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An original series conceived for the Horror Channel in conjunction with SenoReality Pictures and Gunn Park Entertainment, they craft together these short tales that are of the highest quality in comparison to your usual run of the muck that comes out these days. The first tale opens with two officers in a squad car, doing the usual routine on a quiet night patrolling, talking about life and telling stories. The segment captures the exchanges between the two almost too where you could imagine yourself in the car with them. The cinematography works very well and builds up the story up until they see an abandoned car with what appears to be a couple in a vacant park area. When the officers give the classic “please step out of the car” line and there is no response the story takes a turn for the worse. If you enjoyed Cemetery Man or known to others as Dellamorte Dellamore and An American Werewolf in London the short titled Out To Pasture is able to capture a small essence of both and create a tale that clocks in at under four minutes. You have a couple who wander out into a pasture that is very similar to An American Werewolf in London and even gives you the looming danger that some where in the dark, something is about to burst out and attack, and sure enough that occurs and the couple is quickly saved by a caretaker of the pasture armed with a rifle he quickly disposes of the attacking ghouls much like Francesco Dellamorte from Cemetery Man does at his graveyard that he watches over all night long. Other noteworthy ones would be Copy Machine, Shed out of Luck, and Woman’s Intuition which actually won an Audience Award at the Kansas International Film Festival, it was judged by horror legends George A. Romero and Tom Savini. One of my personal favorites and the final short story is Café at Crossroads. You’re introduced to a man dressed in black walking alone with a briefcase, heading towards the Café. You can’t help but notice the sky is a slightly pale blood red. As the stranger walks in he is greeted by a small ensemble of people who appear to be survivors of what ever plague or disaster may have caused every one to disappear. As pasts and dialogue between the stranger and the survivors are exchanged they later on reveal themselves to each other that they are not what they appear to be. If you are left wanting more after viewing all 10 of the short films in the special feature area there are 4 more episodes waiting there that are well worth your time as well as an in depth look at Shed out of Luck. This collection of short films will please any horror fanatic. It literally has everything you could want crammed into these short 4-10 minute episodes. Originally when I picked up this DVD I figured it would be an awful cheap let down, but after dissecting this and giving it a good honest watch I have to say this is hands down one of the best things I have come across that is recent horror in a long time, best of all the price in most places for this collection on DVD is only $9.99, even awful talent less borefest DVDs are normally not that cheap. I highly recommend you scout this down and take it home with you tonight; it will be about one-hundred minutes of your life you won’t be demanding back. -derek-
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