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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 1991 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | William Cooke, Paul Talbot |
| Genre: | Anthology |
| Starring: | Gunnar Hansen, Robin Roberts, Tres Holton |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101538/ |
| Tagline: | Once Upon a Time...You're Dead |
| Favourite line: | "Your face is falling off." |
Extremely low budget horror anthology that is surprisingly entertaining.
I have to admit, I am a bit of a sucker for a horror anthology. Let's face it, most horror films only have enough plot for 20 minutes anyway, so this format really seems to work well.
Okay, the plot:
Three young lads set off into the woods for a sleepover and chance upon a 'bum', who proceeds to tell them four tales to chill the blood:
1 - The Hook: serial killer with a hook.
2 - Overtoke: two guys become addicted and then infected by cannabis. Eventually they start melting and are rendered into dribbling skeleton's due to the power of the 'shit' they were smoking. Plenty of bubbling, liquified flesh kept me happy.
3 - The Fright Before Christmas: a morality tale about Xmas. An Evil Santa, complete with black Santa outfit and mutant reindeer(!), murders a yuppie for lack of spirit of Christmas. He is the Anti-Santa.
4 - Skull & Crossbones: A pirate abandons ship and leaves his crewmates to die, whilst scarpering with the loot. Needless to say, they are not amused, and return as Angry Pirates. Angry Zombie Pirates. Angry Swordfighting Zombie Pirates.
By far the weakest of the bunch, and the reason this didn't get top skull marks.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed this a lot.
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