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Spiral Review and Interview with Robin Block from In Search of Darkness

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Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.4640 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Spiral is an independent horror film that we got an advance screener for. The filmmaker for Spiral reached out to us on Facebook and invited us to review the movie. This made us feel like hotshots, so of course we’re going to do it. It was… interesting. If you want to watch Spiral, you should be able to watch it on Amazon Prome Video. If you want to watch a better movie, please consider renting or purchasing through this amazon link to help us support the podcast. Here’s the Trailer. https://youtu.be/ssYfhz4M8WQ Spiral is being released through iTunes and Amazon on October 16th. They are also holding a premiere at Arclight Hollywood on that same day. Synopsis of Spiral A group of college friends reunite in small town Iowa for a wild bachelor party that goes off the rails and results in a missing Groom. This film is made completely outside of the studio system by writer/director Joe Clarke. The film stars a bunch of young unknown actors, some of which are much much prettier than I would expect in an independent movie. I’m talking about the men mostly. Ellis, played by Anthony Stratton arrives at a bachelor party, still reeling from the loss of a girlfriend. His comedian friend Corey, played by Tyler Thirnbeck, is getting married and all the old college buddies are invited. This includes Will, played by Hays McEachern, who was the bro that stole Ellis’ girl. They have a rager of a bachelor party, and Ellis quickly realizes that these friends are nothing like they were in college. As always one morning at the strip club turns into chasing a legless man through a cornfield in Iowa...and before you know it night has fallen along with that impending sense of existential dread...THEN you know what happens next...right....you see Abraham Lincoln lit by an oil lamp in the woods...and you know its just downhill from there. Spiral is a very ambitious movie, that while beautifully shot, is a hot hot mess. First half of the movie is great and sets up the characters and the situation very well. The last half drags on and made me ask “can we get to the point?” It’s an avant garde film that really doesn’t give you enough to go off of to understand what the point/statement actually is. It ends up being too ambitious for the writer and, unfortunately, it isn’t very enjoyable. It’s like The Hangover 3 mixed with Donnie Darko 2, and not in a good way. My Rating of Spiral 2/10 Spoilers: The Rundown Spiral begins with some trippy scene with some people talking backwards in gas masks, and then quickly turns into a conventional Bachelor party movie, before finally turning back into a trippy multi-dimensional time-warp that just devolves into anarchy. It's hard to give any spoilers for this movie, because, honestly, I'm not sure what really happened in the movie after the night of the party. What I could tell was that the villain (one of the villains?) turns out to be an older version of Will, and that there was some kind of multi-dimensional time-warp in a corn field. Is Spiral Worth Watching? I would suggest you be heavily intoxicated on any viewing of this film. Outside a some very curious film students or film professors, I can't imagine enjoying this sober. For a more enjoyable and interesting independent film, check out The Evil Within. If you want to watch this movie please consider renting or purchasing the movie through this amazon link to help us support the podcast. Interview with Robin Block, Executive Producer of In Search of Darkness Robin Block has been working in media and content creation for his entire career. Before founding CreatorVC, He ran an award-winning production company and a thriving thought-leadership business. He’s also produced long-form documentaries for major broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery, as well as having his own DVD label. Robin started CreatorVC because he saw an opportunity to serve special interest audiences and bring t...

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Today's episode brought to you by Real Plugs.

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We've got a lot going on on this episode, a lot of stuff that we're pretty excited to share with you guys.

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But first, I like comics, a comic book shop on 1715 Broadway Street in Vancouver, Washington.

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Easily one of the most impressive comic shops you will ever visit.

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I've been going here for years, and I go there

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because the staff is kind and inviting. They're not a bunch of, I mean, they are a bunch of comic

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nerds, but they're very nice ones. Not to mention, they have a huge array of comics, toys, collectibles,

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statues, hard covers, trade paperbacks, all that kind of good stuff.

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Check out their eBay account if you aren't local to Vancouver or Portland.

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Their eBay account is CS1016.

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On their eBay, they sell some of the craziest things you've ever seen as far as comics go

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with almost 5,000 items for sale right now. They also

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got tons of original artwork for sale on their eBay account as well. Again, that's I Like Comics

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at 1715, Broadway Street, Vancouver. Check them out online at I likecomcom. I'd also like to

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give a shout out to the scariest things podcast.

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Scariestthings.com.

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That's with one T.

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Scariest things.com with one T.

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Eric Lee and Mike Campbell talk about the tropes and trends of the terror genre for those

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who are looking to get into scary movies and for those already part of the fandom of horror movies,

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Eric was nice enough to talk to us a couple weeks ago about how to make a successful horror movie podcast.

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And we really like the product that they produce.

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