Post by stefancrosscoe on May 20, 2020 10:05:09 GMT
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993) by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko
H.P. Lovecraft anthology that features 3 or well, 4 different tales and I had heard of this film, but never seen it, and was quite thrilled to find it lying around for free on Youtube. However, the video quality was quite disappointing, as the picture frame kind of leave out too much, and the sound was waaaay too low, but then again, it was free, so I guess I cannot complain all that much.
It comes with lots of likeable and very noticable actors within the horror and cult-genre, such as Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Payne, David Warner and Richard Lynch, sadly none of the stories ever really hit home with me. While surely not bad, they just end up as very forgettable and while the make up and special effects were at times incredible to look at, I do kind of felt that they too often over-shadowed the lesser interesting script/stories, and sadly ended up as one of the weaker anthology movies of the early 90s.
A shame, as it comes with so much talent, both in front of the camera, but also behind it.
Anyway, of all the different stories, I think the first one with Bruce Payne ended up as the one I enjoyed the most, and I think it also had the longest runtime as well.
5/10
The Nurse (1997) by Robert Malenfant
Pretty much a very ordinary or "typical" random b-movie late night cable thriller that I found lying around, and well, who am I kidding? I saw it mostly because of Lisa Zane, who plays a nurse who gets quite the shock when her unstable father due to a personal crisis or meltdown that is caused by his work, end up killing several of members of his family. Somehow the nurse plots a sadistic revenge towards a wealthy businessman whom she targets as the main "villian" behind her family getting destroyed, and with the sudden news that the businessman she now truly despises have been paralyzed during an accident, she immediately steps in to make sure he will get the very best "care" the hospital can offer.
Well, I think it started or began, maybe not as a interesting movie, but at least somewhat enjoyable for a late night flick. However, it soon turned into a rather boring mess that had me almost put to sleep before it hit the 30 minute mark, and that is rarely a good sign.
The problem is that I have seen this kind of movies, so many times over, and very few really stands out in the "crowd", but those who at least manage to spice it up a little, often do so by never take it self too seriously or just because they are fun to watch. The Nurse however is not any of the mentioned, and if not for Lisa Zane, I would have just turned the whole thing off after a few minutes in.
The plot, well, I mean is ridiculous, as Lisa plays a seemingly caring (almost overcaring) nurse early on, then suddenly she turns into a complete cold and ruthless bitch who begins her very own sadistic vendetta, and it is just lame stuff really.
3,5/10