28th July 2016, 11:10 AM
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| Cultist on the Rampage | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, UK | |
DEATH FACTORY – No budget schlockola from Brad Sykes. In it, a bunch of college students (some of whom are quite weirdly characterised) find themselves looking for a place to party when one them remembers “that old chemical factory on the edge of town”. You know, that abandoned chemical factory, the one that obviously looks nothing like an actual chemical factory because, well, no one could get enough money together for sets. So, college guys, you'll have to make do with an empty house with some test tubes in it, not that anyone in their right minds would want to get loaded there anyway. Obviously, be ready to get murdered one by one. First, do some shagging, some arguing, plenty of wandering around in the dark, the usual stuff. If it gets boring, we've got Tiffany Shepis dressed up as a cross between Johnny Scissorhands and that monster out of Demons 2 who starts off as someone's sister. 'Death Factory' frequently does get boring, but I like it anyway. It certainly has its charms. Even if you're not a fan of camcorder-esque production values, even if you want to revile it for taking the standard slasher / teens getting offed in a house template and doing absolutely nothing with it, you've still got to make allowances for some things. There's quite sadistic gore (lovingly and lingeringly beheld by aforementioned camcorder), some t&a with a ludicrous soundtrack, and there are priceless moments such as one which sees a fake cardboard wall come loose and totter over two actors who obviously don't know whether to keep on fighting or press the wall back in place, so try to do both. Taken on these terms, 'Death Factory' is quite a lot of fun, and also has that elusive 'dream like because it's incompetent' feel to it in places a mon avis. It's interesting, if you look at stats on IMDB or places like that you'll learn that, latterly, around a thousand horror films are being produced per year. I'll bet that the bulk of those are spiritually more akin to 'Death Factory' than to 'The Witch' or 'Neon Demon'. Where do all those movies go? They seem to pass by like shadows. Brad Sykes also made no-budgeter 'Goth', which is actually a really good film.
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