Review of The Deaths of Ian Stone (2008) by John R — 26 Mar 2008

:rotten: :rotten: [color=green](out of four)[/color].

[color=pink]It's hard to deliver the goods with horror films because the filmmakers must direct the film so that the audience feels a certain way. [b][i]The Deaths of Ian Stone[/i][/b] sets up and interesting premise about a young man who is being hunted by vampire-like creatures. Everytime he is killed he wakes up in a new life. Each day he is killed again and again. Kind of like [i][b]Groundhog Day[/b][/i] meets [b][i]Near Dark.[/i][/b][/color].

[color=#ffc0cb]Mike Vogel stars as Ian Stone. Though he has model good looks he is still able to show Ian as a vulnerable and slightly off-kilter character. The effects are okay for a lower budget film. By the end, however, the story spirals downward with one misstep after another. The horror make-up given to Vogel in the end makes the finale laughable. He looks a bit like mini-psycho-Fabio. Not a good combination.[/color].