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Post by gspdude on May 12, 2024 15:42:54 GMT
House of Frankenstein (1944) Enjoyable old time monster fest. This time Karloff is the mad scientist and Glen Strange the monster, Lon Chaney Jr revives his signature role as The Wolf Man, and John Carradine plays a not very threatening Dracula. 7/10.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 14, 2024 1:54:08 GMT
Doll Graveyard (2005)A nerdy teen unleashes the spirit of a little girl who was killed by her father a century ago and then buried with her antique doll collection. The spirit brings the dolls to life and they terrorize a slumber party. With a plot description like this, I just couldn't resist. But when you have this type of story that takes place in one setting and in the same time frame, the idea gets stretched pretty thin. This premise might have worked better as a Creepshow episode. The dolls effects are pretty good, and I especially liked the Porcelain Girl with the ear-to-ear grin of razor sharp teeth. Surprisingly, this turned out to be a lot more gorier than I expected. But aside from that, this is pretty lightweight stuff. 5/10
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 16, 2024 0:06:08 GMT
5 /10A psychopath escapes from a mental facility going on a ax welding rampage. He sets his sights on a party of old high school friends. A night of sex and blood follows. And credit for the bath tub sex scene because it does look very real. A very low budget slasher film. I can dig those. This one is decent enough. Nothing that good but very watchable. I wish the gore looked a little better though.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 16, 2024 0:09:32 GMT
3/10A couple go hiking in the woods and get lost. Things keep getting eerie. This would of made a better short film. Its only 73 minutes but even that seems pretty stretched out. If you are going to see a film like this you may of just see The Blair Witch Project instead.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 16, 2024 3:15:51 GMT
The Wicker Man (1973)A Christian police sergeant travels to the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Appalled by the inhabitants' hedonistic lifestyle and abandonment of Christianity, Sgt. Howie suspects there may be a pagan sacrifice afoot. Widely regarded as one of the best horror movies ever made, even prompting one critic to call it the Citizen Kane of horror movies. I sure don't dispute this, as it's surely one of my all-time favorites. Intelligently written by Anthony Shaffer, this masterpiece is chilling, eerie, suspenseful, and very atmospheric. The idea of a ritual human sacrfice makes it all the more unsettling, and yet the entire concept turns out to be quite insightful and fascinating. The beautiful folk music presented here really helps propel the mood and atmosphere. My favorite tracks in particular are "Corn Rigs" and "Gently Johnny". In fact, with all the pagan residents being so musically inclined, it almost makes the movie seem like musical and I suppose in some ways it can be considered just that. There is not a false note in all the performances. Edward Woodwood is perfectly cast as the no-nonsense, uptight sergeant. And Christopher Lee's debonair charm makes him ideal as the community leader Lord Summerisle. This review applies to the 95 minute director's cut, as I feel it's the best version out of all three (at least out of the three versions I've seen). 10/10
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 16, 2024 3:51:20 GMT
The Wicker Man (1973)A Christian police sergeant travels to the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Appalled by the inhabitants' hedonistic lifestyle and abandonment of Christianity, Sgt. Howie suspects there may be a pagan sacrifice afoot. Widely regarded as one of the best horror movies ever made, even prompting one critic to call it the Citizen Kane of horror movies. I sure don't dispute this, as it's surely one of my all-time favorites. Intelligently written by Anthony Shaffer, this masterpiece is chilling, eerie, suspenseful, and very atmospheric. The idea of a ritual human sacrfice makes it all the more unsettling, and yet the entire concept turns out to be quite insightful and fascinating. The beautiful folk music presented here really helps propel the mood and atmosphere. My favorite tracks in particular are "Corn Rigs" and "Gently Johnny". In fact, with all the pagan residents being so musically inclined, it almost makes the movie seem like musical and I suppose in some ways it can be considered just that. There is not a false note in all the performances. Edward Woodwood is perfectly cast as the no-nonsense, uptight sergeant. And Christopher Lee's debonair charm makes him ideal as the community leader Lord Summerisle. This review applies to the 95 minute director's cut, as I feel it's the best version out of all three (at least out of the three versions I've seen). 10/10 I watched that for the first time on Halloween in '22. I was very impressed with it. Much better than I anticipated. I mainly knew the 2006 Wicker Man. I think we all can agree the '73 version is superior.
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Post by Prime etc. on May 16, 2024 7:07:33 GMT
I was shocked by the Wicker Man the first time I saw it but the second time I wondered why he didn't break the wicker cage. I would have tried harder. The plot is similar to Black Noon - a tv movie from 1970.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again - Yeah I'm repetitive.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 18, 2024 6:59:43 GMT
2/10Oh my God, they made a Jimmy Buffet horror movie. It involves a human/parrot hybrid offing Jimmy Buffet fans. Not much to say here but its bad.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 18, 2024 7:03:28 GMT
5/10After a tragic event, five girls go out to party and to celebrate one of them getting married. Their boat sinks and they are stuck in the water with sharks. Its basically Open Water but with five girls. Watchable but pretty basic.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 18, 2024 7:10:50 GMT
3/10Three girls get naked and eat guys in the woods. Eh. Its bad but I seen worse.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 18, 2024 15:07:13 GMT
Def By Temptation (1990)
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 19, 2024 3:20:11 GMT
Island Zero (2018)Inhabitants of a fishing island off the coast of Maine find themselves mysteriously cut off from the outside world. They are also under attack by a new species of amphibian creatures. Budget Zero, is more like it. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I watch a creature feature I expect to eventually get a good look at the monsters in action. But in this case we see a dead one, and the live ones are shown on thermal photography only; a sure sign that the budget didn't allow for make-up effects/creature designs. Best that I can tell is this cheapie was made for streaming, and it sure has the bland production values to prove it. A couple of good twists can't save it, and the ending isn't entirely satisfying either. The gore factor? Well we do get to see plenty of intestines, I'll give it that! 4.5/10
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Post by gspdude on May 19, 2024 12:17:28 GMT
Wer(2013) A vacationing American family in France is attacked apparently by a large animal, but a large local recluse is arrested and charged. An American exPat lawyer agrees to defend him, but soon has her doubts. Not your typical Werewolf film, but a good one. This is probably my favorite FTV so far this year. 8/10.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on May 19, 2024 19:00:39 GMT
"Lair of the White Worm" 1988
"The Night Stalker" 1972
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 20, 2024 7:37:18 GMT
Feels like I’ve been neglecting horror films since last year’s October challenge. The amount I’ve seen since then, I can count them on both hands. Anyway got a copy of Dracula AD 1972, and I was curious to see if this Hammer Dracula was as average as I remembered it being, and I gotta say maybe it was even worse. I think it’s easily the weakest of the Hammer Dracula, yep I prefer ‘The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires’ over it. The cast is good, with stalwart Peter Cushing and the affable Stephanie Beacham. Also Christopher Neame and Caroline Munro. Christopher Lee returns, but doesn’t get much to do, or even screen time. Way less than I remembered. Disappointing since this was the first time Cushing’s Van Helsing and Lee’s Dracula faced off against each since the first Dracula film. The film doesn’t really get going, until it’s too late. Other the scene when Dracula is revived, and the climatic clash between Helsing and Dracula. A lot of the thrills, and blood occur off-screen. The plot is thin, and feels like a dull reworking of the story from the previous film; ‘Taste the Blood of Dracula’. Now staged in swinging modern times. The novelty is over-used (especially the music and humour), but at the same time not all effective in making any difference. It probably took away from the film, and the horror along with any sense of atmosphere.
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Post by gspdude on May 22, 2024 13:41:10 GMT
Demonia (1990) In the opening scene 5 nuns are crucified by an angry mob in their convent back in medieval times. Back to 1990 where archaeologists are digging up said convent. This displeases the superstitious locals. Meanwhile, a female member of the archaeologists is having dreams and visions of the nuns. Director Fulci sees to it there are some gory, albeit nonsensical, killings, but overall I found it mostly boring. 4/10.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 22, 2024 21:59:44 GMT
A Little Bit Zombie (2012)
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Post by gspdude on May 23, 2024 0:55:24 GMT
Bleed 4 Me (2011) Demon hunters trying to prevent the Devil from gaining corporeal form on earth. Has some good scenes, but some scenes that might have been good occur in almost total darkness. Tiffany Shepis and Brinke Stevens have supporting roles with not a lot of screen time. 4/10.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 23, 2024 2:32:57 GMT
Tail Sting (2001)Mutant scorpions terrorize the passengers on an airliner. And the script pretty much writes itself. Hardly anything original here; it might as well be called Scorpions On An Airplane. Irritating characters combined with campy acting are always a bad mix. I do give the movie credit for the use of practical effects, but unfortunately those effects are cheesy. Strictly by-the-numbers. 3/10
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Post by Prime etc. on May 23, 2024 20:01:35 GMT
WITHOUT WARNING - 1980 - Never gets old. In fact, it occurred to me how little it dates (other than David Caruso) since everyone is dressed for camping and there isn't much use for telephones in the story. How would cell phones change it? My guess is they would just have interference from the alien to make them unusable as with the radio.
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