Gut Pile (2004) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Jerry O’Sullivan
Starring: Ron Bonk, Jeffrey Forsyth, Sasha Graham
Rated: UR/Region: 1/1:33/Number of disc: 1
Available from SRS CINEMA
Dan accidentally shoots another hunter. Instead of doing the right thing, he chooses to instead hide the evidence and bury the body. But then something comes back to life in the woods. A spirit of a dead man, seeking revenge. And it’ll stop at nothing to fulfill its thirst for blood…
If you look over the major Evil Dead-lite vibe you get from Gut Pile you can sort of appreciate it for what you get and for what they had to get it with. We have a creepy setting in the woods with smoke and darkness that seems to fit the style and mood that the director had hoped for. The plot might not be anything we haven’t seen before, but the mood carries this film and keeps you interested while the odd events play-out to us. I’d have liked more gore for a film called Gut Pile, but what we get defies all logic and somehow works out and remains fun.
Maybe it is the acting or perhaps it is what our characters are wearing, but the movie also gives off a vibe in the vein of another lower budget film called THINGS. You might be reminded of it yet I must insist that this is a much better movie than that. As I noted above all we really need here is more blood than we get the rest is fine in my book.
– Trailers
– Behind the Scenes
– Short Films
The God Memoirs (2007) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Brian Hirschbine
Starring: Brandon Hursell, Jason Toth, Annika Toth
Rated: UR/Region: 1/1:33/Number of disc: 1
Available from SRS CINEMA
Alone and isolated in an uncompromising world, one man’s quest for understanding and reason pushes him to the limits of sanity. Whom should this man blame for his current situation, God or his past? In trying to navigate a life that is decaying with paranoia, hallucinations and delusions, violence emerges; but is this violence in the name God or an ingrained instinct of family. This is a Journey through a mind crippled and crumbling from false expectations and broken promises…in search of belonging, a desolate view of man and depression; and in the end one can only ask, “In a moment of desperation how far will your faith take you?”
At a glance you have a film here that might give you your blood fix, as the gore is there and we see it rather often. You could also give props for the more creative side of things as this is a movie you don’t see anywhere else. Is it too weird? That is one issue that could be a problem with some folks, but the movie does try to be different and does a fine job at that. I can say I’ve never seen anything like it, I’m just torn on if that is a good or bad thing.
Things do get a bit tiresome as the movie goes along and that is a problem for the movie. I wouldn’t say I dislike the movie and its weird ways, but I will say that I’m torn on it and giving it the slight edge due to the format and the thought I think actually went into it. This seems to be a thinking man’s movie and lord knows it isn’t easy to find those in all the mindless dumps that are the home video market.
– Interviews
– Deleted Scenes
– Trailers
