Eli Roth, horror and the political agenda

September 13, 2009

I do not like Eli Roth. I think his films are ludicrous, and the only sort of entertainment they serve is akin to that of a Jerry Bruckheimer film: mindless entertainment forgotten as quickly as it came. In the face of my extreme disdain for his films, I respect him much in the same way [...]

Short films: The Life and Death of a Pumpkin

July 7, 2009

The winner of Best Short Film and Best Concept at the 2006 Horror Film Festival in Chicago, The Life and Death of a Pumpkin is a darkly comedic look at the morbid practice of jack-o-lantern carving on All Hallows Eve told from the point of view of a pumpkin. Plucked from its pumpkin patch and [...]