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A Halloween Feast (2024)
A unsettling and hilarious descent into madness.
A Halloween Feast was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed Lynn Lowry's performance. She is very unhinged. I really loved the character Goth Girl ("it's a vibe"). The film is a solid mix of horror and comedy. I thought the characters were interesting and the twists and revelations were well executed. The film delivered solid kills and great effects for the budget. The ending provides plenty of shocks that should please audiences. I really enjoyed seeing Pancho Moler in the film. His character was a pretty awful person but I thought his dialogue and mannerisms were really fun. Overall I highly recommend A Halloween Feast.
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
A Solid Supernatural Action Film
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Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
Directed by Ali Zamani
Story by Ali Zamani
Written by Chris Kato
Starring Denise Richards, Cuba Gooding Jr, Josh Burdett, Arifin Putra, Michael Teh, Randy Couture, Korrina Rico, Lee Kholafai, Silvio Simac, Greg Canestrari, and William McNamara
Synopsis: When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace is the sequel to the 2020 film Angels Fallen, which I had a lot of fun with, despite the small budget. I'm happy to report that its sequel is even more fun and looks to have a bigger budget. There are more name actors with Denise Richards, Randy Couture and Cuba Gooding Jr playing supporting roles and even getting in in some of the action.
The action scenes are a lot better and even have some gore this time. The creature design and effects are great. I really liked the cast, with some of my favorites being The Raid 2's Arifin Putra as the sniper Trigger and Korrina Rico as Leah, the teams resident medic and psychic. I really enjoyed Denise Richards as Deborah, who provides the team with their weapons and has a pretty cool fight scene and Cuba Gooding Jr's Balthazar, who has one of the coolest scenes in the movie as well as providing some humor.
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace is a solid slice of Supernatural Indie Action that I highly recommend.
Joe Crist (2024)
A Unique Western
Joe Crist is a Western that manages to pull off multiple things at once: It's a rollicking Western with brutal action scenes, it's got tons of humor, it's a sweet love story, and a tale about right vs wrong and not losing hope.
I really enjoyed the characters here. Dallas Valdez' Joe Crist is a wisecracking, charismatic and showy gunslinger. Carrie Keagan's Maggie is a charming bartender who captures Joe's heart and is good with a gun. Curt Lambert's Del is one of Joe's oldest and most trusted friends and always has his back. This trio has wonderful chemistry together and anytime they are on screen it's electric.
The story, while being a Western standard about a good man seeking to rid a Western town of the seedy gang who is running it, is made interesting by its execution. After awakening from a 40 day coma, Joe wakes up with Messiah-like abilities. He can touch people and see their future, he can heal the sick and even resurrect the dead. It lends the film a wonderful freshness that kept me entertained throughout.
The action scenes are fast paced, well executed and bloody. Every time a standoff happened I was excited and itching for the bullets to start flying. The ending is something that I feel might divide audiences but I found it pretty satisfying. Joe Crist is a Western unlike any I've seen before.
13 Dolls in Darkness (2017)
A Giallo by way of a silent film.
I wasn't sure what to expect with this film and I was pleasantly surprised. Reportedly made on a budget of less than $200 USD, you honestly wouldn't be able to tell by looking at it. The film is black and white with no spoken dialogue with and is very stylishly directed. The kills are violent and sometimes bloody and shot like an Italian Giallo film, usually from the perspective of the killer. One of the deaths took me completely off guard. After that I knew the film was going to be unpredictable. The reveal of the killer is pretty well done and disturbing and the ending is bleak and depressing. Overall 13 Dolls In The Dark is a stylish and well made low budget gem.