Welcome to a new and tweaked edition of Justin Oberholtzer’s Film Rave! That’s right, the format has been altered, but only slightly. Due to me going to college shortly, I’ve decided to bring the main review count down to two to three films a week (usually the former). While I don’t start school for another few months, I’ve decided to test out the new format starting with this episode. A new edition to the show is that the Cinemasochist’s Dungeon of Horrors is no longer a weekly written series on the Freakin’ Awesome Network, but a segment on this show (which is published on FAN).
With that out of the way, it’s time for the rundown of these week’s show.
First up is the 27th installment of the Cinemasochist’s Dungeon of Horrors, with “Daddy Day Camp” being inducted. Cuba Gooding, Jr. takes over for Eddie Murphy and a random fat guy takes over for Jeff Garlin. They play the same characters, but open up a day camp. They also recycle the same jokes, but don’t get any laughs.
The first main review of the show is “Hatchet III”, the second sequel in Adam Green’s successful horror series. This time, his buddy BJ McDonnell takes over the directing duties and brings back the eviscerated Victor Crowley via black magic (kind of). Danielle Harris is back as Marybeth, Kane Hodder reprises his role as Victor Crowley, with Zach Galligan, Derek Mears and Caroline Williams joining them.
The second main review of the show is “V/H/S/2”, the sequel to the disappointing “V/H/S/” (if you didn’t know it was a sequel to that, I don’t know what’s wrong with you). Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, Gregg Hale & Eduardo Sanchez direct four tales of found footage terror, with Simon Barrett directing the wraparound.
I also go over a slew of recent viewings, including “Evil Dead (2013)”, “At Close Range”, “Bulletproof (1987)”, “A Good Day to Die Hard”, “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)”, “Rolling Thunder” & “Warm Bodies”.
Enjoy!
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