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Film Review: The Monster of Phantom Lake

April 5, 2011 by robertforto 2 Comments

All of my friends, fans and rabid readers know by now that I am a huge horror fan.

On my blog I write about our yearly October Tradition at Forto’s Fort on our 31 Days of Horror where we watch a different horror movie each night during the scariest month of the year.

Recently, I was introduced to the works of Christopher R. Mihm and his genius in the horror/sci-fi genre by a friend of mine, Sid Korpi.

I jumped at the chance to watch Mihm’s movies as soon as I heard about his work and ordered his first movie: The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006).

[Fan: The Films of Christoper R. Mihm on Facebook]

The Monster of Phantom Lake flick is everything you would expect from Mihm. This B-movie is intentionally made to look like the cheesy drive in movies of the late 1950’s with corny dialogue and low budget set design.

It works!

My favorite is the musical score. As they say in the film industry, movies are made in the editing room. Mihm and his crew hit the mark with great editing and beautiful syncing of music to entice the viewer into the story. Kudos!

Plot

The Monster of Phantom Lake is set in the 1950s (I assume, but they don’t say) at a lake in Wisconsin. It follows a weekend camping trip of a group of teen-agers that just graduated high school, and a guitar picking, love-lusting Professor Jackson (Josh Craig) and is love interest/graduate student, Stephanie (Leigha Horton) as they are all thrust into the terror from a monster!

The Monster is brought to life by a special form of algae, a crazed wife-killing World War  2 psycho-path, and a toxic mixture of Atomic Waste that is illegally dumped into the picturesque lake. It then becomes a race for survival for the teens and the Professor and his ever-willing pupil.

Review

While the plot sounds like the fear factor propaganda horror movies of the cold war era, The Monster of Phantom Lake brings its deliberate corny style to the 21st century in a style rarely seen in today’s films, replete with their billion dollar budgets and CGI special effects.

I had no idea what to expect when I pressed play on the DVD but Mihm hit the mark with me. I loved the film and can’t wait to see the next one as soon as it arrives in the mail.

Up Next: Destination: Outer Space

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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows


Filed Under: 31 Days of Horror, Fortos Fort, Pop Culture, Robert Forto, What Rocks Tagged With: B- Movies, Christopher R. Mihm, Horror, monster movies, postaday2011, Saint Euphoria Pictures, Sci-Fi

31 Days of Horror: Day 1 Movie: Trick ‘r Treat

October 2, 2010 by robertforto Leave a Comment

31 Days of Horror: Day 1 Movie Trick ‘r Treat

Every year we have a tradition in the Forto house where we celebrate the greatest month of the year, October, with scare your socks off, hide under the covers, turn on all the lights, sleep with one eye open, fright fest, movie marathon every night of the month!

Trick

Day 1 Movie: Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

Tonight’s movie is a hidden gem that I saw the previews to when I went to see Rob Zombie’s release of the horror epic, Halloween. I was so excited to see this in the theaters but it never made it.

Plot: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

One of the stories features HBO’s True Blood vampire series vixen, Anna Paquin as she plays (a very hot) Little Red Riding Hood and turns into, well, a werewolf.

Of course everyone’s favorite character is Sam the little goblin monster in the feety pajama’s with the flap in the back.

If you like scary flicks that aren’t just the typical slasher films you will love Trick r’ Treat!

What is your favorite scary and/or Halloween movie? I would love to hear from you!

I welcome your comments and suggestions. Please comment below.

Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Doctor Radio | Denver Dog Works

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Dr. Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and The Dog Doctor Radio Show

Filed Under: 31 Days of Horror, Robert Forto Tagged With: 31 Days of Horror, alaska dog works, canine training, Denver Dog Works, dog doctor radio, dog training alaska, dog training denver, Halloween, robert forto, scary movies

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