Over the course of one night, the troubled marriage of Charles and
Deborah Rosenblad will explode in a full-blown battle of sadism and
violence. But their struggles will be different than many, for Charles and
Deborah are serial killers. In horrific combinations of violence and
terror, their final fight will be one for the annals of psychotic tales.
Shock-O-Rama, a division of ei Independent Cinema.
Cast: Trent Haaga, Brandy Little, Haydon Tweedie, Kimberly Grant
Director: Jon Keeyes Writers: Jon Keeyes and Debbie Rochon.
It's not often that a psychological horror flick that's more of a
character study than violent and/or bloody manages to be this
engrossing. Made on a low-budget by EI Cinema and filmmaker Jon Keeyes
(who had some success with 2000's American Nightmare) the reason
Suburban Nightmare works is because of the great chemistry between leads
Trent Haaga (who proves without a doubt he can act much better than the
Troma movies he frequents shows) and Brandy Little, and director Keeyes
script which manages to blend tension, smart dialogue, and black humour
perfectly. So perfectly, in fact, that this is one of the best
independent movies to come down the pipe in a while.
The Video Graveyard
Jan 2005
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"Suburban
really gets Keeyes to a level that most directors only strive to hit."
Creature Corner.com
June 2004
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"In fact this is one of the more original Indie flicks I've seen in a
while and it proves that you really don't need a huge budget to make an
effective, intelligent and highly watchable film."
The Video Graveyard
July 2004
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"Just as Jon experimented with dark blue shadows in
American Nightmare, in Suburban Nightmare he uses even better and
more successful effects with lots of golden hues and extremely dark
moments resulting in a fresh horror film experience. By "dark" we mean
that he actually successfully managed to film a movie entirely at night
in basements and shadowy crevices capturing everything in perfect
detail. An amazing feat!"
Screaming Stoner Video
June 2004
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"...the bickering that goes on between Charles and Deborah through
the entire film is well written, funny, and acted out very well, in fact
this is some of the best acting I’ve seen recently in Independent
Horror."
Horror Watch
June 29, 2004
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"...Jon Keeyes seems not to have meant to make a movie
full of guts, but more to portray a couple, originally madly in love, who
will end up killing each other. This rise to destruction is marvelously
directed, in particularly with the alternance of sepia tints."
Oh
My Gore!!!
June 2004
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