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May 17, 2024, 01:17:32 PM  | Children of the Corn (2009/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |
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Stars:
Robert Gerdisch as Preacher Boy
Jordan Schmidt as Bloody Knife Boy
David Anders as Burt
Kandyse McClure as Vicky
Remington Jennings as Joseph / Ahaz
Plot:
From Donald P. Borchers comes the resurrection of the most unholy shocker of all: It's 1975 and a young married couple - Vietnam vet Burt (David Anders of "Alias" and "Heroes") and preacher's daughter Vicki (Kandyse McClure of "Battlestar Galactica") - are driving cross-country straight into the heartland of Hell. Here in Gatlin, Nebraska, the town's bloodthirsty children - led by the boy preacher Isaac and his teen enforcer Malachai - have slaughtered all adults by command of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Now two new Outlanders have arrived...and The Time Of Sacrifice is at hand. Preston Bailey (The Crazies and "Dexter") and Daniel Newman co-star in this brutal and chilling re-imagining of Stephen King's infamous tale, featuring graphic footage not seen in the television broadcast.
Extras:
- None
My Thoughts:
I found this to be an interesting and enjoyable remake. It is one that was done by the SyFy Channel. So it is a TV Movie... though as they have done with other of their films this has extra scenes giving us a little more gore as well as a little nudity in the blu-ray release. In this one Preston Bailey plays Issac. If you are a Dexter fan that name may sound familiar... he played Cody... Rita's son.
They changed enough in this one to make it worth watching without it feeling too rehashed... but left enough of it the same to show homage to the original. I was sorry to see that in this one we didin't see the kids taken over the town like in the original. In this one when the couple arrives the town has already been taken over... actually showed that it was taken over quite a while before.
Over-all this film is worth the time put in to watch it. While I would say I prefer the orginal... I can see myself watching this one again as well.
Rating:
(From Monday Monster Mini-thon on April 6th, 2015)
Member's Reviews
Day of the Dead (Remake), a review by addicted2dvd
Title: Day of the Dead (Remake)
Year: 2008
Director: Steve Miner
Rating: R
Length: 86 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Stars:
Mena Suvari
Nick Cannon
Michael Welch
Annalyne McCord
Stark Sands
Plot:
Nick Cannon, Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado, and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, survivors realize that the virus is creating the walking dead who crave human flesh. Only a small number of people are immune to the virus, and those few survivors must battle to fend off the infected zombies while trying to make it out of town alive.
Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Gallery
Interviews
My Thoughts:
This is the first time I ever watched this remake... if you can call it that. This is one of those remakes that really don't follow the original very closely. That is not really a bad thing... but I would have liked to see some more resemblance to the original then this. This one really is a little more then a name only remake. And it probably is better looked at as a stand alone movie then a remake.
So is there anything making this a worthwhile watch? Sure... some of the effects are pretty cool. And the storyline... if it wasn't trying to pass for a remake would be pretty good. But it is definitely not a movie that would win any awards. Just a leave your brain at the door... somewhat enjoyable zombie movie. I don't mind the fast zombies... but in this case they were maybe a little too fast as a lot of things went by so fast you barely got the chance to see it. And I must say I didn't care for the zombie crawling the ceilings. These are Zombies... they don't need spider powers. One thing I was looking forward to in this movie is what they would do with Bud... the zombie with military background in the original. And he is in this one as well... which in one way they handled it in a humorous way. But at the same time I had to shake my head at it. If you decide you want to check this one out... please do so but keep in mind that this is not what I would call a true remake. It is pretty much a remake in name only. I went into this one knowing this ahead of time and I think this helped me enjoy it some. So maybe it would help you as well.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 12/11-12/13 on December 11th, 2009)
Member's TV Reviews
Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom
 | Moonlight: Season One (2007/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Plot:
Any private eye knows a lot about other people's secrets. L.A. private eye Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin) has a secret of his own. He's a vampire, dwelling in a covert netherworld complicated by friendship with an undead finance honcho (Jason Dohring), memories of the alluring ex-wife (Shannyn Sossamon) who turned him into a vampire, and a relationship with a human (Sophia Myles) he feels drawn to protect - and maybe to love. But no matter how tempting, Mick knows a vampire-human romance is eternally dangerous.
This 16-episode, 4-disc set of the series voted the 2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama is a sure entertainment bet for all who like their vampire stories sleek, intense and passionate.
My Thoughts:
When going in I thought this would be just another vampire doing redemption by helping people series. But this series surprised me. I really enjoyed it. Also some ideas to the vampire mythos were refreshing (though some were more like going back to Bram Stoker, like stake through the heart only paralyzes the vampire). The ongoing romance storyline was good, as where the cases they were working on. Also nice to see a vampire series, where vampires stay the only supernatural thing. And not introduce magic, werewolves etc.
This is a thing which bothers me with such series or superhero movies and series: First the hero is the only thing different to the "real" world. But then they introduce more and more "super" and extraordinary stuff. This is probably the reason why I never got into superhero comics.
Too bad this series was cancelled so soon. It really would have had the stuff to continue.
The only thing I didn't like about this series was the need for vampires to sleep in freezers. These are a fairly recent invention. What did the vampires do in the past then?
| # | Episode | Rating |
| 01 | No Such Thing as Vampires |  |
| 02 | Out of the Past | |
| 03 | Dr. Feelgood |  |
| 04 | Fever | |
| 05 | Arrested Development | |
| 06 | B.C. | |
| 07 | The Ringer | |
| 08 | 12:04 AM | |
| 09 | Fleur de Lis | |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauty | |
| 11 | Love Lasts Forever | |
| 12 | The Mortal Cure | |
| 13 | Fated to Pretend | |
| 14 | Click | |
| 15 | What's Left Behind | |
| 16 | Sonata | |
(From Tom's Random Reviews on February 17th, 2011)