Very well executed

best movie i've ever seen.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

While this movie is arguably the worst I've ever seen, and that's saying something after watching Vito's other work, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it with my friends. Truly the perfect movie to brighten your day, this film is a joy to riff with your pals. From the immaculately hilarious frame story to the pointless nonsense that ensues throughout the five shorts, there is nothing to respect and everything to love about this cinematic catastrophe. Why is the bit about a vampire family reunion called "Night Scream"? Why did the zombies in "The Range" howl at the end like werewolves? Why did the couple in the final short fail to escape,or even to remove the tape from their mouths, when their hands were so loosely tied? Say what you will about "Slices," but I say the mark of a good film is its ability to make you ask questions.

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"

Slices hearkens back to the days of the anthology (most popular in the eighties). That the director got Trent Haaga to play the macabre theater host was a great coup. Unfortunately none of the other actors rate above C-grade in this movie. The scripts on a couple of the shorts are terrible. The Dead Letters or whatever is barely a horror movie, while zombie one ends with a whimper. The first segment was okay even though it has the actor (the always lovable Chuck Williams) bleeding profusely with nary a scratch on him (it really could have used more good gore!) The last short was okay too. The vampire movie one was a bit absurd at the end with the twist, but it was shot really good.If two or three of the directors acted together they might have been able to flesh our 4-5 good shorts into this anthology. Too many cooks spoil the broth--and in this case the movie as well. It is worth a look only if you like horror anthologies in the mold of Creepshow, though Creepshow is by far a better movie.

If you're into anthology flix then you might like this. Low budget but it has some moments. Good music. Looks pretty good too. I just ordered this off of amazon. I'm a big fan of Troma and I wanted to see Trent Haaga. He was very funny in this and probably the movie's best spots. Or at least one of the best. There were a couple really cool moments. The movie has five segments in all plus a wraparound which Trent Haaga stars along with Matt Olivo. I did like a few of the segments a lot more than I thought. There was one segment that I did not like however.All in all it was a pretty fun movie that you can tell they had a pretty fun time making. For true horror fans..................JS