Mother Noose Presents: Once Upon A Nightmare © A Buck Short Productions

    

 Like Tales From The Crypt? Than this film will be right up your alley. Mother Noose Presents: Once Upon A Nightmare is an upcoming anthology movie from A Buck Short Productions. It has a runtime of  1hr and 45mins and has Erin Brown also known as Misty Mundane. It's directed by Dan Beck, Eric E. Poe and Richard Tanner.

    This is a really fun horror anthology that is far more light hearted than most things I review, and to be honest it was a nice change of pace. The wrap around story is about a nasty witch, Mother Noose, who is trying to bring back her dead lover by telling twisted stories to a poor fellow who she has trapped in her lair. The opening credit scenes harken to little red riding hood, oh and there is a wolf with a hotdog dick, ya know, if you're into that kind of thing. Followed by a Hansel Gretel type story, to be honest that one was kind of reaching for that reference. Cinderella and the devil. Pinocchio. Ect. Ect. While the stories themselves are well know, I do like how they made each segment stand out with their own personal twists and takes on the stories.

    I do have an issue with the drastic changes in sound quality that are present throughout the film. However the acting was far above par for an indie release. There are a few gory parts that i was pleased with. I do wish that it was a bit more darker with its sense of humor and the overall ending to the wrap around story I felt could have been done differently. With that being said, if you're looking for a legitimately fun take on some well known fairy tales than you need look no further than Mother Noose Presents: Once Upon A Nightmare. Nothing too extreme but still dark enough to keep even the most hardened horror fan watching the screen. Don't miss out on this when it is released from A Buck Short Productions. Trust Me. I'm Some Guy.

The House With 100 Eyes -Some Guy's Quickie-

 

        The House With 100 Eyes is a found footage horror movie that follows a husband and wife as they try to make snuff film history with a triple feature killing along with promises of bonus content like interviews and commentary. This is a little talked about hidden gem in the sub genre of found footage. Its not plagued by the usual problems that most of the unsuccessful found footage movies have. Things such as poor pacing, poor acting, poor sound and camera work. This movie has none of those. It actually has several tense moments and some great kills and gore. With that and a solid ending to boot, I think this movie just got lost in the flood of found footage movies in the early/mid 2010's. Which is sad because it forces solid titles to the bottom of the barrel, guilty by association if you will. So today as a little gift from me for being late with the Vore/Gore review, I want to take a quick look at The House With 100 Eyes.

    Married couple Ed and Susan make snuff films. Pretty basic story line, but they wanna make a splash with their 'Studio Red' company. Ed wants to make their next film like a big budget DVD release complete with behind the scenes stuff, commentary with them, interviews with the actors. I mean the dude has some big plans. They have set up cameras all through the house to get every angle possible for their magnums opus. They want to do the world's first triple feature, three kills in one go. This isn't their first film they've made as evident by the videos Ed watches and has laying around, along with the basement room with torture chair and all. Oh, also there is some girl who had all her limbs hacked off that they keep in a large pet cage. So there's that.

    After some searching for their 'stars' for a while they get their victims. This is when shit gets crazy. First girl is degraded and is fed her fat that Ed cuts from her, has her hand nailed to the chair. Just all kinds of crazy shit. All well done the entire time. Second victim is the wife's. She like poison. And this kill might be one of the most creepy deaths I've ever seen. With the convulsions and the amount of blood pouring from him is just disturbing as all fuck.

    Then Ed makes the mistake of showing his wife the films he has been making on his own. She gets upset by him cheating on her and sits for awhile contemplating. Meanwhile Ed goes to get the third victim who eventually gets the upper hand. She takes Ed down and runs. Susan eventually comes to Ed and tries to help only to have victim 3 come back to finish the job on Ed. She is then stalked in the house by Susan. Lights go out. Gun goes off. Singing starts. Credits roll.

    An overall solid movie. The characters are great and the effects are memorable. It sucks that this isnt more known and talked about. A rare find in a genre that is littered with garbage. This one is currently on Tubi for free so check it out. Trust me. I'm Some Guy. 

Larva Mental © TetroVideo

    TetroVideo reached out to me last week to see if I would be interested in reviewing one of their titles. Well of course I was. TetroVideo has put out some extremely haunting films in the past. So you can imagine my excitement when I received my screener and found out I had been given the task of reviewing Larva Mental. Now I am not familiar with this one bit. This is me going in blind more or less because aside from a few teaser posts on Facebook, I know nothing about this other than the few screen grabs that were shared. I do, however, know of Mikel Balerdi a little bit through his Instagram and Facebook page. So I know that I am in for a blood filled, terrifying mind fuck. I also know that this movie will end up staying with me for a long time, such as most TetroVideo releases do. Their releases tend to frighten beyond the physical. Most of their releases mentally scar you. So are you excited to forever ruin your psyche? In the immortal words of Tanner James, I know I am, lets do it.

    The movie has a rough runtime of 61 mins. Its in, I believe, Spanish and my copy has no subtitles. Now while there is very little dialogue in the film, there are a few times where i feel they would be very helpful, mainly with the note that the female character writes. This is a mainly visual storytelling experience though. It's a graphic tale of loss, sadness and ultimately a beautifully downer ending. The director is widely known for extreme body performances, and its on display in this film. Fans of outsider art will definitely want to check this out, Mikel mixes real body performance with practical special effects and 99% of the time I can not tell what's real and what's effects. Its glorious, it's seamless, it's hauntingly disgusting. More than anything though it's very sad. I found myself really feeling sorry for Mikel's character. He obviously is unable to cope with the loss he endures in the film, that being the loss of the female character after she discovers a video of the lead playing around with a metal crucifix in a pig mask, its part due to drug use and part just madness. With a mixture of shame, drugs and rage at himself, he descends deeper into his world of self mutilation and horrifyingly disturbing hallucinations. The man's inability to deal with his loss, or his choice to feel the loss in such a visceral way, leads to his ultimate undoing and he is last seen laying next to our decomposed female character after having overdosed on drugs and a deep all consuming regretful sadness.

    Now while i sit here and say this is a sad story, don't get me wrong. This is brutal to sit through. I found myself trying to follow the sad story line of loss so as to not focus so much on the self mutilation our male lead does to himself. There is plenty onscreen for the fans of cock mutilation, self cutting and other forms of body performances to keep you glued to the screen. However, there is a lot more to this film than just a gross out or 'what-the-fuck-did-I-just-watch' factor. Its a real emotional journey that made me ask myself, if put in a similar position of loss would I punish myself or would my demons make me punish myself?

    The score is wonderful. Really sets the melancholy mood that is present during the films runtime. There is nothing that takes you out of the overwhelming sense of dread and nervous sadness that is tangible in this film. This is a great character study of a depraved person who is unaware of what exactly his world can do to people he cares for.

    TetroVideo, as I said at the start of this, puts out some projects that will stick with you for a long time. This is certainly one of them. Visually and mentally disturbing, Larva Mental is a film that will have you wondering what escaping your reality truly costs. Be on the look out for the release date of this from TetroVideo and don't be shy about checking out all their other releases. Trust me. I'm Some Guy.

Some Guy's Short Rant ~ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

      So...... This is a thing. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a mixed bag that just falls short. I like the story and some of the characters are fairly disturbing, mainly Sheriff Hoyt played by the one and only R. Lee Ermey. But I feel the overall end product is just blah. Nothing about this movie really sticks out in my mind, its more suited for background noise. The gore is fairly decent. And the Leatherface character wasn't a memorable one. This film could have, and I feel should have, focused more on Leatherface as opposed to the other family members. The film feels like it could have been more about a crazed family in general, I think they just threw the Hewitt family in there in order to cash in on the TCSM fame. Sheriff Hoyt had a much bigger role in this film than Thomas Hewitt aka Leatherface. It might have been better in my eyes if it was simply about Hoyt. The acting was good as was the overall production value. It just wasn't really a good way to try and tell the background story of Leatherface. The only real background given was that he was born disfigured, thrown in a dumpster and picked up by a member of the Hewitt's and worked in a slaughter house.... THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE!!!!! Give me more personal experiences of Thomas while he was growing up if you want to call it 'The Beginning'!
      This is a mediocre film that could have been decent had they not steered it in the TCSM direction. So only see this for curiosity and don't hope too much for a real origin story. 2/5 from Some Guy.