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Infection, a review by Jimmy

           

Title: Infection (2004)
Original Title: Kansen

Genre: Horror
Director: Masayuki Ochiai (Parasite Eve)         
Rating: R
Length: 1h38
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Japanese
Subtitles: English and Spanish

Stars:
Michiko Hada (Flowers of Shanghai)
Mari Hoshino (Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture)
Tae Kimura (Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture)
Yoko Maki (The Grudge)   
Kaho Minami (Teito taisen)

Plot:
A patient in a hospital dies due to malpractice. The doctors responsible panic and stage a cover up. Shortly thereafter, another patient is left at the hospital doors dying of bizarre symptoms. When the patient dies, the doctors involved in the cover up being acting strangely, then one by one, develop the same mysterious and deadly symptoms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysgwg2OBtUw

(From The little known movie review depot on February 27th, 2008)

Embrace of the Vampire, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Embrace of the Vampire
Movie Count: 2
TV Ep Count: 1
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 3:40am
Plot:My Thoughts:
This one was a blind buy. I never even heard of the movie until recently. I bought it for 2 reasons. #1 it is a vampire movie... and I love vampire movies.. and #2 it has Alysa Milano in it... and I been a fan of hers for a while now. I liked her in both Charmed and Who's the Boss... but seldomly seen her in anything else. As a vampire movie this one leaves a lot to be desired. The vampire story is fair at best. But Alysa Milano was definitely hot in it... but this is after all a more... uhhhh adult oriented movie. Seemed like the whole purpose of the movie was to show nude women. Not that I mind of course. But I was hoping for a better horror movie then what I got.



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 1st, 2008)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

What's the show about?
The Doctor is an alien, the last of the Time Lords and he travels with his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) to any point in time and to any planet he wants. The Doctor often travels with a Companion, most of the time a human woman. Wherever he goes, there's a mystery to be solved and sometimes the entire universe is at stake, in this dimension or another.

"Rose"
When Rose tries to close the shop she's working in she's attacked by the window dummies. At first she thinks it's a student prank until she gets rescued by a man who calls himself only The Doctor and the entire building explodes. This entire evening was so weird that she tells nobody what really happened until she gets attacked by a dummy arm again and is again rescued by him. A Nestene Consciousness tries to take over the world and only The Doctor can prevent it.

My Opinion
If one likes weird science-fiction stories (such as I) with way-out ideas thrown in for good measure then one should definitively give it a try. I've seen a few episodes of the old Doctor Who but not enough to make a valid comparison. But I really like the new series on its own, especially since they are not afraid to re-use old enemies without re-designing them. The Daleks look like from a 50s movie but that makes it so charming. Too bad that UK seasons are always so short.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on September 8th, 2009)