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Summary: KOCH VISION RUINS BLOOD DRIVE
Review: these poor filmmakers--they sent out their films to fangoria and koch vision really screwed them. the transfers are HORRIBLE. koch vision really screwed this one up. how could a distribution company botch up so many good films? Plus, they totally disregard the filmmakers by editing the films! What the hell is wrong with Koch?Do yourself a favor--don't buy this DVD. Contact Koch and tell them that the quality of their work sucks. Support your independent filmmaker. Stop shopping at Best Buy
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Summary: Original
Review: This is a compilation of 7 short horror movies. they are all pretty good and would not be surprised if they were made into feature length films. my personal favorites were disturbances, inside, and the hitch. like another reviewer said scenes stay with you after you have shut off the dvd.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Well, not bad for film students. You can tell that all of these people put a lot of effort into their films with varying results. However, filmmaking is not the Special Olympics, and I can't see any justification in a price over 10 dollars since god knows StarLog/Fangoria isn't paying anybody one red cent in royalties. I also think this DVD was a little bit mis-billed. Rob Zombie's only appearant involvement was to show up in the DVD menus for about 60 seconds of blurb-level "ignore the man behind the curtain" discourse. Some of the special features were actually interesting, but again not sufficient compensation in consideration of the price.
Not bad, but then not particularly good, either.
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Summary: Fangoria Blood Drive = Potential for all! Hooray!
Review: Well, what I mean by that is that there are a few directors on here that have amazing potential and overall I think the Fangoria "Blood Drive" could become an amazing series of dvds to be released each year. Let me break down for you, straight to the point for each story:
The Hitch - Starts off interesting but very unoriginal and silly in it's horrible cliched tale of morality. Horrible acting.
A Boy and his Finger - Cute and clever, works great as a "breather" in between the more scarier short films. Funny yet creepy story about a boy who keeps his finger as a pet.
Inside - This is where things start to get really really good. This short films is really frightening and well done, has incredibly stylish editing and photography. Not very straightforward but that helps the story if anything.
Shadow of the Dead - In my own opinion the best short film on here. Great acting, great effects, amazing sense of atmosphere and did I mention it actually scared me? A strange take on a zombie-ridden world that is completely devoid of silliness and campiness.
Mr. Eryams - This one is good as well but moreso for acting and dialogue. Pretty stylish and the colours are reminiscent of "Suspiria" but overall doesn't compete with the past two entries.
Disturbance - Again, somewhat interesting and stylish piece with no dialogue but does not stand up in comparison the last three entries.
Song of the Dead - Shortest one of them all, funny and tongue-in-the-cheek, but please we've all seen a musical/horror film, it's been done. Back to the drawing board chaps.
Overall, it's worth getting this dvd just for the middle three films. Especially if you are a HUGE horror fan like myself and you want to get into filmmaking becaues it gives you an idea of what you can do with a low budget. This is great and I hope they come out with better ones each other!
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