Twisted Bedtime Stories

Vamp Productions

R1 DVD

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Twisted Bedtime Stories is trashy, silly and loads of fun.  It is a series of seven short films plus extras made by a diverse range of indie filmmakers. The films vary in genre from the funny to the strange, artistic to cult.

 

The collection opens with The Monkey Movie which is a silent film set to 1930’s style jazz music. It is a quirky tale of an ape which goes berserk trying to return to girls mobile phone only to find they fall in love.

 

Joan of Arc stars the cult superstar Lloyd Kaufman (of Troma) and is wear retelling of a significant episode in the life of Joan of Arc is exploitation cinema style. Poor old Joan, gets sexually assaulted when forced to dress as a woman in prison and then assaulted again by monks when she dressed as a nun. Tasteless and lots of fun. Helen 2 Pay asks a very simple question? What would you do if your high school rival came under your total control.

 

The Last Days of Rick Mortis is a re-working of the morality tale, this time with a relationship which is doomed to fail between a glam rocker and a zombie.

 

Salome is a classic Biblical epic, retold in ever so many films. This retelling comes in the form of a highly stylized art film with an electro score and an all-female cast.  Church 4 Sale continues the all-girl theme with a shocking and ghastly tale of a lesbian break-up.

 

KOMaKINO “Slide” is a music video which has combines an impressive electro sound reminiscent of Pink Floyd with deep and meaningful cinematography which tells the tale of a brother and sister who enter a snow covered forest and find they have been there all their lives.

 

This is an interesting mix of short films which certainly keep you interest offering a wide and diverse range of indie content.

 

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