The acting. I’d love to be excited for a horror film that has neither remake, reboot, nor sequel associated with it, unfortunately, despite its promising premise; the teaser itself is less than enticing. Sure the one-sheet boasts great reviews from a few of the more notable horror sites, and writer/director Mike Flanagan (Still Life, Ghosts of Hamilton Street, Chainsaw Sally, Oculus) says “When we had our first cast reading, we agreed that the movie functions as a serious character drama, a murder mystery, and a horror film. It's like The Shining meets You Can Count on Me.”With no definitive release date from FallBack Plan Productions, I won’t be holding my breath and I suggest you don’t either.Synopsis: Absentia tells the story of a woman whose husband has been missing for seven years, and she must now face the grim realities of declaring him "dead in absentia.
- 1/27/2011
- LRMonline.com
The acting. I’d love to be excited for a horror film that has neither remake, reboot, nor sequel associated with it, unfortunately, despite its promising premise; the teaser itself is less than enticing. Sure the one-sheet boasts great reviews from a few of the more notable horror sites, and writer/director Mike Flanagan (Still Life, Ghosts of Hamilton Street, Chainsaw Sally, Oculus) says “When we had our first cast reading, we agreed that the movie functions as a serious character drama, a murder mystery, and a horror film. It's like The Shining meets You Can Count on Me.” With no definitive release date from FallBack Plan Productions, I won’t be holding my breath and I suggest you don’t either. Synopsis: Absentia tells the story of a woman whose husband has been missing for seven years, and she must now face the grim realities of declaring him "dead in absentia.
- 1/27/2011
- LRMonline.com
My last two columns in this series profiled the environmental docu-drama The Green Chain and Velcrow Ripper's personalised exploration of activism and spirituality, Fierce Light. Both of these films dealt with serious topics so this time around I thought I should lighten up. Don't get the idea that I'm going to be talking about the indie equivalent of Anne of Green Gables or Disney's Fantasia, though. Neither of the films profiled here are family-friendly and one is definitely not for viewers with weak stomachs.
Dead Snow
Getting attacked by regular zombies has got to be bad enough, but getting attacked by evil Nazi zombies when you are in a secluded hut in the Norwegian mountains has really gotta suck! That mountain shack scenario is the premise of Dead Snow (Død Snø), a Norwegian made zombie movie that was an Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
According to director Tommy Wirkola,...
Dead Snow
Getting attacked by regular zombies has got to be bad enough, but getting attacked by evil Nazi zombies when you are in a secluded hut in the Norwegian mountains has really gotta suck! That mountain shack scenario is the premise of Dead Snow (Død Snø), a Norwegian made zombie movie that was an Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
According to director Tommy Wirkola,...
- 12/1/2009
- CinemaSpy
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