Comments(0) Directed by Robert Hall
Watched June 2009
Studio: A terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a deranged serial murder and must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined killer who is hell bent on finishing what he started.
Comments(0) watched April 25, 2009
Comments(0) Saturday, April 04, 2009
Wow, what a shocker! 2008’s Quarantine — respectful remake of Spanish horror movie Rec — is an unforgettable movie in my book, and I can hardly wait show it to some of my friends! Perhaps I will notice a few details I missed during the first viewing, seeing as how I was just a nervous wreck, a pretzel of a man, muscles taut as I sat on the couch throughout the last half of the film.
There are portions of two reviews quoted on the cover of Quarantine. On the front it reads, “Quite possibly the best horror film this year.” On the back it says, “. . .scary as hell.” I agree wholeheartedly with both.
Quarantine was gripping, terrifying, serving up large doses of scream-inducing, edge-of-your seat horror — and it should not be missed by any true horror fan. It’s not a slasher flick (thank goodness) and it is not a supernatural thriller (for which I’d partly wished). If I had to quickly select a sub-genre of horror in which to classify Quarantine, I might be forced to utter the word “zombie,” but that too is misleading and might cause some to pass on it, when in fact they shouldn’t miss it. Quarantine is not technically a zombie movie, but it’s easy to lump it into the zombie category or sub-genre of horror movies.
I’ll eventually post more of my thoughts on and information about Quarantine, but in spite of the rapid arrival of 2am as I write this, I wanted to go ahead and post something on this website without delay. Yeah — Quarantine was that good — definitely worth staying up for.
When a news crew decides to trail a brave fire-fighting team, they never suspect that the first call for help they respond to that night may be their last. Now they’re trapped in an apartment complex sealed off by the government. With no way of escape, they find themselves surrounded by frightened residents who are infected with a deadly mutant virus. What happens next is only known because of the footage they left behind.
Quarantine was directed by John Erick Dowdle and written by Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle. The film was executive produced by Glenn S. Gainor, Drew Dowdle, Julio Fernandez, and Carlos Fernandez; produced by Doug Davison, Roy Lee, and Sergio Aguero.
Special Features Include:
o Locked In: The Making-of Quarantine Featurette
o Anatomy of a Stunt Featurette
o Dressing the Infected: Make-Up Design Featurette
o Commentary with Writer/Director John Erick Dowdle and Writer/Producer Drew Dowdle
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (December 8, 2008) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment unleashes the most terrifying film of the year when Quarantine hits Blu-ray™ High-Def, DVD and PSP™ February 17, 2009. This edge-of-your-seat horror film stars Jennifer Carpenter (TV’s “Dexter”, Exorcism of Emily Rose), Johnathon Schaech (Prom Night) and Jay Hernandez (Hostel). The bonus materials include three in-depth featurettes that take you behind-the-scenes, stunts and make-up. Running commentary is provided by Writer/Director John Erick Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes) and Writer/Producer Drew Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes).
Comments(0) Saturday, April 04, 2009
Wow, what a pleasant surprise – or terrifying one, depending on how you take your supernatural thrillers! This is a fantastic movie and I shall watch it again.
What kind of scary is it? Well, It is “handleable.” I was not twisted into a knot on the couch for most of the movie, as I was for Quarantine. In other words, while for me Quarantine was gripping, terrifying, serving up large doses of scream-inducing, edge-of-your seat horror, Dorothy Mills was spooky, eerie, and discomforting. Chances are you have not yet seen Quarantine, though, but it’s on the forefront of my mind now; I finished watching it less than an hour ago as I type this paragraph.
What movie, then, shall I use in place of Quarantine for the thrill level comparison I just made? I’d say any of these would do: 28 Days/Weeks Later, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). . .
Evil Takes on Many Forms in Dorothy Mills…“A contemporary take on The Exorcist” (Variety), a teenage girl is accused of trying to strangle her neighbor’s baby with no recollection of the incident in Agnès Merlet’s (Artemisia) thriller Dorothy Mills arriving on DVD for the first time February 10 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.
Carice van Houten (Body of Lies, Valkyrie) stars as Jane Morton, a psychiatrist mourning the tragic death of her husband and son, who is assigned to work on the mysterious case of Dorothy Mills. When she travels from Dublin to meet with the troubled teenager, she discovers a village plagued by strange events and a horrid past. It isn’t until Dorothy speaks to her with the voice of her own dead son that Jane considers the possibility that the girl possesses powers that exist beyond the realm of psychiatry.
