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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

"Blood Mania" has body galore!

 Most recently I purchased a collection of Horror films titled "Gorehouse Greats", 3 DVD's with 2 films per side, totaling 12 films. Being a huge fan of gore house cinema... I bit and the purchase was final. After thumbing through the discs- one in particular reached out to me. It was called "Blood Mania", it prompted me for some reason to place it in the Blu-Ray player and give it a go. The film presented itself to me in three parts over a three day period and with a title like "Blood Mania" how could I go wrong.....right?

"Blood Mania" Stars Peter Carpenter as "Dr. Craig Cooper"and on this particular day he is visiting a patient, a Mr. Ridgely Waterman (Eric Allison) for a checkup. During that visit Dr. Cooper also meets Waterman's daughter Victoria. Victoria lives with her father and takes care of him, when she isn't trying to sleep with anything she can lay her smoking hot body down on.

We soon learn that Dr. Cooper has skeletons in his closet, in the form of "Former Abortion Clinic Dr"....yes..that's right, he is a baby killer and someone is attempting to blackmail him for a 1970's whopping $50,000.....that's big cheese....I digress! Or the beans will be spilled, causing him to lose his medical licence. This of course leads him to allowing the ever so hot daughter, to seduce him. Reveling her amazing naked body in scenes of 70's esque porn...not that I would know what that looks like 
Now obsessed with Dr. Cooper, Victoria devises a plan to kill her rich, sick father and deliver the proceeds to the ever so smooth Doc.

Meanwhile, Dr. Coopers girlfriend (Reagan WIlson) sleeps with the blackmailer( not to be confused with the black male...sorry, I continue) in an attempt to thwart him away from the morally rich Dr. Cooper, only to reveal her "Playmate of the Month"(October 1976) body in all its glory( songs of harps playing). Victoria( Maria de Aragon) becomes a hot mess and thus begins the downward spiral that is......"Blood Mania"

Ok, considering this film is from 1970, and taking it for what it is, I have to admit.....it's pretty good. It helps that there are beautiful naked bodies portrayed like 70's porn....didn't I already say that? I'm not talking brief nudity....ohh look her boob popped out. I'm talking straight soft core porn style...why do I keep saying porn? Peter Carpenters acting is a little over the top, however Maria de Aragons boobs are amazing...I mean, she plays out of her gord to the tee! **Random info alert** Apparently she played "Greedo" in the first "Star Wars" film....1st yes, however it was Episode IV...so there!
Direction was fine, aside from Carpenters overacting(not sure there was a lot of real acting going on there). Set Design is simple and minimized to the few locations. The lighting and camera angles are refreshing, if you like boob angles from every direction.

This doesn't give much away, however I will issue a **Mild Spoiler Alert**  There isn't much blood in "Blood Mania"( that was it, not really a spoiler)

Overall, their really is a plot to this film, and Director Robert Vincent O'Neil executes it quite well! Some of his "Popper" induced symbolism is a bit of a stretch, although with it being a 70's budget bomb...it fits well. Casting of the hotties is spot on and whoever's idea it was to strip them down...ohh yeah, it was the screenwriters...wait that was Carpenter....was a great idea!

I like this film and recommend it to anyone who likes a little trance like horror, 70's style. Laced with naked bodies and an end twist for the ages.

BruceVain

Thursday, July 15, 2010

"A Nightmare On Elm Street" (2010) a true nightmare...and not in a good scary way!!

Wes Craven speaks again about the inspiration for 'Freddy Krueger" most recently in the fear.net series "Post Mortem" Hosted by  "Masters of Horror series creator and Director Mick Garris. He remembers when he was a young boy, his family lived in a 2 story building, when one night he was peering out the window from the second floor down at a homeless man. Wes speaks about how the man at one point notices Wes looking at him and proceeds to toy with him, making eerie pose like depictions in the shadows of the night. Wes Craven speaks about the mans eyes and the penetrating fear evoked by his gaze( that Freddy gaze). This interaction affected him in a great way( mostly with fear), promoting him to run into his brothers room to share his trepidation of this man in the street; who now is pounding at their front door. Wes' brother now wielding a baseball bat opens the front door to find.....no one!

34 years later the incarnation of this experience is brought to life on the big screen with the iconic film "A Nightmare on Elm Street"(1984). In this writers opinion, one of the greatest horror classics of all time- about a child murderer, burned severely- hunting the "Elm Street Children", punishing them for the acts their parents committed.

Flash forward another 25 years- Freddy Krueger returns again in the Platinum Dunes reboot helmed by Samuel Bayer( Nirvana-"Smells like teen Spirit " video) for the first time, without the man behind the makeup...Robert Englund, the plot of the kids being from "Elm Street"( replaced by the kids all going to preschool together) or any real moments of fear.

The writers of "NOES" (2010) hint at a decently laid out plot, however the content inserted between beginning and end misses the mark...completely!

Jackie Earl Haley encompasses 0 believability as Freddy Krueger. He has a head that looks like "Spud Mackensie" or a small horse, this symmetry makes him look clearly unrecognizable as the iconic bogeyman. He is also too short to play the part. How can Robert Englund be typecast as Freddy and not be brought back to play the role people only know him as? I'm convinced the boys at Platinum Dunes made this movie knowing that the buzz would create enough of a box office hit to cover their budget. The film made its money simply because Robert Englund helped create a franchise like no other. Nothing new is introduced in this latest incarnation and the studios will green-light another remake for them to defile.

Ok...so what, the guys name is Freddy, he has the sweater and glove and  the girls name is Nancy...big whoopee!! This film is soo not NOES its unbelievable. Another 50 million ransacked from the pockets of fans, believing  the franchise would deliver again the red and green sweater-ed bogeyman. Only to raked over the coals and shuffled out for the next theater full of optimists to get rolled over.
I will admit that the dreamscape  sequences were quite entertaining. The "one liners"  from the previous films were refreshing. Had this film been the original- with no 8 previous films. It would have had a very difficult opening weekend.

Nightmare on Elm Street(2010) opening weekend take was $35million......week 2 it dropped 72% earning only $9million...week 3 an additional 54% drop earning $1.5million. Numbers don't lie! The buzz was never built after opening weekend, that's how bad this film was. No one recommended it or saw it a 2nd time. " Welcome to my world bitch"

They don't care you didn't like their film and wouldn't recommend it to a friend, they already got your money..... correction...our money!

BruceVain

Thursday, May 27, 2010

*Warning* "Splatter: Naked Blood" will make you hurl!


*Warning* "Splatter: Naked Blood" will make you hurl!

"Splatter: Naked Blood"

One of the better, simplistic formulas to shake the foundation of the genre in quite some time, has arrived. A few aspects that can be appreciated about "Splatter" are the minimal expenditures of plot twists. Director Hisayasu Sato( "Night of the Anatomical Doll", "Soft Skin") hides none of the script(written by Taketoshi Watari) behind any closed doors for the imagination to guess against. Every bit of this film is in plain view. As the film develops along its 76 min trek to absolution, no punches are pulled. What IS lacking in script writing, is made up in a major way in the special make up department. The world famous Yuichi Matsui (Kill Bill: Vol 1 & 2, The Ring I, II and IV, Audition, Imprint, Ichi the Killer and The Grudge I &II. Please don't make me go on, this guys resume is beyond world class.) circumnavigates the classic effects that made him famous, ranging from disgusting, imaginative, to vomit inducing!

It's just one of those very simple films, budget is not extravagant, the story is not overly imaginative. The acting is decent, although the sound editing is great. You can hear every stab, gouge and slice in Dolby Stereo Surround. On the spectrum of short, time wise, there is a bit of a wait to get things rolling, however when the time is right and the meat of the story(or special effects) starts to develop....you know that saying..."when it rains.....it pours? Yeah....like that!

A young scientist prodigy Eiji (Sadao Abe) is working on his latest experiment, a formula aptly named "MYSON" designed to relieve pain. He feels it is very close to completion and is ready for clinical trials. His mother Yuki (Masumi Nakao) is herself a scientist, specializing in fertility. As her son comes to visit her, she is in the middle of her own trials. Three women are currently involved in a contraceptive experiment. Eiji arrives and asks if he may sit in on his mothers work for a bit. She denies him and asks him to leave her to her work. The opportunity to share his medical breakthrough passes and while his mother is turned the other way, he reveals a vial of his formula and inserts it into the IV bags, unbeknown-st to his mother and the three women.

These three women play a pivotal role in the film, their characters have very distinct attributes that make more sense later in the film. Girl #1 ( Plant Girl) has a 6 foot cactus in her apartment....yeah, kinda weird, however, maybe she is a plant lover! Well, NO( or maybe yes, just in a very odd, loving way). She just happens to have a virtual reality machine hooked up to the plant and to her(when she puts the head set on), so she can communicate with the plant, have virtual sex with it....yeah...really not sure why she has it set up to the cactus.Girl #2 ( Glutton Girl) She loves food, good food and all food she can get her mitts on. Girl #3 (Vain Girl) She loves designer clothes, looking her best at all times and of course looking at herself in the mirror.

Our young Eiji follows his test subjects from a far, watching from building tops or a few blocks away, carefully observing their responses and effects to the "MYSON" cocktail.

I thought this was a horror film with a great FX Director...where is all the good stuff at? I haven't seen a single drop of High Fructose Corn Syrup( I mean Blood)! 

Patience my young Pad-Wan; patience!

Without giving away too much, I will issue a:

*Mild Spoiler Alert*

These girls have been subjected to an unknown, untested substance, with out their knowledge. This "MYSON" increases the secretion of endorphins' from the pituitary gland when pain is felt, giving the women increased pleasure when any pain is induced (or extreme body mutilation...let the gore begin).

When the makeup effects arrive, they come wielding, kitchen utensils, cooking oil and much, much more! Yuichi's work can be seen in many Takashi Miike films and he generally doesn't disappoint. This is another occasion where you will get all of your money's worth.
I'm compelled to tell you a small amount of what you can expect from the horrifically graphic, in full view scenes of "Splatter: Naked Blood".
Scene #1: Glutton Girl cuts off her vagina......and......EATS IT!!!
Scene #2: Glutton Girl sticks a fork in her eye, pulls it out, optic nerve and all....and....EATS IT!!
Splatter is carried specifically on content. Nothing about the films writing is anything to get excited about. Anyone can write stick fork in eye..eat eye. Sure to the non-gore watching community, stomachs would be turning in knots, however enlist the expertise of master effects director Yuichi Matsui and those stomachs turn into empty ones. Not the best characterization and plot development, however, If shock is what you like; you must see this film, it was for me! When the good stuff rolled in, it was in tsunami like waves. Watch it!

BruceVain




Friday, April 23, 2010

Wizard World Anaheim:2010


EXCLUSIVE: From Anaheim Convention Center-"The Devils Rejects"Bill Mosely, Herb Dean, The Iron Sheik, The Million Dollar Man, The Honky Tonk Man and Much, Much More!!


Wizard World Anaheim was everything I had expected and so much more! I had the privilege to attend the inaugural convention in Anaheim, CA on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the famous Anaheim Convention Center. My assistant and I arrived around 11:30 AM-On the way I was not happy thinking I was going to purchase a ticket at the door. Online they were $25.00(No Ink for the printer),so $30.00 at the door it is...or maybe not! En route to the main entrance I came across a random guy wearing a military style blazer. Low and behold, he was a scalper.Let the bartering begin....Round 1 (Ding)- His opening offer was $30.00, I wasn't having that. I explained that I could by the ticket at the door for thirty and I wouldn't run the risk of it not getting me in the door. He was adamant that this was a 3 day pass and it was worth the$30.00. "Dude, it's Sunday! Today is the last day of the con" He realized that the thirty may not hold up. Since $25 was the cost at the door, I figured cheaper than that would be a good deal. Round 2- The counter offer. I offer $20.00,he accepts and included an escort through the door. I mosey on over to the Press Pass check in- After showing my ID and stating the periodical I write for, my badge and bracelet were in hand. My assistant had reached her final destination inside the doors. All clear and I saved $10.00. Let the good times roll and get ready for Wizard World Anaheim 2010.

I was slightly hesitant to video any of the professionals, they were all charging excessive amounts of yes...MONEY! Some in excess of $35.00 for a single photograph. Don't worry, my game face is and I'll make it happen. Also, manners must be in effect at all times..please ask permission to photograph or record anyone and everything, it will be appreciated.

The crowd was controlled and minimal for the early Sunday morning, great for me getting access to all my favorite stars!!

First Stop Artists Alley

Tom Hodges-Tom is working on a sketch for an attendee, he appears very focused and has many more to create. He shows me his portfolio of con sketches. Great art from a very nice guy. Thank you Tom Hodges for taking the time. Check out his website atwww.tomhodges.com


Tim Bradstreet-Tim Bradstreet world renowned artist, famous for his depictions of Marvel Comics The Punisher. He asks me "which of the colored sketches are my favorite". I reply "The Punisher and Judge Dredd". He says "Good Choices" 


Next Stop: A Few Product Booths
  Hmm...I'm looking for Horror. LOOK...Haunted Memories Changing PortraitsHaunted Memories Changing Portraits. You really must check these out, vintage B & W photography with a horror twist. At first glance the photo appears to be a regular picture, except when you move it, the holographic magic changes the image to bloody fang bearing creatures of the night! Check them out at http://www.hauntedmemories.com/newgallery.htm




The Best is Yet to Come...Wrestling Superstars!
 I knew these guys are in here somewhere. Pretty sure that I was shocked at how minuscule Verne Troyer was, when as I turned around...there he was!! THE IRON SHEIK! One of my all time favorites and master of the Camel Clutch!
Look..look...It's The Million Dollar Man-Ted Debiase w/ his body gaurd Virgil! He also has with him a replica of his $50,000 Million Dollar Belt...amazing!
Right next to the Iron Sheiks Booth was....The Greatest Intercontinental Champion Ever...The Honky Tonk Man!
He has still got it!





Horror God: Bill Mosely Interview
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com: "What projects do you have upcoming"?
Bill Mosely: "2001 Maniacs:Field of Screams just came out, I also have "The Graves" which premiered at the "After Dark Horror Fest" in January and "The Tortured" this year as well."
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com: "I read that Rob Zombie will be remaking "The Blob", you have collaborated with him on his big screen horror films. Will you be working with him again on the upcoming "The Blob"?
Bill Mosely: "I've worked with Rob in, Corpses, Rejects and a small part as a security gaurd in H2, as far as working with him again on this new project...you never know"
As I continue my interview with Mr. Mosely a group of people walk up yelling "Dr. Satan" cutting our interview a bit short...Thank you Mr. Bill Mosely. Check him out at http://www.choptopsbbq.com/



UFC Referee: Herb Dean Interview
Sometimes referred to as controversial referee for his decisions in the cage Herb Dean, who I ran into walking around the exhibit floor, gave me the opportunity to ask him a few questions.
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com: "Herb, were you working last nights (April 17, 2010) Strikeforce-CBS Saturday Night Fights event"?
Herb Dean: "No, I wasn't there but I did see it."
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com: "What are your thoughts on the post main event brawl that ensued"? 
Herb Dean: "I'm a fan of the Diaz brothers-I like watching them and I'am a fan of their camp".
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com"You would agree that Jason "Mayhem" Miller had no reason to be in the cage....and it was aclear sign of disrespect"?
Herb Dean: "I agree, what happened after the main event is terrible and should have never happened".
BruceVain for Killerreviews.com"Thank you Herb for your time and keep up the good work".
Herb Dean: Appreciate it, thanks.



I can't wait for Comic-Con in July!

In conclusion, Wizard World Anaheim 2010 was a great success- a wonderfully ran event, great fans and talented professionals that made for some very special moments...Thank you! Many thanks to Jerry Milani from Wizard World PR Dept. thank you for your continued support and a job well done! I look forward to working with you again real soon. Thank you to Killerreviews.com and President Gregg D. for supporting me. 
See you all very soon!

BruceVain

Monday, April 19, 2010

"Meatball Machine" has a little bit of meat but definitely wasn't a ball!



"Meatball Machine"

Have you ever wanted to see a film based solely on the positives you created in your own head? Completely ignoring any cinematic standards or any reviews written on the film? Because, of course, your going to believe what you want to believe anyway. This way of thinking is very true in my case and for my latest film review for the Japanese shock film "Meatball Machine"

'Meatball Machine" is another film among the ranks of the Tokyo Gore- splatter film genres, with a pinch of Sci-Fi. I was curiously drawn to the film solely on genre, but more specifically because Japanese Effects Director Yoshihiro Nishimura helms the ever so, not so easily forgotten style of excessive blood, mutations of grandeur and everything perverse his big brain can throw at you. In this case the film is a complete success for it's costumes and effects. I've come to the realization that the best way to judge Nishimura's FX work is to base it strictly on a physiological basis. If you feel a little queasy or your stomach mildly turns, then the film is usually pretty good. If you experience any worse symptoms then the aforementioned, you better settle in and expect a wild ride.

As for the remainder of the film.... I'll get to that a bit later...after the jump!

"Meatball Machine" pits a young machine worker "Yoji" ( Issei Takahashi) as a lonely member of society. He's not great with the ladies and frequents adult theaters only to receive advancements from a transvestite. When a friend attempts to cheer him up and brings him to a brothel to de-virginize him, he walks out before anything happens.

On a daily basis he longs across a field at the affection of his desire, a young women, a co-worker whom he cannot muster enough courage to share his feelings.

This sub-plot plays second fiddle to the meat of the story that explodingly connects a bit later in the film.

Japan has become infested with parasitic alien creatures that inhabit and take control of human hosts, and when one of the host bodies are met face to face with another, a fight to the death ensues...oh and the winner rips out the alien parasite and eats it upon victory (yeah. not a real family friendly film). One of the more eventful scenes in the film is when a alien is found by "Yoji" outside the porn theatre. He brings it home and puts it in his closet. When he invites his affection home with him, it rears it's ugly head, and horrible scorpion tail, that it inserts inside her vagina, spewing the alien parasite inside her to take control of her. I swear, maybe it was just me, but it looked like she actually took pleasure when that elephants trunk stinger penetrated her Hoo Hoo....eww! This sequence sets off a chain of events that is "Meatball Machine"

Co-Directors  Yudai Yamaguchi and Jan'ichi Yamamoto create this concoction based on earlier work written, produced and directed by Yamamoto in 1999. Their science experiment Circa 2005 starts very well- with elements of horrific, excessive gore, violence and welcomed extremism. My first thoughts were " I'm in for gory, gory, goodness".
Like this head split in two!!!!!( Not the best Photo)

Overall the direction was moderately constructed-Costume and Effects were pleasantly expected. The Writing at times, I felt lacked in originality and direction, at times becoming loose, making the pace and energy of the film misplaced. The love story, sub-plot was refreshingly agreeable for sheer ironic purposes. In conclusion the film is a success for any fan of the Japanese bloody madness genre. A little too weird in subject matter for my taste, but it is worth watching....once!

BruceVain



Tuesday, March 30, 2010

3rd Times a charm with the Tokyo Shock, this time it's "Samurai Princess"

 
"Samurai Princess"

Once again Yoshihiro Nishimura rears his gory FX laden head  in "Samurai Princess"! This time directed by Kenjo Kaji ("Ultraman Moebius").I'm convinced Nishimura could never disappoint! "Samurai Princess" is a hybrid of "TGP" and "TMG", although the lack of budget is recognizably evident, though it doesn't detract from the overall distinction of the film. The costumes are 1980's retro chic and heavily stylized. It does appear though that the cast and crew were offered a forest for a set and said go to work! That is exactly what mad scientist  Director Kenjo Kaji had, and precisely what he needed to make this formula for success that is...."Samurai Princess".
Kaji does a great job, but when you include Yoshiro Nishimura into the picture, you can not expect to be shortchanged, he will gross you out....hardcore!! You may in fact get more(generally bucket fulls) than you could have ever imagined. Nishimura is truly an effects master, only the best in blood, gore and the most perverse imaginations ever created. Exploitive, yet stylistic and original.


At one point Samurai Princess was a normal schoolgirl, spending time with her friends by a nearby stream, living life as it should be, when a villainous gang of sadistic rapists comes along. The rapists do what they do best and Samurai Princess is left alone, clinging to life and left for dead. Along comes a even stranger individual, who specializes in typical mad scientist insanity, more specifically, experimentation's mixing human and machine. Now, "Samurai Princess" is known as a "Mecca" a cyborg like creature instilled with elaborate instruments of death. Also with the help of a Buddhist priestess they insert the souls of "SP's" dead friends into her. Now, flash forward back to present day..... awake and coming to the realization that her normal life is over..."SP concludes someone made her this way and she will do anything and kill as many as it will take to find out who.

Aino Kishi plays the beautiful "Samurai Princess, clad in minimal clothing, the adult film actress fits the part to the tee. Aside from the lackluster budget, that in my opinion is only visible in video production and set design, this film is a real treat to the genre. Original costume design, stupendous effect by a true effects genius and well done acting(at times quite overdone), this makes "SP" a genre must see. Although "Samurai Princess" was not a "Tokyo Gore Police", it did have similar elements, only turned down a few notches.

"Samurai Princess" wields Katanas that discover the best in arterial spray in every direction possible. Anyone standing anywhere near the spraying is sure to be bathed in blood, at times covering the camera lens, a Nishimura trademark! Two removable breasts that when attached together yield a grenade, that on occasion will make heads explode in full view. A circular saw that extends from the sternum of "SP"....I'm sure you can imagine what that does. Chainsaw legs and a guitar that emits sound waves when strummed, causing a serious mess.

"Samurai Princess" is a highly creative film, filled with high quality scenes of gore filled madness, done by only the best effects director possible. What the film lacks in development and budget, it completely makes up in originality, creativity and style. The fun factor for "SP" is clearly off the charts....and for goodness sakes, IT HAS BREAST GRENADES!!!!

BruceVain

Friday, March 26, 2010

Pull up a seat, this buffet is a "Blood Feast (2)" and it's "All you can Eat"!!



"Blood Feast 2 "-All You can Eat

39 years after the original "Blood Feast" was released Herschell Gordon Lewis, the pioneer 'Godfather of Gore" is back with his next installment..."Blood Feast 2"!

This time the grandson of the infamous Fuad Ramses, Fuad Ramses III has inherited the catering business and wants to make a bid at making the business a success. His first day in the shop he is visited by a police detective, who makes him very aware of Fuad's family history in his small town. Soon Fuad will inherit more than just the family business, revisiting the same path his Grandfather Fuad Ramses discovered 39 years earlier.

Let's skip all the formalities and get right to it. "BF2" pulls no punches and from the start hits you right between the eyes, with exactly what you were hoping for- a blood Induced visual overload!

Two homeless freeloaders digging through trashcans are introduced in the opening sequence. They find a dead cat in the trash and say that it will make for a good dinner, as they prepare the fire to cook with, a mysterious red light appears beyond a nearby back door. Upon seeing the light the derelicts appear to be possessed, one approaches the other with a large knife and cuts into his stomach and begins removing organs. The other possessed fool breaks a bottle and slashes the throat of his trash can friend. This opening scene really sets the tome for the remainder of the film and reassures the audience that "HGL" has got you covered and you are in for a wild ride.

"BF2" and it's grainy appearance , poor sound, constant overacting, strange Batlord type music, homage to B-movie splatter films of the 80's was hard to handle. One example was Fuad's (J.P. Delahoussaye) over the top chacterization of the possessed caterer. The writing had some miscue's too,like the constant denial early on of who the obvious killer was.

What "BF2" really did have going for it was the horrifically graphic GORE, explicit nudity, fantastic supporting acting by Detective Dave Loomis(John Mconnell) and the campy humor that at times was quite funny.

OK, back to the gore!
1)Full view of a corkscrew into the ear, screwed around until a lot of brains is exposed.
2) Both arms of a human into a meat grinder, ground up to the elbows.
3) Mini ice cream scooper removes two eyes, then tongue is pulled out.
Explicit Nudity
"BF2" is loaded with beautiful women with incredible bodies running around waiting to be killed in gruesome, bloody fashion, throughout the film.

Serious Comedy
One scene in particular is where Detective Myers is mentioning the weather, when Detective Loomis does an entire scene of weather reporting, with map in the background. Really a very clever well done scene.

"BF2" with a running time of 99 min is very well paced, with the perfect amount of splatter to keep you in the mood. I will say that 10-15min could have been shaved off of the beginning of the third act to save from dragging on. Not having high expectations, to being pleasantly surprised with the quality of the FX and a plot twist too, make this film a real treat! Considering the subject matter, the film lacks the typical excessive swearing you might come to expect from the genre.

Herschell Gordon Lewis' techniques and artistic representation are communicated well and are apparent in a few scenes. Like the all white backgrounds with blood saturating the foreground and protagonist, representing purity corrupted.

His framing of shots and low angles which induce confusion and powerlessness in the viewer are textbook. Adding height with his opaque shots inspires fear and insecurity along with imbalance.

"BF2" was pretty good! If "HGL" wanted to venture out of the B-Movie security blanket, I'm confident he would make a great film. Not bad for a 73 yr old man back in 2002, 81 yrs old now! When i think of "Blood Feast 2"-"All You Can Eat", only one word comes to mind.....Evisceration!

BruceVain