Monster Hunters: Ep. 1 “Hunters Vs. Santa”

The “Monster Hunters” want to work for you! Santa and Princess kick some ass.

Music By:
Fly By Night- “Comin For You”
Sydnee Jane- “Ready to go”
The Steven McGill Project- “Track Nine”

2 Swirlies

“I used to kill everything.  People taking a shit.”

Despite the 2 swirlies, this show is just good old fashion shoot ‘em up fun.  Nothing wrong with that!  Just don’t watch this expecting anything more.

Basically, the “Monster Hunters” are a team of deadly assassins laid off because of the bad economy, and now they’re guns for hire.  Their first gig?  Killing a guy that doesn’t even remotely look like Santa (except for the Christmas sweater and Santa hat).

I won’t spoil it for you, but that’s pretty much the whole episode.  Not a lot of story—but like I said before, shooting galore.

And you know what?  The low budget gun fighting actually kind of works, because nobody here is taking themselves too seriously (least of all, the filmmakers).  That’s probably the key to good parody—and this one makes the most of making fun of the action genre– complete with title cards for the ridiculous assassins.

I didn’t find myself laughing out loud, but it was amusing in an over-the-top way.  It’s one of those videos that you watch simply to be entertained without any greater expectations.

Hey, the show definitely lives up to its premise!

The Vetala Ep. 1 – The Sydicate

The Vetala Web Series – Season 1/ Starring Candace Chase, Paul Mendel, Marina Pasqua, Leslie Mildiner, James Tyce/ Written & Directed by Damon Vignale http://www.TheVetala.com

4 Swirlies

This opens nice and suspenseful. A guy packing a crate with guns. A student tacking down a story. Her boyfriend looking for her. Something’s gotta happen… right?

And then it does.

While this first installment doesn’t give us much insight into what’s going on, it does give us one thrill ride of a five minute episode – honestly I was a little surprised it was so long, it felt much shorter.

The only reason it missed five Swirlies is the acting is little stilted, and it was essentially all set up. Also the series seems to be about supernatural stuff, at least according to their Youtube tags, and there’s not even a hint of that in this episode. But those are trivial complaints, perhaps, and I’m quite excited to see where this series is going.

The closing tag (thankfully, there’s not 2 minutes of end credits pumping up the length) reads, “No longer a myth.” Count me intrigued.

Does the title make anyone else think of cheese? No? So it’s just me, then.