Tag: Low Budget

Movie Review: Troll Hunter

“Troll Hunter” on IMDB

Drama/Comedy, 97 Minutes, 2001

As my hordes of imaginary regular readers know I watch a lot of bad monster movies.  So many, in fact, that when an actual good monster movie sneaks in I sometimes have to consider: is it truly a good movie or have I abused my pallette to the point where even mediocre seems good by comparison?  Can a dog that eats cat-turds truly appreciate filet mignon?

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Movie Review: YellowBrickRoad

“YellowBrickRoad” on IMDB

Horror, 96 Minutes, 2010

I did like this – quite a bit actually – but ultimately it collapses under its own weight and that’s a shame.  It starts out strong but fragments at the end and wobbles unsteadily between horror movie cliché and attempts at introspective depth.

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Movie Review: Teeth

“Teeth” on IMDB

Horror, 94 Minutes, 2007

This is an excellent movie but not for the squeamish or faint of heart.  There’s very little actual gore here, but what there is disturbingly, ball-crunchingly effective.  This is a movie that – especially for men – may strike too close to home.

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Movie Review: The Bannon Way

“The Bannon Way” on IMDB

Crime/Comedy, 93 Minutes, 2010

My brother suggested I watch this and when a movie has a better-than-average chance of being good I like to wait and watch with my lovely bride (who has less patience for schlock that I do).  So tonight we sat down and enjoyed this.

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Movie Review: Stake Land

“Stake Land” on IMDB

Horror, 98 Minutes, 2010

[This is the eighth review for this edition of  my semi-regular “my-wife-and-kids-are-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]

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Movie Review: Super

“Super” on IMDB

Drama/Comedy, 96 Minutes, 2010:

This is an incredible film if you’re able to accept it.  If there’s a problem with it (and there isn’t) it’s that it assumes a lot of its audience.  So if you think there’s a problem with it (you’re wrong) then it’s really just you.  My guess is that you’re an idiot.  That’s really nothing to be ashamed of – lots of people are – but you may not enjoy this movie.  Everybody else: you’re in for a treat.

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Movie Review: Hobo with a Shotgun

“Hobo with a Shotgun” on IMDB

Action/Comedy, 86 Minutes, 2011

As much as I’m normally a fan of the grindhouse genre and recent homages I found myself having trouble with “Hobo with a Shotgun”.  It’s easy to take the simple path out: the film is meant, by loving design, to appear like the best (worst?) low-budget, over-the-top gore-fests of the early 80’s.  Most people will watch a few minutes and walk away blaming the production values or the gore or both.

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