SummerWorks Reviews 1
Beat the heat at the local theatre fest's cool final weekend.
Here's the best, and the rest.
By JON
KAPLAN and GLENN SUMI Damned good
Eric Woolfe's funny-scary homage to creepy horror anthology programs on TV
and gruesome comic books is SummerWorks at its best. Woolfe has mastered the
formula and language of the genre, from Ron Kennell's faux-literary scaremeister
host to the little plot twists that reward greed and avarice with bloody
punishment. Michael Waller directs with obvious fun, and Paul Sportelli and Jay
Turvey's music adds to the spine-tingling experience. Tone is important here,
and Waller never lets his actors go over the top. Besides Kennell, Hume Baugh,
Darren Keay and Melody A. Johnson take their multiple roles seriously and are
all the more hilarious and frightening. The real standout is Kimwun Perehinec,
whose law student mom-to-be and accent-chewing fortune teller are eye-poppingly
good.GS |