In Derek Franson's indie Comforting Skin, a lonely young womans desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. It reminded me of the classic "Tales From the Crypt" episode in which a tattoo came to life. Too bad it's nothing like it. Having world premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Ryan Daley writes this: "After its supremely eerie first act, 'Comforting Skin' disintegrates into a boring indie melodrama, complete with overwrought arguments and tedious grievances." You'll find the entire review by clicking the link above. John Marrone also reviewed Ghoul out of the anti-Sundance festival.
- 1/30/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Chiller TV's made-for-tv production, Ghoul, premiered last week at the Slamdance Film Festival. Yesterday we announced that it had an air date for Friday, April 13th. And today we have a review! John Marrone writes in from Slamdance, "As so often explored by Moderncine creations such as 'The Girl Net Door', 'Offspring', or 'The Woman' - what worse beast is there, than man? Genre crawlers looking to see a corpse eating beast or rape scenes in the tunnels beneath the graveyard should take note - this is not a hard-r film... With children engaging problems that would traumatize adults, and an acoustically driven soundtrack by Sean Spillane, Ghoul feels very much like a less offensive version of something between 'The Woman' and 'The Girl Next Door'."...
- 1/25/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
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