so many confusing elements to the whole production. Unnecessary confusion too. Where is it supposed to be set? Its clearly filmed on location in Great Britain. English number plates on cars, scenes shot in some Brtish suburb somewhere, etc. They even say they are in England at the start. So why are they driving an Austrian VW van? Why is there a scene where they find a missing poster which has Miranda Police ...

paramanjara 28.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Forest Of The Damned (DVD)

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Wishmaster 3, wish it was a little better

Advantages: good storyline, suspense
Disadvantages: not scary enough

...as good as the original wishmaster but is still a good film. With one of her wishes she brings St Michael back to life, who had once imprisoned the djinn in an emarald. He can not kill the djinn, only Dianna can as she woke the demon up and he tells her what she must do to defeat the djinn. the film is good but needed that little extra to make it more scary. The effects let it down, as the death scenes seem a little tame, but I enjoyed the story. ...

hardingjenny 29.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Wishmaster 3 - Devil Stone (DVD)

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