Review of Dark Reel (2008) by Steve O — 07 Feb 2009

I switched this off after around 20mins thinking it was complete twaddle. I was wrong, this film is great! Where 'what just happened' attempted to satirize the ego-circus surrounding movie-making 'dark reel' scores a direct hit and manages to be both humorous & surreal to boot, whilst also maintaining the horror element in true 'scream' tradition bar the fact that the murders are genuinely shocking as they are quite realistic.

All the cast are great, in particular, lance henriksen, who gets all the best lines & has a ball. also tiffany shepis has a new number 1 fan, me! finally the director should get a big shout, as josh eisenstadt has deftly crafted a movie that works well on lots of different levels, reminiscent of david lynch in the lighter moments, I shall definately check out his other films on the basis of this.

most enjoyable film I have watched in a long time.