After... Review

After... A horror film about urban exploration filled me with hope for another film dealing with the horrors of asbestos. While asbestos was never mentioned, there was plenty of very suspect dust floating about and the “urban explorers” did occasionally put some material over their noses and mouths. Unfortunately asbestos and pigeon lung were not considered frightening enough for this film, so instead there's some radiation, a mouthless\eyeless ghost, gas mask wearing soldiers, scabby homeless people, disintegration and most horrifying of all... an atrocious plot. Luckily it is short: just 80 minutes long. Plenty of things happen and lots of images flash past but in the end you will be glad it is over.

Session 9 Review

Session 9is not the film it purports to be. I found out about it in a list of genuinely frighting horror films on IMDB. The blurb made it sounds like a modern William Castle type horror affair, a big joyous scary ride. David Caruso was a lure too, his sideways glances in CSI:Miami with a scared look on his face sounded like a good time.

It was clear from the first shot of poor HD camera footage that I was not going to find the pleasures of House on Haunted Hill (either of them) here. It soon became clear this was less a horror film and rather an exploration of the stresses and strains of asbestos removal men, which in itself is not intrinsically a problem. The quality of the footage was further undermined by the complete lack of cinematographic creativity. I don't expect every horror to be a ludicrous effects fest or requiring a huge budget, but with less budget I do still expect the same level of creativity if not a little more.