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FIELDS OF THE DEAD (2014)

When it is all said and done, “Fields of the Dead” ends only after confusing the story to a point that would blow a robot’s brain with a “does not compute” error.

February 5, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE HOSPITAL (2013)

Here is a film critic quote that is 100% unaffiliated with the production, 100% honest, and 100% accurate: “The Hospital” is terrible.

February 5, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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CODE RED (2013)

... the movie is at best a decent enough 80 minutes of action only for those who just need bursting bullet squibs and stuntmen flying into things to be entertained.

February 4, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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SCORNED (2013)

“Scorned” is an entertainingly trashy mix of soapy Lifetime drama and sleazy Cinemax sexiness in service of a guilty pleasure revenge thriller with B-movie appeal.

February 3, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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HERETIC (2012)

“Heretic” starts with a veneer of being a smarter than average thriller until a snail’s sprint to an uninspired final revelation solidifies the film as fairly routine horror fare.

February 3, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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HAUNTING OF THE INNOCENT (2014)

“Haunting of the Innocent” is a movie with unique ideas for a thriller centered on Norse mythology that buries itself under slow mounting exposition with a shovel of mismatched framing devices.

February 3, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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GRAND PIANO (2013)

“Grand Piano” is the type of impossibly preposterous thriller setup that can only exist in the movies, but then, that is exactly the type of story that movies are meant for telling.

February 2, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE INVOKING (2013)

It is a slow story with unpolished edges in its delivery, but “The Invoking” is far from being a phoned-in effort from filmmaking newcomers putting their hearts into a film that costs less to make than it does to buy a pre-owned Toyota.

February 1, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEADLY WEEKEND (2014)

... this is one of those movies where once it drops out of the New Release section of VOD streaming and DVD listings, it may as well disappear from planet Earth entirely.

January 29, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (2004)

If “Spinal Tap” is the Titanic striking a comedy iceberg in a thunderous crash, “Incident” brings that iceberg on board to melt at a steady pace.  It takes more effort to notice the rising water, but passengers end up wet all the same.

January 29, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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PARANORMAL ENTITY (2009)

The only thing disregarded more than the material being ripped off is the willingness of an audience to sit through a movie too lazy to stay on the line even when it is just phoning it in.

January 28, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AX (2014)

There might be just enough edge in the soap opera styling to make it mildly worthwhile as a period police procedural with a tawdry courthouse conclusion.

January 26, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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BLACK WATER VAMPIRE (2014)

Completing the quadfecta of insulting homage is a climax so brazen that the film ends on an impression that everything offered is a patchwork quilt stitched from other people’s ideas.

January 24, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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BIG BAD WOLVES (2013 - Hebrew)

... filmmakers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado slide so much casual intensity into such simple concepts that their film transcends the tropes and transforms into a wickedly stylish thriller.

January 23, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE GANZFELD HAUNTING (2014)

Irredeemable as art and as entertainment, “The Ganzfeld Haunting” is an insultingly disastrous way to spend an hour and a half, and a dangerous way to dumb down one’s own senses.

January 22, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (2014)

I find myself ashamedly eager to bite Lifetime’s next ham and cheese sandwich in wonderment over what happens next in this absurdly intriguing saga.

January 20, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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QUARANTINE (2008)

“Quarantine” mirrors the story and format of [REC] while injecting its own moments, but it falls short of duplicating the same level of exceptional appeal.

January 20, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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[REC] (2007 - Spanish)

The fact that it does “found footage” so well is just one more jewel in a crown that [REC] wears proudly as a truly great horror film no matter what format.

January 19, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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BIGFOOT COUNTY (2012)

Those looking for Sasquatch suspense will leave feeling cheated and those onboard with the switcharoo will have their attention spans depleted to zero before the climax can pay off.

January 18, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEAD OF THE NITE (2013)

“Dead of the Nite” does have an honest attempt on display of trying to liven up the tired haunted house investigation formula, yet its experiment of dabbling in multiple formats never fully succeeds in creating an enveloping experience.

January 17, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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