First up tonight was “Porno”. Wellp, apparently The God Squad all works together in the same movie theater. Teens(??) who work as ushers, the projectionist, and newly promoted manager, run the theater while the owner promises to come back at midnight and lock up after giving them “movie night” for all the effort they put in.
Given the choice between “Encino Man” and “A League Of Our Own”, they wisely opted for door #3, a Mystery Reel they find in the previously undiscovered basement after some nutty drunk busts through a cheaply-boarded-up wall. Of course, the reel is demonic and conjures up a succubus, who wreaks her own brand of havoc on the crew, one by one.
The rest of the movie is their duking it out with the Dark Forces and getting their friends back. But even despite a few jump-scares, it wasn’t remotely scary. It couldn’t be, Too much camp and silliness for that.
It was kinda silly, but still enjoyable. Each one of the crew fights his personal vice, what tempts each one of them and leads them to their demise, so each situation is different, but still felt repetitive. And yeah, I was checking the time to see how much was left to go, so that wasn’t a good sign.
If you don’t mind silly horror, give it a shot. It ain’t terrible.
Next up was “Sketch Artist”, apparently a made-for-teevee movie, but damn it was good. I always liked Jeff Fahey (true story!), and Sean Young as his wife was also a treat. Basically, a fashion-guy gets killed, Drew Barrymore is a witness who practically if not literally bumped into the killer, and Jeff is the sketch-artist who draws the person that Drew saw. Only problem is that she pretty much exactly described his wife!
So after bring framed for the killings (yes, plural now!), Jeff goes on the run and investigates the crimes because no one else seems interested, as he’s their prime suspect.
So trying to stay one step ahead of, well, everyone, and digging up the facts, and clear his name as well as finding the true killers, poor Jeff as his hands full. And we get to watch it all unfold.
Pretty damned good! Everything just flowed, no Stupid Decisions by anyone for the most part, and while you kinda know the who but not the why, it’s fun to try to figure it out right up ’til when it’s revealed.
Not bad at all for a teevee movie.