July 4 Horror -- Cursed and Dead End
Jul. 5th, 2006 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiCaught two cheap horror flicks on my Tivo yesterday:
Cursed: I went into this one with low expectations (it certainly did not get good reviews), but was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Werewolf flicks in recent years had avoided the satire that other horror subgenres embraced for a while, so it was nice to see one that recognized some of the silliness inherent in the story without going for straight-up parody. The Hollywood satire aspect of the movie was well-done, and the references to other genre flicks (including at least two shout-outs to Craven's best-known creation, Freddy Krueger) were amusing. And hey -- Christina Ricci. Yum. Not a great movie, but enjoyable enough (although a complete waste of Shannon Elizabeth).
Dead End: The real problem with this movie isn't just that it's ludicrously derivative, but that if I mention what it's derivative of, I inherently "spoil" the movie. Suffice to say, there's nothing original to see here. Move along. Not even worth Tivoing, unless you're a really big Ray Wise or Lyn Shaye fan, or you're so unfamiliar with horror motifs that you're still capable of being surprised by level one cliches.
Cursed: I went into this one with low expectations (it certainly did not get good reviews), but was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Werewolf flicks in recent years had avoided the satire that other horror subgenres embraced for a while, so it was nice to see one that recognized some of the silliness inherent in the story without going for straight-up parody. The Hollywood satire aspect of the movie was well-done, and the references to other genre flicks (including at least two shout-outs to Craven's best-known creation, Freddy Krueger) were amusing. And hey -- Christina Ricci. Yum. Not a great movie, but enjoyable enough (although a complete waste of Shannon Elizabeth).
Dead End: The real problem with this movie isn't just that it's ludicrously derivative, but that if I mention what it's derivative of, I inherently "spoil" the movie. Suffice to say, there's nothing original to see here. Move along. Not even worth Tivoing, unless you're a really big Ray Wise or Lyn Shaye fan, or you're so unfamiliar with horror motifs that you're still capable of being surprised by level one cliches.