Viewing Journal: 10/25/2014

491) V/H/S VIRAL
(2014 dir. lots of dudes) Date Seen: October 25 2014

individual segments: (favorites highlighted red) 

• Marcel Sarmiento's "Vicious Circles"                            *1/2
• Gregg Bishop's "Dante the Great"                                  *1/2
• Nacho Vigalondo's "Parallel Monsters"                        ***1/2
• Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson's "Bonestorm"        ***

In terms of quality, this is the most lopsided V/H/S yet.. That's the potentially frustrating thing about horror anthologies; they can be such mixed bags. All you can really do is just hope for some good variety in the setups and a few bloody kills. Not even sure why Magnet released this thing yet as it does not feel complete. A segment (or two) were even axed last minute before its release. 

And I cannot believe how scatter-brained and un-scary the main connecting frame-narrative is by Marcel Sarmiento. He was responsible for my favorite short film of last year; D IS FOR DOGFIGHT. I'm really hoping that wasn't some kind of artistic fluke.

490) STRAY DOGS
(2014 dir. Tsai Ming-liang) Date Seen: October 25 2014

 

Also: 

*Looney Tunes via Seurat*

New banner image for this blog is now up! A composite I threw together of Bugs, Daffy, & Elmer within Un Dimanche Après-midi à l'Île De La Grande Jatte..

(homage to that scene from Joe Dante’s brilliant LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION 2003)