Friday, January 14, 2011
Michael Allen
**Full disclosure: a DVD of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Director: Israel Luna.
Writers: Todd Jenkins (story), and Israel Luna (story).
Just imagine what happens when everyone, including their own grandma, has their own agenda and there is a movie within a movie going on at the same time. Israel Luna's Fright Flick gives some interesting satire in his look at the dirty goings on in making a low budget movie.
He puts the slick and grease back behind what's always been imagined in the slime and grime of wannabes with high egos, who are trying to make that big break. This film revolves around a low-grade slasher flick that turns b-grade when the production team starts making a sequel to their product and certain members are being killed for real and for unknown reasons.
When you are dealing with a play within a play, to keep track of it all simply requires paying attention to everything that is going on. The chuckles that come along the way are screwball, and some of the murders on set look like it needs Freddie Kruger or Jason Vorhees to really deliver the goods. But since neither Robert Englund nor Kane Hodder were available, the delivery comes from somewhere else.
It is all found in the stereotypes. There is the gay makeup artist, Chase (Charles Baker) and ponytailed director, Laurent (Richard D. Curtin), who makes up part of this motley crew. Their performances stand out as the most memorable. While they won't last a moment in the harsh reality of hecklers found in Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club. They're more amusing than the cast of normal people who are part of this stage team.
The gory effects aren’t so exciting. There are some interesting moments like the shoddy editing of a head being popped off by an accelerating car. The scene is laughable instead of terrible. Some of the other scenes are better, but those death scenes are only as good as the imagination of those who are making the next great slasher film.
This movie is all about the whodunit with everything from the board game Clue tossed in. The only props at everyone's disposal, to kill one another, are atypical for the genre than fantastic.
The one thing that's enjoyable to watch is the various performances; everyone clearly had fun working in this film. And the DVD is worth checking out for the blooper reel. It offers additional humour that audiences often crave, hearing the F bombs and deliveries that hit the cutting room floor.
More details on this project are at Breaking Glass Pictures:
Fright Flick at Breaking Glass Pictures
The film's fansite on Facebook is below:
Fright Flick Updates on Facebook
This film will be available on January 25th:
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