Horror Explorers Newt Calkins

From the writer and director team behind pretty decent Hammer flick Wake Wood comes... well, not that good a follow up. Too many ideas, not enough film, essentially. Continuing the "pastoral" schtick from Ben Wheatley's ouvre but sans Wheatley cuz I need a break from that guy.

The triumphant (???) return of Horror Explorers continues the Ben Wheatley exploration with "Romantic Murder Comedy" Sightseers. Unsurprisingly, I'm both entertained and annoyed. Seems like Wheatle's M.O. with me...

Body takes place on Christmas Eve. It doesn't seem particularly holiday-related but whatever. Your reliably grumpy and seemingly impossible to please host is unsurprisingly frustrated by this indie thriller that owes much of its plot to Very Bad Things. I only wish it was half as funny. Or well written. One of these days I'll have another unqualified recommendation, I promise! (uncertain shifty eyes)

The Ben Wheatley investigation continues. I thought I would like this one more than Kill List because of the pastoral/period horror nature of the story. Nope. Greatly mixed feelings lead to a bit of a longish, rambling episode.

Huh? What? But why? And more burning questions about wtf I just watched. (By "just watched" of course I mean "watched two weeks ago and didn't upload the episode until now because I'm a jackass")

After much resistance to hop aboard a bandwagon, I gave nu-horror wunderkind director Ben Wheatley a shot and was pleasantly surprised! Not a bad first (as far as I know) effort! A little uneven but impressive. I look forward to diving into his other work for the podcast!