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The Devil's Rejects, a review by Antares

The Devil's Rejects (2005) 72/100 - As I posted earlier, horror is my least favorite genre. But the other night there was nothing on TV and I was surfing like it was Endless Summer and happened upon this film on IFC. Before I start, IFC used to be one of my favorite TV channels, but as of late, watching a film on that channel is extremely laborious with the excessive amount of time devoted to commercial advertising. What a shame, it used to be such a great avenue for independent film watching, but now it's mired in a mass marketing nightmare. Back to the review... I was surprised at the end of this film as I found myself actually liking it. I guess it was the realism of the crimes committed by what has to be the sickest of psychotic families since the demented killers in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. One of the reasons that I don't care for slasher flics is that I was never comfortable with being put in the killer's eyes, which seemed to become prevalent after Halloween and Friday the 13th over thirty years ago. But Rob Zombie does it right by making you a witness, as opposed to a participant in the proceedings. I squirmed often and I felt my heart racing many times throughout this, and with the exception of a few moments of implausible activity, I was satisfied by what I was watching. Do you I ever want to watch it again, probably not, but not because it wasn't worthy of a second viewing, but because it's genre is not my cup of tea. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys slasher films, as from what I've read, Rob Zombie is pretty good at this kind of film making. Oh, and one more thing... this had one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a long while.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on October 14th, 2013)

Los cronocrímenes, a review by Achim

(2007/Spain) Optimum Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Nacho Vigalondo Writing: Nacho Vigalondo (Writer) Length: 88 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English

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Where Primer did my head in with it's high-level approach this was a lot of fun to watch. Kept much simpler and more approachable than before mentioned film, Timecrimes is an interesting watch. It is unfortunately held back by a weird pacing, giving the audience lots of information too early, so we are left to merely observe how things unfold. This is especially true in the middle section and even in the "climax" little is done to keep us on the edge of the seat. That leaves the viewer ultimate with, as I said, interesting but mostly unengaging story.

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(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime on August 22nd, 2011)

Birthday Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Medium: Season 3
Ghost in the Machine
After Allison gets Joe a camcorder for his birthday, her excitement turns to dread when she starts seeing disturbing images through it connected to a murder case.

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. One I really enjoyed... but it is far from perfect. I mean come on... what is the chances that she ends up with the same camcorder that the murder returned? I know I can usually suspend believability on such a thing... but it don't really feel quite right on this one. But other then that.. I enjoyed this one quite a lot.



(From Birthday Marathon on May 25th, 2009)