Saturday, April 20, 2013

Totally-Misleading Cover Art: District 9

Say, do you remember when District 9 was about giant robots taking over the Earth?  If you lived in Asia, you sure do!
Seriously, that thing does *kind of* show up in the film...but is not the main focus.  What a weird poster.

Apartheid Analogies- more than meets the eye!

4/20 Day: Pot Zombies

The only way to enjoy this is to be baked.  There's not a lot of pot jokes left, honestly, after I've done so many.  Seriously, let's break it down: My early look at Pot films, Alice in Acidland, Evil Bong, Evil Bong 2, Bong of the Dead and Meat Weed America.  I've got to be done with this, right?  Don't you look at me, Evil Bong 3- I'll review you if Netflix ever carries you.  On the plus side, the Director of Meet Weed America didn't mind me mocking his film, so we're all good.  So what do you need to know about Pot Zombies?  Troma- that is all.  Yeah, this is a Troma release, courtesy of their YouTube page.  It's not just for Project Terrible anymore.  This movie is about people who smoke Pot and turn into Zombies.  Do I need to say any more?  No, I don't think so.  Just read on...
A bunch of Hunters smoke Pot and go out to shoot animals.  That sounds like a bad idea.

The least dangerous thing that could happen does happen: they turn into Zombies and eat people.
It's bad when a film reminds you of Birdemic.  In this case, they have shitty sound Editing (with drop-in and drop-out background noise) and a pointless News Anchor who is an insult to any AV Department.  They're just one Getty Images logo shy of the prize.
The Pot Zombies have glowing eyes courtesy of shitty CG effects.  I won't judge for having little money...but you did this in the worst way possible.  Just give them contact lenses, for crying out loud!
At this point, I should say this: there is no overall plot.  This is just a series of scenes involving people smoking Pot, becoming Zombies and eating people.

As such, let's focus on the silly.  For example: this CG Police Siren.  You couldn't afford a second-hand Cop Car, guys?
 Lloyd Kauffman is here as a mentally-handicapped Pizza Delivery Boy/Middle-Aged Man.  It's funny because...what's the joke again?  Oh, he talks 'funny.'  Ha.
 More Pot Zombies.  More bad special effects.  More apathy.
In closing, Pot Zombies is so bad that THIS couldn't even hold my interest.  The End.
Pot.  That's apparently a joke in and of itself, apparently.  In all seriousness, this film is really, really not for me.  If you're baked out of your gourd, you'll probably laugh at stuff like the Pot Zombie pulling a Donut out of a dead Cop's stomach.  You'll probably think that the Pot Zombie punching a Teacher's heart out is cool. You'll even think that the Music isn't the only decent thing about it.  It's not great music, but the mix of Rockabilly Guitar and Thrash Metal did help me ignore the horrible comedy.  Again- I don't judge people for trying to make their own film, regardless of how much money they have.  What I do judge is a film full of incoherent scenes of Pot Zombies, no real plot and a feeling of very little thought being put into it.  Is it a rule that every wannabe filmmaker with no money has to do Zombie Films?  If so, they're probably going to turn out better than this one.  It's important to remember just how many people it took to write this non-story...
Next up, I'm going to review my final Project Terrible film (for real).  It's two times the bad Acting, Richard Lynch and...the Director of Cannibal Holocaust?  Stay tuned...

Friday, April 19, 2013

Because I Watched It: Obscure Cartoon Show Spin-Offs

Just when I think I'm done, I keep finding crazy shit to cover.

It wasn't enough that there was a silly live-action show, there was The Partridge Family: 2200 A.D.  Why?  Who knows?
                                         
Yes, this is clearly The Jetsons.  It's good to know that you have eyes.

On a similar note, here is another spin-off of a popular show, which just happens to be its main rival.  Here's The Brady Kids!
I absolutely lost it when they introduced their pet Pandas.  Am I alone?

Up next, a cartoon version of Gilligan's Island.  As anyone who's actually seen the show would ask 'Is that really a big jump?'
That's silly enough, but what happens when they escape?  The answer...

They go to space.  No, really.
Seriously, Gilligan's Planet was a thing.  Words fail me, gentlemen.

Have you got a show intro/video that you want me to cover?  If so, drop me a comment and I'll see what happens.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

New Crap: Mimesis- Night of the Living Dead

I'll give you points for creativity, but take pretty much all of them away for execution.  

Today's film is Mimesis aka Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead.  
First, the good parts.  It's not just another Zombie film and it's not quite another Night of Living Dead Remake.  
There are enough of them already, thank you.  

It has a decent Cast too, even if none of them really stood out all that much to me.  
The bad parts, however, outweigh the good ones for me.  

While the film starts out as a mystery, the explanation is a bit flat.  Never mind that it's so blatantly obvious and set-up earlier in the film by Haig's character.  

The explanation is, well, I won't SPOIL it here.  If you really want to go into this film blind, that's your prerogative.  

If you want to know enough to help make your decision beforehand, that's my prerogative to let you.  To find out more, read on...
At a Horror Convention, a pair of guys watch a Director (Sid Haig) give a pretentious speech about people copying films.

You should just literally have him say 'Foreshadowing' while waving his arms about if you're going to be this subtle.
A few of them wake up the next day in vintage outfits and get confronted by a Zombie.  You wandered into Midnight Movie, didn't you?

Just a quick side-note: in the previous scene, they use Day for Night.  We're really still doing that, huh?
On the plus side, this film's 'Barbara' does more than stare at the ceiling and/or appear to be in a coma for most of the film.  Hurray?
The group finally gathers together and realizes that their situation seems to be like that of Night of the Living Dead.  

Naturally, only ONE of these people attending a Horror Convention can recognize one of the most iconic Horror Films ever made.
You know that your day has gone awry when Robert Smith from The Cure shows up.  

It's gone right, however, when you stab him in the throat with some shears.  Good times.
What is the secret behind these Zombies that have showed up out of nowhere?  

I won't tell...you that it's good.  Plus, no SPOILERS.
Will our heroes survive?  
Will the Zombies win the day?  

More importantly...
 Why was Bill Hinzman (R.I.P.) the only Alumni willing to appear in this film?  

To find out, watch the film.
There is a very shortage of brains here.  I don't want to seem like I'm picking on these guys, but I just couldn't get behind this concept.  

There are a number of ways that I think that this idea could work, but they chose none of them.  The story is both conceited and derivative, which is a rare one.  
It seems like a unique concept...until they explain it.  I appreciate that they did, I suppose, but I almost wish that they hadn't.  
I get it- Night of the Living Dead is a well-respected movie.  How about instead of trying to invoke its name to sell a few more DVDs, you make a more interesting movie.  

While I'm on the subject, calling your film Mimesis is less clever and sillier.  It makes people not sure what your movie actually is, as opposed to being interested in actually buying it.  

In summary: interesting idea, but a really silly way to go about it.  

On the plus side, they plug Archive.org, so that's cool.
Next up, my final Project Terrible film features the return of two twins.  They're already Barbarians (apparently), so let's see them kill some Italians!  Stay tuned...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Really-Vague Cover Art: Night of the Comet

Advertising is about sending a message.  For a film, it's about saying 'See my movie.'

In this film's case, I'm a bit confused.  Why should you go see Night of the Comet with this as the ad for it?
It's artistic and all, but it looks like the picture actually smeared.  I could B.S. a whole paragraph on what that means...or I could just tell you that this poster is lame.

Zombies...Zzzzzombies....Zzzzzzzzzz.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

New Crap: Branded

Are you ready for some lying?  Today's film is Branded, a film that abruptly got a bunch of ads run for it the week before it premiered, bombed and then fell off the face of the Earth.  It's on DVD though, so I Netflixed it.  That's a word now, you know.  So, in order to truly understand why I reviewed this movie, I want you to see the trailer.  To be fair, it's not a complete lie like the Paranormal Activity 3 Trailer or the Highlander: Endgame 'Magic Trailer.'  If you know anything about this movie, it's probably from the Trailer.  Let's dispel all of that, shall we?  Branded tells the tale of a Russian Ad Exec whose life takes a weird turn after a major PR Fiasco.  He comes home to find something weird going on that only he seems to be aware of.  How can he stop this menace?  There will be SPOILERS, but you will thank me later, I think.  To find out, read on... 
It's a tired old cliche.  Try to stay with me...

A young boy in Russia is struck by lightning from Ursa Major (who's also the Narrator).  This makes him see the error in Communism and pursue a career in advertising.
In the present, we are treated to some awkward narration to explain our hero's present situation.  He's working on a reality show in Russia, although he's actually a British Ex-Pat (and Tom Stoppard's son).
He's working on a 'Get Skinny by Surgery' Reality Show Produced by his boss' daughter.  All is going well until...
...the woman goes into a coma during one of the surgeries.  There's an uprising against him and people like him, the boss dies and he moves away from the city.

If you're wondering why this has nothing to do with the evil Advertising Monsters, it's because it doesn't.  Well, mostly.
You see, this is all a set-up by a secret cabal of people led by Max Von Sydow.  I love you, Max, but this is one of the silliest things you've done for money.  Yes, even counting Flash Gordon.
So the film cuts to SIX YEARS LATER and our hero does some weird ceremony that involves butchering and burning a red (yes, red) cow.  When he comes back, he finds his lady had a son and that he can see shitty CG creatures everywhere.

They are the representations of the brands and our desire for them.  No, really.
His plan to change this involves corrupt marketing and turning the brands against each other.

As for the 'evil guy who runs the world' plot, it ends abruptly when he gets struck by lightning.  Deus Ex Bullshit.
The high point (for laughs) involves the brands- shown here as terrible CG monsters sometimes based on familiar shapes (Soda Soda- aka Coca Cola- is a Transformer made out of a Soda Bottle)- fighting in the city.

They cause no actual damage, of course, as they are merely theoretical concepts that only this crazy guy...I mean, our hero, can see.
The film ends with all advertising in the World being outlawed, something that pleases Ursa Major (or whatever it is) here.  Hurray for millions of unemployed?  The End.
This is the stupidest smart film that I've ever seen.  You want to make a film that diagnoses us as being controlled by corporations and advertising?  That's fine.  My all-mighty ruler Microsoft will be upset, but I'll live.  That said, make a good movie about that.  Instead, they made a poorly-paced film that just sets up some of the silliest use of CG this side of the baby from Breaking Dawn: Part 2.  Seriously though, why is that baby CG?!?  This movie suffers from problems that could be easily fixed.  One- don't make the set-up part take nearly an hour.  Second- remove the heavy-handed narration and just have the star narrate.  It's his own life, for crying out loud!  Third- make the CG creatures (if you must use them) either look better or less goofy.  This CG is laughably-bad.  It's the flying shark (not the stretched JPEG one) from Jaws in Japan bad.  It's 'The Asylum can actually do better' bad.  Fourth- be less preachy.  A lecture on the origin of marketing going back to Lenin is not necessary.  If you're an English Major (not that there's anything wrong with that), you don't have to be a dick about it!  As a side-note, what's the deal with American films being filmed and set in Russia?  My DVD actually came with a trailer for The Darkest Hour (ha ha ha- pun title)- another film like this.  That's weird, right?  This film might be good if you want to be confused, but otherwise it kind of sucks.  I will give you points for making fun of the Resident Evil films...
Next up, an Indy film with a far-out premise.  Will this homage plot be good or just make you yearn for the real thing (or the multiple Remakes)?  Stay tuned...

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Mondo Bizarro's Top 10 Worst Project Terrible Films

Let's wrap this look at the worst of the worst with the worst Project Terrible films that tormented me the most.  These films were picked out specifically to torture me.  This was a tough one to narrow down, but I think I made the right choices here.

10. Stranded: It's not a terrible film in a technical sense, but it is very not fun.  One big problem was the story: a bunch of people get trapped on Mars and just kind of bicker.  It's a real basic Indy premise that doesn't go anywhere.  The worst part: Vincent Gallo is in it.  He's a very polarizing Actor and does little to change that here.  Moving on...

9. Area 407: I wish that I hadn't Found this Footage.  I don't think that Found Footage films are hopeless.  After all, Trollhunter is great.  This movie is about a bunch of barely-competent people wandering around the Woods being picked off by...something.  The pay-off is terrible and this is why the film is Terrible.

8. Julie & Jack: There's no getting around this crap.  Before Birdemic, there was Julie & Jack.  While sounding like a bad DVD blurb, it is a good warning.  It's the Romance of Birdemic, but without the exploding birds.  It's wrapped up in a confusing and ridiculous Sci-Fi Plot that has to be seen to be believed. It's funny, but you have to really endure alot still.

7. Offspring: It sure was nice and dark.  This movie is about killer cannibals in Maine, but it's not a Stephen King story.  Once you get past the vague plot set-up, you get a film with very violent deaths, no 'light at the end of the tunnel' and lots of cruelty.  It's telling that the last action scene involves a kid killing another kid.  Joy.

6. Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator: You're really not clever.  If this film had a straight-forward plot, it would only be bad.  However, the film has a really stupid meta plot to make it even worse.  It gets even more convoluted as it gets on, leading to a conclusion that anyone with a brain could see coming.  You are just bad, movie.

5. Meat Weed America: Given time, this film will climb the ranks for sure.  I said a lot on it recently, but here's the quick version.  No real plot, no good humor and just overall tedium.  As a sequel, it fails to explain anything.  It's bad.  It's really bad.  If it's terrible nature lingers, it will raise up to #1.

4. Live Freaky, Die Freaky: Speaking of no good humor, here's this thing.  As a fan of dark comedy, I have nothing good to say about this one.  It tries to just be shocking as a pretense for being funny.  If you want to be a dark comedy, then tell a damn joke.  Until then, don't make bad Claymation films about the Manson Family Murders.

3. Mummy Maniac: Repetition repetition repetition.  Bob says that Kill the Scream Queen doesn't qualify as a movie.  If that is the case, then this film just barely qualifies.  You get a little plot at the beginning, some in the middle and a little at the end.  The rest of the film is made up of scenes involving our villain grabbing some lady (not shown), taking her to a warehouse and threatening her for a bit before killing her in the exact same way.  It sucks sucks sucks!

2. We Are the Strange: I still don't know what this is!  This film was given to me with the threat that it would 'give my eyes cancer.'  While my eyes are fine, my brain doesn't know what to think.  It's a confusing, 8-Bit mess with no coherent plot.  If you can make it through the film and explain it to me, go right ahead.  It would be #1 if it wasn't for one non-film...

1. Haunted Poland: So yeah, this is still truly terrible.  This is not a film, at least in any real way.  The short version: a couple of aspiring filmmakers decide to turn their vacation into a film.  The result: a Found Footage film with even less tension, action or drama than any other film of the sub-genre.  There was more going on in even the worst ones, be they Area 407 or 8213: Gacy House.  I won't judge them for not having $20 million to make a blockbuster.  I will, however, judge them for releasing them mess as a film, even if it was for free.  You'll never 'pay so much' to watch a free movie in your life.  Put that on your poster, Haunted Poland.

So that wraps up the worst of the worst.  Only the future will tell what films end up being worse.

You may shudder, but I welcome it!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Project Terrible 10: Michel Strogoff


It's not Terrible, but it sure is weird!  Today's film is Michel Strogoff, a film based on an obscure Jules Verne novel.  It's not about submarines or trip to the moon, so I've certainly never heard of it!  It's a novel about the titular character helping the Czars in their battle against the Tartars.  So why did this film get selected for Project Terrible?  Two words: talking mice.  Yes, like the animated Titanic and Tentacolino, it has talking mice for absolutely no reason.  The best I can guess is that this was an attempt to get kids to watch a film that they normally wouldn't.  'Don't worry about learning, kids- here are talking mice.'  If that was the idea...it was a weird one.  Can you imagine Disney doing this?  Actually, I can imagine those guys doing just about anything to squeeze $15 from parents, so 'yeah.'  This is a weird one, so let's dive right in...
This is weird, so try to keep up.

A woman is reading a book in a Library, but gets distracted.  The real cleaners- the talking mice- dick around until they find Michel Strogoff, which the lead mouse proceeds to read.  The mice appear since, well, he's reading it...I think.
Thus begins a pretty route re-telling of Verne's tale.  It's decently-animated, but it's a pretty dry tale.  In addition, the mice never interact with the leads.

So, to be clear, they added talking mice, but not in any 'meaningful' way.  Right.
One odd thing about the animation is the inconsistency.  The animation is good enough, but they use really cheap-looking backgrounds.  I get the use of pre-rendered backgrounds, but these are really low-quality.  It's like The Flintstones, really.
There's really not much more to say.  Michel is a hero, he saves the day and gets married.  The mice continue their freaky, unexplained existence (why is there only one adult...who is male?) and the film stops.  The End.
Terrible is not really applicable, I'd say.  The worst thing I can say about the film is that it is really, really generic.  Looking at any shots from the film, you see nothing special.  The story is not bad- it is Verne, after all-, but I didn't find much reason to care.  Is the plight of the Czars really all that important to me?  Hell, is it all that important to a French film-goer either?  I don't hate this, but I just don't feel all that invested.  If you are going to watch for ironic value, it's kind of a mixed bag too.  The mere existence of the talking mice is funny, but they come and go at random.  They also don't really do much, as mentioned before.  They show up during action sequences, look funny in their outfits and then vanish.  If they only even exist because the only adult mouse is telling the tale, why are they so unimportant?  Actually, come to think of it, why aren't they the lead?  While it would be a weird insult to Jules Verne, I'd probably care more about a film with talking mice in all of the lead roles.  It would be stupid, but it would be my kind of stupid.  If you want kids to read Michel Strogoff, try something other than just adding talking mice.  Make it, you know, interesting or something.  Take us away, triply-creepy image just four minutes in...
Next up, a film with a famously-deceptive marketing campaign from last year.  Can you run ads for a film that espouses how evil advertising is?  Stay tuned...

Mondo Bizarro's Top 5 Worst Anniversary Films

It seems that in my haste to name the Top 5 Worst films of Mondo Bizarro, a lot of stuff got missed.  To rectify that, here is the first of two EXTRA lists to fix this.

For every one-hundred posts- review or otherwise-, I try to do something special.  The films aren't always bad...but many of them are.  Here are the five worst...

5. Creepshow 3: The first of the truly bad films for the anniversaries.  The short version (if you don't know): the license to some of George A. Romero's films ended up in the hands of Taurus Entertainment.  They made two film 'sequels' to Romero's works.  This one takes away all of the interesting horror, making time instead for horrible comedy.  It's...shit and the Internet agrees.

4. Men Behind the Sun 2: This is insensitive crap, but it's just not directed at my nationality.  After the controversial Men Behind the Sun, Godfrey Ho sneaked in and made his own sequels.  Years later, the original Director made his own sequel and made it about The Rape of Nanking.  Yea.  This one is rough, brutal and ridiculously-paced.  It also features one of my darkest captions ever, so enjoy that one.

3. Faces of Death: The most infamous film of the Home Video Age...is not great.  It's a mix of fake and real footage, all wrapped up in pretentious crap.  It's got some fake Doctor talking about life, so its mostly a Mondo film.  It's mostly faux controversy here as I didn't believe 99.9% of the footage.  The worst part is that it led to this...

2. Traces of Death: Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery every time.  This is one of the many knock-off (not to be confused with that shit Van Damme film) version of Faces made when Home Videos were huge.  If you couldn't afford the real one, watch this shit.  The big problem is that a lot of this actually is real, which makes it super-awkward to watch.  If it wasn't just that, it's poorly-made.  Like Jaws in Japan, this would be #1 if it wasn't for...

1. Actium Maximus- War of the Alien Dinosaurs: This is one reason why its hard to be friends with me sometimes.  A friend of mine sort of/not really pushed me to review this film, as opposed to giving it to Maynard for Project Terrible.  To make up for it, he watched the film with me.  Good God, this is awful.  I'd say that it is one of the worst films I've ever seen...but I'd not call it a film (except in the article title).  It's some bizarre set-up to...nothing.  It's something that has to be seen to be believed.  That said, I don't recommend you see it.

Well, unless you're Maynard.  He'd probably like it.  Freaking Austrians.  :-)

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Because I Watched It: (Four of) The Top 5 *Worst* Movies Ever on Mondo Bizarro

Talk is cheap.  Seriously, this site hosting is free.

All kidding aside, it occurred to me that maybe just telling you why these films are so bad is not enough.  To that end, here are glimpses into the films- the ones YouTube allows.

First up, the hilariously-goofy ending to Jaws in Japan.  It doesn't make up for the 60 minutes of shit, but does show you where my Banner came from.
I spared you the movie.  You're welcome.

Up next, the trailer to Hobgoblins 2.  This doesn't quite do it shitty 'justice,' but it's a start.
I'm still not sure what to call this dreck other than, well, utter shit.

Here's something 'fun'- a glimpse of Roller Gator.  I regret few things in my life, but this is one of them.
That's just roughly 90 seconds of the film.  To anyone who may still want to see this, I quote the words of a friend of mine- "You are not ready for this movie."

Wrapping things up, here's the trailer to Cthulhu.  While not the worst film ever, it is just utterly disappointing.
I hope you enjoyed ALL of the movie's monster effects there.  Seriously, you saw them all!

As a side note, it was mentioned to me that many other shit films got bumped for my Top 5 Worst films.  I'll amend that shortly.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Curry, Man: The Fog (Dhund)

Attack of the random rip-off collection!  Before I begin, I 'get' Bollywood Cinema.  It's not people just being lazy and trying to rip off other people's ideas.  That's what Platinum Dunes does- boom!  In all seriousness, I mock them a lot for ripping off American films and those from other countries- i.e. Taxi.  I mock them in the spirit of fun and 'having a laugh.'  Now then, on to the mocking!  Dhund aka The Fog aka Dhund: The Fog is a 2003 Bollywood film that looks like it came out of 1983.  That's not commentary on how cheesy some of the fashion is- it's just that the film stock is so bad.  Seriously, who provided the faded copy that cracks and fizzles?  The film was made 10 years ago...right?  Getting past that, the film's aspect ratio is a bit off too.  It's what I'd call Super-Mega Ultra Widescreen.  It could be an issue with it on the Computer- I only played it there.  Regardless, it made my Screen Caps look a bit odd, so I apologize in advance for that.  As for the story, it pulls from a number of varied sources, making it appear like the Frankenstein's Monster of Bollywood Rip-Offs.  You'll see what I mean.  It doesn't have John Carpenter, but it does have one of the Ramsay clan at the helm.  To see why this has nothing to do with Ghost Pirates (sad, I know), read on...
The opening scene has a man attacked by a faceless killer in a warehouse full of burning mannequins.  If this seems familiar to you, just replace the mannequins with wax dolls.

Yes, this is pretty much the opening to 1953's House of Wax.  No, really.
After a bit of comedic padding and a dance number, a woman is tormented in her house by a man on the phone.  He threatens her by saying that if she takes part in a beauty pageant, he'll kill her.

If you didn't figure it out yet, this is now When a Stranger Calls...but only for this one part.
 Let's stop for a moment to have a superfluous dance number.  Why not?  The movie does, after all!
Back in the story, the man confronts our heroine after she ignores his threat.  He goes all Chris Brown on her, but gets killed by her and a friend.
 The two guys- who left after a dance number- return and decide that they have to hide the body until they can decide what to do.

In a crazy moment, a guy drops his keys and nearly finds the body.  To highlight the tension, they play the 'People discover you' sound from Metal Gear Solid- I shit you not!
Anyhow, the assailant is not dead- apparently- and comes back for revenge.  This is tense so...
Let's stop for another dance number.  It's not quite this bad in the film...but it does happen.
The killer- who is thankfully not a Zombie Fisherman- uses a rake claw as his weapon.  I wish that this was the first time that I've seen it, but it's not.
As it turns out, this guy was actually pretending to be the dead guy.  Oh no- not that guy!

He dies and we all live happily ever after...until the Ghost Pirates show up.  Nah, not really.  The End.
Not much spice here, honestly.  If you can get past the blatant rip-offs/homages, there's not much to talk about. There's very little character build-up, the villain just kind of looks evil and the story is pretty minimalist.  The guy's motivation is really just keeping a lady out of a Beauty Pageant.  Say what you will about the Fisherman from I Know What You Did Last Summer, but he only became evil AFTER they tried to hide his apparent murder.  Making him a villain from the get-go is a weird decision, as the whole gray area of morality is just wiped out completely.  Oh and a hook is much scarier than a rake.  Seriously, who goes 'Let's take the end of a rake and put it on your glove- it'll be scary!'  I'm just amazed by that still.  You have to get past a lot to enjoy the weirdness of a film that is part I Know What You Did Last Summer, part House of Wax, part When A Stranger Calls and features a sound effect from Metal Gear Solid.  To add to the insanity, they blatantly steal the 'Shower Scene' music from Psycho to boot!  Throw in people on IMDB claiming that the 'face in the tub' bit is like Diabolique and you just get even more silliness.  Seriously though, the print is the worst I've seen of a film this recent.  I should also mention that fog only shows up in like two scenes- tops.  The killer doesn't use it really, so I just don't get why this is the title.  Is Dhund a character?  Not all of these films are made with the same amount of care, so R.A. One really stands out in comparison.  It looks like a big-budget movie, while this looks like a washed out 1980's TV Pilot from India.  You just gotta love the lazy subtitle work too...
Next up, let's keep Project Terrible going with a French film about Russia (sort of).  When in doubt, add talking mice, says nobody!  Stay tuned...