In this case, Palumbo has been making much of the fact that his film was rejected by three top processing labs in LA because of its extreme content. No attempt need be made at creating a story, characters or a point just string together a series of atrocities, and you’re guaranteed a certain amount of attention, praise from those for whom gore is the be-all and end-all of the horror experience-and negative publicity (and you know there’s really no such thing). It’s also the kind of movie that some people like to call “daring,” except that in a sense, this is the safest type of horror filmmaking there is. This is the kind of film that works so hard to be sellable as “Shocking! Controversial!” that it forgets-or doesn’t bother-to include anything else of interest. Murder-Set-Pieces is a sick, repellent and ultimately offensive movie-and no, I don’t mean that as a backhanded compliment, though writer/director/producer Nick Palumbo and his distributor would no doubt take it as one. Editor's Note: This was originally published for FANGORIA on January 3, 2005, and we're proud to share it as part of The Gingold Files.
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