Gimly

Gimly

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  • Doomsday
  • Donnie Darko
  • Romper Stomper
  • Revolver

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  • Into the Deep

  • Cryptids

    ★★

  • Love Hurts

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  • Cryptids

    Cryptids

    ★★

    There's like seven short stories here, and maybe the last one of them is good. But I will say, the-- well it's not even a bookend really --the framing device, of a radio show taking calls of people's cryptid experiences, and then cutting to the footage that is the short film of said experience, I actually thought was a pretty cool idea.

    A drawback of Cryptids though, is kind of lampshaded in the movie itself. An anthology of ten minute…

  • Night of the Dead Sorority Babes

    Night of the Dead Sorority Babes

    ★★½

    Kind of Murdercise vibes back-to-back here (including a returning actress). It has many of the same issues that one had (which tracks, these are issues that are shared by the majority of shoestring-budget films), including, unfortunately, it's biggest drawback. Though less on display here, Night of the Dead Sorority Babes still has moments where the audio peaks, and it was left that way in post-production. But, like Murdercise, there were enough positives to make my way through the hefty negatives.…

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  • '71

    '71

    ★★★½

    I probably would have bumped this up to four stars if I could tell any of the bloody supporting characters from one another.

  • Zyzzyx Road

    Zyzzyx Road

    ★★

    About five years ago, Zyzzyx Road was produced in the Mojave Desert on a budget of $2,000,000. The film was open for 6 days in cinemas by the end of which a total of 6 tickets had been sold, equalling the value of $30. Two of these tickets, however, were purchased by crew members in the film, and were fully refunded, bringing the film in to earning roughly negative $1,999,980. Since then the film has virtually hit the black again…