So It's been a little while since I've watched a film of any sorts, the main reason being long hours and early mornings at work. So tonight I thought I'd make an effort to watch a film, but the fact remains that I am shattered, so I decided to go for a film that, and I can't lie about this, I bought pretty much solely on the tag line - 'You have the right to remain silent... Forever'. This struck me as so brilliantly dreadful that surely the film must follow suit....
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Bruce Campbell stars in this film, from the Evil Dead Films, through to cameos in Spiderman Bruce Campbell is always a joy to watch on screen so I knew I was going to enjoy this film. Judging by the Blu ray case, the fact it's an 18 and that it is part of the same series of releases that includes a load of Argento, Romero and other quite gory filmmakers I was expecting this to be quite graphic and shlocky 80s fun. However it was actually quite a well plotted and paced Horror film about a Cop who's seemingly back from the dead to go on a killing spree.
To clarify, it's not a good film, it's not a film that people will study in years to come, looking back on its impact on modern cinema or anything like that. However, it served its purpose to me brilliantly. It wasn't a demanding film that required me to think too much, It was silly and didn't really make any sense, and it had the occasional splattering of action. Considering how tired I am right now, the very fact that I didn't simply fall asleep watching this is a recommendation in itself. But seriously, if you're a fan of silly 80s films that aren't very good, but are very enjoyable (which I am) then I would say check this out. I understand there are a couple of sequels too... I may have to try and source them somehow as I am intrigued how much further this could go.
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