T.M.A. aka Darkness (Review)

T.M.A. (The Missing Address) aka DarknessT.M.A. (The Missing Address) aka Darkness (2009)Directed by Juraj HerzWhat the hell is this?I'm not sure what I watched but I have to say it wasn't good. I haven't watched many Czech horror films...actually I haven't watched any as far as I can recall but when Darkness was dropped into my lap courtesy of Breaking Glass Pictures, I figured Id get get an education on what Czech films we're all about.I think...

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The Shortround: Enter the Dark (Review)

Enter the DarkEnter the Dark (2010)Directed by Todd MiroMy one success story that I brought to the horror blogosphere was getting some buzz and attention for Alex Horwitz's short Alice Jacobs is Dead.Shorts are the quickest way to get an indie filmmaker's talent some buzz and with Enter the Dark, Todd Miro (who was the producer and editor for Elisabeth Fies' cult-thriller The Commune) does just that.So does this Paranormal Activity lite short reinvent...

Categories: enter the dark, ghost stories, paranormal activity, the shortround

Brainjacked (Review)

BrainjackedBrainjacked (2009)Directed by Andrew AllanThe tagline for Brainjacked is:Drill the Brain, Command the Mind, Control the WorldWell isn't that overly ambitious? But ambition and effort go a long way in this independent sci-fi gorefest. The production value is at the max and I appreciated the effort of such a project.Andrew Allan's first feature length film is jampacked with holes in the brain, mind control, cult escapees and full figured...

Categories: brainjacked, gore, gratuitous nudity, independent cinema, indepentent horror, indie film, indie horror, nudity, sci-fi, splatter, splatter gore, unearthed, unearthed films

Tales of Woe (Book Review and Interview with John Reed)

Sometimes being a blogger has its perks. Curiously, I was offered a chance to read a book that grabbed my attention the moment I read the description.True stories of totally undeserved suffering. Spectacularly depressing. Nobody gets their just desserts.Crushing defeats.No happy endings.Abject misery.Pointless, endless grief.Sin, suffering, redemption. That’s the movie, that’s the front page news, that’s the story of popular culture—of American...

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Phil Messerer's Underbelly Blues needs YOUR support

You've all probably noticed that within the indie filmmaking community, the fund creativity site KickStarter has been gaining big exposure. It's a great idea: help fund artists and filmmakers with their ideas and movies and get credit. Depending on the pledge amount, you can get some interesting exposure for yourself such as pledging a grand gets you a date with one of the stars (pending a psych evaluation)Philip Messerer has done just that. His...

Categories: gangsta movies, independent cinema, indie film, kickstarter, pulp, Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1

A Jaded Viewer Pictogram: The National Museum of Funeral History

I'm back! Did you all miss me? Please say yes and I will give you some bacon. OK, I'm all out of bacon so instead my gift to you all is a pictogram of one of the most absurd yet intriguing places I visited while I was roadtripping through Texas.According to Buzzfeed, the National Museum of Funeral History is the #1 Most Unnecessary Museum. It may be unnecessary but it was oddly mesmerizing. The pictures will tell the story but first a little back...

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the jaded viewer heads to Texas to meet his long lost cannibal family!

The Jaded Viewer will be on hiatus starting today and all of next week as I go on vacation. Where you might ask? That big blob of a state called Texas. I'll be visiting my long last family who have a chainsaw fetish. Uncle Leatherface is always fun to hang out with. He loves scaring oversexed teens and killing the disabled. I'll be road tripping across this great state, downing beers, eating cow and watching baseball.As always, I'll be mindlessly...

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Gratuitous Explosions vs Gratuitous Nudity: Are they the same?

With The Expendables coming out this week (see my Machete vs The Expendables comparison here), we are going to get a solid case of action porn with Stallone's alpha male awesomeness. This got me thinking that as a red blooded American male who grew up watching Van Damme spinkicks, Arnold slaughtering the entire Val Verde army, Bruce smokin Hans and his crew and Stallone saving most of southeast Asia, the action movie is pure male bravado porn.Explosions,...

Categories: action cinema, gratuitous nudity, the expendables, watchmen, watchmen movie

Incest Death Squad 2 (Review)

Incest Death Squad 2 Incest Death Squad 2 (2010)Directed by Cory UdlerI received my first credit in a movie. Nope, its not the massive credit sequence from the Paranormal Activity DVD, but from Cory Udler who gave jadedviewer.com a "Special Thanks".After I posted my review, Cory and I talked a little more about the original movie. I gave him an honest critique hoping to bridge the gap between filmmaker and blogger/fan. He was very responsive to...

Categories: exploitation, exploitation film, gratuitous nudity, grindhouse, incest death squad, incest death squad 2, incest death squad trailer, indepentent horror, indie film, indie horror

Choose Your Own Horror-venture: The Detention Dungeon CONTINUES...

Thanks to the following awesome bloggers who've already participated in keeping this first ever Choose Your Own Horror-venture going. So far, all 3 choices have been continued by:Ryne @ The Moon is a Dead World who continued the story in the GYM.Simon @ Four of Them who continued the story in the CAFETERIA.Geof @ Enter The Man Cave who continued in the BIOLOGY LAB.Now here is where the rest of you come in. Read the opening story by heading to my...

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The Forgotten Cult Classics of Cannon Films

One of my favorite MST3K episodes was when they riffed on Alien from LA starring Kathy Ireland. I recently watched this episode on YouTube and it still freakin hilarious. So one thing led to another and I realized this movie was produced by Cannon Films, a now dedunct film company. So doing a bit of research I realized Cannon Films produced a lot of my favorite movies from the 80s and 90s. Such classics like Bloodsport, Masters of the Universe, Cyborg,...

Categories: 1980 cult classic, action cinema, bloodsport, christina lindberg, cult clasic, cult classic, post apocalyptic

Hey Horror Blogosphere: Choose Your Own Horror-venture!

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? Weren't they awesome? It was like a video game but in book form. You'd read a few pages and then you'd have to make a decision on what to do next. Depending on your choice, you'd either succeed or you'd pretty much die horribly. The trick was you'd have to pick the choice that seemed more harder or dedicated in order to progress. I usually did the opposite. I'd pick the choice that seem to get me to...

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