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Time to Kill is a 2014 film about Sara (played by Ellie Church), who finds out she has 24 hours to live, and uses that time to (what else?) kill some people.

This is the kind of movie that kind of hurts my head to review. It’s bad, but that’s kind of the point. It never pretends to be anything that it’s not, but rather embraces its B-movie status wholeheartedly. It  clearly has “grindhouse” in mind, and seems to aspire to be cut from the same cloth as movies like Ginger and others you’d see trailers for in the 42nd Street Forever series – only in more modern DIY form (though there is plenty of added graininess and whatnot).

If you don’t like tasteless no budget exploitation, then look elsewhere, but if you do, let’s just say the film opens with a woman giving herself a coathanger abortion and spends the majority of its runtime in a strip club. In between, Sara kills several people, severs a woman’s (Debbie Rochon, no less) hand, stuffing money into the bloody stump (the first time I’ve seen that), and rescues a young woman from an apparent rapist before taking her to a barn to get naked and screw around in a wash tub.

The score is effective at times, even if it sounds like a guy sitting in a room playing a cheap keyboard behind the camera. In fact, I’d say that adds to the charm if anything.

At one point it achieves something remotely like a Jim Van Bebber film. Other parts are reminiscent of low-budget music videos.

Other highlights include: a machete vagina stabbing; Sara puking in the toilet while a fat guy is taking a bath in a shower cap and eating a sandwich while talking about her abortion; and the aforementioned keyboard striking a frantic note as a woman delivers the line, “Summer sausage!”

A buzz of some sort would be encouraged when putting this one in (I was admittedly a few beers in when I started), but as long as you know the type of film you’re taking on going in, it should be pretty easy to settle in for the ride.

The runtime comes in at a cool hour and ten minutes, so the content doesn’t overstay its welcome as with many of these types of movies.

There’s plenty of comic relief throughout, including an intermission sequence involving “hot wiener sandwiches” (with “all breast meat”) and a woman rubbing condiments all over herself as well as a bit bout masturbating in public theaters. Like I said, the film isn’t trying to be anything that it’s not.

Time to Kill is directed by Brian Williams, and comes from Mostly Harmless Pictures. It’s being sold by Toetag Pictures, which is known for the August Underground series.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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