{"id":11458,"date":"2014-08-14T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11458"},"modified":"2014-08-14T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:33:43","slug":"cult-movies-at-siff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11458","title":{"rendered":"Cult Movies At SIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My cult cinema itch\u00a0usually gets a healthy scratching from the Seattle International Film Festival, and SIFF 2014 proved to be no exception.<\/p>\n

Between SIFF \u201914\u2032s Midnight Adrenaline series and the other genre-informed movies that peppered the festival schedule this year, anyone craving something scary, action-filled, or just plain batshit-crazy found something to love.<\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t catch every genre effort that screened at the Fest this year, which meant missing intriguing offerings like Bobcat Goldthwait\u2019s Bigfoot horror flick Willow Creek<\/em><\/a> and the Casanova-meets-Dracula arthouse feature, The Story of My Death<\/a>, <\/em>among many others.\u00a0But nearly everything I saw that fell under the cult movie umbrella offered something worthwhile. Enclosed, please find one B-movie evangelist\u2019s rundown on SIFF \u201914\u2032s genre cinema presentations. [WARNING<\/strong>: Some of the trailers linked below include solidly NSFW content. Please proceed accordingly.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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If SIFF \u201914\u2032s programming is any indication, genre filmmakers are realizing that there\u2019s no shame in doing something that\u2019s formula-informed, as long as it\u2019s done well. \u00a0Director Ben Ketai\u2019s Beneath<\/em><\/strong> finds several coal miners (and one miner\u2019s lawyer daughter) struggling to keep alive and sane after a cave-in seals them hundreds of feet below. It\u2019s a lean, effective thriller that turns horrific (and bloody) but keeps its focus tight and direct. Best of all, it features the Lawnmower Man himself, character actor Jeff Fahey<\/a>, in a (pardon the pun) meaty supporting role.<\/p>\n

No one holds more respect for the time-honored schlock tradition of the Nazi Zombie Movie than me, so\u00a0my disappointment with the competent but generic sheen of Tommy Wirkola\u2019s shocker Dead Snow<\/em> was overpowering when the movie first first hit midnight screens in 2009. Thank God for directors who learn from their mistakes. The Norwegian director\u2019s brand-new follow-up, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead<\/strong><\/em>, bests the original in every way: The action\/horror setpieces fly fast and furious, Wirkola\u2019s shambling SS undead possess way more personality, and the jokes connect with giddy precision. Best Nazi Zombie film since 1977\u2032s Shock Waves,<\/em> gnarled skeletal hands down.<\/p>\n