Welcome to Reviews from the Horror Chamber. I am your chamber keeper, Anthony Thurber.

Before I start with the reviews, I have to get this off my chest.

This is the opinion of me and me only. This does not express the views of any of the other staff members here at Filmarcade.net.

Last Sunday, yours truly was not very happy with that fucking alleged remake “Prom Night (2008)” finished at number one at the box office. This is reason why I’ve been whining about these mainstream moviegoers supporting these types of films. No offense, but you guys are encouraging the major studios to make more PG-13 remakes of horror classics. This is killing the way the genre is supposed to be. While you’s people are spending your hard-earned money on fucking pieces of crap. There are some good horror films that are being totally ignored when they hit theaters, like 28 Weeks Later, Stephen King’s The Mist, The Orphanage (all three on DVD now), and The Signal (comes out on DVD on June 10). It really sad that these movies don’t make money at the box office and fucking crap like that alleged remake Prom Night and The Eye make more money than the films I just mentioned

Dark Mind

A.K.A: Intellectual Property
Year: 2007

Director: Nicholas Peterson

Stars: Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Tom Everett

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Running Time: 81 Mins

Review Rating: 5 Stars
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/ipthemovie

Dark Mind is about a young genius (Christopher Kennedy Masterson) in the Cold War era, is exploited and rejected for his success. Soon, everyone betrays him and is convinced that everyone is out to get him and his latest invention. He decides to hide himself from the people, whom he thinks is out to get him. Then one day, he begins fall for a young waitress (Lyndsy Fonseca). Everything is well with him until an accident makes paranoid again. He now is thrust into a bitter struggle for survival, as his reality and his world are becoming twisted again.

Dark Mind is a very intelligent psychological film. Writer/director Nicholas Peterson does a very good job crafting this Aronofsky/ Lynch type thriller.
His direction was great, as the performances were very good and he creates the cold era very well, as it could also double as a Pulp Fiction type story. Patterson and writer Hanson Smith plays the psychological aspects of the film very well. They do that by creating a paranoid state type atmosphere through the film and using elements of very effective psychological films like Pi, Primer and Require For a Dream. This film also has a very haunting score from composer It also added to the dark tones of the film.

Still, what makes his movie very good was the performance of Malcolm and the Middle’s Christopher Kennedy Smith (who also is the Executive Producer for this film). His performance was great. He makes sure that he portrays his character in the way that the character is totally obsessed with this work and demented. At times, the character felt like he was Dr. Herbert West from the Re-Animator series. It’s perfect for that role here as it sells that fact that he’s going insane.

Dark Mind is a psychological film that explores the dark side of one’s intelligent mind.


Still Breathing

Year: 2007

Director: Yussaku Mizoguchi

Stars: Eric Volkers, Vanessa Herrera, Rob Fabiani

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Studio: Blur Point Films

Running Time: 30 Mins

Review Rating: 4 Stars

Official Website: http://www.blurpointfilms.com/stillbreathing


Still Breathing is about a guy named Michael (Eric Volkers) who has an attractive wife and is working as a salesman, for a major company. Things haven’t been going well for him. But he begins to reach his breaking point when he finds out that his wife Elena (Vanessa Herrera) is seeing a mysterious guy that she met on the Internet. Then, one night, Michael decides to come home unannounced to find the two with each other. What happens next, might be so shocking to anyone’s imagination.

Still Breathing is a very entertaining and shocking short film. Writer/Director Yusaku Mizoguchi does a very good job making this film shocking and suspenseful to the viewer. He does that mostly building up the marriage between Michael and Elena through its happy moments till the film’s shocking end. Mizoguch also uses some tricks that were also good, like the blood flying into the frame, as it gave you shocking edge to it. He also does a good job directing his actors in the film, especially Eric Volker and Vanessa Herrera. Those two had very good chemistry with as they sold the fact their relationship was falling apart.

Mizogouch’s screenplay was also good to accompany this very good direction here. He does spend a good time on the Rowan couple. He does develop their relationship in the first half of the film, so you get every aspect of it. It helps build up the shocking suspense that was to come in the second half. The second half was very shocking and suspenseful. I liked how Mizogouch allowed the film to become shocking without hurting the story. He does that by focusing on the downfall of the couple’s relationship in the first half, so the violence makes sense instead having it become senseless. The screenplay also has a nice twist at the end, which I won’t reveal and talk about. Sorry

Still Breathing is a shocking film that will make you wonder what your wife is doing behind your back.

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Next time on Reviews From the Horror Chamber, I'll will be reviewing the box-office hit Cloverfield and a couple more titles that's been sitting on the chamberkeeper's shelf. Until then, have a frightening day.