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Showing posts with label Jere Burns. Show all posts
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Saturday, 29 October 2016

THE FUNHOUSE MASSACRE [2015]

Director Andy Palmer churns out yet another horror/comedy with The Funhouse Massacre.
Six homicidal mental patients escape from the local asylum on Halloween night and hide within a horror funhouse that's inspired by all their bloody handiwork.
Unlike most horror-comedies, Funhouse gets all the humorous moments timed right, so that the horrific moments aren't watered down and vice versa.  Thankfully it is funny and packs in some great kill scenes making for a steadily-paced great time that never outstays it's welcome.  The plotting is a bit of a misdirected mess and the characters are all pretty flat but with a title like The Funhouse Massacre one isn't expecting anything of superb quality.

3 sexy Hilary Clintons out of 5

Saturday, 10 September 2011

OTIS [2008]

The perfect horror comedy should be gut-wrenchingly funny and still pack some scares as well.
Otis isn't really scary or terribly funny. Although it does have a few moments of wickedly sick humor and a stellar performance from Jere Burns as a repugnant FBI Agent.
What it does have going for it is it's element of surprise. There were enough twists and turns in the story that these types of stories don't usually take. Don't read up on the movie if you're planning on watching it because some of the twists are ruined in some of the write-ups I've seen.
The film is filled with a killer soundtrack featuring classics from the '70s & '80's and a funny little score I wouldn't mind hunting down. It's not as funny as it could be but it's written well enough from a plot point of view to save it from being a complete bore.

2½ electrocuted rectums out of 5