Storm Warning
Storm Warning
Started slowly, and the first third seemed like we were going to get more of the Black Water (in fact when their boat arrived in the swamps, I wondered if it was the same boat that the sisters saw half way through Black Water) but the rest of the film was more like Devil's Rejects. Despite towering over the two psycho brothers, the husband was rather ineffective, but his artist wife more than made up for that. When it comes, the gore is very well delivered - eliciting cheers from the frightfest crowd.
When foul-mouthed abusive lunatics are getting over-used and under-punished, this film delivers a nice moral punchline.
When foul-mouthed abusive lunatics are getting over-used and under-punished, this film delivers a nice moral punchline.
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The first twenty minutes need to be cut, then burned, then scattered. Why waste our time so?
The middle section is a serious tension builder between scary hillbillies and 'normal' yuppie folk. Not that great, but OK.
The end section takes a woman who couldn't kill a fish and suddenly turns her into MacGuyver, with hook traps, a nasty line in genital mutilation (a lot of that about...) and climaxing with the big fan gag. Slapstick and horror can be good friends sometimes, but it didn't fit at all with the rest.
5/10
The middle section is a serious tension builder between scary hillbillies and 'normal' yuppie folk. Not that great, but OK.
The end section takes a woman who couldn't kill a fish and suddenly turns her into MacGuyver, with hook traps, a nasty line in genital mutilation (a lot of that about...) and climaxing with the big fan gag. Slapstick and horror can be good friends sometimes, but it didn't fit at all with the rest.
5/10
"To catch a mad dog, you have to think like a mad dog. Only madder".
Was there really a better quote over the whole weekend than this? The only other one that can come close would be from Joshua, "Don't you know never to beat your kid in public on the weekend?"
Storm Warning was great, a real crowd pleaser. The first half was very tense and I really felt sorry for the two characters. Then the second half was loads of fun. Lots of cool kills and clapping from the audience. That trap they set was ridiculous, but was a great moment in the film and also the whole weekend.
Was there really a better quote over the whole weekend than this? The only other one that can come close would be from Joshua, "Don't you know never to beat your kid in public on the weekend?"
Storm Warning was great, a real crowd pleaser. The first half was very tense and I really felt sorry for the two characters. Then the second half was loads of fun. Lots of cool kills and clapping from the audience. That trap they set was ridiculous, but was a great moment in the film and also the whole weekend.
Bring her to me, you bum. I'll take care of business.
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My mate slept through the first half of this, and woke up when they were moved into the barn - and he thought it was awesome. However, I suffered through the first half of the film, and it just made me despise the two lead characters to the point that I was dissapointed that at least one of them didn't die horribly.
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That awful, cheesy yet quite comical line was the turning point of the film that started as a bland snoozefest but ended as a MacGyvering Straw Dogs meets Braindead... felt sorry for those who walked out before the switch, but could still do with cutting out a good half hour from the first half..."To catch a mad dog, you have to think like a mad dog. Only madder"
"There is no Good, there is no Evil... There is only flesh..."