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Title: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 10:22:06 AM
Weekend Movie Marathon
Unwatched DVDs
This weekend I decided to get my Unwatched movie pile down some. There is now 175 (excluding serials) in my collection. So I am hoping I will at least be able to get that number down under 170. Keep in mind that some of these movies I may have seen before... but not since I bought the DVD
Here is my Unwatched DVD Collection:
1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes 2. Abomination: Evilmaker 2 3. The Adventures of Tartu 4. Aerial Gunner 5. An Angel for Christmas 6. Apocalypse Rising 7. Battle of Blood Island 8. Battleship Potemkin 9. The Big Lift 10. Black Brigade 11. Black Hawk Down 12. Black Ribbon 13. Blood Alley 14. Blood on the Sun 15. Blood Stained Bride 16. Boiling Point 17. Brainiac 18. Branded 19. British Intelligence 20. Casulties of War 21. Chain Reaction 22. Chocolat 23. Circus of Fear 24. Commandos 25. Convoy 26. Crossroads 27. Curse of Pirate Death 28. Cyrano de Bergerac 29. Dark Light 30. Dark Places 31. The Darkness 32. The Dawn Express 33. Deadly Drifter 34. Derailed 35. Desert Heat 36. The Devil Bat 37. Diabolique 38. Die, Sister Die 39. Double Team 40. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde 41. Dr. Phibes Rides Again 42. Drawing Blood 43. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness 44. Embryo 45. Farewell to Arms 46. Fear of the Dark 47. Feral 48. The Fighting Seabees 49. Fists of Fear, Touch of Death
50. Fist of the Vampire 51. Flesh Feast 52. Flying Blind 53. The Flying Leathernecks 54. Foreigner 55. Four in a Jeep 56. Foxes 57. Full Frontal 58. Full Metal Jacket 59. God Told Me To 60. Gone with the Wind 61. The Gorilla 62. The Great American Snuff Film 63. The Green Berets 64. Gung Ho 65. Half Past Dead 66. Hell's Threshold 67. Home Made 68. House by the Cemetery 69. Identity Unknown 70. Immortal 71. In Harms Way 72. Infinity 73. The Innocent 74. Into Thy Hands 75. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages 76. Jack the Ripper 77. Jarhead 78. Jaws: The Revenge 79. Kennel Murder Case 80. Kill Cruise 81. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition 82. Knight Chills 83. Laser Mission 84. Last Best Chance 85. The Last Chance 86. Left Behind 2 87. Legacy of Blood 88. The Longest Day 89. Majestic 90. Messiah of Evil 91. Minesweeper 92. Nabonga 93. The Navy Way 94. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare 95. One Eyed Jack 96. One of Our Aircraft is Missing 97. Operation Pacific 98. Pajama Game
99. Passenger 57 100. Pony Trouble 101. Primal Fear 102. Private Buckaroo 103. Puppet Show 104. Rage of the Master 105. Replicant 106. Return of the Boogeyman 107. Return of the Magnificent Seven 108. Ricochet 109. The River: Legend of La Llorona 110. Road to Bali 111. Sabbath 112. Sands of Iwo Jima 113. Screaming Ninja 114. The Sea Chase 115. Seven Doors of Death 116. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 117. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green 118. The Shunned House 119. Sickness House 120. Silent Bloodnight 121. Sinners 122. Sisters of Death 123. Slasher 124. Sleep Disorder 125. Snake Crane Secret 126. The Somnambulists 127. Spitfire 128. The Stranger 129. Super Hell 130. Super Hell 2 131. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 132. Theater of Blood 133. They Were Expendable 134. This Darkness 135. A Vampire's Tale 136. Vulture's Eye 137. The Unborn 138. Up From Zero 139. Watchmen 140. Web of the Spider 141. White Fang to the Rescue 142. White Zombie 143. Who Am I? 144. Wild Bunch 145. Wings of an Eagle 146. Woodland Haunting 2 147. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The ones above I put in BOLD are movies I have seen before... just not since I got the DVD. If there is any above you would like to recommend to me... or just ones you would like to read a review of let me know. I won't promise anything... but I will do my best to get to at least some of them before the weekend is over.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 10:26:03 AM
I haven't decided yet... but I am toying with the idea of watching something in between each movie this weekend. If I do I have several choices of what I could possibly do...
- Movie Serial Chapters - Max Fleischer's Superman shorts - Three Stooges shorts - Little Rascals shorts
thoughts?
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: Kathy on March 10, 2010, 12:47:43 PM
I would watch something you haven't seen. As far as which films - go with the flow!
Or, write each of the titles on a piece of paper, put them in a box, shake it up and draw a title...surprise yourself!
You can always watch a horror movie, I can't believe there are any on your unwatched pile!?! :o
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 12:59:14 PM
:laugh: Most the horror movies up there are ones from that 50 movie boxset of (very) low budget horror I bought last October. Though there is a few other ones there as well. Other low budget sets I have.. and what I recently just gotten (The Unborn just arrived the other day).
But yeah... just going to go with the flow on the movies. I just still need to decide if I want to watch a short between each movie or not.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: Rogmeister on March 10, 2010, 02:15:06 PM
Theater of Blood! You have to see this one! I have no other suggestions...well, maybe one John Wayne movie. And maybe the version of White Zombie I sent you. I know you watched it once and disliked it but via a pathetic print. The one I sent you is much better so you might enjoy it better if you watched that copy.
And never ever watch Jaws: The Revenge! :laugh:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 02:33:45 PM
Thanks Roger... I was actually thinking I should watch another Vincent Price movie. I enjoyed The Bat this past weekend. :)
But I bet I seen worse the Jaws: The Revenge... After All I did sit through....
The Sorority
:bag: :laugh:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2010, 06:51:42 PM
Even the YouTube trailer had no star :laugh: Wich is quite a rarity on YouTube if anyone need another proof that it isn't a recommandation at all. Of course my review and the Pete's review are good hint but...
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 07:37:21 PM
Hey Jimmy... wanna play I will watch it again if you watch it again? You first! :laugh:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2010, 07:55:02 PM
Not yet... I've too many unwatched adult movies to check for my blog, but I can try some movies from the boxset I've bought for the last halloween marathon this weekend. Maybe we should try Curse of Pirate Death, it looks as bad as Lizzie Borden :hmmmm:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 10, 2010, 08:35:56 PM
LOL... that is possible. I wish I haven't watched it yet... or I would have said Vampire Whores from Outer Space! :laugh:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 12, 2010, 02:04:33 PM
(http://www.cultreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/MessiahofEvil-183x300.jpg) Title:Messiah of Evil Year: 1973 Director: Willard Huyck Rating: R Length: 90 Min. Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Michael Greer Mariana Hill Joy Bang Anitra Ford Royal Dano
Plot: When the messiah of evil returns, the moon will turn red, and the living dead will prowl the night and previously "regular" people will become flesh-eating zombies!
Extras: Scene Access
My Thoughts: This movie is from a cheap 10 movie horror boxset I got long time ago called Tales of Terror. Unfortunately since it is in a cheap boxset the quality leaves some to be desired. I felt like I was watching an old VHS tape. After watching this movie I am really having a hard time reviewing it. As the movie itself is a bit on the confusing side... especially the ending. The acting could have been better... though not so bad that it was hard to watch. I was really feeling a bit on the disappointed side watching this one... as it seemed slow and pretty boring. there was one scene I did quite enjoy though... a scene in a movie theater. But it really wasn't enough to bring this movie up in scale past just an average movie.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 12, 2010, 04:19:42 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/02/025195054645f.jpg) Title:The Unborn: Unrated Year: 2009 Director: David S. Goyer Rating: NR Length: 89 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.4:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Stars: Odette Yustman as Casey Beldon Gary Oldman as Rabbi Sendak Cam Gigandet as Mark Meagan Good as Romy Idris Elba as Arthur Wyndham
Plot: Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. From the producers of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the co-writer of The Dark Knight comes this shocking supernatural thriller about a young woman (Odette Yustman) plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Gary Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead…
Extras: Scene Access BonusTrailers Deleted Scenes
My Thoughts: This is one I been waiting to watch this weekend. I blind bought this movie when I saw the trailer which looked good. I enjoyed the movie... though it is a bit on the predictable side. It has some cool effects in it... and utilizes that jump scene scare a little more then I would have liked. Every review I read for this movie was bad... so I didn't go into it expecting too much... and maybe that helped me some. This is a good (but not great) movie. But that is ok. I feel I got more then my money worth with this one. (though I did only pay $1 for it).
The little boy in this movie looked very familiar. I wasn't sure from where at first... then it hit me. The TV sitcom The Middle starring Patricia Heaton (An average sitcom) The little boy in this movie plays her youngest son Brick in the sitcom. The little boy that is always whispering to himself.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 12, 2010, 06:57:31 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/68/683904660107f.jpg) Title:The River: Legend Of La Llorona Year: 2005 Director: Terrence Williams Rating: R Length: 77 Min. Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Will Morales as Miguel Mary Sanchez as Ann Marie Denise Gossett as Mary Joel Bryant as Sam Carrie Wallace as Luciana
Plot: The urban legend of La Llorona (Spanish for The Weeping Lady), comes to life in this morbid tale about a monstrous and vengeful boogey woman. This sad and love-scorned woman wanders near bodies of water and wails into the night for her lost children, who she drowned after being spurned and deserted by their father. Miguel, a mercenary, soon learns that La Llorona is anything but a legend, discovering that cashing in might mean cashing out.
Extras: Scene Access
My Thoughts: This is from another cheap horror boxset I have called Hostile Hauntings. So of course I went into this one expecting much of nothing. Though the overview did sound interesting... as I liked the idea of the storyline. But unfortunately they just weren't able to pull it off. Not the writing, not the acting... not even the cinematography as most of the movie was so dark that you could barely see what was on the screen. It basically felt like a homemade movie done in someone's back yard with a camcorder. It is a shame as I did like the idea for the story. I would like to see what a cast and crew with a decent budget could do with the basic idea of this movie. Rating this movie the best I can do is give it a half of a point for the idea. The rest of it is snooze-worthy.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: Jimmy on March 12, 2010, 08:12:23 PM
Give it another chance and try to get the version released by Code Red last year. It's like watching a different movie since it was mastered from the original negative (at least you understand what happen on the screen). This isn't for nothing if this film is considered one of the best horror film of the seventies Pete... Even better the official release from Code Red doesn't had the awfull song.
You're right about the theatre scene it's a great one very well set.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 12, 2010, 08:25:23 PM
Thanks Jimmy... will keep my eyes open for it.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 13, 2010, 03:08:49 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/IA/IA3C2423906A5135Bf.jpg) Title:Theater of Blood Year: 1973 Director: Douglas Hickox Rating: R Length: 104 Min. Video: Widescreen 1.66:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, French: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: French, Spanish
Stars: Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart Ian Hendry as Peregrine Devlin Harry Andrews as Trevor Dickman Coral Browne as Chloe Moon
Plot: Vincent Price delivers a thrilling "tour-de-force" (Variety) performance as a small-time actor plotting big-time revenge...in inventively Shakespearean ways! Boasting a topnotch supporting cast, this dramatically "delicious concoction" (New York) delivers an "equal mixture of horror, comedy and Shakespeare [that'll] please just about everyone - critics included" (Boxoffice) and proves that all the world really is a stage...for MURDER!
Extras: Scene Access Theatrical Trailers Closed Captioned
My Thoughts: This movie was recommended to me by several people. And being a Vincent Price fan I been wanting to see it. But for some reason this movie has been in my collection for 2 years... and I just got around to watching it now. While I liked this movie... and glad I have it in my collection. I found parts of it to be a little too slow for my taste. I definitely wouldn't call it my favorite Vincent Price movie. Though I do think every fan of Vincent Price must have it in his collection.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 13, 2010, 05:46:50 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/78/785604202127f.jpg) Title:The Gorilla Year: 1939 Director: Allan Dwan Rating: NR Length: 66 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Jimmy Ritz as Garrity Harry Ritz as Harrington Al Ritz as Mulligan Anita Louise as Norma Denby Patsy Kelly as Kitty
Plot: Break out the bananas. Because here's a simian double bill to go ape over: The Gorilla and Nabonga.
The Gorilla (1939) has everything a film buff could ask for. It's got the Ritz Brothers as detectives poking around in a creepy old house. It's got a guy (Art Miles) in a gorilla outfit. It's got both Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill! And, amazingly, it was made by 20th Century-Fox. Director Allan Dwan, who also gave us Frontier Marshall (1939) and Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949) keeps the silly proceedings moving as quickly as possible.
Sam Newfield, who could crank out a B Western in two days , directed Nabonga (1944) for PRC. For the most part, it's King Kong with a little Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle and Tarzan thrown in for good measure. Singer Julie London (in her first film and before she married Jack Webb) plays a woman raised in the jungle by apes, Tarzan-style. The great B-movie cast includes Buster Crabbe (Buck Rogers) and Barton MacLane (The Mummy's Ghost, High Siera).
Interestingly, Nabonga was also released under the titles Jungle Woman and Gorilla. The Gorilla however, was never called Nabonga.
Extras: Production Notes
My Thoughts: This movie was suggested to me by a friend today. It is mostly a comedy movie... but also mystery. Cool... I enjoy both genres... but why is this movie released in a classic horror collection? Just because Bela Lugosi has a small (well maybe medium) part in it? I don't see how this is in any way a horror movie. But with that said... I enjoyed this one. Laughed out loud on more then one occasion. Though most my laughing was do to the maid. The Ritz Brother is alright as a comedy team... but they are no Stooges or Abbott and Costello. The movie starts out a little on the slow side. But it does pick up steam a little into the movie. a fun little (only 1hr 6min) movie. was worth the time to watch it.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 13, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/08/085391420422f.jpg) Title:Diabolique Year: 1996 Director: Jeremiah Chechik Rating: R Length: 107 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Stars: Sharon Stone as Nicole Horner Isabelle Adjani as Mia Baran Chazz Palminteri as Guy Baran Kathy Bates as Shirley Vogel Spalding Gray as Simon Veatch
Plot: Two women, one plan. We'll poison the creep who treats us like dirt, they agree. We'll dump the body in a murky pool, and someone will find a surprise at the bottom. There's a surprise, all right. When the pool is drained and cleaned, no body is found.
Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani pour on the femme and the fatale in a diabolical grabber of a suspense thriller directed by Jeremiah Chechik (Benny and Joon) and based in part on the classic 1955 French spellbinder Les Diaboliques. Will the women get away with bloody murder? Has someone removed the body of the victim (Chazz Palminteri) and begun playing mind games with them? Add to the mix a tough cookie of a detective (Kathy Bates) and you've got the ingredients for "a nail-biter from the first scene to the last" (Bob Polunsky, KENS-TV/San Antonio).
Extras: Scene Access Theatrical Trailers Bonus Trailers Featurettes Production Notes Closed Captioned
My Thoughts: This is one of the movies I got off our good friend Eric when he was selling off his movies. And I know I am going to get some flack for it... but once again I am watching a remake before the original. It is a good mystery thriller. I definitely enjoyed it. I am not familiar with this actress Isabelle Adjani... this is the only movie I have with her in it. But she is right good. I enjoyed her in it. Kathy Bates was pretty good in it as well... though I don't believe it is her best work. This is another one worth checking out.
I am not familiar with this actress Isabelle Adjani... this is the only movie I have with her in it. But she is right good. I enjoyed her in it.
She's French and since you don't like subtitled movies this is why you aren't familliar with her :laugh: She was in a lot of good French films like Possession, Mortelle randonnée, L'été meurtrier, Subway, Camille Claudel and La reine Margot. She was also Lucy Harker in the 1979 remake of Nosferatu from Werner Herzog (at least this one could interest you)
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 14, 2010, 12:51:23 PM
Thanks Jimmy! :thumbup:
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 14, 2010, 03:21:38 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/01/011891980241f.jpg) Title:Seven Doors of Death Year: 1982 Director: Lucio Fulci Rating: R Length: 84 Min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Catriona MacColl as Lisa David Warbeck as The Doctor Cinzia Monreale [Credited As Sarah Keller] as Emily Antoine Saint-John as Schweick Veronica Lazar as Martha
Plot: Seven Doors Of Death is a film that will horrify, sicken and terrify those who dare to watch this tale. Set in Louisiana the movie opens in 1927 with a Satanic disciple being crucified and melted alive with quicklime in the basement of an old hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Kathrene MacColl) inherits the hotel, not suspecting that it is one of the seven gateways to Hell. Horrible events begin to happen in the possessed hotel, such as a workman breaking his neck, another has his eyeballs gouged out by a zombie, a woman's head is melted by a vat of acid and an architect has his face eaten by hungry tarantulas. Not a hotel to stay for the weekend! Great special effects highlights this not to be seen alone movie!
Extras: Scene Access Production Notes
My Thoughts: This is one of the movies I bought blind for my October horror marathon when I found it cheap (only $1.91). After buying it I found out it is a cut version of the movie The Beyond... which I never seen either. But I will say... if this is the cut version... I need to get my hands on the uncut version. As this one had it's fair share of gore... I could only imagine how much is in the uncut version. It is a good movie... but it could have been better. In some places the script seemed a little off but that could be because this is because it is an Italian film. Some of the effects do look a bit dated but I think that is to be expected since this movie is 28 years old now. And why did there just have to be a scene with spiders? I HATE SPIDERS! I had chills going up my spine during that scene. But over0all is a right good story. Hopefully before too long I can get my hands on an uncut copy.
Title: Re: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs
Post by: addicted2dvd on March 14, 2010, 05:39:29 PM
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/09/090328301910f.jpg) Title:British Intelligence Year: 1940 Director: Terry Morse Rating: NR Length: 60 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Boris Karloff as Valdar Margaret Lindsay as Helene Von Lorbeer Bruce Lester as Frank Bennett Leonard Mudie as James Yeats Holmes Herbert as Arthur Bennett
Plot: During the start of World War II, a female guest to the home of a high-ranking British official appears to have an ulterior motive for her visit.
Extras: Scene Access
My Thoughts: Going through my unwatched collection I found this war movie in a cheap boxset I got called Combat Pack. It has 20 movies on 4 DVDs. This one caught my eye as it has Boris Karloff in it. As I have enjoyed everything I have seen him in before I though I would give this one a chance. I never really been a huge war fan (my mother was the war fan in our family)... so the fact that this movie is only an hour long helped as well. I must admit... this one surprised me. First with the quality of the release. Both the audio and video was in very good shape... especially considering the cheap Mill Creek set I have. No problems at all with the audio... and only a few spots of dust on the video. At least on my standard 20in TV. Then there was the movie itself. I found myself quickly getting into the storyline. It is a very good story and the cast did well. I especially enjoyed both Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay in this movie. It turns out this is the only movie I have with Margaret Lindsay in it. Though I do see she has done a lot according to imdb. I may have to look into checking out more of her movies. I liked the fact that this movie was more about spies during the war instead of the war itself. So I got myself a nice surprise in this one. It is definitely worth checking out.