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Post by mszanadu on Aug 26, 2017 17:16:26 GMT
In tribute to the late George Romero I watched the original Night Of The Living Dead. I didn't think much of it when I first saw it as a teenager in the 80s, but I came to appreciate it much more as an adult in later years. I find it cool how it has the feel of a 1940s monster movie and yet at the same time shockingly modern with groundbreaking gore and late 60s social commentary. The character development is excellent and there is a lot of nail-biting suspense. Very well scripted and acted, too. Night Of The Living Dead has become an absolute horror classic and it is far superior to the 1990 remake, which was a huge mistake. I so agree on all points of this classic film here Dramatic Look Gopher . This film was actually my very first discovery of a George Romero film in the mid 1980's . This one does get way better with age also ( a definite enjoyable & fun popcorn flick indeed ! ) . I also watch this one every October especially on Halloween Thanks so much Dramatic Look Gopher for your reply .
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 26, 2017 22:14:08 GMT
Is anyone here watching tonight's Svengoolie Movie on MeTV at 10PM / 9C ? It looks like a real good one too . Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film) I will certainly be checking this one out for the first time here .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 27, 2017 13:00:05 GMT
House of Wax (2005) Mediocre mid 00s slasher where a bunch of forgettable and mostly unlikeable characters ends up meeting a rather gruesome end after a trip into some redneck hellhole. Not as bad as I first thought it would be, but still far away of some modern "classic" as some of the reviews on the DVD artwork tried to make it out to be. Still it kept me awake for most of the time, but not one I will likely watch again, ever. 5/10
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 27, 2017 20:15:14 GMT
House of Wax (2005)Mediocre mid 00s slasher where a bunch of forgettable and mostly unlikeable characters ends up meeting a rather gruesome end after a trip into some redneck hellhole. Not as bad as I first thought it would be, but still far away of some modern "classic" as some of the reviews on the DVD artwork tried to make it out to be. Still it kept me awake for most of the time, but not one I will likely watch again, ever. 5/10 I do agree some of the characters were very unlikeable in this film . IMPO - Perhaps this films formula was done that way on purpose so that we wouldn't care or miss if they met their demise either . Completely awful concept I know but sometimes morbidly effective in these types of films too . Also with that point aside . I did however like the different direction the storyline itself took for this version film " the old abandoned little town that wasn't what it appeared to be at all either " ( most intriguing IMPO too ) . This 2005 storyline was also not at all being completely duplicated in the same exact way as the 1953 version House of Wax with memorable actor Vincent Price ( which is a real good fave of mine here ) . Also a funny yet interesting behind the scenes trivia I learned from the extras on this DVD too . It was towards the end scene when the upstairs all wax bedroom was shown the bed itself was entirely made of peanut butter instead of hot wax - very clever - messy but clever . Thanks so much stefancrosscoe for your input on this film too .
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 28, 2017 3:22:08 GMT
Just finished watching Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece The Birds, one of my favorite Hitchcock movies. So incredibly intense, and for its time had amazing special effects. Full of beautiful and masterful camerawork by The Master. And the ambiguity of it all makes it all the more frightening. Compelling performances all around, but I think the standout is 13-year-old Veronica Cartwright as young Cathy. You can just feel all the anguish she is going through.
Hitch at his very best!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 9:01:21 GMT
House of Wax (2005)Mediocre mid 00s slasher where a bunch of forgettable and mostly unlikeable characters ends up meeting a rather gruesome end after a trip into some redneck hellhole. Not as bad as I first thought it would be, but still far away of some modern "classic" as some of the reviews on the DVD artwork tried to make it out to be. Still it kept me awake for most of the time, but not one I will likely watch again, ever. 5/10 Regarding the presence of Paris Hilton: you know a person is generally DESPISED when touting her characters' death was part of the ad campaign.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 9:02:21 GMT
Just finished watching Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece The Birds, one of my favorite Hitchcock movies. So incredibly intense, and for its time had amazing special effects. Full of beautiful and masterful camerawork by The Master. And the ambiguity of it all makes it all the more frightening. Compelling performances all around, but I think the standout is 13-year-old Veronica Cartwright as young Cathy. You can just feel all the anguish she is going through. Hitch at his very best! I haven't watched The Birds in ages. Overdue for a revisit.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 28, 2017 10:38:07 GMT
I do agree some of the characters were very unlikeable in this film . IMPO - Perhaps this films formula was done that way on purpose so that we wouldn't care or miss if they met their demise either . Completely awful concept I know but sometimes morbidly effective in these types of films too . Also with that point aside . I did however like the different direction the storyline itself took for this version film " the old abandoned little town that wasn't what it appeared to be at all either " ( most intriguing IMPO too ) . This 2005 storyline was also not at all being completely duplicated in the same exact way as the 1953 version House of Wax with memorable actor Vincent Price ( which is a real good fave of mine here ) . Also a funny yet interesting behind the scenes trivia I learned from the extras on this DVD too . It was towards the end scene when the upstairs all wax bedroom was shown the bed itself was entirely made of peanut butter instead of hot wax - very clever - messy but clever . Thanks so much stefancrosscoe for your input on this film too . I guess I was kind of too harsh on all of them being unlikeable, as it is not that uncommon in most slashers where one usually have bunch of sterotypical figures such as the jock, the bimbo, the geek, the virgin, the party animal, the black guy, the outsider/freak and so on. I wished the film would have at least tried to give some of the other characters in House of Wax some more background/time on the screen, and not just have them written out so randomly. I agree about the creepy town feel, that was my favorite part of the film. Have not seen the original, but I hope one day to do something about it, as I think it also stars one of my favorite action heroes, Charles Bronson in a smaller part. The special effects in the 2005 version was a pleasent surprise, brutal and very nasty but not done so in a way that it became too much. Anyway, thanks for your reply, and the trivia about how the bed was made out of peanut butter, that was interesting and funny.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 28, 2017 11:06:15 GMT
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) Crime/drama-thriller supposedly a remake of a Fritz Lang film (have not seen that one), where Michael Douglas delivers an decent job as the successful district attorney, Mark Hunter who's biggest goal in life is to try and run for guvernor. But not everybody are imediately won over by his sleazy and smug approach, as a young TV reporter decides to do some snooping around and take a closer look at Hunter's suspiciously perfect record of putting away bad guys within the very last minute. A poor drama-thriller where not even Michael Douglas can do much to help out, as the two main leads played by Jesse Metcalf and Amber Tamblyn are too much of lightweights to carry out their roles, and instead of drama/thriller, they come off several times more as some DTV/low budget b-movie with terrible acting and it is more so-bad-its-funny than suspenseful. Amber Tamblyn does one of the worst movie scenes I have seen for a long time, with her ridiculous "dramatic" ending scene, that was delivered in such a bad way it was very dissapointing not to be able to find a clip of it on Youtube, as that one really belongs in the "most hilarious/bad movie scenes of all time". Some awful sex scene/romance is thrown in, but it does not matter, the two main leads are just too douchy and arrogant, with absolute no personality at all so I cared nothing for them, and instead I ended up cheering all the way for the bad guys to win. Really a 3/10 film, but it do come with enough stupidity and silly scenes to make it more into a unintentional comedy than some "clever" thriller, so a 4/10 is maybe more fitting.
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 28, 2017 16:35:58 GMT
I do agree some of the characters were very unlikeable in this film . IMPO - Perhaps this films formula was done that way on purpose so that we wouldn't care or miss if they met their demise either . Completely awful concept I know but sometimes morbidly effective in these types of films too . Also with that point aside . I did however like the different direction the storyline itself took for this version film " the old abandoned little town that wasn't what it appeared to be at all either " ( most intriguing IMPO too ) . This 2005 storyline was also not at all being completely duplicated in the same exact way as the 1953 version House of Wax with memorable actor Vincent Price ( which is a real good fave of mine here ) . Also a funny yet interesting behind the scenes trivia I learned from the extras on this DVD too . It was towards the end scene when the upstairs all wax bedroom was shown the bed itself was entirely made of peanut butter instead of hot wax - very clever - messy but clever . Thanks so much stefancrosscoe for your input on this film too . I guess I was kind of too harsh on all of them being unlikeable, as it is not that uncommon in most slashers where one usually have bunch of sterotypical figures such as the jock, the bimbo, the geek, the virgin, the party animal, the black guy, the outsider/freak and so on. I wished the film would have at least tried to give some of the other characters in House of Wax some more background/time on the screen, and not just have them written out so randomly. I agree about the creepy town feel, that was my favorite part of the film. Have not seen the original, but I hope one day to do something about it, as I think it also stars one of my favorite action heroes, Charles Bronson in a smaller part. The special effects in the 2005 version was a pleasent surprise, brutal and very nasty but not done so in a way that it became too much. Anyway, thanks for your reply, and the trivia about how the bed was made out of peanut butter, that was interesting and funny. You're most welcome stefancrosscoe . When I actually meant that - some of the characters were very unlikeable in this film it wasn't with the soul intent as you mentioned here the " stereotypical figures " . It's the really creepy few occupants who lead and captured that certain group to this most unusual little town in the first place . IMPO - stefancrosscoe you didn't seem to come across as being too harsh here either . IMPO & - My wild guess here is this particular film didn't seem to be just completely a slasher film with no reasonable storyline to it . The main storyline really made this one watchable for me too . That's what I did like about this film and I may watch this one again soon ( it's been awhile for me and a bit overdue here ) . Thanks so much again stefancrosscoe for your input on this film and your replies . OH PS - That 1953 version with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson was actually a remake to this film Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) but I do recommend watching both films these are really good classics too .
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 29, 2017 2:35:45 GMT
I'm watching right now on the channel SHOBEYOND and have watched many times before The Roost (2005) ( nice - killers bats the size of hawks ! ) . The end credit song is such a riot too .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 29, 2017 12:09:43 GMT
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)Wow, now this was quite the experience. Here we have a ridiculous and very non-menacing goth/rock star Slade Craven (obviously a laughable Marilyn Manson/Ozzy Osbourne copy) and his band who is about to embark on one last final concert that will take place inside an airplane, way, way up in the sky in front of a small crowd of die hard fans. Of course, something bad happens, a lunatic dressed up as the almost identical clone of Craven takes the plane and its passangers hostages, and things go from bad to worse as people are killed by this trigger happy maniac, and the only one two have a small chance of stopping him is a "mastermind" hacker (Craig Sheffer) and the "anti-christ" himself, the real Slade Craven. At times a very poor movie, no question about that, but still one that is so goofy and ridiculous and that comes with one of the worst Marilyn Manson/Ozzy/Alice Cooper copies/rip-offs I have ever seen, it ends up actually becoming almost a "so-bad-its-good" kind of a b-movie. Everything about the film is so goofy and completely over-the-top, from the hilarious fact that the first film (which was not really that bad, but still ended up as a gigantic box office flop, and still it got awarded with having 2 or 3 "sequels" following, but it might have more to do with the fact that it may have done better on the VHS market), the movie title: Turbulunce 3: Heavy Metal, and to make it even more over-the-top on my DVD copy (scandinavian) it says: HEAVY METAL THUNDER!. The film do come with some "heavy" names to it, such as Rutger Hauer, Craig Sheffer, Joe Mantegna and the always stunning Gabrielle Anwar but the main "star" is of course John Mann in two parts, one as metal "god" Slade Craven and the other as his evil twin "brother" Simon Flanders. The music in the film, or played by the Slade Craven band is beyond awful, so bad I guess I might have been tempted to consider going out, the way Rutger Hauer does, later on when he suddenly decides to blow his brains out which by the way is done in a hilarious way and I guess he just thought "fuck it, I'm done! Now hand me my fucking money so I can get out of this piece of shit as fast as humanly possible."Craig Sheffer plays a goofy hacker genious who has to find a way to work along with a "mousy" librerian looking Gabrielle Anwar in the role of a FBI cop, as they try to hack the TV cameras in the plane, so they can help the anti-hero, Slade Craven out to get even with the bad guys. All in all, this film (I think once was actually either very close or within the bottom 100 list on IMDb, not that bad) but still, Turbulence 3 makes the first one to look like a damn masterpiece, and still I enjoyed the ridiculous and cheesy adventure, so I end up with a very kind: 4/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 29, 2017 12:45:42 GMT
You're most welcome stefancrosscoe .
It's the really creepy few occupants who lead and captured that certain group to this most unusual little town in the first place . The main storyline really made this one watchable for me too .
That's what I did like about this film and I may watch this one again soon ( it's been awhile for me and a bit overdue here ) . By the way, have you seen the horror/thriller movie Tourist Trap (1979)? That is the first film I thought of when I saw House of Wax, and it also come with a very similar kind of plot/story, but maybe more likeable characters overall, (in all parts that is) and packs a very creepy/unsettling tone/vibe along with some truly neat special effects and music. Not a regular slasher title but maybe a bit more of a "psychological" thriller/horror film, and one that has lots of twists and turns along the way. I was very happy it was given a fantastic uncut DVD release a couple of years ago in Scandinavia, and it have become one of my favorite late 70s horror films. OH PS - That 1953 version with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson was actually a remake to this film Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) but I do recommend watching both films these are really good classics too .
Thanks for the great tips about both of these films. The one from the 50s sure look interesting and I might have to check out the one from 1933 also. Anyway, you take care and I will make sure to post a review of the films above when I get see them. By the way, I do not know what is wrong with my quote function as your reply suddenly disappears out of the blue, so I had to copy it out and paste it down below or outside the quote box. Strange, it did not do that before, but now this happens all the time and it has become very frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 15:04:42 GMT
"Death Line" a.k.a. "Raw Meat" (1972)
Effective horror film mines its underground setting for as much atmosphere as possible. Quite a bit of gore. The monstrous killer is notable for not being really malicious at all, but just someone trying to survive. Excellent camera work, especially the tracking shot showcasing the killers' lair. The mostly fine cast is led by a very funny Donald Pleasence as a surly police inspector.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 29, 2017 15:08:45 GMT
Good film, and one I need to watch again, very soon. I was expecting maybe a more "bloody" film, but it still a solid little horror film which I do not often hear horror fans talk about. Think I gave it a 6,5/10 or 7/10 rating.
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 29, 2017 17:12:45 GMT
You're most welcome stefancrosscoe .
It's the really creepy few occupants who lead and captured that certain group to this most unusual little town in the first place . The main storyline really made this one watchable for me too .
That's what I did like about this film and I may watch this one again soon ( it's been awhile for me and a bit overdue here ) . By the way, have you seen the horror/thriller movie Tourist Trap (1979)? That is the first film I thought of when I saw House of Wax, and it also come with a very similar kind of plot/story, but maybe more likeable characters overall, (in all parts that is) and packs a very creepy/unsettling tone/vibe along with some truly neat special effects and music. Not a regular slasher title but maybe a bit more of a "psychological" thriller/horror film, and one that has lots of twists and turns along the way. I was very happy it was given a fantastic uncut DVD release a couple of years ago in Scandinavia, and it have become one of my favorite late 70s horror films. OH PS - That 1953 version with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson was actually a remake to this film Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) but I do recommend watching both films these are really good classics too .
Thanks for the great tips about both of these films. The one from the 50s sure look interesting and I might have to check out the one from 1933 also. Anyway, you take care and I will make sure to post a review of the films above when I get see them. By the way, I do not know what is wrong with my quote function as your reply suddenly disappears out of the blue, so I had to copy it out and paste it down below or outside the quote box. Strange, it did not do that before, but now this happens all the time and it has become very frustrating. Tourist Trap (1979) WHOA ! This does look like a really good one here too stefancrosscoe . How this one got by me I just don't know . Thanks so much for this movie recommendation and movie trailer link as well . This almost reminds me of another film a bit similar to this intriguing horror classic gem here also ( but I imagine you will already know of this one too ) . The Funhouse (1981) AND - Funhouse - Movie Trailer You're most welcome too for the movie recommendations for the first 2 films - Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) & House of wax (1953) . I know you will really enjoy these films as much I have over the years too ( I have both on DVD ) . Also not to worry about your computer functioning oddly with this here either . It could possibly a setting is off on your computer or just a random glitch too . This has happened to me from time to time with my old computer here as well . Again thanks so much stefancrosscoe and we will chat again soon .
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Post by mszanadu on Aug 30, 2017 3:54:22 GMT
Blackmail (1929) - This was my first time seeing this early Hitchcock classic and I was pleasantly surprised as I was expecting something dated and barely watchable. Blackmail is a great suspense thriller about a young woman (beautiful Czech actress Anny Ondra) who kills a rapist in self defense and runs away from the crime scene. Her boyfriend is the police detective in charge of solving the murder while a blackmailer threatens to spill the beans on her. The ending is 'classic Hitchcock'. The film was definitely ahead of its time and it has the distinction of being Britain's first talkie film. My rating: 9/10 Blackmail (1929 film) This definitely looks like an intriguing film here . Thanks so much cryptoflovecraft for this film recommendation .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 30, 2017 10:59:49 GMT
WHOA ! This does look like a really good one here too stefancrosscoe . How this one got by me I just don't know . Thanks so much for this movie recommendation and movie trailer link as well . This almost reminds me of another film a bit similar to this intriguing horror classic gem here also ( but I imagine you will already know of this one too ) . The Funhouse (1981) AND - Funhouse - Movie Trailer You're most welcome too for the movie recommendations for the first 2 films - Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) House of wax (1953) . I know you will really enjoy these films as much I have over the years too ( I have both on DVD ) . Also not to worry about your computer functioning oddly with this here either . It could possibly a setting is off on your computer or just a random glitch too . This has happened to me from time to time with my old computer here as well . Again thanks so much stefancrosscoe and we will chat again soon I think you will like it, as it really is a very well made horror movie and one that took me by surprise as I was maybe expecting more of a "typical" slasher movie. The Funhouse is actually lot of fun, and also one that rarely is mentioned these days, so thanks for brining it up. Creepy movie and one that I only saw a few years ago, for the first time. I did a fast search on the leading Norwegian DVD/Music online store, and searched for House of Wax, and the first thing that shows up is a Paris Hilton movie, called Hottie and the Nottie, but I guess it is because of her starring in a small part in the 2005 remake, still a bit strange. From the look of it, there are several different versions of the original film on DVD and Blu-ray, one even claiming it to feature a 3-D version, but the one that caught my attention is this one: TCM Greatest Classics DVD that comes with 4 movies Freaks (1932), House of Wax (1953), The Haunting (1963) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941). 4 movies for the same price as one, that seems like a pretty good catch. Anyway, take care and thanks for the heads up about these horror classics and also for brining up The Funhouse.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Aug 30, 2017 11:41:24 GMT
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)Wow, now this was quite the experience. Here we have a ridiculous and very non-menacing goth/rock star Slade Craven (obviously a laughable Marilyn Manson/Ozzy Osbourne copy) and his band who is about to embark on one last final concert that will take place inside an airplane, way, way up in the sky in front of a small crowd of die hard fans. Of course, something bad happens, a lunatic dressed up as the almost identical clone of Craven takes the plane and its passangers hostages, and things go from bad to worse as people are killed by this trigger happy maniac, and the only one two have a small chance of stopping him is a "mastermind" hacker (Craig Sheffer) and the "anti-christ" himself, the real Slade Craven. At times a very poor movie, no question about that, but still one that is so goofy and ridiculous and that comes with one of the worst Marilyn Manson/Ozzy/Alice Cooper copies/rip-offs I have ever seen, it ends up actually becoming almost a "so-bad-its-good" kind of a b-movie. Everything about the film is so goofy and completely over-the-top, from the hilarious fact that the first film (which was not really that bad, but still ended up as a gigantic box office flop, and still it got awarded with having 2 or 3 "sequels" following, but it might have more to do with the fact that it may have done better on the VHS market), the movie title: Turbulunce 3: Heavy Metal, and to make it even more over-the-top on my DVD copy (scandinavian) it says: HEAVY METAL THUNDER!. The film do come with some "heavy" names to it, such as Rutger Hauer, Craig Sheffer, Joe Mantegna and the always stunning Gabrielle Anwar but the main "star" is of course John Mann in two parts, one as metal "god" Slade Craven and the other as his evil twin "brother" Simon Flanders. The music in the film, or played by the Slade Craven band is beyond awful, so bad I guess I might have been tempted to consider going out, the way Rutger Hauer does, later on when he suddenly decides to blow his brains out which by the way is done in a hilarious way and I guess he just thought "fuck it, I'm done! Now hand me my fucking money so I can get out of this piece of shit as fast as humanly possible."Craig Sheffer plays a goofy hacker genious who has to find a way to work along with a "mousy" librerian looking Gabrielle Anwar in the role of a FBI cop, as they try to hack the TV cameras in the plane, so they can help the anti-hero, Slade Craven out to get even with the bad guys. All in all, this film (I think once was actually either very close or within the bottom 100 list on IMDb, not that bad) but still, Turbulence 3 makes the first one to look like a damn masterpiece, and still I enjoyed the ridiculous and cheesy adventure, so I end up with a very kind: 4/10
I didn't realise this franchise had a second sequel. I kind of enjoyed the first two, especially the original since it always seems to pop up on free to air TV every now and then.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 30, 2017 12:49:23 GMT
It is a shame that things did not work out for Lauren Holly back then but I guess starring in films such as Turbulence (1997) and Down Periscope (1996) did not exactly do wonders for her movie career, and now she seems to only show up in different TV-shows or Hallmark movies from time to time. Anyway, she will always be Mary in Dumb and Dumber (1994) for me.
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