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Hellbound: The Book of the Dead

 Film Title: Hellbound: The Book of the Dead Year Released: 2003
Reviewed By: Cannibal Cam  
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Overall Stars: **** Overall DVD Stars: **** Scare Factor: ****

 

I don’t know how to put this but I have kind of been in a slump at that time where I was witnessing a lot of not to promising directors and movies so with a generic title like that I figured a severely bumpy ride. But now that I have learned a thing or 2 about the who’s who of the scene I see Steve sessions popping his head up for some quick jabs of movie making being done right. Not any of those “Come on you stupid bastard.. You can run now” deals. Everything plays legit and keeps the viewer on an intense character ride more than anything. a lot of emphasis on how the actor (ess) is dealing with the situation, that nerve racking what the hell am I gonna do now emotions.

A couple Lane (Jeff Dylan Graham- Dead and Rotting) and Diane (Elizabeth North) live in a costal town where fascinating things and grossery delivered excrements begin to flow my gut slumper friend. The woman is discombobulated about her sister being freakishly killed by a flying hubcap, she ventures on about a book her father was once into…….. and he owns. She finds the matching duo of darkness and embarks upon her journey into sorcery mischief. Upon the arrival of the second book, the deliverer falls prey to the woman’s dark rage and is shot down. Here’s where the emotions go for a crazy roller coaster ride. What to do with the body is and would be the most important question wouldn’t you say? I would freak, so do the actors. They decide not to say a word and try to do a spell on him. It doesn’t seem to work until he decides to cut up the body. The hand gets away, now the chase is on. Killer scene when the hand is coming down the railing. She continues her in depth look at the spells within. Realizing that if she brings her sister back with the head wound that wouldn’t work out to well, but her Dad died of natural causes so she off to try that out. Let me just say when the hellbound is released major bloodshed ensues in a very Prowler (Joseph Zito) fashion. Death scene’s are gooey and goreliscious with some neat lighting and camera work. Character driven roller coaster of emotions along with the Hexantanz soundtrack, truly dark and surreal. A well made gore flick that finds one self enthralled in master craftsmanship. Right on brotha!

-Cannibal Cam

 

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