A movie that - in theory - could've passed muster as rejected Tales From The Crypt flick. The movie is three separate stories with an overall framing sequence set in a Bates Hotel ripoff The sequence doesn't really make sense though they obviously needed something to keep the movie organized. Each story itself would've had some redeeming quality but the director went with the cheap route going with blood, gore, and cheap SFX. The first one is probably the 'best' of the three. The second one shows its cards too early to be of interest. The last one is of the "kids run out of gas and find a place" variety which manages to throw a history twist and but then goes straight into the dumpster halfway in.This movie could've been a WHOLE lot better and that's the real waste here (and why the movie gets only a 3).

The on screen title III SLICES OF LIFE amusingly renders the "three" in its Roman numeral, aligning the look of its rough edges with the hand-hewn lettering on the covers of three "books of life," a central motif in this gruesome horror effort. This omnibus movie, which is neither as bad as some here have said nor as fantastic as others purport, alternately succeeds in its various reworkings of horror movie motifs and fails on some of those trappings, too. Apparently inspired by George A. Romero's CREEPSHOW but also owning much to the classic British omnibus flicks from Amicus and other studios (TALES FROM THE CRYPT [1972] comes to mind), 3 SLICES OF LIFE -- I shall drop the Romans as the end credits revert to the Latin -- is a mixed bag but one that, in the end, I liked. The best episode in the trilogy, SEX LIFE, closes the film. Neatly constructed, it weaves two seemingly unrelated tales into a clever pay off -- the heroine of the piece unwittingly inherits a literally monstrous family curse, which neatly ties up some plotting involving an incestuous horror that begs for final justice. The characters in SEX LIFE -- the villains, that is -- are not what they seem, which is a nice change from the previous two tales, which are much more obvious in their villainry. The acting in SEX LIFE is, likewise, far better than in the preceding segments, HOME LIFE and WORK LIFE. However, SEX LIFE (as with the rest of the segments) suffers from director-writer Anthony G. Sumner's insistence upon bringing in unrelated horror tropes (the legend of Countess Bathory, in this case) that have no business in the movie at all. Sumner shoehorns various in-jokes and references as if to tell the viewer he knows his stuff about Romero, Sam Raimi, and David Cronenberg -- as well as the more arcane trivia, such as Bathory. This indulgence takes away from the basic storytelling, though, which is otherwise good. SEX LIFE is good enough to stand alone without the baggage of 3 SLICE's framing story or the other pieces, of which the framing story is the most valid. It conjures a spooky was-it-a-dream attitude brought into focus via some supernatural folderol involving personality transfer; there is also a clever use of bringing in characters from the other episodes to create mild chills. The second segment, HOME LIFE is also smartly framed, presenting some truly frightening ghost children who haunt the very pregnant protagonist. But the piece is frankly overlong and the nice build-up of suspense is damaged by a very messy, gory finale. Here, again, Sumner has a handle on special effects sequences but tends to fall back on cheap tricks instead of trusting in what is essentially decent storytelling. The bane of many low-budget horror movie directors is they give up and rely on banal in-jokes and references to other movies to cover up obvious plot holes; or, they are just lazy and think a good wink and a nod in the direction of zombified George Romero-isms will tide them over. Meanwhile, the audience feels cheated. Sumner cheats us in the latter way in the first tale, WORK LIFE. An ostensible comic-gore romp, this segment offers a nerdy office worker who feels slighted and sends out his "zombie email virus" disk to infect the world. His transformed colleagues become drooling EVIL DEAD-like zombies and chase him around until destroyed by gun-toting government bio-terror soldiers, in the manner of Romero's THE CRAZIES. In spite of these excesses, Sumner is a talent to watch. 3 SLICES OF LIFE succeeds admirably in some ways, especially in the last segment. Its failings may be chalked up to a filmmaker simply trying to bite off more than he can chew.--Jeffrey Frentzen

Reviews such as those peppered throughout this page really annoy me. Making bold statements as fact such as 'only people involved in this movie submitted all the decent reviews' are ridiculous, because how could you possibly know that!? I can safely I am not a relative of the film makers; I wasn't involved in the production, nor was I an actor in the film. I am purely a horror movie fan with a great love of independent cinema. Yes, you get a lot of poorly made duds in indie cinema, but you also get a lot of gems. Slices of Life is a gem.Focusing on three stories (Work Life, Home Life and Sex Life) with a genuinely intriguing wrap around story (featuring a very sweet and vulnerable Kaylee Williams) the film far exceeds expectations considering its very low budget.The first tale 'WORM' (Work Life) is a hilarious story of a nano virus gone horribly wrong; resulting in a blood bath of body horror and out and out gore. It's basically a zombie tale with a techno twist. I thoroughly enjoyed this segment; it's just a gruesome good time. Admittedly it is the least enjoyable of the three but that isn't to take away from its worth.Second up 'Amber Alert' (Home Life) is a dark tale of kidnapped children, a young pregnant woman haunted by demonic forces and a deeply disturbing truth which rears its head at the end in gory fashion - *ahem* sledgehammer scene!!! Toya Turner as the pregnant-lead-in-peril shines here as her character 'Vonda' and she really raises the bar for acting within independent horror.Finally you have the craziest segment of the bunch 'Pink Snapper' involving a brother and sister on the run, a house masking a terrible secret and gore galore. Deneen Melody plays the perfect damaged women character, 'Susan', in this tale who, after supposedly killing her abusive uncle, stumbles upon an even greater horror, along with her brother Eric (Galen Shloeming). I wouldn't want to give too much away about this short except to say it may make you the cross your legs tightly in its final moments! This one was my favourite of the bunch and really ended the anthology part of the movie on a blood splattered high.The wrap around segment ties things up in an interesting and highly original fashion but again I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Slices of Life is one of those indie horror flicks that needs to be seen – it's well made, well acted and really delivers the horror goods. I am sure I will be accused of being the director's brother on the back of this but I don't mind - I truly loved Slices of Life and I know it's very quickly finding its audience which is just fantastic.

I really do love horror anthologies and wish there were more made. I was hoping to be able to look past the budget and enjoy the film.Unfortunately it is impossible to look past non professional actors and watch a film in which this will be the only movie the main characters will be in because it just makes you want to cringe wit every line of dialog spoken.This has three stories and a wraparound story much like Creep show. The only story bearable is the final of the three.The movie is not scary, has zero tension, and when it attempts humor it falls flat on its face.I do not recommend this movie to even die hard horror fans. I do believe the stories could have been rewritten and made into a good little horror flick. However, this does not happen when you get your friends and family as the cast.