Friday, 6 November 2009

Feast, 2005

This film is hilarious! Not a serious horror by any means so don't watch this if you are looking for a genuinely scary film. It's all the little touches that it make it so funny. As each character is introduced, a mini Bio appears saying thinks like -
Name: Bozo
Life expectancy: not good!
The monsters are utterly disgusting and there is one bit where a certain part of the monster's anatomy gets trapped in a door - eeeeeew! Not a film I would want to watch a second time but certainly good for a few laughs.

Paradise Lost, 2007

Set in Brazil, a group of backpackers take a dodgy bus ride to their holiday destination but things go seriously down hill when... well... when the bus goes down a big hill and crashes! It's your typical thriller in many ways - group of young people getting into trouble, bad guys with guns chasing them etc but the bit I enjoyed most about this film was definitely the under water chase. I have never seen anything like this before and I was almost gasping for breath myself as I watched our herione swimming frantically through the under-water caves to try and get away from the baddies, stopping only take in tiny pockets of air as she went. Tense doesn't even cover it.

Dead Snow, 2009

Set in beautiful snowy Sweden, a gang of friends take a holiday to a remote wood cabin in the mountains. Unfortunately for them, they find themselves with some right nasty neighbours - nazi zombies! This is a fantastic horror with genuine laughs, BIG jumps, lots of gore and some absolutely fantastic costumes. A really different idea well executed, absolutely worth a watch.