Painkiller (2014)

Body Horror is a interesting sub-genre for me.  Just seeing someone going through horrifying changes in their body can be frightening.  Especially since they have no control over it.  Painkiller, a short directed by Jeremiah Kipp and written by Jerry Janda,  takes that sub-genre into a interesting place.
 Painkiller is a short film, about two scientist  (both who are couples) who try to create a organism,to help people with a terminal disease.  What this organism does is make the pain less enduring by feeding off  from the pain.  The girlfriend volunteers to have the organism implanted in her.  Of course the special effects in this scene is very well done.  After that, they finally test out this new type of painkiller, which was very harsh to see.  Sadly, the girlfriend would later be addicted to pain.  She would do anything for someone to hurt her, even attack people so they can retaliate on her.  Tired of hurting his girlfriend, the boyfriend tries to look for some professionals to bring the pain for the girlfiend.
The opening scene with Thomas Mendolia and Jerry Janda was great.  There was a nice flow when both were doing their dialogues.  And Kelly Rae LeGault did a nice job of portraying someone who's going through a terrible change in her body.  Kipp did a great job in bringing Janda's script to life.  And with Jeffrey S. Gould as DP also made Painkiller look really nice.
I do have to say that some people may not fancy the ending to much.  As shocking as it is, it did make me want to know more about Jerry Janda's character.  I can enjoy doing a open interpretation of the ending, but I don't think that it will do it justice.  Only because only Jerry Janda knows what's in the head of the man in the suit.  But overall, it's pretty good fora short film.  The special features includes the trailer and their crowd funding video, which gives a little about what Painkiller is about.  If you want to purchase the DVD or rent it for $1, then please check out www.painkillerfilm.com.

Baggage (2013)

You can purcase "Baggage" at http://youvebeenrobbedfilms.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html

No Clowning Around (2012)

I've been planning on doing a video review of this film, but the problem is that I have trouble talking in front of a camera.  But this is a great short by Rob Dimension and Matthew Burd.  It totally deserves a review.

The film is about a clown name Mumbles, who use to host a local tv show back in the days.  The show ended up getting canceled, so Mumbles now works as a birthday clown.  The problem is that he shows up to these parties, pretty much drunk and a total mess.

We also meet his muppet, name Mr. Peepers (who is my favorite character in the film.  Hey, I love muppets).  Mr. Peepers likes to remind Mumbles that he's a total fuck up, and suggest that Mumbles kills himself (now isn't that a friend).

And of course there is Mumbles' girlfriend, Trixie, who has a bad drug problem.  Trixie also works as a prostitute, and her pimp, Lenny, has been giving her problems.  This upsets Mumbles, so he goes to confront Lenny, but things don't go to well.  But when Mumbles finds Trixie dead from a overdose, this makes Mumbles snap.  And then begins the violence.

This was a great micro-budget short.  Dimension and Burd did a amazing job.  The soundtrack was really great.  But what I love was the atmosphere in the end.  It really made the film very dark and gritty.  Glad to see that NCA won some awards.  If you want to purchase the dvd you can go to www.noclowningaround.com.  This film gets "5 Hitlers punched in the face"