Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs

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Weekend Movie Marathon

Unwatched DVDs

I am not sure how many movies I will be able to get through this weekend. But I want to try to get some watched at least. This weekend I decided to get my Unwatched movie pile down some. There is now 175 (excluding serials) in my collection. So I am hoping I will at least be able to get that number down under 170. Keep in mind that some of these movies I may have seen before... but not since I bought the DVD

Here is a list of movies I have in my movies on DVD I have that I haven't watched yet. As always if there is any you would like to see a review for let me know... I won't promise to get to it this weekend... but I will try.

1.  The Abominable Dr. Phibes   2. Abomination: Evilmaker 2   3. Above the Law   4. The Adventures of Tartu   5. Aerial Gunner   6. Altered States   7. Alucard   8. Amped   9. An Angel for Christmas  10. Apocalypse Rising  11. Assassins of Youth  12. The Bat  13. Battle of Blood Island  14. Battleship Potemkin  15. Bedlam  16. Best of the Best  17. The Big Lift  18. Big Top Pee Wee  19. Black Brigade  20. Black Hawk Down  21. Black Ribbon  22. Blood Alley  23. Blood on the Sun  24. Blood Reaper  25. Blood Stained Bride  26. Brainiac  27. Branded  28. British Intelligence  29. The Broken  30. Casulties of War  31. Chain Reaction  32. Chocolat  33. Circus of Fear  34. Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows  35. Commandos  36. Convoy  37. Crossroads  38. Curse of Pirate Death  39. Curse of the Wolf  40. Cyrano de Bergerac  41. Dark Light  42. Dark Places  43. Darkman 2: Return of Durante  44. Darkman 3: Die Drakman Die  45. The Darkness  46. The Dawn Express  47. Deadly Drifter  48. Deliverance  49. Derailed  50. Desert Heat  51. The Devil Bat  52. Diabolique  53. Die, Sister Die  54. Double Team  55. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde  56. Dr. Phibes Rides Again  57. Drawing Blood  58. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness

59. Embryo  60. Farewell to Arms  61. Fear of the Dark  62. Feral  63. The Fighting Seabees  64. Fists of Fear, Touch of Death  65. Fist of the Vampire  66. Flesh Feast  67. Flying Blind  68. The Flying Leathernecks  69. Foreigner  70. Four in a Jeep  71. Foxes  72. From Beyond  73. Full Frontal  74. Full Metal Jacket  75. Ghost Ship  76. God Told Me To  77. Gone with the Wind  78. Gorgo  79. The Gorilla  80. The Great American Snuff Film  81. The Green Berets  82. Gung Ho  83. Half Past Dead  84. Hell's Threshold  85. Home Made  86. House by the Cemetery  87. The House Where Evil Dwells  88. I Walked with a Zombie  89. Identity Unknown  90. Immortal  91. In Harms Way  92. The Innocent  93. Into Thy Hands  94. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages  95. Isle of the Dead  96. Jack the Ripper  97. Jarhead  98. Jaws: The Revenge  99. Kennel Murder Case 100. Kill Cruise 101. Kill Syndrome 102. Knight Chills 103. Laser Mission 104. Last Best Chance 105. The Last Chance 106. Left Behind 2 107. Legacy of Blood 108. Little Shop of Horrors 109. The Longest Day 110. Majestic 111. Messiah of Evil 112. Minesweeper 113. Nabonga 114. The Navy Way 115. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare 116. One Eyed Jack

117. One of Our Aircraft is Missing 118. Operation Pacific 119. Pajama Game 120. Pony Trouble 121. Primal Fear 122. Private Buckaroo 123. Prom Night 124. Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes 125. Puppet Show 126. Rage of the Master 127. Reefer Madness 128. Replicant 129. Return of the Boogeyman 130. Return of the Magnificent Seven 131. Ricochet 132. The River: Legend of La Llorona 133. Road to Bali 134. Road Warrior 135. Rocky Balboa 136. Sabbath 137. Sands of Iwo Jima 138. Scared to Death 139. Screaming Ninja 140. The Sea Chase 141. Seven Doors of Death 142. Shadows in the Dark (Val Lewton Documenary) 143. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 144. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green 145. The Shunned House 146. Sickness House 147. Silent Bloodnight 148. Sinners 149. Sisters of Death 150. Slasher 151. Sleep Disorder 152. Snake Crane Secret 153. The Somnambulists 154. Spitfire 155. The Stranger 156. The Substitute 157. Super Hell 158. Super Hell 2 159. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 160. Theater of Blood 161. They Were Expendable 162. This Darkness 163. Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows 164. Vampire Whores from Outer Space 165. A Vampire's Tale 166. Vulture's Eye 167. Up From Zero 168. Web of the Spider 169. White Fang to the Rescue 170. White Zombie 171. Who Am I? 172. Wicker Man 173. Wild Bunch 174. Wings of an Eagle 175. Woodland Haunting 2

[Najemikon]

Deliverance!

Plus your unwatched Val Lewton's... 

[addicted2dvd]

  Funny... I had a feeling both those requests would come up! 

[Jimmy]

Guess mine?

[spoiler]Alucard [/spoiler]

and Amped maybe since I want to know if it's a good movie.

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Ghost Ship
Year: 1943
Director: Mark Robson
Rating: NR
Length: 69 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Richard Dix
Russell Wade
Edith Barrett
Ben Bard
Edmund Glover

Plot:
There's danger dead ahead when director Mark Robson (Bedlam) helms The Ghost Ship. Richard Dix (Cimarron, The Whistler series) plays the sinister captain whose port of call may be madness. All aboard!

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
I decided to start my marathon with a classic. One of the Val Lewton movies I bought this past October. After watching the movie I am a little disappointed that it has nothing to do with ghosts... but it is a good movie. It has some great atmosphere in it. I found that when we heard the mute sailor's thoughts it was quite eerie. It was well done. While I did enjoy this movie quite a bit... I must say that so far it is my least favorite of the Val Lewton movies that I have watched.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

[Najemikon]

After watching the movie I am a little disappointed that it has nothing to do with ghosts... but it is a good movie. It has some great atmosphere in it. I found that when we heard the mute sailor's thoughts it was quite eerie. It was well done. While I did enjoy this movie quite a bit... I must say that so far it is my least favorite of the Val Lewton movies that I have watched.

Sounds like we're still in sync with this series, Pete! I also found Ghost Ship the weakest. The director also did Isle of the Dead, which on first viewing I thought one of the weaker entries too, so it may be down to him (he did 7th Victim too). Not that I like self-promotion, but it might be worth you scanning my reviews of the series for the remaining entries because while I think Isle of the Dead, Bedlam and especially I Walked With A Zombie are all better than Ghost Ship, they can also be misleading titles... like Ghost Ship not having the sort of ghosts you might expect! 

One thing that puzzled me about this one, is the strange shot at the end where two characters meet. We only see their shadows. Do you have any idea what that was supposed to mean?  Being "b-movies", I wonder if they ran out of money to pay a decent looking actress... 

[addicted2dvd]

I really have no idea what that last shot was all about. But you know... I really didn't pay to much attention to it at the time. But now that you mention it... it was a bit weird.

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Gorgo
Year: 1961
Director: Eugene Lourie
Rating: NR
Length: 76 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Bill Travers
William Sylvester
Vincent Winter
Christopher Rhodes
Joseph O'Conor

Plot:
A volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic brings to the surface a 65-foot prehistoric monster. Two treasure divers capture the creature and take him to London where he is put on display in a circus.

A scientist is thoughtful enough to point out that the sailors' bonanza is only an infact and that a full grown specimen would be over 200 feet in height. Sure enough, Gorgo's mama comes thundering ashore, reclaims her offspring and heads back to sea — but not before she trashes a generous portion of London.

The special effects in GORGO, provideed by Tom Howard — two time Academy award winner, are truly admirable. The monster is quite ferocious — except when he wiggles his ears.

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
This is one of the movies that our friend Roger sent me. I thought I would watch (at least) one of the ones he sent me this weekend as well. This is really not the type of movie I normally watch... but I was able to enjoy it. Both the story and the effects is like a cross between Godzilla and King Kong.  One thing I found rather odd is there was no main female character in this movie. More or less you seen some women running around in the streets in crowds and such... but other then that... pretty much all male actors. The quality of the print while more then watchable... could have been better. But considering this movie is almost 50 years old... I really can't complain too much about that.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

[addicted2dvd]

Guess mine?

[spoiler]Alucard [/spoiler]

and Amped maybe since I want to know if it's a good movie.

Since (at least at this point) I really don't feel up to a 2 and a half hour movie... I will review your second choice next. But keep in mind my feelings about music. So you should take that into account when you read my review.

And yes... I was able to guess your first choice before peeking.

[Najemikon]

Guess mine?

[spoiler]Alucard [/spoiler]

and Amped maybe since I want to know if it's a good movie.

Since (at least at this point) I really don't feel up to a 2 and a half hour movie... I will review your second choice next. But keep in mind my feelings about music. So you should take that into account when you read my review.

And yes... I was able to guess your first choice before peeking.

That's a point! What do you think of Sir Lancelot? He pops up occasionally in the Lewton movies, most recently for you in Ghost Ship, but he was the butler in Curse of the Cat People too. He has a tendency to sing though! 

[addicted2dvd]

I was pretty much sure that was the point! 

As for the guy in Curse of the Cat People and The Ghost ship... he was easy to ignore. I barely even noticed it last night when I watched The Ghost Ship!

I am sitting here trying to get through this movie as I type this. And lets put it this way...

You owe me for this one Jimmy! 

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Title: Amped
Year: 2004
Director: Richard Poche
Rating: NR
Length: 71 Min.
Video: Widescreen :1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Shelby Barendrick
Richard Poche
Elizabeth Di Prinzio
Susan Stuart Brazell
Trish Christensen

Plot:
The new lead singer of the female fronted rock band, the "Danger Dolls", is found dead of an apparent cocaine overdose. But detective Holden begins to question the circumstances surrounding her death.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
Not being into music of any kind... this is not normally my type of a movie... but I am review this one at the request of a friend. This movie is from the Mortuary of Madness boxset I got this past October. Like many of the movies in this set... the acting leaves much to be desired. But I have seen worse acting in other movies in this set. Now I can normally just ignore music in a movie... but in this case... the singing was bad. And it is much harder to ignore bad singing then it is to ignore the music of real musicians. This woman's voice just goes through me and hurts my ears. At one point I actually had to fast forward through a song that played while showing some clips. Which is something I can normally ignore... but not with this movie... not with this singer. It also seemed the camera man liked to get a bit on the creative side. using some unneeded close-ups, over the shoulder shots and the like. Then there was the mixture of color and Black and White.  (B&W for the flashbacks). I found the story to be slow. The movie was only an hour and 11 minutes... and it just seemed to go on and on. It just really wasn't that interesting. I just wasn't too impressed with this movie.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

[Jimmy]

I'm quite surprise that you had decided to watch this one, since it was to make you watch Alucard. At least now I know it's bad and if you say that the song are worst than usual it's a good hint to not watch (I suppose that most of the songs sound like very cheap copy of Veruca Salt or The Go-Go's). At least 2 of the girls on the cover are cute it's a positive if this is true.

I think I owe you one, just try to be not too rough when you will decide to reclaim this debt.

[addicted2dvd]

What you know... the mood hit. Expect a review for Alucard next.

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Alucard
Year: 2003
Director: John Johnson
Rating: NR
Length: 150 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Jay F. Barber
Liam Smith
Rebecca Taylor
David Harscheid
Karthik Srinivasan

Plot:
A modern telling of Bram Stoker's classic!

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This is another movie from the Mortuary of Madness box set I got this past October. I went into this one with caution.... for two reasons. First it is in a box set of very low budget movies. Second it is a low budget film that is 2hrs. 30min. long! And that is a long time to sit through a low budget horror film. The picture quality of this movie is surprisingly good for such a cheap low budget boxset. As is the Audio. The story is interesting... but SLOW! Unfortunately every time it started to get good they decided to change the subject... going to another diary and such. I think the main thing that goes against this movie is the length. And the fact that they seemed to want to concentrate more on the dramatic story telling over the horror of the story.Which after a while got tiresome. So once again... I think the length of this movie is what hurt this movie more then anything else. They could have easily cut this movie in half... and we would have had a right good low budget modern telling of the story.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5