First I´d like to thank Herschel Zahnd III for sending me a DVD of his film.
Max Carpenter (Julia Streble) was on her way to her sorority´s annual Halloween costume party when she is abducted by a gang of masked men and taken to an old textile factory in a secluded part of town. Cold, bloody and beaten, Max unwillingly becomes part of a sadistic night of terror that will take her to the edge of madness and brutally push her over. Girl Number Three is written by Nathan Thomas Milliner (it´s based on a graphic novel by him) and Herschel Zahnd III who shot, edited and directed the film which is made on a shoestring budget. Considering the very limited budget the film looks good due to it being nicely shot and edited. The acting is for the most part pretty good and especially Julia Streble is quite nice in her part as the girl who is pushed to far... The film manages to give us a few twists along the way which is nice and adds to the entertainment value. The soundtrack is nice. There is violence and gore, it´s pretty standard indie practical gore make-up fx which looks decent thanks to the way it´s shot and edited and possibly also due to the film being in black and white. There is no T & A in it, actually they work around it quite nicely.
This review is based upon a DVD screener provided to me by the director.
Rating: 6 out of 7. I liked it, I did get a kick out of it. I look forward to see more from Herschel Zahnd III.
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First I´d like to thank the filmmakers of Gut for providing me with a DVD-screener.
Something is missing in Tom's (Jason Vail) life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan (Nicholas Wilder) still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around him. Dan thinks he has the solution, a mysterious video Tom's got to see to believe... tonight. What Dan shows him leaves Tom unsettled, flooding his mind with disturbing images and desires, and binding the two friends together with its ugly secret. One video soon follows another and another, blurring the line between reality and voyeuristic fascination, and threatening to dismantle everything around them. Gut is written and directed by Elias. As usual I won´t go into any details, this is to avoid potential spoilers that would riun the film for the viewer. The acting is top notch with strong performances from the whole cast, it´s looks beautiful with excellent camerawork and editing, the soundtrack is haunting and unsettling. This isn´t a gorefeast for the hungry gorehounds out there but there is gore and it consists of nice and very effective looking practical make-up fx. There is nudity, both male and female, and the film has one of the sexiest scenes I´ve seen for some time.
This review is based upon a DVD screener provided by the filmmakers.
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Rating: 7 out of 7. Gut is fanfreakingtastic! The acting is first class, the production values are very high. It manages to be very creepy and erotically charged. This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best films I´ll see this year and it gets my highest recommendations.
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First I´d like to thank Mikel Ledesma for contacting me and providing me with a screener.
The story of an escaped psychopath finds it's way into a young woman's (Alisha Revel) nightmares, turning a seemingly normal christmas party into a whirlwind of psychological thrills and twists. Tinsel is written by Kensley Grant and Mikel Ledesma who also is the director. The acting is good, there is just one or two exceptions, I especially like Alisha Revel as Sarah who is the main character, she manages to show off a large amount of emotions and her performance is pretty impressive.The pacing is pretty high, there is never a dull moment and there is a fairly high bodycount. There is some gore, pretty good looking practical make-up fx, but for the most part it´s limited to just blood. No T & A in this.
This review is based upon a passwordprotected online screener provided by the director Mikel Ledesma.
Rating: 6 out of 7. Tinsel is a very nice and effective slasher in the short film format but the gorehound and slasher fan in me just wish that it would have had a little bit more of the nice, in effect messier gore and a bit of nudity. It´s a slasher after all... If you´re a horror fan and especially a fan of the slasher genre you should check out Tinsel.
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