I have a weakness for zombie movies. They're stupid and I know better, but I can't help myself. I can't explain it, I just love em'. This admitted, I can't say this one turns my crank. I'm fine with the zombie element, as a matter of fact I love it. The stick wicket is the premise. Can we stop with the first-person movies already? Thanks to Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) and then those goofballs Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez for belching out Blair Witch Project, now everyone with a budget under 1 million thinks its clever to do the "lost footage" routine. Attention all independent filmmakers, we know you're short on funds and things are being done on the cheap. Not everyone can be Michael Bay and not every film is a corporate event. Concentrate on story and good film making and we won't care your movie looks like it was shot in a high school AV room.
What pains me is that this isn't the first time with the "lost footage" gimmick for creators John Erick and Drew Dowdle. They made their mark with last year's most pathetic release The Poughkeepsie Tapes which was made of footage taken from a serial killer's point-of-view. I have the same reaction to this movie as I did with that one - just what the world needed another movie for stupid people.
Screenwriters: John Erick Dowdle, and Drew Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes) Director: John Erick Dowdle Actors: Johnathon Schaech (8MM2), Jennifer Carpenter (The Exorcism of Emily Rose), and Columbus Short (Stomp the Yard)
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1 Comments:
yeah, trying to play off cover-up paranoia looks kinda lame when Granny's trying to eat the cute reporter.
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