Directed by Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto and Gareth Evans. Written by Barrett, Tjahjanto, Evans, Jamie Nash and John Davies. Starring Barrett, Wingard, Lawrence Michael Levine, Jay Saunders, Mindy Robinson and Fachri Albar.
Plot: a college student’s mother hires a P.I. (Levine) to track down her son – later, he finds strange tapes while looking for him at his home.
Phase 1 Clinical Trials – after a car accident, Herman (Wingard) gets a camera lens implanted in his new eye and begins seeing dead people. A girl comes to him and says that she knows he’s seeing dead people and not to interact with them because it would be dangerous. Stupidly, he interacts and bad shit happens. There’s boob shots and a creepy little girl, but there’s nothing to really write home about with this one. It’s kind of middle of the road.
A Ride In the Park – Mike (Saunders) is attacked by a zombie while bike riding through the woods. He has a camera on his head, so we get to see him turn and attack 2 people, turning them into zombies as well. There’s this very interesting zombie progression we get to witness as well. It’s a very original concept. The motive is good, there’s good innovation and it’s realistic. It was a really good short and a perfect addition to the movie.
Safe Haven – Even more perrfect than the zombie short, comes a little story about the devil. Adam (Albar) and his camera crew infiltrate a cult called Paradise Gates. Little do they know however, that the cult has only let them in because one of them is pregnant with something very “special” and highly disturbing. I can’t say more than that on the plot because I don’t want it ruined. I will say that the effects are great, the ending is great and if this happened to me or DJ, we’d definitely shit ourselves. It got the highest score of the bunch.
Slumber Party Alien Abduction – Sadly, this short has the lowest score of all. Like the title implies, some boys are having a slumber party and aliens come to abduct them. What it doesn’t say though, is that there’s a dog that dies for no reason because the aliens aren’t simply there to abduct. It’s unoriginal, the kids are unlikable, and why the hell are aliens ALWAYS bad? Geez.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I met George Romero. He was the kindest and sweetest man. He talked to me for longer than he should have with the line getting longer. He also held my hand. And when he noticed the ladybug I have tattooed on my wrist, he said he liked it and asked me it's name. Till then, it had not had a name. Now, I call him George.
2. I love stickers. All stickers. I just adore them. I even ask for stickers for Christmas! As a matter of fact, the birthday that just past, every member of my immediate family gave me sticker packs as gifts. Affordable and extremely appreciated.
3. I have never put much stock in astrology or horoscopes, but I LOVE the magic of the MBTI. Omg. I am an INFP and it actually sounds just like me. Introverted mostly. Creative always. Heart before head and not the most logical. Totally me! For better or worse.
4. It's no surprise I count horror so high up on the list of things that make me, me. However, it's so within my soul that I was part of the Horror Club in college. Interesting bunch. And even took a Horror Lit class as an elective. I got an A.
5. Coffee always makes me happy. Always. I'm particularly fond of caramel macchiatos. But I'll drink black coffee if it's the only thing available.
6. I hate shock for the sake of shock and endings that depress me. I always mention the movies Within (2016) and the Eli Roth produced, written and starred in, Aftershock (2012), as proof of this distate I have. I abhor the idea that just because I like horror, some people think I'd actually praise a movie that lets you think the "Final Girl" just made it through the night, only to slap her in the face with a tsunami.
7. We are big time animal people. I mean, if I could, I'd have an elephant, a bear, a zebra, a penguin, an otter and a meerkat, living with me. Seriously though. We have 2 dogs right now and 2 cats. Both cats we picked up when they each came to our front door hungry. And both dogs we got from 2 different sets of neighbors. Both who, unfortunately, don't know how to care for pets long-term. But they're happy and healthy now!!
8. Revisiting my love of horror, one of the above cats, my cat, is a little black guy named Church. Because Pet Sematary. His middle name is even Pascow. To give credit where credit's due, the name was DJ's idea. But he loves horror too!
9. I'm big into art. Along with movie posters and an Anne Frank quote, I have some actual paintings on my wall. I really think Dali paints beautifully when he wants to. And if I don't get to see Michaelangelo's Pieta in person some day, I will be very disappointed.
10. Lastly, I find Emily Dickinson's poetry intriguing. I took an elective course about her as well. But do you know I injected horror even there? I was given a poem to dissect and I picked one on death, of course. Then, I researched old "Death Photos" and even printed out copies for everyone in the class. They were so interested in looking at them that it stopped them from all looking at me, and I was able to deal quite well with my stage fright. Haha
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I loved vhs2. Probably more than the first one mainly because of safe haven.
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I loved vhs2. Probably more than the first one mainly because of safe haven.
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Oh yes. Safe Haven was awesome.
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