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Insatiable (The)
R1 - America - ThinkFilm Review written by and copyright: Pat Pilon (31st October 2007). |
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The Film
 This is one in about 699 million low-budget vampire movies, each trying to create their own myth, their own nook and/or cranny in vampire lore. The movie is rather slow-moving with little gore, little plot and nothing else going for it. Even Charlotte Ayanna can't make this movie interesting for red-blooded males. I'm not one to complain about acting, generally, but the acting in here really bites. From Sean Patrick Flannery's pleading on his computer to Charlotte Ayanna's first scene in the cage, nothing here impressed me. The bad part about everything is that the premise is kind of interesting. For reasons that aren't really obvious, Mr. Flannery decides to trap a vampiress instead of killing her, to figure out how he can cure himself after she scratches him. I only said the premise was interesting, because what happens after she's trapped and he's, I don't know, puttering around, things go downhill very quickly. Firstly, the dialogue is inane and the ponderings are pointless. The dialogue is so forced and unrealistic that it doesn't help that the actors aren't the best. Everything comes off as being badly directed and forced. Apparently, this vampiress will mess with the guy's mind when he's not even close to being in his house, and will make him mess up at work, in love and anywhere else. That being said, Mr. Flannery is just a moron. What the hell was he thinking trapping a vampire in his basement? What exactly is his plan, anyway? He has a plan, he just never goes about doing it. There's never any indication of what he wants to do with a vampire in his basement. Mostly, then, why doesn't he just kill her? I mean, she's a vampiress, for crying out loud! She'd kill you in half a second if she had the chance. For the longest time, I was trying to figure out what the point of the movie was. You can't trap a vampire and keep them there for no reason. Well, apparently, I was wrong. You can. Mr. Flannery does that, and things turn out quite typically. Even with the help of Michael Biehn, there's no saving this sucker.
Video
1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. For a low-budget movie, this looks pretty good. The darker spots have mosquito noise, but the movie has no other compression problems. There's no edge enhancement or pixelation through the movie. The colours are okay, though they never pop out the screen. The contrast is okay and the colours never blend or bleed. The level of detail is a bit low, with the entire movie having a bit of a soft look, which I'm sure is due to the equipment used. It's an okay picture, but nothing more.
Audio
The movie has an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. There's also an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo track if you don't want to listen to the 5.1 track. I don't really think you'll hear much of a difference between the two, though, because the surround track doesn't much make use of the entire sound field. All of the dialogue is centered, even when voices should be coming from elsewhere. The score takes up the front speakers only, going to the back. The little sound effects, as well, don't seen to be existing outside the front of the screen. On the bright side, everything present is clear and the volume levels are very nice. English (HoH) and Spanish subtitles are here.
Extras
The movie's trailer (1:54) is found. It's actually better than the movie. The worst part about this is that the trailer isn't all that good to begin with. There's also a Trailer Gallery, with previews for 'The Killing Floor' (1:59), 'Deceit' (1:29), 'Gag' (1:25), 'The House of Usher' (1:44), '.45' (1:46) and 'Bloodlines' (1:45) are here. These are also start-up trailers.
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