Wuchak
Hampered by noticeably bad B acting, but dynamic, comic booky SoCal youth-cult horror
When a popular boy band from Los Angeles loses its frontman, the manager (Adrienne Barbeau) conducts an American Idol-like contest to enlist a new singer. The top 3 contenders then compete for the gig at the bands coastal hacienda, but something sinister is going on.
Shot in 2003, "Ring of Darkness is similar to The Lost Boys (with a little Dangerously Close), but on a $750,000 budget helmed by a quickie director. If you can roll with the boy band angle, the first half has pizazz and is entertaining. Unfortunately, laughably wooden acting takes over in the second half (not that it was exactly great in the first half). Its like the production wa...