Ben Nagy reviews ‘Animal’: Genetically mutated wildebeest/wolf/bear/boar hybrid makes people hole up in a cabin in the woods
As our annual month in the woods flicks winds down for another annum, Animal, a 2014 flick by director Brett Simmons (You Might Be the Killer), found its way onto the Screening Room’s screen and from the jump, it REALLY aspired to be a John Carpenter flick. They even used the same opening credits font […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘The Village in the Woods’: Aspiring pub owners meet Druidic cabal looking for lunch
A couple decide that they’re going to reopen this inherited shuttered inn/pub called The Harbour in the latest woods flick we’re checking out, aptly titled The Village in the Woods because the action occurs in a village and it’s in the woods. But the woods do not play that much of a role in this […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Backcountry’: Some days you get away from the bear, and some days the bear gets you
Two unprepared young people in love meet a mean bear, which ruins their camping trip, in 2014’s “Backcountry.”
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Lost Gully Road’: Woman fleeing ex shacks up with a ghost in a cabin in the woods
Welcome to the wildest part of the year where we celebrate flicks that take place out in nature — usually in the woods. Communing is optional, yet highly encouraged. There will be special guest appearances by big hairy monsters, the gratuitous use of outdoor implements for things that they’re not normally intended and leaves a’falling. […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘CarousHELL 3’: Duke the Unicorn fights a maniacal bunny as trilogy achieves closure
Homicidal unicorn Duke returns to battle vicious killer rabbit reanimating corpses. Eyepatch pizza guy joins the chaotic sequel filled with stabbings, beheadings, and unicorn-rabbit combat.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Crawler’: Snake alien with arms facepalms Maryland people to death
In his 60 years here on this planet, Baltimore-area director Don Dohler also had his eyes on the stars. The filmmaker ignored budgetary and regional limitations and ended up producing 14 flicks in addition to directing 11 of em — mostly science fiction and monster flicks — including Alien Factor, Alien Factor 2 and Nightbeast […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Asher’: Assassinating ain’t easy when you get older
A lot of people aren’t going to have the attention span for a hired killer movie like Asher anymore because the John Wicks of the world have had their say on that kind of movie and made it more about the progressively complex fight choreography and shoot-n-boot and onto the next victim. (Nobody with Bob […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Storm Warning’: Tourists run afoul of backwoods redneck pot-growers — but it’s Australia, so it’s different
Storm Warning is a 2007 flick done by a director who rose to horror fame for a spell at the turn of the century with a lot of stuff from the 1970s. Got that? Jamie Blanks directed Urban Legend and Valentine, two of the more memorable installments in the late 1990s “Hey, slashers are cool […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘American Zombieland’: Looking for Woody? This is the wrong place. Looking for ‘Fat Ass Zombies?’ Bingo!
Sometimes in film marketing the easiest way to get an eyeball or two on the flick is just to name (or rename) something really close to a popular release and this trawling’ll get some people who aren’t looking too closely caught in the net. The Italians really got that down to a science in the […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Clownado’: Evil clowns get sucked up in storm and slaughter folks in the Midwest
First an announcement: If you’re a filmmaker and you haven’t submitted your flick to the World Drive-In Movie Festival, the deadline’s in about three weeks (July 14th). I did a video explaining everything to everyone that you can find here: Full details about the WDIMF are here. Don’t wait much longer to start shooting your […]