Wednesday, October 27, 2021

31 Nights of Halloween: Double Feature

Writer/director Alex Magana has several series of short films going (like the one involving a mysterious, murderous clown that we brought you here and here, earlier during this year's Halloween lead-up.

One of those series involve a "wandering curse" that transfers itself from victim to victim and kills them as they sleep. As of this dark and stormy night, with Halloween right around the corner, two installments have been released. Like Magana's "Clown" series, it leaves me wanting to know more about what's going on and what has brought on where the curse/haunting.

Katy Ford in "Don't Fall Asleep"

Below are "Don't Fall Asleep" #1 and #2 for you to watch and enjoy. Maybe you, too, will stay awake after watching them. Like most of Magana's other shorts, they are well-paced and technically well-executed in almost every way. (I am starting to wish the soundtracks were a little less overblown, but that could be brought on by having watched a whole bunch of his films in short order. I also have a couple nitpicky problems with the first of tonight's film, but if you don't notice them while watching, then they were indeed not even worth mentioning. Also, any minor failings are in the first film are more than made up with the nice cinematography in the second.)


Don't Fall Asleep (2021)
Starring; Katy Ford, Justin Gubersky, and Olivia Rand
Director: Alex Magana
Rating: Seven of Ten Stars


Don't Fall Asleep 2
Starring: Justin Gubersky, Linda Paice, Katy Ford, and Olivia Rand
Director: Alex Magana
Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

2 comments:

  1. Alex Magana has a number of these series going, and they're all pretty interesting--even if the main one has some weird inconsistencies. I hope that he'll explain one of these ghosts/wandering curses at some point.

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