WARNING: The following review is not pretty.
I’m going to be frank: when I received the Boxed In DVD in the mail, one look at the cover instantly induced a groan from me.
I’ve seen enough no budget college-kids-trying-to-be-artistic films to piss me off (and I don’t mean “artsy” like the “show a flower pot crash to the ground, then cut to a man staring upside down in black and white” incoherent art films, I just mean artistic as The Matrix supposedly was), and my first impression from seeing the packaging of Boxed In told me that this film would be no different.
Unfortunately, my preconceived notions were completely correct. Boxed In is in fact, a very, very bad movie. The acting made me feel as if I was watching a 3rd grade Christmas play, the special effects are completely unimpressive (as far as the “blood” scenes go, I’m willing to bet money that I could do a better job with Heinz ketchup), and the direction is confusing at times, particularly in the murder that takes place in the opening scene of the film. Most of all, however, the film and the people behind it just seem creatively starved. The entire plot is hugely borrowed from Hellraiser (girl finds box, box unleashes a being with magical powers, being with magical powers kills a few people) and the poster of the film itself finds the main character holding the magical box in what can only be described as the instantly recognizable Pinhead pose.
Sadly, the best thing about Boxed In is that it is only 11 minutes long (even worse is the fact that I became bored within the first two minutes of the film). Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go watch The Evil Dead and regain my dignity…
– Spooky Steve
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- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
