[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004JMZH3K][/pullquote] Gareth Edwards' original Monsters, made on a budget that makes shoestrings look pricey, was a highlight of 2010 and something of a sleeper hit. It made enough of an impact that its director immediately graduated to the big leagues with a shot … [Read more...]
Review: Godzilla (2014)
Let them fight... please! [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00EXPOD9M][/pullquote] This Godzilla reboot forms part of the natural evolution of film-maker Gareth Edwards. Bursting onto the scene with his low-budget high-concept drama film Monsters, he took the reins in an attempt to wash the taste out … [Read more...]
Piranhaconda (2012) review by That Film Guy
Another week goes by and another best worst film is created and shown on the Syfy channel. We've had a Sharknado and a Birdemic, a Mega Piranha and Dragonwasps. But it wasn't until now that we had the wonder that is Piranhaconda. That's right, a genetic freak that is part equal parts piranha and anaconda, two of the favourite monster film creatures. Nonsensical to the extreme … [Read more...]
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013) review by That Film Klown
In 2005, the Onion reported that a group of scientists, philosophers and mathematicians were close to completing a list of everything that can go wrong. In tribute to this noble effort, and due to the incredible number of insanely bad things about Birdemic 2: The Resurrection, here's a review in the same style: … [Read more...]
Sharknado (2013) review by That Film Guy
Cashing in on the growing market of high concept B-Movies comes Syfy channels original film, Sharknado. Aware of the genius of the title, with a poster showing the aforementioned sharks flying out of a tornado the tag line simply reads Enough said and in many ways this is true. The central conceit is almost enough to immediately place it in a list of Best Worst films, but when … [Read more...]
Pacific Rim (2013) review by That Film Guy
What child doesn't want to see giant robots fighting giant monsters? In Pacific Rim, director Guillermo Del Toro attempts to bring the wonderfully playfully world of Kaiju cinema to another generation of Western audiences. Kaiju is Japanese for 'strange beast' but was seen its translation turn into 'Giant Monster' and it is from this idea that films like Godzilla evolved. This … [Read more...]
Cloverfield (2008) review by That Film Guy
Reducing the Godzilla-style monster film to the point of view of one of the screaming little people on the street, the JJ Abrams produced Cloverfield proved a masterpiece in subtlety and marketing genius. Trailing only the briefest glimpses of the devastation, with websites dedicated to the unknown Cloverfield Project, the production team managed to generate huge amounts of … [Read more...]
Dragon Wasps (2012) review by That Film Guy
Don't you just hate it when an unscrupulous pharmaceutical company continues experimenting with DNA and create some super-hybrid beast? Transgentec have been meddling with nature and have ˜accidentally' created a species of giant, fire-breathing insects that look basically like big wasps (hence Dragon Wasps). A scientific expedition enters the jungles of Belize and find said … [Read more...]
The Bigfoot Tapes (2012) review by That Film Geek
Released in the same year as The Lost Coast Tapes, this features a similar premise, namely a found-footage style horror film with a documentary about bigfoot as the premise for why the protagonists go into the woods. It also follows path laid down by The Blair Witch Project with the early sections interviewing townsfolk to set up the plot, then the expedition into the woods, an … [Read more...]
Piranha 3DD (2012) review by That Film Klown
No words could sum up Piranha 3DD better than the quote: Josh cut off his penis because something came out of my vagina. This line “ delivered by a hysterical, semi-naked, blood-covered young woman “ encapsulates both the flimsy appeal and the shocking shortcomings of the film. … [Read more...]