¡Qué horror! 2013
Candidate #8
THE DAY
It’s a film brought to us by WWE Studios,
with Iceman and Meriadoc Brandybuck in it in front of the cameras, and as
co-producers.
How can you possibly resist?
Sure, it’s yet
another dark, nihilistic post-apocalyptic tale, but that shouldn’t take away
from the fact that it’s a well-made one, with just enough moments in its
narrative to make you want to see it through, if only to see who lives and who
dies past the end credits roll.
Plus, aside from
Shawn Ashmore and Dominic Monaghan, there are some other familiar genre faces
here: Ashley Bell (from The Last Exorcism),
Michael Eklund (from yet another dark, nihilistic post-apocalyptic tale, The Divide), and Shannyn Sossamon (who
you may remember from either A Knight’s
Tale, Wristcutters: A Love Story,
Life Is Hot in Cracktown, or the English-language remake of One Missed Call, depending on your
particular cinematic leanings).
Plus, Marc
Blucas is also in here as a co-executive producer (I presume because he’s collaborated
in the past with director Doug Aarniokoski, on the less than stellar Animals, which I believe has a review
stashed somewhere in the Iguana Archives*).
So, if dark,
nihilistic post-apocalyptic tales are your horror speed, you could do a whole lot worse than The Day.
* Reviews for The Last Exorcism, Wristcutters: A Love Story and The
Divide can also be found in the Archives as well.
(The Day OS courtesy of
shocktillyoudrop.com.)
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