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Monsters in the Closet
USA 2022
produced by the Snygg Brothers (= Zachary Winston Smith, Spencer Snygg), Tom Cikoski (executive) for Purgatory Blues
directed by the Snygg Brothers (= Zachary Winston Smith, Spencer Snygg)
starring Jasmin Flores, Tom Cikoski, Luke Couzens, Camilla Crawford, Denyse Hollis, Jordan Flippo, Shanna Bess, Phillip Green, John Paul Fedele, Valerie Bittner, Karen Zheng, Francis James, Sarah Marable, Sarah Wachter, Sierra Neis, Jessica Edwards, [Jennifer Burns, Ryan McDonnell, Lisete Dell'Apa, Amy Rushlow, Ken Stachnik, John Nestor, Valerie Wassell Bittner, Ryan Padden, Mitch Csinadi, Cara Dell'Apa, Andy To, Nelson JoaQuin, Kevin J. Rizzo, Tyler Harwkins, Cory Jordan, Kim Carson, Billy Erlacher, Dante Singleton, John Henninger, Jake Walbert, Charles Vitale, Jay Abelovsky, Ryan Chadwick
written by the Snygg Brothers (= Zachary Winston Smith, Spencer Snygg), Jasmin Flores, Denyse Hollis, Luke Couzens, Camilla Crawford, visual effects by the Snygg Brothers (= Zachary Winston Smith, Spencer Snygg)
Frankenstein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Jasmin's (Jasmin Flores) estranged father (Tom C. Niksson), a
successful horror writer, has just died, and Jasmin goes through his
things and finds out for his latest, unpublished collection of short
stories, he has used a centuries old book of black magic that is supposed
to bring his stories to life - quite literally as Jasmin finds out. The
stories in question are:
- It's a zombie outbreak, and like all others, Genny (Denyse Hollis)
panics - and she only very slowly comes to the realization that she's
actually a zombie and cannot fight her zombie urges ...
- A couple (Luke Couzens, Camilla Crawford) find their dream home, and
all it needs is some fixing up - and since they've run out of money
buying the house, they just decide to do it themselves, with little
expertise but lots of love - only, they soon have to realize love can
only take them so far ...
- Rich daughter Tiffany (Jordan Flippo) goes on a camping trip with
her middle class college friends - which goes well until she
accidently shoots dead her boyfriend (Nelson JoaQuin), then has to
shoot dead everyone else to cover her tracks ...
- After Frankenstein (John Paul Fedele) accidently kills his wife
(Valerie Bittner), he brings her back to life - again and again, he
just never gets it quite right ...
As a fan of old school anthologies and EC
Comics, one just cannot help but love this movie, a collection of
macabre shorts that favour an old school approach to storytelling - but
old school in the best possible way, where build-up, characters and twists
still win out over spectacle, and where everything is laced in irony,
sometimes more sometimes less apparent. And a genre savvy directorial
effort and a spirited cast bring the whole thing to life rather
beautifully.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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