BTK: Bind, Torture, Kill Review

I’m not sure what it is about Hollywood and taking real life monsters and adapting their lives to screen in a fictional setting, but they just love doing it. Just about every serial killer in history who’s mass murdered more than five people has found his way into stardom through a grisly retelling of his life. Dahmer, Bundy, Ed Gein, and now, you can through BTK into the mix. The film is admittedly low budget, but it does play out like a TV true crime thriller, but perhaps showing more than you’d let your children watch.

The role is played by Kane Hodder and might as well have been taken from any generic horror slasher film. Hell, put a hocky mask on him and call him Jason if you please. Hodder plays an effective family man at the beginning of the film, taking care of his loving wife and his two teenage daughters. He’s a dog catcher in his Wichita community, which means he’s only a few steps above a rent-a-cop. The dark side to Hodder’s character is the fact that he’s a sick bastard who’s been slowly torturing and killing people for around thirty years, with his targets largely young women and hookers. After benig named the president of his local Church, BTK becomes frustrated and decides to take action at the slowness of the media in solving his connecting the dots concerning his killing spree.

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Twilight The Next Harry Potter With A Horror Twist?

Breaking Dawn, the last book in the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer hit shelves earlier in August and has caused quite an uproar among fans looking forward to the movie, and those who are skeptical about the movie being shown to the young audience it is intended for. Admittedly the subject matter is no more controversial than wizards and magic, which the Harry Potter books are famous for, so we could have a new behemoth in the world of Tween movies, this time bearing a “horror” moniker.

The story follows the protagonist of the books, Bella Swan, who is sent to live with her father in dreary Forks, Washington after her mother remarries. Once there, she’s fascinated with one Edward Cullen, who’s stark white appearance isn’t the only startling thing about him and the rest of his family. Bella soon finds out Edward, along with the rest of his “family”, is a vampire and becomes enthralled with Edward, not only because he is her soul mate, but simply because she loves him. While this isn’t the first time someone has fallen in love with a vampire, if the movie stays true to the books, fans will have lots to expect.

Splinter Preview

Splinter has flown under the radar, for no good reason. The movie is set around a quiet gas station on a lonely stretch of freeway, though the gas station is home to more than just a pit stop. It harbors a terrifying virus-like monster which inhabits its victims bodies and drives them on a relentless lust for blood. The virus begins to twist the bodies of its prey into shapes which are best suited to carry out its desire to infect more victims and kill again.

The low budget flick is filled with juicy little elements which, when combined will give you one hell of a scare. The special effects are a mix between CGI and standard effects, and during most of the creature shots, it looks as if there’s an actual corpse on the screen. You’ll see limbs crack and break, corpses slam themselves around, and of course, the monster tearing people apart via limb removal, which is perhaps the most shocking scene in the movie.
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Beetlejuice – 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

It’s really hard to believe that 20 years have passed since Beetlejuice grabbed my attention. It had all the twisted surrealistic nightmare dreams you’d imagine as a child, and even more considering its director, Tim Burton, packed the movie full of carnival freak show like qualities. Though the name of the movie implies it is solely about Beetlejuice, the story revolves around the Maitlands, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. The Maitlands find themselves in the recently deceased category after an accident involving a stray dog and a bridge. The ghosts return to their homes to live out 125 years on earth, only to discover the bliss of death is interrupted by the new home owners. The Maitlands discover the Deitzes are renovating their home and unable to cope with the new living conditions, the Maitlands enlist the help of Betelgeuse to rid them of the living.

The new DVD is the second release of the movie on DVD and being an “Anniversary Deluxe” edition, you’d think it would be packed with special features. You’d be wrong. The only thing that sets this release apart from the first is the inclusion of three episodes of the Beetlejuice animates series. You’ll be getting no documentary, no bonus footage, no outtakes, nothing, nada, zilch. Unless you enjoyed the Beetlejuice cartoon of the early 90s, you can probably skip this DVD if you already have the first in your collection.

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