Dreams in the Witch-House

Genre : Horror | Thriller

Runtime : 55 Min

Director : Stuart Gordon

Plot : A student rents a room in an old boarding house and finds out that evil forces roams within the walls.

Review : The second episode from the series of Masters of Horror by the famous director of Re-Animator. I certainly had heard about this episode a lot and was eager to watch.

It will be early to say but this one is definitely better than the pilot episode. The story is concerned with a witch that resides in the house walls and enters into our world through the perfect intersection. There is some fair amount of gore in it which is required by the script and not placed without any reason. The direction is nice for a tv series. there are explicit scenes. It is quite different than the good going horror tales. A little scary at some places which was missing in the first. Still I feel that the actual terror is missing. It could have been made scarier. There could have been some sudden scenes to chill our spines. Still on whole it serves as a good one to watch at night. I even liked the climax unlike many others.

Final Verdict : Yes its worth a watch. Not too great of a horror but a good one definitely.

Rating : 6 on 10

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Incident on and Off a Mountain Road

Genre : Horror | Thriller

Runtime : 51 Min

Director : Don Coscarelli

Plot : While driving late night on a lonely road, Ellen distracted with her radio hits a car parked on road. She wishes to help the man least knowing that he is a monster.

Review : The first episode of the series I've heard so much from the director of the classics like Phantasm and Bubba-ho-tep. I truly had big expectations from this series and this was definitely not one of the best start.

The plot is simple consisting of a moonfaced stalking and slashing people. Iliked the opening scene and everything was going fine till the moonfaced came in the scene. I was like, ah its a slasher. Gone are the days when people used to fear of such masked man rushing on a killing spree. Today, it just leaves a little impact. Anyways we have a female lead on which the plot is focussed and that's the only good thing about it. How its not a weakling as a female always is. The climax is good but the whole rest movie is predictable. It turns out tobe an average start of the series, nothing special.

Final Verdict : Yes watch it when you are free. Its a very average episode and a one time watch definitely.

Rating : 5 on 10

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11-11-11

Genre : Horror | Thriller

Runtime : 90 Min

Director : Darren Lynn Bousman

Plot : An author travels to Barcelona to see his dying father after the death of his wife and child. He finds out that the number 11 is quite common with all the mishappenings in his life.

Review : From the makers of Saw 2,3 and 4. I guess that's enough to draw the attention over the movie. That was the hype of the movie, the reason everyone including I wanted to watch it.

OK the start was nice. I was gripped with the events and I had hope to find answers at the end. 11:11 is not just random but somewhat a phenomenon. I was hoping for something great. I developed some interest as the movie progressed and found myself anxious to find out what was happening.

But soon the events started lacking the continuity. Random things started happening to maybe creep the audience randomly without any reason. It all started bending on religious terms and coming altogether with the 11:11 phenomenon. This is not at all how I had expected it to be. Bousman seemed confused over what he was making. It was really an amateur attempt. I don't know how was acting. The script don't give much space to the lead to build and develop. The thing that was good was the twist in the end and that's what Bousman is famous for. But did it fit in well? I don't really think so. I could not guess it but actually it was out of the point. The movie flawed from its theme eventually and I lacked interest. I found myself forwarding things as I felt bored. This is not really something you would expect. I really think the concept was very good and could have been drafted a lot better.

Final Verdict : You don't have anything to watch and feeling bored? Watch it. Not at all recommended by me. Save your time.

Rating : 3 on 10

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