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Maggie (2015)
An Interesting but Failed Attempt
A failed character study of a doomed and damaged family in a time of plague. The acting is good and I found it interesting to see Arnold in something other than an action- adventure. This is a character driven movie but there is not enough character exploration and development for me to have feelings for these people and their plight. The pacing is slow to the point of being glacial. The muted, washed out look of the film does emphasize the bleak tone of this depressing film. Arnold's conundrum evident from the beginning of the film is not resolved in a way that honors his family or satisfies the viewer. A real sleeping pill of a movie.
Experiments in Terror (2003)
Experiments in confusing boredom
A compilation of 6 short films. I found the first 3 unwatchable. All the films feature obtrusive color filters, strobe effects, double exposure effects and more which confuse rather than shock or aid understanding of the films subject matter. Several seemed to lack any story continuity and were merely a hodge podge of confusing and unrelated images accompanied by obnoxious and intrusive music. Perhaps they are a group of failed projects from collage film class, or examples of how not to use optical effects and sound. 1 gave the project one star for "Dawn of an Evil Millennium", the last film on the disk. It had some genuinely funny moments in it. Otherwise this title is a complete waste of time. Unless you are a student of truly bad films determined to expand your knowledge of dreadfully poor film making DO NOT BOTHER!
August Underground's Mordum (2003)
pointless unconvincing trash
This may contain spoilers, you have been warned. I have been a fan of horror movies for many years. In my opinion an example of a truly gripping film combining suspense and gore to produce horror is "Hostel". It has a plot, characters developed just enough to engage my emotions and make the subsequent torture hit me in the gut. This film lacks anything to stir the emotions. No explanation of who the victims are. No set up. No plot. Three giggling idiots filmed by a cameraman with palsy. No back story. Why should I care about these people or their victims? David Vogel is known for his special effects abilities, yet I found all the on screen blood unconvincing. There is a LOT of blood. There is one scene involving a bathtub that I found genuinely disturbing but, without a plot or characters you care about, one scene does not make a movie, even if you are a big fan of splatter films. I BOUGHT this movie. Wasted ten dollars. Its cover promises "genuine snuff" (according to Rue Morgue Magazine). It's genuine trash. I gave this film one star because I couldn't give it no stars. Do not waste 77 minutes of your life on this failure.