MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘Naked Lunch’ HAS to be Experienced

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper Sitting down to write a review of the Criterion Collection’s Naked Lunch Blu-ray, I thought about how I’d probably get nothing done if my laptop had a pulsating sphincter. The film, loosely based on the infamous drug-soaked book by William S. Burroughs, may be David Cronenberg’s most unusual and least accessible… Read More


David Harley
May 14, 2013 4:53pm
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[BD Review] ‘Aftershock’ Is Fun… Until It Isn’t

Aftershock is a weird movie in the sense that I honestly don’t know how I feel about it. There’s a lot to like in the film, but I can’t recommend it as a complete work. It has a lot of great components, but it seems oddly intent on sabotaging itself with elements that just don’t… Read More


EvanDickson
May 09, 2013 3:51pm
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[BD Review] ‘Fresh Meat’ Overstuffs Its Narrative But Still Satisfies

Fresh Meat could have been a disaster. Hell, in some ways it is a disaster. But the film pulls off a minor miracle by achieving a sustainable sense of fun throughout its runtime. While the narrative often gets caught up in its own repetitious cycle and bogged down by first-draft one liners (those clunky exchanges… Read More


EvanDickson
May 07, 2013 7:49pm
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[BD Review] ‘Jacob’ is Admirable but has Zero Focus

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper Sometimes the sincerity and DIY spirit of an indie horror film can make you like it more than you should. Case in point: Texas filmmaker Larry Wade Carrell’s 2011 shocker Jacob, which just dropped on Blu-ray. I can’t help but admire Carrell’s ambition and his obvious passion for the genre. His… Read More


David Harley
May 01, 2013 7:54pm
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[Theatre Review] ‘Night Of The Living Dead Live’ Is A Monster Of A Good Time!

“Night of the Living Dead Live” has just started its limited run in Toronto, Ontario at the Theatre Passe Muraille till Sunday May 19th. It’s brought to you by the good folks at Nictophobia Films and Co-Writer/Director Christopher Bond, who brought us the super-fun “Evil Dead: The Musical” a few years back. Catch it if… Read More


Mike Pereira
Apr 30, 2013 7:44am
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Tantalizingly Brief Trailer For ‘Alyce Kills’ Leaves You Wanting More!

I haven’t seen Alyce Kills, the newest BD Selects title from Zombie Strippers director Jay Lee, but d*mn if I’m not intrigued by this trailer. At only 45 seconds, it manages to pack more information and events into its runtime than most 2 minute jobs, and it doesn’t spoil the whole plot to boot! “After… Read More


EvanDickson
Apr 22, 2013 11:41am
MOVIES
[B-D Review] ‘A Haunted House’ is Impossible to Find Amusing

Reviewed by Mike Ferraro Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) play a couple about to open a new chapter in their relationship when they decide to move in together. Malcolm, of course, decides to turn a camera on and record his new lifestyle with his significant other. However, it is Kisha who seems to… Read More


David Harley
Apr 21, 2013 2:57pm
MOVIES
[B-D Review] ‘Curandero: Dawn of the Demon’ is an A-OK Satanic Cult Flick

Reviewed by Mike Ferraro Eduardo Rodriguez (the upcoming Fright Night 2) seems to be a dual-personality director who is certainly gifted in some areas of filmmaking, but lacks terribly in many others. Curandero: Dawn of the Demon marks his feature-length debut, which tells the story of Carlos (Carlos Gallardo – El Mariachi), a spiritual healer… Read More


David Harley
Apr 21, 2013 2:46pm
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[DVD Review] ‘The Collection’ Is An Insane Array Of Creative Ways To Kill People

The Collection starts like a music video, glorifying party sluts at angles only an art student would use – all while untiss untiss. Dig it? However, it’s not 1999 anymore. If you go to raves, you deserve to die. Such is the case in this sequel to 2009’s The Collector. Again directed by Marcus Dunstan,… Read More


LaurenTaylor
Apr 14, 2013 5:00pm
MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘The Battery’ is Damn Good

The Battery written, directed and starring Jeremy Gardner is an emotional 100 minutes and 23 seconds of a zombie film. Like most zombie films, the story revolves around the humans involved. In this case it’s baseball players Ben (Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim). The two have been on the run from zombies for some time,… Read More


LaurenTaylor
Apr 14, 2013 12:00pm
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[DVD Review] Found Footage ‘The Bay’ Lacks Thrills

The Bay is completely unconventional in the way it tells its tale of an ecological disaster. Through iPhone footage, webcams, surveillance video – you name it – the movie tells the story of Claridge, Maryland and the tainted water that brings on a plague of sorts. Ultimately, it’s just not very scary. The Bay tries…. Read More


LaurenTaylor
Apr 14, 2013 9:00am
MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘Eddie’ Mixes Cannibalistic Fun with Black Humour

I will be one of the first to admit that my home country of Canada isn’t the greatest for producing widely accessible and noteworthy films. Sure, there’s been Videodrome, Ginger Snaps, Black Christmas and so on, but you’d have to admit that consistency isn’t our forte. Enter Danish filmmaker Boris Rodriguez, who with the collaboration… Read More


Pat Torfe
Apr 13, 2013 7:00pm
MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘Bad Meat’ is Rotten

Bad Meat is just bad. The 2011 movie was originally supposed to be directed by Rob Schmidt (Wrong Turn) back when it was announced in 2007. Then, in 2008, production was halted with the movie about 75% done. After the actors in the movie had received some credibility for their TV roles, the movie resumed… Read More


LaurenTaylor
Apr 13, 2013 12:26pm
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[B-D Review] ‘Iron Doors’ is a Well-crafted, Claustrophobic Blast

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper “Trapped in a box” movies are inherently fun. Even if the characters aren’t all that interesting, it’s still entertaining to try to figure a way out before they can. Then we feel stupid when that “oh shit” curveball hits us in the face. Sometimes the ending doesn’t satisfy (I love Cube… Read More


David Harley
Apr 09, 2013 7:22pm
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[B-D Review] ‘Badlands’ is Pretty Flawless in its Execution

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper With the exception of Blood Simple and Mean Streets, few debut features in modern film are as impressive as Terrence Malick’s Badlands. Released in 1973 while the Vietnam War was still raging, Badlands is a visually stunning, amoral meditation on loneliness, media image, and a bunch of that transcendent nature-related philosophy… Read More


David Harley
Apr 09, 2013 7:16pm
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[BD Review] ‘Kiss The Abyss’ is a Solid Undead Indie Effort

It seems to be a rule (and rightfully so) in horror that do-it-yourself resurrections are not something that you should undertake. Victor Frankenstein found out the hard way, as did the protagonists in films like Pet Sematary, Return Of The Living Dead 3, Friday The 13th Part VII, Re-Animator and so on. Yeah, you could… Read More


Pat Torfe
Mar 24, 2013 8:45pm
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[BD Review] ‘Shadow People’ Flickers Between Creepy and Confusing

For those who don’t know, for his classic A Nightmare On Elm Street, Wes Craven drew inspiration from a series of articles printed in the LA Times about a group of Khmer refugees who were experiencing disturbing nightmares, some of whom soon after died in their sleep. Now while Craven didn’t need to advertise his… Read More


Pat Torfe
Mar 24, 2013 8:31pm
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[BD Review] ‘Kiss Of The Damned’ Is Stylish, Sexy And Bloody

If director Xan Cassavetes is 100% aware of what kind of movie Kiss Of The Damned is, then I think she’s approaching genius. If not, I thank her anyway because this is one seriously fun, sexy, stupid and gory good time. It reminds me of the 80′s every bit as much as House Of The… Read More


EvanDickson
Mar 18, 2013 4:39pm
MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘The Call’ Drowns A Few Smart Moments In A Sea Of Blandness

The Call is a serviceable thriller that makes enough smart choices to make you realize how dumb everything else in the movie is. Not that this the kind of story that writers/directors usually have as a passion project – but I would almost like to see a version of this movie without all of the… Read More


EvanDickson
Mar 15, 2013 6:26pm
MOVIES
[BD Review] It’s Easy To Have Fun With ‘Big Ass Spider!’

A film that’s simultaneously humble and ambitious, I had a good time with Big Ass Spider!. It’s a movie that sets out to elevate the terrain usually staked out for Asylum type productions and build something more enjoyable on it. In that regard, the film succeeds. Even though Spider‘s brand of humor and sub-genre aren’t… Read More


EvanDickson
Mar 14, 2013 9:11pm
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[BD Review] ‘Holy Ghost People’ Prays For Heaven But Ends Up On Earth

Like so many films at SXSW, I walked into Holy Ghost People utterly blind and not knowing at all what to expect. For the majority of the film’s running time I was handsomely rewarded – this is a well shot piece of work with an intriguing premise and several amazing performances. I was really digging… Read More


EvanDickson
Mar 14, 2013 11:07am
MOVIES
[BD Review] ‘Plus One’ Is A Weird, Violent And Original Surprise

Plus One isn’t for everybody. It sets up a unique Project X via Can’t Hardly Wait universe and melds it into an Invasion Of The Body Snatchers shaped mold. This ultimately might not be the best delivery system for its message, but it swings for the fences in a way I wasn’t expecting and –… Read More


EvanDickson
Mar 12, 2013 11:15pm
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[BD Review] ‘Futureworld’ is a Worthy Sequel That’s Fun in Parts

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper When the robots in Westworld suffered from a “central-circuit malfunction” and slaughtered a bunch of people, the Delos amusement park shut down. Two years later, the corporate heads decided to re-open the park with a new attraction in place of Westworld: a mock space station called Futureworld. Visitors at Futureworld can… Read More


David Harley
Mar 11, 2013 9:00pm
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[BD Review] ‘The Asylum Tapes’ is an Exercise in Patience

Reviewed by Patrick Cooper Having to sit through DTV found footage movies is starting to get painful. What stings even more is when one of America’s greatest filmmakers stamps his approval on one of these pieces of crap. Written, directed, and starring Sean Stone, son of revered director Oliver Stone, The Asylum Tapes (aka Greystone… Read More


David Harley
Mar 11, 2013 8:30pm