Minutes Past Midnight

A gathering of horror shorts. If you are faint of heart it might not be your cup of tea. But, if you look past the blood and gore, you will see some strong talent and admirable creativity. I particularly enjoyed the Ghost Train story, an outstanding concept, well written and directed. All the stories kept me entertained. I do not think I could watch the Roid Rage story again. Although it is another highly creative concept, it is one of the most disturbing pieces of film I have ever seen. Wow. Overall, a great effort by a variety of writers/directors and the acting was much better than I would have expected for a film of this type. Kudos to all the actors.

Three word reviews. Scores to cap.

Never Fear Us Apart: Fun. Silly. Gory. (6)

Awake: Bizarre. Perplexing. Interesting. (7)

Crazy For You: Funny. Clever(ish). Twisted. (6)

The Mill at Calder's End: Gothic. Stylish. Haunting. (8)

Roid Rage: Crude. Gross. OTT. (3)

Feeder: Classy. Professional. Sinister. (8)

Timothy: Quirky. Creepy. Bloody. (7)

Ghost Train: Rich. Textured. Horrifying. (8.5)

Horrific: Cheap. Dumb. Goofy. (4)

I must admit that I initially stopped playing this movie after the first short story, but I continued watching it again after reading a few reviews on this site; and I'm really glad that I did. This film consists of nine short stories and while the first one wasn't necessarily my cup of tea and almost caused me to skip the rest of the stories, there are some pretty entertaining features that I would have missed had I not been more patient. The Mill at Caulders was a spooky animation, and the short film Feeders was down right creepy and entertaining. I also found Ghost Train and and Roid Rage creepy and kooky respectively.All in all this was definitely not a waste of time.

Minutes Past Midnight: Horror Anthology film, nine segments of varying quality. Roid Rage is OTT, disgusting but perhaps funny in a sort of sick way, Awake is the business though, parents of a young boy worry as the kid can't get to sleep, his behaviour becoming odder and more violent, Onvincing performances by cast. Directed by Francisco Sonic Kim, written by Collin George. Ghost Train is set in Ireland, a man returns to his hometown, meeting up with an old friend who looks ravaged by booze. There are flashbacks to an incident during their childhood when they went to a derelict ghost Train with a third boy, Real Horror if not terror here with great acting by both the child and adult actors. Written and directed by Lee Cronin. Never Tear Us Apart is also about a homecoming but murderous cannibals are encountered. Sort of slapstick. The Mill At Calders End is an interesting mixture of puppetry, live action (I think) and stop motion about an old curse. Much of the rest depends on hit and miss humour and gore. Overall worth watching for the stand out short films. Saw it on AMC Channel which is now on Virgin Media Cable.. 7/10,

The shorts are cheesy and lack any kind of imagination .so disappointing I have no idea who could be rating this so high ! Avoid !