Post by: Jimmy on September 27, 2011, 03:26:40 AM
Pete start his one already so why not me :whistle:
For the fourth years it's the time for my annual horror marathon ;D
Last year I watched 67 movies, so the target for 2011 is to beat this number and review them all (at least a short one).
I'm almost sure of what film I will start with, but I don't want to look to eager to start so I don't list it now...
BTW : 10 pts to the first one who will find from what movie is this scene... It's an easy one :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on September 30, 2011, 08:09:53 AM
Like I said it was easy... It's Zombi 3 or Zombi 3 - Ein neuer Anfang or Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 or Zombie: Hell on Earth
Less than 24 hours to go ;D
Now I've to decide how I will start it :hmmmm:
I'm not sure between starting with Nightmare (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082818/) a movie I want to watch for years and wait since I got it in july...
or
the complete acting career of Rosie Holotik with Encounter with the Unknown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072937/), Don't Look in the Basement (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069994/) and Horror High (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072331/).
Guess it will depend if I feel like watching an eighties Video Nasties or a trio of seventies regional horror (Texas).
BTW this is a relatively recent picture of Miss Holotik, can you believe she was 62 years old on this picture. Another proof that you don't need plastic surgery to age wonderfully ;D
(http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6355/rosiewatersholotikgw4.jpg)
Post by: Achim on September 30, 2011, 10:43:54 AM
So no one was able to find the movie the image came from :tease::laugh:
Like I said it was easy... It's Zombi 3 or Zombi 3 - Ein neuer Anfang or Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 or Zombie: Hell on Earth
I think I only saw Zombi 2, once, and do not remember any of it. Wasn't it that there wasn't an actual Zombi 1, they just thought people will think that it's a sequel to Dawn of the Dead, which was called Zombi in Europe? (:hmmmm:, so there was a Zombi 1, it just has no relation to the other films :slaphead:)
Post by: Jimmy on September 30, 2011, 03:54:25 PM
Zombi 2 is Zombie Flesh Eaters (here it's L'enfer des zombies)
Zombi 3 is Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (here it's Zombi 3, funny since there was nothing called Zombi or Zombi 2 for us)
Zombi 4 is After death
Zombi 5 is Killing birds and it was made before Zombi 4 and have no Zombies in it
Zombi 6 is Absurd who was made in 1981 and is a prequel of Antropophagus
Zombi 7 is Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence a German movie that I've never seen
Even The Living at Manchester Morgue, Nightmare City, Zombi Holocaust, ... were called Zombi 3 at one point :laugh:
Post by: Achim on September 30, 2011, 07:50:04 PM
The joy of Italian movie naming...
Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2011, 08:25:12 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Nightmare (1981)
Genre: Horror
Director: Romano Scavolini
Rating: Not Rated
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Baird Stafford
Sharon Smith
C.J. Cooke
Mik Cribben
Danny Ronan
Plot:
Mentally unbalanced patient, George Tatum (Baird Stafford), is released from a New York mental hospital, slums it up on sleazy 42nd street, and then travels to Florida to terrorize an unsuspecting family. Voted by many websites as the ultimate horror film, this lurid cult classic is now available for the first time on DVD for all horror fans to enjoy.
My Thoughts:
This movie had quite an history as it was on the notorious british video nasties list, even the British distributor of it was put in jail because of this one... the british rating board goes quite over the top in the eighties with this "ban this filth" bandwagon. So my expectations were quite high as it's the first time this film is release uncut and I was not deceived. The film is quite bloody and violent, even more than I expected. Some of the special effects are quite convincing. BTW talking of special effects : Tom Savini was a special consultant, so not really envolved in them. The effects are done by two beginners : Cleve Hall and Ed French (who had work on quite a lot of films since them and was nominated two times at the Oscar). The acting is alright for the most part with Stafford giving quite a performance in the title role.A film I've no problem to recommand, but with a little warning : there is a female masturbation scene and I know it isn't everybody cup of tea (but you don't see that much if you choose to watch the fullscreen print, wich is the one approved by the director)
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Post by: Jimmy on October 01, 2011, 10:40:04 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Herschell Gordon Lewis The Godfather of Gore (2011)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jimmy Maslon / Frank Henenlotter
Rating: Not Rated
Length: 1h47
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Plot:
Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often-hilarious documentary, Herschell Gordon Lewis, The Godfather of Gore.
Featuring interviews with cast, crew, and critics such as director John Waters, drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, and Herschell Gordon Lewis himself, The Godfather of Gore traces Lewis’ start in the innocent bare-naked world of “Nudie Cuties” before he shocked the world with Blood Feast, the first-ever gore film. Lewis then continued to assault audiences with such audacious shockers as She-Devils on Wheels, Blast-Off Girls, Just for the Hell of It, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Gruesome Twosome, The Gore Gore Girls, and the incredible Wizard of Gore.
Experience a decade of motion-picture madness – with tons of clips, rare outtakes, and testimony from the people who were there – as Herschell Gordon Lewis, The Godfather of Gore leaves you laughing and screaming at some of the most amazing movies to ever play American movie theaters!
My Thoughts:
One of this most, if not the most important, character in the horror movies history. Why? Easy without him the gore movies wouldn't exist as he (and David Friedman) were the first to make one of this film. Isn't what us horror movies fans like to have everything but the sink thrown at our face? So this documentary is a complete overview of the Herschell Gordon Lewis career in the industry. Starting with his start in the nudie cuties with The Prime Time (the first film of Karen Black) a genre he was one of the precursor with Russ Meyer. Of course the large part of the documentary is devoted to his gore movies (who were quite effective for the period). Of course all the various type of film he did later are also cover (but not that deeply, for that you must watch the deleted scenes and there is more than one hour of them!!!!).Frankly a great documentary but this isn't surprising as it was produce by Something Weird Video. Many people who worked with Lewis are interviewed in the film. BTW it's great to see how Mal Arnold, Jerome Eden, Bunny Yeager, Ray Sager (he is now a big TV producer on the english side of our country) and many others look like now. The only missing one I would have like to hear is Connie Mason, I suppose she wasn't available as she is always alive.
A recommandation if you are interested to know about the beginning of the horror genre as it is now.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2011, 01:51:12 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror
Director: Nimród Antal
Rating: R
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / French
Stars:
Kate Beckinsale
Luke Wilson
Frank Whaley
Ethan Embry
Scott G. Anderson
Plot:
When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them - until they discover that the low-budget slasher videos they find in their room were all filmed in the very room in which they're sitting. With hidden cameras now aimed at them - trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels - and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before they end up the next victims on tape.
My Thoughts:
Let me start by saying this one had a lot of potential, just check how the trailer make it looks great. Sadly it doesn't go further than this...Boring by the book script that feels like it was done by a computer using keywords to create a 100 pages script. Acting not convincing at all by two not so great actors to begin with. A complete lack of scary mood (yes, it's the kind of film full of sound to tell you when you are supposed to be scare). A dead kid add to the mix for no reason, maybe to make the viewer care for the protagonist (if it is indeed the case it doesn't work, developing the character is usually the way to do it). Even worse, we don't see any killing on the video as they all happen off-screen. Wich bring the rating non-sense, there is no reason for this movie to be rated "R" in fact here it's a 14+.
Also did you know that when the electricity is cut a VCR resumes the reading of a tape where it did stop when the electricity return... ::)
OK I know I usually have a negative bias against the new film but seriously this one is not recommanded at all...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Witchmaker (1969)
Genre: Horror
Director: William O. Brown
Rating: Not Rated
Length: 1h39
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Anthony Eisley
Thordis Brandt
Alvy Moore
Shelby Grant
Tony Benson
Plot:
Dr. Ralph Hayes (Alvy Moore) is a professor of paranormal studies who leads a group into the Louisiana swamp to investigate a string of murders. His student Tasha (Thordis Brandt) is the psychic whose powers have been inherited from her witch ancestors. Hayes believes that witchcraft is the reason behind the murders of the young women, and reporter Victor Gordon (Anthony Eisley) is out to cover the story. The trail eventually leads to Luther the Berserk (John Lodge) a sorcerer of incredible powers who, after drinking the blood of his victims, has the ability to raise the dead as his unholy army of the night. The efforts of the human researchers collide with the supernatural forces of evil in this terrifying feature.
My Thoughts:
Back to better film ;DThis one is one I already know well before buying the Code Red release in april, so I known already what to expect before starting it. What I didn't expect is how it will look great!!! This is probably one of the best use of the shadow I've ever seen in a movie, great lightning works by John Arthur Morrill the DP of this film. This film is the genre of film that make you think and don't throw everything in your face (sometimes it's a good thing sometimes not, depend of what you watch). Of course some could say that it moves slowly but not me, I like how the story is developped. John Lodge who play the berseker (some kind of Devil servant) do a really good job and he sure looks creepy. The cast isn't filled with big names, but everybody act well. Also it was interesting, at least for me it was, to see Patricia Wymer (The Babysitter), Sue Bernard (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), Nancy Crawford (The Thrill Killers) and Diane Webber (the most popular pin-up girl of the fifties and the sixties) showing in small role. Also be prepare for a nice ending...
This film was produce by L.Q. Jones (you can see him in many Sam Peckinpah's movies) who will produce and direct six years later one of the greatest cult movie ever made. This film being of course A Boy and His Dog ;D
L.Q. Jones is present on this release for an interview and a great commentary track with John Arthur Morrill.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2011, 09:37:34 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: SSSSSSS (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 1h39
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Strother Martin
Dirk Benedict
Heather Menzies
Richard B. Shull
Tim O'Connor
Plot:
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.
My Thoughts:
Not too bad but not really my style. This is more an horror film for the kids than anything else. Nothing really happen on the screen and the acting is a little bit flat (no overacting, but more like if the actors didn't really care). The transformation make-up effects is fine, but the last part of it look dated (even for the seventies). I'm sure that if you are frighten by snakes you will feel uncomfortable as there is a ton of snakes on the screen.Rating :
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 02, 2011, 10:48:29 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 02, 2011, 11:57:48 PM
Post by: Dragonfire on October 03, 2011, 12:05:04 AM
Witchcraft sounds kind of interesting though.
Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2011, 12:13:40 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Burial Ground Nights of Terror (1980)
Genre: Horror
Director: Andrea Bianchi
Rating: Not Rated
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Karin Well
Gianluigi Chirizzi
Simone Mattioli
Antonella Antinori
Roberto Caporali
Plot:
The nights of terror are unleashed when a professor's thirst for knowledge seals his own demise as he unwittingly unseals a cursed underground crypt in an ancient burial ground. The desecrated graveyard erupts with a groundswell of ravenous, rotting, flesh-hungry zombies that stalk the nights in search of living human prey! On the adjoining grounds, a group of clueless, decadent socialites are enjoying a wil weekend retreat of debauchery. Among the eccentric guests are a nympho mother and her freakish, incestuous son! Unfortunately for the guests, their isolated country villa lies directly in the path of the flesh-eating horde that has party plans of it's own!
My Thoughts:
It's an eighties italian movie so you know to expect before watching it. Bad english dubing, silly story that doesn't make sense and good make-up effects. This one deliver all of this with some of the most "what??" pieces of dialogues. A couple of exemple : In the beginning the professor (he look like Rasputin BTW) who own the castle is attacked by a living dead and he say "stay back! I'm your friend!". What??? This guy looks like he is dead since at least 200 years...
At one point the kid (who is played by a strange looking 25 years old little person) start to caress sexually his mother (he even go for the panties :o). So his mother tell him to stop and his replied is "What's wrong!, I'm your son!"...
If you like the genre I'm sure you will like this one.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2011, 03:22:49 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Vampire Sucks (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Friedberg / Aaron Seltzer
Rating: G
Length: 1h24
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Stars:
Jenn Proske
Matt Lanter
Diedrich Bader
Chris Riggi
Ken Jeong
Plot:
Sink your teeth into the hysterically funny spoof VAMPIRES SUCK Extended BITE ME Edition with more outrageous humor and bloody fun! Becca, an angst-ridden teenager at a new high school, finds herself torn between two supernatural suitors; a moody vampire and an extremely hairy werewolf. From two of the comedy masterminds that wrote Scary Movie and costarring Ken Jeong (The Hangover), this laugh-out-loud comedy will leave you howling for more!
My Thoughts:
Better than what I was expecting judging by all the other movies I've bought from the same guys. It doesn't mean it's good or really funny, just that this one is better than Disaster Movie or Date Movie. At least this time they follow one film story line (even if I haven't seen it I've read a 10 pages recap of it, so it's more or less the same thing for me). Of course they continue to put some random trendy things I've no clue what they are, but less than usually. Jenn Proske does quite a good acting job in this and I think she will go to better and bigger thing (but I tought the same with Vanessa Minnillo after Disaster Movie and since than she only did TV show guest appearances and host True Beauty).Not great, not strongly recommanded. But if you got a chance to watch it on TV take it as it will cost nothing to try.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 03, 2011, 10:39:57 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Final Exam (1981)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jimmy Huston
Rating: R
Length: 1h30
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Cecile Bagdadi
Joel S. Rice
Ralph Brown
Deanna Robbins
Sherry Willis-Burch
Plot:
At Lanier College, the semester is almost over. Exam week is coming to a close when some upper classmen play a prank by staging a phony terrorist attack. But the next excitement in the school won't be a prank. It's something a lot more final than an exam. Students are falling prey to the knife-wielding maniac hell bent on making sure that school is out - forever! Now watch the slasher classic in an all new HiDef master from the original camera negatives! FINAL EXAM is back, with a vengeance!
My Thoughts:
Good start for the new Scorpion Releasing horror line with this quite different slasher film. Why is it different? Easy it takes the time to devellop the characters. Sometimes that you will or won't like at all, because it means that it is a little bit slow. It start fast with a double murder just before the credit but for the next 50 minutes or so nothing happen. OK not really nothing as 50 minutes of a black screen would mean that I have a damaged dvd... What happen during those minutes is simple, the film became a teen comedy set in a school. But when the film switch back to horror it sure give you few time to relax. The acting done by mostly first timer is not too bad, a couple of overacting here and there but it goes with the territory. Finally it's interesting to have a killer with no real motive, as it happens in real life...Some of you could appreciate this one even if it doesn't follow the traditional slasher movie structure.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 04, 2011, 12:26:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Trick or Treat (1986)
Genre: Horror
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Rating: R
Length: 1h38
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Marc Price
Tony Fields
Lisa Orgolini
Doug Savant
Elaine Joyce
Plot:
Eddie Weinbauer is a typical All-American teenager, at least he was until he fell under the evil spell of Rock Music. Now he's obsessed with his heavy-metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, who is killed in a hotel fire. Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which when played backwards sends a message of destruction and as Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize this isn't only rock 'n roll ... it's life and death and he must draw the line to thwart this mission.
My Thoughts:
I haven't watch this one since I was teenager years ago. Sadly it isn't as good as I remembered it, of course the bad quality of this release didn't help (no chance to get anything better since this movie is music rights hell). The acting leave a lot to desire, Marc Price is sure not an actor who can lead a movie. But one thing save the movie, the soundtrack from Fastway wich is an excellent one and was part of my music collection (store at my father home since I've no place to store that).Rating :
Post by: Najemikon on October 04, 2011, 07:36:16 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Burial Ground Nights of Terror (1980)
I just got a book by John Landis called Monsters In The Movies. It's pretty good. Mainly stills of all the types of monsters you can get on film with his little comments. I dropped across Burial Ground and he called it "z grade Italian horror, but pretty funny if you're in a weird mood"! Sounds like a back-handed compliment. :P
Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2011, 03:41:51 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2011, 07:40:40 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Silent Hill (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Christophe Gans
Rating: R
Length: 2h06
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Radha Mitchell
Sean Bean
Laurie Holden
Deborah Kara Unger
Kim Coates
Plot:
Based on the best-selling horror action game, Silent Hill stars Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire) as Rose, a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town’s terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years back.
Dare to step inside the horrific town of Silent Hill, where darkness preys on every soul and Hell’s creations await around every corner. But know that once you enter...there is no turning back.
My Thoughts:
Certainly not a film that will succeed at convincing me that modern movies are good... Complete waste of time. 2 hours of bad CGI watching and overacting (only Jodelle Ferland does a good job in this). Bad script that goes nowhere, not that it's that surprising since it was done by the guy who stole the script of City on Fire to "write" Reservoir Dog.But for what I've heard the game is supposed to be fun and scary, not that it's hard to do better than this.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2011, 08:05:00 AM
This a short interview (http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?1926-Katarina-Speaks!-An-Interview-With-Wrestling-Star-And-Horror-Hostess-Katarina-Leigh-Waters) with Katarina Leigh Waters who host the Katarina's Nightmare Theater line if you want to know more about her. You won't hear her voice since it's a written interview, but God her english accent is sexy ;D
Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2011, 10:16:37 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Haunted (1977)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael de Gaetano
Rating: R
Length: 1h22
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Aldo Ray
Virginia Mayo
Ann Michelle
Jim Negele
Brad Rearden
Plot:
The 1977 horror classic Haunted is back to chill you to the bone. An innocent Indian woman is framed and sentenced to death. She wants to return in 100 years to wreak havok on all the relatives and descendants of the people that did her wrong! Big time actor Aldo Ray, Virginia Mayo, and Anne Michelle star.
My Thoughts:
A little bit on the slow and doesn't make a lot of sense side. But Aldo Ray is great in this and Ann Michelle in a movie is always enjoyable (even if casting her as a native indian doesn't make sense). The story doesn't turn as what I expected, but there is a good reason as a lot of what was filmed was useless because of an error of the guy responsible for the dailie checking in 77. There is a well done stuntman on fire scene and the theme song from Bill Vera is a good one.In fact the best thing on this release is the trailer for the future releases : Blood Mania (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065478/), The Hearse (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080853/), The Babysitter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064055/) (Bill finally succeed at finding the original negative of this great movie) and The Black Gestapo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169620/).
Sorry no trailer for this one
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Post by: Najemikon on October 05, 2011, 11:06:51 PM
http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,5216.msg146932.html#msg146932
Post by: Jimmy on October 05, 2011, 11:20:38 PM
Anyway Arrow Films is on my blacklist since they use Allan Bryce who did stole a lot of online works from some of my friends to publish them without credit and compensation in Dark Side Magazine some years ago...
Post by: Jimmy on October 06, 2011, 06:17:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Encounter with the Unknown (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: Harry Thomason
Rating: PG
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rod Serling
Robert Ginnaven
Rosie Holotik
Michael Harvey
Gene Ross
Plot:
Rod Serling (TV's Twillight Zone) phones in a shocking trilogy of UHF television level thrills. A curse hits three frat kids when a homicidal mother decides they are resonsible for her son's death, and this prophetic mother won't stop untill she gains her twisted vengeance. Each frat boy meets with the most painfull death that you will encounter in a familly film. An inbred boy's dog falls into the pit of hell, and it's up his uncle/dag (standout performance by Robert Holton) to go down to investigate. Watch out when he returns! Third, an unsuspecting driver picks up lost girls, Rosie Holotik (Don't Look in the Basement, Horror High), only to learn that she died years before. Featuring box office champ Bill Thurman (Gator Bait), outrageous funnyman Gene Ross (the groovy judge in Here Comes the Judge), comedian Charlie Dell and Robert Ginnaven as the business-class-riding priest.
My Thoughts:
An uneven anthology with one excellent story (The Girl on the Bridge), one so-so (The Hole) and one awfully bad. It's a regional movie (Arkansas) with many regulars from the S.F. Brownrigg and Larry Buchanan pool of actors. As I said the first story is an awfull mess with a story repeated over and over. The midle one is about an hole in the ground that can be evil or not depending of what you believe (with a better writting and details this could had been a good story). The last one is about a dead spirit who is lost and wants to return home, ok this isn't a new theme but it's well written and well acted (certainly better than anything else in that). This is the first movie of Rosie Holotik (she played the Lady on the Bridge) and she do a great jobs. Also the music is very good in this one (sometimes I like to listen sentimental instrumental music, even more this week :().I know Pete usually like to watch horror anthology so maybe this is one he could appreciated and the price is nice for two movies.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 06, 2011, 10:01:53 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Don't Look in the Basement (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: S.F. Brownrigg
Rating: R
Length: 1h29
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rosie Holotik
Bill McGhee
Annabelle Weenick
Gene Ross
Harryette Warren
Plot:
Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium to work, only to learn that Dr. Stephens was murdered by one of the patients and his successor, Dr. Geraldine Masters, is not very eager to take on new staff. Charlotte finds her job maddeningly hard as the patients torment and harass her at every turn, and she soon learns why Dr. Masters is so eager to keep outsiders out.
My Thoughts:
Excellent psychological horror movie that took the time to built himself. You don't know what to expect at all untill all hell break loose at the end and you finally discover the dark secret of the insane asylum. This is how an horror movie must be done : full of suspense, false leads and a big reveal. You don't need an obvious bad character when you know how to write a script (surprisingly Tim Pope, the writer, will became later a music video director well known for his works with The Cure). Very well played with no overacting (an hard task to do, even Dustin Hoffman was not able to play a mentally challenged character without overacting a lot) by veteran theatre actors of the Dallas scene.Absolutly recommanded and the best film I've seen this year in this marathon.
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Post by: Najemikon on October 08, 2011, 02:27:03 AM
It's a low to no budget production, but it's pretty well done...
Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2011, 04:58:22 AM
1. On your review at DVD Compare you mention there is no subtitles, I'm use to it but even if your accent is sexy sometimes it's hard to understand well for a non native like me. So is it hard to understand because a the non-professional cast and the type of material used to record?
2. How is the cinematography? Doesn't look too digital I hope...
Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2011, 08:59:49 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Soul Survivors (2001)
Genre: Horror
Director: Stephen Carpenter
Rating: R
Length: 1h26
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English (CC) / Spanish
Stars:
Melissa Sagemiller
Wes Bentley
Casey Affleck
Eliza Dushku
Angela Featherstone
Plot:
After a night of partying, college freshman Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) and her friends are involved in a bloody car accident that turns into a horrifying tale of the supernatural. Overwhelmed by startling hallucinations, Cassie's grip on reality slips further as she begins a desperate race against time to learn who her real friends are, who wants her dead, and who will be the SOUL SURVIVOR.
My Thoughts:
Much better than I expected it to be (by the synopsis it sounds like a Final Destination rip-off, who is a rip-off of Sole Survivor of course) wich is always a good surprise. So we got a nice little scary suspense in place of a teen CGI showcase. By the way the special effects are old school wich was a great surprise as now we see just lazy CGI effects. The story is a good one, but a little bit predictable (with a shitty ending that ruined the film for me). The casting is almost perfect except for the principal character (I don't think she fit for this kind of role), by the way it's the first time I've seen Eliza Dushku in something (I told you I don't watch recent movies) and God that girl is awesome. Of course this isn't a perfect movie as the musical score is annoying (it doesn't really fit in my book) and, as I said, the end pissed me of.I think I feel confortable to recommand this one.
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Post by: Jimmy on October 08, 2011, 12:23:32 PM
Looks like I'm out of touch as usual :laugh:
Post by: Najemikon on October 08, 2011, 01:01:33 PM
Look interesting even if you gave him only 3 stars. Two questions :
1. On your review at DVD Compare you mention there is no subtitles, I'm use to it but even if your accent is sexy sometimes it's hard to understand well for a non native like me. So is it hard to understand because a the non-professional cast and the type of material used to record?
2. How is the cinematography? Doesn't look too digital I hope...
Although the cast are non-professional, I would say their dialect is fairly middle-England and easy to understand. Actually being inexperienced might be making them self concious about their voices so they're avoiding accents anyway. Certainly you aren't dealing with any strong regional dialects in any case.
Cinematography impressed me because there isn't any! :) This thing is so low budget, it's just a couple of guys with a camcorder filming in non-descript locations. And it does have that modern digital look, that you would associate with a typical video camera, but I didn't find it distracting because I appreciated their eye for a composition outdoors and they're lighting efforts sometimes indoors. I found a trailer, which should give you an idea.
Post by: Jimmy on October 09, 2011, 08:44:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Darkness Falls (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h26
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / French
Stars:
Chaney Kley
Emma Caulfield
Lee Cormie
Grant Piro
Sullivan Stapleton
Plot:
As a young boy, Kyle (Chaney Kley) claimed to have seen the tooth fairy. He also claimed she tried to kill him.
Now over twelve years later, Kyle has left the town that never believed him. He has also left behind the two people who thought he was telling the truth, his childhood girlfriend Caitlin (Emma Caulfield) and her younger brother. And when evil again emerges in Darkness Falls, Kyle must return to do battle with the winged creature of doom he saw that night so many years ago. Because evil is back with a vengeance. And it's not leaving without Caitlin's brother.
My Thoughts:
It's been a while but this one was able to make me jump a couple of time in the beginning. This one goes at one of our primal fear wich is to be in the dark, even if we are old we are always affraid of it... not because of the monster of course but because we know that bad things could happen when there no light arround. So the basic idea is a good one. Being an horror movie a monster is needed and I've no problem with this, but I find the mood scarrier when we don't see it. For me hearing without seeing is more frightening and honestly when the Tooth Fairy is shown it's over, seriously when we hear her voice only she is scary but when she appear we see only a bad CGI creation. I've also some problem with one fact : the basic premise isn't always respected, she can't attack in the light so why she sometimes do?Even if the film isn't perfect I'm sure that most here will like this one.
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Post by: Achim on October 10, 2011, 01:58:38 AM
(by the synopsis it sounds like a Final Destination rip-off, who is a rip-off of Sole Survivor of course)Final Destination was released in 2000, Soul Survivor is from 2001...?
The trailer does not make me feel they are related though.
Post by: Jimmy on October 10, 2011, 02:54:54 AM
It's just a vibe from the synopsis, even if I own the three Final Destination movies (No idea why?? At least I lighten up and didn't get the parts 4 and 5) I have no idea when they were released. It sounded to me like a "she survive but she was not suppose to and now the dealer want to settle the debt" type of film. Of course after I watched the film I was proove wrong as the film is enjoyable and well done (btw Stephen Carpenter is the same guy who did direct The Dorm That Dripped Blood some years before).(by the synopsis it sounds like a Final Destination rip-off, who is a rip-off of Sole Survivor of course)Final Destination was released in 2000, Soul Survivor is from 2001...?
The trailer does not make me feel they are related though.
I never watch the trailer before, I watch and find them after. Too many of them spoiled the film best parts...
Post by: Achim on October 10, 2011, 05:25:53 AM
It's just a vibe from the synopsis, even if I own the three Final Destination movies (No idea why?? At least I lighten up and didn't get the parts 4 and 5) I have no idea when they were released. It sounded to me like a "she survive but she was not suppose to and now the dealer want to settle the debt" type of film.Well, I watched the trailer, failed to read the synopsis :slap head: If that is the basic premise, then there is indeed a certain similarity there.
I somewhat liked the first Final Destination film, it was something I hadn't really seen before (those death trap things...). The second one is fun, because they deliberately stripped it form any unnecessary narrative (::)) and went from kill to kill. There is 5 already? :slaphead:
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I never watch the trailer before, I watch and find them after. Too many of them spoiled the film best parts...Oh I hate it when that happens. Some trailers go to show clips from the last 10 or even 5 minutes of the movie :yucky:
Post by: Jimmy on October 10, 2011, 07:09:54 AM
There is 5 already? :slaphead:Yes the fourth one was even in 3D, wich is the reason why I pass. The part 5 was in theatre in august (at least, I've seen the trailer announce on TV this summer). For what I've read it seems that another one is in production... Seriously how many films they need to show that The Reaper is piss off when you cheat him :laugh:
The funny part is that my favorite is the third one, but I gave up after it :shrug:
Post by: Dragonfire on October 10, 2011, 07:37:16 AM
I saw some of the second on tv before..I haven't seen any of the others and I don't want to see anymore of them. It just seems like it is the same basic stuff happening over and over..just with different characters.
Post by: Jimmy on October 10, 2011, 08:56:58 AM
It just seems like it is the same basic stuff happening over and over..just with different characters.and worst and more unrealist CGI on each sequels :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on October 10, 2011, 10:08:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Victor Salva
Rating: 18A
Length: 1h44
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Stars:
Ray Wise
Jonathan Breck
Garikayi Mutambirwa
Eric Nenninger
Nicki Aycox
Plot:
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat -- and may not survive. Staring hungrily at them through the school bus windows, the “Creeper” returns again and again. But when the teammates discover that it's selective about whom it attacks, it will test their ability to stick together -- as the insatiable menace tries to tear them apart!
My Thoughts:
Sequel to one of the most overated, boring and unoriginal horror movie of the last ten years. Can you believe it can be worst? Believe me it can... This one take the character mythologie of the monster and trash it in the garbage can. Seriously even if the original is boring at least the bad guy is creepy, not anymore here since he became a joke. Anyway this is what this movie is... a joke at the depend of the viewer (good thing I haven't paid for it). One of the few film (with Wolf Creek) were all the characters are unlikable to the point we are happy to see them die... Can you believe they try to do a third part since almost eight years? Thank God Francis Ford Coppola don't want to put his money in this anymore...
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Post by: Najemikon on October 10, 2011, 11:35:53 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2011, 12:20:41 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Joy Ride (2001)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Dahl
Rating: R
Length: 1h37
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Steve Zahn
Paul Walker
Leelee Sobieski
Jessica Bowman
Stuart Stone
Plot:
College student Lewis decides to drive across the country to see Venna, a friend who doesn't know that Lewis is interested in her romantically. Unfortunately for his plans, Lewis gets saddled with his raucous-spirited older brother, Fuller, whose on-the-road pranks get the brothers and Venna sucked into a nightmare when a psychotic truckdriver takes offense.
My Thoughts:
It's a movie I've almost seen in a theatre when it was release and now I'm glad I didn't. This is just a movie that doesn't make sense, seriously how the hell can you find that much info about someone you had talk with only on a C.B.? Are kids these days think a C.B. is like a phone and you got a call viewer to know who call? I hope not... Even if we accept that non-sense we have to accept more non sense (a truck can't go full speed off-road, a truck can't outrun a car, a truck can't crash undammage, ... I'm sure my dad who was a truck driver would have a good laugh watching this). This is not really well act, except for Leelee Sobieski. Finally the guys deserve fully what happen to them, their stunt was quite stupid and childish (even when I was a kid doing phone prank something retarded like that would have never crossed my mind). I would have sure prefered a different end (click to show/hide)
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Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2011, 12:26:48 PM
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 13, 2011, 06:56:31 PM
Have you seen Wrong Turn or Eight Legged Freaks? Two films very different to each other, but underrated and fun horror's IMO.
Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2011, 07:54:40 PM
I like Roadkill too, but here it's a canadian arthouse indy movie :laugh:
I just think there was too much things that doesn't make sense in Joy Ride to appreciate it. I know we are supposed to watch horror movies with a certain sense of disbelieve, but for me when the premisse of a film is impossible in real life I loose my interest. If it was about a monster that would be fine since this is a fictional thing, but if you talk of something that exist like a C.B. in this film you better get the fact straight and don't do something impossible.
Post by: Najemikon on October 13, 2011, 08:05:14 PM
Paul Walker isn't a good actor I seem to enjoy the majority of his output, especially Running Scared and Fast Five.
With you on that. Running Scared I really enjoyed when I realised it was being told like a fairy tale! Kind of works. And the F&F movies are just big, dumb fun and that suits him.
BTW guys sorry if my marathon doesn't go as well as I expected it will... Real life hit me hard at the beginning of the month and I find it hard to be in the mood to watch movies where people die (or being in the mood for whatever, I just try to act the more normally that I can. But it's hard).
Hope you're ok, Jimmy
Post by: Jimmy on October 13, 2011, 08:19:39 PM
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 13, 2011, 09:10:23 PM
Sorry for your loss. :(
Post by: Najemikon on October 13, 2011, 09:35:22 PM
I am no need to worry, I just find it hard to be in a good mood or really enjoy something after I've lost the most important person in my life. It's hard to continue as usual...
Well you know we're good listeners if you need to sound off, mate.
This is just a movie that doesn't make sense, seriously how the hell can you find that much info about someone you had talk with only on a C.B.? Are kids these days think a C.B. is like a phone and you got a call viewer to know who call?
I know how that is. Makes me laugh almost every time I see computers in film! I swear the French thriller, Tell No One, is the only recent film that actually showed a proper email account being used properly. Still, sometimes you have to be an expert to spot how far writers go with bending logic, so I wonder how much it really matters. My dad wasn't a pedantic sort of bloke, but he could never resist pausing a film or TV show when a reel-to-reel tape recorder appeared on screen. He'd identify the model instantly and then insist on explaining how the scene was rubbish because that model recording at that speed would be unable to produce the sound definition they were playing! :laugh: Like I'd know... :P
Post by: Dragonfire on October 14, 2011, 07:12:55 AM
I am no need to worry, I just find it hard to be in a good mood or really enjoy something after I've lost the most important person in my life. It's hard to continue as usual...
There's no need for you to be sorry because of that. It is perfectly understandable.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2011, 02:31:00 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Urban Legend (1998)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jamie Blanks
Rating: R
Length: 1h40
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Jared Leto
Alicia Witt
Rebecca Gayheart
Michael Rosenbaum
Loretta Devine
Plot:
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend--a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor. As the fraternities prepare to celebrate the macabre anniversary, Natalie discovers that she is the focus of the crazed killer's intentions in the ultimate urban legend--the story of her own horrific murder.
My Thoughts:
Finally something I like, but it isn't a surprise since I already enjoyed this film when it was theatrically released. I've always found that this movie is highly underated compare to the same type of films during this period. OK some of the acting is pretty weak (Michael Rosenbaum and Joshua Jackson being the perfect exemple of this), Rebecca Gayheart overact way too much, some legend are used more than one time (as if they were a lack of legends) and they got some legends wrong (by exemple the Love Rollercoater one, the legend is that a girl was killed during the recording not that the group did sample a 911 call). But on the other side you got a nice looking Tara Reid when she was an actress, Rebecca Gayheart in a different casting (I knew her for the US soap Loving at that time, yeah shoot me I was a fan of some TV soap opera :P), a small cameo by Danielle Harris who start her career as a kid in Halloween 4 (talking of her, she star in a film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800734/) who will be release soon that look 100% in my chord), another cameo by Natasha Gregson Wagner (she also had a small role in Wonderland that I recommand highly) and of course an uncredited appearance by the great Brad Dourif.The sequels are awfull but this one is recommanded
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Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2011, 02:33:28 PM
Even better, John Jarratt who is the only positive in Wolf Creek is in this film ;D
Post by: Jimmy on October 14, 2011, 09:45:50 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jack Weis
Rating: NR
Length: 1h32
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Curt Dawson
William Metzo
Gwen Arment
Ronald Tanet
Laura Misch Owens
Plot:
Mardi Gras Massacre is a nasty and gory 70's horror film set in New Orleans. A killer (William Metzgo) picks up prostitutes and sacrifices them to the Win Gods. This nut will stop at nothing to make his killings and he literally pulls the hearts out of his victims. Only two rogue cops are hot on his trail and they go to the seedy side of Bourbon Street to find him. Banned in the U.K. for being too violent, it now can be seen on dvd uncut!
My Thoughts:
This movie isn't what most people would call a good one and to be honest I won't too. But as I often say for me the fact that a movie is good or not isn't important at all, I ask one thing to a movie and this is that it entertain me. Did he does? You bet it did ;DWhat can you ask more than a serial killer cult priest sacrificing young prostitute because they are evil in a repetitive way with Hershell Gordon Lewis look-a-like special effects and all this scored with the most inappropriate music possible. We also follow the investigation done ineptly by two cops, one of them pass more time in a bed with a prostitute than working on the case. But at the end the right defeat the wrong or maybe not?
Really this is a fun ride, more or less well acted and mysteriously edited. In bonus you get some good vintage footage of New Orlean as this film was made in the French Quarter of the city during the real Mardi Gras.
I know the chances are high that I'm the only one who appreciate this type of film here, but the British Office of Censorship didn't banned this one for nothing...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2011, 03:43:42 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Cursed (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Wes Craven
Rating: NR
Length: 1h39
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Christina Ricci
Jesse Eisenberg
Joshua Jackson
Judy Greer
Milo Ventimiglia
Plot:
Packed with even more intense thrills than audiences experienced in theaters, this unrated version of Wes Craven's Cursed brings you the terror of werewolves as never before! Christina Ricci (Monster), Jesse Eisenberg (The Village), Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek), Judy Greer (The Village), and Milo Ventimiglia (TV's Gilmore Girls) find themselves caught up in an unimaginable horror! A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn that the only way to break the curse put upon them is to kill the one who started it all! From the creators of Scream, this never-before-seen version is shockingly more frightening and undeniably more fun than the original release!
My Thoughts:
I will be fast on this one. What a pathetic pile of crap... This is poorly acted, we are not sure if we watch an horror movie or a comedy (and a really bad one), the transformation scene are lame (funny how it was perfectly done 24 years before with physical effects, guess CGI had made people lazy...),...It would have been so better if the film would have continue with the performance of Bowling for Soup who start the film (even if the song is one of the worst thing they have recorded). Actually one line make me laugh and it's when Scott Baio say "who do I have to blow to get out of here" as I was thinking the same thing. Oh and what's the point of whoring the Shannon Elizabeth's name on the cover that much as she is in this movie for less than 2 minutes...
When I read something like "this never-before-seen version is shockingly more frightening and undeniably more fun than the original release!" I can't imagine how the theatrical release could have been less scary and unfunny than this pathetic "unrated" version is....
Wes Craven must be ashamed of himself but since he haven't done a real scary horror movie since The Hills Have Eyes in 77, I guess he live in a constant shameful status and he is used to it...
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Post by: Jimmy on October 15, 2011, 10:04:02 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Last House on Dead End Street (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: Roger Watkins
Rating: NR
Length: 1h18
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Roger Watkins
Ken Fisher
Bill Schlageter
Kathy Curtin
Pat Canestro
Plot:
Roger Watkins stars as Terry Hawkins, a down and out pornographer, fresh out of prison. Disgusted by the world around him, he begins work on a series of snuff films-targeting the very society that put him away. Lock your doors! Terry Hawkins is shooting his masterpiece at 'The Last House on Dead End Street'!
My Thoughts:
Here you have the most valuable piece of my collection. This is the first film made by Roger Watkins after a long serie of short films (most of them are include on the second disc of this dvd), after this film he will work with Otto Preminger and Freddie Francis among others and finally he will restart to direct film in the last part of his career doing some of the best adult films ever made (I've reviewed some of them in my blog and some here too I think). This movie was made for less than 1000$ with a cast of university student and professors (if you are a graduates of the New York State University it's possible that you had a class with Paul M. Jensen or Edward E. Pixley). The fact that it was shooted on a small budget with an unknown cast bring a lot to the movie credibility. The story is more or less important, anyway the original movie distributor ruined a lot of it because of bad editorial decision and a redubbing. It's the kind of movie you watch for the money shot wich is the serie of murder who will happen in the last part of it. So is this well done? yes they are. The effects doesn't look phony as the one in Snuff who is sadly the most known movie of this genre. The most brutal murder is quite realist (no I won't describe it...) and one of the most effective is the less graphic one. Of course not all is perfect and the last one look a little bit phony.BTW this is not the original title of the film as it was made as The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (the theatrical distributor change it to take advantage of Last House on the Left) and the original version done by Watkins had a running time of 2h55, sadly this version is currently missing in action.
You know already if this is for you or not, but anyway this film is OOP for a long time (a fact that will not change) and it quite costly to get now.
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Post by: Achim on October 16, 2011, 03:07:44 AM
A movie like this is much more effective when kept tight and short, so I doubt a three hour cut will work better. But it surely would be interesting to see it in comparison!
Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2011, 12:31:12 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Saw (2004)
Genre: Horror
Director: James Wan
Rating: R
Length: 1h43
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Leigh Whannell
Cary Elwes
Danny Glover
Ken Leung
Dina Meyer
Plot:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying...
My Thoughts:
This one was a nice little independant hit in 2004 and I must say that I've like this one the first time I watched it years ago. Of course it isn't perfect first imperfection being the overacting of Leigh Whannell but I give him a pass as he isn't an actor (he acted in it to save money as the budget was low). There are some illogical flaws here and there (the corpse being a big one and the impossibilty for the camera to shoot at those angles). But the athmosphere is good and you care about the two guys destiny. Just one last thing : at one point one of the police officer say he isn't a killer because he didn't kill anyone... Please give me break! If I give a gun to someone, tell him to shoot himself and I'm catch that will be prosecuted as a murder (at least as accessory to a murder). We don't get a "get out of jail" Monopoly card for this...Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2011, 04:36:16 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Saw II (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h33
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Tobin Bell
Shawnee Smith
Donnie Wahlberg
Erik Knudsen
Franky G
Plot:
Jigsaw is back. The briliant, disturbed mastermind returns for another round of horrifying life-or-death games. When a new murder victim is discovered with all signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game...
My Thoughts:
Good but not as good as the original was. This is mostly due to 2 factors. Firstly too many characters who aren't really develloped and are uni-dimensional from beginning to end. Secondly the M.O. is changed people aren't tested because they "disrespect their live" but for the enjoyment of the killer. Part of this is explain at the end but it wasn't a good explication for me. Last thing, who would have believed in 1988 that a NKOTB member would became an actor years later... Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2011, 08:04:55 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Saw III (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h53
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Tobin Bell
Shawnee Smith
Angus Macfadyen
Bahar Soomekh
Donnie Wahlberg
Plot:
Jigsaw has disappeared.
With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) and Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
My Thoughts:
Looks like the criticisms I did for the previous part wasn't only in my mind. The movie cut the number of protagonists to two again a doctor and one father who did lost his son. This is for the best of course as this time we see some character development (at least for the father). The concept of forgiveness is the one used in this part and this is well done as we feel the battles the grieving father must face. Some of the game are over the top (ok most of them), but this part have the first two effects that made me feel unconfortable watching them (of course I won't describe, but I really feel the pain when Eric Matthews escaped his trap). Even better some of my criticism of the original are explain here too.As good as the first part was, but I can't understand why a sequel (except for the monetary reasons of course).
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Post by: Jimmy on October 16, 2011, 11:37:57 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Saw IV (2007)
Genre: Horror
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: NR
Length: 1h35
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Tobin Bell
Costas Mandylor
Scott Patterson
Betsy Russell
Lyriq Bent
Plot:
When Swat commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demnted traps and save an old friend...or face the deadly consequences.
My Thoughts:
OK what the hell happened here? I don't understand nothing of what happen in this (even if I've seen the three precedent parts today). It's like 10 person play the game at the same time... If I want to be honest I can't give a rating for this one...Pete or anyone else who did watch this one, please tell me what the movie is all about... maybe I'm stupid but I don't have a clue who play the game and who is the master of the game.
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Rating : I Can't honestly rate this film
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Post by: addicted2dvd on October 17, 2011, 12:46:00 AM
Jimmy... as for part 4... I really would have to watch it again. Been so long since I watched these movies!
Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2011, 12:48:18 AM
If it was Salem's Lot you would watch it right now :P
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Post by: Achim on October 17, 2011, 06:11:46 AM
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Not sure this is already what you are looking for; it's been a while since I have last seen it but I always kind of liked this idea:
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BTW, I am with Pete on this. I often forget plot details even more quickly than I like, especially the endings. Of course, this makes for awkward second viewings, as memory will usually flush in while seeing it :slaphead:
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Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2011, 09:15:46 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
Genre: Horror
Director: René Cardona
Rating: NR
Length: 1h24
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
José Elías Moreno
Carlos López Moctezuma
Armando Silvestre
Norma Lazareno
Agustín Martínez Solares
Plot:
A female wrestler is injured in a wrestling match and taken to a nearby hospital. At the sime time, Dr. Krallman and his sidekick Goyo are planning to do the first ape-to-human heart transplant in an effort to save the doctor's son Julio. Once they perform the surgery, Julio's body begins to change and his head transforms into that of an ape. Julio escapes from the lab and begins to terrorize the neighborhood. Krallman and Goyo eventually manage to hunt down Julio, drug him and get him back to the lab. They plan to remove the ape heart and replace it with another heart. The two plan to steal the body of the injured wrestler from the hospital, but will this new heart save Julio and tame the savage beast.
My Thoughts:
OK for this one I've cheated as I watch the US version even if I have the mexican one on the disc. But it's because the US one is more graphic and had nudity (nothing to go in the "think of the children" mode). It doesn't take long to know you will watch a mexican movie as it starts with masked women wrestling (the Mexican sure love masked wrestling...). By the synopsis you now pretty much what this film is about and how it is scientifically exact, it isn't for nothing if no one try to transplant ape organs to men since this films. OK it's a silly movie badly dub and a little bit boring by moment when nothing happen. But the effects aren't too bad (the transplantation being the winning one, but it's hard to not be realist when you use real procedure footages).Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 17, 2011, 11:28:38 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
Genre: Horror
Director: Benito Alazrahi
Rating: NR
Length: 1h10
Video: Full Frame
Audio: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Elvira Quintana
Ramón Gay
Roberto G. Rivera
Quintín Bulnes
Nora Veryán
Plot:
A group of archeologists travel to the ancient grounds of Coombas and help themselves to a souvenir, a sacred idol. The keeper of the tomb puts a curse on the men for desecrating their holy ground. Once home, the archeologists consult with an expert on ancient rites to find out about the curse that has been invoked upon them.
My Thoughts:
Don't let the year of production fool you... this one is scary. It's a little bit on the slow moving side but all the ingredients are there : voodoo ritual, zombie and creepy looking dolls. The best asset of this film is the dolls because they have used dwarfs to play them and not fake dolls or special effects with normal people looking smaller. I was unable to find a trailer, but I've found an excerpt of the dolls in action (don't worry it won't spoiled the film).Rating :
Post by: Achim on October 18, 2011, 10:22:28 AM
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Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 10:50:10 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 09:39:04 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Planet Terror (2007)
Genre: Horror
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Rating: NR
Length: 1h45
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English / Spanish
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Rose McGowan
Freddy Rodríguez
Josh Brolin
Marley Shelton
Jeff Fahey
Plot:
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
My Thoughts:
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This show what I looked like when watching this... Just a copy of Warning Sign (if the infected would have leave the research center) and all the Italian's zombie movies ever made. Full of wooden acting and bad one liner... The special effects when they don't go stupidly over the top aren't too bad and Freddy Rodríguez is the only one showing an ounce of talent in this (not that it is that hard when the next best performance is by Stacy Ferguson who is in the movie for a big 2 minutes).
Crap in the worst sense of the word, but to be honest I was not surprise... Thanks to Freddy Rodríguez this film doesn't get a zero.
Rating :
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 18, 2011, 10:13:00 PM
Post by: Najemikon on October 18, 2011, 10:14:41 PM
I know you don't agree and you have good reasons for it, so I leave it at that. However you give audiences too much credit by suggesting they spotted a poorly conceived film and stayed away. Actually the consensus was that Grindhouse was poorly marketed for American audiences who were unlikely to respond well to the project anyway, because mainstream like shiny, glossy films. They don't like films made to look crap on purpose and some of the irony fell flat.
Europe, so often the real champions of Tarantino, was really looking forward to the film, but after the States the distributors panicked and showed them separately, taking the entire point away. And in the end, though I predictably liked it, Death Proof was a very tough sell on it's own.
Why do you feel so insulted by it though, Jimmy? Even if you don't like the film, thought it was an abject failure or would ever attempt to watch it again, surely the spirit of what they were trying to achieve was cause for celebration? Whatever you think of them, the fact is Tarantino and Rodriguez adore the real grindhouse and wanted to capture the mood to give a shock to audiences blinkered to mainstream, something you rail against regularly. And the project has been used as an excuse to dig up and re-release a lot of classic titles from the period.
In the end, this was an optimistic endeavour and should be greeted with some positivity surely?
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 10:16:15 PM
I loved this and enjoyed Tarantino's even more (although most prefer the other way round). :tease:Yeah but you like Children of the Corn IV... :tease:
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 10:24:21 PM
Why do you feel so insulted by it though, Jimmy?Because it wasn't an homage but an insult. When you respect the materials that "inspired" you you don't go all "hey look at the shitty crap, are those cheap films looked ugly and made by untalented people?". It was much more a cash in ripoff endeavor than anything else...
BTW BCI, VCI, SWV and many others labels released double exploitation features (look like I use the real term here) way before this... So no, this film isn't responsible of the release of any seventies exploitation films.
Post by: Najemikon on October 18, 2011, 10:26:29 PM
Why do you feel so insulted by it though, Jimmy?Because it wasn't an homage but an insult. When you respect the materials that "inspired" you don't go all "hey look at the shitty crap, are those cheap films looked ugly and made by untalented people?". It was much more a cash in ripoff endeavor than anything else...
BTW BCI, VCI, SWV and many others labels released double exploitation features (look like I use the real term here) way before this... So no, this film isn't responsible of the release of any seventies exploitation films.
Yeah, but no-one outside of special interest groups considered buying them before... ;)
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 18, 2011, 10:34:01 PM
I loved this and enjoyed Tarantino's even more (although most prefer the other way round). :tease:Yeah but you like Children of the Corn IV... :tease:
True. I'll give you that. I do score differently than most though. I will mark low budget horror sequels in comparison to other low budget horror sequels, so whilst a film could be a 2/5 in general, I may bump it to a 2.5 based on that factor. I am also quite easy to please and can find something to enjoy, even in films I hate. Out of the 2,347 films I have rated on imdb since January 1st 2009 (so I have seen those films since that date) is 6.1 (I use a 5 point system so double my score of an average film from 3/5 to 6/10). I have given out 51 perfect 10/10's, mostly to the obvious candidates like The Godfather, Terminator 2, Alien, On the Waterfront, Rear Window, Jaws, Dawn of the Dead (original) etc etc.. In comparison, I have only scored 3 films with 1/10. They were Vampires Suck, National Lampoon's TV: The Movie and Horror of the Humongous Hungan.
I did remove TV shows from the ratings figures:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur3142892/ratings
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 10:40:56 PM
Yeah, but no-one outside of special interest groups considered buying them before... ;)But it's always like that...
Exploitation is a genre that grew up on you. You like it or don't as any other genre of films. By exemple I love Last House on the Left and we know you hate it, but on the other hand you liked old japanese films and I don't. It's normal that people don't like the same thing if it was the case we would be a group of yes-men...
If he wouldn't have voluntarily ridicule the genre my appreciation and review would have been better. Not that much, probably a two and a half in place of a one, but the movie pissed me of right from the start wich doesn't help the objectivity.
Post by: Jimmy on October 18, 2011, 10:46:15 PM
I am also quite easy to please and can find something to enjoy, even in films I hate.Pete is like that too. Me when a film start by making me angry I've an hard time watching it, I also write my review right after watching them and yes it happen sometimes I change my view after a while. Wolf Creek being a good exemple of this, I gave it a really bad review here the first time I watch it, but when I've watch it again later I find it better (not that much better, but better).
Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2011, 02:53:02 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Underworld (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Len Wiseman
Rating: R
Length: 2h01
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English /French / Spanish
Stars:
Kate Beckinsale
Scott Speedman
Michael Sheen
Shane Brolly
Bill Nighy
Plot:
In the Underworld, Vampires are a secret clan of modern aristocratic sophisticates whose mortal enemies are the Lycans (Werewolves), a shrewd gang of street thugs who prowl the city's underbelly. No one knows the origin of their bitter blood feud, but the balance of power between them turns even bloodier when a beautiful young Vampire warrior and a newly-turned Lycan with a mysterious past fall in love. Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman star in the modern-day, action-packed tale of ruthless intrigue and forbidden passion - all set against the dazzling backdrop of a timeless, Gothic metropolis.
My Thoughts:
More an action film than an horror film and to be honest a nice surprise. Nothing really negative to say about this one. This is certainly an exemple of how to use CGI effects correctly. The story isn't develloped enough but I guess it will be later. Thanks for this one Kathy, since it's not the kind of film I would buy myself.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 19, 2011, 03:01:43 PM
Post by: Kathy on October 19, 2011, 03:04:15 PM
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 19, 2011, 05:57:14 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2011, 12:15:18 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Len Wiseman
Rating: R
Length: 1h46
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English /French
Stars:
Kate Beckinsale
Scott Speedman
Tony Curran
Derek Jacobi
Bill Nighy
Plot:
The saga continues as the battle rages on between the aristocratic Death Dealers (vampires) and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). This film traces the beginning of the ancient feud between the two tribes as the beautiful vampire heroine Selene (Kate Beckinsale) discovers that she has been betrayed by her own kind and must seek revenge. The fast-paced, modern-day tale of deadly action, ruthless intrigue and forbidden love takes her into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.
My Thoughts:
As good as the original was in my book, but with a couple reservations (that aren't that important to begin with). Michael for a Vampire / Werewolf hybrid isn't as powerfull that everybody made him sound to be and the end who is a little deception (more on that in the spoiler tag). By the way the blue tinting color scheme after two films really start to grew up on me, this is a very original decision from whoever took it. (click to show/hide)
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 20, 2011, 12:29:09 AM
This is so not the type of cinema I have a good time watching usually :baffled:
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Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2011, 01:13:44 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Love Me Deadly (1973)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jacques Lacerte
Rating: R
Length: 1h35
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Lyle Waggoner
Christopher Stone
Timothy Scott
Michael Pardue
Plot:
A haunted and disturbing horror film about a lady (Mary Wilcox) who "loves" the dead just a little bit too much. Lyle Waggoner (The Carol Burnett Show), Christopher Stone (The Howling) and Timothy Scott (The Farmer) co-star.
My Thoughts:
I felt this one is considered as an horror movie more for is subject than anything else. Not that we don't see some murder (common usually when we sleep with dead corpses a time come when we need fresher one) and even, for the lady, one that involve full frontal nudity by a guy. The story is a little bit slow by moment and a weirdest subplot (at least, I think) about the childhood memory of Lindsay and her father (don't worry this isn't incest related) who is explain at the end. Oh and at some point Lindsay married a man looking a lot like her father (so much that I thought he was the same actor, but no the husband is played by Lyle Waggoner and the father by Michael Pardue). Not too bad but less sleazy that I expected it to be. Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2011, 09:20:08 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Red State (2011)
Genre: Suspense
Director: Kevin Smith
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h28
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Michael Parks
John Goodman
Melissa Leo
Michael Angarano
Stephen Root
Plot:
Three horny high-school boys come across an online ad from an older woman looking for sex. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their erotic curiosity. But what begins as a fantasy takes a dark turn as they come face-to-face with a terrifying "holy" force with a fatal agenda.
My Thoughts:
Against not an horror film in the classic way, but for me the situation make it one. The movie is about a cult of religious nuts based on the Westboro Baptist Church (I'm sure every one will agree that Fred Phelps is a nut case, even the most religious guys here). Contrary to what so many people whine about on the web this film isn't an anti-religious film or a political one (I can't understand why the Americans see politics everywhere, but this is just me). This is the kind of film where there are no good guys, seriously everybody is wrong in this. Great performance from Michael Parks as the Cult leader (in my book this is worthy of an Oscar nomination at least), John Goodman and Melissa Leo. The editing annoy me a little bit as I ain't a big fan of fast edit, but again some like that.This film really deserve a try, too bad Kevin Smith don't do more film like that in place of so-so comedy (don't hit me, I like some of his comedy but the recipe is overworked).
Rating :
Post by: Najemikon on October 22, 2011, 09:56:28 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 22, 2011, 10:02:21 PM
BTW one fact that annoyed me a lot but didn't mention it in my review because this had nothing to do with the film, the close caption didn't worked on my TV and my computer. Second time only that happen but it's not fun...
At least it's the case with the canadian dvd release, maybe it's different with the US release or the Blu-ray.
Post by: Jimmy on October 23, 2011, 04:08:23 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: It (1990)
Genre: Horror
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Rating: PG
Length: 3h07
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Stars:
Tim Reid
John Ritter
Richard Thomas
Annette O'Toole
Tim Curry
Plot:
IT can be anything. A fanged monster that won't stay on the movie screen. Something ominous lurking in the basement. No matter what your biggest fear is, no one knows It better than Stephen King.
My Thoughts:
When I watch a movie based on a Stephen King's book I always have the same problem. See I'm a big fan of him, I've read all his books and short stories and I can't review the films objectively.... so sorry about that. What we have here is typical TV movie (or mini series in this case), so this feel like a sterilized horror film. What I mean by that is that we see no real blood and everything objectionable is removed from the story. The acting is OK, but to be honest I prefer the child actors to the adult one. For me just an average films... (click to show/hide)
Rating :
Post by: Achim on October 23, 2011, 04:13:36 AM
Was there ever another version of this...?
Post by: Jimmy on October 23, 2011, 04:19:35 AM
Edit : Just saw on imdb that a remake is listed, but no info is available... Usually, I'm against remake sometimes with no good reasons but this time I can easilly say it will be worst. If a 3 hours teleserie wasn't able to do a correct representation of the book it's impossible that a movie with a lesser running time will be able to do it. It will be probably only an horror movie with a killer clown with the complete erasing of the lost of childhood innocence theme so present in the book (and a little bit less in the teleserie).
Post by: Achim on October 23, 2011, 10:17:49 AM
I know the sequel to Salem's Lot and quite like it. It was directed by Larry Cohen and had Moriarty (lacking the first name right now) and Sam Fuller in it. I wish it was available on DVD to a reasonable price; I know Warner had it in their DVR program, but that price was too high.
Post by: Jimmy on October 23, 2011, 09:49:47 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Boogeyman (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Stephen Kay
Rating: 14+
Length: 1h29
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / French / Chinese
Stars:
Barry Watson
Emily Deschanel
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Tory Mussett
Andrew Glover
Plot:
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to explain why his father abandoned his family? The answer lies hidden behind every dark corner and half-opened closet of his childhood home – a place he must return to and face the chilling unanswered question...does the Boogeyman really exist?
My Thoughts:
The pre-title openning is good, but the problem is that it's really the only positive thing I can say. Too many non-sense, plot holes and ugly CGI to please me. Since when the Boogeyman is a stalker??? Since when he attacks adult??? Sorry not my cup of tea. Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 24, 2011, 05:02:13 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Genre: Science-Fiction / Horror
Director: Don Siegel
Rating: NR
Length: 1h20
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English / Spanish / Italian
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Stars:
Kevin McCarthy
Dana Wynter
Larry Gates
King Donovan
Carolyn Jones
Plot:
Something evil has taken possession of the small town of Santa Mira, California. Hysterical people accuse their loved ones of being emotionless imposters; of not being themselves. At first, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) tries to convince them they're wrong...but they're not. Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Earth, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. Soon the entire town is overwhelmed by the inhuman horror, but it won't stop there. In a terrifying race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people!
My Thoughts:
I don't feel it's necessary to write a lot about this one since it's a classic, if you have never watch it go and do it :PLike I say one of the better science-fiction film made in the fifties with of course the recurent theme of the US taken by an alien form (who is of course the evil communist, but I'm sure everybody know that). Great performance by Kevin McCarthy (he was very talented so no surprise) and good use of the paranoiac mood. Some of the acting is a little bit too theatrical and the music is overly-dramatic at times, but all things considered this movie is excellent.
Rating :
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 24, 2011, 10:32:58 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 24, 2011, 04:14:54 PM
You get a get out of jail free card even if you haven't watch this one since you haven't watch a lot of "old" movies, but like I wrote "go and do it".
Post by: Jimmy on October 25, 2011, 08:13:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Pyx (1973)
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Director: Harvey Hart
Rating: R
Length: 1h47
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Karen Black
Christopher Plummer
Donald Pilon
Jean-Louis Roux
Yvette Brind'amour
Plot:
Two Academy Award® nominated actors, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER and KAREN BLACK join forces in this suspense thriller about the murder of a prostitute with satanic overtones.
My Thoughts:
Always nice to see a french canadian production get the release it merits. After year of crappy bootleg, most of them imcomplete as the last 11 minutes of the film are not there, we finally get a wonderfull remastered transfer of this one (even a commentary with Karen Black). I've said it often but nothing beat the quality of what my part of the country did in the seventies. What we have here is a good crime thriller (who is consider partially an horror film because of the satanist element) where we see in parallel the investigation on a prostitute murder and what lead to this murder, the story is told in flashback. The acting by the two principals characters is flawless and Donald Pilon is as good as usual. Another positive is the fact they don't try to make Montreal looks like an american city, the event happen there and if you want a confirmation it's easy (the french dialogue). One thing I've really like is the fact a part of this film is in french so I can say I have an advantage over most of you as this dialogue isn't subtitled in english, but that will probably add to the mystery for an english speaker.No problem to recommand this one who is one of the best production of this genre.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 25, 2011, 09:36:07 AM
Of course Donald Pilon and Jean-Louis Roux were already mentioned in the review.
Post by: Jimmy on October 26, 2011, 04:14:21 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Time Walker (1982)
Genre: Horror
Director: Tom Kennedy
Rating: PG
Length: 1h23
Video: Widescreen 2.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ben Murphy
Nina Axelrod
Kevin Brophy
Robert Random
James Karen
Plot:
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences, where X-rays reveal five diamondlike crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals, but he doesn’t notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared . . . the Time Walker is alive again!
My Thoughts:
Don't trust the imdb rating or reviews on this one, this movie was shown in MSTK3000 so the retarded fans of this show vote and review it based on what was shown in the show and not the film (not to mention that for the retarded fans of this show a movie presented in it is automatically bad). Not that it is a good film per se, but this isn't a movie I would call bad. In fact the problem is mostly the fact it was too ambitious for the budget available. All the elements are there (even if I ain't a big fan of the mummy's movie, for me they are just not scary) to make it scary. A mummy on a revenge path to get back what was stolen from her and killing everything on her way (kind of) with a surprise ending. Give a better budget to this one and it would be better than average. Probably the only time you will read this coming from me, but a remake of this one would be a good ideaRating :
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 26, 2011, 04:32:47 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 26, 2011, 04:40:30 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 27, 2011, 07:45:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Within the Woods (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brad Sykes
Rating: R
Length: 1h25
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Stephanie Mathis
Phil Lander
Erin Holt
Adam Van Conant
Denise Lorraine
Plot:
A new reality show invites five brave souls to spend the night at Camp Blood, where over a dozen people were murdered by the infamous "clown" years ago. whoever remains at the end of twenty-four hours will split a million dollars.
To drive away the contestants, the producers have rigged several "scare" as well as hiring a stuntman dressed as a clown.
But as nightfalls, screams of terror fill the desolate wood as a real bloodthirsty killer begins cutting down the competition, one by one.
Is the legendary clown back, or is one of the group willing to kill for the prize ?
My Thoughts:
OK this one is in fact Blood Camp 3, so don't expect too much. This is one of the many direct to DVD films made by Razor Digital and it shows. The story is an amateurish job, doesn't really make sense (wait at the end to find who is the killer, I mean common...), the camera work is bad (we see the micro often), the sound recording equipment leave a lot to desire (can you believe that we lost the sound when the killer explain why he did it???) and the acting is incredibly wooden. I mean seriously just watch the trailer!!! Last thing when you do an horror movie at least try to have a scary killer and don't make everything happen in bright light, unless you don't want to be scary... But Stephanie Mathis is hot so it isn't a total waste of time and it worth the 9$ I've paid for.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2011, 04:26:35 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Pulse (2006)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jim Sonzero
Rating: NR
Length: 1h28
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Kristen Bell
Ian Somerhalder
Christina Milian
Rick Gonzalez
Jonathan Tucker
Plot:
The year's most original horror film, Pulse takes fear into new territory – the very devices we trust to get us through the day. When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction. Starring Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Christina Milian (Love Don't Cost a Thing), Ian Somerhalder (Lost) and Rick Gonzalez (Coach Carter), Pulse is loaded with terrifying thrills and gruesome special effects, and capped with an astonishing surprise ending.
My Thoughts:
Was 2006 a year where no original horror movies were made? I need to ask since it's supposed to be "The year's most original horror film"... Problem is that it isn't an original movie at all.OK the film itself judging by the synopsis and the trailer looks like a good time waster, but it wasn't. A waste of time it is, but good it isn't. Something just don't work and this is the script, this film is just badly written... it doesn't really begin, give some half-ass explanation (because one is needed) and doesn't end. Yes the basic idea is scary, but it is an heartless hack job.
Rating :
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 28, 2011, 04:51:28 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2011, 05:00:54 PM
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 28, 2011, 05:03:45 PM
Pulse (remake) - Meh. I expected it to be very poor but it was actually watchable despite poor scripting. Not as good as the original though. 2.5/5
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2011, 05:06:10 PM
Never seen the original but I guess it's a lot better and make more sense. Did you write a review somewhere for it?
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 28, 2011, 05:16:18 PM
I know there are a couple of sequels for the US version though.
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2011, 05:21:12 PM
Seriously did they made a sequel where all hell break loose at the technology free zone because an electric monster possess a team of telephone technicians who go there to install a cellular antenna :whistle:
Post by: samuelrichardscott on October 28, 2011, 05:22:54 PM
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2011, 05:28:05 PM
I assume you mean the sequels?:bag:
sequel, remake, reboot, prequel this is a lot of words and I'm easilly confused :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on October 29, 2011, 11:25:29 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Day of the Animals (1977)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Girdler
Rating: NR (but it was rated PG when it was in theatre)
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Christopher George
Leslie Nielsen
Lynda Day George
Richard Jaeckel
Michael Ansara
Plot:
Scientist warn that the depletion of the earth's ozone layer is reaching critical levels, particularly in higher altitudes. How critical? Enough to unleash the vengeful wrath of the entire animal kingdom! No human is safe, particularly a group of nature-loving hikers (including Christopher George and Lyndia Day George) who are constantly menaced by every conceivable mountain-dwelling creature. Dogs, rats, snakes, hawks, owls, mountain lions and bears are out to send a clear message about chlorofluorocarbon abuse. But perhaps the angriest animal of them all is Leslie Nielson (The NAKED GUN Series, FORBIDDEN PLANET) who, fed up with his lily-livered companions, takes matters into his own hands.
My Thoughts:
During the course of his short career William Girdler did a lot of great low budget film improving his craft after each one. This one was made one year before The Manitou who is probably his most known film, The Manitou will be his last film too as he died in an helicopter crash while doing scouting location for his next film (he was only 30 years old).This film is certainly the champion in the animal out of control category, usually those films feature only one crazy animal not this one since all the animals are in attack mode. Most is the action happen in a mountain location, so it's also a men against the nature film. The film features a very strong cast for a B movie and almost everyone do a good job. Even with a PG rating this film is "scary" mostly because of its isolated vibes and when the dog pack attack this is sure scary.
Also it's your chance to see Leslie Nielsen playing an unlikable jerk fighting a bear, you won't see this often :laugh:
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on October 30, 2011, 01:45:13 AM
Not a record breaking year this time and far from it since I'm 22 films short from my last year record, but considering what happened in real life at the beginning of the month it isn't that bad.
I have done an effort to review almost everything I've seen this time (40 reviews for 45 films watched) contrary to last year. I've even made an effort to put more mainstream stuff than I usually do.
So I hope that you have like my marathon a little bit and get some idea for your wishlist from it.
Post by: addicted2dvd on October 30, 2011, 06:50:53 AM
Post by: Jimmy on October 30, 2011, 06:54:23 AM
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Post by: addicted2dvd on October 30, 2011, 07:18:57 AM