Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Ted V. Mikels (The Astro-Zombies and belated sequels; The Corpse Grinders; Blood Orgy of the She-Devils) from a screenplay co-written with Cory Udler.
Cast:
Colie Knoke, Ted V. Mikels, Beverly Washburn (Spider Baby), Sean Morelli, Brenda Grippi, Josef Niznik, Dawna Lee Heising, Jim Wheble, Drew Marvick
Plot Teaser:
A blonde Las Vegas showgirl has always felt a connection with the spirit world. After her fiancee dies in a tragic accident, she begins receiving foreboding messages on her cell phone. She soon realizes that these messages must be from her dead lover, who is contacting her from the other side…
Review:
Veteran trash film ‘auteur’ Ted V. Mikels proves that he has still learnt nothing about making entertaining movies, even though he has been dabbling in the horror, sci-fi and action genres since the late 1960s.
Paranormal Extremes offers sub-amateur acting performances, a hilariously inept script (that was surely written on the hoof, scene-by-scene?), gratingly mismatched overly-dramatic music library cues and minor not-so-special effects. These elements all combine in an overlong (an hour and 42 minutes!) mess to induce the equivalent of a coma. The vaguely amusing scenes involving the sceptical ‘Paranormal Wars’ film crew make this slightly less of an endurance test but its a case of the proverbial too little, too late.
And yet, this insult to anyone’s intelligence has been released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD, because the inclusion of the words ‘Paranormal’ and ‘Extreme’ will always sucker in some punters, so shyster ‘filmmaker’ Mikels is clearly having the last laugh. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Adrian J Smith, Horrorpedia
Choice Dialogue:
Ted V. Mikels: “But you know, when you’re young, you never think what it might be like when you get older.”
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