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Hellbride (2007)
A decent little film
I've been a fan - of sorts - of Pat Higgins' work for a while now ever since someone lent me a copy of his debut feature TrashHouse. Thankfully Higgins has learnt from his mistakes with that work and has ditched the special effects in favour of story, character and decent actors! This film is miles better than his first and really draws people in from the start with a clever story and its too his credit that he has managed to get decent performances from most of his cast but once again the lack of a decent budget lets the film down at the climatic finale.
There are some minor quibble however. The camera-work in one scene - set in a kitchen in the middle of the night - isn't great and fails even the most basic cinematography rules while the performance of Cy Henty is truly shocking (surprisingly so, seeing as he was one of the best actors in TrashHouse). Had Higgins kept a firm lead on Henty's performance and maybe found a better cameraman this would have got a couple of extra stars.
But these are minor quibbles as I said - this is a low budget movie after all and surprisingly enjoyable one.
TrashHouse (2005)
An okay effort
An odd little movie that promises a lot but in the end its grasp falls someway short of its reach. As lo-budget films go, it has some strong positives - A funny script, some excellent cameos, ideas and invention - but it is unfortunately let down by some poor special effects and some terrible acting from three of the four leads. Amber Moelter, Tom Wontner and Hannah Speller are very wooden and not very convincing and are easily out shone by the rest of the cast.
It's a shame really, as the opening 5-10 minutes promise a great deal. His follow up, Hellbride, is a much better movie and I look forward to seeing Killer, Killer shortly.