My all time favorite horror film. Yeah, it's a bit sloppy in its filming and editing, but that's part of the charm. The performances are all fantastic, the writing is solid in both its satirical commentary on consumerism and society in general, and its well fleshed out characters put this on a level all its own in the realm of gorefests.
Simply amazing.
It's been so long since I've seen this movie that my opinion going into this viewing probably came more from overall opinions than anything. I was going into this thinking it's going to be disturbing except for wildly tone deaf cops used as comedy relief. Instead, the whole goddamn movie is wildly tone deaf. Hell, goofy folk music accompanies the rapists piling their victims into the trunk of their car.
In my mind, this movie…
The Craptacular Revue: Bonus Episode!
Everything that Batman V Superman failed at, this movie succeeds with. New characters are naturally integrated into the story, both sides have sympathetic logic, and everyone is well-developed.
Spider-Man is handled really well, with probably the most accurate and well-executed film version of Peter Parker (even if it is in a pretty short amount of time). Characters that I've never cared much for, like Ant-Man and Scarlet Witch, are played perfectly here and at the…
This movie is a disasterpiece of the highest order. Made by amateur filmmakers who then sold it to Japanese distributors four years later who made alterations, the lost-in-translation and unprofessional touches combine to make it feel like it was made by aliens in a desperate attempt to cash in on the 80's slasher boom.
Incomprehensible motives, jarring editing, off-putting homophobia, and the most attempts at an ending to one film since The Return Of The King, it's a mile-a-minute cavalcade of shit, and I love it.
