Part One: Shi No Mori (The Forest of Death)
In feudal Japan, a samurai warrior is sent to find a mysterious artifact that has the power to raise the dead. On his way he encounters a monk with ideas of his own, and the two of them must fend off the encroaching forces of the netherworld.

Ah me. The Baby Cart movies? Seen em? I hope so. You know the movies, the movies where if a man is cut by a samurai blade, they get cut on that one artery that is the size of a garden hose and blood spews about three hundred yards. This is where Shi No Mori seems to be taking its cue from. Out of the three stories in the movie, this one is dear to my heart, simply because I am a samurai freak. And when samurais and zombies collide, a classic is made. What struck me about this part of the film, is how well it was shot. The scene where the samurais are training on the ledge of a cliff as the sun goes down is just so perfect in every way. The way their black figures swing the swords the sun sets... ohhh But enough of my orgasm, there is some serious zombie action. We get some nasty bites and some body parts chopped off. After all, this does deal with zombies, and the zombies look great. Cheers to Jason Ward for great FX.

Part Two: Shadow of Tomorrow
A young detective woman in 1948 is hired to track down the wayward ex-wife of a sheepish stuntman, leading her to a back-alley burlesque club. She finds herself drawn into a bizarre conspiracy involving a mad grave-robbing doctor, an eccentric millionaires, a cackling corrupt cop psychopath, and an otherworldly object used to experiment on the recently deceased… I am torn between this one simply because I am not a huge black and white noir fan, but Clement makes everything in this movie seem so real, like I was watching a real black and white movie made in the forties. Tough call for me, but it is my least favorite segment, but that doesn't mean its not good. Oh no. This had me glued to the screen for numerous reasons. The burlesque club for one, hehe, but the corrupt cop makes it. "Pump ya full of lead", that's what I am talking about. Ya just can't beat a crazy cop, especially one in a cool suit, a hat, and carries a forty-five.

Part Three: Last Rumble
In the post-apocalyptic future, the Werewolf Rockers and Vampire Mods continue their feud without heed to the world at war. But when one of each gang is captured by the ruling regime and forced to compete in pit-fighting matches against reanimated corpses, the two prisoners are forced to work together to escape and destroy their captors. This was a kickin' segment that had everything a horror fan could ask for. We had dismemberment, vampires, and biker werewolves. And lesbian sex. Once again my hat goes off to Jason Ward for the werewolf make-up and gore. Cool shit. The eyebrow hair makes the werewolf make-up, and he had me cringing when the guy gets his head bashed into the wall. This story, in the end, helps tie the other three together, but you have to see it to know how...

In the end, I was overly happy, even giddy, at what I had just experienced. Even though there a lot of great micro-budget movies around, this is probably the gem of the lot. There are one or two mistakes (the punch in the samurai part is the worst), the true epic feeling of this, an anthology film no less, just gives me that good tingly feeling all over. The one you used to get when you climbed the rope in gym class. Okay I never climbed the rope, but I know that feeling. And watching this, you will feel the same...have I scared you yet?