Vampire Holocaust (1997)

If you enjoy Japanese cinema, absurdly violent action films, gangster flicks, or joyfully strange cinema, 'Why Don’t You Play in Hell?' is a must-see.

The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.

These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.

By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.

This Halloween movie is based on the toy line of the same name.

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