lujafilm Reviews

Without Warning (1980)

Old school Horror.

[10/10 · 14 November 2007]

The great thing about this film is when and how it was made. There is not one computer effect in this film at all. Which is wonderful.Films these days are over done and crammed with so many computer effects that it becomes difficult to watch or even care about the characters. Then there's Without Warning. A great little piece of sci-fi horror film-making at it's best. Shot by Dean Cundey before his huge films like Back to the future. Without Warning teams the talent of Jack Palance and Martin Landau. Friggin great!!! To see these two veterans running through the forest fighting flying alien pancakes is more then a good time. The film captures a time when theaters could show two films. I personally remember watching Without Warning on a double bill with Chuck Norris's The Octagon. PRICELESS. I don't want to give too much away, but if you have the chance to watch Without Warning. DO IT!!! Have an open mind and just have fun with it and you won't be sorry. Be sure to look for a young David Caruso in the flick. They don't make them like this anymore and that's not a good thing.

Feast (2005)

FEAST is finally served, but I didn't have an appetite.

[4/10 · 21 October 2006]

I sat through the whole project Greenlight of Feast and found it entertaining. The entire process of making a film is a tedious and mind cracking task. You could see the stress dripping across John Gulagers face during the entire process so I definitely feel for him. Well, it's been a year later and FEAST finally was released on DVD and I ran out and purchased it. As I sat in my living-room watching the film excitement quickly turned to confusion. The film has a good look, but once the action scenes begin thats when the confusion set in for me. The quality of the film took on a digital look. Especially when the blood started flying. I don't know what it is, but it had a bad strobe like effect. You couldn't tell what the heck was going on. Other then this, FEAST is nothing new. Fans of the genre have seen it all before. I know it was John's first attempt and he was under a huge amount of stress. But even with these facts I'm sorry to say, I enjoyed the making of FEAST more then the final product.