WoW Moviewatch: The Fifth Horseman
by Dan O'Halloran 
Nov 1st 2007 at 12:00PM
WarcraftMovies ran a Halloween Machinima contest this year. Baron Soosdon of I'm So Sick and Unlimited Escapism fame came in second place with this horrific tale of corruption and mayhem.
The Baron has been criticized in the past for lack of narrative. This time, he created a film that followed one man's journey into the heart of darkness, and the terrifying consequences. It's on the bloody side, so if you don't like slasher flicks, I wouldn't recommend viewing this one.
As usual, avoid the embedded stream for Baron movies and check out the Stage 6 link for high quality picture.
Previously on Moviewatch....
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nati Nov 1st 2007 12:32PM
The movie was technically well done, the use of lighting and such is very good, but the narrative was terrible. The "story" was extremely lacking.
kuett Nov 1st 2007 1:03PM
agree with #1
Matthew Rossi Nov 1st 2007 1:32PM
Honestly, I don't know what you're looking for in a 4 minute movie, but the story was realized. Man is driven by visions to his doom, and brings doom upon others. It's not intended to be Moby Dick.
Michael Nov 1st 2007 9:36PM
The movie was good, the search for the woman at the end excellent; but it really needed a film noir narrative. That would have made for some VERY good watching. Length of movie was pretty good too. My first 4 out of 5, losing a rating because it really needed speaking...
tuscansalami Nov 2nd 2007 8:58AM
Nice and creepy. However, the link to the Stage 6 version is currently b0rked as I post this, and instead links erroneously back to "I'm so sick" instead.
Hagrin Nov 2nd 2007 9:34AM
I wish i could make movies like that, i would make one where Turalyon shows up to kick this guys ass...
sohnemann Nov 3rd 2007 8:21AM
This vid IS very good. It LOOKS very good. (If you ignore the camera clipping, which is always a fat minus in Soosdon movies.)
The story also begins very nice but ends like a bad Stephen King book (and as we all know, King screws up most of his endings). I think Soosdon should have done what he does best;
A surrealistic piece of effect overkill with trance-music and neat halloween model edits.
This way, he would have placed 1st :D
Sorry for my English btw, I'm German (and my teachers obviously can't manage to teach me SHIT)