Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2013, 06:07:07 AM
As usual that will be a mix of well known films and unknown movies (common this is what I'm known for)... if I feel like it some adult films will be included.
Enough talking it's time to start :training:
Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2013, 09:42:56 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Sorority House Massacre (1986)
Genre: Horror
Director: Carol Frank
Rating: R
Length: 1h12
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Angela O'Neill
Wendy Martel
Pamela Ross
Nicole Rio
John C. Russell
Plot:
Horror-suspense thriller! Beth visits her friends' sorority and finds it hauntingly familiar. The girls' night of fun becomes a night of terror as Beth remains unaware that an escaped psycho stalks the girls one by one!
My Thoughts:
Unsurprisingly since the Slumber Party Massacre trilogy was a success it gave birth to a batch of films of the same genre. So this is the first entry in the Sorority House Massacre franchise, a serie who had a good reputation. But honestly I hope this isn't because of that one that is rather poor. The action doesn't start fast enough (common after 30 minutes nothing is happening yet) and when it finally starts we got a feeling of improvisation like the director would have said "the hell with it". The story is predictable, yeah the principal girl and the killer share a link... guess what it is? The acting is mostly screaming and the image is too dark. Not really a good start.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2013, 06:59:00 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jim Wynorski
Rating: NR
Length: 1h17
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Gail Harris
Melissa Moore
Stacia Zhivago
Barbii
Dana Bentley
Plot:
Meet the girls of Sigma-Pi. Some will live and some will die. Playboy Playmate Melissa Moore, Joe Bob's Breast Actress Robyn Harris and nubile newcomer Stacia Zivago are three sexy coeds spending their first night at their new sorority house. Unfortunately, like their boyfriends, the old mansion has a past. These girls party till they panic... a killer has crashed the bash and he's really hooked on them. Now they must struggle to stay alive with only their brains and their bustiers to support them.
My Thoughts:
A director can make a big difference in a movie and Jim Wynorski is one of those directors who get what the horror genre is all about. Of course this movie is nothing new, but almost everything is there : nice looking girls in distress, a story who goes fast and make sense (they use stock footages of the first Slumber Party Massacre movie to build a backstory), victims who can fight back and an effective score by Chuck Cirino... in fact the only weakness is the killing because we don't see much thanks to the MPAA. Toni Naples and Savannah (if you were an adult movies watcher in the nineties you knew who she was) are also there in small role.One thing to remember kids: Playing with a Ouija board at night in a creepy house where murders occurred is never a good idea.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2013, 09:07:37 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Hard to Die (1990)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jim Wynorski
Rating: R
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Gail Harris
Karen Mayo-Chandler
Deborah Dutch
Melissa Moore
Bridget Carney
Plot:
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorised by a series of bizarre killings...
My Thoughts:
Don't let the title fools you, it is in fact Sorority House Massacre III. Except than calling it by that name would make no sense since it had nothing to do with a sorority or a house. But some of the characters for the previous one are back and two actresses are back too (with a different role since they were killed). So this time it's in an office building but that's no excuse to not get naked, take a shower and wear sexy lingerie. Not as good as the previous one since it countains too much comedy for my taste, but it's a good time waster.And no the girls aren't "hard to die" but someone sure is...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 12:14:16 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Vampires Night Orgy (1974)
Genre: Horror
Director: León Klimovsky
Rating: R
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2:35.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jack Taylor
Dyanik Zurakowska
José Guardiola
Charo Soriano
Helga Liné
Plot:
A group of people are traveling by bus to the town of Bojoni, when the driver has a heart attack and dies. The group of passengers decides to drive to the near village of Tolnio instead to spend the night, and follow to Bojoni on the next morning. They find nobody in the apparently abandoned ghost city, but the next morning, they meet the hospitable dwellers. Unfortunately, their bus has a problem with the engine, and they have to stay in Tolnio a while longer. To their shock and horror, they soon find out that they are trapped in a vampire village, and their fight for survival begins!
My Thoughts:
I really wanted to like that film... but even if the cinematography is beautifull, the mood mysterious, the story interesting and is available for the first time uncut it just didn't work for me. The movie move too slowly for my taste and the dubbing doesn't work (not that it is over the top like in Italy, but it is unemotional).Average for a spanish movie.
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Post by: addicted2dvd on October 02, 2013, 12:33:45 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 01:00:29 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 07:49:05 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Genre: Horror
Director: Peter Sasdy
Rating: NR
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Eric Porter
Angharad Rees
Jane Merrow
Keith Bell
Derek Godfrey
Plot:
An infant girl watches in horror as her father, the infamous "Jack the Ripper", brutally murders her mother. Years later, young Anna (Angharad Rees) is now under the care of a fake psychic and has been forced into prostitution. At the end of a séance one evening, a woman is mysteriously killed. Dr. John Pritchard (Eric Porter) suspects Anna is the murderer but cannot understand how she could do this unspeakable act. Using new Freudian psychoanalysis techniques, Pritchard experiments on Anna and discovers a shocking secret. The spirit of the "Ripper" is alive and well, and may be possessing his own daughter! Can this evil be stopped before it's too late?
My Thoughts:
The Hammer Studio was pretty much at the end of its run of success at that time due to the more graphics movies produced by the other studios. So it was in need of a new direction away from the vampire what he did that year with Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Twins of Evil and this one. I've already reviewed Twins of Evil (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,7888.msg158286.html#msg158286) last year and I've never seen Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (too bad it is OOP and way too costly as it sounds like a cool movie), but this year it's Hands of the Ripper.This film is certainly the most violent and bloody Hammer's film I've seen, but too be honest Hammer isn't that extreme unless you compare them to the Hollywood studio productions of the time. The Jack the Ripper story is treated with an interesting angle since it's not about him but his daughter. The story countains a good balance between psychology and horror, even if it isn't scary per se. Strangely even if it deals with "demonic possesion" this is almost credible and you feel like it could be real. Evidently like most of the Hammer films you got a very good historical recreation. Angharad Rees in her first principal role give a very good performance in a role who requires a lot of subtility and Eric Porter isn't bad either. Also, and this is something I always like, there is no Hollywood ending for that story.
Strongly recommanded, even more considering the quality of this HD release.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 08:30:16 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide (1971)
Genre: Horror
Director: Lee Raymond
Rating: NR
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Laurie Rose
Jane Tsentas
John Barnum
Jude Farese
Rene Bond
Plot:
When slimy stud Dr. Chris Leeder (Jack Buddliner) takes possession of Dr. Jekyll's ancient notebook, he quickly becomes obsessed with the murderous sex crimes of the original Mr. Hyde. Ignoring the notebook's warning that the Jekyll and Hyde formula "makes people appear as they really are," the demented doc mixes the potion and promptly turns into... "Miss Hide" (Jane Tsentas), a sexy blonde in a mini-skirt who just happens to be a homicidal nymphomaniac!
After enjoying a lesbian romp with Leeder's secretary (legendary skinflick starlet Rene Bond), and the sadistic slaughter of a drunken sailor (ouch!), Miss Hide decides to pay a visit to Leeder's fiancee (Jennifer Brooks) and permanently cancel the wedding...
My Thoughts:
OK nobody would call this film a works of taste, common even Dave Friedman who picked up the movie said it's a piece of crap. But it's a fine movie for what it is, a drive-in sexploitation shocker. To be honest I sure prefer to watch an adaptation of Stevenson where the doctor turns as a sex crazed woman than a monkey like creature. The film, even if the effects are basic, is quite violent: the scene where Linda York is killed sure is. John Barnum (using the Jack Buddliner alias here) isn't that much of an actor and he sure isn't a sex symbol (he is the kind of guy you don't want to see naked, but you will...). But you get some decent acting from an underused Laurie Rose, the lovelly Rene Bond and, of course, Jude Farese who will appear regulary on TV series some years later untill 2007.Not great not bad, but it delivers what you expect.
Evidently the trailer isn't on Youtube and I won't bother posting it since it had male nudity in it.
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Post by: Piffi on October 02, 2013, 10:14:21 PM
Post by: Kathy on October 02, 2013, 10:21:32 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 10:26:56 PM
Just click on the image in my reviews and it will open the profile when you are in it click on "Purchase place". Of course it doesn't meant that everything I review is always in print...
Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2013, 10:44:57 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Re-Animator (1985)
Genre: Horror
Director: Stuart Gordon
Rating: NR
Length: 1h26
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jeffrey Combs
Bruce Abbott
Barbara Crampton
David Gale
Robert Sampson
Plot:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
My Thoughts:
No need to say a lot about the film since it's a classic... perfect cast chemistry, excellent special effects, a very catchy and recognizable theme by Richard Band and a perfect mix of horror and comedy. Highly recommanded and if you have never seen it what are you waiting for?
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Post by: addicted2dvd on October 02, 2013, 11:27:54 PM
Post by: Piffi on October 02, 2013, 11:28:47 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2013, 12:46:52 AM
I haven't seen that film in years! It is one that is surprisingly not in my collection yet.You're right this is quite a surprise... If you want to get it don't go for the blu-ray since it's an awfull job. The Millenium edition who is the one to go for (even if it was released in 2002) is always available for a good price at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Re-Animator-Millennium-Jeffrey-Combs/dp/B00005V9HA/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1380753880&sr=1-1&keywords=B00005V9HA)... in fact I've paid a lot more than that back in the days.
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 03, 2013, 01:16:12 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2013, 03:34:42 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Bride of Re-Animator (1989)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian Yuzna
Rating: R
Length: 1h39
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Jeffrey Combs
Bruce Abbott
Claude Earl Jones
Fabiana Udenio
David Gale
Plot:
It's been eight months since the Miskatonic Massacre stained the halls with blood - and Dr. West and Dr. Cain's experiments have taken a bizarre turn. Now they have gone beyond re-animating the dead...into the realm of creating new life. The legs of a hooker, and the womb of a virgin are joined to the heart of Dr. Cain's dead girlriend - and the bride is unleashed upon her maite in a climax of sensual borror.
My Thoughts:
More often than not a movie sequel isn't as good as the original and what we have here is no exception. The story isn't really interesting and, more often than not, doesn't make sense. Some interesting idea appear but are never developped (by exemple the police investigation about the event of the first film), in fact it felt improvised (hard to believe that 3 persons were involved in the writing). The comedy side is not there anymore and the mood is dark and depressing, even Herbert West is played as a caricature (sure he is a mad scientist in the original but not an over the top unidimensional character). Didn't help also that Fabiana Udenio (remember the exchange student in Summer School?) play more or less the Barbara Crampton role in that film since she isn't a good actress. Really poor sequel and an awfull sourced from tape DVD release thanks to Artisan Home Entertainment. At least Pionner released the film using the correct screen ratio with a commentary wich I'm sure was more entertaining than the film was.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2013, 07:04:13 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian Yuzna
Rating: R
Length: 1h35
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Jeffrey Combs
Jason Barry
Elsa Pataky
Simón Andreu
Nico Baixas
Plot:
After causing the Miskatonic University Massacre, Dr. Herbert West has been serving a prison sentence for the past 14 years. Far from overcoming his scientific obsession with bringing dead organisms back to life, he has had no choice but to continue his experiments on the only specimens he can find in his cell: rats. When Howard, a new young doctor, comes to work as the prison MD and requests his assistance, Dr. West discovers the yound protege has something Dr. West left behind 14 years ago.
My Thoughts:
OK that one is better than Bride of Re-Animator, but it isn't very hard. The film was made on a small budget and it's evident, but I can live with that. At least Jeffrey Combs is always there and give a good performance. For the other actors it's hard to judge since they aren't english native speakers and use the language (of course that excuse doesn't work for Jason Barry who is a poor substitute for Bruce Abbott). I don't really like some modifications in the franchise genesis, by exemple since when the reanimated can transmit their states by a bite? That doesn't make sense... The jail setting is interesting but the characters are too stereotypical and there is an opening for a sequel who will never happen since that film was a huge flop. Not the best film of Brian Yuzna (his best being Society), but certainly not his worst one.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 04, 2013, 06:18:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night of the Demons (1988)
Genre: Horror
Director: Kevin Tenney
Rating: NR
Length: 1h30
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Allison Barron
Amelia Kinkade
Linnea Quigley
Alvin Alexis
Billy Gallo
Plot:
It's Halloween night and Angela is throwing a party, but this is no ordinary spook bash. Everybody's headed to Hull House, a deserted funeral home with a shocking secret in its past and something evil alive in its basement. Now the guests are becoming possessed, and this party's treats include tongue ripping, eyeball gouging, gratuitous nudity, bloody dismemberment and more. Welcome to the blowout where all Hell is breaking loose: You're invited to NIGHT OF THE DEMONS!
My Thoughts:
The plot said it all, so don't expect to be surprise... not that it is a bad thing. In fact it's a pretty good eighties special effects showcase who doesn't felt long at all. We got a good karma hit at the end and the script sure didn't played the stereotypical survivors at the end (at least for one of them).Not sure if someone who wasn't there in the eighties would like that film, but I was there so I love it :P
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Post by: Jimmy on October 04, 2013, 09:51:13 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night of the Demons 2 (1994)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Rating: R
Length: 1h36
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Cristi Harris
Bobby Jacoby
Merle Kennedy
Amelia Kinkade
Rod McCary
Plot:
It's Halloween and the teenagers from St. Rita's High School want to party at the neighborhood's haunted house. For years, the Hull House has sat in eerie silence—tales of its haunted past have turned into gory jokes and no one really believes anything ever happened there. However, Angela, the hostess from hell is summoning her army of teen demons to the blood-curdling contest between the school's priests and herself, the princess of darkness. What was intended as an innocent evening of fun and games turns into hell raising, life threatening ordeal... they wanted fun, now they're in the trick-or-treat party of their lives!
My Thoughts:
I don't think it will be a surprise for most of you but... horror and comedy doesn't go well with me. I can tolerate it when it's well done in small dose, but when there is too much of it I find that disrespectfull (unless of course it's part of the franchise to begin with). This is one of those case of too much for me, but it isn't a surprise sice it's a Brian Trenchard-Smith's movie. But even if I go over my dislike for comedy there is always some problems. The film is too bright, too much time is waste at the catholic school and the film actions took too long to start. But the effects are always good, the scenes at the house are as good as the one in the first film (but recycling scenes is kind of cheap and lazy) and there is a good ammount of nudity (common I'm a guy and that help when a film isn't that great).Average for me, but I've the strange feeling that most people would prefer this one to the original :hmmmm:
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Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2013, 04:14:59 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night of the Demons 3 (1997)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jimmy Kaufman
Rating: 16+
Length: 1h25
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Amelia Kinkade
Gregory Calpakis
Stephanie Bauder
Kris Holden-Ried
Patricia Rodriguez
Plot:
It's halloween. The gates of Hull House have creaked open once again and Angela is waiting patiently for her treats.
When a group of teens take refuge in the foreboding old funeral home to escape the law, they soon realize their grave error.
My Thoughts:
My expectations for that one were really low considering it's a low budget canadian direct to video and the previous one wasn't that good. As it happen often in those cases I was pleasantly surprise. Sure the effects aren't as good, the house different (that was made far from LA since it was filmed in my native province) and filled with overacting. But the film is treated seriously this time, sure there is some humoristic one liners but as I often say comedy in moderation is acceptable.For the price this sure is worth a try if you like the first film.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2013, 06:51:53 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Wrong Turn (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Rob Schmidt
Rating: 13+
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English, French and Spanish
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Desmond Harrington
Eliza Dushku
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Jeremy Sisto
Kevin Zegers
Plot:
IAn indescribable nightmare begins when a group of young friends, stranded on an isolated road deep in the Appalachian hills of West Virginia, find themselves relentlessly pursued by a force of evil beyond their imagination!
My Thoughts:
Love it when I saw it in a theatre 10 years ago and it haven't change today. This is exactly the kind of horror film that I like. Fast pacing, you don't have any time to relax and breath, no time wasted to explain why it happen or who are those guys, no Deus ex machina at the end, credible acting and some real jump scares (no faking by using music or jumping cat).One of the best american horror film of the last ten years, Highly recommanded.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2013, 06:53:49 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 06, 2013, 01:51:25 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
Genre: Horror
Director: Joe Lynch
Rating: 16+
Length: 1h37
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English, French and Spanish
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Erica Leerhsen
Henry Rollins
Texas Battle
Aleksa Palladino
Daniella Alonso
Plot:
A post-apocalyptic reality show, in wich participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland, turns into a nightmarish showdown when the contestants realize they're being hunted for real by an inbred family of cannibals!
My Thoughts:
Not as bad as I expected it to be considering that everything I've seen before with a reality TV show premisses was awfull (the less said about Within the Woods (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,7422.msg147917.html#msg147917) the better it is). But this is more an excuse to have a group in the mountains than anything else. Also it is nice to have Erica Leerhsen in a staring role (that kind of made me want to rewatch Book of Shadows for the first in years) and, of course, Henry Rolliins kick ass. Common he was the singer of the great hardcore band Black Flags (not a whiny hemo band like we say so much these days) back in the days and he is an awesome poet.Evidently the writers found a way to fuck the mythology of the wood people. They are like that because they had been breeding with one another for generations not because of some toxic waste from a closed industry in the woods. The effects are a little bit over the top and the CGI is too evident at time. Another small critic, the inbreds don't talk like us M. writers (and certainly not use words like shit or fuck) they have their own incomprehensible language (why would they talk in english since they live as hermits in the fricking mountains).
Anyway don't let my critics fool you this film isn't that bad, just a disappointing sequel.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 06, 2013, 08:53:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)
Genre: Horror
Director: Declan O'Brien
Rating: 13+
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
Subtitles: English, Portuguese and Spanish
Stars:
Tom Frederic
Janet Montgomery
Gil Kolirin
Christian Contreras
Jake Curran
Plot:
The bloodcurdling horror continues with footage too shocking for theatres! When the most vivious killers in the country escape from a prison transport bus, Three Finger and his family of cannibalistics mutants may have met their match!
My Thoughts:
If I told you that this one was made in Bulgaria do you think "great! It is a sure sign of quality"? I hope not cause it isn't a good movie at all. Kind of hard to appreciate a "film" with no likeable characters, acted by a bunch of nobody, directed by someone with no talent and filmed by a director of photography who don't know that you must light a scene when you shoot at night. Really this film is ridiculous from the beginning to the end... A chance it was in a set with the first two, but I sure ain't that anxious to see the last two. (click to show/hide)
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Post by: Jimmy on October 07, 2013, 06:13:15 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
Genre: Horror
Director: Declan O'Brien
Rating: NR
Length: 1h33
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Sean Skene
Jennifer Pudavick
Tenika Davis
Kaitlyn Leeb
Terra Vnesa
Plot:
This new unrated chapter of WRONG TURN takes you back to the most terrifying place of all – the BLOODY BEGINNINGS!
An isolated sanatorium deep in the West Virginia wilderness is deserted after an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals escape and take revenge on their captors. Decades later, a group of college students seeks refuge in the now-abandoned hospital after a blizzard derails their plans for a weekend winter break. But when the students encounter the medical ward's most frightening former patients, their only choice is to fight back...or die trying!
My Thoughts:
Maybe I'm stupid but if you call your movie XYZ The Beginning this movie is suppose to be a prequel right? In that case why there is no connection to the first movie? Yes there are three brothers in the first film but... they weren't in a hospital for retarded inbreds and they didn't eat their parents when they were kids (their father is alive and well in the second film). Where the hell that big hospital came from and why it isn't condamned? I think the autorities will know that something isn't right after 27 years with no contact... Anyway the fact this movie make no sense is the least of its problem... Once again we have a bunch of unlikable, uncharismatic and boring characters. We got some of the stupidest lines ever writen in a horror film: seriously,at one point they put the three inbreds in a jail but when one of the guy wants to kill them as they deserve one of the girl say "we can't kill them because we will be like them". Boo hoo cry me a fricking river, they just killed four of your friends and eat them fricking retarded liberal hippie. What do you want to do? Take a guitar and sing Kumbaya for the rest of the night...
Another stupid movie in that franchise.
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Post by: Dragonfire on October 07, 2013, 07:20:22 AM
They should have at least tried to have some sort of sense of...continuity with the previous movies, but too many people making movies don't care about that stuff and figure no one will notice. For people that do notice, well we are just being nitpicky or some such nonsense.
Post by: Jimmy on October 07, 2013, 09:02:10 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 07, 2013, 09:16:33 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)
Genre: Horror
Director: Declan O'Brien
Rating: 13+
Length: 1h31
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Doug Bradley
Camilla Arfwedson
Simon Ginty
Roxanne McKee
Paul Luebke
Plot:
The backwoods of West Virginia are deeper, darker and deadlier than ever in this all-new, unrated chapter of WRONG TURN!
The cutting-edge terror continues when a small town hosts the legendary Mountain Man Festival on halloween, where crowds of costumed partygoers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But a killer celebration soon gives way to a blood-soaked feeding frenzy when an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students who are just dying for a good time...
My Thoughts:
I've decided to take a different approach with this one considering the lack of enjoyment I got with the previous two and I'll call it the Pete's approach. So the first three films doesn't exist and it's a sequel of the precedent film. Did it works? Yes and no. Sure the film is better if we ignore the genesis of the story, but even as a standalone feature it had many weaknesses. The story is highly predictable and you see the end coming by a mile, the characters aren't well writen and are unidimensional stereotypes and this is not really scary (someone goes alone and he/she is killed, repeat untill no one left). But some of the killing are pretty cool, over the top but fun anyway, and at least this time they have a well known actor in the cast (Doug Bradley is Pinhead in the Hellraiser franchise).So I can say average, but not really original. The worst part is that I'm a sucker and I will probably get the next one if one is made :-[
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Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2013, 12:01:55 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: ZAAT (1971)
Genre: Science-Fiction / Horror
Director: Don Barton
Rating: NR
Length: 1h40
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Stars:
Marshall Grauer
Wade Popwell
Paul Galloway
Gerald Cruse
Sanna Ringhaver
Plot:
Brace yourself for one of the craziest, silliest, most notorious (and most sought-after) underground monster movies of the 1970s.
Strange occurrences begin to plague Cypress Grove after a disgruntled ex-Nazi scientist (Marshall Grauer) disappears into his makeshift lab on the outskirts of town, only to re-appear as a half-human, half-catfish monster. As part of his sinister plan to rule the world, he also takes to polluting the local waterways. mutating the local aquatic wildlife. The mismatched duo tasked with keeping the townfolk safe is made up of of a young biologist (Gerald Cruse) and grizzled redneck sheriff (Paul Galloway). But quickly realizing they're in over their heads, a call goes out to the Inter-Nations Phenomena Investigations Team (INPIT for short). Before you can say "catfish po'boy" a groovy RV rolls in to the small southern town, driven by a pair of special agents (Dave Dickerson and the lovely Shanna Ringhaver) armed with a six-wheeled dune buggy-like Amphicat. But will it be enough to take on the deranged creature and his army of deadly mutant catfish?
My Thoughts:
This one was a really nice surprise as I expected some silly man in cheap suit non-sense. Sure it's a man in a suit, but he is a good physical actor. This is more or less a "remake" of Creature from the Black Lagoon and it is much better than most of the other remakes of this Universal classic. Evidently this is a low budget production but they had a lot of cooperation from Marine Land so the lab set is impressive. The underwater cinematography is also professionally done. This is really an enjoyable movie that you can watch with your kids since there is no real violence and nudity in it. Give it a try you won't regret it at all believe me.
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Post by: Dragonfire on October 08, 2013, 02:33:54 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2013, 06:11:14 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Slithis (1978)
Genre: Horror
Director: Stephen Traxler
Rating: PG
Length: 1h26
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Alan Blanchard
Judy Motulsky
J.C. Claire
Dennis Falt
Mello Alexandria
Plot:
Finally nature unleashes it's revenge! From the pollution of our nuclear waste came the killer we couldn't destroy. Our worst nightmares come to life with the terrifying, scaly monster – SLITHIS! First this nuclear mutant killed household pets near the canals of Venice, California. Now it preys on old couples and a homeless rotund man sleeping in the public men's room! In the tradition of JAWS, two outcasts, a teacher and a Jamaican seahunter, will take on the ugly monster to stop the slaughter! This mud monster creature is something out of those 50's classics we love!
My Thoughts:
This one is sure violent for a PG rated film, but guess why? After the director get it approved by the MPAA as a PG movie he put back everything that was cut by the MPAA to get the rating and release the film as it was originally made :laugh:Another water creature movie and this time it is a creature created by a spill at the nuclear central. It's the kind of movie you watch with your brain turned at off or it would have an overdose of pseudo science. Of course if you don't think the movie is fun (and some of the line are so stupid that you don't really have a choice to laugh). The film was made in less than 2 weeks wich was really fast even for a low budget seventies production, so it's evident that we got some plot holes and bad acting. But as I said the film is funny and the creature is scary (most of the money was put in the monster costume). By the way was turtles racing really something popular in the USA at the end of the seventies?
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The film is a little bit expensive but it's a real cult movie who worth that price.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2013, 06:07:39 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Octaman (1971)
Genre: Horror
Director: Harry Essex
Rating: NR
Length: 1h19
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Pier Angeli
Kerwin Mathews
Jeff Morrow
David Essex
Jerome Guardino
Plot:
A scientific expedition to a remote fishing village discovers high levels of radiation as well as a strange mutant-like small octopus that walks on land and has bizarre human-like eyes. The leader of the expedition teams up with a circus owner who wants to exploit the weird creature but trouble ensues when the two men discover their crew has been slaughtered and the mutant is missing. Tales from the villagers come to light describing the local legend of a half-man, half-sea serpent, but what the expedition finds is an astounding seven-foot-tall walking octopus that has a lust for human blood! Now, the hunters have become the hunted and the race is on. Who will survive and what will be left of them?
My Thoughts:
This one was directed by the man who wrote the screenplay for Creature from the Black Lagoon and It Came from Outer Space amongst other thing, so he knows how to write 50s creature movie. But this film lack something really important for that type of movie, a good creature costume. Not that it wasn't created by future famous FX artists (Rick Baker and Doug Bestwick began their career designing it), but it lack a feeling of reality because the head is a mask (the eyes have no expression and the mouth is a hole) and the tentacles doesn't move. The story also isn't that interesting and hard to follow (mexican accent without subtitles are sure hard to understand). Nothing to write home about, I've seen better. but the remastering works is good.
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Post by: GSyren on October 08, 2013, 07:21:56 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 09, 2013, 01:21:44 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Genre: Horror
Director: Stuart Gordon
Rating: 18
Length: 1h37
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:66.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Lance Henriksen
Rona De Ricci
Jonathan Fuller
Mark Margolis
Frances Bay
Plot:
In the quest to save souls, the Spanish Inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker's withe named Maria is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the Inquisition and the Cardinal. Torquemada is enchanted by Maria's beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio to heinous tortures to prove that his own desire for her are a result of her magic, and that she has "bewitched him". With the help of Esmaralda, Maria's cellmate and confessed witch, Maria must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada's ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp PENDULUM poised over the inescapable PIT of hell.
My Thoughts:
This is always enjoyable to watch a Full Moon's production from the time they were one of the biggest independant studio (wich is quite different of what they are now...). This was made in Italy and this add a lot to the production value (it sure looks better than the Corman's version). But you can't do a good movie only because the scenery is authentic. You need a good director, a good director and a good cast. All those ingredients are there with Stuart Gordon, Lance Henriksen (he is a much better actors than many believe), good supporting players (Jeffrey Combs, William J. Norris and Stephen Lee) and a good cameo by Oliver Reed who is now a Cardinal (see we can climb the hierarchy of the Church). The story is interesting (of course it isn't a new one since the original story was adapted for the screen many times), the effects are well done and the pendulum looks real and dangerous.This is certainly not a real reference but the openning scene brought to my mind a dark page of the Catholic Church history. The trial of a long dead man is, at least for me, a reference at the trial of the Pope Formosus conduct by his successor Stephen VI (and no he wasn't a Pope for long, one year later he was condamned to death and strangled).
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An excellent film and of course I recommand the blu-ray version I own. It is region free and looks much better than what Full Moon had released here.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 09, 2013, 06:07:46 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Strangeland (1998)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Pieplow
Rating: NR
Length: 1h31
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Kevin Gage
Brett Harrelson
Dee Snider
Linda Cardellini
Robert Englund
Plot:
The glow of the screen illuminates his heavily pierced, tattoo-stained face as his fingers dance nimbly across the keyboard…searching, hunting.
His computer handle is Captain Howdy, and he surfs the local chat rooms for young female prey. Girls like Genevieve and Tiana, who mysteriously vanish after an online conversation with the cunning cyber-predator. Detective Mike Gage has a personal stake in the case: Genevieve is his daughter.
When Tiana's corpse – Tortured, pierced and scarred – is discovered in the river, Gage realizes that time is running out for Genevieve. Taking sadistic delight in Gage's desperation, Captain Howdy sends the detective a series of taunting e-mails, challenging him to a deadly online game of cat and mouse, and drawing him into his "Modern Primitive"world – a strange land of fetish bars, S&M, Body Modification and Goth-Rock.
My Thoughts:
This one isn't as known as it should be if you ask me. At first it looks like your regular serial killer movie, but it isn't. In fact this is a more a story about how as a society we create killer, not that this Capt. Howdy guy isn't a sick fuck to begin with but... The story take a different turn at the second act when he is liberated from the psychiatric hospital where he was treated after three years completly cure and ready to start a new life. The guy isn't the same anymore in fact he is some kind of frail wimp who wouldn't even scare my eighty four years old grandmother. Not long after his liberation he is attacked and left for dead by a crowd, this is why I say that we as society we create the monsters. Sure his bad side came back but is he really the one to blame? You got a surprising good performance in a dual role from Dee Snyder who also wrote the script for this film, I can't say the same for most of the others since the performance are not really nuanced (you are bad or you are good, no middle point) but Kevin Gage overact less than usual. The effects are really well done and you feel the suffering (see you don't need CGI to look good, a good effects guy can works miracle).Anyway enough talking (or writing) we have here an underated gem who deserves to be seen.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 09, 2013, 08:45:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Genre: Horror
Director: John McNaughton
Rating: NR
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Michael Rooker
Tracy Arnold
Tom Towles
Plot:
Michael Rooker is unforgettable as Henry, a soft-spoken loner with a cool exterior masking an inner rage that boils at blast furnace intensity.
When fellow ex-con Otis invites Henry to move into his Chicago apartment, he becomes a willing participant in Henry's senseless, random killing sprees. Meanwhile, Otis' unsuspecting sister, Becky (Tracy Arnold) is smitten with Henry, whose broken childhood mirrors her own.
Masterfully directed by John McNaughton, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER is a chilling character study of a mass murderer that continues to shock and disturb twenty years after its debut.
My Thoughts:
I know that some will disagree that this film is an horror movie, but for me it's the most frightening film I've ever seen (as you know I'm only frighten by the movie that could happen in real life). This movie is an evidence that it's possible to make a great film without a budget (100,000 $ for it). The acting is great and really convincing, seriously this is the best work of Michael Rooker and Tom Towles is the perfect choice to play Otis Toole. The movie doesn't always show the violent murder, but the result and this is scary to see only the dead victim and an echo of the murder action. Of course some murder are shown and the familly murder is the scarier thing I've ever seen on screen (I'm certain that the people who had seen the film understand) it's so realistically filmed and possible with all the crazy people living outside. The way Michael Rooker play Henry you had no choice to think that these kind of psychopat live a perfectly anonymous and normal life in reality.Really nothing negative to say about this film (even the music score is frightening). They had changed some little fact about the real story by exemple the real Becky was the 12 years old niece of Otis, but I'm not sure that it's a bad thing since at one point enough is enough.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 10, 2013, 08:29:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Evilspeak (1981)
Genre: Horror
Director: Eric Weston
Rating: NR
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Clint Howard
R.G. Armstrong
Joe Cortese
Claude Earl Jones
Haywood Nelson
Plot:
Life sucks for Stanley Coopersmith (Clint Howard, ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL), a teenage outcast who's bullied by everybody at the strict military academy he was sent to after his parents died. But when Stanley discovers the crypt of a 16th Century Satanist beneath the school's chapel, he creates a computerized Black Mass that unleashes unholy revenge upon his tormenters. Now, all Hell is breaking loose...and Stanley's flesh eating demon-pigs are only the beginning!
My Thoughts:
This one take a long time to put the pieces in place, but it that case it's necessary to justify the massacre at the end. Like I said the real bloodbath happen in the last act, not that nothing happen untill than (the shower scene is sure something to be seen). You get a good cast of character actors (Charles Tyner, Lenny Montana, Hamilton Camp,...) and even a young Katherine Kelly Lang (common every guy was forced by his girlfriend to watch The Bold and the Beautiful at least one time). The effects are well done and as a revenge story this is credible. If you have the precedent release from AB and like the film don't hesitate to double dip as the quality of this Code Red release (http://codereddvd.bigcartel.com/product/evilspeak-brand-new-hidef-transfer-special-edition) is much better since it's from the original negative and not a patchwork of release prints.Not a fast runner, but recommanded... and no you can't use your computer to conjure the devil :devil:
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Post by: Piffi on October 10, 2013, 11:13:48 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 11, 2013, 01:48:50 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Axe (1974)
Genre: Horror
Director: Frederick R. Friedel
Rating: NR
Length: 1h08
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Leslie Lee
Jack Canon
Ray Green
Frederick R. Friedel
Douglas Powers
Plot:
After terrorizing a convenience store salesgirl with tomatoes, three lowlifes on a crime spree hide out at an isolated farmhouse occupied only by teenage Lisa and her pathetically paralyzed grandpa. Bad move, guys, for while Lisa looks innocent enough, she's actually a ticking-time-bomb-of-psychotic-aggression who spends her days killing chickens, feeding raw eggs to her granddad, staring blankly into space, and hallucinating blood on a mirror. So when the three numbskulls add Lisa to their list of people to abuse, she promptly puts an end to their antisocial activities with the help of her two best friends, a straight-edge razor and her handy AXE...
My Thoughts:
Personally I wouldn't call that one an horror film, but the difference between an horror film and a crime one isn't that big. So because it countains some horror theme, I'll give it a pass.First don't expect a lot of production value since it's really low budget wich isn't a problem for me as long as I feel the persons involved in a production care about the project. The film is short and it runs fast, so fast that sometimes you have no clue of what happen and why (the openning scene is sure part of that, since you have no clue why they beat the hell of a guy and you'll never know). The acting is convenable considering it's their first movie for most of them (the only exception being Frank Jones and Scott Smith, wich doesn't mean they were film old timer since it was their second or third experiences) and no one really do something after (excepted for Jack Canon who is in Maximum Overdrive and Weekend at Bernie's too). Even with the lack of experience Leslie Lee do a really good job with a hard character to play. The film end like it started with no real explanations, but I'm ok with that as we don't need to have everything explain to understand.
Sadly like all the Harry Novak properties released by Something Weird Video this is OOP, but you can always get it for a reasonable price at Amazon (at least it is less costly than Angels / Getting into Heaven)
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Post by: Jimmy on October 11, 2013, 07:30:47 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Kindred (1987)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter
Rating: NR
Length: 1h32
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
David Allen Brooks
Rod Steiger
Amanda Pays
Talia Balsam
Kim Hunter
Plot:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.
My Thoughts:
If you like movies like species or Forbidden World you'll be on pleasure cruise with that film, not that it's a copy of those two but it use more or less the same basic idea of a dangerous creature created by science. The action take a little bit to start (after quite a promising beginning) but when it does it does. Scary atmosphere, good creature effects (no CGI here this is all mechanical effects) and a very fugly creature designed by Michael John McCracken (surprisingly his career was short). The story is interesting and give us some surprises.But I sure play the "where I've seen that guy before" while watching... since I didn't want to stop the film. At the end I was able to check DVDP and learned that it was Peter Frechette who is of course one of the T-Birds member in Grease 2 (the one who sing Do It For Our Country).
I would be happy to recommand it, but the film is currently unavailable on DVD due to a legal dispute about who own the movie rights. So untill the settlement of that legal dispute the only way to see it is on VHS wich mean full frame and with a gloomy and blurry visual.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 11, 2013, 05:34:06 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
Genre: Documentary
Director: David Gregory
Rating: NR
Length: 1h34
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Chris Theobald (Narrator)
Plot:
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
My Thoughts:
As an outsider I've always find all that Video Nasty phenomena that happen in the UK ridiculous... in fact it's a good exemple of what happen when the "hollier than you" crowd take control. Here in my province we have one of the least strict film board in the world, everything goes as long as it isn't illegal (those being pedophilia, bestiality or necrophilia) or if they are humiliating for the people involved (and the only one I can thing fitting that criteria is Bum Fight who is always banned for good reason), so we don't ban or cut movie because of violence, nudity or rumours.That two parts documentary is a very complete study of that case from the start of the video boom untill the end of that over the top case of censorship (and in case it was when you think that movie like The Exorcist were banned in England). Of course you must like talking head documentary since it's what it is, but we got some short films excerpt and archive footages (it's the only way to see how insane was Mary Whitehouse since she was already dead in 2005 and to listen Graham Bright since he was to chicken to appear).
If you are interested by the phenomena this is recommanded. The documentary was done when the "Box of the Ban" set were released in the UK (the first part in the first set and the other in the second one) but those sets are OOP and costly. Now you can get it from Severin Films since it's a bonus disc in their recent release of House on Straw Hill, but if you want the disc you must act fast since it's limited and only included in the first pressing.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 12, 2013, 03:04:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: House on Straw Hill (1976)
Genre: Thriller
Director: James Kenelm Clarke
Rating: NR
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen 1:77.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Udo Kier
Linda Hayden
Fiona Richmond
Patsy Smart
Vic Armstrong
Karl Howman
Plot:
Banned in Britain for thirty years in its uncensored version, THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL is a shockingly violent and erotic tale of seduction, brutality and revenge. Cult movie icon Udo Kier (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, THE THEATRE BIZARRE) stars as a successful novelist suffering from writer's block, who rents a country cottage in the hope of finding inspiration. But the arrival of a sensual secretary, played by Linda Hayden (BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW, TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA) sets in motion of chain of events that culminate in an unrestrained explosion of sex and savagery.
Also known as EXPOSÉ and TRAUMA, this sleazy 'Video Nasty' from Brian Smedley-Aston (VAMPYRES) and James Kenelm Clarke (LET'S GET LAID), co-starring the notorious Fiona Richmond - 'Britain's No.1 sex symbol' - is now fully restored from the original uncut negative, available for the first time in America!
My Thoughts:
You have no idea how long I've waited to finally see that movie release.... more than 10 years. Yeah I know I could have got a region 2 DVDs, but all of them are cut so that would have been a waste of money. Does it worth the long wait and the high expectations?You bet it does... This is an excellent thriller with an unpredictable storyline. Well act, but it isn't a surprise with Udo Kier (even if he was sadly dub) and Linda Hayden that I love since the first time I've seen Baby Love (a excellent film who will never get a legit because of its subject). This isn't really a film I would classified in the horror genre but more as erotic thriller with murder and violence. The movie didn't end the way I would had like but it's just me. There not much I can say without spoiling the film, but I can certainly say that it worths the price for me.
This isn't a film for everyone, but I sure suggest this one without hesitation. For once patience has been rewarded.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2013, 05:25:41 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Manitou (1978)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Girdler
Rating: PG
Length: 1h44
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2:35.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Tony Curtis
Michael Ansara
Susan Strasberg
Stella Stevens
Jon Cedar
Plot:
What surgeons thought to be a tumor growing on the neck of patient Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg of PSYCH-OUT) is actually a fetus growing at an abnormally accelerated rate. But when Karen reaches out to former lover and phony psychic Harry Erskine (Academy Award® nominee Tony Curtis), he discovers that she is possessed by the reincarnation of a 400-year old Native American demon. Now with the help of a modern-day medicine man (Michael Ansara), Erskine must survive this ancient evil's rampage of shocking violence, and forever destroy the enraged beast known as THE MANITOU.
My Thoughts:
This is the kind of film that make you say "WHAT???" when you read the synopsis. We sure don't see often movies about evil indian shaman growing in a woman neck like a baby. William Girdler was one of the most succesfull independant movie director of the seventies and after the box-office success of Grizzly and Days of the Animals he got a call from Hollywood. This is the first and only studio movie he did (he died in a helipcoter crash while doing scouting locations for his next project in 1978). As we can see he was welcome with open arms with a film cast of big names. Strangely from all his films this the one I like the least. The film is too conventional for my taste (not the subject, but the way he is made) and a little bit silly (the end sure is). But I like the performance of Tony Curtis and Michael Ansara (even if he play a way too stereotypical indian). BTW the evil indian isn't named the manitou but Misquamacus, no idea why they wrote that in the synopsis since a manitou, in this film, is a power that each thing in the universe possesses.Not bad, but a little bit too long...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2013, 05:38:56 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2013, 07:31:05 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Malone
Rating: R
Length: 1h33
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and French
Stars:
Geoffrey Rush
Famke Janssen
Taye Diggs
Peter Gallagher
Chris Kattan
Plot:
One night in the house, one million bucks, no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House on Haunted Hill, a jolting, effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price and was directed by screen horror legend William Castle. Geoffrey Rush plays twisted theme park bigshot Steven Price, who's hosting a scary/jokey birthday bash for his wife (Famke Janssen) at an abandoned institute for the criminally insane. Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher and Chris Kattan portray strangers mysteriously assembled for the event that could make them all very rich. Or profoundly dead. And you? We won't start the party without you.
My Thoughts:
Even if it's a remake I've appreciated that film. Not that it's the scariest movie ever made since it isn't really frightening, but it's a good ghost story (or mabe it isn't :P), Most of the effects are practical effects wich is always a plus for me (but when they use the computer effects this is awfull, optical effects would have done the trick without looking fake). The acting is perfectly convenable, Geoffrey Rush do a good job in the role belonging to Vincent Price in the original and, since I love Ali Larter, I was more than happy at the end of the film. But on the other side Chris Kattan is highly annoying as usual...Not the best film ever made, but better than expected.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2013, 01:47:41 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Bloody Birthday (1981)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ed Hunt
Rating: R
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Lori Lethin
Melinda Cordell
Julie Brown
Joe Penny
Bert Kramer
Plot:
In 1970, three children were born during the height of a total eclipse of Saturn, the planet governing emotion. Ten years later these seemingly innocent children have become heartless killers able to move around under the radar of suspicion because of their youthful facades. What happens when a teenage girl and her younger brother stumble upon the horrible truth?
My Thoughts:
The films with children killers are always a good watching, when they are well done evidently, because who can suspect a child of being evil. This one is part of the good one mostly because of the three child killers (Elizabeth Hoy, Billy Jayne and Andrew Freeman) who gave quite a professional performance (to be honest child actor aren't that good most of the time and are annoying). Of course it's hard to believe that no one would catch or suspect them (even more after what they did to their teacher in the school), but it's a movie so who care... I like also how the movie end.It isn't better than Who Can Kill a Child? but it's way better than Children of the Corn.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2013, 06:17:15 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Genre: Horror
Director: Joe Berlinger
Rating: R
Length: 1h30
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English, French and Spanish
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Jeffrey Donovan
Tristine Skyler
Stephen Barker Turner
Erica Leerhsen
Kim Director
Plot:
After spending a night in the Black Hills of Burkittsville, Maryland, four young fans of the original Blair Witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness and perception-bending supernatural horror in this eagerly anticipated sequel to the most successful independent film of all time.
My Thoughts:
For some unknown reasons many people doesn't like this film and I sure ain't one of them. This is a million better than Blair Witch was, but to be honest even the amateur films I did with my friends as a teenager were better (and no those films doesn't exist anymore...). Blair Witch is exactly the kind of movie who give a bad name to the independant cinema: awfull acting, bad script and complete lack of originality (Cannibal Holocaust did it before in 1980, Last Cannibal World did it before in 1976 and even Forbidden Adventure did it before in 1937 for crying out loud). In fact it's the perfect film for the stupid internet generation who tought that a film named Snake on a Plane would have been a success just because of its supid name). Anyway, I've already said in the past here how much I hate Blair Witch so move on to better thing...I see Book of Shadows as a standlone movie who would had been most successfull without being linked to Blair Witch. In fact it's a movie about a group of five people taken by an evil force while doing an excursion in the wood (the Blair Witch crap is just unecessary bla bla). The fact they used experienced but no big name actors is a plus (only Erica Leerhsen is a newcomer who did only a short film before that one), this is certainly better than a bunch of no names who can't act to save their life. The use of progressive flasback make the film interesting to follow untill the end. The film can be confusing for some but it isn't, like they said almost at the beginning "film lied, video don't".
Really this film deserve a chance. Just watch it as a seperate entity and you'll appreciate it a lot.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2013, 05:01:11 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Rating: NR
Length: 1h36
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Jordana Brewster
Taylor Handley
Diora Baird
Matthew Bomer
R. Lee Ermey
Plot:
Take a bone-chilling journey into evil, and witness how Thomas Hewitt became the infamous and deranged serial killer Leatherface.
Born under the most gruseome of conditions, an abandoned baby is found and taken in by the demented Hewitt family. As he grows under their morbid nurtuting, Thomas develops a ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture. This is unfortunate for four teens captured by the shady local "sheriff" and brought to the Hewitts' sadistic house of horrors. There, the teenagers must fight to surivive as Thomas' murderous desired are unleashed and Leatherface is born.
My Thoughts:
Typical horror movie made in the years 2000: it's very violent, bloody and over the top. No that it's that much of a negative but more subtlety and restraint is more efficient to create a suspense. Of course this film make the same error than many other recent horror movies do: the killer is misunderstood and he was bullied as a kid so it's not his fault if he is like that (newsflash for you filmmakers, all of us were in their youth and 99.999% of us turn as normal adult. Enough with that it's the society fault not mine crap). I won't say the evidence that this movie had too many characters (I know they wanted to expand the family, but that doesn't work). Anyway this is the R. Lee Ermey show and this is the real reason to watch this film, since he is great in this and bring back his Full Metal Jacket personality. Evidently the film is previsible, but it is called "the beginning" so you know that it won't end well for the protagonists.It isn't a great film per se, but the film is better than most recent remake.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2013, 10:03:23 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Marcus Nispel
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Jessica Biel
Jonathan Tucker
Erica Leerhsen
Mike Vogel
Eric Balfour
Plot:
Prepare yourself for a level of fear like you've never experienced before...
A group of friends takes a detour while traveling through the back roads of Texas and encounter a chainsaw-wielding maniac. What happens next is beyond anyone's darkest imagination and will leave you speechless and horrified.
From filmmaker Michael Bay ('Pearl Harbor', 'Bad Boys II') and starring Jessica Biel ("7th Heaven") comes this year's most hardcore and terrifying film.
You've been warned.
My Thoughts:
First remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it had the same flaws the prequel I've reviewed just before had and I won't repeat them. But it had more problem so I can complaint a little :whistle:None of the protagonists are likeable, they are all a bunch of useless screamers from the first one to the last who can't take any logical decision. Some facts doesn't make any sense at all, by exemple why the slaughterhouse who is closed since 4 years always had pigs and hanged meats inside (I think the familly would have eat that a long time ago). But to be honest there is only two reasons to watch that film, R. Lee Ermey and the Jessica Biel's white shirt (common I'm a guy...).
Really nothing special here, I've seen worst but this is very average.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 01:00:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Genre: Horror
Director: Tobe Hooper
Rating: R
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Marilyn Burns
Allen Danziger
Paul A. Partain
William Vail
Teri McMinn
Plot:
It has been called "grisly," "sick," and "perverse," as well as "raw," "unshakeable," and "the movie that redefined horror." It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974, writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark, visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.
My Thoughts:
No need to wrote an endless review about this one as it's a classic and everybody had seen it (and probably more than once as me). It's the perfect exemple of what is frightening, you don't need to fill the screen with blood to scare you need an ambiance. An this one sure had this dark ambiance, the dinner scene is the best exemple of a frightening image on the screen (notice how there is almost no blood). Say what you want but Gunnar Hansen is the only actor who got what is the personality of Leatherface. He isn't a big tough scary scary guy, he is a "retard" trapped in a child mind. You see it easilly by exemple in his reactions when the kids came one after another at the house. There are some great acting there whatever we talk about Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow or Paul A. Partain (yes he is highly annoying but this is the point of this character).Highly recommanded... one of the best horror film ever made.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 01:02:17 AM
Post by: Dragonfire on October 15, 2013, 02:11:54 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 02:24:35 AM
BTW when you'll post the film you have watched according to your banner... you have posted nothing since Practical Magic :shrug:
Post by: Dragonfire on October 15, 2013, 02:57:29 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 03:49:34 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Genre: Horror
Director: Tobe Hooper
Rating: NR
Length: 1h41
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Dennis Hopper
Caroline Williams
Jim Siedow
Bill Moseley
Bill Johnson
Plot:
n 1974, horror fans rejoiced upon the release of Tobe Hooper's brutal masterpiece, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The movie razed the stakes of in-your-face filmmaking an literally changed the face of horror. Twelve years later, Hooper got the saws buzzing again with this deviously entertaining sequel, starring Oscar® nominee* Dennis Hopper in one of the most deliciously crazed performances of his career. In this outing, Hooper splatters more blood, more guts and more gore...and takes the genre to new heights of deranged – and delightful – terror!
For a decade, Texas Ranger Lefty Enright has sought to avenge the brutal murder of his kin by the cannibalistic Sawyer family – Leatherface, Chop – Top, Cook and Grandpa. With the help of a radio DJ who's also bent on putting an end to the terror, Lefty finds his way to the Sawyers' underground butchershop, where a battle of epic proportions soon rages...and the line between good an devil gets chopped to bits!
My Thoughts:
God I hate that film, worst thing to appear in that franchise (I bet even the remake in 3D released this year is better than that). Bad acting even Dennis Hopper is crappy in that... but it was made at the time of his drinking problem so at least he had a reason to suck that much. Over acting after over acting. Tobe Hooper should be ashamed to have turn his great movie as a joke. Awfull waste of time, but considering it was produce by Golam-Globus this isn't really a surprise (common they are the guys who had destroyed Superman and Death Wish).Avoid like the plague unless you are a completist like me.
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Post by: Achim on October 15, 2013, 05:50:05 AM
I agree with your criticisms, but I find that opening scene in the radio station to be quite effective and Bill Mosely is genuinely creepy. There is some good gore in here, but beyond that it's quite terrible indeed.
Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 06:18:38 AM
I have a weak spot for TCM 2 :shrug:; call it a guilty pleasure...?Nothing bad with that... I'm the guy who like Xanadu :laugh:
... Bill Mosely is genuinely creepy.But he is more or less The Hitchicker on speed and he is coming out of nowhere, almost like if The Hitchicker was supposed to be alive but they decided that it would have been too much considering what happen in TCM 1(even the fact he had a metal plate make this idea credible).
Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 06:40:54 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeff Burr
Rating: NR
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Kate Hodge
Ken Foree
R.A. Mihailoff
William Butler
Viggo Mortensen
Plot:
A pair of college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and on to a deserted Texas road. Here they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his demented family... a bizarre cannibalistic clan with blood on their hands and a feast on their minds. Their only chance for escape is a survivalist with enough firepower to blast Leatherface and the rest of the grizzly predators to hell. A depraved shocker of intense terror from the gruesome beginning to the bloody finish.
My Thoughts:
Best thing to do when you fucked up a franchise is to forgot the messed episode and to do like it was never made. This is what this one do as it happen some years after the original massacre (as the intro told us). Of course that doesn't meant that some things doesn't make sense, like the new familly unit. But in that case I've decided in my mind that it was the familly of a sister of The Cook in the original movie. Common it's a way like another to fill the blanks and we are suppose to use our imagination while watching a movie :laugh:This one is far more serious and ridiculous, of course it had some joke (even the original had some) but there is a difference between a one liner here and there to decrease the tension and turning characters as laughingstock. The first time I've watched there are sure some events I didn't see coming and this is certainly a good thing for a movie to not be predictable (don't forget I never watch the trailers for that reason). The familly unit works quite well and everyone had his utility, strangely more than it was the case in the original TCM. There are some good effects depending of wich version you watch, but anyway who would watch the R rated version when we have the choice between an almost complete version and one cut by more than four minutes...
This is a good rebirth and you even got a young Viggo Mortensen in the cast.
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Post by: Dragonfire on October 15, 2013, 06:53:29 AM
It's an hard one I know :training:
BTW when you'll post the film you have watched according to your banner... you have posted nothing since Practical Magic :shrug:
I'm all caught up now. :)
Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2013, 05:01:35 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Genre: Horror
Director: Kim Henkel
Rating: R
Length: 1h33
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Renée Zellweger
Matthew McConaughey
Robert Jacks
Tonie Perensky
Joe Stevens
Plot:
Cannibal transvestite Leatherface wreaks havoc once more in this third, postmodern-edged sequel, penned by director Henkel (who co-scripted the original cult classic). Here, his quarry are plucky small-town teens begarbed for their high school prom. Notable for its early work from Texas natives Zellweger and McConaughey, who went on to Hollywood fame--and, according to rumor, tried to have this effort vaulted.
My Thoughts:
Ok that one doesn't really connect with the last one or even the first one and I won't try to connect the dot. Leatherface isn't really the principal character and I think he kills only one person, anyway he is a whiny drag queen in this film so less we see him the better it is. The real bad guy is someone named Vilmer played by an over the top Matthew McConaughey. It isn't really good and become an exasperating experience fastly. Also be ready to scratch your head at the end...Did I recommand it? Yes and no... It's an awfull film without a doubt, but it's not often that you see two futures Holywood A listers staring in a low budget C horror movie.
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Post by: Dragonfire on October 16, 2013, 12:28:41 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2013, 12:50:52 AM
So it's seven movies in total.
Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2013, 01:06:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ed Adlum
Rating: NR
Length: 1h17
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Norman Kelley
Tanna Hunter
Bruce Detrick
Paul Craig Jennings
Jack Neubeck
Plot:
This dreadful, but oddly engaging horror black comedy film from director Ed Adlum (SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED) and co-writer Ed Kelleher deals with a cult of modern-day Druids on a farm in upstate New York. In order to keep their catatonic queen alive in her glass coffin, the cultists drain the blood from passersby with the aid of some cheap plastic tubing. The leader of the cult is a flamboyantly effeminate priest whose hilariously silly explanations of his beliefs provide most of the film's minimal entertainment value. Outlandish Paul Craig Jennings as Creaton lights up the insane film in this campy cult favorite. Co-produced by Jack Bravman (SNUFF, ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE).
My Thoughts:
You don't start a movie called Invasion of the Blood Farmers expecting the greatest ever made, but you know this isn't the reason why I like or not a movie. Yes the acting is bad (most of the cast are friends, neighbors or relatives of Adlum and Kelleher, the story doesn't make a lot of sense (it was shoot as an alien invasion movie untill they realized they didn't have the found to create a spaceship, so the bad guys became druids and everything already shooted was kept as is) and this isn't scary (it was the plan as along as the distributor wanted a PG rating). But for me this isn't important at all... if I see that anyone care and have their heart in the good place this is all that count.So don't expect a good movie, but expect a fun time in front of your TV and you'll be fine. To be honest, for a movie made in 6 days for 28,000$ (wich was extremely low budget even for the early seventies) this is quite impressive.
At worst if this movie doesn't sound interesting to you there is a good commentary with Ed Adlum.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2013, 07:14:33 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Rockula (1990)
Genre: Horror
Director: Luca Bercovici
Rating: NR
Length: 1h30
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Dean Cameron
Toni Basil
Thomas Dolby
Tawny Feré
Susan Tyrrell
Plot:
Rockula is about a male vampire who lost his lady love centuries ago. She was killed by a pirate with a rhinestone peg leg, wielding a large ham bone. Our hero, the vampire, did nothing to save her. So he is now cursed to watch her be born again in another life, and then watch her die, strangely enough by a pirate with a rhinestone peg leg, wielding you-know-what. Now, in 1990, he has, he suspects, his last chance to try to save her instead of watching get clubbed over and over again down through the years. Oh, and he becomes a rock star in the process.
My Thoughts:
Even if I know one person here who would be scared to death at the idea of watching this film, I must say it isn't scary at all (not even one second). This is just a silly love story with a vampire, but he isn't a sparkling vampire so it's a plus. Also it is a musical wich would be the scary part for a certain someone, but it's not a good one. The song doesn't really fit in the story, except for a duo between Dean Cameron and Tawny Feré none of the song are that great. It could have been good since the concept of the film is interesting, but most of the acting aren't that good since they have cast people who can sing and Dean Cameron play the character with too much restraint (common I expect more crazyness from Dave Marshak).Not really recommanded, anyway that would be hard to recommand the film who have killed the career of Dean Cameron and put Cannon Films to death (after that film they did Street Knight in 93 and it was over).
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Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2013, 01:05:55 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Don't Look in the Basement (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: S.F. Brownrigg
Rating: R
Length: 1h29
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rosie Holotik
Bill McGhee
Annabelle Weenick
Gene Ross
Harryette Warren
Plot:
Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium to work, only to learn that Dr. Stephens was murdered by one of the patients and his successor, Dr. Geraldine Masters, is not very eager to take on new staff. Charlotte finds her job maddeningly hard as the patients torment and harass her at every turn, and she soon learns why Dr. Masters is so eager to keep outsiders out.
My Thoughts:
Excellent psychological horror movie that took the time to built himself. You don't know what to expect at all untill all hell break loose at the end and you finally discover the dark secret of the insane asylum. This is how an horror movie must be done : full of suspense, false leads and a big reveal. You don't need an obvious bad character when you know how to write a script (surprisingly Tim Pope, the writer, will became later a music video director well known for his works with The Cure). Very well played with no overacting (an hard task to do, even Dustin Hoffman was not able to play a mentally challenged character without overacting a lot) by veteran theatre actors of the Dallas scene.Absolutly recommanded
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Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2013, 04:17:23 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Horror High (1974)
Genre: Horror
Director: Larry N. Stouffer
Rating: R
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Pat Cardi
Austin Stoker
Rosie Holotik
John Niland
Joye Hash
Plot:
A series of grisly murders wreaks havoc at a small Texas high school! A no-nonsense cop (Austin Stoker - ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, ABBY, ZEBRA KILLER) is assigned to find out the identity of the mad devious killer who roams the corridors of the high school. A mild mannered student (Pat Cardi) has been drinking a mysterious potion that turns himself into Vernon, a genetic freak. Terrorizing students and teachers alike, Vernon spreads his web of violence and terror to all who have mocked or laughed at him. Vernon also plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with the cop who is trying to stop him. Can the cop beat the killer at his own game, or will he become the final victim at HORROR HIGH? Rosie Holotik (ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNKNOWN), John Niland (NFL Dallas Cowboys), and NFL Great "Mean" Joe Greene co-star in this violent and demented 70's horror film that has attained a devoted cult following! First time available in its UNCUT "R" rated version - unseen for decades!!!
My Thoughts:
This is one of those I wanted to see since I've seen its trailer many years ago on one of the First Something Weird Video DVD I got in 2005. Flash forward at the middle of 2010 and finally it was released by Code Red DVD... yes it was a long wait but I'm a patient guy ;DThis is more or less a Jeckyl and Hyde story, but set in a high school. At least in part it is, since Vernon find the formula while working on his biology class works but he goes only after the people who treat him badly. That doesn't sound that exciting but it is indeed a nice chiller well writen by J.D. Feigelson under a pseudonym (he is of course more known for Dark Night of the Scarecrow that he wrote seven years later), with some nice effects considering the budget (this is if you watch the R rated cut and not the TV version of course) and with a good cast. Pat Cardi is a veteran child actor, Austin Stoker two years before his big break with Assault on Precinct 13 and of course the lovely Rosie Holotik (in case you didn't notice, today she is part of every movies I've choose to watch). Also if you were a football fan in the early seventies John Niland, Abner Haynes, Calvin Hill, D.D. Lewis and Joe Greene are in this film.
Another recommandation, BTW don't trust imdb Return to Horror High isn't a sequel of this film and have nothing to do with it.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2013, 04:39:32 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Encounter with the Unknown (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: Harry Thomason
Rating: PG
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rod Serling
Robert Ginnaven
Rosie Holotik
Michael Harvey
Gene Ross
Plot:
Rod Serling (TV's Twillight Zone) phones in a shocking trilogy of UHF television level thrills. A curse hits three frat kids when a homicidal mother decides they are resonsible for her son's death, and this prophetic mother won't stop untill she gains her twisted vengeance. Each frat boy meets with the most painfull death that you will encounter in a familly film. An inbred boy's dog falls into the pit of hell, and it's up his uncle/dag (standout performance by Robert Holton) to go down to investigate. Watch out when he returns! Third, an unsuspecting driver picks up lost girls, Rosie Holotik (Don't Look in the Basement, Horror High), only to learn that she died years before. Featuring box office champ Bill Thurman (Gator Bait), outrageous funnyman Gene Ross (the groovy judge in Here Comes the Judge), comedian Charlie Dell and Robert Ginnaven as the business-class-riding priest.
My Thoughts:
An uneven anthology with one excellent story (The Girl on the Bridge), one so-so (The Hole) and one awfully bad. It's a regional movie (Arkansas) with many regulars from the S.F. Brownrigg and Larry Buchanan pool of actors. As I said the first story is an awfull mess with a story repeated over and over. The midle one is about a hole in the ground that can be evil or not depending of what you believe (with a better writting and details this could had been a good story). The last one is about a dead spirit who is lost and wants to return home, ok this isn't a new theme but it's well written and well acted (certainly better than anything else in that). This is the first movie of Rosie Holotik (she played the Lady on the Bridge) and she do a great jobs.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2013, 07:45:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Ring (2002)
Genre: Horror
Director: Gore Verbinski
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h55
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Naomi Watts
Martin Henderson
David Dorfman
Brian Cox
Jane Alexander
Plot:
The Ring is the critically acclaimed, smash hit thriller David Ansen of Newsweek says "raises some serious goosebumps!" This cinematic thrill ride will keep you on the edge of your seat from the stunning opening to the astonishing conclusion!
It begins as just another urban legend – the whispered tale of a nightmarish videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later. But when four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks down the video...and watches it. Now, the legend is coming true, the clock is ticking and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring.
My Thoughts:
I don't know why, but that film just doesn't work me. Yes it is well acted and the cinematography is nice, but I kind of felt like it said too much. From the best of my memory the original one didn't hold my hand to show me everything and tell me all the why. The film felt more like "CSI" drama than an horror film to me wich isn't the case with the original. Also it is way too long and all that horse sub-plot make zero sense...OK maybe I'm hard on the film because I've seen the original before, so maybe it isn't that bad for most people :shrug:
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Post by: Achim on October 18, 2013, 05:49:58 PM
As far as remakes of Japanese horror goes I think I liked Dark Water more...
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2013, 05:57:08 PM
As far as remakes of Japanese horror goes I think I liked Dark Water more...Never seen it, but the original didn't make that much of an impression on me. It was a while ago so maybe I should try to give it another chance :shrug:
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2013, 10:22:35 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Sexcula (1974)
Genre: Horror (Adult)
Director: John Holbrook
Rating: NR
Length: 1h28
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Debbie Collins
Jamie Orlando
John Alexander
Tim Lowery
Bud Coal
Plot:
SEXCULA is a skin flick of legendary lost status. Shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, it was screened once before disappearing and sought after by cult aficionados for decades. Now, Impulse Pictures is proud to bring you the world premiere of SEXCULA. Sex film fans can finally get a look at this elusive crazy Canadian erotic/horror hybrid for the first time ever.
Starring a Marilyn Chambers lookalike in dual roles as Countess Sexcula, a buxom cutie with no qualms about lying nude on a table for the entire movie, and a horny bride who can’t wait for her ring. The nudity and sex are delivered nonstop in this campy horror romp. Watch in amazement at the naked picnic, the “girl-on-gorilla” strip tease, and stare in awe as a female pleasure-robot puts the plot into a time warp!
Bizarre only begins to describe… SEXCULA!
My Thoughts:
Bizarre is sure a word to describe this canadian rarity... BTW this is awesome that like every other canadians films of that era this was finance trough the tax shelter program and it was archived at the Canadian National Archives (wich is the canadian version of the american Library of Congress, I bet there aren't any adult movies there :P). So even if it was believed to be lost it never was and was well preserved at the Archives.Is it scary? Of course not, there are better horror film than this one. But you got a Frankenstein-like doctor, a man in a gorilla suit, manbot with an impotence problem, a vampire who isn't really one, an ugly Igor-like lab assistant or something like that (who contrary to the manbot can get it up), a credible laboratory set (when we can see since the film is kind of dark), obvious stunt performers (common not everyone can perform in front of a camera and a large crew), a story who doesn't make sense most of the time, some of the worst acting ever seen, some WTF moment (the wedding ceremony sure win the WTH Cup) and a complete breaking of the fourth wall at the end.
So was it good? You bet it was. I've seen much better adult films, but it was quite funny so for me this is perfectly fine. By the way the director will work in Holywood a long time after that on films like First Blood, Scary Movie and many TV shows.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2013, 03:54:05 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Leprechaun (1993)
Genre: Horror
Director: Mark Jones
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Warwick Davis
Jennifer Aniston
Ken Olandt
Mark Holton
Robert Hy Gorman
Plot:
A horrific. Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to survive the wrath of the Leprechaun, Tori (Jennifer Aniston) must scramble to find the Only weapon known to kill this monster.
My Thoughts:
Of course you don't start that kind of movie expecting something scary, because if we are honest the idea of a kiiler Leprechaun is silly. Strangely it's a lot more bloody that I remembered, maybe I've seen a cut version when it was originally released on VHS. The Leprauchaun is the kind of character who fall on the nerves real fast (those 90s movies filled with "comic" one liner get old fast), so I know in advance that it will be chore to see the others. Anyway that one wasn't too bad, even if the cast was kind of weak...One annoying detail about the DVD: The CC are out of sync wich is really poor quality control from Lion's Gates.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2013, 06:17:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Genre: Horror
Director: Rodman Flender
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Warwick Davis
Charlie Heath
Shevonne Durkin
Sandy Baron
Adam Biesk
Plot:
Now the Leprechaun’s in the big city Using all his deadly tricks to snare the girl of his nightmares. His quest becomes deadly when her boyfriend steals one of the Irish monster’s precious coins, and a bloody rampage filled with grisly thrills and gruesome special effects follows.
My Thoughts:
Strangely contrary to what I was expecting this one wasn't that bad. Of course the leprechaun always use unfunny one liners but less than before. Also the principal characters are less annoying and the tone is a little bit darker (even if the basic premisses of that franchise is silly). But the leprechaun cheats, he isn't supposed to steal people gold as a leprechaun is interested by his gold not other people gold. BTW the scene at the bar was kind of funny.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2013, 07:17:58 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Leprechaun 3 (1995)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h34
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English and Spanish
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Warwick Davis
John Gatins
Lee Armstrong
John Demita
Michael Callan
Plot:
The Leprechaun’s reign of terror begins when Scott, a young college student, has a run of bad luck in Las Vegas. While at a pawn shop, Scott discovers one of the Leprechaun’s gold coins, which will grant the fondest wish of the one who holds it. Unfortunately, the Leprechaun will gladly kill to get his coin back.
My Thoughts:
That was so bad... complete waste of time and a lot of that because it wasn't easy to finish it. Stupid, not scary, unfunny and full of non sense. It was nice to see Zoe Trilling, Merle Kennedy and Rod McCary from Night of the Demons 2 in small uncredited cameo and Lee Armstrong is pleasing to the eyes and wear a sexy magician assistant costume for all the film lengt, but nothing of that can change the fact that this film is a crappy DTV. Forget about it and don't count on me to watch Leprechaun 4: In Space, Leprechaun in the Hood and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood because I won't :yucky:
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Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2013, 10:12:04 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Shiver (2011)
Genre: Horror
Director: Julian Richards
Rating: NR
Length: 1h31
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2:35.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Danielle Harris
John Jarratt
Casper Van Dien
Rae Dawn Chong
Brad Harris
Plot:
Danielle Harris (Hatchet II & III) stars with Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) in this savagely entertaining horror-thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Brian Harper. The Gryphon is a serial killer with a flair for the dramatic — and a grisly trophy case of victims. But when he sets out to add shy, young secretary Wendy Allen (Harris) to his macabre collection, he gets more than he bargained for. Always one step ahead of the pursuing Detective Delgado (Van Dien), the brilliant psychopat penetrates police at will, circling ever closer to the target of his deranged fantasies. Untill, finally, the only thing standing between Wendy and the Gryphon's unthinkable desires is her own deseperate, indomitable will to survive.
My Thoughts:
This isn't often that a new movie catch my attention, but this one did it the first time I've read about it on some website I forgot when it was in the first stage of its pre-production. I felt it would be something different... not a serial killer movie told trough the eyes of the detective chasing him, not a serial killer movie told trough the eyes of the killer, but a serial killer movie told trough the eyes of one victim. It was a long wait from the moment it come to my attention untill the movie was finally picked up and release... almost three years. But the wait was a rewarding one.I can't talk too much about the film without saying too much and spoiling it. But I can promise you something different with a good credible script, good acting from Harris and Jarrat, a suspenseful atmosphere from the beginning to the end and some brutal gory moment (but it's mostly for one murder and, don't worry, this film isn't a pointless gory flick).
Highly recommanded, I can't understand why that film isn't more talk about and why it got such an under the radar small release like this :shrug:
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Post by: GSyren on October 20, 2013, 12:24:04 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2013, 01:04:20 AM
Edit:
He was in Sleepy Hollow, this is supposed to be a good film no? and he was in Starship Troopers 3 :laugh:
From what I've seen he do mostly TV works those days
Post by: Dragonfire on October 20, 2013, 01:41:22 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2013, 03:48:21 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jonathan Levine
Rating: 18
Length: 1h27
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2:35.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Amber Heard
Anson Mount
Michael Welch
Whitney Able
Edwin Hodge
Plot:
Mandy Lane (Amber Heard) is an unattainable object of adolescent lust for all the boys in her high school. Invited on a weekend away to a remote ranch, shy Mandy sees it as a chance to cement some newly formed friendships. The boys see it as a chance to finally get with Mandy. As night falls, joints are rolled, kegs are drunk and pills are popped, with Mandy maintaining a polite distance from all of the debauchery. She thinks the drunken 'come-ons' will be the worst of it, but she is horrifyingly mistaken. As events take a turn for the worse, it becomes clear that a secret admirer is harbouring some terrifying ulterior motives.
My Thoughts:
That film was stuck in the "sorry we don't want to distribute that" zone for quite a while considering it was made in 2006 and finally got a limited theatrical release less than a month ago... of course if you are European you say "what the hell are you talking about Jimmy, that was released theatrically back in 2008" and you're right since I talk about the Canada and the USA. So the movies had the right background to catch my interest...To be honest it isn't that good, film about teenagers acting like douchebags and idiots aren't my cup of tea (remember my review of Wolf Creek). So I was bored for quite a while with only the fun of watching a douchebag killed now and than. But at the third act the film make a shift that suddenly made it worthwhile, see this is why I never stop a film even if watching is a chore. The acting isn't that great and most of the characters are stereotypes we don't care for (at least I didn't, but I hate that stupid generation of teenagers so it's probably a personal thing). The director also use short freeze frame for some reason I don't get...
Not a waste of time but you will have to be patient if you take a chance on this film... BTW the hell I care about Mandy Lane (Amber Heard) I'll pick Melissa Price before her any day of a week.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2013, 03:49:45 AM
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Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2013, 07:38:40 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Godsend (2004)
Genre: Drama / Horror
Director: Nick Hamm
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h42
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2:35.1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Greg Kinnear
Rebecca Romijn
Robert De Niro
Cameron Bright
Merwin Mondesir
Plot:
Following the death of their eight-year-old son Adam, devastated parents Jessie (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) and Paul (Greg Kinnear) are desperate to do anything to resurrect their beloved child. Befriended by a doctor on theiforefront of genetic research (Robert De Niro), they are offered a chance to reverse the rules of nature and clone their son. The experiment appears successful under the doctor’s watchful eye, and Adam grows into a healthy, happy, young boy...until his Eighth birthday. Then the night terrors and frightening flashbacks are only the beginning. Reaching the age at which the original Adam died, the new Adam begins to change, and a new sinister personality emerges.
My Thoughts:
A little bit predictable and not really scary, but it's Holywood horror so it's understandable that the horror is more psychological. The basic premisses is plausible since our memory is located in our brain and like everything we are it's a cellular mass, so the dual personality considering how it was done in the film is credible (in real life I doubt it would be, cloning of course it is but like the doctor do no way). All in all this is recommanded but I've seen better acting from Robert De Niro...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2013, 10:31:07 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Zombie Holocaust (1980)
Genre: Horror
Director: Marino Girolami
Rating: NR
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ian McCulloch
Alexandra Delli Colli
Sherry Buchanan
Peter O'Neal
Donald O'Brien
Plot:
Peter Chandler and Dr. Lori Ridgeway come across a gruesome flesheating cult in New York. Determined to uncover the origins of this mad corruption, they set out on an expedition to the primitive island of Keto. The two are soon trapped in the wilderness, surrounded by a tribe of cannibals and the insane scientist, Dr. Obrero. The doctor captures Chandler, and prepares him for a series of experiments designed to bring about the end of human mortality. In turn, Lori is captured by the murderous tribe and subjected to their bizarre rituals. In the tradition of the classic film, ZOMBIE, Ian McCulloch reprises his role of a New Yorker faced with primal horror.
My Thoughts:
Obviously this film stole its inspiration from two movies: Zombi and Cannibal Holocaust (if it would have been made by another director his fanboys would say it's an hommage). Not one of the best italian movie in this genre. In fact it goes in every directions with lot of things never explain, the dubbing is very weak (there is so many non-sense line, out of sinc talking and annoying high pitch tone voices) and the musical score isn't very good. But the effects are good as usual with the italian movies (except for the scalping FX who are really cheap looking and unrealist) and had one of the most apparent goof ever seen on screen, so it isn't that bad.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 21, 2013, 03:15:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Blob (1988)
Genre: Horror
Director: Chuck Russell
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h35
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Thai, Portuguese and Spanish
Stars:
Shawnee Smith
Donovan Leitch
Ricky Paull Goldin
Kevin Dillon
Billy Beck
Plot:
The Blob has returned in this horrific tale about a vile, malignant life-form that crashes to earth in a cozy, rural American town called Arborville. Untroubled by conscience or intellect, the Blob does only one thing - and it does it well. It eats anything and everything that moves: men, women, children. And tonight it wants to swallow Arborville whole. The original version of 'The Blob' thrilled and terrified audiences back in the 1950s. Now the oozing, gooey killer is back with a whole new high-tech look. What was once only suggested now comes to life in this visually gut-wrenching thriller in the tradition of such classic remakes as The Thing and The Fly.
My Thoughts:
Perfect of a remake well done who wasn't a big hit for some unknown reasons when it was released. The effects are perfect and a proof again that CGI isn't necessary at all when you have talents to combine miniature, matte painting and practical FX. Just watch the theatre and the sewer scenes and try to say that I'm wrong... They even have the guts to do something most movie will rarely do. Most people had seen that film so no point to write a lot about it.The end was open for a sequel that didn't happen because of the box office faillure, but maybe it's better. Just imagine that we could have got a remake of Beware! The Blob (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068271/combined) :laugh:
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Post by: Achim on October 21, 2013, 06:20:17 AM
No, I don't think you should give it a new chance based on my post :laugh:. I was only saying that the remake was quite alright and personally I found the original rather creepy and atmospheric. Not as good as The Ring or The Grudge though.As far as remakes of Japanese horror goes I think I liked Dark Water more...Never seen it, but the original didn't make that much of an impression on me. It was a while ago so maybe I should try to give it another chance :shrug:
Post by: Jimmy on October 21, 2013, 06:45:48 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Tenebre (1982)
Genre: Horror
Director: Dario Argento
Rating: NR
Length: 1h41
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English and Italian
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Anthony Franciosa
Daria Nicolodi
Giuliano Gemma
John Saxon
Christian Borromeo
Plot:
Following the worldwide success of SUSPIRIA and INFERNO, Master Of Horror Dario Argento returned to the giallo genre with the shocker that remains one of the director's greatest. Anthony Franciosa stars as an American mystery novelist on a promotional tour in Rome who finds that his most recent book has inspired a copycat serial killer. When the psychotic impulse becomes irresistible, does freedom await in the simple act of annihilation? John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), Daria Nicolodi (DEEP RED) and John Steiner (CALIGULA) co-star – along with a nerve-shredding score by Goblin and a mind-blowing twist ending – in this classic of sexual corruption, savage bloodshed and virtuoso filmmaking that fans and critics hail as an Argento masterpiece.
My Thoughts:
When Dario Argento is at the top of his game he is the best italian movie maker and more often than not he is. This is another excellent thriller from him in the tradition of the best italian Giallo. As usual the fun with a Giallo is to try to find who is the killer while watching and with a weak one we find it fast, but not in this case since all my guess were wrong and I didn't got it untill the end. Some of the murder are quite violent and the effects, as usual with the italian crew, are well done. Since it's an Argento's movie there is also some beautifull visual (I really like the long camera tracking shot before a particular moment I can't evidently talk about). The only downside is the dubbing (whatever you watch it in italian or in english this is dubbed) as some acting seem weak wich isn't the case (certainly not for Lara Wendel who is a very experienced actress, but the dubbing make her sounds like a wooden newcommer).Easy to recommand since it's one of the best film of Argento.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2013, 01:17:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Haunting (1963)
Genre: Horror
Director: Robert Wise
Rating: G
Length: 1h52
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English, German, Portuguese and Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish
Stars:
Julie Harris
Claire Bloom
Richard Johnson
Russ Tamblyn
Fay Compton
Plot:
"It was an evil house from the beginning, a house that was born bad." The place is the 90-year-old mansion called Hill House. No one lives there. Or so it seems. But please do come in. Because even if you don't believe in ghosts, there's no denying the terror of The Haunting.
Robert Wise returned to psychological horror for this much admired, first screen adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Four people come to the house to study it's supernatural phenomena. Or has the house drawn at least one of them to it? The answer will unnerve you in this "elegantly sinister scare movie. It's good fun" (Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights at the Movies).
My Thoughts:
First time I've watch this film, sure I know it by reputation since it is a highly praised classic. Yes, it deserves its reputation but don't expect a scares a minute film filled with blood and death (if this is what you want watch the uninspired remake). In effects horror those days was more psychological and leaded by scripts catching your attention from beginning to end. Of course when you had an excellent director, a good cast of theatre actors, a good script and a beautifull black & white cinematography (WB really did a good job with that release) most of the time you get a good film. I like how they tell the story of the house in the beginning (they tell us everything in a very short time). The only thing I feel would had made it a better experience for me would have been to watch it on a better sound system as the sound is important in that film.Highly recommanded
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Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2013, 06:50:18 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1987)
Genre: Horror
Director: Claudio Lattanzi
Rating: NR
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Lara Wendel
Robert Vaughn
Timothy W. Watts
Leslie Cumming
James Villemaire
Plot:
A Vietnam Vet savagely slaughters his cheating wife and her lover, his parents and his pet bird. Years later, a team of bird specialists researching the mating habits of a rare species of bird stumble upon a sinister blind man and some angry feathered fiends. Soon, the dead rise and a vengeful winged terror swoops down upon the living!
My Thoughts:
The first time I've seen that film I certainly didn't like it, mostly because I was expecting something else... yes, the Italian can even catch me with their titles :laugh:So more than seven years after that bad experience I've decided to give it a second chances. As I said forget about the title, this isn't connected at all with the other Zombie movies (too be honest none of them are really connected to each other) and there aren't really any killer birds (except at the end). But yes the film had some living dead creature on a revenge mission. Once again most of the special effects are good (some of them are cheap since it was very low budget, but at least one killing is awesome), the house they use is creepy and look like an abandonned house (it was probably one) and, for once, the film isn't dub as it was shoot in english with young American actors (except for Vaugn and Wendel this was the first film of everyone else). The film after a good start goes slow for a while but when they arrived the action is non-stop untill the end. Sure the acting isn't that great and Robert Vaughn is in for a check but we don't really watch those italian horror film to see shakespearian acting anyway.
So if you are like me and hate it the first time try to give it another try, it isn't perfect but at least it is better than Zombie 4: After Death.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2013, 04:50:19 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Demons (1985)
Genre: Horror
Director: Lamberto Bava
Rating: NR
Length: 1h28
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Urbano Barberini
Natasha Hovey
Karl Zinny
Fiore Argento
Paola Cozzo
Plot:
They will make cemetaries their cathedrals and the cities your tombs!
Italian horror mastermind, Dario Argento produced and co-wrote (with director Lamberto Bava) this nightmarish fim set in the "Metropol" a huge, cathedral-like Berlin Cinema.
Two girls are given free tickets to a special screening in an isolated movie theater. The film, a violent horror movie, exerts a malevolent influence over the theater patrons who are transformed – one by bloody one – into a horde of crazed demons.
My Thoughts:
A favorite of mine and since a long time. Sure the dubbing is awfull (but in this case the results are funny since the line are most of the time over the top), but this an excellent FX showcase filled with great music from my younger years and the action never stop from beginning to end. I love the movie in a movie concept, the look of the demons and how they are born (that look incredibly painful).Can't find anything negative to say on this one.
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Post by: GSyren on October 22, 2013, 04:55:12 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2013, 05:25:41 PM
Since it's italian there is also a Demon 3, 4, 5 and 6... but none of them are connected and aren't about demons at all :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2013, 11:39:20 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Demons 2 (1986)
Genre: Horror
Director: Lamberto Bava
Rating: NR
Length: 1h31
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
David Edwin Knight
Nancy Brilli
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Bobby Rhodes
Asia Argento
Plot:
he story continues as a birthday party in a high-security apartment building (with bullet-proof windows) is interrupted when the birthday girl is transformed into a vicious demon by watching a horror movie on TV. The evil spirits quickly possess many of the building's tenants who begin to prey on their neighbors. The remaining residents have no way of escaping the hungry demons and are forced to battle them in order to survive.
My Thoughts:
This isn't really different than the first one, except that this time the action is located in a skyscraper and a TV screening of the first story is the starting point (it's a film about the events of Demons 1 not the film itself). Of course it's hard to not see some similitudes with David Cronenberg's Shivers (but I highly doubt that it is volontary, the story just use the same premisses of a contagious "infection" in an apartment building). The effects are as good as they were in the first film and the dubbing is less over the top (wich doesn't mean it isn't, but it's hard to top Demons in that aspect). They put new things in the film like animal becoming demons, demons kid and even a little baby demon (not a baby who became a demon but a demon born from another one... this is kind of complicated to explain). But this little demon is more silly than scary, think of a gremlins reject and you'll get a small idea of what that looks like :laugh:It isn't as good as the original, because a high tower is a too large area for the action and sometimes not much happen, but it worth a try if you've never watch it.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 23, 2013, 04:57:10 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Society (1989)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian Yuzna
Rating: NR
Length: 1h39
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Billy Warlock
Connie Danese
Ben Slack
Evan Richards
Patrice Jennings
Plot:
Even though he's from a wealthy family, teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock of BAYWATCH and GENERAL HOSPITAL) just can't seem to fit in among the mysterious upper class of Beverly Hills. But when he learns that his parents and sister may be involved in secret sexual depravity, Bill begins to suspect that rich people are indeed very different from the rest of us. Can Bill escape his initiation into a nightmare world of privileged perversion or will he be forced to make the ultimate contribution to SOCIETY?
My Thoughts:
This one sure feel like watching like a George Romero's zombie movies films, not because it's a zombie movie but because it had a social message big as the arm... no subtility here. Not that I don't agree with this message, but I want to watch a horror movie not a Michael Moore "documentary". Anyway this isn't really scary or interesting untill the end (even if we have a good idea of what will happen). That part had some pretty good effects but is, at least for me, ruined by the fact there is too much humour in what is a strange and scary situation. The acting isn't that good, but I thing it's mostly because of the way it was directed.
I've seen better I've seen worst, but as you know horror and humour doesn't mix well with me.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 24, 2013, 05:23:35 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night of the Seagulls (1976)
Genre: Horror
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Rating: NR
Length: 1h29
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English and Spanish
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Víctor Petit
María Kosty
Sandra Mozarowsky
Jan Antonio Castro
Julia Saly
Plot:
The classic saga of The BLIND DEAD ends with this creepy tale of a remote coastal town where frightened villagers must sacrifice beautiful virgins to the blood cult of the Knights Templar. For seven nights every seven years, these eyeless zombies rise from the sea to feast on human flesh as the souls of the damned are trapped in the screams of gulls. In this final unforgettable shocker from writer/director Amando de Ossorio, the mood is darker, the fear is stronger and the hunger of the Templar more ferocious than ever before!
My Thoughts:
The Ghost Galleon the previous episode was a weak offering as I wrote in my review five years ago:"This one didn't work at all as a knight templar movie. No horse, no sword and no hiding places. The Knights aren't scary on a boat, it took me 2 minutes to realize what it tooks the complete movie for the characters to realize : you are on a boat, the corpses are in boxes, the knights sleep in the day... Take the boxes and throw them in the water in the day :shrug:"
So Amando de Ossorio did the logical thing and brought back the action on land wich made the knight templars frightening again. You get a got feeling of isolation with two strangers coming to a new place where almost everybody ignore them. Like I've said before the templars are nighmarish creature (they were in my nightmares more than once, so they are in my book) and are impossible to kill (considering they are dead since more than 600 years). The Templars are base on history so if you want to learn more about them follow the link. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar)
As good as the first two episodes.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 24, 2013, 04:57:45 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The House of Insane Woman (1971)
Genre: Horror
Director: Rafael Moreno Alba
Rating: R
Length: 1h35
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Espartaco Santoni
María Asquerino
José Vivó
Helga Liné
Yelena Samarina
Plot:
Tania (Analia Gade), an asylum patient, is under a doctor's care while suffering raging behavioral effects following the death of her exorcised mother. This international overseas horror mishmash has a nasty prison and some familiar faces Francisco Rabal (SORCERER), Helga Line (THE VAMPIRE’S NIGHT ORGY). Directed by Rafael Moreno Alba (BRIDE TO BE).
My Thoughts:
No idea why this is classified as an horror movie because this isn't. Unless the fact a small exorcism is shown justify it... who knows. This film is confusing to watch and of course dubbed. The asylum setting sure bring a mood of paranoïa and weirdness (no date is given, but the Church is the big shot and normal medical practice is called witchery so I guess it's somewhere in the 17th or 18th century...). The end is kind of a no end also. Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 25, 2013, 05:46:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Night of 1000 Cats (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: René Cardona Jr.
Rating: R
Length: 1h02
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Anjanette Comer
Zulma Faiad
Hugo Stiglitz
Christa Linder
Tere Velázquez
Plot:
t's HUGO & DORGO'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES! Hunkmaster Hugo (Hugo Stiglitz, TINTORERA) is a millionaire playboy who boogies down in Acapulco and picks up sexy young Euro babes in his private Air Chariot (helicopter). Hugo whisks them away to his secluded old castle, where he wines, dines and seduces them with his hot, bland look. With the aid of his little, bald mute helper Dorgo (professional wrestler Gerardo "El Romana" Zepeda, EL TOPO), he kills his dates, keeping their heads in a crystal cage and feeding their chopped up body parts to his 1,000-strong army of blood thirsty, flesh hungry cats. It's meowtime in Acapulco tonight! From Master of horror director Rene Cardona Jr.!
My Thoughts:
Thank God it's the US version... why? Because the original version runs from 30 minutes and all those minutes are helicopter flying... not that we don't do an helicopter overdose in the short US version since half of the movie is that :weep:Maybe if you are a big helicopter fan this is the film for you :hmmmm:
For the rest this is mostly boring non-sense where we have no clue of who are all those peoples and why anything happen...
At least there is a lot of cats so maybe if you are a cat maniac you'll root for them when they eat and kill people we don't care about because we don't know who they are :shrug:
But maybe not... the cats are quite mistreated and they sure don't look happy (but of course a cat rarely looks happy. so what do I know maybe they had the time of their life...). Also at one point one cat is drowned at least it didn't look like a fake one to me.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 25, 2013, 05:10:39 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: I Drink Your Blood (1970)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Durston
Rating: NR
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
Jadine Wong
Rhonda Fultz
George Patterson
Riley Mills
Plot:
It's Night of the Living Dead meets Charlie Manson in this gore-drenched 1971 drive-in classic. After consuming rabies-infected meat pies, an LSD-addicted hippie cult goes on a vicious murdering rampage! Heavily censored since its original release, this infamous landmark of cinematic brutality is being presented for the very first time in America in all its blood-splattered glory.
My Thoughts:
First american to receive a X rating only because of its violence, evidently 43 years later this isn't that violent. But except for this trivia fact does it worth a watch? Of course it does. Not only because it is well writen, not only because David Durston is a good director, not only because it was made in a real deserted small town, not only because the acting isn't too bad, but also because it was the first film of Lynn Lowry. Recommanded.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 26, 2013, 09:15:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Snuff (1976)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Findlay / Simon Nuchtern
Rating: NR
Length: 1h20
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Mirtha Massa
Enrique Larratelli
Margarita Amuchástegui
Clao Villanueva
Aldo Mayo
Plot:
Deep in South America, a Manson-like cult leader named Satan cavorts with his bevy of beautiful biker-chick followers while compelling them to kill in his name. When sexy American actress Terry London arrives with producer Max Marsh to shoot a new movie there, the creepy cult targets her and her friends with plans of murder, mayhem and the grisly sacrifice of her unborn baby. Is the final bloody massacre only a movie? Or is it the shocking footage of an actual murder committed before the camera?
My Thoughts:
I've never considered that film as an horror film, but some do so I've decided to include it in my marathon run. In fact ii it wasn't for the added ending almost nobody would remind of this film, except the most devoted fans of Michael Findlay wich I am. The film itself isn't that original since it's about a Manson-like cult but it was made way before Helter Skelter or The Manson Familly or Manson since it was made in 1971 (it was never released in its original version). Also the dubbing isn't very seriously done (usually the Findlay's are narrated wich is much better in my oppinion) and the carnaval stock footage got old fast.This film is more important for its new ending and all the controversy it had created in those days. Hard to believe since it doesn't look real at all, but a lot of feminist group tought it was the real deal :P
Like I said an important film for what it had created, but not something that most people would enjoy and I don't talk about the fake snuff footage but the real film before. Personally I love the film (it's the third time I bought it: VHS, DVD and now blu-ray) and I hope to see the real original version someday... I want to know how it ends :(
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