Review of Death Row

Death Row (2006 TV Movie)
10/10
Pretty good scares
20 March 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I thought this one had some pretty good scares. I particularly liked the part with the girl and the ceiling fan. Gruesome stuff. The first guy getting squished through the jail bars was unique, too.

This movie doesn't just kill people by the numbers.

There's a lot of different kind of deaths.

Jake Busey came off crazy as a bedbug and I thought this was the best I've seen him since Frighteners. I don't see why he doesn't do more stuff! I loved him in Contact and Starship Troopers, too.

All in all, I thought this movie looked like it could have been in theaters. The low budget hampered the film sometimes, but not enough to bother me. I've seen worse out there.

There's a shot of Jamie Mann (ceiling fan girl) crawling down the hall as a ghost that's creepy as hell.

Overall, better than the usual SCI FI stuff you see. I was hoping to see more deleted scenes on the DVD, but the other extras are cool.

I went back and checked out the director's other stuff and while I can't say I love them all, there's a great feeling that he's trying to tell fun stories. There's a real Saturday night, old- school drive-in feel to some of them.

I think these film-makers are trying to get some of the same over-the-top feel that Tarantino and Rodriguez are going for with Grindhouse, just not going for the 70's exploitation stuff.

If you want to have a good time and some pretty cool scares, check out Death Row.
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