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City of the Living Dead, a review by JimmyTitle : City of the Living Dead (1980) Overview The Seven Gates of Hell have been torn open, and in 3 days the dead shall rise and walk the earth. As a reporter (Christopher George) and a psychic (Catriona MacColl) race to close the portals of the damned, they encounter a seething nightmare of unspeakable evil. The city is alive - with the horrors of the living dead! My Impression Now this is more what I expect from a Lucio Fulci's movie... This one is his best horror film after The Beyond and The New York Ripper (of course this is my oppinion). The story can be complicated to understand in the first viewing, so it's necessary to watch it 2 or 3 times to really appreciated it. The Living Deads are more frightening in this film, as in The Beyond, than in their American counterpart. They doesn't beat you by their number, they aren't dumb (for a dead person of course), they don't care about eating you (they just want to rip off your brain) and they can teleport themselves (it certainly look like that). The special effects are top-notch and really effective (the death scenes of Giovanni Lombardo Radice and Daniela Doria are two classic). You will see many familliar visages in the cast : Catriona MacColl (The Beyond), Christopher George (Day of the Animals), Venantino Venantini (Cannibal Ferox), Michele Soavi (director of Dellamorte Dellamore), Janet Agren (Eaten Alive), Perry Pirkanen (Cannibal Holocaust), Michael Gaunt (at least for me since he appeared in 15 adult movies that I own) and, of course, Giovanni Lombardo Radice and Daniela Doria. The score from Fabio Frizzi is effective (particullary the theme used when the living dead appear). The only critic as usual is the dubbing of the italian actors who sound too forced and unnatural. Rating : (From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 13th, 2009) Moonraker, a review by TomTitle: Moonraker Year: 1979 Director: Lewis Gilbert Rating: FSK-12 Length: 121 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish Stars: Roger Moore Lois Chiles Michael Lonsdale Richard Kiel Corinne Clery Extras: Commentary Featurettes Photo Gallery Scene Access Trailers My Thoughts: A decent Bond movie. Great opening stunt! The first 90 minutes are rather fun, but then it gets to space. If they would have left out the ridiculous laser fight, it wouldn't have been so bad. Though Jaws is rather enjoyable, it was getting ridiculous what he surviving. First a free fall without parachute, then a big waterfall, and he even survived the exploding space station!Rating: (From James Bond Marathon on April 11th, 2009) Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom07. Revelations (1998-11-17) Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Douglas Petrie (Writer) Director: James A. Contner Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel), Seth Green (Oz), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Serena Scott Thomas (Gwendolyn Post), Eliza Dushku (Faith), Jason Hall (Devon), Kate Rodger (Paramedic) A good episode, but never one of my favorites. Rating: (From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on February 28th, 2009) |