Tag Archives: Musical
You Look Like a Massive “C” Word
Anna and the Apocalypse Review
I’m not sure what is going on with the Universe, but time flies by way too quickly nowadays. Unfortunately, as I get older, that all seems to happen even more rapidly. As if the year didn’t speed by quickly enough on its own, I’ve decided to help things along by watching a film which takes place during Christmas time. The film I am referring to is John McPhail’s Anna and the Apocalypse. The Plot After a zombie outbreak overtakes the town of Little Haven, Anna and her friends must fight their way through the undead hordes to save their loved … Read More
That’s So Boss
The Devil's Carnival Review
I was a fan of Repo! The Genetic Opera from the first time I viewed it. I’ve since watched it at least 10 more times and have grown to love it more with every viewing. While his second horror musical may not be as memorable, Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Devil’s Carnival is still quite entertaining and highly creative. Told in the form of three separate, but still intertwined, ‘Aesop’s Fables,’ The Devil’s Carnival is about three individuals who have committed some sort of sin in their lives and are now paying for it, in the depths of hell. Darren Lynn … Read More
Now I’m Forever Haunted
Stage Fright Review
Horror genre musicals aren’t a new idea, but there has been somewhat of a resurgence of them in the past few years. I loved Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil’s Carnival, but I may have a brand new favorite with Jerome Sable’s 2014 foray into the sub-genre, Stage Fright. Ten years after her mother’s death, Camilla (Allie MacDonald) is chosen to perform in the revival of the summer camp musical, “The Haunting of the Opera.” The night of the final production turns into a bloody mess, as a killer lets loose on the cast and crew, … Read More
