Tag Archives: Christmas
You Smell Worse Than Me
A Cadaver Christmas Review
Joe Zerull’s A Cadaver Christmas is a ridiculously fun grindhouse style horror/comedy film. Everything that horror fans love is present and executed very well for a lower-budget splatter flick. Writers Daniel Rairdin-Hale and Hanlon Smith-Dorsey’s script is fresh, fun, and it seems much of the humor was improvised on the spot. Both pull double duty as writers and actors in Christmas and bring characters jumping to life with each scene. Fans of Planet Terror will undoubtedly be fans of this one. The gore is plentiful and brought to life by an impressive FX team that clearly had fun with each … Read More
Dear God, Thumbs Up
Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Review
Anyone who knows me is well aware of my hatred for anything Troma related. The only thing worse than Troma to me is indie filmmakers who are trying to imitate Troma. That is exactly what you get with Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas — a Troma-style low-budget flick. I usually don’t like to write completely negative reviews on this site, but I really am having trouble finding anything good to say about this film. All over the packaging of the DVD are icons claiming that this film has won numerous awards on the festival and indie circuits. For the life … Read More
I’m Gonna Kill Him
And All Through the House Review
Ron McLellen’s film “And All Through The House” was winner of the 2011 Atlanta Horrorfest for best local feature film for good reason. I’ve seen tons of horror anthologies ranging from absolute shit to pure gold and “And All Through The House” is the indie scene’s Christmas answer to “Trick r’ Treat.” The 3 stories are all entwined so well together and executed with great editing. It has many little nods to some great films and you can tell that every frame had thought put into it. Ron McLellen has more talent than most directors Full Moon/Charles Band have let … Read More
