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The Invisible Man, a review by Hal

Title: The Invisible Man: Classic Monster Collection
Year: 1933
Director: James Whale
Rating: NR
Length: 71 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Claude Rains
Gloria Stuart
William Harrigan
Henry Travers
Una O'Connor

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

An interesting story with some pretty incredible special effects given that this movie was made in 1933.  The acting wasn't really great, but I enjoyed seeing Gloria Stuart (elderly Rose in Titanic) as a young woman and I think Henry Travers is just a marvelous character actor.  A fun time.

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(From Hal's 2010 Horror Marathon Reviews on October 17th, 2010)

Isola, a review by Eric

Marathon starts now.

Isola


Overview: The second film based on the works of award-winning novelist, Yasuke Kishi. When Yukari, a psychic able to read the thoughts of other, comes to help suvivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a trouble girl named Chichiro who is suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. Chichiro has 13th different personalities and her 13th personality is a revengeful ghost named Isola. Can the psychic find a way to stop Isola without harming Chichiro ?

My Thoughts: I'm a bit puzzled by this movie.  Not that it isn't good but not what I would expect from a horror movie.  It's difficult to judge this one because it's made by and with people from a culture I know very little about.  I think what leaves me puzzled is that the chararacters don't show much emotion, even when they're scared or hurt, they're all a bit cold all the time.  On the other hand it's not necessarily a bad thing as it adds to the strangeness (is this a word ?) to the movie which it can use as it needs something to compensate for a little lack of action you would normally find in horror movies.  Watching a Japanese horror movie with English subtitles was an interesting experience nonetheless.

My Score:



(From Eric's 2009 "Best Effort" October Horror Marathon. on October 3rd, 2009)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Ever Decreasing Circles: The Complete First Series

Episode 1
Martin lives in a cul-de-sac and is a pillar of the community. He is chairman of just about every club committee. The equilibrium of the Close where he lives is disturbed when new neighbour Paul moves in next door...



Wonderful to see this pilot episode of a great series from the 80's, and to see the marvellous Richard Briars in a perfect role. The whole cast are accomplished actors, particularly Penelope Wilton as Briars' long suffering and neglected wife.
With top scripts, embarrassing scenarios, this rates as one of the best Suburban series produced and very undated.
Easy vierwing, to leave a smile on your face.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 27th, 2009)