Spiral (V)

1576-poster
release date February 19 2008
studio Anchor Bay
director Adam Green, Joel Moore
writer Jeremy Danial Boreing, Joel Moore
starring Joel Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi, Tricia Helfer, David Muller, Annie Neal
site spiralthemovie.com
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

A reclusive telemarketer (Joel David Moore), whose dysfunctional friendship with his boss (Zachary Levi) is alleviated when a whimsical co-worker (Tamblyn) enters his life. But as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of destruction.

Official Review

I don’t think I need to remind everyone how much I loved Adam Green’s Hatchet, but suffice to say I was very curious what his follow up would be. Luckily, he chose to go as far from Hatchet as possible with Spiral, which can barely even be considered a horror movie. Many of the new horror directors followed up with either a sequel to their first film (hell, Bousman made THREE Saw films in a row before finally leaving Jigsaw behind!), or continue exploring the same themes (Rob Zombie’s Haddonfield seems to be populated with extras from Devil’s Rejects), or just ignored the genre all together (come back, Zack Snyder!). …Read More

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Official Score: 4 / 5