Somos lo que hay (2010) - A Review

  

Young. Wild. Hungry.

Last year, Jim Mickle’s story of a family of cannibals swept the festival circuit and horror world alike. Unbeknownst to most, his was but a reinterpretation of Jorge Michel Grau’s Somos lo que hay. Translated to We Are What We Are, the film is the story of a group of kids who are forced to pick up where their father left off when he unexpectedly dies and leaves them with the responsibility of providing for the family.

Knowing little about the film pre-viewing, I was excited to see it on OnDemand the other night. While both the original and remake have been on my radar for some time now, I was excited to get a chance to dig my toes into the source material before seeing Mickle’s vision of the story. 

The Loved Ones (2009) - A Review

Prom night can be torture. 

We’re fast approaching the Halloween season; that means that my future entails a lot of Cradle of Filth, even more horror films (if that’s even possible), and plenty of badass parties. Plus putting together my costume. I fucking love this time of year. 

I spent a while trying to think of what I wanted to review this week. I probably watch atleast 5 to 10 a week, sometimes repeats, but it’s always hard to go through and pick which one I want to write about. This is also made difficult by the calendar I’m putting together for next month, but I think that today I will be reviewing the Australian film, The Loved Ones. 

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Series Review - Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

 

Oh, you suffer beautifully.

Hellraiser: Bloodline, the fourth chapter in the Hellraiser saga, reveals the story of Lament Configuration and Philip L’Merchant, the man who designed it. It’s an interesting film, spanning from the 1700’s to 2127 AD, where the film begins. While it delves heavily on the history of the box and how it came to be, we still see Pinhead with a new team of Cenobites who are hell bent on destroying L’Merchant’s ancestor before he can destroy them first. 

In this review series we left off with Hell on Earth, and you know that my thoughts were less than satisfactory. I was much happier with this film than I was with its predecessor, read on past the break to get the synopsis and to read my thoughts!