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Halloween III, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Widescreen Year: 1982 Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Rating: R Length: 98 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Tom Atkins
Stacey Nelkin
Dan O'Herlihy
Michael Currie
Ralph Strait
Jadeen Barbor

Plot:
Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the shocking Halloween collection.

When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman's daughter, Ellie, Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran.

Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran's shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country never come home in this terrifying thriller.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
It has been my experience... at least until recently.... that most people would dismiss this movie for no other reason then this one does not have Michael Myers in it. I personally always enjoyed this movie... as I always watched it as a separate movie from the rest of the series. Sure it isn't the best movie I have seen... but I always found it was well worth the time put in to watch it. I do wish there was a few extras on the disc though.




Count:
Movie Count: 92
TV Ep. Count: 49 I Made It! (10/20)
Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15)

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 26th, 2010)

The Dark Corner, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Dark Corner:
Year of Release: 1946
Directed By: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Film Noir

Overview:
Some men are drawn to women -- some men are drawn to murder.  In this captivating story of strange obsession, Kathleen Conley (Lucille Ball) and her boss, Brad Galt (Mark Stevens), are caught up in something shockingly different...and terrifyingly dangerous.  Galt has a secret so terrible, he might have to kill to keep it.  In the midst of their budding romance, Kathleen and Galt are being tailed by a heavy-set man in a white suit (William Bendix) and though she doesn't know why or how strong the threat is, Galt does, and he is prepared to go to extreme lengths to protect himself.

My Thoughts:
This is a pretty good little film. The mystery isn't hard to work out before the reveal, but it's a decent set-up and the characters are mostly interesting. Stevens' character was a little too cardboard-cut-out tough guy for my tastes, and his super-gruff voice was kinda annoying, but I really liked Lucille Ball's Kathleen. She was a real tough cookie. I never liked her show, but she's real good here. Shame she didn't get more serious acting work. The script is quite witty, and Ball gets all the best lines, but the unfamiliar might trip up on the slang. Recommended if you like film noir.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 3/5

(From Within My (Mom's) Lifetime Marathon on January 5th, 2015)

Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season (2009/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | As the Apocalypse grows closer, threatening to turn Earth into a battlefield soaked with human blood, Sam, Dean and Castiel struggle against daunting odds. New foes arise, including the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Old friends depart, consumed by the fearsome wrath of Hell. Through it all, the Winchesters are targeted by demons and angels alike, who warn that each brother has a special and terrible role to play in the coming devastation. This harrowing 6-disc, 22-Episode Season Five follows Sam and Dean on their most terrifying journey yet, one that may lead them to the only ally strong enough to defeat the Devil: God. Episodes: 1. Sympathy for the Devil 2. Good God, Y'all 3. Free to Be You and Me 4. The End 5. Fallen Idols 6. I Believe the Children are Our Future 7. The Curious Case of Dean Winchester 8. Changing Channels 9. The Real Ghostbusters 10. Abandon All Hope 11. Sam, Interrupted 12. Swap Meat 13. The Song Remains the Same 14. My Bloody Valentine 15. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 16. Dark Side of the Moon 17. 99 Problems 18. Point of No Return 19. Hammer of the Gods 20. The Devil You Know 21. Two Minutes to Midnight 22. Swan Song

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Stars:
Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
Misha Collins as Castiel
Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer

Extras:

• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Ghostfacers: The Web Series

I just finished season 5 of Supernatural. Over all I enjoyed it quite a bit. Though I have to admit the whole angels storyline did start to get old to me. But then I have always preferred the "monster of the week" type episodes over the season long arcs. But that is something that usually tends to be true... no matter the series I am watching. I got a kick out of the episode Changing Channels where the brothers are put into a fantasy world which they are characters to different television series. Fictional television series... but ones that are very similar to real ones. Despite the whole angel storyline... this series remains one of my favorite current series. It is a series I highly recommend.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on July 11th, 2012)