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<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="592" height="1%" valign="top">   </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="99%">   <p>An anthology movie featuring 9 horror stories from around the world: <ul> <li><i>When John Met Julia</i>: John (Kim Sønderholm) picks up hitshhiker Julia (Claire Ross-Brown), who almost instantly accuses him of wanting to rape her and kills and robs him. But that night, John returns as a demon to have his revenge ... Horror tale with a moral twist in the vein of old <a href="../research/resultperslinks.shtml?EC Comics"><i>EC-Comics</i></a>, not really great but a nice opening short for an anthology movie.</li> <li><i>Delusion</i>: Flynn's (Jonathon Trent) mother has just died, and at her wake, he is a little bit off the hook, but still he seems to appeal to lovely Vweronica (Heather Tom) - until he thinks she accuses her of having killed his mother (which he has by the way), and strangles her. Only then he realizes he has actually strangled his own beloved sister (Elisa Richardson) in a state of delusion ... Nice self-consciously old-fashioned psychological shocker, a bit in style of the early 1960's <i><a href="../research/resultprodlinks.shtml?hammer">Hammer</a></i> psychothrillers. Very nice.</li> <li><i>Alone</i>: Ellen (Mandy Amano) is home alone when she learns that a homicidal maniac is on the loose in her neighbourhood - and she immediately suspects the cop (Guy Nardulli) bringing her the news to be the perpetrator, while she invites schoolfriend Taylor (Jerod Edington) to her home and bed to protect her - and eventually, when she finds him fighting the (supposedly evil) cop, she helps him by killing the cop - and only then it turns out she made the wrong judgement ... another very nice, intentionally old-fashioned piece of horror cinema, this time a bit reminiscent of Italian gialli from the early 1970's, with a bit of slasher mentality at hand as well.</li> <li><i>Dead to the World</i>: Rather uninspired take on serialkiller Ted Bundy, with Russ Diaper playing the killer.</li> <li><i>Mental Distortion</i>: Pete (Kim Sønderholm) finds his wife (Barbara Zatler) dead in the bathtub - which understandably leaves him depressed for quite some time, and for him, bathtubs will surely never be the same again. Then he meets an old friend, Maria (Maja Muhlack), and the two of them get quite friendly, even have sex - but then she makes the fatal mistake of following him to the bathroom, and when he sees the combination of a girl and a bathtub - ouch ... Depressing but nevertheless fascinating horror tale, beautifully carried by Kim Sønderholm - who seems to be nothing short of perfect in playing depressed guys - which is meant as a compliment in case you wondered.</li> <li><i>Disconnected</i>: Blakes (Adam Boone) is tortured by a guy (Anthony Wentzel) and has no idea why - until the guy turns out to be the cable guy, and he has obviously gotten the wrong address ... For the most part, this episode is just torture porn, but with an ironic twist at the end that redeems the preceding (non-)story.</li> <li><i>The Demon</i>: A man (Martin Frislev Ammitsbøl) tries to protect a young woman (Tanashka Sofie Ramji Olsen) from a demon (Mikael Lindeman) in some anonymous hotel that at random point seems to change into some exotic locale - only to realize too late that he himself is the demon, and when he thinks he kills the demon, he actually kills the girl ... Good story, unfortunately somewhat let down by a rather bland direction.</li> <li><i>Echoes</i>: A man (Sean Seuthorp) finds himself tied down to a bed and attacked by monsters - but maybe he is just a patient in a mental institution ... This story is given too little time to fully unfold. Could have been interesting, actually.</li> <li><i>Retina</i>: Shelly (Rachel Grubb) blames Katie (Heather Amos) of killing David (Josh LeSuer) - but maybe he's still very much with them as an eyeball-stealing demon ... It's only a few minutes long, yet the script of this short is more confusing than that of many a feature film - which is why this episode totally fails to convince.</li> </ul> <p>Uneven, nevertheless entertaining collection of horror shorts, with a few films - <i>Delusion</i>, <i>Alone</i>, <i>Mental Distortion</i> and to a lesser extent <i>Disconnected</i> - being absolutely worthwhile and worth the price of the DVD alone. The problem with this anthology as a whole is that it runs a tad too long and the best films are all in the first half - but that's not a reason to not watch it anyways !!!</p> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="1%">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2008"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>