Christ, I love horror anthology movies.
Something about the format just really, really works. The short running
time of each tale seems to focus the mind of the writer, compelling
them to shed unwanted fat and hone efficiently chilling tales of gore
and ghouls more regularly than their full length movie counterparts.
Three tales, here, with an additional throwaway 'wraparound' tale to
bind them all together:
Wraparound: Debbie 'Blondie' Harry plays a witch who intends to cook a
child in a large oven, and makes the necessary preparations, lining a
large baking tray with aluminium foil and setting the gas mark to
'human flesh.' Well, the kid is no idle dimwit, and sets about delaying
his death by telling her creepy stories from a large tome.
Tale 1: Steve Buscemi reanimates a 3000 year old Mummy. A veritable
array of stars here, as Christian Slater, the aforementioned Buscemi
and Julianne Moore all get to creep it up with a long deceased
Egyptian. Pretty spooky, pretty funny, in the blackest sense of the
word, this is a good opener.
Tale 2: A wealthy old man hires a hit-man to kill a cat. Written by
Romero and based on a Stephen King short story, expect plenty of
darkness, and it's delivered in spades, the standout moment being a cat
forcing itself down a grown mans throat.
Tale 3: An evil gargoyle spares a mans life, on the condition that he
never speak of the incident. Easier said than done. Another good tale,
and a solid closer to the anthology.
With gore, genuine scares and solid script writing, this is a cut above
most horror, and is recommended to all.
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