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Village of the Damned, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Village of the Damned Year: 1960 Director: Wolf Rilla Rating: NR Length: 77 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
George Sanders
Barbara Shelley
Martin Stephens
Michael Gwynn
Laurence Naismith
The Villagers

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers

My Thoughts:
I have been wanting to see this movie every since I saw the remake when it was first released. I am glad I finally got to see the original. One I enjoyed very much. Sure some of the few effects they used could have been better. But the glowing of the kids eyes was cool. Now that I have seen the original I can say the remake stayed pretty true to the original... but I prefer the original. One thing is that I liked how the characters were portrayed better. And another... I think the story in black and white added to the eeriness of the movie. I can see myself watching this one again. If you have only ever seen the remake... and enjoyed it... I must urge you to give the original a try.




Count:
Movie Count: 19
TV Ep. Count: 11
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 4:45am

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 7th, 2010)

Gupt: The Hidden Truth, a review by Tom

Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997/India) IMDb | Wikipedia Eros International (United Kingdom) Director: Rajiv Rai Writing: Naeem Shah (Screenwriter), Rajiv Rai (Screenwriter), Shabbir Boxwalla (Screenwriter), Rajiv Rai (Story By) Length: 172 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Bobby Deol as Saahil
Manisha Koirala as Sheetal
Kajol as Eesha
Prem Chopra
Raza Murad

Plot:
Saahil (Bobby Deol) is "framed" for the murder of his stepfather, the Governor. Witnesses testify that Saahil made an attempt on the Governor's life at his birthday party. Saahil's motive for killing the Governor is that he was forcing Saahil to marry Sheetal (Manisha Moirala), the daughter of wealthy businessman, while Saahil wanted to marry Eesha (Kajol), a childhood friend. Even Saahil's mom, who stoped him from attacking the Governor at the party, testifies against him in court. Saahil escapes from prison to find the real killer and clears himself. How will he go about finding the killer? Who is the real killer? Is it Eesha? Is it Sheetal? Or is it Saahil's mom? Everyone is a suspect!

Awards:
Won:

Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Background Score Award (Viju Shah)
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Editing Award (Rajiv Rai)
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Villain Award (Kajol)

Nominated:

Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Director Award (Rajiv Rai)
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Female Playback Award ("Mere Khwaabon Mein Tu": Alka Yagnik)
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Music Director Award (Viju Shah)
Filmfare Awards (1998)		Best Supporting Actor Award (Om Puri)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

Not really a good movie, but it has its merits. It started out okay, dragged in the middle and I was reminded of a Bud Spencer type of movie. The ending was better again with a nice performance by Kajol (she is after all the reason that this one made it into my collection). I am not sure if it is a bad thing that I knew from the beginning who will turn out to be the real killer. The songs looked like they could be enjoyable, but sadly there weren't any subtitles for these.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 2nd, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Enterprise
Season 3.24 Zero Hour
Writer: Rick Berman (Writer), Brannon Braga (Writer)
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Scott Bakula (Jonathan Archer), John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox), Jolene Blalock (T'Pol), Dominic Keating (Malcom Reed), Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather), Linda Park (Hoshi Sato), Connor Trinneer (Charles "Trip" Tucker III), Scott MacDonald (Reptilian Commander), Rick Worthy (Xindi-Arboreal), Tucker Smallwood (Xindi-Humanoid), Josette Di Carlo (Sphere-Builder Woman), Bruce Thomas (Reptilian Soldier), Andrew Borba (Reptilian Lieutenant), Matt Winston (Daniels), Mary Mara (Sphere-Builder Presage), Ruth Williamson (Sphere-Builder Primary), Jeffrey Combs (Shran), Gunter Ziegler (Doctor), J. Paul Boehmer (Officer), Zachary Krebs (Andorian N.D.)

I found this episode rather boring and it didn't really keep my attention. It has a nice season cliffhanger though, with the characters ending up in a twisted World War II past.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 17th, 2013)