Even the most dimwitted reviewer should know by now that we can't hold the no-budget stuff of the Asylums mock-busters up to the same standard as we do Hollywood productions.We must judge this film in relation to that, not some lofty blah blah goal.As a mockbuster then, this film does pretty well. The acting is pretty decent, and more importantly, the script is (while lacking in sophistication) also free from gross error: - they don't say horrible illogical things - they aren't any holes in the script - there are only a few suspend your belief moments So, given the premisse the script sets, all things follow pretty logically. The movie is about a recently divorced father and cop, Jack, (Trae Ireland), who is on a camping trip with 3 friends. While there, he notices the number 13 popping up everywhere. When he picks up his daughter from his estranged wife, he sees that she's gone insane. While he brings her to the hospital, we see that his friends, babysitting his daughter are also all slowly going crazy.Highpoint is the scene between his 11 year old daughter (played by 12 year old Tiffany Martinez) and Trevor, one of his buddies. She's impeccable as a faul mouthed mocker of Trevors attempt to fondle her... or do worse. In revenge-porn fashion, she satisfyingly bashes his head in, even though we don't really know that he IS a (potential) childrapist. Miss Martinez outshines Chloe Moretz (who too F---ed this and that a lot) because Martinez uses the F-word in it's original use, which is: to have sex, or rather, fornicate.Of course the movie has some minor flaws: - A suspend belief moment on how Jack and Candice can escape the house, while surrounded by crazies. - A flimsy and late explanation of the craziness: anyone NOT born in a leap year is exempt from craziness.But the acting is good, special mention: Jacks buddies and the parking garage crazies.Also, the woman and the child actor could have a tat more attractive, but I guess it's hard to find decent 12 year old actresses willing to say lines like "Do you wanna f---- me, Trevor?".And to all other negative reviewers: Dude!!! We're not talking Shakespeare or the Mona Lisa here! Get a grip!The Melancholic Alcoholic.

I guess it's pretty difficult to pull one like this out of the hat. Badly acted, terribly directed, boring script. A fully flawed flick. Trying to save something out of the total mess: the girl killing Trevor is quite a remarkable surprise.As for the rest, there's nothing to say or to see. Maybe one of the most disturbing things is that when you shoot on video (and I mean, a video camera incapable of doing anything but video-looking-video) what you get is so plain, that, if you don't have a good story to tell, you better think about any other hobby.I know I'm harsh, but there's no way to deal with something so bad as this video. The colour timing is absolutely out of whack... audio is unbearable most of the time. Holy cow! There's nothing to get out of this thing but disappointment. We shouldn't let these kind of careless productions to be shown. So, for just making it (there was a lot of effort, I concede, I give you one point.

Written and directed by James Cullen Bressack who brought us "Hate Crime," "To Jennifer," and "My Pure Joy." Knowing and enjoying James' style, I anticipated a lot of insane moments and he didn't let me down."For millennia, calendars have added an extra day every four years. In doing so, they have violated the ancient Mayan calendar. Now, we are in the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium, and the few who survive will battle a world of demons." The demons basically have infected almost everyone and turned them into crazies. The infected are insane killing machines, but they're alive and not zombies.The sky was the limit for James to go ballistic and he sure did. Horror movies like this are typically slash em up, but James added some fun characters to make the movie even more enjoyable and you may even snicker during some disturbing scenes.It begins with us meeting the guys on a camping trip. When Jack (Trae Ireland) returns from the trip everything appears normal…..sort of. His twelve year old daughter Kendra (Tiffany Martinez) smashes a spider in her hands and eats it. His wife Marcy (Calico Cooper) is compulsively scratching all the skin off her arm. Jack takes her the hospital and experiences the doctors acting all hard ass dropping F bombs left and right on him. Meanwhile back home, his daughter is in a heated and distressing argument with Jack's friend Trevor (Bill Voorhees). Spoiler, Kendra wins.It's pretty whacky and disturbing in many ways and I have to admit funny at points. Simple things, for example, Quentin (Jody Barton) and Joe (J. Scott) are sitting on the couch drinking beer and you can hear crunching of Trevor's head being smashed on the concrete outside by Kendra, all while Quentin and Joe zone out watching TV. In one scene Quentin stabs Joe and they laugh as if they smoked a pound of marijuana, and then laugh even harder when they smear his blood on the wall. Quentin and Joe definitely are the Beavis and Butthead of psycho killers.Jack and Candace (Erin Coker) are the only sane people and meet in the hospital while the world around them is full of crazies. They team up to escape the hospital and get to Jack's house to save his daughter. Yeah, the daughter who eats spiders and smashed a guy's head on the concrete.The film maintains the insanity throughout as Jack and Candace struggle to make it to 13/14/13. What would be more dangerous than "13/13/13"? James Cullen Bressack and Jared Cohn teaming up to write "14/14/14" On the DVD be sure to check out the bonus features which includes a "Making Of" and "Gag Reel."

There's only a handful of directors who both impress and improve with each film for me. James Cullen Bressack is one of these. My first introduction to his work was the home invasion movie, Hate Crime, which blew me away. That movie has a mean streak a mile long. Next up, I got a chance to see a screener of his follow-up, To Jennifer, which was not only a good movie, but was even more impressive given that Bressack shot it entirely on an iPhone. Suffice it to say, after these two films, I am officially excited for any and everything coming down the line from this guy. Last Wednesday, I got a chance to see his latest film, 13/13/13 on VOD, and once again, I came away impressed.13/13/13 centers around Jack, a man in the middle of a divorce, who is returning back to civilization with a group of friends after a camping trip. They stop by his soon to be ex-wife's house to pick up his daughter, and find that things are just a little bit off. He finds his wife attempting to remove the skin from her forearm in the kitchen sink, mumbling over and over again. He rushes her to the hospital, only to find even more strange behavior from it's inhabitants. Things begin to escalate, eventually turning into a full blown murderous riot, and only Jack and one other survivor, a woman named Candace, seem to be immune to the insanity. Together, the two of them attempt to escape the hospital, and make it back to his daughter, hoping that she too hasn't succumbed to the madness.Chaos, plain and simple. That's what 13/13/13 is. Think The Crazies meets the comic book series Crossed, and you're on the right track. Things start off normal enough, but once the s*** hits the fan, there is carnage all the way to the end. Too many times these kinds of movies purposely don't give any answers as to why things have gone to Hell, but thankfully that isn't the case with 13. I'm not going to spoil it like every single other review I've read, so if you want to know everything going into it, check out the other user reviews at amazon.Performance wise, I think is where 13/13/13 falls a little shorter than Bressack's previous efforts. The movie is much larger in scope than, say, To Jennifer, but I feel like it was a better acted film. That's not to say that the actors in 13 don't do an adequate job though. Erin Coker turned in my favorite performance as Candace, and Jody Barton, who also appeared in To Jennifer and Hate Crime, was once again impressive. One other interesting tidbit about the cast was Calico Cooper, as Jack's wife Marcy, who is actually the daughter of Alice Cooper. Yes, THAT Alice Cooper. Unfortunately she didn't have a big part, I would've liked to see more of her.13/13/13 is yet another enjoyable flick on the resume of writer/director James Cullen Bressack. It's intensely violent at times, has lots of the red stuff for the gorehounds among us (including some EYE stuff!), and even has a laugh or two thrown in for good measure. I'm the kind of person who doesn't ask a lot from indie horror films, so anytime a 13/13/13 comes along, it's a pleasant surprise. It's entertaining from start to finish, and that's something that a lot of films with much bigger budgets can't say these days. Sadly, plenty of people will see Asylum on this one, and immediately dismiss it, which is a shame. Bressack fans will definitely have a blast, and there's some fun to be had here for fans of flicks like the aforementioned The Crazies, and 28 Days Later as long as you have realistic expectations going in. Recommended!