So, We Killed Our Parents

Lucifer's Mind (2003) ** 1/2

Pure Exodus, The (2004) ** 1/2

Cold Heat,The (2004) **

So, We Killed Our Parents (2004) ***

Snake's Kiss Good-bye, The (2006) ** 1/2 (out of 4)

These five shorts are the early work of Shane Ryan who would go onto direct Amateur Porn Star Killer. These five films have a lot in common from their visual style to their taboo subject matters. Lucifer's Mind runs just over a minute and has various images, which are suppose to be in, as the title says, Lucifer's mind. The Pure Exodus has a woman showering in blood and deals with a strange killing. The visual style is good but there's not much of a story. The Cold Heat also looks great visually but the story isn't there to match it. The Snake's Good-bye Kiss once again features great visuals but the story doesn't come off as well as I'm sure Ryan wanted. So, We Killed Our Parents tells the story of brother and sister who kill their parents with a baseball bat because daddy was abusive to the son and raped the daughter. The style and story are good, if disturbing here and there's a twist that you certainly won't see coming.