This week Gary and Iain review and discuss, The Sadness (2021) by Director, Rob Jabbaz. Starring, Berant Zhu, Regina Lei and Tzu-Chiang Wang.
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A take on the graphic novels "Crossed" which I thought would never be made into live action because of their content. Just like those comics this movie has a specific audience in mind. It's pretty messed up but to be honest just how fuked up would people be if all their moral foundation is stripped from them and they are allowed to do the worst things they have fantasized about to others. That's what this film and the Crossed is about.
Well, still better than my Bio-Zombie request 🙂
Given the fact that sex drive is the most persistent and the most basic human drive /apart from self-preservation instincts/ the idea that a certain virus turns you into a sex obssessed creature does not seem so bizarre.
Yyyyyyyyyeah . . . not for me 😢
I swear they saw my comment, that Patreon list is heaps long apparently, and this movie isn't that old
Actually,the question you ask here frequently:"'what's the point of this?"" it is the question I ask myself every time I try to watch movies like ""Kill Bill"" or ""Pulp Fiction"" .
Guys, really great review of a movie I liked and you didn't. ❤️
shelf life! 🎉
Not gonna lie I love The Sadness, I watched it on a random Tuesday night didn't expect much and got blown away 😂 Sucks you guys didn't like it but you guys gave good points 👏🏽
Appreciate the hard work boys
What!? Omg .. poor y'all
Surprised you didn’t like this one guys!
This film reminds me of a comic series called Crossed. It is the same thing except for the appearance of a cross shaped rash on the face of the infected.
Neil Breen movies, Gary… you earlier said you were not ready for such surreal horrors. Have you seen the movie called “The Room” (not the infamous Wiseau version – instead the 2019 Christian Volckman version)?
Woah you dropped this at 2am my time… i missed it! Oh well i actually slept before watching! 😮
Is that Duncan Jones' Moon, seven dvds down on the left?
Having watched this film a few days ago and knowing that the director himself said it was inspired by Crossed but with downplayed humour, Gary's sumup at the start was shit.
he's done his research but totally looked over Crossed being mentioned. I think he only had a quick look up of information.
I am a horror fan, but I am not a gore hound. I was never a fan of the Saw franchise and movies of that kind. I need to be invested in characters and their survival even if they ultimately don’t make it. The finale of this film almost reminds me of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead where they reach the boat and Michael shows Ana he’s been bitten. The emotional depth of that scene was created by the character development of previous scenes. You care about these two people, and are disappointed that they won’t be together. In the end Ana and Ving Rhames don’t make it either, but I left the theater having been taken on an emotional roller coaster. I don’t think I could sit through this film just to have the infected guy and the girl spout violent stuff at each other. I need a little light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you Gary and Iain for sitting through this movie for a second time. Your sacrifice let’s me know this movie is not for me. 😊😊😊😊
Their zombies
Turn Up
Seems to me this has taken the basic premise of David Cronenberg's Shivers, and cranked it up to 11. It's a cheap shot. Pun not quite intended.
Thank you for the birthday present of another amazing review from you guys!
The way I see the infection is this the people who turn quickly already had it. And the people who get bit or blood contact the turn later didn’t have it. What turns them into the murder zombies is people who had the virus mutates inside them.
his wife is so sexy.
Crazed sex maniacs lol
I doubt you guys will take a recommendation from the comments sections here, but I'll throw it in anyway. I would love you to review One Cut of The Dead. Its a Japanese movie about making a zombie movie. Its pretty unique and lots of fun …and no where near as gory as this one.
Sex maniacs almost like David crononberg shivers
This looks like gore and violence made wrong. Pure sadism, no deeper meaning, nothing playful or cartoonish, no humour. I pass this movie.
A very grim film indeed, thanks for the review lads…when I heard Neil Breen I lost it…If Iaian hated Terrifier than this has lost the plot.
Its actually based on an American comic book called CROSSED
Thanks, Iain! Thanks, Gary!
Parts of this movie seem familiar to me even though I have never seen it.
It´s a badly executed movie, but the idea is extremely intriguing. Ian is just a typical neckbeard who doesn´t even get that and wants his nerdy backround fluff and world building. Leave that to shows. Movies don´t have the screentime to elaborate to such depths.
Just a suggestion, you guys don't even to review it, but I really want to see Ian's face after watching it. I wanna see how gut punched he can get. New movie, you may or may not have even heard of it. It's making a huge stink here in the states. It's called The sound of freedom. Based on a true story.
Thought for sure that you guys would dig this one. I'm stunned.
You guys should review "The Special."
Never heard of this movie….but, thanks for the review guys!! 👍 This was a weird fucked up film!🤣
This feels like it's loosely based on a graphic comic book called ' CROSSED '. I feel bad you guys had to endure this film.
This was a disturbing movie. Really graphic. I liked it though.
It was well made, good horror.
This is the goriest film I've seen since Dead Alive! Aside from the sad story, this movie is a blood gore fest! And I love it! I would watch it just for that! But that's just me. Good review guys!! Keep it up!
Holy shit, Gary, when you said you could almost watch a Neil Breen movie I spit my water out. Full on classic spit take style.
"When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you." -Lolly Daskal
I don't see what's so better with Terrifier… I hated that movie as gore for gore's sake… this was way better
I actually agree with you on this one guys, and I loved both the Terrifier movies! The problem is Train to Busan raised the bar way beyond what this movie aspired to. A bit more character development and a slower build up in the first half leading to absolute mayhem in part 2 would have saved this movie, but they didn't even come close!
You guys are great company, never stop.
This movie was ok / all right…not a classic however still watchable. Rather extreme in some circumstances. Call it Terrifier 2 / Ichi The Killer, Taiwanese style (Gore Fest). Hey like the mainstream news services around the world…"If it bleeds…It leads…!". Horror is in a temporary "Shock" phase like during the "Torture Porn" 2000s. The best horror will always be "Less is more…".
Sounds a bit like an 80s movie I saw called Impulse where everyone starts losing their inhibitions.