How are more people not talking about this, a film that has Mickey Rourke as death itself inside a theater that shows the ways that people expire? It's got direction from Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead),Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus),David Slade (30 Days of Night),Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers) and Joe Dante (and if I have to tell you his movies...I really hope I don't have to) and people still aren't getting obsessed about this?
"The Thing in the Woods" may be a simple retelling of slasher films, but Dante's "Mirari" is really filled with dread as well as Richard Chamberlain and Belinda Balaski. Kitamura's "Mashit" goes all School of the Holy Beast with a tale of demonic possession and perversion amongst Catholic schoolgirls. Slades "This Way to Egress" stumbles a bit in a story of a woman hallucinating as she waits for the doctor, while "Dead" and the connecting story by Garris have a young boy against impossible odds.
A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me, "What makes Mick Garris a Master of Horror?" I'm still struggling to figure out the answer and this movie certainly didn't help me, as his segments were the worst parts of this. He does seem like a nice guy though.
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Mick Garris directs the linking sequences set in a cinema theatre where Mickey Rourke is the projectionist and the audience are lured in to view films which feature strangely familiar characters. The Thing in the Woods, directed by Alejandro Brugués is a pastiche which throws in every cliche from slashers to alien spiders. Mirare directed by Joe Dante deals with the weirder aspects of cosmetic surgery philia, taking it far beyond any logical conclusion. Mashit directed by Ryûhei Kitamura takes place in a Boarding School where staff and pupils are possessed by Demons. This Way to Egress directed by David Slade is filmed in dark monochrome, a woman loses touch with reality and seems to have crossed into a frightening parallel universe. Dead directed by Mick Garris is set in a hospital where a boy fights evil spirits and a real life murder.
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A mixed bag, but some good sections
hit or miss anthology
(1) 8/10 - zalama. awesome and really funny. i'm pretty sure it was intentionally. not like a parody but more satirical maybe? and the action was surprisingly awesome. so unexpected. even the story was good (1 viewing 10/26/19)
(2) 5/10 - chooses to be unsettling rather than scary (1 viewing 10/26/19)
(3) 5/10 - great music. bad action. somewhat scary (1 viewing 10/26/19)
(4) 6/10 - creepy. well directed. intriguing. left me wanting. (1 viewing 10/26/19)
(5) 3/10 - wasn't feeling it. not scary. maybe it was just played out by that point (1 viewing 10/26/19)
Spoofing?
At first I thought this was going to be the cheapest of horror redux non-creative ripoffs (highlighted by the overbearing music/sound effects of impending doom),but as I viewed it as more of a spoofing of the genre (intended or not) it was more captivating & entertaining. People's fears become reality as they sit alone in this supposed theater.