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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Movie Count: 24
TV Ep Count: 6
Time Started: 2:30pm
Plot:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy (KRISTY SWANSON) is your typical high school cheerleader - her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man (DONALD SUTHERLAND) informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel (LUKE PERRY), Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King (RUTGER HAUER), his sidekick, Lefty (PAUL REUBENS), and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley.

My Thoughts:
Thought it was about time for me to slip in a Comedy-Horror. I enjoy a good comedy horror now and then. I know a lot of people that prefer the TV Series to this movie... and I agree... I do enjoy the series more... but I do still enjoy the movie as well. The thing is... with this one... I do definitely enjoy it and find myself coming back to it multiple times. But I have no idea why I enjoy watching this movie as much as I do. It isn't particularly that funny... but all the same I still really get a kick out of it.



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 6th, 2008)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a review by addicted2dvd

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Troy Nixey Writing: Nigel McKeand (Original Material By), Guillermo Del Toro (Screenwriter), Matthew Robbins (Screenwriter) Length: 100 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Bruce Gleeson as Buggy Driver
Edwina Ritchard as Housekeeper
Garry McDonald as Blackwood
Bailee Madison as Sally
Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen as Airport Cart Driver

Plot:
While architect Alex Hurts (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion's period interiors, Alex's young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can investigate the dark corners of the estate. She begins hearing raspy whispers coming from the basement and her curiosity gets the better of her. She finally opens the door to an army of beady-eyed, sharp-clawed monsters. The horror is real and she and her family are in peril. She tries to warn everyone... but no one is listening.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• BD-Live
• Digital Copy

Over-all I would say this one is a fairly average spook-fest. It is a decent story that could have used some polishing, as while I found it interesting enough to watch my attention was drifting on certain scenes. I also felt that most the characters wasn't very likable... though I did like the kid. It is a decent way to waste some time... but there is better out there.



(From Horror / Halloween 2017 Challenge on October 9th, 2017)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.13 Mountie on the Bounty - Part 2 (1998-03-22)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), John Krizanc (Story By), Paul Gross (Screenwriter), R.B. Carney (Screenwriter)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast

(From "Due South" marathon on January 5th, 2010)