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Beast Wishes (2012)
A well presented engaging story of one of the most influential people in Hollywood
I was able to purchase a copy of Beast Wishes, at the Monsterpalooza show from the filmmakers Frank Dietz and Trish Geiger back when they were first starting to gain more recognition for a story that needed to be told!
Both of them have become very good friends with Bob and Kathy Burns who both have a true love and passion for the movies. Throughout the years Bob started to gain friendships within the industry, and began to amass a collection of many many different props, masks and obscure items from the people that made those films.
As you progress through the film you can begin to see the genuine kindness and good humor that Bob and Kathy both possess, as well as the willingness to educate, encourage, and brighten the lives of everyone that they meet.
Any fan of the movies will drool over the large and vast collection that the both of them have gained over the years. Pieces from Alien, Plan 9 from Outer Space, The Mummy (the original), and so much more! It is amazing to see that all of these pieces have been preserved so well, and loved as much as the people who originally made them.
I found myself wanting to see and learn more after I had finished watching the documentary, and wanted to get the chance to see these props for myself! It was SO cool to know that there are people out there who have a true love of the movies, and don't treat them as just a small gimmick that isn't going to last that long. They truly do last a lifetime and seeing what pieces the creators used to make those films possible makes you want to go back and watch those movies again just so you can find that small prop from a Star Trek episode that you see in this film!
Also home haunters will appreciate the work that Bob and Kathy did for their homes each year to make it more fun for all of the trick r treaters that would come to their house. It was by far one of my favorite parts of the movie (being a home haunter myself) and I was literally on the edge of my seat so I could get a better look at all the details that went into these yearly events!
You need to get yourself a copy of this documentary, it brings back that spark of excitement that you had as a kid watching a new movie for the first time. Memories begin to flood back into your mind of some of your favorite movies and you will find yourself wanting to rewind and go back to scenes that show different props and rare pieces of film history. I loved this film and hope that everyone who watches it feels that same sense of magic that I did watching it for the first time!
Puppy (2007)
Oh hell....Never ever EVER see this film
So this film is named Puppy, and is about a killer puppy that came from the vikings hundreds of years ago who lived over in Europe, but this puppy has landed in San Francisco in a small viking ship...makes sense to you right? Well anyway after the terrible introduction that includes the title introduction with a girl jumping on a trampoline with bouncing boobs, and puppies in cages running around, what relation these have there is no explanation.
After this intro there is the puppy who has washed up on shore and is almost ran over by a man driving in his car. His voice is dubbed over, as are many who are in this film and the dubbing is very much off. This dude happens to be a pet shop owner and his sister has wanted to get a puppy for a long time. So she gets the puppy and is going to be living with her and her 4 other roommates. All of whom are college students that have not many brains and also love to smoke pot.
Seems like a great story so far right? Well as things continue to progress there are a lot of stupid and pointless lines and conversations that make no sense at all. Then the puppy begins the process of slowly killing off every person in the home, and the men that they are involved with. The hilarious killing scenes are that of the worst low budget films that you could ever see. I know if I had the budget of 10 dollars for blood and everything else I would have been able to make scenes that were much more grotesque and actually gross and scary. Well that is basically the film. There is not really much else to talk about the story. Or for the film for that matter. I felt like I had wasted two hours of my life and I truly wanted it back. There really was no reason for this film to be made and I hope that no one ever gets the opportunity to see this pile of dog crap.
I am an avid fan of bad movies, but even this one was not worth watching. I was laughing my head off in a lot of scenes and then grossed out because of the parts that really had no value to the story, and was just some dumb reason to get girls to take off their shirts. It reminded me of what a bad porno would have been like. So if that is your thing, then I guess you can watch this, but avoid this film and make sure that you don't get yourself a copy. My friend said that she would wish that this film would be buried and never dug up again because it was just so bad. Whoever thought that this was going to be a horror film, or even a comedy has no sense of brains, filming skill, or understanding of what people are looking for. Pass on this one. Always.