HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS (August 2009)
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A PERFECT GETAWAY (R) ROGUE PICTURES (2009)
Starring: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez Marley Shelton & more.
Steve Zahn & Mila Jovovich are newlyweds who are set out to enjoy a perfect honeymoon in Hawaii. While
there, they run into a pair of menacing hikers who try to latch on to their little vacation. They try to avoid them
while hiking through the woods. They keep meeting up with them & they taunt them. They find out that there
are a couple out there killing other couples on vacation. Things start out really slow for about the first half of the
movie then the intensity kicks in. There is a twist to the film, but it's a bit easy to figure out, cause I called it
before I even saw the film, just by the trailer alone. It was still a decent film, especially because of Steve Zahn &
Milla Jovovich both in roles they don't usually play!
www.APREFECTGETAWAY.net
CARVED: THE SLIT MOUTHED WOMEN (R) TARTAN VIDEO (2007)
Starring: Eziko Sato, Haruhiko Kato, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana, Kazuyuki Matsuzawa & more.
because of an old tale they heard from decades ago. The story is of a young women who wears a surgical mask
& ask people "Am I Pretty?" before she slaughters them. The vengeful spirit of this woman has returned & is
now slaughtering all the children in the area. The adults are trying to stop this women & figure out why she has
gone on this killing spree. This was a pretty creepy Japanese horror flick & one of the better ones out there. If
you dig other flicks from the TARTAN VIDEO collection then you'll dig this one!
EDEN LAKE (R) WEINSTEIN COMPANY (2008)
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Tara Ellis, Jack O'Connell, Finn Atkins & more.
Jenny & Steve are a young couple in love who are engaged. They want to celebrate & go for a calm lakeside
getaway. They arrive at the lake & start having a great enjoyable time. Further done the lakeside a bunch of
rowdy kids show up & start partying. The couple tries to continue to have a fun romantic time until the kids
start of their stuff & trash their truck by smashing the windows & slashing the tires. They start to fight back
with the kids & they start to get really violent. There is a lot of crazy things going on here & it's really intense.
This is a very cool flick that is highly intense & violent at times.
www.EDENLAKEmovie.co.uk
HAECKEL'S TALE (R) SHOWTIME NETWORKS (2006)
Starring: Derek Cecil, Leela Savasta, Tom McBeath, Steve Bacic, Gerard Plunkett & more.
This is one of the stories from the SHOWTIME series MASTERS OF HORROR. This story was done by
John McNaughton who did HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER based on a Clive Barker tale. The
story is based on a young medical student who is obsessed about raising the dead. He comes to a small house &
asked if he can stay the night. He soon uncovers the truth about the young women & older man who live there.
The young seductress has an erotic taste for the undead. Her master is a necromancer who has the power to
resurrect the dead. This was a very creepy & bizarre flick, but what else would you expect from the great Clive
Barker.
www.MASTERSOFHORROR.net
MIRRORS (R) 20TH CENTURY FOX (2008)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart & more.
Kiefer Sutherland stars in this super natural thriller movie. He is a security guard for a burned out department
store building before the owners can come & clean it out & demolish the building. There are huge mirrors all
over the building where some strange bizarre things keep happening in them. The mirrors are a gateway for the
people who were burned alive within the store. They are coming back & pulling people through the mirrors &
killing them. They were originally trapped within the stores building, but have found a way to travel through
anything that will give a reflection & start spreading out through out the city killing people. Some times the film
was a bit creepy & others it was pretty intense. It was a decent film with a slight twist on an old idea!
www.MIRRORSmovie.com
MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND (NR) TEMPE VIDEO (2006)
Starring: Brett Kelly, Caitlin Delaney, Jody Haucke, John Muggleton. Anastasia Kimmett & more.
until he runs her over her with his car & kills her. He doesn't want to lose his girlfriend & uses this ancient book
of Steve and Amy are boyfriend & girlfriend who are madly in love with each other. They have a great
relationship magic to bring her back to life. He revives her, but she comes back as a zombie. She starts to become
hungry for flesh & starts eating anyone she can. He tries to keep his neighbors & friends from finding out about
her & keep her from killing & eating them. This is a low budget Horror flick with a touch of comedy. Not the
best Zombie flick out there, but still a pretty decent one! Check it out!
myspace.com/MYDEADGIRLFRIENDthemovie
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (R) ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT (1986)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Moseley, Bill Johnson, Ken Evert & more.
Dennis Hopper is a Texas Ranger who is out for revenge on the Hewitt family because his son was killed by
them in the original films. A local DJ catches them on tape when they were killing two guys who called the radio
station & were still on the air. Then Leatherface & Chop Top head to the radio station to kill the DJ. They kill
her radio partner & kidnap her. They take her back to their new slaughterhouse that is underneath an abandoned
amusement park in the middle of nowhere. Dennis Hopper goes all psycho on them & fights it out chainsaw to
chainsaw. Most sequels really stink, especially done so many years after the original. I really love this film a lot
because it's given us one of the greatest Horror character ever & that's Chop Top! Leatherface & Chop Top
together make this film a cult classic! If you haven't seen this film it's a must for any Horror fan!
THE COLLECTOR (R) FREESTYLE RELEASING (2009)
Starring: Madeline Zima, Andrea Roth, Josh Stewart, Juan Fernandez, Daniello Alonso & more.
on vacation for a few weeks, so the contractor gets an advance on his pay. Once he visits his ex-wife & daughter
he finds out she owes lots of money to a lot of people. He tells her he will help her out. He decides he is going to
break into the wealthy families house & steal from their safe. He breaks into the house & starts hearing noises.
He expects someone else is in the house. He quickly finds out there is a man in the house that has the whole
family captive. He tries to save the family from THE COLLECTOR, who collects people & tortures them. This
was done by some of the guys who did the SAW movies. You can tell while watching it cause it had that feel. It
was very killer movie, but I didn't like the ending too much, except they left it open for another film!
http://THECOLLECTOR-movie.com
THE WASHINGTONIANS (R) SHOWTIME NETWORKS (2006)
(Johnathan Schaech, Venus Terzo, Myron Natwick, Duncan Fraser, Julia Tortolano & more.
This film was part of the first season of the MASTERS OF HORROR series. The film takes the history of our
first president George Washington, the celebrated father of our country & makes him out to be a homicidal
maniac. The tale follows back through the history of Washingtons family tree. A new couple moves into a small
town & they start noticing strange things happening. Some people start disappearing & they try to figure out
what is happening. The wife ends up disappearing as well so the husband starts searching for her. He soon
discovers that there is a group of people that call themselves "THE WASHINGTONIANS". They dress up like
George The film was a bit creepy & had a good twist on an old tale that would shock American History if found
to be true!
www.MASTERSOFHORROR.net
VACANCY 2: THE FIRST CUT (R) SONY PICTURES (2008)
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, David Moscow, Scott G Anderson, Arjay Smith, Trevor Wright & more.
This is the sequel to the original film, but it actually takes place before the other film. It's supposed to show you
how these guys got started with the killing they did in the original film. The guys that worked at the Motel were
secretly video taping the guest & watching them. They catch a guy on film having sex with a young lady, then he
starts beating her & then eventually kills her too. They start freaking out & don't know what to do. The guys
finds out that they know & convinces them to work with him. He will lure the people in & torture & kill them,
while they video tape it. Then they sell the videos on the black market. This young couple discovers it & they
try to get the authorities involved, but come to find out they have a part in the whole thing as well. This was a
decent film by itself, but doesn't have a lot to do with the first film.

