Killer Shorts

9/28/2023

Taking its cue from "Tales from the Crypt," "Creepshow," and other horror anthology series, "Killer Shorts" and its creator, Michael Wade Johnson, bite off more than they can chew. The film is "hosted" by Count Balazar (Ricky Long, looking like what would happen if Meat Loaf had ever joined KISS), and his shapely assistant Elormie (Misty Simmons-Poteet). They are squatting in a cemetery, and Balazar is telling her of the neighboring dead. This leads to three short filmed stories. "Puncture" has Dale (Matthew Turner) and Gwen (Nicole Buck) going to a party at the invitation of Gwen's sister Nicky (Misty Simmons-Poteet, again). There, they find tons of dead bodies, all killed by two puncture wounds in the neck. They decide to leave and collect vampire-killing supplies, and then return to do