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Showing posts with label tbr video. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 29, 2018

"You Don't Get Out" - A Bloody Short from TBR Video

TBR Video's VIMEO page is the definition of "Free Streaming Movies". There are currently a dozen videos there for your enjoyment, mostly shorts, one "outtakes" video and a few festival "sweethearts" and all free to stream just for visiting. (At least I haven't come across one that costs.  Someone please correct me in the comments if I am wrong.)

Earlier in this blog I reviewed "Experiment TC-9585", which I thoroughly enjoyed.

This time around I take a look at "You Don't Get Out", a four minute(ish) short that's more blood than plot.  Right off, I'll admit, that this is less the type of horror that I like than TC-9585, so take my review with a grain of salt.

Since the movie is only four minutes and 20 some odd seconds long, there isn't a lot of story to get into, so I won't.  Basically it plays out like the opening scene to a feature or a mid season episode of a web series.  In either of those contexts it's pretty good.  If there's more of this story to be told, I would watch it.  On the flip side, it suffers from some of the drawbacks most movies this short do.  There's not a lot of time to get invested in the characters, so either you care what happens to the leading lady, or you don't.  We're not given a lot of background on her to help us "relate", so really, it's up to the viewer to be empathetic to an "everyone" type of person when the blood starts to fly.

The suspense is built through music and mundane activities, like showering, being observed by the camera's voyeuristic lens. There are one two moments of "jump scare" and a fair amount of blood for a movie that doesn't have a ton of time to show it to you.

All in all, if you have five minutes to kill and like 70s and 80s stalker movies this is one to watch.  It's sort of liking watching a baseball game when your team isn't playing.  You don't really have anyone to root for, but can still appreciate the sport.

And, if you find yourself always looking for something genre related to watch, put TBR's channel in your favorites.  They're pretty prolific, so you'll be able to fill that need pretty often.

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Experiment TC-9585 - A Review of a Short

Experiment TC-9585 is a short film.  I discovered it and the creators, TBR Video, thanks to the poster pictured below.  My love for 50s and 60s sci-fi has made me a sucker for Monsters Carrying Maidens movie posters.

Movie Poster for Experiment TC-9585

Unlike many of the posters of its kind, this one pretty accurately depicts the monster AND the "Maiden".

Being just under ten minutes, the storyline of the movie is a simple one, familiar and yet handled very well.  A mad scientist, trying to cure diseases, stumbles upon what he thinks is the perfect formula.  Being a bit "mad" he works alone and so the human subject he experiments on is himself.

He has a great line when  he figures out things have gone awry and I'll let you hear it for yourself when you watch the movie.

The creature is a "man is a suit", but what a suit it is.  It makes my own rubber monsters, like The Crazy Fishman and Terrible Treeman pale by comparison. Seriously, I am astounded by this monster suit.  It's simple, yet effective and everything you see in the poster and more.

The cast, small as it is, is very talented.  Everyone turns in a capable performance with Crystal Meyer being the standout, mostly because her character carries over the movie from the comedic, self aware parody of older creature features that it is, to the eerie, dark horror movie it becomes by the end.

The location, creature and basic premise of stumbling across a scientist just as he turns himself into a shambling monster are all reminiscent of 1963's "Curse of the Swamp Creature", but unlike that movie, all of the elements work here. Director Todd Redenius certainly made the most of the reported $1500 budget.

The monster design is more effective (no ping pong ball eyes, although I personally love those).  The acting is a step above.  The humor is minimal, but effective and the pace, because this movie kept it short, is much quicker.  It's sort of like a Saturday morning cartoon come to life, but with more nudity and violence.

Posting it below, but please, do visit the original YouTube page comment and let the producers know if you enjoyed it as much as I did.
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For More Monster and horror fun visit TBR Video's YouTube Channel

And for Even More, stop by Hocus Focus Productions Amazon Page for my own monster movies.