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I'll give credit where credit is due, there were a few moments of really cool imagery here. The first is the wall of people stuck in the black tar like substance. It looks like a 3D painting at first, then they start to move and grab at the characters. When I saw that, I was struck by how out of place it was because the rest of the movie felt amateurish. These was a cool moment that stood out above everything else. The second was the imagery of Bianca Lawson in bed while blood pooled around her. She's writhing in it and it overcomes her. Two cool and creative horror moments in an otherwise unintentionally funny 'horror' movie.
Snoop Dogg is a terrible actor, the rest of the cast do nothing to help in that department, despite have some recognizable names such as Pam Grier and Katherine Isabelle. The story has a young guy who purchases a run down building in the hopes of turning it into some kind of DJ night club. Unfortunately for him, it might be haunted? Through a series of gold filtered flashbacks we see that Bones (Dogg) was murdered here and buried in the basement. His soul infected a dog that can't be killed? The dog feasts on people and the dug up skeleton of a body in the basement regenerates back into Snoop Dogg. He then proceeds to exact revenge on those who wronged him.
Cheap CGI smoke litters the screen whenever the evil spirit is around. Terrible make-up is plastered on one characters face that I laughed every single time he was on the screen. Finally the blood...it looks like they simply bought red paint. It's too bright. Looks like something out of the 70's or early 80's. Laughably bad.
Directed by Ernest Dickerson, who directed the fun Demon Knight, I can't help but feel disappointed in his effort here. He's gone on to direct in the television world now and looks to have found his success there.
Bianca Lawson should get extra points for having maggots in her mouth. Yuck.
October 2nd
Bones
Bones
I'll give credit where credit is due, there were a few moments of really cool imagery here. The first is the wall of people stuck in the black tar like substance. It looks like a 3D painting at first, then they start to move and grab at the characters. When I saw that, I was struck by how out of place it was because the rest of the movie felt amateurish. These was a cool moment that stood out above everything else. The second was the imagery of Bianca Lawson in bed while blood pooled around her. She's writhing in it and it overcomes her. Two cool and creative horror moments in an otherwise unintentionally funny 'horror' movie.
Snoop Dogg is a terrible actor, the rest of the cast do nothing to help in that department, despite have some recognizable names such as Pam Grier and Katherine Isabelle. The story has a young guy who purchases a run down building in the hopes of turning it into some kind of DJ night club. Unfortunately for him, it might be haunted? Through a series of gold filtered flashbacks we see that Bones (Dogg) was murdered here and buried in the basement. His soul infected a dog that can't be killed? The dog feasts on people and the dug up skeleton of a body in the basement regenerates back into Snoop Dogg. He then proceeds to exact revenge on those who wronged him.
Cheap CGI smoke litters the screen whenever the evil spirit is around. Terrible make-up is plastered on one characters face that I laughed every single time he was on the screen. Finally the blood...it looks like they simply bought red paint. It's too bright. Looks like something out of the 70's or early 80's. Laughably bad.
Directed by Ernest Dickerson, who directed the fun Demon Knight, I can't help but feel disappointed in his effort here. He's gone on to direct in the television world now and looks to have found his success there.
Bianca Lawson should get extra points for having maggots in her mouth. Yuck.