House of Carnage
SRS Cinema
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Synopsis:
This is the bizarre and tragically gruesome account of what happened to two young friends one summer afternoon in the rural areas of Pennsylvania. Here in these woods, they were stalked by a menacing ax welding manic and his demented family... a bizarre cannibalistic clan with blood on their minds and a mission to bring demon babies into the world. Their only chance to live is to escape from the HOUSE OF CARNAGE.
I've long been a fan of do-it-yourself filmmaking, especially those shot onto miniDVD camcorders - good, bad, schlocky or high brow, if it's miniDV, it's good enough for me. "House of Carnage" is a fairly ambitious tale of wanted destruction and mayhem involving a family of hungry cannibals squaring off against every nubile female that happens to stumble into the woods. Cue the blood, cue the gore.
The story is pretty free-flowing (I'm being generous, as I'm not exactly sure there was a script to begin with) and the production values are very (very) low - blinking corpses, boom mics in shots, wooden acting - you name it, this one's got it. And y'know what? I loved it for it. This film is not trying to be anything other than a self-financed, made-for-fun b-movie that is truly an homage to the great indie horror that has come before it.
It may not win any awards, but if you like your films extra schlocky, then you will love "House of Carnage!"
Video: How's it look?
Shot on miniDV, this film is presented in it's original fullscreen aspect ratio (4:3) and while the detail and quality is pretty good, it also definitely has that "shot on video" look to it. That'll either get you jazzed (as it did me), or annoy you.
Audio: How's it sound?
The Dolby stereo mix is a-okay - nothing fancy, but no complaints either.
Extras: What additional goodies are included?
- behind the scenes featurette
- special public service announcement
- trailers
Closing Thoughts
Very much an example of "do it yourself" guerilla filmmaking + a few tasty extras = worth checking out if you're into self-made movies (but not if you like your films a bit slicker or made with higher production values)
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