With having seen half of Anchor Bay's Coffin Joe boxset for last year's October Horror Challenge on IMDb's Horror board,I decided that it was the perfect time to open Joe's last remaining coffin's.
View on the film:
For the first story in the film,lead actor/co-writer/ (along with Rubens Francisco Luchetti) director Jose Mojica Marins soaks the story in a haunting Gothic mist,with the blank stares shown in the dolls eyes,being matched by the bleak fate that Marins unleashes on the gang.
Shooting each of the stories in a different styles,Marins and Francisco decide to take a silent movie approach for the Tara story,which whilst being very daring,does sadly lead to the story feeling rather plodding,due to Marins allowing no build up for the relationship between the balloon seller and Tara.
Going for a gore fest for the final story in the movie,the initially interesting idea of the story sadly runs out of steam at about the half way point,due to Marins being more focused on covering the film in B&W blood,instead of building a chilling atmosphere,that made the Dollmaker a real devil doll.
View on the film:
For the first story in the film,lead actor/co-writer/ (along with Rubens Francisco Luchetti) director Jose Mojica Marins soaks the story in a haunting Gothic mist,with the blank stares shown in the dolls eyes,being matched by the bleak fate that Marins unleashes on the gang.
Shooting each of the stories in a different styles,Marins and Francisco decide to take a silent movie approach for the Tara story,which whilst being very daring,does sadly lead to the story feeling rather plodding,due to Marins allowing no build up for the relationship between the balloon seller and Tara.
Going for a gore fest for the final story in the movie,the initially interesting idea of the story sadly runs out of steam at about the half way point,due to Marins being more focused on covering the film in B&W blood,instead of building a chilling atmosphere,that made the Dollmaker a real devil doll.