Hello again Mortals. And hi Mom, thanks for reading! This
week I have subjected myself to the streaming movie “Dark Was the Night” (aka “PretentiousWas the Title”). This is pretty much a direct to video creature
feature. Which, of course, makes me think of my lovely mother once more.
This movie was directed by Jack Heller, who appears to have
an awesome life. He is producing the soon to be released “Bone Tomahawk”
horror-western staring Kurt Russel, he has directed some Miley Cyrus videos,
and he does not appear to like being tied to a chair while I throw my toenail clippings at him- sour puss!
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| Call me "Keamy". |
This was his second feature film and it was a good one. He
clearly has a presence in the business, as he is able to capture some fairly well-known
actors for a low budget film. The lead is played by Martin Keamy Kevin
Durand. Durand is somehow the protagonist, which makes little sense, since one
look into his cold dark eyes tells you that you are looking at a killer who
feels nothing.
In related news, Durand played a mercenary on Lost a little too
well and whenever I see him in anything else, I can only see that psychopath
Keamy. And I love it.
However, since this roles does call upon him to kill
SOMETHING, I can buy him as the lead. There is a subplot about his wife and him being separated and one of their sons having died. Probably because
Keamy killed him. That’s what Keamy does, he kills your children. It’s a
standard horror sub-plot that exists only to make you feel a little more dread.
It would be nice if one of these films had a subplot about a character auditioning
for a local production of Grease or something.
The other major role is played by Lukas Haas, the kid from
Witness.
