CARNAGE PARK [2016]

In his ode to 70's survival horror films, director Mickey Keating attempts to emulate Quentin Tarantino's vibe in Carnage Park.
Ashley Bell is great as a woman who starts her shitty day as a hostage to a couple of bumbling bank robbers which leads to her being hunted down by a crazed ex-sniper in the middle of the California desert.
It starts out as your standard Tarantino rip-off, minus the snappy dialogue, with a crime gone horribly wrong but slowly transforms into a pretty disorienting horrific thriller that reeks of The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  Originality or unique characters is not it's strong suit but suspense and unsettling atmosphere is where it excels.

3 warped vinyl out of 5

THE LAST EXORCISM [2010]

Found footage films are a dime a dozen and quite frankly, I feel they've lost their impact a decade ago. German director Daniel Stamm's yawn-worthy demon possession flick  The Last Exorcism is no exception.  It treads over the overused found footage concept with the overused young girl possessed by a  demon concept and really does nothing new at all to offer the viewer.  Apart from Patrick Fabian & Ashley Bell's performance and a few almost frightening moments, this one is pretty much a clunker.

1½ cat gut surprises out of 5