Showing posts with label Sundance Film Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sundance Film Festival. Show all posts

John Dies at the End Trailer Impressions: A Trippy Mixed Bag of a Movie

John Dies at the End is a 2013 American dark comedy-horror film written and directed by Don Coscarelli based on David Wong's novel "John Dies at the End". The John Dies at the End film adaptation first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January 2012 and will be released in theaters in January 2013. The film stars Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes, with Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Angus Scrimm, Daniel Roebuck and Doug Jones. Let's check out what this strangely entitled film has to offer.

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John Dies at the End
Plot / Synopsis

A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion?

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John Dies at the End Official Movie Trailer Impressions
John Dies at the End Film Trailer Review

After doing some digging about the film and seeing the trailer itself, this sure is one trippy film in the league of Donnie Darko but much more twisted. A film that will make you think... think like what the hell did I just watched.

John Dies at the End 2013 American dark comedy horror title  based on David Wong's novel John Dies at the End premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012

John Dies at the End has what it takes to be another cult classic. It has all the elements of a grindhouse or exploitation film. It has drugs, crazy visuals, bizarre concepts and ideas. If one would watch this film once it gets released on 2013, you have to prepare your mind to be messed with. Does John Dies at the End and other crazy stuff will be answered when the film hits theaters next year.

John Dies at the End 2013 American dark comedy-horror featuring the soy sauce a drug  that sends its users across time and dimensions trippy film

How about you guys, what do you think and make up of the trailer of this 2013 trippy film? Share your thoughts about John Dies at the End trailer at the comments section below:
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VHS Official Redband Trailer Impressions: Found Footage Anthology Horror Film That Seems To Offer Something Special?

VHS is a 2012 found footage anthology horror film from Magnet Releasing and The Collective slated for a Fall (October) 2012 theatrical release. VHS made its debut and was an official entry for the Sundance Film Festival back in January 2012. Let's check out this anthology horror film handled by a number of Hollywood directors and writers:

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VHS
Plot / Synopsis

A POV, found footage horror film from the perspective of America's top genre filmmakers. A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last.

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VHS Official Redband Movie Trailer Impressions
VHS Film Trailer Review

As a horror fan I can say that I am a bit hyped up with how VHS has to offer. The trailer itself has some pretty interesting and creepy things to show. Given the number of writers and directors working on each of the five titles included in this film, you might either find one or two (if not all five) horror gems in this found footage film.

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The presentation might of the film might alienate and even disappoint some film fans, and there is no blaming them for that. The title is VHS so expect that the directors would aim for the lowest quality to emulate what a VHS recorded story would be like. Whether to cut cost productions or sheer artistry, let's just hope that there is a good story to make up for the somewhat "bad" presentation. Most horror fans will surely check this out when they think that there is something special in this film, and there are a lot! What I can make up is that there is a demonic female vampire, a ghostly child, and poltergeists or evil spirits in the basement. There might be more as it is five horror stories rolled into one, but one thing is certain I'll definitely catch this horror film.

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anthology film? Share your thoughts on VHS movie trailer in the comments section below:
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Sound Of My Voice Trailer Impressions: A Cult Leader from the Future(?)

Sound Of My Voice is a 2012 psychological thriller directed by Zal Batmanglij starring Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was also selected as part of the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. Sound of My Voice will be released by Fox Searchlight Pictures on April 27, 2012. Let's check out this "futuristic" film (pun intended).

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Sound Of My Voice
Plot / Synopsis

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

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Sound Of My Voice Film Trailer Review

Although journalism has its rewards, one can not deny that there is danger to it, especially when a journalist is dealing with a controversial and even dangerous kind of issue or news. This is the story of Sound of My Voice as it follows a journalist investigation about a strange cult.

Sound of My Voice 2012 journalist and girlfriend investigates a cult with a leader coming from the future


Nope you won't find a man-eating or "satanic" cult here, only those weird type. You know, the type of cult that has an eccentric leader claiming that she came from the future. Is there any mystic or scientific truths to such absurd (if not insane) claims, or it is just another case of a vile manipulative con-artist with devious means leading its blind followers? The only way to unravel its mystery is to actually check it out.

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How about you guys? What do you think about this psychological thriller? Share your thoughts about the Sound of My Voice trailer on the comments section below:
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