September 21, 2004
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This is what I was looking for at Best Buy the day before.
The horror film that I did called ”The Hazing” just came out on DVD a few days ago and I came across this review of me on filmcritic.com:
Frat boys, sorority girls… tsk tsk. Has the legacy of Scooby-Doo not taught them anything about the perils of breaking into haunted mansions, stealing magical (and evil) books, murdering cult leaders, and getting naked?
Oh well. Their loss is our gain. The Hazing is a monumentally bad horror film, but it’s so campy and absurdly gory you can’t help but guiltily enjoy your 87-minute stay with it.
The plot, well, I’ve already given you the broad strokes: A frat and sorority combo initiates their new pledges — three guys, two girls — by dressing them up on Halloween, then sending them out to steal a bunch of items in a one-night scavenger hunt. One of the items is a Necronomicon-like book, and when they steal it, its demon-obsessed owner ends up dead. The college kids don’t seem to fazed by this; they head to the haunted house where they’re supposed to spend the night in order to pass their initiation rites. Little do they know that the heads of the frat and sorority houses have all sorts of spooky tricks in store for them.
This doesn’t matter much, it turns out, because the demon guy killed one reel earlier turns into an evil ghost who can possess the teens on a whim. Soon they’re slaughtering one another as they hack their way through the night.
Director Rolfe Kanefsky does good work with this video production, making especially good use of starlet Nectar Rose, who’s dressed up as a Playboy bunny for the evening, at least when she isn’t banging one of her co-pledges. Parry Shen (The New Guy) steals the show, however, as the least likely frat boy to land on celluloid.
Um. Thank you? I guess?
As I said before, there are definitely a few reasons why this did not see theatrical distribution but at the same time I really had a fun time with this role and was it a departure from the typical awkward/funny/witty one liner characters that I always get cast for and the movie turns those aspects upside down on its head.
The movie has actually gotten a lot of good reviews, mostly because the movie far exceeded the critics’ low expectations. Um… again, thank you? http://www.rolfekanefsky.com/projects/hazing.htm
It’s a fun renter that doesn’t take itself too seriously but also with very good production values and performances. Look for it at your local Blockbuster Video today!
Comments (14)
Well, dvds are cash cows…hopefully you’ll get a nice kickback.
do u always try to read reviews about yourself? Do you think it affects the way you perceive yourself and the way you act in the future?
hey do u actaully read of the comments ppl leave u?
can’t wait to see it! do i get money back if i hate it? jk!
Interesting…
Running to Blockbuster now !! =)
i’ve actually been waiting till this came out. gonna have to catch it soon.
whats up with you and scary movies? i guess you have that look of the naive and scaredy cat person…wait…that means I probably look that way too….
…..i’m sure anything with you in it can’t be that bad =P~
looks good to me, your my role model to acting !!!
hmmm… not into the horror scene… but i’ll see… you’ve done a lot… name all your roles and the movies you were in and tv stuff… i’d want to see it all…
what do you have lined up for the next few months?
PARRY SHEN you’re so funny !!!!
yeeeeA, rock on !
Hey “Tim”! Haha. ;) I don’t much like horror films, but I got the last copy of “The Hazing” from Blockbuster tonight, just to see you in it. It’s too bad your character dies in the middle of the movie… OOPS! I guess I messed it up for the rest of your reader.