{"id":2709,"date":"2014-04-21T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2014-04-29T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:00:23","slug":"dead-shadows-revies-start-pouring-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/?p=2709","title":{"rendered":"Dead Shadows reviews start pouring in!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nEight days till DEAD SHADOWS<\/a> hits North American shelves via SCREAM FACTORY. The reviews have started pouring in and here are a handful of them. Obviously, I am focusing on the positive ones, I got enough negative joo-joo in my life, no need for me to dwell on the bad vibes. Here ya go!<\/p>\n

DAILY DEAD: <\/strong>Definitely more of a Snake Plissken type right from the get-go is Chris\u2019 gruff neighbor John. Played pitch-perfect by Arrow in the Head\u2019s John Fallon, John is the type of guy who voluntarily takes the role of neighborhood protector with his own brand of badass belligerence. When he defends Chris from a group of thugs early on in the film, he tells them they\u2019re out of luck because, \u201cFirst, there\u2019s only four of you\u2026\u201d Suffice it to say that John\u2019s a fun character to watch, especially when he\u2019s taking on tentacle-waving creatures in do-or-die street brawls. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

POP MATTERS:<\/strong> There are some good performances, notably Blandine Marmig\u00e8re as Claire, the hot neighbor who teams up with John both before and after the apocalypse begins in earnest, as well as John Fallon as John, a local thug neighbor who provides the anxiety-prone Chris with some much-needed muscle in facing down the evening\u2019s monsters. Then again, the monsters might be the least of John\u2019s worries. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

HORROR 101:<\/strong> Arrow in the Head honcho John Fallon stars as the lad\u2019s uber-badass neighbor, and if you didn\u2019t love him enough already for his well-informed and nimble wordplay, his supercool presence here proves the man is a multitalented emmereffer. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

DVD TALK: <\/strong>Only a few things really stand in the way of Dead Shadows being an instant cult classic. John Fallon is outstanding but kind of underutilized. I honestly would’ve loved to have seen Dead Shadows be a little longer to give Fallon’s ass-kicker another showcase sequence or two. There’s basically nothing in the way of Bruce Campbell’s flavor of endlessly quotable dialogue, and the attempts at upending one genre convention in particular (sorry, trying to keep it spoiler-free here) winds up kind of uneven. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

THE EXAMINER: <\/strong>Dead Shadows” is one of those great “straight-and-to-the-point” movies. It doesn’t take thirty minutes of your valuable time gearing up and going through the motions. It establishes characters quickly and gets to the meat, potatoes, and gore. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

HORRORNEWS:<\/strong> I have to call em like I see em\u2026..this film is a really good find for Shout Factory to bring to the masses. If you only watch it for the creatures, you\u2019ll still find satisfaction, however I simply found myself a fan of this oddity. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

CINEMA CRAZED:<\/strong> One of the highlights of the film is John Fallon who plays an aggressive neighbor who not only senses the alien invasion beforehand, but is prepared to go to war when the shit hits the fan. Fallon really fits the character well, and I was disappointed he didn\u2019t garner much more screen time. Director Cholewa is also a fantastic director, creating a real menace to the city of Paris, especially when the invasion begins. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

ALIEN BEE: <\/strong>Dead Shadows is the best movie of its kind I\u2019ve seen in a long, long time! This sci-fi thriller is a mixture of Lovecraft, Godzilla, Night of the Comet blended with a doomsday\/apocalyptic element. This Blu-ray releases on April 29th and is definitely one you\u2019ll want to check out. An instant cult classic! READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

HORROR TALK: <\/strong>Fabian Wolfrom does a fine job as Chris, our reluctant hero with a fear of the dark and an unfortunate habit of blacking out in strange bathrooms. The highlight of his performance comes during the party scene as he is forced to react to an increasingly dangerous and bizarre set of surroundings. There are a few inconsistencies in his behavior, but that is likely the fault of the writing and not his performance. John Fallon (100 Feet) and Blandine Marmig\u00e8re as John and Claire are fine in their supporting roles, but they both disappear for long stretches of time before showing up conveniently whenever Wolfrom needs them. READ REVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eight days till DEAD SHADOWS hits North American shelves via SCREAM FACTORY. The reviews have started pouring in and here are a handful of them. Obviously, I am focusing on the positive ones, I got enough negative joo-joo in my life, no need for me to dwell on the bad vibes. Here ya go! DAILY […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[259,260,29,371,340,28,465],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-david-cholewa","tag-dead-shadows","tag-horror","tag-reviews","tag-rurik-salle","tag-sci-fi","tag-scream-factory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2715,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/2715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-fallon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}