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've always had a rule of thumb when it come to horror films. The cheesier, the better. This one takes it to a new level! This collection of completely disjointed shorts is entertaining from start to finish. It's gory, silly, head-scratching fun. If you're expecting Oscar-worthy writing, directing and acting, you'll be really disappointed. If your bar for quality entertainment is as low as mine though, you'll love it!

a 9-short comedy horror anthology. my favourites are James Moran's romantic comedy spoof Crazy for you and The Mill at Calder's End by Kevin McTurk, which features some brilliant picture composition and stop motion, near-photorealistic banruku rod puppet animation unlike anything i've seen before. also worthy of note is Ryan Lightbourn's genre-spanning Roid Rage and accompanying soundtrack. the dialogue is clever and delivered in deadpan fashion that practically had me in stitches

the only short i didn't like was the final segment, Horrific, by Robert Boocheck. the story is clichéd, the monster design appeared lacking in inspiration, and the positioning of the short in the anthology was simply poor judgement on the part of the editor/s. then again, i like the film better on the whole if i think of number nine as an unnecessary 'bonus' track, to be discarded upon future viewing. all in all an entertaining film; pairs well with New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA

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.