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Up until Greg McLean’s unnerving ”Wolf Creek” in 2005, the Australian horror genre had been wedged between two cars, a couple of heavy speakers and a mound of trash at the ‘Dead End Drive In’. But with ”Creek”, “The Undead”, “Dying Breed”, “Daybreakers” and now ”The Loved Ones”, it’d seem the downunder frightflick is back from Trenchard-Smith obscurity (either that or we’ve all unconsciously been sent back to 1985 in a mad scientist’s nuclear-run time machine.)
Welcome it is too. Like a supermarket attendant that only knows how to mop the floor, albeit excellently – in the Aussie film industry’s case, we do a terrific drama – it’s always good to try other things, take a risk, show folks you’re capable of working with more than soap, water… and Bill Hunter. • Read full story…
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The Loved Ones is one of the weirdest most messed up (for lack of better NSFW words)movies I’ve seen in quite some time. It’s a horror film that doesn’t quite fit the common definition of the genre for me but actually affected me more than modern day horror films. From Australian writer/director Sean Byrne, The Loved Ones is about Brent Mitchell (Xavier Samuel), a high school senior tormented with the guilt of his father’s death. He tries to escape the guilt and his emotional mother through drugs and metal music and only has his beautiful girlfriend, Holly (Victoria Thaine), to keep him grounded. It’s time for prom and he knows who he’s going to take but this wouldn’t be a fascinating movie if he made it to prom, right? Instead, Brent is sidetracked by a twisted secret admirer that puts him under a disco ball and gives him his very own prom.
The film is definitely like a train wreck…but in a good way. As each scene gets more intense and horrifying, you just can’t turn away. Even when you do turn away (and trust me, you will), the scenes keep going and you have to watch! But you’ll be happy you did because the way the camera moves and the imagery Bryne uses are wonderful and captivating. The movie is gory, bloody, and persistent…it doesn’t let up until the end credits start to roll. The characters don’t use the everyday weapons of choice we’re used to like axes, chainsaws, or other large sharp objects, but instead it terrorizes us with common everyday items like hammers, power drills, and eating utensils. It’s kind of like a do it yourself guide for homemade psychopathic killers. • Read full story…
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