#Jay Woelfel

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Bad movie I have Giantess Attack vs Mecha-Fembot 2019

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Trancers 6

Trancers 6 is a 2002 sci-fi action film that serves as the sixth instalment in the Trancers franchise. Directed by Jay Woelfel, this film marks a significant shift in the series as it introduces a new lead character, while also attempting to reconnect with the original premise of the earlier films. After a nearly decade-long gap since Trancers 5: Sudden Deth, Trancers 6 sought to bring the…

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Beyond Dream's Door (1989)

Director: Jay Woelfel Starring: Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky Ben hasn’t been able to dream since the deaths of his parents, but as he attempts to make human connections, his nightmares begin to spill over into all of their waking lives. ‘Beyond Dream’s Door’ is a cheaply made B-movie with an amateur cast and crew, and it shows. In all fairness, though, I suppose I have to review…

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Whelp… that was a movie. The final(?) film in the “Trancers” series. Only just got around to watching this final installment. Has some fun moments with the Jack Deth in a young woman’s body, but outside of that. Instantly forgettable.

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Things

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Things (1993).

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Trancers 6 (2002)

It's time to look at Trancers 6. This time a fresh face, an attempt to revive the franchise and some humour at Deth's expense. What could go wrong?

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ASYLUM OF DARKNESS (2017) Reviews and free to watch online

ASYLUM OF DARKNESS (2017) Reviews and free to watch online

‘There is evil inside us all’ Asylum of Darkness is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake; Beyond Dream’s Door; Things). The movie stars Nick Baldasare, Amanda Howell and Richard Hatch. Plot: Dwight Stroud (Nick Baldasare) is incarcerated in an asylum for the criminally insane. Dr Shaker (Richard Hatch) oversees Stroud’s case. Dwight claims he is innocent yet…

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Things | 1993 

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BEYOND DREAM'S DOOR (1989), DIR. J. WOELFEL

A college student is plagued by a serial recurring dream where he is menaced by monsters and non-existent family members. Worse, these dreams seem to be spilling out into his waking life…

Though the cheap-looking special effects and wooden acting in this one are enough either to put many off or else to lead expectations down a path where campy appreciation is the only option, this movie (director Woelfel’s first, and apparently an Ohio State film project) manages to have both interesting ideas and a reasonable enough execution to make for some excitingly troubling moments (in the best sense). The movie’s logic unravels in its final act — is the dream coming from within our hero, or is it actually from the concrete crypt? What’s up with the stubbly doppelganger in the sewers? — but by then, so many interesting, strange things have happened, and there’s such a sense of suspended reality, that it almost doesn’t matter. The movie itself by that point has come off the rails and is enacting its dream-logic. In consequence, things that might easily be laughed off in another movie with a similar budget here begin to genuinely unsettle.

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Beyond Dream’s Door (Jay Woelfel, 1989)

Dream spill horror. Homemade, gory within means, confounding, earnest and really quite good i thought. Casting tape lighting and framing coming up against expressionistic camera trickery over poetry readings, fuelling unease, fuelling a reality split. It felt like a dream, working on ellipses and lack of logic, and you forget about it once it’s over.

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Demonicus (2001)

From the guy who brought you Beyond Dreams Doors we get several couples hiking in the woods and up a cliffside... yep that kinda zero budget horror... but wait gets “bettter”. When one dude goes into a cave and finds a oddly fleshy skeleton is wearing a dollar store gladiator halloween costume he decides to wear it and becomes possessed. Like duh.

 He then wonders down the cliff killing everyone in amazing arm chopping action. You know the kinds of shots where its, Slash, cut to bloody squirting arm then cut to victim holding arm and screening.  You know classic stuff. 

Fuck this is laugh out loud bad but done straight with very little extra logic to explain things. You will laugh at and sometimes with it, buuuut more often at it. Very unlikable characters but so unlikable it becomes enjoyable all over again. 

An ending so confusing that you wont be upset you again will just laugh. 

A good dumb time.

A watch with friends then drink and point at the screen while laughing kinda Z movie.  

Oh shit directed by  Jay Woelfel of Beyond Dreams Doors and written by Tim Sullivan of Eyes of the WereWolf. It all makes sense now. Made by Sterling Entertainment during there short cross over with Full Moon Pictures when everyone was broke. This should literarly been a health warning for novice badmovie watchers. Danger Danger.

I will be making this a regular in my bad movie rotation from now on.

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Things

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Asylum of Darkness is a new horror film due to land on Video On Demand (via Wild Eye Releasing) on the 11th of April. It is written and directed by award winning filmmaker Jay Woelfel (Trancers 6, Ghost Lake, Season of Darkness) who is also a composer. Asylum of Darkness is a mix of psychological horror and old school monster horror. There is a strong cast of much loved icons from within the sci-fi and horror genre including Golden Globe winner Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), Tiffany Shepis (12 Monkeys, Abominable, Tromeo and Juliet) and Tim Thomerson (Honkytonk Man, Trancers, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).

These guys have done it all – between the three of them they have an astonishing 433 acting credits on IMDb.

On to the movie though, which has a synopsis of –

After awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans an escape to freedom, but finds an even more disturbing, supernatural world on the outside, one that threatens to keep him trapped in madness forever.

 Sounds pretty good right? Well, there is more goodness. The whole movie has been purposely shot in 35mm to give it a classic horror look and feel as a nod of respect to genre icons Lynch and Cronenberg. Partnering the old school style comes brilliant orchestral compositions as in film music. Acting as the soundtrack to key moments within the movie, it makes everything feel very authentic.

So we start off meeting a chap called Dwight Stroud. Dwight is played by Nick Baldasare (They Bite, Beyond Dream’s Door). Dwight is in a mental asylum. He doesn’t appear too crazy at first, instead seeming quite focused and keen to be released.

Within a very short space of time that starts to change as strange events start to take place. We viewers are left a little baffled by some of the events as it is purposely unclear whether we are seeing real things happen or the delusions of a mad man.

We see Dwight talk to his friend, a painter and fellow lunatic nicknamed Van Gogh and played by Frank Jones Jr. (The Ides of March). Van Gogh paints a bird and instantly a dead one falls from a tree at his feet. We see a meeting between Dwight and his consultant, Dr. Shaker (Richard Hatch). In that meeting we get hints that Dwight has done something terrible but is in denial. He cannot be released and cannot heal until he admits it. The screen pans to the doctor and he is a deformed and mutated, oozing monster.

After the meeting, a strange woman in white comes to visit Dwight. Her name is Hope and she is played by Tiffany Shepis. She talks with Dwight, is kind to him and acts as, well, a beacon of hope.

So far, as a viewer, you may find yourself completely convinced that Dwight is off his rocker. He very well may be but if nothing else, you may find yourself a little confused as to actually what is going on here.

Well, if you thought the beginning was a little confusing, prepare to have your minds blown. The pace of the film goes from steady craziness to complete mayhem very quickly as Dwight comes across an opportunity to run and escape. He takes it and succeeds but not without difficulty. Dwight gets out of the asylum and has to make his way through a graveyard where he gets confronted by faceless ghouls.

He barely escapes the, dashing into the road and causing an accident. As the driver of the car starts to fade, Dwight grabs him and suddenly the whole film changes direction. You see, it appears that when a person is about to pass, certain other people are able to jump in and use their body. Essentially body swap with them.

This puts the driver, into Dwight’s body and Dwight into his, Artemis. So Dwight and his new body head home where he stats to realise that he isn’t the same guy anymore. He ends up in a house he doesn’t recognise, turns off an alarm with a code he shouldn’t know and meets a wife, Ellen (Amanda Howell) who knows him as her husband and despises him. They have some pretty severe relationship issues and are on the verge of divorce.

For new Dwight, he is pretty pleased. He is out of the asylum and marital strain aside, starts working on having a life and improving things with his wife. All is well, then. The End.

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Well, not quite. The craziness decides to put this normalcy to bed by coming back in full force. Dwight keeps having visions of himself or others viciously attacking or killing those around him. He sees Dr Shaker, he sees Van Gogh and he realises he needs to quash his insanity to ever have a chance of a normal life.

As he searches for answers, he comes under attack from those who know who he really is. The faceless ones, the people from the asylum and even his doctor. Everybody appears to want Dwight back. These entities also have the power to switch bodies, transforming quite disgustingly through phases of monstrosity.

As the attacks and insanity levels grow, Dwight doesn’t know who to trust, what to do or how to get free and have his life back. As a viewer, you aren’t actually certain if these events are real or in his head. Either way, it culminates in an enlightening ending where most of the puzzle is tied up and Dwight faces a life changing choice.

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It is quite hard to put in words how absolutely nuts this movie is, while watching. Not in a bad way, in a fascinating way. Think Twin Peaks insanity where you often find yourself wondering “what the hell is going on”. It’s very entertaining to watch like this.

As a horror goes, the old school make up effects are gross and effective. Again, the word authentic comes to mind. There are some absolutely horrific deaths which look real and pour buckets of gore over the story. The acting is solid, really solid. There is a small cast and they all perform brilliantly with Tim Thomerson really standing out as quite brilliant. The same goes for Amanda Howell who was quite excellent.

Asylum of Darkness is an authentic old school horror movie with a twisting and twisted tale. It is acted well and has great in movie music. It is genuinely bonkers and sometimes confusing but never to the detriment of the entertainment it is pouring out. To end with more moments of insanity, even the credits roll up the screen, not down.

If you are a fan of insanity like Twin Peaks and old school horror like The Fly, this is for you. Just prepare to scratch your head a bit throughout.

“I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.” – Dale Cooper

Horror Movie Review – Asylum of Darkness (2017) Asylum of Darkness is a new horror film due to land on Video On Demand (via Wild Eye Releasing) on the 11th of April.