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Intrigued by Damien Leone's work, I went out and checked his first short film, which is also the first media to feature Art the Clown (this time played by Mike Giannelli). This one follows a young woman (Kayla Lian) abducted from a deserted train station and subjected to a series of horrors.
The 9th Circle is pretty much what you would expect from a rookie horror director. It's a mish-mash of every common trope found on films about the occult and the likes. From the dangerous evil clown handing out flowers with insects and the mysterious wart-skinned creature living underground to the mysterious group with hoods and masks pulling out babies and pouring blood on chalices.
It's not only that we've seen it before, but also that it doesn't seem to make much sense other than to be there because, well, it's *occult*. Still, Leone's direction is solid, and at less than 10 minutes, it's not much of a chore to get through. So there has to be no rush to get out of there.
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THE 9TH CIRCLE
(2008, Leone)
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(2008, Leone)
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"Help me, please! There's something down there. We have to get out of here!"
Intrigued by Damien Leone's work, I went out and checked his first short film, which is also the first media to feature Art the Clown (this time played by Mike Giannelli). This one follows a young woman (Kayla Lian) abducted from a deserted train station and subjected to a series of horrors.
The 9th Circle is pretty much what you would expect from a rookie horror director. It's a mish-mash of every common trope found on films about the occult and the likes. From the dangerous evil clown handing out flowers with insects and the mysterious wart-skinned creature living underground to the mysterious group with hoods and masks pulling out babies and pouring blood on chalices.
It's not only that we've seen it before, but also that it doesn't seem to make much sense other than to be there because, well, it's *occult*. Still, Leone's direction is solid, and at less than 10 minutes, it's not much of a chore to get through. So there has to be no rush to get out of there.
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