{"id":7769,"date":"2022-09-13T13:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:22:01","slug":"the-innocents-needful-things-the-toxic-avenger-and-toxic-zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/?p=7769","title":{"rendered":"The Innocents, Needful Things, The Toxic Avenger, and Toxic Zombies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7940\" width=\"393\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vSGsyecO5f7oiFP2uzxYozsSj6U-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>THE INNOCENTS<\/strong> <em>(2021)<\/em> Moody Norwegian chiller about a quartet of children who discover they not only share a psychic bond but harbor special powers. When sociopathic Ben&#8217;s (Sam Ashraf) powers  grow stronger, he uses them to hurt those who&#8217;ve wronged him, causing a rift in his bond with the others. What sounds like <em>X-Men Meets Village of the Damned<\/em> is actually a much more complex film. The disquieting, brooding atmosphere keeps the tensions high, and creates a world in which none of the characters feel as if they&#8217;re safe. It runs a bit long, but <em>The Innocents<\/em> is a good and suspenseful little film that goes to dark places most movies wouldn&#8217;t dare. <strong>B<\/strong>+ <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nft8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7821\" width=\"409\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nft8.jpeg 913w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nft8-300x160.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nft8-768x409.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>NEEDFUL THINGS<\/strong> <em>(1993)<\/em> Solid Stephen King adaptation about a small Maine town slowly taken over by the demonic presence of its newest resident, Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow). Leland&#8217;s antique store specializes in finding rare items for its costumers \u2014 objects for which many are willing to sell their soul, or commit murder, to obtain. A terrific cast (Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, and J.T. Walsh) makes the material work, which is handled in a much more subtle way (by director Fraser C. Heston) than you&#8217;d expect from a King book-turned-movie. Sydow wisely downplays his portrayal of the devilish Gaunt, while Walsh, as the bullying, embezzling Danforth &#8220;Buster&#8221; Keeton, is wonderfully scene-chewing. Good fun, but I can&#8217;t help wonder how more effective it all could have been had the screenplay (by W.D. Richter) attained even half of the book&#8217;s darker tone. <strong>B<\/strong>      <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_lGF3KF179WTdvvyI-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7842\" width=\"413\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_lGF3KF179WTdvvyI-1.jpeg 567w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_lGF3KF179WTdvvyI-1-300x172.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>THE TOXIC AVENGER<\/strong> <em>(1984)<\/em> The town of Tromaville has a new hero in the form of a mutated monster who quickly lays waste to the many pimps, murderers, and general douchebags that populate the city. Known as the Toxic Avenger, he&#8217;s actually mild-mannered Melvin, a bullied doofus who goes swimming in a vat of toxic waste (the result of a prank gone awry) and is turned into a muscle-bound hero who helps old ladies cross the street \u2014 when he&#8217;s not bashing in the heads of criminals. Perhaps the ultimate &#8220;bad taste&#8221; movie (this makes John Waters&#8217;s early films look like <em>Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm<\/em>), this gets points for its no-holds-barred shock value; children, dogs, and the elderly are all targets of the gory shenanigans of Tromaville. But it&#8217;s all done in satirical fun. Best scene: Toxic using industrial kitchen implements (including a milk shake mixer) to kill a group of splatterpunk rapists. Definitely not a movie for the Sensitivity Police. <strong>B<\/strong>+  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/toxiczombies4a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7822\" width=\"404\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/toxiczombies4a.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/toxiczombies4a-300x183.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>TOXIC ZOMBIES<\/strong> <em>(1980)<\/em> A group of murderous pot farmers are secretly given a biological herbicide by the government and are turned into bloodthirsty zombie\/cannibals in this ultra low-grade <em>Dawn of the Dead<\/em> clone, shot in and around Pittsburgh. The majority of the movie features characters being chased and chowed down on by the zombies, until a sufficient group of campers manage to escape and hold up inside a dilapidated house, <em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em>-style. There&#8217;s some shoestring charm to this backwoods gorefest, but it only goes so far before the paper-thin plot, like its cast, gets consumed. George Romero regular, John Amplas, has a small role as a corrupt FBI agent who gets his throat torn out. A low-fi howler, this was director Charles McCrann&#8217;s only movie; he ultimately died in the 9\/11 attacks. <strong>C<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE INNOCENTS (2021) Moody Norwegian chiller about a quartet of children who discover they not only share a psychic bond but harbor special powers. When sociopathic Ben&#8217;s (Sam Ashraf) powers grow stronger, he uses them to hurt those who&#8217;ve wronged him, causing a rift in his bond with the others. 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