Well, I’ve stared at the unforgiving blankness of my computer screen long enough. I must proceed; there is nowhere to go but onwards, tackling (and trying to grasp) one of the most profound, odd, galaxy brain takes in horror cinema: Things (1989). As nondescript as that title is, the film itself is anything but: there are a million things to discuss in Things, and I’ll try my best to be at least as coherent as the film itself.
Made for around $30,000 Canadian and shot on 8 and 16mm, Things skipped theatrical and caught the tail end of a Dtv boom in the late ‘80s. So yes, I am cheating a bit as it never played in theatres (let alone drive-ins), with patrons unwittingly taking home the box art with the mullet-maligned hoser holding a power drill.
Well, a lot has to do with this one, and often at the same time: mad labs and monsters,...
Made for around $30,000 Canadian and shot on 8 and 16mm, Things skipped theatrical and caught the tail end of a Dtv boom in the late ‘80s. So yes, I am cheating a bit as it never played in theatres (let alone drive-ins), with patrons unwittingly taking home the box art with the mullet-maligned hoser holding a power drill.
Well, a lot has to do with this one, and often at the same time: mad labs and monsters,...
- 3/21/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Intervision Picture Corp. continues their assault on our collective sanity with two upcoming releases this July 12th. First up is Canuxploitation horror mindfuck, Things:Directed by Andrew Jordan & Barry Gillis Stars: Barry Gillis, Amber Lynn, Bruce Roach Production Year: 1989Don Drake and his best friend Fred have disappeared after traveling to a remote California cabin to visit Don's deranged brother Doug and his wife, Susan. The visit turns into a hideous life and death struggle. Don's fanatical desire but inability to father children has driven him to horrifying action. He's forced his wife to undergo a twisted and dangerous experiment which results in hatching a non-human life form in her womb. And now the Things want out. All hell breaks loose as the terrified survivors...
- 6/9/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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