The alternative to the Twilight Zone movie but not quite in the same league in my opinion, the film consists of three stories within a wrap around story told by a boy who is going to eaten by a witch of all things haha.First tale see's a man use a 3000 year old mummy to kill afew select people, an adaptation of a
Arthur Conan Doyle short, not a bad story and handled reasonably well with good makeup on the mummy and some bloody deaths dealt out. Big cast names in this story with Buscemi and Christian Slater and a nice ending make this tale the second best of the three.Second tale is an adaptation of a Stephen King story and the weakest of the three, an old man is sure he is cursed by a cat which is trying to kill him after it supposedly killed his sister, the reason is because the old mans pharmaceutical company killed many thousands of cats in testing a new drug. Pretty lame story really which isn't really spooky in the slightest, the cat is obviously some sort of demon which is cool and this is shown in the way it kills the hitman who has been hired to get rid of the cat, I just think it could of been more scary simply.Third and final tale stars James Remar and is about a guy who witnesses the death of a man by a gargoyle type creature, the creature lets the witness live if he promises not to tell anyone of what he saw. Easily the best story even though its not explained too well and leaves you asking why by the end, some great makeup and effects in the finale as we see a transformation similar to finale in 'The Fly' with Jeff Goldblum, really nicely done without the use of cgi, no surprise with Dick Smith being involved.Overall not as good as Twilight Zone the movie and abit more adult in content with much blood n gore on show but still it has two good stories which if you like 'the Zone' you will I'm sure like these.
August 7, 2011
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