Saturday, September 21, 2013

Devil's Pass aka The Dyatlov Pass Incident


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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Jordan

Another found footage film, so how did this one fare. This time Renny Harlin give it a go. Using a real life mystery as a basis and then drawing in other classic conspiracy theories like the Philadelphia Experiment and a whole bunch of kooky sci-fi fun. And a lot of typical found footage spookyness. Some very cg creepyness. Eh it has a funky twist but on the whole, not so great. still I've seen much much worse...

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Errors of the Human Body



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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes

What a creepy drama, feels like old Cronenberg. And that is great. The science here feels real, believable and the set up is good. I like the characters involved although the end gets a little too big for the tone of the rest of the film but still, a really solid effort with some creepy ideas explored.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

The TV Set


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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Tyler, Kate

Write Up.

Heh, so funny. And yet, so sad because it's true.

Riddick



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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Michael

I do like the Pitch Black universe. I really love Pitch Black. Chronicles was ambitious and a little unwieldily but Riddick returns the break out character to his roots. The creatures you guys, all the creatures. The opening act is dialogue free, just following our anti-hero surviving on a unknown planet. Filled with creatures.

When the bounty hunters arrive we get some very stock characters. The action moves along just fine but I started to zone out towards the end. Still great that this actually got made.