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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, a review by Danae Cassandra

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Year of Release: 1970
Directed By: Jaromil Jires
Starring: Jaroslava Schallerova, Helena Anyzova, Petr Kopriva, Jiri Prymek
Genre: Fantasy, Horror

Overview:
A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of WondersMy Thoughts:
Firstly, let me say this is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. You could take just about any still from this film, toss it in a frame and hang it on the wall of a gallery. The cinematography, costuming, lighting, all of it is simply gorgeous. Valerie is worth seeing simply for it's visual beauty alone.

It's also a somewhat impenetrable surrealist film. The plot, such as it is, features Valerie, a young woman on the cusp of womanhood, threatened by vampires and religious authority, envied by her grandmother for her beauty, and flirting with an erotic relationship with a young man who may be her brother. I'm of the opinion the film is really allegory about Valerie's sexual awakening upon getting her first menstrual period. Recommended for lovers of art films - this is film as art, not as storytelling.

Bechdel Test: Pass

Overall: 3.5/5

(From March Around the World 2016 on March 11th, 2016)

House, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: House
Year: 1985
Director: Steve Miner
Rating: R
Length: 92 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:

Stars:
William Katt as Roger Cobb
George Wendt as Harold Gorton
Richard Moll as Big Ben
Kay Lenz as Sandy
Mary Stavin as Tanya

Plot:
Horror novelist Roger Cobb is a man on the edge, reeling from his recent divorce, haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his young son, and struggling with his new book about his traumatic experiences in Vietnam. But when he moves into the strange house left to him by his late aunt, Roger's precarious sanity comes under siege by nightmares of his dead war buddy, visits from a nosy neighbor, and an onslaught of hideous creatures from another dimension. Horror has found a new home, and it's fully furnished with murder, monsters and madness!

William Katt (CARRIE, THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO), George Wendt (CHEERS), Richard Moll (NIGHT COURT) and Kay Lenz (STRIPPED TO KILL) star in this outrageously scary horror hit, produced by Sean S. Cunningham (FRIDAY THE 13TH) and directed by Steve Miner (WARLOCK, HALLOWEEN: H2O).

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
As you can see from the Overview... This movie has 3 TV Stars to make this movie relevant for this marathon. It has William Katt, George Wendt & Richard Moll. This is a fun Comedy-Horror movie. It is not perfect... but it is definitely entertaining. I really enjoyed George Wendt as the neighbor. Worth checking out for some non-sense fun.



NOTE: Jimmy... there is another review for House by me available.. but this one has more info so you can just change the link to this one.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Mystery Marathon on January 31st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

South of Nowhere: Season One (2005/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 237 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Subtitles:

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Plot:
SOUTH OF NOWHERESouth of Nowhere
1.01 Secret Truths
Writer: Thomas W. Lynch (Created By), Thomas W. Lynch (Writer)
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Gabrielle Christian (Spencer Carlin), Mandy Musgrave (Ashley Davies), Matt Cohen (Aiden Dennison), Danso Gordon (Clay Carlin), Chris Hunter (Glen Carlin), Rob Moran (Arthur Carlin), Maeve Quinlan (Paula Carlin), Austen Parros (Sean Miller), Valery Ortiz (Madison Duarte), Marisa Lauren (Sherry), Aasha Davis (Chelsea), Quentin Prescott Price (Boz), Darryl Reed, Jr (Zak), Marcus Brown (Dallas), John Eric Bentley (Coach), Dinah Lenney (Teacher), Ed Cannan (Counsellor), Dustin Meier (Cop #1)

A nice series about a teenage girl coming to terms with her homosexuality. The pilot is a good introduction and I enjoyed it.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 8th, 2012)