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The Murder Game
DVD/APPROX. 87 MINS/2006/USA UNRATED
DVD/APPROX. 87 MINS/2006/USA UNRATED
Eric (Steve Polites) and his teenage friends who are bored to death, invent an interesting game called The Murder Game where the person who
picks the Queen of spades becomes a killer and pretends to kill the other innocent victims with prop weapons, before the other members finds out
who the actual killer is. The group decide to play their game in a large self storage warehouse one late night after closing hours, until the break of
dawn when the security doors automatically unlock. Though this time they have a new member, Lucy's (Julia Pickens) disturbed gothic looking
cousin Collin (Samuel Klein) who was grounded for smoking at school, he has sneaked out of his uncles house to attend the groups killer fantasy
game. But things seem to change for the worst when they realize that someone is actually playing the game for real, and one by one the
remaining players find their closest friends laying in a pool of their own blood.
A few months back I was surfing the net and I came across filmmaker Robert Harari's The Murder Game official MySpace website… I was hooked
line and sinker. I had to get my grubby hands on a copy as soon as possible, and check it out for myself. Finally we at DVD Resurrections can
comment on this film, and let our readers and guests, know a thing or two about this film. For the last few years Independent cinema has been
dominating the horror film industry, and I can truly say The Murder Game is definitely right up there in the pack.
Now Robert Harari isn't no wannabe filmmaker, he has been around and done his fair share in the movie industry. From working in the editing,
visual, sound and producing departments, he has now taken on writing and directing his own films, and The Murder Game is this filmmakers
second attempt. Seven years ago, he created The Puzzle (2000) which has got positive feedback over at imdb.com, with a scorching rating of 8 or
of 10. With The Murder Game under his belt this filmmaker is going to be well known in the B-Horror indie market.
The script is fairly basic, with a high suspense, who is the killer, mystery thriller feel throughout the entire film. Even with bigger budget films,
straight away you can pick who is the killer or what’s going to happen, and this is one reason I got to hand it to writers Robert Harari and Jason
Contino, they did a fantastic job hiding the real killer.
Like most indie films, the cast are not known and can sometimes come across a little cheesy at times, but still very entertaining to watch. A few
cast members really grabbed my attention right to the very end which are, the beautiful fiery redhead Katie Sirk who plays Trish and did a
remarkable job with her role in this film, and being her first time in front of the camera, just amazes the shit out of me. Another actresses I enjoyed
watching was Julia Pickens who plays a tough bad-girl with attitude who doesn't take any shit from anyone, and puts up a good fight with the
killer. Though this is Julia's second role in a full length featurette film, which previously she has starred in David A. Cross's GhostWatcher 2, which
director Robert Harari worked on. And not to mention actor Samuel Klein who stars as the gothic teen named Collin, who done an awesome job
with his character. The rest of the cast performances I enjoyed watching, but Katie, Julia and Samuel were the three who stuck out the most in The
Murder Game.
The gore factor was definitely a bonus, I wasn't sure at start how good it was going to be, but watching the film I was overwhelmed with
satisfaction by the special effects department. I really have to hand it to special effects artist Daniel Mazikowski who came up with some awesome
kill scenes within the film. You'll get to see scenes containing a set of garden shears rammed into someone’s skull, disembowelment scene, death
by fire extinguisher, blood galore, a beheading scene with an axe, throats being slit open and much, much more.
And i can't forget the soundtrack is unbelievable. No need to worry about listening to pings and beeps like you hear from other indie films. The
score is fucking heavy as all fuck, and before you know it, you will be finger tapping your air guitar in seconds..
The Murder Game comes highly recommended from us at DVD Resurrections, and personally from me. If you don't mind watching a highly
entertaining independent mystery thriller, with a good script, unknown cast and an ending you won't see coming, then guys this is one film you
want to track down and purchase very shortly. So pop over to Amazon.com and purchase this bad boy right now, before one of your friends spoils
the whole movie for you.
Make sure you also visit the official websites.
Official Web page: www.murdergamemovie.com
Myspace Page: www.myspace.com/themurdergame
picks the Queen of spades becomes a killer and pretends to kill the other innocent victims with prop weapons, before the other members finds out
who the actual killer is. The group decide to play their game in a large self storage warehouse one late night after closing hours, until the break of
dawn when the security doors automatically unlock. Though this time they have a new member, Lucy's (Julia Pickens) disturbed gothic looking
cousin Collin (Samuel Klein) who was grounded for smoking at school, he has sneaked out of his uncles house to attend the groups killer fantasy
game. But things seem to change for the worst when they realize that someone is actually playing the game for real, and one by one the
remaining players find their closest friends laying in a pool of their own blood.
A few months back I was surfing the net and I came across filmmaker Robert Harari's The Murder Game official MySpace website… I was hooked
line and sinker. I had to get my grubby hands on a copy as soon as possible, and check it out for myself. Finally we at DVD Resurrections can
comment on this film, and let our readers and guests, know a thing or two about this film. For the last few years Independent cinema has been
dominating the horror film industry, and I can truly say The Murder Game is definitely right up there in the pack.
Now Robert Harari isn't no wannabe filmmaker, he has been around and done his fair share in the movie industry. From working in the editing,
visual, sound and producing departments, he has now taken on writing and directing his own films, and The Murder Game is this filmmakers
second attempt. Seven years ago, he created The Puzzle (2000) which has got positive feedback over at imdb.com, with a scorching rating of 8 or
of 10. With The Murder Game under his belt this filmmaker is going to be well known in the B-Horror indie market.
The script is fairly basic, with a high suspense, who is the killer, mystery thriller feel throughout the entire film. Even with bigger budget films,
straight away you can pick who is the killer or what’s going to happen, and this is one reason I got to hand it to writers Robert Harari and Jason
Contino, they did a fantastic job hiding the real killer.
Like most indie films, the cast are not known and can sometimes come across a little cheesy at times, but still very entertaining to watch. A few
cast members really grabbed my attention right to the very end which are, the beautiful fiery redhead Katie Sirk who plays Trish and did a
remarkable job with her role in this film, and being her first time in front of the camera, just amazes the shit out of me. Another actresses I enjoyed
watching was Julia Pickens who plays a tough bad-girl with attitude who doesn't take any shit from anyone, and puts up a good fight with the
killer. Though this is Julia's second role in a full length featurette film, which previously she has starred in David A. Cross's GhostWatcher 2, which
director Robert Harari worked on. And not to mention actor Samuel Klein who stars as the gothic teen named Collin, who done an awesome job
with his character. The rest of the cast performances I enjoyed watching, but Katie, Julia and Samuel were the three who stuck out the most in The
Murder Game.
The gore factor was definitely a bonus, I wasn't sure at start how good it was going to be, but watching the film I was overwhelmed with
satisfaction by the special effects department. I really have to hand it to special effects artist Daniel Mazikowski who came up with some awesome
kill scenes within the film. You'll get to see scenes containing a set of garden shears rammed into someone’s skull, disembowelment scene, death
by fire extinguisher, blood galore, a beheading scene with an axe, throats being slit open and much, much more.
And i can't forget the soundtrack is unbelievable. No need to worry about listening to pings and beeps like you hear from other indie films. The
score is fucking heavy as all fuck, and before you know it, you will be finger tapping your air guitar in seconds..
The Murder Game comes highly recommended from us at DVD Resurrections, and personally from me. If you don't mind watching a highly
entertaining independent mystery thriller, with a good script, unknown cast and an ending you won't see coming, then guys this is one film you
want to track down and purchase very shortly. So pop over to Amazon.com and purchase this bad boy right now, before one of your friends spoils
the whole movie for you.
Make sure you also visit the official websites.
Official Web page: www.murdergamemovie.com
Myspace Page: www.myspace.com/themurdergame
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