Foster on Film

Gen-Y thrill seekers watch a cursed videotape that kills in 7 days, and then see how long they can hold out before having someone else watch a duplicate, thus breaking the curse.  Jake (Ryan Merriman), an obnoxious high school student, is drawn in by the college crowd to play this dangerous game, but when the

Directed & Written by: C. J. Roy.  16 min/20 min This critique contains spoilers – if you have not seen the film yet, go to the Best Shorts page. Roadside Attraction (2004) C.J. Roy is young.  Young in a way that’s irritating to those of us who aren’t young anymore.  It means he has time. 

Directed & Written by: Mike Williamson.  Produced by: Terry Dougas, Michael Feifer.  25 min Think of a campfire horror tale.  A really, really good one.  The type you heard as a child, huddled closely with two or three friends on a cool October night.  The kind that frightened you in all the ways that are

Stan Marsh (voice: Trey Parker), Kyle Broflovski  (voice: Matt Stone), Kenny McCormick  (voice: Matt Stone), and Eric Cartman (voice: Trey Parker) take a trip to Nebraska to visit Eric’s relatives at Christmastime.  Eric’s jailed uncle chooses this time to escape along with Charles Manson.  When none of the other adults will take the boys to

Mr. Garrison’s overly religious Christmas play draws the ire of Kyle’s mom.  She protests that it is insensitive to Jews.  Soon, everyone in South Park is arguing and all symbols of Christmas, religious and secular, are removed.  When the mayor asks for a new holiday symbol, Kyle (voice: Matt Stone) suggests Mr. Hankey the Christmas

A plotless, all singing episode of South Park, where the boys, their parents, school teachers, and even Satan, sing about the joy of the Christmas season.  22 min. Yet another South Park Christmas episode, and creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have hit a dry spell.  There’s a few clever ideas mixed in with some

With the whole of South Park lacking in Christmas spirit, Stan Marsh (voice: Trey Parker), Kyle Broflovski  (voice: Matt Stone), Kenny McCormick  (voice: Matt Stone), and Eric Cartman (voice: Trey Parker) go down in the sewers to find Mr. Hankey.  He has gotten married to a drunk and had three children, so hasn’t had time

Series Christmas Episode: Stan Marsh (Trey Parker-voice), out walking in the forest, comes upon the woodland critters preparing for Christmas.  They ask his help in putting a star on the top of their tree.  Later, the critters turn up at Stan’s house asking for more help.  It seems that lady porcupine, a virgin, is pregnant

Four young boys (voices: Trey Parker & Matt Stone ) build a snowman, but three of them ignore the fourth when he warns them not to put a magic hat on it.  The snowman comes to life as a monster, growing tentacles that it uses to kill Kenny, the fattest boy.  The remaining three run

Four boys, Kyle (voice: Matt Stone), Stan (voice: Trey Parker), Cartman (voice: Trey Parker), and Kenny, are caroling and arguing, when Jesus shows up.  He’s upset with Santa Claus taking the focus off of his birth.  Jesus and Santa start fighting, destroying everything around them, so the boys call upon a really important person, skater

Inn keeper Nick Catapoli (J. Carrol Naish) has lost his faith in humanity and has little use for Christmas.  As he repairs his giant, electric, star-shaped sign, and his customers continue their relentless unpleasantness, a pregnant woman and her husband, a mysterious hitchhiker, and three cowboys converge on his inn, and they will change everyone’s

After a rude letter in the paper angers Santa Claus, a clockmaker (voice: Joel Grey) suggests to the mayor (voice: John McGiver) and town council that they build a giant clock in honor of Santa.  Meanwhile a father mouse (voice: George Gobel) attempts to find out who wrote the letter.  22 min. Tripe for uneducated