The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

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1. 

   nick121235

   Watched this when I was drunk and this is the review I wrote
   " imo:
   
   Mother of Toads (Richard Stanley): 7
   I Love You (Buddy Giovinazzno): 8
   Wet Dreams (Tom Savini): 6
   The Accident (Douglas Buck): 4
   Vision Stains (Karim Hussain): 5
   Sweets (David Gregory): 6
   framing in between segments aka Theatre Guginol (Jeremy Kasten): 5"
   
   Not very in depth but I guess you get the general idea.
   Unlike other reviewers, I was not a huge fan of Theatre Guginol. It reminded me of silly 00's horror and I'm just really not the biggest fan.
   Being a fan of both Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, Mother of Toads was a talk treat for me. Just recently discovered Richard Stanley and I've got to say I enjoy him. At times the whole thing felt a bit cheap or silly but overall it was very enjoyable.
   The second segment, I Love you, reminded of the roles of the husband and wife in Zulawski's Possession. Maybe not as cerebral but it had just about as much blood.
   Wet Dreams was interesting although slightly confusing. Tom Savini, probably the biggest name in horror special FX, both directed and acted in this one. Wonderfully, I might add. First directing effort I've seen by him, but I hope it won't be the last.
   The Accident was slow and had an air of the depressive along with an artistic flourish that resulted in it serving as rather something of speed bump. It may have worked better as a stand alone film because here it just killed the mood.
   I was also not as enthralled by Vision Stains as other reviewers have seemed to be. It certainly had an original story but it ended disappointingly and I just couldn't get myself into it.
   Sweets seemed to be something of a sort of surreal metaphor that addressed many different issues in a roundabout way, as well as keeping up with the general mood of the rest of the film despite the higher level of intellectualism. I did enjoy it, although I found some of it a bit silly and think it lacked full cohesiveness.
   Overall Theatre Bizarre is probably one of the better horror anthologies I've seen in a long time.
   According to my individual ratings it just barely averages out to a 6 but I feel like overall it was probably a solid 6, maybe even a 7. 6 years ago
2. 

   Carota

   my favourite was "I love you".
   great acting and breathtaking plot twist! 11 years 7 months ago
3. 

   DJPowWow

   You don't see very many horror-anthology movies anymore, so this was actually pretty refreshing. The 6 short films are very diverse in style and tone; my favorite, titled "The Accident", is more of a serious meditation on death and loss of innocence than a real "horror" story. It remains, however, very entertaining throughout. 11 years 8 months ago

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