i wish i saw this inside a theater. with sunny.
based on a teleplay by david j. schow (author of the seminal “black leather required” and the sublime “rock breaks scissors cut”) this is a kick in the ass of horror movies.
three cinephiles set out to find a rare horror film. as students of the cinema arts, they know the tropes of horror flicks and as such, make sure that they have a cellphone (even checking for reception), gun (with bullets) and flares (plural). but everything goes down a bloody hill anyway.
what’s really cool is how the cliches are turned upside down. like the sex scenes and the nudity are shown 1/8 into the film and not as a preclimax obligatory scene, although there is that too. also the the girl puts on her jeans first instead of running into the woods in her panties.
qoutes:
“you know the only thing i hate more than bad timing is actors who think they can direct.”
and
“that’s the worst form of transition — a cliche — you blacked out! a time cut. how boring.”
and my favorite:
“nobody cares about that subtextual bullshit. get to the kill!”
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cold. and now rain. lots of rain until the weekend. time to do some gun-for-hire writing.
