DISQUS

Jim · 1 year ago

After Dark Horrorfest was in November of 2007. Is there any particular reason this comes out 8 months after the film debuts?

As for your review, are you really marking down a horror film because there's no sex? Was there sex in The Exorcist? Was there sex in The Descent? Was there sex in Alien? I am in no way advocating that Mulberry Street belongs in the upper eschelon with those films, but sex isn't necessary to complete a horror film.

"New York sucks?" That's the lesson you get out of this film? This film is supposed to be a celebration of New York and the idea of unity despite diversity. Look at the characters assembled: an Italian ex-boxer, an easter European single mother, a gay black man, an elderly WWII veteran...a motley crew of characters you would see on every street corner in New York that are working together to protect each other. You're going to fault them for barricading themselves in their apartment building and trying to protect their livelihood? We're lead to believe that most of them have probably never lived anywhere else but Brooklyn and if they're going to die defending their homes, then damn it, they're going down fighting. Are you going to criticize the characters in "Night of the Living Dead" for barricading themselves in a house where there are "very few routes of escape" as you say?
But of course "Night of the Living Dead" was a seminal film, pregnant with socio-political commentary. Well guess what? "Mulberry Street" has that too. Open your eyes.

My mind is also futilely trying to comprehend the higher score you gave to "Nightmare Man" recommending it for "those who get off on low budget horror." Seriously? You're going to recommend it despite the predictable ending, the bland cinematography, the undergrad caliber acting? If you like low budget, why not look at the mere 60k "Mulberry Street" had for their budget only after Jim Mickle was done with it, it didn't like it was shot on low grade DV. "Nightmare Man" had nudity sure, but that was also to distract you from the shitty acting and boring characters. If you only have "Mulberry Street" a D, I shudder to think at what you ranked at the top of the list.

Rob Hunter · 1 year ago

Nice to see Jim Mickle reads FSR.

And you're a bad man Fure. Making people shudder... should be ashamed of yourself.

Cole Abaius · 1 year ago

Fure, your anti-rat people agenda has been apparent for too long.

Jim · 1 year ago

Haha. I'm not actually Jim Mickle though I do know him and interviewed him shortly after the film came out. I guess I should differentiate myself from the 6 or 7 other Jims in the world by more than just a first name.