Welcome to Reviews from the Horror Chamber. I am your chamber keeper, Anthony Thurber. Well this week, I’m devoting my opening to The Signal, which is coming out on dvd this Tuesday via Magnolia Pictures. This is definitely one of the year’s best films. One of the things that I appreciate in a film is that the director is going all out in trying to tell his vision. This film has three directors. One of the strong suits of The Signal is that the fact that each of the three directors brought their own vision to their story. It was one of the things that made the film great. Also, the film has a very creepy performance for A.J. Bowen, which helped the film become terrorizing. But take that for my word, I highly suggest you purchase or rent The Signal this Tuesday, as you hardcore horror fans won’t be disappointed. Check out mine and Tony D’s review of the film at
http://www.filmarcade.net/2008/02/reviews-from-horror-chamber-signal.html and http://www.filmarcade.net/2008/02/signal-review-written-by-tonyd-hardcore.html
Also, I know I forgot it last week, but if you have any intentions of seeing The Eye (2008) with Jessica Alba, please read my review of the film first at http://www.filmarcade.net/2008/02/reviews-from-horror-chamber-eye-2008.html and hopefully I’ll spare you from that horrible mess. Now on to the reviews.
Botched
Year: 2008
Director: Kit Ryan
Stars: Stephen Doff, Jamie Murray, Sean Pertwee
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Brothers
Running Time: 94 Mins
Review Rating: 4 Stars
Official Website: http://www.botchedmovie.com/
Botched is a film that hit it big at the 2007 New York City Horror Film Festival. The film won Best Actor for Stephen Doff and Best Feature Film there. The film is about a thief whose robberies never seem to go according to plan. He is hired to go into Russia to retrieve a priceless ancient artifact from a penthouse. The robbery is going to plan, until the elevator stops on the thirteenth floor. From there, he and a group of people are forced to play a demented game of hide and seek where the heirs of Ivan the Terrible are looking to kill and sacrifice them
Botched is a bloody fun film. Director Kit Ryan balances the horror and comedy elements very well. One of the reasons he does that is by not letting one of those two genres become so heavy to the point that it’s either stupid or senseless. The acting was pretty good. Ryan’s direction of the actors was good as they helped make the dark humor in the film funny and entertaining. Stephen Doff’s performance here was good. He does a good job making his character dim-witted and entertaining that makes you enjoy a movie like this.
The screenplay written by Raymond Friel, Eamon Friel, and Derek Boyle hit all the funny and gory moments well here. The humor of this film was good, as it didn’t get too silly or very stupid. It helped this film be entertaining. Another thing that helped the humor was the fact that Stephen Doff’s character was dim-witted for most of the film. I liked how they added this mafia subplot in the beginning. They do that; so it makes sense that he’s a thief and helps develop those facts things can never go right in the character’s heists. The screenwriter also added a lot of bloody moments that were done in a fun way, as there they decided to not add any suspense in the killings. I don’t mind the fact that there are no suspense to the killings, as this is suppose to be a fun horror film here not a serious film at all.
Botched isn’t a botched film at all, as this was funny and very gory.
Timber Falls
Year: 2008
Director: Tony Gillio
Stars: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
Running Time: 100 Mins
Review Rating: 2.5 Stars
Official Website: http://www.timberfallsmovie.com/
Botched is a bloody fun film. Director Kit Ryan balances the horror and comedy elements very well. One of the reasons he does that is by not letting one of those two genres become so heavy to the point that it’s either stupid or senseless. The acting was pretty good. Ryan’s direction of the actors was good as they helped make the dark humor in the film funny and entertaining. Stephen Doff’s performance here was good. He does a good job making his character dim-witted and entertaining that makes you enjoy a movie like this.
The screenplay written by Raymond Friel, Eamon Friel, and Derek Boyle hit all the funny and gory moments well here. The humor of this film was good, as it didn’t get too silly or very stupid. It helped this film be entertaining. Another thing that helped the humor was the fact that Stephen Doff’s character was dim-witted for most of the film. I liked how they added this mafia subplot in the beginning. They do that; so it makes sense that he’s a thief and helps develop those facts things can never go right in the character’s heists. The screenwriter also added a lot of bloody moments that were done in a fun way, as there they decided to not add any suspense in the killings. I don’t mind the fact that there are no suspense to the killings, as this is suppose to be a fun horror film here not a serious film at all.
Botched isn’t a botched film at all, as this was funny and very gory.
Timber FallsYear: 2008
Director: Tony Gillio
Stars: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
Running Time: 100 Mins
Review Rating: 2.5 Stars
Official Website: http://www.timberfallsmovie.com/
Timber Falls is about a happy couple (Josh Randall, Brianna Brown) that’s spending a weekend hiking in the mountains of West Virginia. Their weekend was going good but takes a turn for the worse, as they have to fight in order to survive, when a psychopath kidnaps them. The couple is forced to partake in the psychopath’s ritual in order to survive.
Timber Falls is one of those torture porn films that has many up and downs to it. Director Tony Gillio does a good job with his direction of the film, as it really almost saved it for me. He directs the scenes very well. They were dark and frightening at times. His direction of the actors was very good, as the acting was one of the film’s strong points especially from the two leads in the film. They had very good chemistry with each other, which helped sell the fact that the two were in a relationship.
However, the major problem with film was the screenplay, which was written by Dan Kay. The major problem was the fact that didn’t follow up with a very good first half hour of the film. I thought the first half hour was very good, as Kay goes a good job setting up the characters but after that first half hour, it went downhill. The movie then became it predictable and boring at time. That’s a problem when you try to make one of these films. I would have liked to have seen some twists or more action in the film but it was like you know what’s going to happen two minutes before it happens because the scenes weren’t set up well. The dialogue felt kind of repetitive, which was annoying at times, as it felt like the actors were repeating their lines. Also, I thought the end was very predicable, as it seemed to follow the same way that most of these films end. But, at least the film has some decent scares that kept me awake from all the boring action.
Timber Falls is a film that has a good setup but a bad follow through, as it falls in the end.
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl & Incest Boy
Year: 2007
Director: Richard Taylor
Stars: Janine Laurent, Paul Lucero, Lloyd Kaufman
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bizjack Flemco Productions
Running Time: 13 Mins
Review Rating: 4 Stars
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/incestcannibal
Timber Falls is one of those torture porn films that has many up and downs to it. Director Tony Gillio does a good job with his direction of the film, as it really almost saved it for me. He directs the scenes very well. They were dark and frightening at times. His direction of the actors was very good, as the acting was one of the film’s strong points especially from the two leads in the film. They had very good chemistry with each other, which helped sell the fact that the two were in a relationship.
However, the major problem with film was the screenplay, which was written by Dan Kay. The major problem was the fact that didn’t follow up with a very good first half hour of the film. I thought the first half hour was very good, as Kay goes a good job setting up the characters but after that first half hour, it went downhill. The movie then became it predictable and boring at time. That’s a problem when you try to make one of these films. I would have liked to have seen some twists or more action in the film but it was like you know what’s going to happen two minutes before it happens because the scenes weren’t set up well. The dialogue felt kind of repetitive, which was annoying at times, as it felt like the actors were repeating their lines. Also, I thought the end was very predicable, as it seemed to follow the same way that most of these films end. But, at least the film has some decent scares that kept me awake from all the boring action.
Timber Falls is a film that has a good setup but a bad follow through, as it falls in the end.
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl & Incest BoyYear: 2007
Director: Richard Taylor
Stars: Janine Laurent, Paul Lucero, Lloyd Kaufman
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bizjack Flemco Productions
Running Time: 13 Mins
Review Rating: 4 Stars
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/incestcannibal
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl & Incest Boy has played, in various festivals including the B-Movie Film Festival and TromaDance. The film is about a girl who pretty much likes to eat people, hence the title. One day when she goes on one of her cannibal sprees, when she meets a boy that’s being treated like a dog, by his mother. She then begin fall in love with this boy but his mother is not so happy with it. Soon, blood begins to fly everywhere along with shocking imagery and a soundtrack that goes back to the psychedelic days. If that wasn’t even enough for this short film, Troma President Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist) makes a cameo appearance.
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl & Incest Boy is one of those fun gore fests
that I enjoyed a lot. Director Richard Taylor direction was good, as it was nice to see some originality here, as this film is not trying to be serious here, as this is a throwback to the Lloyd Kaufman (who makes a cameo here) and campy horror films from the eighties. Taylor did a good job filming this film on super 8 film on a very low budget. It’s very rare to see this type of filming, but is welcomed here. His gore effects were very good, as it was bloody and disgusting. His directions of the two main actors were very good. The film completely no dialogue but he makes up for that in the actors performances and expressions, as it helped make their character’s interesting.
The screenplay, which was written, by Taylor and Zack Biens was funny and weird. I like it, when filmmakers try and do something different with the story of the film, like in this film where there is no dialogue. They do it so the film feels weird and different from other short films that you might see. The humor in the film was good, as it was one of those things that help make for having no dialogue. They also do a good job developing the relationship between the two main characters, as it helps the relationship to be interesting and entertaining even though the film has a short running time.
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy is good gory fun. You can purchase the film at the film's official myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/incestcannibal
If you’re a filmmaker and interested in having your horror film reviewed in the horror chamber, you can reach the Chamber Keeper himself at horrorchamber@filmarcade.net or if you have any film in any genres that you want Film Arcade to review. Send us an email at screeners@filmarcade.net.
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I’ll be back next Sunday with a new edition, in which I hopefully will have a review of the latest entry in the Raw Feed series with Otis. Until then, have a frightening day.
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl & Incest Boy is one of those fun gore fests
that I enjoyed a lot. Director Richard Taylor direction was good, as it was nice to see some originality here, as this film is not trying to be serious here, as this is a throwback to the Lloyd Kaufman (who makes a cameo here) and campy horror films from the eighties. Taylor did a good job filming this film on super 8 film on a very low budget. It’s very rare to see this type of filming, but is welcomed here. His gore effects were very good, as it was bloody and disgusting. His directions of the two main actors were very good. The film completely no dialogue but he makes up for that in the actors performances and expressions, as it helped make their character’s interesting.
The screenplay, which was written, by Taylor and Zack Biens was funny and weird. I like it, when filmmakers try and do something different with the story of the film, like in this film where there is no dialogue. They do it so the film feels weird and different from other short films that you might see. The humor in the film was good, as it was one of those things that help make for having no dialogue. They also do a good job developing the relationship between the two main characters, as it helps the relationship to be interesting and entertaining even though the film has a short running time.The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy is good gory fun. You can purchase the film at the film's official myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/incestcannibal
If you’re a filmmaker and interested in having your horror film reviewed in the horror chamber, you can reach the Chamber Keeper himself at horrorchamber@filmarcade.net or if you have any film in any genres that you want Film Arcade to review. Send us an email at screeners@filmarcade.net.
Also, don’t forget to add the official myspace home of Reviews From the Horror Chamber at http://www.myspace.com/reviewsfromthehorchamber.
I’ll be back next Sunday with a new edition, in which I hopefully will have a review of the latest entry in the Raw Feed series with Otis. Until then, have a frightening day.
Sounds like you got at least two winners on here. Great reviews!!
They have the first two at my videostore, but Incest Boy and Cannibal Girl sounds... sweet...
I picked up the cannibal girl and incest boy dvd! its an awesome film with tons of special features and only 12 bucks... and they sent me a free sticker lol i would def check it out if i were you!!!