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is for not just one...but two movies at once. The reason for this is because both releases
come on the same DVD..duh! Double features are another of the many great things about DVD,
hopefully in the future more lesser known movies come packaged together. This specific
double feature includes the slasher flick Cherry Falls and another horror movie, Terror
Tract. First, let's look at Cherry Falls. Falls is just as good a movie (meaning it's not that great) as the other teen slashers in recent years (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legends, Scream 3, etc.) But what separates this movie from those, is it never takes itself seriously. Sure there are some laughs in Scream and Legends, but this is more subtle, darker and just plain better comedy. One I quote I love in Falls, coins the phrase "Hymen Holocaust." Don't get me wrong though, this movie is still very gory and is no doubt what you would classify as "horror." How does this movie balance dark comedy and gore. That's easy, just check out the plot: Someone is terrorizing the small town of Cherry Falls. Specific high school students are being murdered...the virgins. As the police attempt to track down the killer, the students throw a wild sex party in an attempt to lose their virginity and to take their names off the list of possible victims. Blood is about to flow...in more ways than one. This movie isn't great by any means and doesn't have any big names to speak of (the biggest is Jay Mohr), but despite this its still a fun way to waste two hours of your life. The lesser known movie on this disc, is the Tales from the Crypt-inspired, Terror Tract. Tract stars Three's Company Icon, John Ritter, as a Realtor who's showing houses to a couple. Each house they stop at he tells them a story that took place within it's walls. Each story is straight out of an episode from Tales from the Crypt, as they blend horror, comedy, and irony. The stories include a husband attempting to get revenge on his cheating wife, a murderous monkey, and a serial killer who dresses in an old woman mask. But the stories don't end there, it seems the Realtor has a story all his own. This movie is a refreshing, low-budget horror movie that is surprisingly better than most of the high profile garbage out there. And wrestling fans will have to check out this flick just to see WCW's Marcus "Buff" Bagwell as he attempts to hunt the murderous monkey. Finally, neither of these movies are classics by any stretch of the imagination, but both are great ways to spend a night. And with two for the price of one, you really can't go wrong with this double feature. Rating: |
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