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Poltergeist II: The Other Side, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Poltergeist II: The Other Side Year: 1986 Director: Brian Gibson Rating: PG-13 Length: 91 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
JoBeth Williams
Craig T. Nelson
Heather O'Rourke
Oliver Robins
Zelda Rubinstein
Will Sampson

Plot:
The sinister supernatural forces return in this heart-pounding otherworldly thriller filled with "jolting, state-of-the-art special effects" (Leonard Maltin). The Freeling family (JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke) settles into a new home following the annihilation of their former residence by terrifying visitors from the netherworld. But the spirits of the dead are still hell-bent on luring the family's clairvoyant daughter Carol Anne to "the other side"!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
While I still enjoyed this one quite a bit... it isn't as good as the first one. But I feel it is better then some of the reviews I have read for this movie. I kinda liked the character of Taylor... as he not only brought an interesting aspect to the story but he also gave us a touch of comic relief. I couldn't help but to laugh at the whole thing he had about Steve's car. I felt there is some strong performances by the cast and I got a kick out of some of the effects... especially the braces scene. I hope I am not alone here in thinking this is an enjoyable sequel.




Count:
Movie Count: 50
TV Ep. Count: 17
Other Count: 3

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 13th, 2010)

Azumi, a review by dfmorgan

Azumi

Year: 2003
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Cast: Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya
Overview: The story of AZUMI is adapted from a massive hit comic in Japan. In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. Azumi (Aya Ueto) is raised from birth with nine other orphans to become an assassin. Prior to setting out on their mission, their master orders his students to "pair up" with each others best friend and proceed to kill each other.....Azumi reaches a gruesome climax with one of the most memorable beheadings seen in film.

Watched: 13th. Nov 2010
My Thoughts: I was updating the profile of this film so I decided to sit down and rewatch it. It is still a wonderful Japanese hack and slash film with a decent story, probably due to its manga history. Just looking at the level of damamge inflicted upon all participants you'd think that's it this one's gone now but no somehow they still manage to overcome that to fight on. This edition is the standard International Theatrical version even though the Hong-Kong based e-tailer I bought it from had it listed as the Extended Edition.

My Rating: A wonderful 4

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on November 14th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

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This one really didn't impress me all that much. I found it to be slow and boring for the most part. I also found who the girl was as being pretty obvious... I figured it was something like that early on into the episode.

My Rating:

Last couple in a row I wasn't very impressed with... I hope it picks back up here soon!

(From "Due South" marathon on July 15th, 2009)