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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, a review by Danae Cassandra

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Year of Release: 1966
Directed By: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
Starring: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, June Foray
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Television

Overview:
"Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot." And every family likes How the Grinch Stole Christmas! a lot! This joyous, heart-tickling holiday event based on Dr. Seuss' beloved book and featuring the voice of Boris Karloff has delighted all ages since its 1966 debut. The fun begins when the grumpy, grouchy, Yule-hating Grinch plots to ruin the Whos' Christmas. Can he steal their holiday spirit by stealing their holiday treats? Or does Christmas...perhaps...mean a little bit more? The answers to those questions unfold charmingly under Chuck Jones' pitch-perfect direction. You can't help but have a Merry Grinchmas!

My Thoughts:
A bonafide Christmas classic. I never miss it in December and you shouldn't either.

Bechdel Test: Fail
Mako Mori Test: Fail

Overall: 5/5

(From Christmas 2016 on December 16th, 2016)

Zombie 5: Killing Birds, a review by Jimmy

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!

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

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.

Rating :

(From Jimmy's - 2013 Ooctober Horror Marathon on October 22nd, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

7. Darla
Original Air Date: 11/14/2000
Angel is desperate to rescue Darla from the clutches of Wolfram & Hart and flashbacks reveal what a dangerous and powerful relationship they shared as history weirdly seems to be repeating itself.

Guest Stars:
Mark Metcalf
Christian Kane
Sam Anderson
Julie Benz
Juliet Landau
James Marsters

My Thoughts:
Another excellent episode. This time with lots of familiar faces from Buffy. This time we get to see The Master (Big Bad from season 1), Darla, Drusilla and Spike. Lots of back story in flashbacks and the continuing storyline with Darla is really getting good at this point.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 2nd, 2010)