More Fun with the Masters
I'm pretty sure I've rambled on one of my two blogs about the "Masters of Horror" flicks. For those of you uninitiated, "Masters" was a series of 13 one hour films by notable Horror film directors that were originally released on Showtime, and now are coming out (slowly buy surely) on DVD. Of the four previous releases, I considered "Cigarette Burns", "Dreams in the Witch House", and "Incident on and off a Mountain Road" to be full on flat out killer, while "Chocalte" was good enough for a viewing.
Four more have been released on DVD. Here's the rundown.
"Deer Woman" has a silly title, and is kinda silly in its own right. After all, the premise is that men are being seduced by a chick who just happens to have deer legs, who, after mating, proceeds to stomp her victims into paste. Yeah. Again, it's a bit tongue in cheek, but direcor John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) manages to balance the comedy and the horror in fairly equal degrees. I dug it.
"Sick Girl" is also kinda silly, but give the film points for originality. It's definately the only Lesbian Love Story Horror Flick about Mutant Bugs I've ever seen. Also, the characters are surprisingly well developed, all things considered. It could have used a little more blood and gore, and a little less humor, but that's really my only complaint. More "serious" horror fans won't like it, but I liked it well enough.
"Homecoming" is a pretty blatant anti-war flick. Actually, anti-administration would be the more fitting word. Veterans of "the war" start returning from the dead for the sole purpose of voting in the election against the incumbant president. When the party in office decides to rig the election anyway, well, that's when things get messy. The Ann Coultier (how the hell do you spell that creepy bitch's name?) stand in is pretty dead on, but they manage to keep the W. jokes to a minimum. If you're sick of politics (points at self) then this one may be a little tedious. And if you're a Conservative Republican, then this one may piss you off. Still, a surprisingly scathing indictment of the current administration. Not bad for a one hour splatter flick.
And then there's the best of the new batch...
"Pick Me Up" has a pretty simple plot. It's "Psycho Truck Driver" vs. "Psycho Hitchhiker" with some unlucky chick stuck in the middle. Literally. Besides featuring what I consider to be a great premise, the film plays the suspence for all it's worth, and throws us an incredibly clever twist in the end. Three thumbs up, not the best of the set (that's still a toss up between Cigarette Burns and Incident) but still quite enjoyable.
Four more have been released on DVD. Here's the rundown.
"Deer Woman" has a silly title, and is kinda silly in its own right. After all, the premise is that men are being seduced by a chick who just happens to have deer legs, who, after mating, proceeds to stomp her victims into paste. Yeah. Again, it's a bit tongue in cheek, but direcor John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) manages to balance the comedy and the horror in fairly equal degrees. I dug it.
"Sick Girl" is also kinda silly, but give the film points for originality. It's definately the only Lesbian Love Story Horror Flick about Mutant Bugs I've ever seen. Also, the characters are surprisingly well developed, all things considered. It could have used a little more blood and gore, and a little less humor, but that's really my only complaint. More "serious" horror fans won't like it, but I liked it well enough.
"Homecoming" is a pretty blatant anti-war flick. Actually, anti-administration would be the more fitting word. Veterans of "the war" start returning from the dead for the sole purpose of voting in the election against the incumbant president. When the party in office decides to rig the election anyway, well, that's when things get messy. The Ann Coultier (how the hell do you spell that creepy bitch's name?) stand in is pretty dead on, but they manage to keep the W. jokes to a minimum. If you're sick of politics (points at self) then this one may be a little tedious. And if you're a Conservative Republican, then this one may piss you off. Still, a surprisingly scathing indictment of the current administration. Not bad for a one hour splatter flick.
And then there's the best of the new batch...
"Pick Me Up" has a pretty simple plot. It's "Psycho Truck Driver" vs. "Psycho Hitchhiker" with some unlucky chick stuck in the middle. Literally. Besides featuring what I consider to be a great premise, the film plays the suspence for all it's worth, and throws us an incredibly clever twist in the end. Three thumbs up, not the best of the set (that's still a toss up between Cigarette Burns and Incident) but still quite enjoyable.
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