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Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes
Year: 2006
Director: Jake West
Rating: R
Length: 95 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

Stars:
Lance Henriksen
Doug Bradley
Doug Roberts
Tess Panzer
Lisa McAllister

Plot:
It's been two decades since the late Ed Harley (Lance Henriksen, Alien vs. Predator) last conjured up the demonic avenger known as Pumpkinhead. So when the citizens of a small southern village discover the town's physician (Doug Bradley, Hellraiser) has been selling their loved ones' organs and dumping the bodies in a swamp, they ask the old witch, Haggis, to invoke the demon's wrath and avenge their desecrated kin. Summoned from the mummified remains of Ed Harley himself, the creature proceeds to wreak havoc upon any and all who get in its way. After twenty years in limbo, Pumpkinhead has finally returned to settle the score.

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is my first time ever seeing this movie... even though I have seen all the other ones in the series. I enjoyed all the others so I went into this one expecting the same. And I did enjoy it. I liked how they brought back the character of Ed Harley. I also liked the recap of the first movie that they worked into this one. I normally don't care much for flashback scenes... but it was somehow different in this case. I think if you liked the other Pumpkinhead movies you will enjoy this one as well.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Horror on December 26th, 2009)

Ring Around The Rosie, a review by Rich

Title: Ring Around The Rosie

Movie Count:26 
TV Ep. Count:16 

Runtime:88
Certificate:R
Year:2005
Genres:Horror

Plot:In this electrifying suspense thriller, your deepest fears become reality. Following her grandmother's last wish, Karen (Gina Philips, Jeepers Creepers) reluctantly travels to a remote, run-down mansion to sell the family estate where she grew up. Karen soon realizes that she's not alone at the property. Living in the shanty at the horse stables is Pierce (Tom Sizemore, Heat), an odd and mysterious caretaker. With every passing night as she rummages through the dusty house, Karen's fond memories of her childhood turn into nightmares.
Haunted, Karen feels relief when her sister arrives, but things only spiral out of control when Pierce becomes increasingly more violent. Suddenly both women find themselves trapped in a house that preys on their greatest fears. Karen has no choice but to face the horrible memory she thought she put behind her and walk the line between bad memories and deadly reality.

My Review:
Not the worst effort I've ever watched, but certainly below par. The direction, production and acting was as expected in this low budget flick, although Tom Sizemore stood out as a pretty convincing nutter. The whole thing falls apart with about as flimsy a storyline as the 2 sisters clothes were, and the ending only made you think was it worth watching in the first place?
A lack of tension, horror, suspense or drama puts this effort into the easily forgettable category.




(From Rich's October Horror Fest on October 22nd, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: GTO
Year: 1998
Length: 569 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Chinese, English, Other


A fine example of a well-done live action adaption of a manga. Even though a lot of things have changed, it helps to transfer it to a more believable live action TV series. The actors are well-chosen, especially Onizuka.
A lot of the story changes even made it into the anime which otherwise follows the manga story-line more closely.

I like it, when they make adjustment to fit the story better in the frame of the current media but stay close to the spirit of the source material.
This way, even though you know the source material, you can find new stuff to enjoy, but are not put off by it, when they try to stay compulsively close to the source material.
For example, I enjoy the GTO live action series more than the anime. The same goes for Death Note, where I prefer the live action movies to the anime (the manga of course is still better). But in the case of Death Note I think, that someone who doesn't know the manga, will prefer the anime, because there they get more of the taste of the full story. I on the other hand know, what things they have changed and prefer the manga version in those cases. This is why I enjoy the live action version, because there they had the guts to make some drastic changes, which help in their own way to tell the same story in a smaller time-frame.

Here the in my opinion great opening theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdpIijQF6vo

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 13th, 2008)