Rose of Death is an Independent
horror movie about sins of youth and final retribution. The moral of
the story is: Be careful how you choose your friends.
Release:
August 7,
2007 Written,
Directed and Co-Produced by: L. Alan Brooks
Starring:
Sandra Winogrocki as Meg
Luke Jones as Jake
Sarah McGuire as Rose
Ash Dauenhauer as Kevin Matt Thomsen
as Det. Haines
I’ve heard of having crazy times
at the senior
prom, but this is ridiculous.
The beginning scene of Rose of Death, and
Independent horror creation
by L. Alan Brooks, shows two young love birds making out in their car.
After a bit of conversation it becomes clear that this is a very
unlikely couple: The most popular girl in high school and the biggest
nerd in the chess club.
“Miss Popularity”, named Rose (Sarah McGuire), is
not very popular
with the captain of the football team though (Luke
Jones)…because he is
the one that she dumped to suck face with El Nerdo Kevin (Ash
Dauenhauer). Speaking of Mr.
Football Captain, he pays the kissing couple a visit this prom night,
and it is not pretty. This is where the really bad decisions begin.
First, football-guy loses his temper while beating up the nerd-guy, and
kills him. Then, to teach his ex-girlfriend Rose a lesson, he rapes her
from behind with two of his buddies holding her down and egging him on.
This upsets his new girlfriend (Sandra Winogrocki) who is along for the
ride, of course,
but he doesn’t seem to mind that at the time.
To make a long story short, the group of rough necks decides that their
scholarships and futures may be jeopardized if Rose decides to go to
the authorities and report the rape and murder, so they kill her too.
All of the night’s events are sworn to secrecy as they push
the car loaded with the two dead lovebirds over a cliff and into the
river.
Ten years later each of the teenage criminals have moved on with their
lives and seem to be doing well, until one by one they start to turn up
dismembered and dead. Have the prom-night lovebirds come back for
revenge?
Rose of Death has a lot of good things going for it. The
acting, for
the most part, is very good. The blond homicide police officer
Detective Haines (Matt Thomsen) in
particular is outstanding comic relief and almost steals the entire
show. I had to get his name from Brooks because Rose of Death
is not listed in the
Internet Movie Database - we're going to have to work on that.
The story is interesting and compelling (if not likely), and the kill
scenes are imaginative and sufficiently gory to please the adolescent
gore-hounds (like me).
Rose of Death is being released by Brain Damage
Films, and I sure hope
they get some promotion out there…it is next to impossible
to find any information about the film. This is unfortunate too,
because as far as Independent horror offerings go this is an
incredible stand-out. The story, acting, scares, gore and comic-relief
characters come together to create an enjoyable horror offering that is
much better than many of the big-budget studio horror fiascos I have
seen lately.
Many times Independent horror requires a special audience that can
appreciate how much a film maker can do without much money and who is
willing to overlook certain film quality issues that result from lack
of budget. I don’t think this one is
dependent on this
special audience. Instead, Rose of Death should
appeal to a wide
variety of horror fans, and would be a good “first
timers” film for those interested in exploring the low budget
fare from the Independent film producers.
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First, football-guy loses his temper while beating up the nerd-guy, and
kills him. Then, to teach his ex-girlfriend Rose a lesson, he rapes her
from behind with two of his buddies holding her down and egging him on.
This upsets his new girlfriend (Sandra Winogrocki) who is along for the
ride, of course,
but he doesn’t seem to mind that at the time.
Ten years later each of the teenage criminals have moved on with their
lives and seem to be doing well, until one by one they start to turn up
dismembered and dead. Have the prom-night lovebirds come back for
revenge?
Many times Independent horror requires a special audience that can
appreciate how much a film maker can do without much money and who is
willing to overlook certain film quality issues that result from lack
of budget. I don’t think this one is
dependent on this
special audience. Instead, Rose of Death should
appeal to a wide
variety of horror fans, and would be a good “first
timers” film for those interested in exploring the low budget
fare from the Independent film producers.
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