An insomniac plops down on his sofa to watch(as we do as well)a chiller theater program running "tales of the macabre". The first tale, "The Exterminator" is your employee torture fantasy regarding the near distant future where an agency sends out "exterminators" to rid the world of those deemed disposable. The head of this agency, a real detestable blowhard(we witness the bastard chastise an underling for not getting him a list of the names of people ready for extermination), is about to experience the terror of those his company eradicates. In "Dead Letters", successful novelist, still a grieving widower despite the fact his wife has been dead for two years, strong on the drink and having not written a book in some time, believes she has returned from the grave, manifested from the words on the printed page by his typewriter. His agent, however, soon discovers that his once prominent author has slipped into madness, the wife not exactly as alive as visualized, far from it. In "Night Scream", a group of four are potential victims of a ferocious, but beautiful vampire while staying at a remote house in the woods. In "The Range" frontier cowboys become victims of alien body snatchers turning them into zombies. While on a hiking trip with a mutual friend, a couple are besieged by a crazed mountain man in the wilderness(this one titled, "The Turnout").Lo-fi anthology film reminiscent of those shot-on-video flicks from the 80s. The stories are as clichéd and dull as they sound. The directors use fade to black a hell of a lot, particularly during acts of violence; it gets more than a bit old after a while. As expected, the wraparound story involving the insomniac ends with the poor fellow experiencing his own macabre fate.

I just want to start this review off saying one thing...I love anthology movies growing up watching Tales from the crypt, Monsters, Twilight Zone, and off course movies like creep show and although not horror the amazing stories series I have become a major anthology junkie. But sadly more than half of them completely suck the most recent good one I had seen before watching Slices was Trick R Treat. Now on to my review of the little hidden treasure known as Slices.As you may of guessed from my little intro there Slices is a anthology of five short stories shown too you through the eyes of an insomniac who has found himself watching a marathon of a horror host television show dubbed "Tales of the macabre" which gave me flash backs to growing up with such people as Elvira and the great Joe Bob Briggs on my television screen introducing me to endless tales of gore and terror. The stories included in this anthology are very original and at the same time pay homage to different styles of horror. You get a little taste of everything from torture horror to classic 80's splatter it's a nice tasting treat for anyone who grew up in the 80's.Out of the five I really only disliked one but for sake of not tainting your viewing of this movie I've decided to keep the one I didn't to myself I'd really like to hear some others takes on this five shorts, so please feel free to leave comments if you happen to give this film a go. Each of the stories are pretty solid and entertaining they kept my attention the entire two hours and thirty minutes. The make up for the most part was pretty good and graphic at times the only make up I thought was bad was in the fourth story the "monsters" I'll call them so as to not spoil anything look like the members of Cradle of filth, but other than that I came away pleased with the makeup and the gore displayed in this movie.Overall when the credits rolled I found myself happy with the time I just spent with Slices I'm very picky when it comes to these types of movies and watch everyone I can get my hands on. This is a fun watch for any fan that enjoys good old fashion low budget horror you'll feel like your back in the 80's before it's over having flashbacks of your Megadeth jean jacket and skin tight pants *throws up the devil horns*.6.5/10 - Ritualistic The Liberal Dead http://liberaldead.blogspot.com

"Slices" is supposed to be some kind of homage to the "Tales Of The Crypt" short stories. There have been a lot of horror movies which features several creepy tales like "Creepshow", "Body Bags", "House On Terror Tract" and the recent "Trick 'r Treat". I liked them all, with the exception of the godawfull "Creepshow III". "Slices" is unfortunately just as bad as "Creepshow III": all of the five stories are different have a lot in common: bad acting, bad lightning, stupid stories. The budget must have been extremely low: there are no real actors and there was no money for special effects (well, it's meant to be a horror movie after all).The first story is nothing more than a very uninspired and boring torture scene where the "story" makes no sense at all. The second one has a woman return from the grave thanks to an old type writer. The third one has vampires, the fourth one is set in the wild west. The final tale actually has some potential at the beginning but again; stupid and disappointing with awful bad acting. Is there something remotely positive about this total failure ? Well, the artwork is good, unfortunately that's what tricks you into this mess (it worked on me..)

An insomniac who's tired of not sleeping decides to watch a horror TV anthology hosted by 'professor' Lucius Phibes (Trent Haaga). The good professor introduces 5 separate horror talesThe first, "The Exterminator" has a tyrannical boss being kidnapped and tortured. It's atrociously acted, thinly plotted and throughly unentertaining. If I were the insomniac after watching this story, i'd be asleep with a quickness.The second tale features a reclusive writer who doesn't want to be bothered with anyone after his wife drowns. He stumbles onto a way of 'reanimating' his poor deceased wife. It's a tad better than the first story, but it's also too lightly plotted, the 'twist' a bit too easy to realize & the characterization way too sparse. the third deals with a group of friends unknowingly inviting a vampire into their house. The plot twists in this one don't really make all that much sense if you hold them to the light. And since it's also short, no ideas get a chance to be expounded on. This is a great detriment to the enjoyment of it in my eyes.Moving on to the forth story, A group of people are besieged by zombies in the Old West. This segment is more 'comedic' then the first three, but sadly said 'comedy' falls decidedly flat. The zombie make-up is all right, i guess (if you squint) but the story is barren & motivations unclear. Worst of all there's no ending, it just....ends.The last story does NOT go by that old adage 'saving the best for last' in the least. Quite the opposite in fact as it's as awful as the dreadful first story. It deals with a trio of friends hiking in the woods and catching the eye of a maniac. It's excruciatingly boring and badly acted. The less said about the soul-killing short the better.Lastly the wraparound segments are saved only by Trent Haaga, who's the only entertaining thing about the train wreck of a film.Eye Candy: after the ending credits roll, we are 'treated' to an extra taking a lengthy shower scene. (treated is in quotations as she's not really that good looking. she does show T&A and a hint of the other)My Grade: D-DVD Extras: 12 & a half minute Making-of featurette; music video by The Sea Monkees; photo reel; trailer for this movie; and trailers for "Blood Predator", "Grave Mistake" & "Rock'N'Roll Frankenstein"