Halloween must be closing in because the Horrorfest marketing machine is churning at a frenzied place. On the heels of the Fronti?(s) poster hitting the Web and the pictures of the gore-hound hotties with aspirations of becoming Miss Horrorfest 2008, After Dark Films gave Bloody-Disgusting a peek at the trailer for The Deaths of Ian Stone, which will make its debut at this year’s Horrorfest.
Directed by Dario Piana, The Deaths of Ian Stone is an interesting supernatural thriller but not much of a horror film. The biggest problem is that it is completely dependent on exposition, not only that, but exposition provided by an outside character. Now being a film that requires much dialogue to deliver the plot it suffers from slow pacing where little learned. As the first half feels like a bit of a slog, the build to the climax comes at a rather high speed giving the film a rushed feeling.
The shortcomings of the film actually come from the delivery of it. First time director, Dario Piana, doesn?t dictate the pace of the movie very well. At first, The Deaths of Ian Stone just plods along at an surprisingly slow pace. The problem was that not enough time was spent with each incarnation. Just as Ian finds himself in a new life, he is quite literally vanquished five minutes later. While this abruptness does give the viewer an insight into the craziness of the situation he finds himself in, the number of times it occurs should have been scaled back to really drive home his attempts at survival.
Star(s) to watch : Christina Cole (”Casino Royale”) as Jenny, & Mike Vogel (”The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) as Ian Stone.
Genre : Horror, Thriller.
Release date : November 9, 2007
Rating : 7/10
Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/the_deaths_of_ian_stone-205×300.jpg
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