We arrived nice and early for day one of Mayhem 2019! Two films were showing the first night,Extra Ordinary and Daniel isn’t real. We were here once again (our 7th full year) for the weekend so got our passes and headed up to the cinema with its new super plush seats, Complete with drinks holders, I do have to say about the seats that they are a big improvement especially when watching one of the many subtitled movies, And the new sound system is bloody marvellous!
The opening film was Irish Satanic/Paranormal comedy Extra Ordinary (Yes i know it’s one word but that’s explained why in the film!) The film opened VHS style from Rose Dooley’s Father who was a paranormal investigator who died from a tragic accident caused apparently by his guilt ridden daughter who has since dismissed anything to do with the paranormal and now runs her own driving school.
She still sees paranormal things but refuses to acknowledge their existence. We then move on to Martin Martin (Barry Ward) Who’s wife has recently deceased and her spirit refuses to leave the family home. I shall say no more but the two of them meet up and the rest of the movie is hilarious. There is also a sub plot of one hit wonder singer Christian Winter (Will Forte) who moved into a local big castle with the royalties of his Chris De Burg style smash hit and is so desperate to get success again he does a satanic pact and all he needs is a virgin for a sacrifice!
Needless to say it was hilarious. Some great special FX for a low budget film and it certainly didn’t skimp on the gore level. The performances from the two main characters were spot on. The ectoplasm parts were gross but extremely funny which set up for a weekend of Mayhem Goo!Definitely one to keep your eye out for.
Next up was Daniel isn’t real and you not could get more change in direction from Extra Ordinary this was certainly that!
Daniel was the imaginary friend of a young Luke (Miles Robbins) But when he makes him do something really bad his mum makes him banish him and lock him in a dolls house. Years later he returns home his mums mental state has deteriorated severely and this then leads to him releasing his imaginary friend Daniel from the dolls house with very dire consequences.
The performances were superb, Especially surprising for myself was the performance by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick Schwarzenegger, He was truly bonkers, The weird thing was that from certain angles he looked just like him and that for me made it more unsettling.
It delves into very dark areas of schizophrenia with a booming soundtrack and visuals to match.
So that was the 1st two films of mayhem 2019 done and next up was Friday with an earlier start with the very intriguing looking VIY.
