El
Monstro
Del Mar!
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Holy shit! I fucking LOVED this movie!
El Monstro Del Mar
is great! It's as if writer / director Stuart Simpson took all the
coolness vibes from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and all of Quentin Tarantino's
films, then threw them together in an late 70s monster movie. The opening scene alone
is worth the price of admission, but the movie just keeps getting
better! The filming is beautiful. The editing is
great. The music kicks ass. It stars a trio of sexy,
tattooed 1950s pin-up girls gone bad who, amazingly, can actually
act! I saw the trailer for this movie before I received the
screener and the trailer made me want to see it, but the movie is much
better than the trailer suggests. If you're reading this review
because you're trying to decide whether or not to buy this movie, just
stop reading now and go buy it.
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I'd never heard of filmmaker Stuart Simpson before watching this movie
and from a quick look online, it doesn't look like he'd done a whole lot
before making this film. After seeing the movie, that's a real
surprise because Simpson apparently had his hand in pretty much
everything; writer, director, cinematographer, editor, visual effects,
producer, etc. Usually when I see that one guy was involved in all
of that, I expect a certain homemade quality to the film and El
Monstro Del Mar has none of that amateur movie feel. The movie
was filmed on the coast of Australia and most of it takes place on the
waterfront. The locations are great and whoever did the set
dressing either got lucky and found the guanine article or really nailed
it when it came to designing these locations. The post effects for
the film's look are done really well. Although the monster is
awesomely cheesy, it works really well for the late 70s mood of the
film. There is one poorly done CGI shot that I think could have
been left out, but it only lasts a few seconds, so it's really not a big
deal at all. The story is good as well, but all you need to know
is that it's about three bad-ass chicks who happen to be hiding out in a
costal town the night it's attacked by a sea monster. I really
can't say enough good things about this film!
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Gore-o-meter
rating: 5 out of 5 (this
movie includes several glorious, bloody, gore-filled scenes!)
Skin-o-meter:
1 out of 5
(no nudity, but there are a couple of bikini clad beauties)
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