“An audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story.” –Mary Shelley James Whale was initially apathetic to the notion of creating a sequel to Frankenstein, which was partially justifiable considering that interest in monster films was on the...
Ronny Yu’s romantic horror comedy, Bride of Chucky, drastically veers to the left of the tone established by his Child’s Play predecessors by his focusing explicitly upon the title character’s acidic, wry tongue and placing horror second tier. Unlike what has come to...
If there is one Independent film I’ve seen this year that looked like it was made in a Hollywood studio it would be “Broken”. In a nutshell “Broken” puts most Independent films to shame. Made on only a budget of a mere eight thousand...
Broken is a film from the U.K. that takes a whole new turn at the survival horror sub-genre. While the film is being compared to the likes of Saw and Hostel, I saw it as being a film that had a lot more intelligence behind it. Now don’t get me wrong I thought...
Although best known to date for making the high concept Brit comedy CASHBACK, several years ago Sean Ellis made a directorial mark in the horror genre with the superior, menacing short film LEFT TURN. The imperfect but eerie BROKEN confirms his ability to wring...
It should be enough to merely state that Tim Kincaid’s Breeders is the progeny of an individual whose canon is largely comprised of direct-to-video productions. Sadly, this isn’t enough. What makes this particular film especially decrepit is that fact it holds the...
