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T.J.H.
Reviews
Jack Frost (1997)
I guess Christmas is coming a little early this year...
Hilarious low budget parody of horror films. The cheese factor is HIGH, and it's meant to be. This films succeeds because it:
a.) has the cheesiest one liners b.) the film revels in its low budget status c.) inspired death scenes (The bathtub scene is a classic) d.) I'm a sucker for REALLY fake killer snowman costumes
I would have given it a higher rating (7) but the greatest trash films don't mean to be trash. This one does...
Watch it and enjoy the fake snow and off-screen explosions. Oh, and don't consume any anti-freeze...
Amateur (1994)
Hartley's Most Accessible Film
Mix Hal Hartley's deft writing, crisp dialogue and odd sensibilities with an almost Hollywood plot and you have a great film.
Isabelle Huppert and Martin Donavan are great on screen together.
Blood Shack (1971)
A Horror Flick AND Rodeo Documentary!!!
Blood Shack is actually two films put together:
1. One story centers around a woman trying not to get killed by a madman hanging out at a shack in the desert. 2. The other film shows the sheer joy that can be had spending time at the rodeo on a hot summer's day.
Sadly all the action in the film takes place at the rodeo.
The filmaker(s) evidently ran out of story (or plot, or ideas etc...) about halfway through the film. So what we get is the protagonist will occasionally leave the crime scene and go to the rodeo where the viewer is treated (heh heh...) to scenes of bullriders frolicking about. These are the most frightening scenes in the film.
The horror action is cheeeesssyyyy and not imaginative. Everyone sleepwalks through this flick. No surprises, NO budget, no action, no acting, whew... just cheese.
Blood Shack is truly one of the worst films ever filmed. I still gave it a 4 though. I like the rodeo...