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Horror House (2012)

Recap:

Since he no longer produces movies, Lloyd Kaufman is a real estate agent now, and he tries to sell the Horror House to you by telling five stories that have happened there. Of course, being a former movie producer does not automatically qualify you for a movie cast, but I did like his performance. It may well be that they were very careful about not asking too much of him, but I still say that he’s the highlight of the movie. And when I say that Kaufman is the highlight of a movie, maybe you get a hunch that this one is not so super special.


Each of the five stories starts either more or less interesting, some build up a bit of suspense and some don’t, but none of them really convinces in the end. By the way: the most predictable of the endings includes a practical effect that was quite decent. And that’s about it. No violence, no gore, no nudity and few special effects. Of course a movie can be great without all of these, but this one isn’t. Not that it’s bad, it’s just the most average movie I can think of right now. No, wait, that’s not strong enough. Let me try this: it’s the averagest movie ever. Or how about this one: this is the Mount Average of movies. imdb

Doomed (2015)

Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four (2015)


A documentary that tells the history of The Fantastic Four (1994), which was executive produced by Roger Corman.

Contains footage of Roger Corman, Lloyd Kaufman an Stan Lee as themselves. 85min imdb

Documentary 85min

Trailer

Recap:

In 1994 they finished the movie of the Fantastic Four, and while the cast and crew tried their best concerning promo and stuff, the producers Roger Corman and Bernd Eichinger made no move to release it. In fact, the release eventually was canceled. But why? The official story says that Bernd Eichinger made this movie only because his contract on the F4 movie rights was running out and he had to do something for ha renewal of this contract. This docu suggests that maybe the Fox intervened because they wanted the F4 as a toy for their new Wunderkind Chris. Columbus, and then there is Avi Arrad who claimed that he bought the movie to get it out of the way to make room for his own, bigger Marvel projects.

This documentary does ask some interesting questions, but it answers not too many. Still, it’s quite interesting to watch.

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