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La Noche del Terror Ciego, a review by Jimmy

Title : La Noche del Terror Ciego (1971)

Overview
A legion of Knights Templar--executed horsemen whose eyes had been pecked out by crows--rise rotting from their graves, hunting only by sound in a quest for human flesh. The BLIND DEAD saga begins here, as a modern-day tourist trip to the ruins of the Templar monastery unleashes a frenzy of lesbian desire, sexual violence and the unholy onslaught of the eyeless undead!

My Impression
Time for some real classic horror. I have watch the original spanish version for two reasons : I always watch my movie in their original language everytime it's possible and the english version (available on the disc too) had 18 minutes of materials cut (no idea what, but I suppose the nudity was cut and every pieces of gore). I've always find this serie scarier than the Romero's Living Dead quadrilogy (now with 5 entry, but I don't know the word for this  ). The Templar Knight are much more creepy than any zombie : you can't kill them, their appearance is terrifying, they travel on horses and they catch you if you make any noise. Don't tell me that the living deads are scarier since they catch you by luck... The fact that it is based on an historic fact is interesting too : not that some skeletons live and kill peoples in Spain  , but the Templar Knight was a real order excommunicated by the Catholic Church (maybe I'm wrong here, but I think that they were involved in the Crusades and they have acquired too much power with the time). The only critic that I can make is that this film is really slow between the Templars attacks. Another thing : as usual I will have some nightmares because of this film tonight, even if I'm not a child anymore  .

Strongly recommanded and you have no excuse for not buying it since it's possible to buy the movie individually now.

Rating :

Number of film watch : 28

(From My October Horror Marathon on October 14th, 2008)

Men in Black, a review by DJ Doena

February, 22th


Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Tommy Lee Jones    ...    Kay
Will Smith   ...    N.Y.P.D Ofcr. James Darrel Edwards III / Jay
Linda Fiorentino   ...    Laurel
Vincent D'Onofrio   ...    Edgar
Rip Torn   ...    Chief Zed
Tony Shalhoub   ...    Jack Jeebs

Synopsis: Officer James Edwards is a normal NYPD cop until he meets a guy who has two pair of eyelids (one of them are gills) and when he learns that the guy who fences stolen watches also fences alien weapons. After he passed a test, James Edwards ceases to exist. He becomes J, a Man in Black, working for the most secret organization on the face of this planet. And his very first mission is to help give birth to a squid. Ah yes, and his second mission is to save the Earth.

My Opinion: Remember the times when 90 minutes for a movie were standard? Now it feels short. The advantage is that it has no lengths; there is not one point where this movie is boring. It is packed with jokes and gags regarding alien visitors and Tommy Lee and Will make a great team because they are so different.
I also loved Linda as the coroner. I only know her from two movies (this and Dogma) and I'd love to see her in more. In both movies she has this nice dry sense of humour.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on February 28th, 2010)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
5.22 Children of Time
WriterDirector: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Doctor Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Gary Frank (Yedrin Dax), Jennifer S. Parsons (Miranda), Davida Williams (Lisa), Doren Fein (Molly), Brian Evaret Chandler (Brota), Marybeth Massett (Parell), Jesse Littlejohn (Gabriel)

The Defiant crew land on a planet, where they meet descendents of themselves. As it turns out, they will catapulted back two hundred years when trying to leave the planet and crashland there.
Now they have deal with the dilemna that avoiding the accident which brings them back in time would result that the colony of 8000 people will never have existed.
A well executed episode which I always enjoyed.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 17th, 2011)