Prey For the Beast

Now days, you don’t see many horror flicks with monsters parading around in rubber suits in attempt to scare you. It just doesn’t stand to reason to use this method, with all the CGI and special effects available which, when combined, can give a person more of a cheap scare than rubber and latex ever thought about doing. This micro budget monster movie revolves around a rubber suited monster which massacres unsuspecting people who’ve dared to venture into its domain. The movie seeks to trek backwards in time in the 50s and 60s era of movies in which rubber suited monsters were believable. It does pulls the whole thing off.. with mediocre flair.

As it stands, a not so believable rubber suit will always trump a poorly choreographed CGI creature or scene, because the suit is real. Even though it’s not 100% realistic, it’s okay, because we’re speaking about a B-monster movie. Of course, you’re more than likely to chuckle at the sight of the rubber monster, rather than be afraid of it.
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No Man’s Land: Rise of Reeker

No Man’s Land: Rise of Reeker is essentially both a prequel and a sequel to last year’s indie flick, Reeker. Reeker debuted to hugely positive reviews, so it’s no doubt that Rise of Reeker would be equally as astounding and competent. In Rise of Reeker, you learn how Reekers are born, or rather, how they’re made. Once you discover that, the movie takes you to a small desert town. A trio of casino robbers are about to get into a huge gun fight with the law, and as a result, lots of death and destruction occur. The people of the town suddenly have to deal with not only the ghosts of those tragically murdered in the incident, but also the presence of the Reeker, who was attracted to the smell of the massacre.
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