The Pack: No Bark. All Bite.

This 2015 Thriller/horror nearly got passed up due to personal biases. Any movie that portrays the canis in a savage man eating way typically gets nixed within minutes. But for the spirit of this blog I figured why not. It had a two star rating with some of it's rating bleeding into the third. Sometimes that can mean it's either good, or a total waste of your time.

At 90 minutes this film is worth a watch. Don't make a night of it though.

There have been some really decent films coming out of Australia lately, this being one of them. It's certainly not on the Hollywood level, but the execution of this piece is great. Zero cheese factor, all thrills. When I started this movie I was preparing myself for a long and drawn out character intro coupled with what the driving crisis was going to be.

No. Not this time Satan!!!

The Pack wastes no time getting to what the movie is going to be about. It gives us our character:, mum, dad, two children, and their struggle to hold their farmland as the banks come down on them. So that's their story, but not the movies story. This is made very clear once we get past the drama between the main characters and their living situation and the killings begin. This family must survive the night as a pack of wild dogs infiltrate their isolated home and hunt the down one by one.

We get an idea of when the story is going to pick up after we learn about the family during the stage of acceptance when we are sideswiped by a pack of super strong, super hungry, and super vicious wolf-type creatures that stalk the dad as he returns to the house after getting their generator started again. These monsters are the size of your standard wolf, except much more cunning, ruthless, and strong. He runs back to the house and slams the door shut to have it rammed into his back as he holds it closed with his body. This is our first look at the strength this family is up against.

For the sake of not ruining this film with spoilers, this will be as much as I would like to expose about the film before moving on to the rating. Again, this is no masterpiece, but as far as the idea of an isolated family being attacked with no form of aid available, and their only form of defense is to go into survival mode, this is a decent little film. There are some plot holes, but that's going to be for you to figure out and fill in on your own. If you have about a little more than an hour to kill and wish to watch something quick and entertaining  then check out The Pack.

With that said, I give this movie Three Kills. 

The cinematography was clean, makeup and effects were good, and they also never go into detail of what breed of wolf-dogs these are, so that leaves it up for the imagination to conclude. There is certainly something to be said when a movie is able to keep a shroud of mystery over the villain while also showing what it/they mostly looks like.

What did you think of the film? Tell us what you thought in the comments below and subscribe to this blog for more thriller/horror/sci-fi reviews.

Zoombies: Humanities greatest threat. Also...."AAAAAAAARGH NOOOOOO IT'S KILLING ME!!!! I'M IN SO MUCH--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!"

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooookay...well this was not a disappointment! It's only 90 minutes long, and definitely worth the watch...if you plan on making a drinking game out of this.

It's kind of like a poor attempt at making a Jurassic Park inspired film but with a wildlife sanctuary for the endangered species mixed with a zombie like virus that attacks the brain but only affects animals outside of the human race. And of course, like all great outbreak films this one starts with infected monkies.

No I'm not generalizing because I don't know the difference between a monkey and a chimpanzee. A fucking...monkey. A face eating, flesh scratching, dick ripping monkey. Honestly these little guys are probably the most frightening part of this whole film. Which is fine and all, but did it really have to be so cliche? Really though, look at that cute little adorable flesh eating face. And yes, they do eat dicks. It's just not shown on screen...ooooor written in the script. But trust me!! They do it!!!

Now this is absolutely not a film that is to be taken seriously. This "sanctuary" was filmed on the old LA zoo site, and as a native to the area it was easy to spot. And also hard to swallow. At one point in the movie I had a Picard moment.

"You mean to tell me a gorilla can't climb that?!"

I could make a list of things I found awful about this film, but instead let's make a list of times for you to drink when watching Zoombies.

Any time someone makes an awful face: Drink

When you spot a CG animal: Drink

If you have the same gorilla costume in your closet: Do 3 shots

If you have the same giraffe mask in your home: Finish your drink and do 3 shots.

When someone makes a memorable quote: Drink

When you forget said memorable quote: Drink

If you can tell who will die during the character introduction scenes: Drink for each person when they die.

All in all this film felt more like it was trying to become a cult film without outwardly making it known the way Sharknado did.

In closing this movie was so awful and terrible that I found myself back on the other side of the fence enjoying myself as laughed at this nonsense. So bad in fact that I can't properly use the Five Kill Rating system. In it's place I give it Murder Cheese.

Just one though, because your life is still complete without this film having occupied 90 minutes of it.

The Ouija Experiment

Okay, so first of all I went into this expecting complete garbage. I figured that since it's a story about a Ouija board how thrilling con it be? So I put it on in the background and did my best to watch it while completing more important tasks.

I'm going to do my best at making this review as spoiler free as I can in respect for you the reader and potential viewer, and to the films crew for the work that was put into this project.

I was pleasantly surprised by the story of the film. I found myself wanting to look away at parts because I knew some shit was about to go down. Which is something I rarely ever do.

Now for the acting? The cast was 5 characters long not including extras. Two of which were played poorly, but what can you expect with a B-horror?

I'm not a big fan of found footage, so it was hard for me to really get into this, but again...it's not the acting that makes this film worthwhile. It's the writing. A script can make or break a film, and this time around it definitely made it; and in the world of storytelling the writer is king.

As for a synopsis of the plot, the film surrounds 5 friends participating in the use of a Ouija board, one of which is working on his YouTube channel (quite poorly too), and the host of the night goes on to talk about "playing" with the Ouija board, but as any superstitious person knows, you do not "play" with mystical shit.

This is where things get spooky.

The connection the group makes with the spirits gets stronger as the days go by, and their past becomes known the the audience as well as their haunting history.

People die. Girls scream. Shadows move.

Keeping from revealing too much I would have to summarize this film as a decent watch and well worth your time. However, do not go into this with high expectations.

I will be watching the sequel to this soon. Although I have taken a look at it already, and I have low expectations of what will soon be seen.

Now onto the rating. Since I would not make a night of this film it loses one. The acting quality is believable yet laughable, depending on how you look at it. Minus one again. It's a found footage flick, but the cinematography is not dizzying, so plus one. The script is what really makes this spooky so that grants another plus.

As for my personal opinion...

Meh. I'm on the fence but I won't recommend against watching it.  Sooooo...plus one.

If I do the math right that gives The Ouija Experiment three out of five kills.

It's not a fantastic film, but it's also not horrible. Check it out, give it a shot, and let us know what you think in the comments section.

Welcome to Netflix and Kill!!!

Welcome reader to the tentative release of Netflix and Kill.

It has come to my attention that the rating system of Netflix regarding some of my favorite genres is somewhat flawed. Meh, let's call it for what it is. Wrong. There is a laundry list of movies in the horror, thriller and sci-fi genre that are deserving of something more than a 1 star rating.

These movies are being reviewed by the general mass public that doesn't have the taste for the twisted and macabre like we do. So it's safe to assume that the 1 star rated horror flick you've been wanting to watch but don't want to waste your time could potentially be worth the watch. It's just a gamble.

That's why we here at N&K have decided to take the plunge for you. Since we watch those crappy reviewed movies on a regular basis, we figured "Why not contribute something to the genre and help get these movies that are worth a watch a chance?"

My name is John and I go by the alias Darth Russ, and my partner here is Jess, a.k.a. Murderface.

We will be trading off on reviews from time to time, so when you notice a change in writing style, you'll know why.

Within the next few days our first few reviews will be up and ready to read. Also, there are more than likely going to be spoilers ahead, so read on if you dare.

Don't forget to subscribe to this blog so you'll be alerted when our next review is published, and feel free to leave a comment on a movie you want to see.