![]() The series has only a few linking threads: a cast of young, chiseled studs, often dressed only in briefs long scenes of the men showering, swimming, and lifting weights a token female character, often played by an aging glamor queen a mansion setting and titles that guarantee a spot at the top of a Netflix menu.Įven if the 1313 series isn’t to your taste, if you’ve spent any time on a streaming service in the last few years, you’ve probably encountered the work of David DeCoteau. Thus, the 1313 series was born – 1313: Cougar Cult, 1313: Haunted Frat, 1313: Actor Slash Model, 1313: Cougar Cult, and many more. ![]() With 1313: Nightmare Mansion, you kinda know what you’re getting.” You want to be early in the directory, but you also want it to be a simple, high-concept title. “The ‘1313’ branding put me in a very, very enviable spot on all the On Demand menus on all the cable services,” says DeCoteau. ![]() When DeCoteau changed the title of his 2011 movie A Dream Within a Dream to 1313: Nightmare Mansion, the veteran exploitation filmmaker found a surefire way to boost his audience. You get the jump scares, the extended scenes of tension-building suspense and the humor-I was cracking up at the 'hot nerd' who kept walking around the house, trying-unsuccessfully-to get the other dudes to help him out with a written history of their frat only to find that they would much rather take showers, work out and sleep off the effects of an eventful party the night before! You also get a number of pleasant surprises not typically associated with this genre, like a beautiful tropical setting, a beautifully decorated house, a powerful (and fully dressed, thank you) female villain.oh, and did I mention all the hot guys in their underwear? For a tasteful and very sexy 'haunted house' movie that doesn't skimp on the suspense, I'd really recommend 1313: Haunted Frat.A lot has changed since David DeCoteau began making films, but one thing the producer/director has never lost sight of is the bottom line. Under the hand of veteran horror director David DeCoteau, "1313: Haunted Frat" delivers on the essentials of a great haunted house flick. That's why I found the movie "1313: Haunted Frat" to be not only refreshing-but downright hot! For once we get to see gorgeous young college MEN taking showers, swimming, working out and sun bathing as a strong female presence follows their every move, haunting their fraternity house (which was apparently built over the ruins of an old insane asylum) and taking control of their lives. At the same time, as a female viewer I've never been too impressed by the haunted sorority house sub genre yep, for some reason I as a gal have never derived much benefit from seeing other women take excessive showers and run through the woods in ridiculously high heels before being hacked unceremoniously to pieces. Since becoming a horror fan, I've always gotten a kick out of 'haunted house' movies, which tend to deliver on the suspense, the mystery and the chills while sparing the nasty gore and the 'torture porn' vulgarity. At one point, two guys run, which is a nice change of pace for the apathic chiller which will also send you in a trance-like state, so make sure you also own white briefs to fit in the decorum. This explains why the ghost of a former "Beverly Hills 90210" extra haunts the place, looking for bodies of twuds (that cross between twinks and studs you find in Bel-Ami) to graze with her immaterial hands. ![]() The geek reveals to one of his frat buddies that this very modern mansion was once a sanitarium, in which case the redecorator did a hell of a job. After the aforementioned 20 minutes intro, followed by a shower scene (chest & legs only, DeCoteau even forbids himself butt shots in his quest for R-rated gay entertainment) and a long swimming sequence, the titular ghost (and the only representative of the fair sex) is introduced, as it touches the body of the resting swimmer then teases another bespectacled fratboy (presumably a geek, though geeks are never that hot). There's none to be found, and "Haunted Frat" is no exception. 20 minutes of a guy walking around in his underwear is a long time, even when you're gay, so I can't imagine a straight man inadvertently renting one of the 1313 movies looking for a cheap scare. The huge California mansion has its exteriors and interiors lavishly filmed in slo-mo for the 1st 20 minutes of the movie (and most installments) as a guy in underwear invariably roams the corridors and patio in a trance-like state for no reason at all. ![]() I don't know who owns this house that director DeCoteau uses in all his 1313 installments, but should it ever go on the market, the realtor has his work cut out for him. ![]()
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