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Cameron's ClosetA kid gets psychic powers and accidentally summons an ancient demon who...lives in his closet.
Yeah. Overall though, it's not a
bad horror movie. Just kind of a mediocre one. It's based on a book written by the same guy who wrote
The Howling, so that should give you a hint about the story right there. But it's also got a lot of strong talent behind the scenes. It's just that they don't seem to have brought their "A" game to this project. Though there are a couple of impressive highlights that manages to shine through the rest of the mediocrity, but it's just not enough to bring it above the "it's okay" level of horror films.
The BrainAn alien brain infiltrates Earth and evil scientist David Gale is intent on helping him. Assuming, of course, that he can keep that one delinquent kid from ruining all their world domination plans.
The movie has some fun practical effects, and the story probably sounds good on paper, but after the first twenty minutes the plot basically boils down to nothing more than a series of chase scenes. And we're talking, like, an hours worth of nothing by chase scenes. They may vary in length and come in various forms (on foot, through a school, in cars...), but they're still just chase scenes. After a while, that shit gets annoying.
The Flying SerpentA scientist finds a hidden treasure trove of gold guarded by an ancient beast, and figures out a way to control the beast in order to keep others away from his horde of gold.
The plot of this film is basically just a re-tread of
The Bat from 6 years earlier, but with an even crappier monster and plot adjustments that don't hold up to scrutiny. You're telling me that some old dude found all this gold five years ago, and decided the best use of his time was to spend those five years training a giant lizard to do his bidding? Dude, WTF? Cash TF in and move the tropics like a normal person, you ignoramus.
Shopo DanobA guy is having nightmares and his doctor suggests confronting his in order to see what's really troubling him. Big mistake.
This is a 4-minute long short that's
kinda Nightmare on Elmstreet-ish, but with a demon. It's very short, and very experimental, and very low budget and...yeah. But still, only 4 minutes, so not bad for what they were trying for.
DreamaniacA heavy-metal wannabe musician summons a succubus who promises to make all his rock-n-roll dreams come true...as long as he lets her eat all the party-goers downstairs.
The only thing of note in this rather inept and sluggishly paced, low-budget horror film, is that most of the actresses hired for the production found their self-respect before filming started, and rejected the nudity requirement in their contracts. But the guys didn't. So expect a lot of male skin and dudes walking around in their undies. Oh, and the ending is awful. Like, insultingly awful.
Uncle SamSoldier dies. Soldier then comes back from the dead during the 4th of July to punish those he deems unpatriotic...and a few other people who get in his way, because he's just as much as a garbage human being in death as he was in life, and now Isaac Hayes has to blow him up with a cannon.
This is a horror/comedy that knows it's dumb and just goes with it. So expect a lot of puns and sight gags. But it also actually has some good slasher elements worked in there too, so it ends up being pretty fun if you can tolerate the sluggish first half and some glaring plot inconsistencies.
The UnholyFather Michael is unknowingly sent off to do battle with a demon who's killing off other priests, and also has to contend with a kink club down the street that has nothing to do with the overall plot.
This poor film is a plodding mess. The opening starts out strong, and the ending, though weird, at least manages to be entertaining. But the entire middle of the film is not only sluggish, but also around 90% of it ends up being completely useless to the overall plot, making it's inclusion completely pointless. You think they might be going somewhere with it, but no. It's just a giant 'red herring' that wastes an hour of everyone's time. You'd think they could have at least used some of that time to close off some of the story's lingering plot threads, but no. They just leave those story elements dangling in mid-air with no answers. Boo.