Hawk the Slayer ( Blu-ray )

If I can say one thing in the defence of Hawk the Slayer it's that you can see the people are genuinely trying to make a good movie and sometimes despite a low budget and lack of production values cast and crew rally together to make a movie that is greater than the sum of it's parts, sadly in the case of Hawk the Slayer that didn't happen.

Most of the performances given by cast members were wooden to say the least with the exception of Jack Palance and I honestly don't know how to describe his work on the movie but I can truly say it was a unique performance and seldom have I seen anything ti rival it in modern cinema.

Hawk the Slayer has reputation for being a terrible movie but I don't think that is entirely fair, it's certainly not a good movie but it is strangely entertaining.

I have seen a couple of different DVD releases of the movie and I think it would be fair to say the new Blu-ray release is the best looking version I have seen, it seems like no restoration work has been done on the movie and in this case that adds to it's charm.

Hawk the Slayer isn't for everyone but I enjoy it, perhaps I enjoy it for the wrong reasons but it make me laugh.

Wyrmwood

So what do you get if you cross Mad Max with a low budget B-grade zombie movie ?, well I'm not entirely sure myself but Wyrmwood might be a good guess.

Wyrmwood is a low budget Australian horror / comedy or at least that's how I describe it that was filmed over a three year period and at least partially crowd funded through Indigogo and while the end result might not be densely plotted the movie is bat shit crazy and a lot of fun.

I never heard about Wyrmwood until after the movie was completed which is a shame because it's something I would have supported when they were fund raising, there are rumors of a sequel and if that goes ahead I'll be more than happy to put some money towards the production.

If you like guys in cars, zombies and disco tunes this just may be the movie for you.

Check it out !