Ahhhhhhhhh, I totally forgot all about this one. Thanks for the review....adding to my Hold List. Gonna see if the Library has a copy in yet.

Let us know what you think of it next year.

Frankenstein’s Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUQ2IMuz8o

Frankenstein’s Army is one messed up flick. Messed up in the bizarre sense. Messed up in the very creative sense. Messing with your mind.

A small Russian troop has slowly been fighting the horrors of war across the German landscape. They  invade a small German town where things really get bad because one mad scientist, Frankenstein, has been experimenting mashing up Nazi’s and machines.

While a lot of the scenes are ‘disturbing’, I did find myself white knuckling on occasion. It is over the top creativity with the monsters, but the confrontations do become rather visceral. It reminds me a little of The Human Centipede and it’s been a very long time since I played Wolfenstein, but Frankenstein’s Army brought back memories much like playing the game. I also find the movie much like experiencing a nightmare.

Frankenstein’s Army certainly is different. I found the extra’s “Making of” pretty interesting too. I mean, the movie is like a nightmare, but once you see the ‘normal’ people behind the making of the film, the creativity, the inventiveness by folks like you and me, it just shines a whole new perspective on a project like this.

I found it interesting and entertaining. I would recommend this if your a horror fan.

No One Lives

I tried to find a trailer that didn't give to much away. It's better to just watch the movie quickly unfold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4HxhzBG0ag

Didn’t think much about this movie when picking it up. I only remember the trailer intrigued me.
The synopses on the back sums it up well.

A ruthless criminal gang takes a young couple hostage and goes to ground in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned. The gang finds itself outsmarted by an urbane and seasoned killer determined to ensure that no one lives.

This is an interesting film in that at the core, it is a gory, slasher movie with a psychopath who, though has no heart, is very intelligent. The character reminds me of Chigurh from No Country for Old Men. And his targets are low life’s that get what’s coming to them. And to add some thickness to the rather straightforward story is young woman who already come face to face with the serial killer and is telling her new captors what to expect.

There is one scene in here that is extraordinary and you will drop your jaw and go “Oh, no he din’t”. You may buy into it or you may roll your eyes. You will know without hesitation what I’m talking about.

No One Lives does get very, very bloody, I think it’s more than the standard fare of mindless slasher movies. While I probably won’t watch it again, I was entertained while watching it last night.