Director: The Snygg Brothers
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Anthology
Plot:
Following her father’s death, a young woman begins to look into his life as a writer and finds that his latest book was written with black magic, causing the stories he wrote to come to life with deadly consequences.
Review:
Please Kill Me Again-In the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman awakes from an encounter to find that she’s become a zombie but is unable to process that fact. Still aware of her emotions but unable to come to terms with being a zombie, she tries to survive the night as the invasion carries on throughout the community. There’s a lot to like with this one. The setup is quite enjoyable with the idea of the woman still cognizant of the situation but not realizing that she’s a zombie comes off rather well, the situations with the creatures confronting human victims trying to escape the situation keeps this one moving along nicely and is filled with some decent enough gore-gags and zombie make-up to be an intriguing indie effort. The first-person shooting of most of the segment alongside her narration is quite innovative and adds a solid touch to this one that’s incredibly fun to see play out.
Home Improvement-Moving into their new house, a young couple overjoyed with the prospect of having their own home are unwilling to deal with the fact that their house is so overwhelming they’re in over their heads. As time goes on and they continue to deal with the demands that fixing up the house requires, it takes a murderous toll on both of them. This was a decent enough idea but doesn’t really have that much going for it. The idea of a couple taking over a house far beyond their means and trying to make it work would’ve been fine had something much more sinister or malevolent would’ve been the cause of everything. Instead, it just turns out to be a series of increasingly aggravating segments talking about all the mishaps and accidents that take place between them which would’ve worked out better had the timeline here being far more reasonable since it takes nearly a year after buying it before the premise takes its full effect that’s not that interesting or original.
The One-Percenters-Taking a trip with her friends, a woman joins a group on a camping trip to get away from her controlling father only for an accident to result in the death of one of her tripmates. In the slew of misunderstandings to follow, she finds herself trying to right the wrongs that she believes will befall her if her dad finds out. Generally, this one was a massive disappointment as the whole thing was too goofy and silly to be of much use at the length it is. This needed to be much longer to explain what kind of influence the father has on her to cause such a snap in the first place at it makes nos sense, much less why the ensuing carnage that results plays out the way it does nor why she’s even friends with them in the first place. The chases themself are fun enough and tense with the threat posed to her as she tries to get free of the psychopath but it’s not enough to make much of an impact against the rest of the segment.
Frankenstein’s Wife-After accidentally killing his wife, a mad doctor sets out to revive her only to inadvertently screw up the process leaving her dissatisfied with the results. Forced to do it over and over again to equally futile results, he finally finds himself forced to great lengths to please her and himself. Overall, this is a quirky and somewhat humorous but still somewhat troublesome ending segment. The fact that so much of this one is dependant on the humor of the various reanimation setups, the decidedly quirky humor of him being a henpecked and exasperated scientist that has to keep on bringing her back to life despite her ungrateful behavior that grows evermore troublesome as the experiments are that much more unsuccessful. The problem is that the joke wears thin after a while and everything just turns into a painful experience the longer it goes on since it feels far longer than it really does, especially with the way it ends. The effects are cheesy fun but that’s about all that’s going on here.
Overview: **.5/5
A generally disappointing anthology effort that has something to like with most of the segments but is somewhat undone by the flaws on display, this is a pretty decent effort that’s watchable enough at best. This one is really only for those who prefer the anthology format in general or are fans of the style or approach taken here, while most others who don’t appreciate those tactics should heed caution.
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