"The Skeleton Key" is a strange movie. For about 90 minutes, it's a routine supernatural thriller with all the usual mysteries and scares, something that seems instantly forgettable. Then it unloads a nasty little twist that suddenly throws everything that went before into a ghoulish light, making you re-evaluate all the clues threaded through the story.
The film has its fans, but I still can't quite decide whether it is a clever ploy from screenwriter Ehren Kruger ("Scream 3," "The Ring") and Iain Softley or just bad filmmaking. After all, what is the point of constructing a puzzle box of a film if it only becomes interesting after the credits roll?
For the bulk of its running time, "The Skeleton Key" is a glossy slice of Southern Gothic that feels at once oddly timeless and deeply derivative. It got lost in the mix at the time of release among the emerging...
The film has its fans, but I still can't quite decide whether it is a clever ploy from screenwriter Ehren Kruger ("Scream 3," "The Ring") and Iain Softley or just bad filmmaking. After all, what is the point of constructing a puzzle box of a film if it only becomes interesting after the credits roll?
For the bulk of its running time, "The Skeleton Key" is a glossy slice of Southern Gothic that feels at once oddly timeless and deeply derivative. It got lost in the mix at the time of release among the emerging...
- 1/2/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Worried about the coming Zombie Apocalypse? This may be the training you're looking for.
The Zombie Combat Zone is open until Nov. 15 and it offers brave recruits a chance to shoot the undead in a spooky forest, the Surrey Now reports.
"It's 57 acres of the creepiest forest ever," Jen Yarnell, Zombie Combat Zone general manager, told the newspaper. "It is pitch black in there."
It works like this: zombie hunters get a "crash course bootcamp" that includes a briefing on the situation and weapons training. Your mission is to save some missing scientists and find the cause of an outbreak that has unleashed the dead on the living. All you have to protect yourself is a paintball gun.
The project has been created by Ron McCall, a veteran special effects artist who has worked in B.C.'s film industry for 15 years.
He and some colleagues went paintballing once and...
The Zombie Combat Zone is open until Nov. 15 and it offers brave recruits a chance to shoot the undead in a spooky forest, the Surrey Now reports.
"It's 57 acres of the creepiest forest ever," Jen Yarnell, Zombie Combat Zone general manager, told the newspaper. "It is pitch black in there."
It works like this: zombie hunters get a "crash course bootcamp" that includes a briefing on the situation and weapons training. Your mission is to save some missing scientists and find the cause of an outbreak that has unleashed the dead on the living. All you have to protect yourself is a paintball gun.
The project has been created by Ron McCall, a veteran special effects artist who has worked in B.C.'s film industry for 15 years.
He and some colleagues went paintballing once and...
- 9/14/2012
- by The Huffington Post B.C.
- Huffington Post
If you live anywhere near Langley, British Columbia, get ready to test your zombie survival skills when a new zombie-themed paintball park opens next month.
There are a number of zombie attractions across North America, but most of events we’ve seen involve the use of light guns and feel more like a shooting gallery. We’ve seen other attractions that build up the scares, but you aren’t able to fight back.
The original report is a little light on details, but it sounds like this attraction going for a more immersive experience, by giving customers a one-hour customized zombie hunting excursion in the woods at night:
Ron McCall, the brains behind the operation, says the lure of battling zombies is sure to draw crowds.
“[I’ve had] one too many conversations with people bragging about what they would do in a zombie apocalypse so I said, ‘Ok I’m going to...
There are a number of zombie attractions across North America, but most of events we’ve seen involve the use of light guns and feel more like a shooting gallery. We’ve seen other attractions that build up the scares, but you aren’t able to fight back.
The original report is a little light on details, but it sounds like this attraction going for a more immersive experience, by giving customers a one-hour customized zombie hunting excursion in the woods at night:
Ron McCall, the brains behind the operation, says the lure of battling zombies is sure to draw crowds.
“[I’ve had] one too many conversations with people bragging about what they would do in a zombie apocalypse so I said, ‘Ok I’m going to...
- 7/28/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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