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Silent Night, Bloody Night, a review by Jimmy

Title : Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)

Overview
A man inherits his family's mansion that has been unoccupied for years and was at one time a mental hospital. Desperate to sell for much-needed cash, he sends his attorney to the mansion to prepare it for sale. Unfortunately at the sime time, a deranged killer escapes from a nearby institution and returns to the town and the mansion, both wich hold some dark and sinister secrets.

My Impression
First time that I've watched this one and I was pleasantly surprise. This is a really well done movie, in fact this is more a thriller than an horror film (even if the synopsis tell the contrary). There are some blood, one of the first murder is particullary bloody and realist, but most of the murder are offscreen (take note that some of them are really obviously cut on the print use for my dvd). The story is really good too and this is surprising since it's only the third movie script written by Theodore Gershuny. Like the naration use and the flashback story (this is at this moment that you really understand this film). For those flasback the cinematography is all in sepia (just like the old silent movie) and this is really imaginative. The cast is ok, but Mary Woronov is the only one that shine and it's easy to understand why she continue to act for 42 years. The only downside of this film is the quality of the print : the sound is correct but the image is full of scratch, light spot, ... It would be nice to have a remastered special edition for 2009 since it will be the 35th anniversary of this film, but my hopes are not really high.
 
Rating :

Number of film watch : 47

(From My October Horror Marathon on October 29th, 2008)

Rescue from Gilligan's Island, a review by addicted2dvd

Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Fifteen years after the SS Minnow's infamous "three hour tour," Gilligan and his fellow shipwrecked friends have found a way off the island for good! Thrust back into reality, will the seven companions find their reentry to civilization more difficult than anticipated?

My Thoughts:
This time I felt like a little senseless fun... so I decided to watch some of the antics of Gilligan and the gang. It is a fun movie.. and that is just about it. If you liked the TV Series it is a must see... but if you didn't it is just more of the same. Being in the public domain the dvd itself is not very impressive. The one I got is one of those really cheap Dollar DVDs you see in the stores. Decent picture and sound... virtually no extras... except for a preview clip of a bunch of other releases from the same company.



(From Movie Marathon 11/6 - 11/9 on November 8th, 2008)

Birthday Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Tru Calling: Season 2
In the Dark
When the lights go out during a surprise birthday party in the morgue, Tru hears someone asking for help-but due to the darkness, she has no idea who needs to be saved.

My Thoughts:
This is one of my all-time favorite short lived TV Series. I really enjoyed this episode a lot. The fact that she didn't know who it was that called her name really added something to the episode.  Gave it a bit extra mystery.



(From Birthday Marathon on May 26th, 2009)