I’m warning everyone right now, this will be a vague review. There is just too much going on in this movie for me to explain, and I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will be leaving a link at the bottom to a essay about the film, but don’t read it without watching the movie first.
The story follows a couple, after the lost of their child. The mother is in a very bad state, on a lot of medication, too much according to the husband, who is a therapist. So he decided to treat her himself, and heads out to “Eden”, the name they call their cabin in the woods. Things take off from there.
The film is what I would describe as a slow burn, but it picks up speed along the way. Now, this is not one to show near any kids, as some of the scenes border on pornography, showing insertion, and masturbation, all real, no props etc.
The story you will find hard to follow, without much knowledge of the bible. And the movie doesn’t care. It doesn’t explain a fucking thing to you, it’s all for you to figure out. I personally love it.
What does drugs, Asian massage, deals with the devil, and deep fried jerky all have in common? Well that’s an easy one, they’re all at the Trailer Park Of Terror!
Trailer Park Of Terror is an odd movie, based on a comic which is more then likely odder, but I haven’t read it. It’s a movie about a zombie trailer park, filled with gore, sex, and hit or miss humor. So why don’t you sit down with me for a minute and we’ll take a look inside.
The film starts with Norma, a sweet trailer park slut trying to leave the trailer park with her boyfriend. He see’s her for the good in her, and doesn’t care about any of the rest, isn’t that sweet. But through some very witty dialog we’re shown just how shitty life is in the trailer park, since all the people in it are absolute assholes, who get her lover killed. This leads Norma to make a deal with a very well acted devil, go back to the trailer park, kill everyone, and burn it down with her inside. Ouch.
Jump forward 20-30 years, we’re following a bus of troubled teens, and their youth pastor who have the misfortune of crashing just outside of the trailer park. But wait, didn’t I just say it was burned to the ground? That’s right, I did, but it’s back. As they go to look for help they come across Norma, and the ghoulish trailer park inhabitants. Will they make it through the night, or will they never again leave the Trailer Park Of Terror?
I like this film, but just barely, it borders on the line. Now that being said, you’ll be expecting a 50ish rating, but no. The reason it borders on the line is the humor, it’s very very sexual. We’re talking hand jobs to corpses, rape, abuse, prostitution, and more, and it’s all done in a comedic way. I found some of it funny, but it really felt like they just keep throwing it at you for shock value, and I got bored of it quickly. Besides that it really is a fun movie.
There is a lot of gore in this one, but none of it is realistic. There’s your dismemberment, and people being eaten, shot etc. But one scene did seem to stand out above the rest. One of the ghouls, is making jerky out of one of the teens, cuts off his skin, and shoves it in his mouth. The way the skin looked, was quite disgusting. That is followed up by the kid, now completely skinned, being deep fried alive.
The acting in this movie is nothing special from the teens or Norma, but the other members of the Trailer Park Of Terror ( sorry I just love that name) are acted out quite well, and are always a treat when their on the screen. Even the guy who constantly plays guitar on the roof of his trailer. At least the songs are good.
Check this one out if your in the mood to turn your mind off, and just watch some ghouls wreck havoc on some kids.
This is one of those movies. You know, you saw the trailer for it, missed it in theaters, and then forgot about it just as quickly. I didn’t get around to seeing it when it was in theaters even though I wanted to, and no one was talking about it, so I forgot I had wanted to see it. So how does it hold up 6 years later? Let’s find out.
Story follows a group of 20-somes on their way to a college football game, when they have to stop to rest. The next morning the fan belt on one of the cars is cut, so half of them head to the game, while two of them, Wade and Carly, played by Jared Padalecki and Elisha Cuthbert, go off into town for a new one.
The highlight of the town is a Wax Museum, which is entirely made out of wax. Inside are some very life like wax dummies, but none of them are of famous people like you would normally expect. Well there’s a simple reason for that. They arn’t famous people, their people that had the misfortune of finding the town, and being covered in wax! The rest of the movie pretty much turns into a fight for your life typical slasher, but hey, I’m ok with that.
The acting is pretty hit or miss. Some of the actors know what their doing, while others ( Paris Hilton * cough*) seem out of place with some bad reactions. As I was watching I thought I was going to say that the characters actions seemed to fit well for their characters, but then I got to the half way point. Once Carly and her brother get together, they start making some terrible choices. They hide a gun, only to go looking for one after. They also decide they need some light, while running/hiding from the killers, so they start flipping switches like they were having a seizure, resulting in a light show that tells the killer just were they are. Smooth.
The gore was surprisingly well done. Every cut, impaling, or straight out beating looks brutal, and for a movie that takes over forty minutes to get to the good stuff, that’s important. The effects of the wax house melting were good at first, but felt too effects heavy by the end. It started with the wax dummies melting, revealing skeletons underneath, and it looked quite nice. But it finished with the whole place on flames, everything melting, the entire building folding in on it’s self, etc. It just seemed to be too much going on at once.
The killers were pretty interesting. They were Siamese twins that had been separated, leaving one looking fine, and the other needing a mask to cover his disfigurement. The good looking brother treats his disfigured brother like a freak, and using it to mind control him. Throughout the climax of the movie, there is a few scenes that use the idea of the twins for some alright imagery, but it feels pretty forced.
All in all, I’d say check it out. You get some cool effects, and some nice gore. Not to mention seeing Paris Hilton die, and for what it’s worth, that’s always fun.
Hey guys, what’s up, glad to see your still coming to the site, just had a quick update to do. Don’t worry there will still be a review later today, and since I got my computer back there will be some updates on the site and some articles soon.
The most important update is the EMAIL address is changing. It was Zacharylong@eastlink.ca, now if you email that, I won’t be able to get it from now on, so we’re going to go over to gmail.
The new email is : HorrorDaily@gmail.com
And feel free to add me on Google+, I have a circle for all the horror people out there, it’s just Zachary Long, you’ll see the same picture that’s in my about section.
First things first guys, I’m not on my own computer, so I won’t have an image up until tomorrow. A lot has happened lately, losing my apartment for one, so I didn’t get the chance to put you up yesterday, I hope you’ll forgive me for that.
Today I watched Outpost, and was surprised at how much I liked the movie. It’s a good mixture of horror and action, and there isn’t enough of those these days, at least not enough done right.
The story follows a group of mercs who are hired to escort the client to a bunker in the middle of a war zone. What’s so important about the bunker, and why is some one willing to pay top dollar to get there?
SIMPLE! Nazi technology! We all know those pesky little Nazi were up to some no good experiments, but who knew they made invincible ghost like soldiers. Hard to shoot, and harder to kill, these bad boys are brutal, some times even getting torture porn levels of brutal.
Now, something I don’t talk much about in my reviews, but the lighting in this movie was amazing. It was the first thing I noticed, and throughout the rest of the movie, it held up. Every shot has perfect lighting, and really good use of back lighting. A+ guys.
The characters were quite fun too. For a group of mercs they were all quite varied and it made for a fun time. It is hard to tell what some of them were saying due to accents though, and I found myself having to use subtitles.
