Ti West is a multifaceted genre filmmaker. He’s a writer, a director, an editor, a producer — a jack-of-all-cinematic-trades whose deft and consistent use of film homage has led to a rich and illustrious body of feature films. Cherry-picked, Xeroxed, and mashed together like a mad scientist reanimating a corpse built of disparate parts, West wears his influences proudly and loudly while never sacrificing his integrity, personality, or unique singularity.
Even by today’s HD standards, the now-blurry standard-def quality of The Roost adds a layer of accidental brilliance to a production that is undeniably appealing in a random video store rental sort of way. With a lean runtime of a little over an hour, The Roost’s plot is thin and conceptual at best, but its most significant appeal is in the film’s self-serious “acting class” performances that are borderline comedic.
Veteran character actor Gene Jones plays Father, a Jim Jones-like religious leader whose joyous demeanor masks a pious sinisterness--and the less you know, the better. Like all of West’s films, audiences should go into this particular film as cold as a morgue. Trading in the paranormal for real-life, ripped from the headlines, scares is a surprisingly refreshing choice, The Sacrament stands as one of the better pictures in the found-footage pantheon of horror.
A frighteningly slow-moving ghost story that will reward patient viewers with its terrifying second half, The Innkeepers is a modern revival of the haunted hotel horror subgenre that burns unhurriedly and relentlessly.The Innkeepers hits all the nostalgic beats of 80s-era Amblin classic Poltergeist with the modern bite of James Wan’s The Conjuring.
Release Date October 30, 2009 Director Ti West Cast Jocelin Donahue , Tom Noonan , Mary Woronov , Greta Gerwig , AJ Bowen , Dee Wallace Runtime 95 Minutes Main Genre Horror Writers Ti West Studio Magnet Releasing Tagline Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die.
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