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Call Time (2021)
Never be late for your Call Time!
Call Time: The Finale, is about how life imitates art when a mysterious killer terrorizes members of a film crew shooting the greatest horror movie of all time inside an old creep home. Such a remarkable film with the likes of up and coming actors and actresses handpicked by James Hunter, Derrick Hammond and other producers in order to get their vision to work well. This film really dials into the creepy, uncanny, and disturbing tones and vibes early in the film. Setting the stage to what is to come later. After a little while into the film, it does feel like those tones and vibes are lessened once you reach the climax. This doesn't hurt the film as much as others would think.
Acting here, is down to earth and phenomenal from this up and coming squad of talent. Marcus Paulk, Tyrone Magnus, Reggie Peters and Jeremy Woods play their roles the most believable and gritty throughout the whole film. Candy Goodhart, who plays, Marsha Bischer, feels like she needed more development in her character and maybe more screen time. She plays his role great and creatively; however, it feels like she is missing a little more screen time. Maybe it feels like she was dropped into the film, like a care package of filler and fluff.
The story and plot of this film is fantastic. Not going to spoil anything from this film; however, I can say the ending alone is worth it. Plotlines, climax and storylines themselves really pay off towards the end. Derrick and James took Nicanson's story and turned it into a heart pounding, edge of your seat thriller, sprinkled with realism and fear to the audience.
Overall, this film is worth the numerical and psychological investment for a 90 minute plus trip of what its really like behind the camera of any independent/Hollywood produced film. After watching this film, you will be hankering for more of Call Time, so if I were you (audience), I wouldn't miss my Call Time!!!
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
My Review of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2
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Krueger: The Slasher from Elm Street (2014)
A new Vision of FREDDY KRUEGER
What a great web-series so far! The story is fantastic in of itself. The acting is very superb. Roberto Lombardi has that look a feel of a dark and creepy Freddy Krueger that Robert England had back than. The setting and theme of this and the whole web-series have a great setup for something final. I hope this web-series continues to a feature if possible. I am really not a big fan of Freddy and his back story is a very big talking point in today's society, but this version of Freddy has taken it to the high extreme to show how he became sadistic and creepy. The acting for all actors/actresses is very good in this story. The blocking and staging for this short fan film is one of the best that Chris Notarile has done so far. He directs his actors/actresses the right way and its very fluid with motion and emotion that flows freely. The ADR for each character is somewhat on point but is a little off by a few milliseconds but still is pretty good without dialog, I.E movement, staging and blocking with Freddy and Mikey in the beginning. With only a few draw backs, Krueger: The Slasher from Elm Street is a piece of fan-film cinema that a fan of the Freddy Iconic Legend should definitely watch to get a great back story without watching the Freddy movies.
The Nightmare Ends on Halloween II (2011)
Horror fans of All iconic movies into one
Most Fan-films are very bore and lacks creative control; however, Chris and his creative mind combine all of the best and most iconic legends of horror into one short. Let's start off with the story itself. This is a great continuation from the first part which, in my opinion should have been all one movie instead of two a part series. The story continues directly right where the first part ends. The idea of having Jason, Michael and Leatherface working as Pinheads drones is great since all other those icons have there own personality and adding Pinhead as the leader of hell is a brilliant idea in of itself. With the acting to all the icons, I find the Freddy character, should have talked less and gave more action to his character. With him being the only icon that has a mouth and can speak, he should have talked a little less. On to Pinhead (actor), in my option, should have darker vocals since he is like the devil in a character made for horror films. The Directing, staging and blocking are pretty good when it comes to this part; furthermore, in my option, the first part might have been better in staging and blocking when it comes to having multiple characters on screen. For the settings; however, are very unique. I love the idea when Freddy gets knocked into the characters locations are great to see. During the Friday the 13th settings, has the best setting out of all three of them since the heavy rain gives it an eerie atmosphere to work with. My less favorite has to be the Leatherface settings only because it looks to unrealistic and does not really look like a Texas landscape. Whereas Jason and Mikes settings can really be any place that looks like the Myers house or a camp really.
All in All i gave this fan-film 7 out of 10 because of the acting, settings and comparison of part 1 to part 2. The concept and story are great but without believable settings, they do not work well, in my option.
Friday the 31st: Michael vs. Jason (2005)
Who Will win, Jason or Michael?
This is a solid opening, music sets the tone. Camera work sets the stage for what you about to see but needs more as an audience member. Lighting of the scene works, but needs more realism and creativity but good overall sets the tone for the film. The overall theme and tone of this opening is to set you up that it's at least a year or two after the 8th movie (Resurrection). Acting for this opening scene could have been a little better and little more emotion to it. On a continuity note, during the cemetery scene, it didn't look like it was raining but when we see them in the car; it has been raining for a while on the car's rear windshield. This scene where they stop to get gas, works for them for a rest point until the plot points come into play. Great intertwine of the Crystal Lake Reference, but might not by geographically correct placement of places. The two people entering what looks to be either a house or a place to hide, works to a point but they both should be more exhausted since Jason is an unstoppable killing machine. It has a great connection to the Tommy and John characters from both H20 and Friday the 13th Part 6 movies. Pretty good acting here with the characters, mainly Tommy; however, it falls short when it comes to Jason banging on the door. When it comes to Jason entering the house, he should have done more of an effect to the door or make it seem like nothing can stop him. Setting, style and tone continue to be good to so far. When Tommy shoots Jason, only three bullets come out of 2 guns looks like kind of unrealistic of the times. Pretty okay effects could need some work with the reactions and shot effects too. Love the way you have done with the deaths of both Tommy and his girlfriend, Myers style. The battle of the two icons is probably the biggest part of this story. Some effects seem to be good and bad; however, they work for this fan-film about to icons that can't die. The movement, staging and blocking of this fight and overall fan-film, is good for that time but could have been better overall. Stunts and fight choreography is pretty good and could have some slow points. Needs more fast pace shots, this almost looks like a choreographed fight in real life, almost like the film was shot during the practice and was the only take that was fully run through. Overall, the Raising action and Climax of this fan-film is a good piece with superb score, sound effects and the characters that are played. Overall this fan film hits a high note early, but tries staying high when it comes to Climax and Falling Actions. This fan-film has a great sense of the characters inside the film series world and stay true to the face that both Johns and Tommy's mothers have both been killed by these two killer icons. I would have love more from the ending of this short and it needed more of a closure point to both Jason and Michael. I fully understand this is an older Fan-Film that the director had made over a decade ago; however, for the standards for that time could have been higher for most. The story plays a great part of the settings and the characters habits that they reach to. For this, the short Fan-Film is a pretty good representation of what a fan-film should be about and not look like.