The anthology horror film is back in the wake of the success of chapter-style horror films like The Theatre Bizarre (2011) and its announced follow-up, V/H/S (2012), the soon-to-be-released sequel V/H/S 2 (2013) and The ABC’s of Death (2012).
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
- 4/5/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
When the punishment fits the crime, there always seems to be a sense of kismet. Unfortunately, it happens all too infrequently. The good news is that we have a glorious instance of the punishment fitting the crime in the new short film Burn. Check it out right here, right now.
It's not too often we go out on a limb and guarantee you'll like a short film, but we feel safe in saying that Burn is well worth the five-minute time investment required. Burn was written and directed by Jerry Pyle and stars Tim Abell and Andrew Sheffield. The producer is Jessalyn Haefele with cinematography by Kyle Klütz and makeup/FX by Laura Doolin.
Burn won Best Thriller Short at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival and Most Shockingly Scary Short at Shockfest Hollywood. Do yourself a favor: Scroll down and check out Burn in its complete five-minute glory. You'll be glad you did.
It's not too often we go out on a limb and guarantee you'll like a short film, but we feel safe in saying that Burn is well worth the five-minute time investment required. Burn was written and directed by Jerry Pyle and stars Tim Abell and Andrew Sheffield. The producer is Jessalyn Haefele with cinematography by Kyle Klütz and makeup/FX by Laura Doolin.
Burn won Best Thriller Short at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival and Most Shockingly Scary Short at Shockfest Hollywood. Do yourself a favor: Scroll down and check out Burn in its complete five-minute glory. You'll be glad you did.
- 6/4/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
By Robert Lentini, MoreHorror.com
Burn is a disturbing short film written and directed by Jerry Pyle.
One man is holding another man hostage, but not in the conventional strapped to a chair type of way. Oh no, it's much more intense than that. Honestly, I could not think of a worse way to be held captive.
Even though "Burn" is just over 4 minutes, it creates a level of intensity that most full length feature films couldn't even dream of achieving.
Tim Abell gives an awesome and terrifying performance. His character is giving the man held captive the opportunity to choose the revenge he inflicts upon him. Both choices are just awful, I can't imagine being in that situation. I cringe just thinking about it.
"Burn" accomplishes so much in so little time, it is something that every fan of horror should check out.
Fans in the Seattle area can...
Burn is a disturbing short film written and directed by Jerry Pyle.
One man is holding another man hostage, but not in the conventional strapped to a chair type of way. Oh no, it's much more intense than that. Honestly, I could not think of a worse way to be held captive.
Even though "Burn" is just over 4 minutes, it creates a level of intensity that most full length feature films couldn't even dream of achieving.
Tim Abell gives an awesome and terrifying performance. His character is giving the man held captive the opportunity to choose the revenge he inflicts upon him. Both choices are just awful, I can't imagine being in that situation. I cringe just thinking about it.
"Burn" accomplishes so much in so little time, it is something that every fan of horror should check out.
Fans in the Seattle area can...
- 4/6/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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