Wrath of Thorn

My rating could easily go up in future, as I've only seen the first of MJ Dixon's Thorn films, and was probably missing the context which Mask of Thorn would provide (the elements which were most directly connected to said film were the only real bits where it lost me). That first film, Legacy of Thorn, definitely has its charms, but the difference between that and Wrath of Thorn is night and day, and is clearly the work of an incredibly talented filmmaker who has honed his craft over the years. Someone I watched this with described it as being like a Paul W. S. Anderson Resident Evil movie crossed with post-2005 Doctor Who, which is incredibly accurate (positive), though the thing it brought to mind most for me personally was the Phantasm films, especially the increasingly apocalyptic sequels.

It was lovely to be able to meet MJ and several other members of the cast and crew at Horror-on-Sea, and I'm totally going to play favourites - the "Mycho" flicks at this year's Horror-on-Sea were overall some of the best stuff I saw all weekend. The red levels on the sound mix for this screening must have been nuts, which is my one minor technical nitpick, but to be honest some of that's gotta be chalked up to the difficulties of hosting a horror fest in a hotel ballroom.