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House, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: House
Year: 1985
Director: Steve Miner
Rating: R
Length: 92 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:

Stars:
William Katt as Roger Cobb
George Wendt as Harold Gorton
Richard Moll as Big Ben
Kay Lenz as Sandy
Mary Stavin as Tanya

Plot:
Horror novelist Roger Cobb is a man on the edge, reeling from his recent divorce, haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his young son, and struggling with his new book about his traumatic experiences in Vietnam. But when he moves into the strange house left to him by his late aunt, Roger's precarious sanity comes under siege by nightmares of his dead war buddy, visits from a nosy neighbor, and an onslaught of hideous creatures from another dimension. Horror has found a new home, and it's fully furnished with murder, monsters and madness!

William Katt (CARRIE, THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO), George Wendt (CHEERS), Richard Moll (NIGHT COURT) and Kay Lenz (STRIPPED TO KILL) star in this outrageously scary horror hit, produced by Sean S. Cunningham (FRIDAY THE 13TH) and directed by Steve Miner (WARLOCK, HALLOWEEN: H2O).

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
As you can see from the Overview... This movie has 3 TV Stars to make this movie relevant for this marathon. It has William Katt, George Wendt & Richard Moll. This is a fun Comedy-Horror movie. It is not perfect... but it is definitely entertaining. I really enjoyed George Wendt as the neighbor. Worth checking out for some non-sense fun.



NOTE: Jimmy... there is another review for House by me available.. but this one has more info so you can just change the link to this one.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Mystery Marathon on January 31st, 2010)

The Green Berets, a review by Rich

The Green Berets



They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces - and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War: 'The Green Berets'.
John Wayne stars in and co-directs this red-white-and-blue depiction of America's Vietnam effort, based on Robin Moore's novel. Wayne wrote to President Lyndon Johnson to request military assistance for the film - and got more than enough firepower to create an impressive spectacle.
Its soldiers fit the tried-and-true mold of earlier Wayne war classics like 'Back to Bataan' and 'Sands of Iwo Jima'.  Their heroics are timeless.

Flag waving support for the Vietnam war, totally unrealistic, ignoring the true horrors of the conflict, with Wayne acting like this was a Western.
The battle scenes were impressively shot and intricate, but alas again childish in there portrayal that people die heroically with little fuss and bullets miss the good guys.
Heavy going, lacklustre casting, crap dialogue, overlong and way too political for my taste.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on June 23rd, 2009)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

03. School Hard (1997-09-29)
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), David Greenwalt (Screenwriter), Joss Whedon (Story By), David Greenwalt (Story By)
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Robia La Morte (Jenny Calendar), Andrew J. Ferchland (The Anointed One), James Marsters (Spike), Alexandra Johnes (Sheila), Gregory Scott Cummings (Big Ugly), Andrew Palmer (Lean Boy), Brian Reddy (Police Chief Bob), Juliet Landau (Drusilla), Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder), Keith MacKechnie (Parent), Alan Abelew (Brian Kirsch), Joanie Pleasant (Helpless Girl)

A great introduction of Spike. With him killing the Annoying One, it is also a turning point in the series. Like he says, it will be more fun around here now.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on January 31st, 2009)