A Russian American fantasy directed by Jamie Bradshaw and Aleksandr Dulerayn, starring Jeffrey Tambor and Max von Sydow.
A marketing executive is involved in a media scandal and goes to live in the country. There he performs a ritual with a red cow, gaining the ability to see brand loyalty as monsters growing on people and buildings.
I love it! If only it were true... Unfortunately, it is too true in other ways. Advertising may as well be monsters with how omnipresent it is in the modern world. I could easily see fat becoming the new definition of beauty. Anyone who has been in a Walmart in the past decade or so would agree. Why do mostly fat people shop at Walmart? ...or is it Does Walmart make people fat? The plot is very interesting to me and the visual effects make it unforgettable. Some of the CG monsters are amazingly well done. I also liked how the company leaders and ad men have monster tendrils attached to them, feeding directly into the hive. The only thing that I didn't like about this is that there was Russian dialogue with no subtitles in the version I've seen. I rate it awesome for being a scorching social commentary as well as having great visual effects. You should really watch it.
An American horror comedy directed by Howard R. Cohen, starring Jeffrey Tambor.
A family inherits a cursed house and they move in. The son finds and opens a book of evil that the parents have been warned not to open. A pair of vampires have their eyes on the house and are waiting for the family to move out so they can move in and get the book of evil. Everything comes to a head when the family has a party.
This was actually funny. The plot was a little disjointed, but was paced correctly. The characters are not to be noted for good acting, but most of them fit their parts. The only one who seemed out of place was the female vampire. She should have been older to nag the male vampire like she did. The video was clearly made on a budget. The special effects definitely were. That being said, there were some good points that worked. The audio was not too bad. It seemed correctly mixed and I could hear the dialogue. My favorite scene was the father comforting his son after complaints about a monster in the room (picture). Overall, cheap thrills and a quick laugh. I rate this adequate.
