Take any standard Hollywood action thriller and strip out all convoluted backstories, remove all romantic subplots, shoot down any unnecessary exposition, eviscerate all special effects — CGI and practical — and film the whole thing with Super 8 and camcorders. Do all that and you’ve got yourself another Bob Moricz masterpiece.
In Krimi, a mysterious stranger rolls back into town searching for a missing family member and becomes embroiled in the seedy criminal underground that he’s tried so hard to escape. That’s the kind of set-up that’s fueled a zillion movie plots. Here, though, writer/director/editor Moricz has boiled that plot completely down to its absolute essentials and filmed the whole thing in his trademark surrealist lo-fi style that the end product is a trip into a nightmarish netherzone that bears absolutely no resemblance to reality.
Moricz himself stars as that mysterious stranger — the awesomely named Vic Slezak...
In Krimi, a mysterious stranger rolls back into town searching for a missing family member and becomes embroiled in the seedy criminal underground that he’s tried so hard to escape. That’s the kind of set-up that’s fueled a zillion movie plots. Here, though, writer/director/editor Moricz has boiled that plot completely down to its absolute essentials and filmed the whole thing in his trademark surrealist lo-fi style that the end product is a trip into a nightmarish netherzone that bears absolutely no resemblance to reality.
Moricz himself stars as that mysterious stranger — the awesomely named Vic Slezak...
- 8/3/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Embedded above is a fun little horror movie called Flatline written and directed by Justin Buettner. In it, a man (West Ramsey) driving down a deserted road sees a woman (Shelby Hagensmith) being abducted and decides to play good Samaritan. He follows the kidnapper (Tim Fua) and his victim back to a remote house with the hope of pulling off a daring rescue.
This is a fairly simple film with very to-the-point directing and not much visual flair. But, it has a nice pacing that kept my interest patiently waiting to see how it would end. Horror connoisseurs will pretty much figure out where its all headed, but there’s at least a satisfying feeling of dread as the “hero” starts poking his head around corners and into dark rooms.
One of the appealing things about the film is the odd, seemingly inconsistent set design. The film’s main location looks like an average,...
This is a fairly simple film with very to-the-point directing and not much visual flair. But, it has a nice pacing that kept my interest patiently waiting to see how it would end. Horror connoisseurs will pretty much figure out where its all headed, but there’s at least a satisfying feeling of dread as the “hero” starts poking his head around corners and into dark rooms.
One of the appealing things about the film is the odd, seemingly inconsistent set design. The film’s main location looks like an average,...
- 9/27/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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