The Barrens harkens back to the cryptozoological craze of that decade, rife with mostly rotten pics about Bigfoot and Boggy Creek and the like. This one’s better, following family man Stephen Moyer (TV’s True Blood), his second wife (Mia Kirshner, The Black Dahlia) and their two children on a fun-filled vacation (well, for him, at […]
Devil
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The Disco Exorcist
Opening with a disclaimer that the producers have no memory of making the motion picture, the indie feature obviously revels in that era of exploitation, immediately passing itself off as a ’70s no-budget, B-horror pic as authentically as it can: heavily embedded grain and scratches, a couple of “SHOT MISSING” frames, reel-to-reel tape decks, lava […]
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Wrecked
That’s what came to mind while watching “Wrecked,” a vehicle for Adrien Brody (“Predators”). It begins on a high note that suggests it could be a kid brother of “Memento,” with Brody waking up in the shotgun seat of a car somewhere in the woods. He’s bloodied. The auto’s totaled. There’s a dead guy in […]