Experiments in Terror

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Summary: Psychedelic Short Film Fest
Review: Essentially Experiments in Terror is a collection of short films linked by the common theme of terror. I must say that this is a little misleading as all the films are more experiemtnal than terrifying and one could quite conceivably rename this release "Experiments in Psychedelia".

The first film "Outer Space" is the only black and white short in the collection and seems to focus on a woman being attacked in her home. However the storyline isn't as important of the frantic bizzare editing with which the film is presented.

The second film "Ursula" is about a little girl and her dommoniering mother. This film had such a heavy atmosphere and genuinely creepy feel it is easily my second favorite in the set.

Third film "Journey to the Unknown" is a wild and not always coherant ride. Not quiet as good as the other films but very colorful.

The next film "The Virgin Sacrifice" is easily my favourite in the collection. It starts ordinarily enough with a mute girl checking out her appartment. The women already living there casually inform her that they work for satan and invite her to one their meetings so whe could she for herself. The film then quickly changes pace to a collage of occult imagery and some purely lysergic visuals. I couldn't help notice that the theme from "Emanuelle and the Last of the Cannibals" was used in the score of this film.

Following this is "Tuning the Sleeping Machine" which has a very nightmare like quality.

The final film in the collection, "Dawn of an Evil Millennium" is the only one I disliked. It's very derivative of many mainstream films especially "Scanners" and the style just doesn't come of right at all.

There is also an archive section on the disc which contains a boring yet interesting promo for a film with subliminal messages and wierd Dental assosiation add, then a collection of trailers.

Overall the films in this collection are some quite amazing little psychedelic relics and well worth owning if this interests you.