We may have finally (2009) returned to the hay day of 80's horror renting bliss with "Skeleton Crew". Indistinguishable box art (Is this an Asian flick), a trailer referencing horror films not even a decade old, acknowledgement that its simple plot is a rip off of a recent film, and Anchor Bay distributing the film takes me back to me wondering what evil the aisle closest to the register of Morton's Village Video had to offer.
If Starz Studios have given this aspiring gornography tribute a fraction of what it gives to "Crash: The Series", "Skeleton Crew" may have promise as a good film, but lets be realistic (and lets acknowledge that this was written while I was in college, so Wikipedia was a no-no.). For the most part, Starz does not even show its "original" (Crew is a Finnish-Russian import.) on their networks, and it probably would not help sway people from HBO and Showtime (I am subscribed to Starz via Hulu right now, and this picture is not in the library.).
Maybe Starz should just show some live fights, but if "Skeleton Crew" delivers on low-budget gore, I could care less about their network's Nielsen Ratings (Again, this review was written in 2009). Yes, I am greedy, like everyone who gets a movie package. 200 channels is not enough.
Steve is trying to bring the world his low-budget horror masterpiece (If anyone is interested, I have been developing a low-budget horror film, "Main Event of the Dead" a pro-wrestling themed zom-com. Email russthebus07@gmail.com if you would like to view the story treatment or have promotion advice.). To capture the essence of this true story, he decides to shoot at the mental institution where the grizzly murders of the serial killings of the snuff director known as The Auteur took place. The project is not going well.
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