KillSawKing reviews 13th Sign

What's up faithful Fearcastians? It is I, the KillSawKing, here to review the BCRS production, 13th Sign. 

The film begins in the 1930's giving us a small backstory on some of the characters. Basically there's a group of seemingly immortal baddies called the guardians that want to complete a ritual and open the gates to hell. In order to do so there must be a sacrifice from each of the signs of the zodiac, and the victims bodies are used to create an alter to bring about the supposed end by 12-21-2012. The first attempt in the 30's failed. Patience however does seem to be one of the guardians' virtues. Fast forward to present day. Now 12 more from the zodiac are selected along with their loved ones to compete in a reality TV show featuring their zodiac signs. The TV show turns out to be a front and a fight for survival ensues as the guardians begin picking them off one by one.

I personally feel that this movie is a complete success and is the direction I would like to see many indie horror films follow. What I mean by this is that the acting and the visual style are most definitely what seperates this film from the rest. The story isn't particularly original and the climax isn't the most satisfying. With that said, what the film does right surpasses whatever expectations people will have. The scenes from the 1930's are filmed brilliantly and make you really feel like you're in that period. The gore is plentiful and cleverly shot and the camera work and movement from scene to scene is superb. Lastly, my favorite part about this film, the acting!!! I want to give whomever cast this film a hug. Anyone who would question Mushroomhead members Jeff Hatrix and Waylon Reavis will be taken back by their performances. Jeff was creepy and sinister as the surgeon and Waylon as Farris was amazing in his articulation of that character. Not to mention the supporting cast's performances were just as well acted.

All in all I give this film a 4 out of 5 sicktastic stars, the only thing I hated about it was there wasn't more.

A Horror movie featuring the frontmen from Mushroomhead? Damn Straight!!!!

What's up everyone!!! KillSaw is back and I'd like to share with everyone a little film I'm totally looking forward to. Featuring Jeff Hatrix and Waylon Reavis from the band Mushroomhead here are a couple of trailers for the film 13th Sign.

If that wasn't exiting enough you can go to the link below and pre-order yourself a copy for release on September 21st. Do it, I sure am.

www.13thsignthemovie.com

Let's take a look at Terror

Anchor Bay has a little terror in store for us this April 10th on Blu-ray and DVD with thier new release The Terror Experiment. When a terrorist wants to unveil the government's secret biological weapon - a weapon that turns the immediate population on itself with murderous intent - he releases it inside of a federal building of unsuspecting inhabitants.

Let us take a closer look with these exclusive clips from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Honest Abe vs Vampires... Oh yeah, not just literature anymore!

Looks promising. Shall we give big budget horror/fantasy another chance? Comment and let me know how you feel about it.

Let's Review CHOP!!!!!!

What's up my friends? It is the KillSawKing and I'm coming back at ya with a grand dose of revenge and dismemberment in Trent Hagga's torture porn - soon to live up to cult status great - CHOP.

First off, let's start of with the synopsis of this zany gorefest. Lance, our story's main character, is having a bad day. While driving to his destination on a seemingly harmless empty stretch of road, his car breaks down. His luck changes, however, when he is picked up by a motorist looking to help out. Only his luck doesn't change for the better - things definitely get worse. After a little uneasy conversing with the stranger we find out he has a past with our good friend Lance. Now with Lance kidnapped the stranger gives him a choice: murder his brother and live with it for the rest of his life, or the stranger will harm his beautiful wife. After a little pushing Lance commits the crime and is blackmailed into concealing it. We all know blackmails never go like we planned. So not to give any more of this fantastic venture away, I will only say what follows is a crazy revenge flick with great characters, tense moments, and killer gore to spare.

My personal feelings towards Chop are all rather positive. I liked the subtle set up and the zany (at times) cartoonish follow through. It really felt like the director never held back in this film and everyone enjoyed being a part of it. I thought the tense moments of the police trying figure out Lance's crime were incredible, and paired with Lance's ghoulish recollections of his evil deeds prior to meeting the stranger, made the film flow quite well.  The characters were all pretty good and for the most part played really well. We get Paranoid Lance, one crazy murderous stranger, one-legged bikers and their evil psychotic friends who love chapstick, hot lesbian hookers, and many more. All in all the bottom line is, if you like crazy torture porn flicks with funny, well-acted characters and really talented directing... you need to see this.

Killsaw gives this indie horror treat a 4 out of 5 sictastic stars. (that's right, not regular stars... sicktastic ones)