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The Wildly Gruesome “Night of Something Strange”
Written by Brian Linsky
Night of Something Strange is vile, repulsive, and by far, one of the most entertaining horror films I’ve watched in recent memory.
Directed by Jonathan Straiton, this film goes from strange to outright bizarre in a hurry, and accomplishes what many sexual education classes have strived for, striking the fear of getting a sexually transmitted disease into the minds of teenage lovers everywhere.
The story begins with Cornelius, (Wayne W. Johnson) a depraved morgue worker with an unhealthy attraction for his work, who picks up an STD after banging a corpse.
As if getting an STD isn’t bad enough, this is certainly not your average variation. Its victims are transformed into vulgar and grotesque nymphomaniac zombies, with a thirst for blood, and an appetite for rough sex. Once the disease starts wildly running rampant through anyone it comes in contact with, nobody in its path is safe.
When five unsuspecting teenage friends on Spring Break plan a trip to the beach, they make a stop for the night at the Redwood Motel. After negotiating their rooms, their plans are suddenly cut short when they learn one of their own has contracted the deadly virus.
The teens may not have known what they were in for when they first checked in, but it doesn’t take long for them to realize that there’s more to this motel that meets the eye.
Night of Something Strange provides the raw campy feel of a traditional B-horror flick, but with a gruesome splash of raunchiness integrated in that you might not normally expect.
One of the more memorable roles in the film is Dirk, (Trey Harrison) who wasn’t one of the original five teens, but who also happened to be at the motel with his girlfriend, Pam. When Dirk gets frustrated with Pam being unfaithful, he wanders off and strikes up a friendship with Christine, (Rebecca C. Kasek) one of the other remaining teenagers. Dirk’s sarcasm and humor add value to the gore-fest.
Another character who you’ll be sure to remember is Freddy, (Michael Merchant) who is easily the horniest of the teens, and who finds himself stuck in a very sticky situation he’ll be regretting for the rest of his life.
When the teenagers eventually learn that the zombies and STDs aren’t the only thing they need to worry about, they must find a way to survive any way they can.
Night of Something Strange is much more than just another zombie movie. Clearly the intent of the film was to disturb the viewers with behavior that will turn your stomach, and scenes that will make you want to turn your head.
There’s creepy desk clerks, violently revolting images, and crude humor riddled throughout the film, but it’s well balanced between likeable teen characters and a suspenseful storyline which makes for an enjoyable watch.
How will the teens escape from the sexually deviant zombies when their inner circle has already been compromised? How do they know who they can trust when all the characters they encounter are beyond strange? Will any of them make it out of there alive?
Night of Something Strange is bloody, offensive, and certainly not for everyone, but if you’re a fan of grindhouse horror and you’re not squeamish, then this one’s a must see. Night of Something Strange may not give you nightmares, but there’s a good chance it will haunt your sex life for a while.
You can watch Night of Something Strange currently streaming on demand, or visit the film’s official website to pre-order your blu-ray today from Hurricane Bridge Entertainment.
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.
We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.
“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”
That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”
Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date
Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.
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