Two ex-security agents discover what may be the real cause of what the TV news reports as animal attacks. Argenta (Claire Westby) and Shahrokh (Paul Pedrosa) are former employees of a company they knew to be conducting bizarre medical experiments. What has resulted are not animal attacks, but attacks by humans - turned into vicious, decomposing, cannibalistic zombies. Their efforts to stem the violence in vain, hunted by the authorities, Shahrokh and Argenta escape the city just as it is engulfed by chaos. Their only hope lies in finding and organizing the few remaining survivors. What they find - three vampire women armed with high-tech weaponry, a deranged & washed-up Mexican wrestler, a wounded soldier, and a scientist who may know more than he lets on - offer more questions than answers. These few must band together to defeat the hordes of the undead before they are themselves consumed by the new order! Meat Market is written and directed by Brian Clement. The acting is really bad but the camerawork and editing of this shot on video feature is pretty decent and there are some really cool and atmospheric shots/scenes. The gore, all practical make-up fx, aren't bad but the high light of the film is the make-up fx design of the zombies which are very reminiscent of the living dead found in Fulci´s Zombie (1979), and I like that the zombies are of the slowly moving variety. Some of the zombies are really nice! If you want T & A you´ll find it here, topless nudity, shower scenes, lesbian sex and so on.
This review is based on the region all DVD release from Crypt Keeper which is uncut.
Rating: 3½ out of 7. I have some difficulty rating this flick. Let´s just say that Meat Market is perhaps a bit too ambitious for it´s very limited shoe string budget, it´s a example of trying to do too much with too little as it now feels unfocused and a bit confused. Add to this a somewhat excentric plot, we get not one but to wtf moments as we first get a trio of lesbian vampires with laser guns and later a Mexican wrestler so let´s just say that this flick isn't for everyone..
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First I´d like to thank Francesco Picone for contacting me and suggesting I´d should take a look at his short film. A couple of friends in a nature hike, what was to be a quiet day of relaxation, you will soon become a nightmare without end ... I´m Dead is written and directed by Francesco Picone and it´s a short film from Italy. The cast is good, all actors give good performances. It professionally shot and edited and looks really good, the cinematography combined with a the soundtrack creates a nice and creepy atmosphere. There are some well made practical gore make-up fx as things turns nasty but there is a scene where I wonder if it shouldn´t have been gorier if someone.... hey wait, you´ll have to wait and see for yourself as I don´t wanna spoil the fun for you. No T and A in this one.
This review is based upon a online source provided by the director, the film can be viewed online here, english subtitles are available.
Rating: 6½ out of 7. I´m Dead is a nice looking short film, pretty creepy atmosphere and good acting makes this a winner. Check it out, I suggest you do it asap as you never now when the youtube censors strike...
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First I´d like to thanks the filmmakers behind Velvet Vengeance for providing me with a screener.
A young woman is faced with the tragic murder of her brother. The police swear that the murderer is dead but Alice can not shake the feeling that the killer is still alive. Against her friends and family’s best wishes she travels to the location of her brothers murder to hunt the killer but little does she know that she is the one that is being hunted. Velvet Vengeance is written and directed by Jeremy Campbell. We get some frightfully bad acting, bad camerawork and editing. It looks like a incredibly cheap production. Even though it has a running time of 26 minutes (including credits) it feels overlong as it quickly turns into daytime tv territory. There is a fightscene between two girls and the choreography is so bad and it´s so badly shot and edited that´s it´s a small catastrophy. There is no gore, no make-up fx (practical or digital). there is a scene where a character gets disembowelled but it´s shot from behind, you see nothing except something that is supposed to be blood and guts falling to the ground. No T & A in this one..
This review is based upon a online screener provided by the makers of Velvet Vengeance.
Rating: 0 out of 7. OMG this is really bad! It´s so badly made and boring. I do like the idea of a next of kin looking for revenge crossed with the slasher genre but this is more daytime tv/soap opera than action/horror.
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