Blu-ray Review – Gut Pile

When it comes to shot-on-video productions, style isn't expected. Heck, it's amazing some of these filmmakers even know how to maintain focus, leaving actual camerawork and editing something of a miracle when technical achievements manage to survive subgenre mediocrity. 1998's "Gut Pile" is mostly notable due to its restlessness and interest in trying to bring cinematic moves to SOV storytelling. Sure, it's derivative work, as writer/director Jerry O'Sullivan is attempting to pull off an "Evil Dead" viewing experience, paying tribute to Sam Raimi with this study of malevolent spirits and growing insanity found within the woods. We've seen this before, but O'Sullivan offers a loving replication of deadite fury in "Gut Pile," which isn't a feature-length experiment in terror (running 53 minutes), but strives to contribute moments of excitement with a simplistic tale of torment. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com