Of the genres that tends to attract the most deplorable movies, I would have to say that horror and comedy are about equal. At least with horror, you can count on- if not an A-List movie, at least coming across a decent B-Grade movie... unlike comedy where it's either a good comedy, or a trainwreck.
Of course, that's not to say that the horror genre doesn't have its share of trainwrecks... or in the case of "Dead Noon," stagecoach wrecks.
The premise sounds cool in a Sam Raimi, "Evil Dead: Army of Darkness" sort of way. The potential for humour and scares is ripe for that premise. Too bad this movie doesn't come close to fulfilling that potential.
I have a very basic movie watching rule: You don't stop until it's over. I wound up breaking that rule while watching this movie... within the first ten to fifteen minutes. My best friend- Jason (from "Film Reviews in the Basement") and I watched this film for a B-Movie Night. Beer, pizza, and fun cheesy movies. We had beer (quite a bit of beer, actually), we had pizza... but in "Dead Noon," we lacked the fun cheesy movie.
When you can't even derive enjoyment from poking fun at a movie... when you can't even drink the horrible experience away... when you actually turn the movie off... you know that the movie is part of "The Ugly".
Oh God. The horror . . . the horror.
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