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Anyone in attendance at last night's
screening of Sexykiller was
privy to, in my opinon, the most unbelievably fun movie (with the
possible exception of last Friday's Detroit Metal City)
of this year's Midnight Madness programme. In true Midnight Madness
fashion, the beach balls were busted out and there was no shortage of
zombies on hand to liven up the red carpet!
Sexykiller
was truly an overture of love from director Miguel
Marti to his favourite horror films. Macarena Gomez's Barbara rips
through an unsuspecting campus while extolling her love for The
Silence of The Lambs,
Evil Dead,
Friday the 13th,
and several others.
In
this way (and really, in only this way), Sexykiller
reminded
me a lot of Martyrs,
which also contained references – albeit subtle ones – to many
other classic horror films. Martyrs' last scenes were quite
reminiscent of both Hellraiser
and
Rosemary's Baby.
Visually, it would be difficult not to think of Saw
during some of the 'dungeon' sequences as well. Similarly, the chase
sequences during the first half of the film were somewhat evocative
of Japanese horror films like The
Grudge
or Ringu.
Last night was nothing less than a celebration of the genre and, for
me, was one of the highlights of this year's festival. Don't miss the
second screening of Sexykiller at 1:30pm today at the Varsity!
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