I seem to have stumbled on a weird little subgenre: B-movie slashers plying their trade on the sets of B-movies. Dark Reel (2008) is the third such movie I’ve seen, and has what visitors here would consider an all-star cast: Lance Henriksen, Edward Furlong, Tiffany Shepis, and Tony Todd.
Is it good? Well, yes. Or at least there are good parts in it. Now if only we didn’t have to acknowledge the bad parts…
Nathan Shumate is the proprietor of Cold Fusion Video Reviews and the author of The Golden Age of Crap.
#1 by lyzard on November 19th, 2009
Ever since Frankenstein’s Daughter.
I, of course, would pay good money to see that.
#2 by El Santo on November 19th, 2009
I, meanwhile, would pay good money– well, maybe just okay money– to see 400. When the real thing has Ru Paul as a Cenobite and an inexplicable cameo by the Toxic Avenger, imagine what delights the mockbuster version could offer!
#3 by Nathan Shumate on November 19th, 2009
The only non-ripoff title mentioned as a recent Spotlight release is Gnomes (yes, based on the bearded-and-capped garden accessories), and Pritchett insists on pronouncing the “G.”
(Shields to Pritchett: “You haven’t had a hit in fifteen years, have you?”)