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The Dunwich Horror, a review by Danae CassandraThe Dunwitch Horror Year of Release: 1970 Directed By: Daniel Haller Starring: Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, Sam Jaffe Genre: Horror Overview: Single white warlock seeks beautiful blond babe to join him at the altar...the sacrificial altar! When the son of Satan (Dean Stockwell) seduces a wide-eyed college student (Sandra Dee), it's a match made in hell in this "exceptional, truly engrossing film of the supernatural" (Los Angeles Times) where the romance is hot...and the terror bone-chilling! Young Wilbur Whateley (Stockwell) has haunting eyes and an impish grin. No wonder, since his father was the devil and his mother was insane! So when Wilbur decides to start a family, he lures a cute coed (Dee) to the mountains for a weekend of demonic rites and wrongs! Now all hell is about to break loose, as their passion awakes an ancient evil determined to destroy all humanity in this sinister scare-fest of satanic seduction! My Thoughts: This is a handsome production, with enough deviations from Lovecraft's story to make a good movie while still keeping to its spirit. If Dean Stockwell's Wilbur is more charismatic and good-looking than his literary counterpart, it works for what the film is trying to do. I personally love film inverts what we expect our hero and villain to look like - the villain is a charming young man, the hero a suspicious old professor. It's also not hard to have a lot of sympathy for this version of Wilbur. The film portrays small-minded townsfolk as unrelenting bullies (most especially funeral scene!), so the idea that Wilbur may wish to summon extraplanar beings to wipe out humanity isn't so farfetched. Recommended if you're a fan of Lovecraft, or enjoy 60's era horror (such as AIP's films starring Vincent Price). For fans of either of those, you won't go wrong here. Watched For: Hoop-tober 3.0, Horror/Halloween Challenge 2016 Bechdel Test: Fail Mako Mori Test: Fail Overall: 2.5/5 Horror/Halloween Challenge Films: 22/52 (17 reviewed) (From Horror/Halloween 2016 Challenge on October 10th, 2016) The Medallion, a review by addicted2dvdTitle: The Medallion Year: 2003 Director: Gordon Chan Rating: PG-13 Length: 88 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English Stars: Jackie Chan Lee Evans Claire Forlani Julian Sands John Rhys-Davies Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Plot:Extras: Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Deleted Scenes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: I have always enjoyed Jackie Chan... I like how he combines Martial Arts and comedy. This is one I never even heard of until a friend of mine offered to send me a copy. And this one has a touch of the supernatural which is something else I always liked. There is also the plus of Julian Sands in this one. I always liked him in the Warlock movies. I enjoyed this movie... but at the same time it isn't one of the best Jackie Chan movies out there. Just an entertaining... silly movie. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 (From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on September 18th, 2010) Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvdBatman: The Animated Series On Leather Wings Batman must clear his name when he investigates a horrifying bat creature terrorizing Gotham City. My Thoughts: Now to the original Batman... I used to watch this series all the time in the '90s.Definitely an enjoyable series (and episode). Though part of me would have preferred an origin story for the pilot episode. Or at least in the beginning of his journey. In this episode he was already well know in Gotham. But that is ok... if I remember right... they did go back and do an origin story at some point in this series. My Rating: (From Pete's Pilots on November 2nd, 2009) |