5 DVD Picks for the Week (October 13, 2009): October 16th, 2009

Drag Me to Hell (Universal): Still one of the year’s most out-and-out fun flicks. Sharp social commentary and giddy frights involving maggots and squishy eyeballs are two great tastes that taste great together in this exhilarating horror movie, released just in time for a great Halloween gross-out party. Welcome back, Sam Raimi.
Land of the Lost (Universal): From one of the best to one of the worst. Seriously, you need to work hard to botch an adaptation of a TV favorite about dinosaurs, but you can count on Will Ferrell, the filmmakers, and their array of smarmy jokes and crummy special effects to do their damndest to do it. Memo to Jorma Taccone: Stick to “Jizz in My Pants” videos.
Natural Born Killers (Warner Bros.): Supposedly Oliver Stone deviated so much from Quentin Tarantino’s original screenplay about a couple of serial killers who become media sensations that QT asked to have his name removed. I can see why, though there’s no denying that Stone’s everything-but-the-kitchen-sink and the all-out performances by Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, and Robert Downey Jr. are fascinating on their own right.
Happy Birthday to Me (Anchor Bay): Clips from this one terrified the hell out of me when it played on TV in the early 1980s. Seen today, it’s just another lame slasher film cashing in on the Friday the 13th craze.
Every Little Step (Sony): Do you really wanna know what goes on behind the scenes of a production of A Chorus Line? Yeah, me neither.
No Responses
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.