We’ve run into a real string of bad movies lately, haven’t we? Not that I thought Parasomnia was going to be any different, and not that you haven’t come to expect bad movie write-ups from me, but when you hoe the low budget road, there’s usually some awesome surprises waiting for you. Besides, this one was written and directed by William Malone, the same dude who did House on Haunted Hill and Feardotcom (yeah, okay, also not great but at least these were legitimate theatrical releases and starred people like Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, and Stephen Dorff), so I suppose one could gleam a glimmer of horror hope from this one. But all hope was quickly dashed and there weren’t any surprises waiting for me. Only a mundane, low budget fantasy lost in a shitty dream world of love, blood, and madness.

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Two of the worst things to happen on (and to) TV in the last little while have been Conan O’Brien losing The Tonight Show and the announcement that Flight of the Conchords would not be returning for a third season. Forget what Kanye did to Taylor Swift; we’re talking real TV tragedies here, folks. Sadly, we’re gonna have to wait at least seven months before we can watch O’Brien again, but if it’s an FOTC fix you’re jonesing for, I suggest you wait patiently for Gentleman Broncos to come out, go watch Eagle vs. Shark again, or get your hands on this New Zealand comedy horror flick, Diagnosis: Death. Now before you get too excited, there’s actually very little of Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, and Murray Hewitt (Rhys Darby) in Diagnosis: Death (Bret takes the lion’s share of screen time between the three, with Jemaine and Rhys playing very minor parts), but even a little bit of all three is worth a look-see.

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