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"O Cacador"
s1e4
Monica Morgane Martin
Scoop's note: I had to
look this one up. O
Caçador is a Brazilian
mini-series which aired
last year.
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Johnny
breaks out his old VHS
tapes to present some
rarities:
Moloch
(1999)
Moloch
is a horror movie where
two friends Jake and Alex
(Luke Dean and Taras
Sobol) hatch a plan to get
rich by buying an old
abandoned property that is
rumored to be full of gold
called Moloch. They
convince their respective
girlfriends Nat and Ari
(Charlotte Rees and Naomi
Lopez) to come along as
they spend the weekend
checking out and setting
up for the big dig. Along
the way, they get a flat
tyre and stop off at a
service station to get it
fixed and are greeted by a
creepy lady who helps
them. Meanwhile, Ari spots
a little girl, apparently
the daughter of the creepy
service station lady,
having a tea party and
decides to join her, only
for the little girl to
strangle the living
daylights out of Ari. The
creepy lady laughs it off
and then warns them about
going to Moloch. The
foursome reach Moloch, a
place that looks properly
abandoned and creepy
things begin happening.
First, they find a room
full of dead birds, creepy
dolls litter the place and
some of the group get
locked in places for a
period of time. The next
day, Jake finds that all
of their markings to dig
have disappeared and his
compass is going wild. At
night, they decide to
leave, but their car
collapses around them and
in the commotion, Nat
disappears. The next
morning with no car to
leave, they find a
terrified old man chained
up who tells them of the
Molochs that haunt the
place and attempts to help
them find Nat. But, the
Molochs are not done yet.
Boring, seen-it-all before
horror movie that takes an
eternity to get going and
then when it does, it all
that much scary and
doesn't really explain
much of why it is
happening. It has two
effective scenes, both
involving the little girl
who unbelievably creepy,
but apart from that,
Moloch doesn't work and
the premise isn't
interesting at all.
Charlotte
Rees film
clip (collage below)
Scratch
(2000)
Scratch
is a 2000 horror
comedy where three
young upstarts, Jay
(Jed Kurzel, now a
composer on movies
like Snowtown, The
Babadook and the
upcoming Macbeth
movie), Mick (Victoria
Dixon-Whittle) and
Tommy (Aaron March)
have there own TV show
called Shocko where
they scare the living
shit out of the dregs
of society for a cheap
laugh. Their next
victim guest is Colin
(Bernie Ledger) who
works as a security
guard at an abandoned
insane asylum and
looks like a real
loser, perfect for
their show. Things all
go to plan and Colin
seems to be losing it,
but then something
unexpectedly comes
over Colin and now the
hunted becomes the
hunter and he traps
the three and sets
them up on his own TV
show. Turns out Colin
used to be a game show
host on some show that
lasted a few week, but
has been reliving it
every day since. And
his game show is all
about humiliation and
torture. He gets Jay
and Mick to answer
question with the
punishment being a
rather severe piercing
or they get the
opportunity to save
Tommy whose head is
inside a microwave
oven. Meanwhile, two
crims on the run in a
caravan are its only
audience, but they'd
rather watch the
football.
Bizarre black comedy
that's actually not
half bad and seems to
have its ideas better
thought out than the
other movies.
Completely nutty most
of the time and at
times quite nasty, but
not a bad watch even
with its budget
limitations. A
surprising success...
Victoria
Dixon-Whittle film
clip (collages below)
 
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