On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, read the Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, try the Bite: a breakdown of the movie’s ending, impact, and any other spoilers you’d want.
The Bait: A Low-Budget Party So Bad You’ll Feel Functionally Drunk
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two British couples, an American tourist, and some dude named Spud walk into an abandoned hotel. Inside, it’s “The Shining” meets “I Know What You Did Last Summer” meets “The Invisible Man” with just a dash of “Scooby Doo!” They’re trapped there forever. The end.
Better constructed than that joke (but not by much!), director Norman J. Warren’s seasonal disasterpiece from 1987 makes no sense. It is, however, mostly set on New Year...
First, read the Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, try the Bite: a breakdown of the movie’s ending, impact, and any other spoilers you’d want.
The Bait: A Low-Budget Party So Bad You’ll Feel Functionally Drunk
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two British couples, an American tourist, and some dude named Spud walk into an abandoned hotel. Inside, it’s “The Shining” meets “I Know What You Did Last Summer” meets “The Invisible Man” with just a dash of “Scooby Doo!” They’re trapped there forever. The end.
Better constructed than that joke (but not by much!), director Norman J. Warren’s seasonal disasterpiece from 1987 makes no sense. It is, however, mostly set on New Year...
- 1/4/2025
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
1987 - 90 mins. - Rated R
D: Norman J. Warren
C: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood
Group of teens seek shelter at an abandon hotel after their boat sinks forcing them to land on a small island. They discover that the hotel is stuck in a time warp and they are attacked by zombies and haunted by ghost.
A cross between The Evil Dead and The Shining, but Bloody New Year lacks two key developments that made those films - the crazy, over the top gore of The Evil Dead and the ever mounting sense of dread that was prevalent throughout The Shining. Bloody New Year certainly has an interesting premise and is full of creative little touches and wild, out there moments, but the film's lack of a budget hampers the film from being able to fully bring to life these inventive ideas that the script calls for and...
D: Norman J. Warren
C: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood
Group of teens seek shelter at an abandon hotel after their boat sinks forcing them to land on a small island. They discover that the hotel is stuck in a time warp and they are attacked by zombies and haunted by ghost.
A cross between The Evil Dead and The Shining, but Bloody New Year lacks two key developments that made those films - the crazy, over the top gore of The Evil Dead and the ever mounting sense of dread that was prevalent throughout The Shining. Bloody New Year certainly has an interesting premise and is full of creative little touches and wild, out there moments, but the film's lack of a budget hampers the film from being able to fully bring to life these inventive ideas that the script calls for and...
- 1/1/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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