Saw this film at the 2001 "scream fest" in LA. How the hell this film ever got on TV is beyond me. Such a badly acted, cheese story and nothing in terms of excitement or gore. The film (I think) went onto win the festival awards for "best film" ?? How? it's a short and not a very good one at that?? Trust me on this one guys, this film aggravated me more then it entertained me (along with that entire scream fest festival BTW) the director totally blew the chance to save the film and wasted great actors he got to do cameos and it was a very bad move casting himself in the lead. The good I can say about it: Very well shot. The DP obviously knows what he was doing and used what little recourse to do his job well. The cameos in the film are great, but as I said, wasted. I think the director Jeff Rictor tried to make a fun little twilight zone type of film but it was just a bit out of his talent range. Beter luck next time.
2 Reviews
A delightful surprise
Demilich25 October 2004
Warning: Spoilers
I saw this one on cable TV. It was a short film filling in time between other movies. Normally that is a bad sign, but there was nothing else on at the moment so I gave it a try.
I expected it to be the usual cliché-ridden late night cable fluff that seems to proliferate through the airwaves, but this one was surprisingly different.
It had quite a bit of clever humor and some very interesting twists, but I can't say more on that without giving 'spoilers'.
It reminds me of a lighthearted version of the old 'Tales from the Crypt' TV series, and I look forward to seeing it again.
It is short roughly a half-hour or so, and it is definitely worth taking the time to watch it if you get the chance.
I expected it to be the usual cliché-ridden late night cable fluff that seems to proliferate through the airwaves, but this one was surprisingly different.
It had quite a bit of clever humor and some very interesting twists, but I can't say more on that without giving 'spoilers'.
It reminds me of a lighthearted version of the old 'Tales from the Crypt' TV series, and I look forward to seeing it again.
It is short roughly a half-hour or so, and it is definitely worth taking the time to watch it if you get the chance.
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