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Codex Atanicus
Codex Atanicus is a three story anthology by Spanish director Carlos Atanes. Before watching the movie I never heard of the guy, but the introduction video on the DVD by one of his regular actresses Arantxa Peņa made me realize that I'm in for a hell of a ride. Experimental, bizarre, sick, strange - these are some of the words that describe the stories contained in Codex Atanicus. The anthology is opened by a 20 minute short from 1995 called Metaminds & Metabodies. I am really not into this kind of experimental videos, but I will try to summarize. It opens with a girl singing in the club. Everything looks ultra underground and the girl is connected with some wires to the walls. Strange people are watching her...
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Movie Review: Gingerdead Man, The

Story
Gary Busey plays a crazed killer who in the beginning of the movie kills a father and brother but spares the sister. Unfortunately for him he should have killed her too since her testimony later sends him to the electric chair. His mother recieves her sons ashes and drops it off at a bakery were the girl works and there it happens to get mixed in the gingerbread dough which makes the killer come back to life again but as a gingerbread man, well a gingerdead man. There he goes beserk in the bakery and tries to kill everyone inside...yawn.

Comments
Look at the title, look at the cover and read about the story. You would think that you're in for a funny and entertaining movie experience, well think again cos The Gingerdead Man is an awful flick.

If this movie would have been made in the 80's it might of been cool but watching this now is just horrible.

The humour is non-existant and gore is nowhere to be found. The gingerdead man look ridiculous and all the effects really suck.

The actors give the word crap a new meaning and there's one girl who won some contest called miss pretty face who looks like she's been hit with a frying pan.

Final Comments
This movie should either deliver suspense or humour but it just delivers a headache. The story ain't all bad but the final result sure is. Avoid. I'm sorry I saw the freaking thing.

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Gingerdead Man, The

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MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Charles Band
WRITING CREDITS: William Butler, Domonic Muir
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
CAST: Gary Busey, Robin Sydney, Ryan Locke
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 70 min

RATING: 1/10

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