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Review by Golden State Haunts and Events
In The Pigman Murders seven friends hike to the Connamara mountains in Ireland with a hired cameraman in tow to film a documentary to give to the family of a friend who died from stomach cancer a year earlier. The movie is a found footage piece that combines elements of The Blair Witch Project and The Hills Have Eyes.
We don't find out enough about the friends or their background to really sympathize with them when the attacks start to happen. Basically, we see them for a few moments meeting each other after not having seen each other for a long time before they take off for the wilderness where they talk on camera about their friendship with their fallen friend and give a message to the family.
After tensions rise while on the trip between a few of the friends they stumble upon a man who's badly beaten who tells them about some killers in pig masks who killed his girlfriend. The masked men also took one of the friends' own so they each go off in their own direction to look for him.
The friends start getting killed one by one. We don't really see the killings, only the aftermath. The pigmen also aren't seen all that much until the end of the film, but there's sound effects of pig grunts and snorting. There is one creepy scene where one of the masked men is seen only for a brief second through night vision. We don't find out why the masked men are in the wilderness which is kind of frustrating. We would like to know why a group of three men in pig masks are hanging out in the wilderness just waiting for people to kill.
The movie never really builds up any suspense and there doesn't seem to be much of a story arc. After a slow beginning to the film the killings just happen suddenly with no explanation. We weren't impressed with The Pigman Murders, but if you're into movies like Motel Hell where people kill dressed in a pig mask you might want to check it out.
In The Pigman Murders seven friends hike to the Connamara mountains in Ireland with a hired cameraman in tow to film a documentary to give to the family of a friend who died from stomach cancer a year earlier. The movie is a found footage piece that combines elements of The Blair Witch Project and The Hills Have Eyes.
We don't find out enough about the friends or their background to really sympathize with them when the attacks start to happen. Basically, we see them for a few moments meeting each other after not having seen each other for a long time before they take off for the wilderness where they talk on camera about their friendship with their fallen friend and give a message to the family.
After tensions rise while on the trip between a few of the friends they stumble upon a man who's badly beaten who tells them about some killers in pig masks who killed his girlfriend. The masked men also took one of the friends' own so they each go off in their own direction to look for him.
The friends start getting killed one by one. We don't really see the killings, only the aftermath. The pigmen also aren't seen all that much until the end of the film, but there's sound effects of pig grunts and snorting. There is one creepy scene where one of the masked men is seen only for a brief second through night vision. We don't find out why the masked men are in the wilderness which is kind of frustrating. We would like to know why a group of three men in pig masks are hanging out in the wilderness just waiting for people to kill.
The movie never really builds up any suspense and there doesn't seem to be much of a story arc. After a slow beginning to the film the killings just happen suddenly with no explanation. We weren't impressed with The Pigman Murders, but if you're into movies like Motel Hell where people kill dressed in a pig mask you might want to check it out.
Review by Golden State Haunts and Events
Last night we were going to watch a supposedly ultraviolent found footage film called the "Pigman Murders", but we opted for much lighter fare so we decided to pop in Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween, a horror/comedy. We never had heard of this Laurel and Hardy type duo, but they had made a few previous films.
Paranormal Halloween is one of those movies where after about fifteen to twenty minutes you don't know if you should keep it on or turn it off. We decided to keep watching and before we knew it the movie was over, which to us is a sign that we actually enjoyed it. We don't know if it was the hot women or all the cameo appearances, but it was able to keep our attention. Is it a quality movie? No. In fact, we would rate it only a few levels above films made by Troma. Of course Troma is known for making super low budget and extremely campy movies. The special effects in Paranormal activity are mostly CGI and very low-tech and the few scenes of gore are extremely over-the-top. This definitely isn't a movie that will appeal to hardcore horror fans unless they're looking for a cheap version of a film like "Scary Movie". Should or review be taken negatively? No. In fact we would recommend the movie if you're looking for a horror/comedy.
Half-brothers Caesar (Dave Campfield) and Otto (Paul Chomicki) are homeless and living in a car with their father. Caesar has been dressing up as a woman so that he could earn money as a babysitter. While babysitting at one house they see a news report about a escaped mental patient named Michael Miles who is an obvious knock-off of Michael Myers who has killed some guards. He returns to his home which is where Caesar and Otto are staying. After nearly getting murdered by the killer, Caesar and Otto's dad accidentally runs over Miles killing him.
The governor sees them as heroes and give them a key to the city which is actually a key to his summer home. Needing a place to stay, Caesar ignores the stories of tragic events that happened in the past in the home and he along with Otto and their father decided to be caretakers for the house. Weird things start happening such as objects levitating with activity increasing the closer it gets to Halloween. Otto believes that his mother, whom his father told him killed herself is actually alive and goes on a search for her. This leads all three on a paranormal adventure that takes different directions and has several subplots.
The movie is funny at times, but at others it's obvious they tried so hard to get laughs which actually seems to backfire. The three main characters, Campfield, Chomicki, and Scott Aguilar have a good on screen chemistry which leads to mostly laughs, but there are some scenes which seem somewhat awkward. All the cameos gave a solid performance, but there weren't any there were specifically noteworthy.
The movie parodies everything from Halloween and Insidious to the Shining and Paranormal Activity. Once you get into the movie you'll find it enjoyable unless you're looking for something especially scary or violent.
Last night we were going to watch a supposedly ultraviolent found footage film called the "Pigman Murders", but we opted for much lighter fare so we decided to pop in Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween, a horror/comedy. We never had heard of this Laurel and Hardy type duo, but they had made a few previous films.
Paranormal Halloween is one of those movies where after about fifteen to twenty minutes you don't know if you should keep it on or turn it off. We decided to keep watching and before we knew it the movie was over, which to us is a sign that we actually enjoyed it. We don't know if it was the hot women or all the cameo appearances, but it was able to keep our attention. Is it a quality movie? No. In fact, we would rate it only a few levels above films made by Troma. Of course Troma is known for making super low budget and extremely campy movies. The special effects in Paranormal activity are mostly CGI and very low-tech and the few scenes of gore are extremely over-the-top. This definitely isn't a movie that will appeal to hardcore horror fans unless they're looking for a cheap version of a film like "Scary Movie". Should or review be taken negatively? No. In fact we would recommend the movie if you're looking for a horror/comedy.
Half-brothers Caesar (Dave Campfield) and Otto (Paul Chomicki) are homeless and living in a car with their father. Caesar has been dressing up as a woman so that he could earn money as a babysitter. While babysitting at one house they see a news report about a escaped mental patient named Michael Miles who is an obvious knock-off of Michael Myers who has killed some guards. He returns to his home which is where Caesar and Otto are staying. After nearly getting murdered by the killer, Caesar and Otto's dad accidentally runs over Miles killing him.
The governor sees them as heroes and give them a key to the city which is actually a key to his summer home. Needing a place to stay, Caesar ignores the stories of tragic events that happened in the past in the home and he along with Otto and their father decided to be caretakers for the house. Weird things start happening such as objects levitating with activity increasing the closer it gets to Halloween. Otto believes that his mother, whom his father told him killed herself is actually alive and goes on a search for her. This leads all three on a paranormal adventure that takes different directions and has several subplots.
The movie is funny at times, but at others it's obvious they tried so hard to get laughs which actually seems to backfire. The three main characters, Campfield, Chomicki, and Scott Aguilar have a good on screen chemistry which leads to mostly laughs, but there are some scenes which seem somewhat awkward. All the cameos gave a solid performance, but there weren't any there were specifically noteworthy.
The movie parodies everything from Halloween and Insidious to the Shining and Paranormal Activity. Once you get into the movie you'll find it enjoyable unless you're looking for something especially scary or violent.
Review by Golden State Haunts and Events
Krampus starts off with a stereotypical scene of a mob rushing into a big box store on what appears to be a big sale only to be seen tearing items away from each other and fighting over the merchandise while Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is heard over the speakers. Meanwhile, preteen Max (Emjay Anthony) is engaged in a fight during a passion play because he's upset that a bully is telling the first grade kids that Santa isn't real.
Max's gun and football loving uncle Howard (David Koechner) and aunt Linda (Allison Tolman) come to Max's father, Tom (Adam Scott) and mother Sarah's (Toni Collete) house for the holiday with their chubby children (Maverick Flack, Queenie Samuel and Lolo Owen) and old alcoholic Aunt Dorothy (Conchata Ferrell). The children steal a letter that Max has written to Santa Claus and ridicule him. Max, who just wants things to be the way they used to be between his parents and who hasn't exactly been a good child the past year in a moment of being upset goes to his bedroom, rips up the letter and throws it out the window.
All of sudden there's a blizzard and all the lights in the neighborhood go out. The set dressing with a palette of whites and grays will really chill you even in a warm theater. Max's sister Beth (Stefania LaVie Owen) leaves the house to check on her boyfriend. After not arriving back home when she was expected a concerned Tom and Howard go looking for her. Howard is attacked by something that crawls under the snow.
When they get back to the house, Beth still missing, Max's wise old grandmother Omi (Krista Stadler) who speaks in German tells everyone about a mythical creature who is the shadow of Santa Claus who come when children are naughty and/or have lost the meaning of Christmas. The childhood story of her being visited by Krampus is a nice interlude done in animation.
Director Michael Dougherty (Trick 'R Treat) seems to have taken some inspiration from both Gremlins and Poltergeist. Once again, like Sam from Trick 'R Treat, Dougherty has created an almost likable protagonist. Soon Krampus's minions invade the home and attack. True horror fans might not find the film that scary, but scenes of gingerbread men attacking with a nail gun and a giant, child-eating Jack in the Box are definitely entertaining. Eventually the family is even attacked by proverbial evil elves.
Krampus is not seen much in the movie until the end, but when he is he moves either under the snow or by jumping around rooftops. The film relies more on puppetry and costumes rather than CGI.
A Pagan-like sacrifice leaves it up to Max to regain the spirit of Christmas to save his family. The ending is sentimental and may remind you of other Christmas favorites such as "Home Alone". There's different interpretations of how the movie ends, but we don't want to give any spoilers. We were thoroughly entertained by the movie and would definitely recommend it.
Krampus starts off with a stereotypical scene of a mob rushing into a big box store on what appears to be a big sale only to be seen tearing items away from each other and fighting over the merchandise while Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is heard over the speakers. Meanwhile, preteen Max (Emjay Anthony) is engaged in a fight during a passion play because he's upset that a bully is telling the first grade kids that Santa isn't real.
Max's gun and football loving uncle Howard (David Koechner) and aunt Linda (Allison Tolman) come to Max's father, Tom (Adam Scott) and mother Sarah's (Toni Collete) house for the holiday with their chubby children (Maverick Flack, Queenie Samuel and Lolo Owen) and old alcoholic Aunt Dorothy (Conchata Ferrell). The children steal a letter that Max has written to Santa Claus and ridicule him. Max, who just wants things to be the way they used to be between his parents and who hasn't exactly been a good child the past year in a moment of being upset goes to his bedroom, rips up the letter and throws it out the window.
All of sudden there's a blizzard and all the lights in the neighborhood go out. The set dressing with a palette of whites and grays will really chill you even in a warm theater. Max's sister Beth (Stefania LaVie Owen) leaves the house to check on her boyfriend. After not arriving back home when she was expected a concerned Tom and Howard go looking for her. Howard is attacked by something that crawls under the snow.
When they get back to the house, Beth still missing, Max's wise old grandmother Omi (Krista Stadler) who speaks in German tells everyone about a mythical creature who is the shadow of Santa Claus who come when children are naughty and/or have lost the meaning of Christmas. The childhood story of her being visited by Krampus is a nice interlude done in animation.
Director Michael Dougherty (Trick 'R Treat) seems to have taken some inspiration from both Gremlins and Poltergeist. Once again, like Sam from Trick 'R Treat, Dougherty has created an almost likable protagonist. Soon Krampus's minions invade the home and attack. True horror fans might not find the film that scary, but scenes of gingerbread men attacking with a nail gun and a giant, child-eating Jack in the Box are definitely entertaining. Eventually the family is even attacked by proverbial evil elves.
Krampus is not seen much in the movie until the end, but when he is he moves either under the snow or by jumping around rooftops. The film relies more on puppetry and costumes rather than CGI.
A Pagan-like sacrifice leaves it up to Max to regain the spirit of Christmas to save his family. The ending is sentimental and may remind you of other Christmas favorites such as "Home Alone". There's different interpretations of how the movie ends, but we don't want to give any spoilers. We were thoroughly entertained by the movie and would definitely recommend it.