THE BUNNY GAME (2011) Blu-ray Review

The Bunny Game (2011) d. Adam Rehmeier (USA) (76 min)

A down-on-her-luck prostitute’s (Rodleen Getsic) painful existence takes a serious left turn into Hell when she is abducted by a psychotic trucker (Jeff Renfro) who chains her in the back of his 18-wheeler to do with as he pleases. It’s a 76-minute assault on the senses and the soul, one that injects moments of such incredible intensity and honesty into its opening act that when I first viewed the film in 2013, I had already cleared a spot for it on my list of “most impressive releases of the year” before it had reached the 20-minute mark.

EVER AFTER (aka ENDZEIT) (2018) Blu-ray Review

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Total Movies Watched: 6
Total First Time Views: 5
Amount raised for BOXVILLE: $380.22

Ever After (aka Endzeit) (2018) d. Carolina Hellsgård (Germany) (90 min) (1st viewing)

In the wake of your standard-issue fast-running zombie epidemic, the world’s gaze turns to Germany where the only two surviving cities, Weimar and Jura, have each successfully created a perimeter barrier against the undead hordes. A locomotive shuttles between them on occasion but, on the whole, they remain isolated from one another. In Weimar, where infection is dealt with swiftly and lethally, shell-shocked adolescent Vivi (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) is pressed into duty fortifying the barricades until she witnesses the harsh reality of what happens should anyone – in this case her best friend – be bitten. She escapes, hopping the transport train to Jura (whose residents are supposedly seeking a cure for the virus) with the stoic, strong, and cynical Eva (Maja Lehrer), hoping against hope to survive the trip.

DAHMER (2002) Blu-ray Review

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Total Movies Watched: 5
Total First Time Views: 4
Amount raised for BOXVILLE: $315.25

Dahmer (2002) d. David Jacobson (USA) (102 min) (1st viewing)

The story of mild-mannered Wisconsin serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer sent shock waves through the Midwest and the country when he was finally arrested in the summer of 1991, ending a reign of terror that spanned nearly two decades and claimed the lives of 17 men and boys. Dubbed “the Milwaukee Cannibal” and “the Milwaukee Monster” by the press, Dahmer became an instant household name, evoking a potent combination of revulsion and fascination from the American public. While the case specifics are exceedingly bizarre and perverse (cannibalism, necrophilia), writer/directory Jacobson’s filmic account elects to focus less on the gruesome details and more upon the individual that perpetrated them. It is this attention to Dahmer’s flawed humanity that elevates what could have been a ghoulish celebration of real-life atrocities into a genuine character study that offers no easy nor pat answers.