SIFF 2013 Notebook: 100 Bloody Acres

In Cameron and Colin Cairnes‘ 100 Bloody Acres, the Morgan Brothers’ blood-and-bone organic fertilizer business has outgrown its roadkill roots. Runaway demand for their product has brothers Reg (Damon Herriman) and Lindsay (Angus Sampson) out prowling country roads for car wrecks full of potassium-rich corpses. Alas, little-brother Reg gets distracted from his body-snatching by a trio of college-age hitchhikers. Reg doesn’t get out a lot, so he’s a bit thrown by the winning Sophie (Anna McGahan), beaming with pride as he talks up the Cute Girl about his business and the brothers’ new radio commercial. Of course, when the Damned Kids stumble onto the secret ingredient, Reg turns to his big brother, the lumbering, cheerily malevolent Lindsay, who knows exactly what to do with the interlopers. From there, the movie soars on sharp objects, comic timing, and geysers of giddy, nervous energy. Obviously not for the squeamish, 100 Bloody Acres offers splatter-comedy fans a delightful trip through the meat grinder.

“Who’s Crazy Now?”

Noir City 9: “Who’s Crazy Now?”
Runs February 11 – 17, 2011 @ SIFF Cinema

Presented by the Film Noir Foundation &
Seattle International Film Festival

By the chatter, Noir City 9 exceeded everyone’s luridly retro dreams at its San Francisco premiere, last month. This year’s festival is organized around the theme “Who’s Crazy Now?” and features a typical mixture of amazing –the beloved, the abandoned, the beautiful, the fatally campy.

Dark Mirror

Stranger on the Third Floor

Hunted

Crackup

I’m pleased to say that the Crazy Train pulls into Rain City on Friday. What Seattleites need to know: It’s at SIFF Cinema, in McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, all week. Follow the below link. Use alcohol and antidepressants wisely.

http://www.siff.net/cinema/seriesDetail.aspx?FID=221

And that’s right, Los Angeles. You wait until March. Cry me a river.

©Tony Diaz, 2011