Category Archives: Reviews

(movie) Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel(2018.)

Kada sam već krenuo, rekoh sebi hajde da pogledam cijeli serijal, cijelu franšizu ovog found footage horrora. U drugom nastavku doznajemo više o Andrew Tullyu i njegovom zlom kultu koji je vodio Abaddon Hotel i otvorio vrata Pakla tamo. Film zapravo nekako na pomalo zbrkan način prati trostruku timeline radnju, jedno je emisija u kojoj se vodi rasprava o Abaddon Hotelu, jedno je ekipa istraživača koja se našla zarobljena u užasima Abaddon Hotela, treće je priča o tome kako je sve to počelo i zašto se to radi.

Ono što je dobro u ovom filmu je priča, napeti story koji me držao prikovanim za ekran i željom da saznam još i još o nesretnom ukletom hotelu. Ono što nije dobro je prevelika zbrkanost između ta dva, odnosnoo tri timelinea i na momente se gubi film i nije jasno što se zapravo događa u kojem timelineu, dal je to napravljeno namjerno ili nije, nisam siguran. Gore scena nema baš, ali ima tog hinted horrora ili atmosferičnog horrora koji mene ispunjava kada gledam found footage podvrstu horrora zbog čega mi i i je jedna od najdražih podžanrova horrora uz slasher. Najveće razočarenje dobrog filma mi je loš kraj, koji nekako ruši sve dobro što je prije izgrađeno. Kraj naravno ostavlja prostora za nastavak ovog filma koji je mogao biti puno bolji nego je ispao.

Zaključak: 5,5/10 sjekira – zbog lošeg kraja filma niža ocjena, šteta!

(review) Hey Disarray – ‘Unfinished Story’

Hey Disarray are coming from Orange County, California and this is their first EP containing 6 songs. First think I thought while listening to vocals on first song ‘Dance With Me’ was that vocals reminded me a lot of Croatian band called Fraktura Mozga. Musically, they are also similar. Hey Disarray play melodic pop punk, uplifting melodies topped with nice vocals and some keyboard background in there thrown in for good measure, or am I imagining? This band is pop punk par excellence sounding just how excellent pop punk should sound like. Lyrics are great and I think that I can relate to lot of themes in there like love, loss of love, relationship, friendship, broken hearts, hope….One of my personal favorites on this record is the title song because it is straightforward pop punk song with beautiful chorus and melody, harmonies on backing vocals and superb lyrics. The musicianship on this record is tight and and production is great listening. Other songs that are stand out for me on this little EP are ‘Meet Me There’ and ‘Good At Letting Go’, but EP as a whole is worth your listening because this is superb songwriting.

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(review) Arcade Destiny – ‘VST Punk’

And now for something completely in this webzine. Arcade Destiny hails from Anaheim, California and this release contains five songs. This is a one man band playing nineties punk influenced synthwave electronic music and it sounds interesting, but not something for every day listening. Music is almost fast hardcore punk but synth melodies replace guitars and in my opinion there is a bit too much effect on vocals, because the guy sings okay, and I would love to hear more clean vocals melodies then it would be like all those California pop/melodic/skate punk bands, but I understand that this is the way to keep originality and not sound like someone’s clone or copy. This is chaotic, beautiful little EP and my personal favorite is ‘Not Like The Other Girls’. Lyrics are personal and deal with relationships, communication, mental health…I love the lyrics on this one! Imagine listening to fast hardcore skatepunk with synths instead of guitars and if that idea is not too horrifying for you give this one a chance!

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