|
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on May 11, 2018 11:06:04 GMT
I’m starting to see some positive opinions on the film. I’m getting a “Bride/Seed of Chucky” vibe with people going on about the humour and violence. I saw some clips on YouTube - looks fairly nasty, and over-the-top.
I kinda stop watching the Puppet Master franchise at “Axis”. Love the first three, and I find the 4, 5 and Curse rather amusing. But being a rebooted entry to Puppet Master universe with different creative control that doesn’t have anything to do with Full Moon, therefore possibly more effort/and a decent quality in the indie production, I’m intrigued to where they could take it.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 8:31:32 GMT
I’m starting to see some positive opinions on the film. I’m getting a “Bride/Seed of Chucky” vibe with people going on about the humour and violence. I saw some clips on YouTube - looks fairly nasty, and over-the-top. I kinda stop watching the Puppet Master franchise at “Axis”. Love the first three, and I find the 4, 5 and Curse rather amusing. But being a rebooted entry to Puppet Master universe with different creative control that doesn’t have anything to do with Full Moon, therefore possibly more effort/and a decent quality in the indie production, I’m intrigued to where they could take it.  |
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on May 14, 2018 10:10:04 GMT
I’m starting to see some positive opinions on the film. I’m getting a “Bride/Seed of Chucky” vibe with people going on about the humour and violence. I saw some clips on YouTube - looks fairly nasty, and over-the-top. I kinda stop watching the Puppet Master franchise at “Axis”. Love the first three, and I find the 4, 5 and Curse rather amusing. But being a rebooted entry to Puppet Master universe with different creative control that doesn’t have anything to do with Full Moon, therefore possibly more effort/and a decent quality in the indie production, I’m intrigued to where they could take it. Not a problem. I thought adding the footage would compliment your original thread. Just hoping it gets a quick Aussie release, once it’s released. Rick Myers and Susie were indeed two of the franchise’s stronger characters, which the latter Puppet Master films sorley missed. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 6:29:34 GMT
Wow. Thanks for sharing all of that. I have been a big fan of the 'Puppet Master' movies for a long time now and I personally loved 3, 4 and 5 the most and wish they would make another movie with Rick and Susie. I didn't mind 6 but I was disappointed they got rid of Rick and Susie after they made them the main stars in the previous two movies. Not a problem. I thought adding the footage would compliment your original thread. Just hoping it gets a quick Aussie release, once it’s released. Rick Myers and Susie were indeed two of the franchise’s stronger characters, which the latter Puppet Master films sorley missed.  |
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on May 21, 2018 4:25:11 GMT
The first time I ever watched one of the films was at a sleep over, Puppet Master II, on TV around two in the morning. But it wasn’t until years later when one of my friends, along with his VHS’ copies, pretty much got me into the Puppet Master films and in recent years I borrowed a lot of the latter films from him too. I don’t think any of the films that came after “Curse” had been released on physical copies in Australia. Being that this latest film is under a new production, hopefully it gets a local bluray/DVD release. Would like to see it on the big screen, but I doubt it would happen here. Yeah, tell me about it. I had to order a Samsung multi-region blu-ray player online. Although there is one brand, Laser, which is the only brand you can buy instore in locally that is a multi-region bluray player. I hate how our local dvd/bluray selection/releases can be so limited.
I noticed that too, which I didn’t mind them going back to the style of the original films. Even the choice of location. Interesting to see the iconic puppet designs with some new puppets. I just hope my favourite, leech woman, doesn’t get discarded.
I’m somewhat on/off when it comes to comics/graphic novels, but I did read Puppetmaster TP Vol 1 “The Offering” a couple years back. The story from what I remember was similar to the original films in structure and the violence was wickedly creative. Couple of Halloween specials were fun reads too. However I never got around to Vol 2 “Rebirth” and Vol 3 “Wooden Boy”, which the former (Rebirth) sounds like the story you’re describing and seems to have more imagination behind it than the volume I read. Would make for an interesting film adaptation.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 8:12:51 GMT
The first time I ever watched one of the films was at a sleep over, Puppet Master II, on TV around two in the morning. But it wasn’t until years later when one of my friends, along with his VHS’ copies, pretty much got me into the Puppet Master films and in recent years I borrowed a lot of the latter films from him too. I don’t think any of the films that came after “Curse” had been released on physical copies in Australia. Being that this latest film is under a new production, hopefully it gets a local bluray/DVD release. Would like to see it on the big screen, but I doubt it would happen here. Yeah, tell me about it. I had to order a Samsung multi-region blu-ray player online. Although there is one brand, Laser, which is the only brand you can buy instore in locally that is a multi-region bluray player. I hate how our local dvd/bluray selection/releases can be so limited. I noticed that too, which I didn’t mind them going back to the style of the original films. Even the choice of location. Interesting to see the iconic puppet designs with some new puppets. I just hope my favourite, leech woman, doesn’t get discarded. I’m somewhat on/off when it comes to comics/graphic novels, but I did read Puppetmaster TP Vol 1 “The Offering” a couple years back. The story from what I remember was similar to the original films in structure and the violence was wickedly creative. Couple of Halloween specials were fun reads too. However I never got around to Vol 2 “Rebirth” and Vol 3 “Wooden Boy”, which the former (Rebirth) sounds like the story you’re describing and seems to have more imagination behind it than the volume I read. Would make for an interesting film adaptation.  ) and thought a movie about killer puppets would be fun to see and I wasn't disappointed and I hired out the sequel and then I found the first three being sold on VHS and bought them. They weren't easy to find though and a lot of shops around here that sold movies didn't even know what I was talking about when I asked them if they had the 'Puppet Master' movies and since then I have watched all the movies and bought them on VHS and DVD and the second half of the franchise I have got on Amazon along with other Full Moon franchises like 'Subspecies' (which I also love), 'Demonic Toys', 'Dolls', 'Trancers' etc and I am not sure why they didn't make more 'Demonic Toys' movies but I think that is a franchise that could be expanded on and I recently heard there are plans to reboot 'Subspecies' and some other classic Full Moon releases which I am looking forward to. Have you seen any of the other Full Moon movies by Charles Band?
I hate how our local selections are so limited too especially with the Horror genre but I have discovered so many classic Horror movies thanks to Amazon that I didn't know about before which is why it is one of my favourite sites.  |
|
chatterer
Sophomore
@chatterer
Posts: 272
Likes: 112
 
|
Post by chatterer on May 25, 2018 6:02:43 GMT
I'm a massive fan of Puppet Master. Full Moon have made some really great movies.
@deblovesbeccy Did you like the crossover movie Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 6:18:32 GMT
I'm a massive fan of Puppet Master. Full Moon have made some really great movies. @deblovesbeccy Did you like the crossover movie Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys?  Even though the 'Puppet Master' franchise isn't as well known or as popular as some other Horror franchises like 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', 'Friday the 13th' and 'Halloween' I think it has a strong dedicated following especially for it to be going as long as it has. There are a lot of Horror franchises that have burned out and some Horror movies that were originally envisioned as franchises didn't make it passed the first movie but 'Puppet Master' is up to movie number 13 which I feel is a big achievement and what is also great is there are no signs of it slowing down and Charles Band has said they have plans for more 'Puppet Master' movies. I might be wrong but I think the 'Puppet Master' and 'Child's Play' franchises are the longest running Horror movie franchises to not stop and have remakes and while 'The Littlest Reich' is a reboot from what I have read it is not a remake of the first movie and they plan on keeping the movies in the original timeline going at the same time. I did see the 'Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys' movie and I thought it was okay but there were some continuity errors in it. I am surprised we haven't had more 'Demonic Toys' movies though.
I like a number of Full Moon's movies (as I mentioned above) and I wasn't a fan of 'Killjoy' and 'The Evil Bong' franchises to be honest but Full Moon have made some classics and I loved the 'Subspecies' franchise and did you hear 'Castle Freak' is being remade? I would like to see them remake 'Dolls' and make it into a franchise. It was a Charles Band movie and I don't understand why Charles didn't make a sequel or two for it 'cause he has made so many sequels to his other movies but it might have something to do with MGM. 
|
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on May 28, 2018 10:57:38 GMT
Nice. It was the fantasy element of something so innocent, which could suddenly be your worst nightmare that drew me into these killer doll films. “Child’s Play”, hands down, one of the most consistent horror franchise still running. Ha true, you would get weird, clueless looks from video store clerks, especially asking around for horror titles outside the norm. Only niche video stores would know what you were talking about. Although I got to admit, the journey, or better put the hunt made it more exciting when you finally got your hands on the elusive film.
I think a lot of Bands’ best produced films were in the days of Empire Pictures, but I’ve seen my fair share of Full Moon. From the franchises to the one-offs. It’s indeed odd they stopped “Demonic Toys”, maybe Band didn’t have enough money to spare with that many running franchises, or simply fell out of love with ‘em. I do prefer mostly his kickstarters (Puppet Master, Trancers, Subspecies, Demonic Toys etc) over the more recent efforts (Killjoy and Killer Bong). Although I did enjoy the Gingerdead films, well, at least the sequels. My favourite is got to be the “Trancers” films. I love Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth. Whenever I see him, no matter the film, it’s always think Jack Deth. The first two are great, third decent and Thomerson makes the rest watchable. “Dollman” was pretty fun too. The “Dollman” crossover with the ”Demonic Toys” and “Bad Channels” had its moments. Of their most recent releases; “Trophy Heads” was surprisingly good with a great cast. Of those I haven’t seen, I’ve always been curious about “Blood Dolls”, “Head of the Family” and “Dark Angel: The Ascent”.
Interesting to see you mentioned reboots for other influential Full Moon films. If “Little Riech” is successful, I cannot see Band not trying another reboot. Although would he go it alone under Full Moon Studios or another company comes in to co-produce with creative control. I wouldn’t mind seeing “Subspecies” getting the same treatment, although Anders Hove would be hard to surpass as Radu. Now that vampire make-up was freaky! That’s news to me about “Castle Freak”. I don’t know what to think about that one.
I do use Amazon on odd occasions, but more so eBay, but I still have to check out the Australian Amazon branch. Disappointed that in the next month or so import taxes will be kicking in.
|
|
chatterer
Sophomore
@chatterer
Posts: 272
Likes: 112
|
Post by chatterer on May 28, 2018 11:49:54 GMT
@deblovesbeccy No didn't know they are remaking Castle Freak will have to keep an eye on it now. Yeah Full Moon got ALOT of titles there's probably something for everyone. Subspecies series is also a favourite of mine. Meridian:Kiss of The Beast is a stand out and as mentioned by lostinlimbo Dark Angel the Ascent is a good movie too. I'm also a big fan of Troma studio they make some entertaining movies. Hopefully some lesser known titles will get more exposure with studios opting to adapt some titles into TV shows. For example Clive Barker and I forget the name of the other person involved were adapting Night Breed into a TV show. So hopefully it happens and gets made. There's a lot of good story telling to be told. It might create opportunities for other franchises. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 11:40:52 GMT
Nice. It was the fantasy element of something so innocent, which could suddenly be your worst nightmare that drew me into these killer doll films. “Child’s Play”, hands down, one of the most consistent horror franchise still running. Ha true, you would get weird, clueless looks from video store clerks, especially asking around for horror titles outside the norm. Only niche video stores would know what you were talking about. Although I got to admit, the journey, or better put the hunt made it more exciting when you finally got your hands on the elusive film. I think a lot of Bands’ best produced films were in the days of Empire Pictures, but I’ve seen my fair share of Full Moon. From the franchises to the one-offs. It’s indeed odd they stopped “Demonic Toys”, maybe Band didn’t have enough money to spare with that many running franchises, or simply fell out of love with ‘em. I do prefer mostly his kickstarters (Puppet Master, Trancers, Subspecies, Demonic Toys etc) over the more recent efforts (Killjoy and Killer Bong). Although I did enjoy the Gingerdead films, well, at least the sequels. My favourite is got to be the “Trancers” films. I love Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth. Whenever I see him, no matter the film, it’s always think Jack Deth. The first two are great, third decent and Thomerson makes the rest watchable. “Dollman” was pretty fun too. The “Dollman” crossover with the ”Demonic Toys” and “Bad Channels” had its moments. Of their most recent releases; “Trophy Heads” was surprisingly good with a great cast. Of those I haven’t seen, I’ve always been curious about “Blood Dolls”, “Head of the Family” and “Dark Angel: The Ascent”. Interesting to see you mentioned reboots for other influential Full Moon films. If “Little Riech” is successful, I cannot see Band not trying another reboot. Although would he go it alone under Full Moon Studios or another company comes in to co-produce with creative control. I wouldn’t mind seeing “Subspecies” getting the same treatment, although Anders Hove would be hard to surpass as Radu. Now that vampire make-up was freaky! That’s news to me about “Castle Freak”. I don’t know what to think about that one. I do use Amazon on odd occasions, but more so eBay, but I still have to check out the Australian Amazon branch. Disappointed that in the next month or so import taxes will be kicking in.
Yeah. I used to get odd looks with some of the Horror films I asked for especially if they had funny or unusual titles but I got odd looks buying Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Status Quo, Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, The Pretenders, Judas Priest, Pat Benatar and Kiss albums here in the 90s and I think that some people thought I should have been buying the Human Nature or the Spice Girls back then but I hate that type of music () and love Classic Rock music. I have always liked things that some people might consider being outside the norm and Horror is my favourite genre. I also like Horror books and comic books and ‘Hack/Slash’ is one of my favourite comic book series and I love Cassie Hack and the series features appearances from a lot of famous Horror characters including Chucky, Ash and Freddy Kreuger.
Finding certain Horror movies here was really hard and if you didn’t know the names of the movies it was less likely you would find them ‘cause almost no one knew what you were talking about and you are right that it made finding them more exciting when you finally did and when I joined Amazon we had a spending spree and brought heaps of Horror movies I had been wanting to get for ages and we got some Horror collections that had 8, 10 and 20 movies in them and some of the moves in the sets were REALLY bad ( ) but there were quite a few that were good which them worth it. Two movies I wanted to get for years but couldn’t remember the names of were ‘Creepers’ and ‘Bad Dreams’ and I was so happy when I found them online ‘cause I had been trying to remember the names of them since I hired them in the early 90s and I forgot Jennifer Connolly was in ‘Creepers’ which would have made it easier to find if I had remembered.  
I think money might have played a part in there not being more ‘Demonic Toys’ movies and Charles Band might have not wanted to use the money on it back then ‘cause they had so many other movie franchises going and ‘Demonic Toys’ and ‘Demonic Toys 2’ were a lot of years apart and the first one came out in 1992 and the second movie came out in 2010 and I think they made the sequel ‘cause a lot of fans had been asking for one for years and then when it came out I remember it getting some really bad reviews which most likely stopped a third movie from happening. I think ‘Blood Doll’s was the movie I was talking about movie with the brother and sister and I didn’t mind that one but OMG, ‘Head of the House’ is horrible and that has to be one of the worst movies I have seen. The story was poorly written and made no sense, the characters were unlikable and annoying and a talking evil head for a villain was a bad choice. I would urge you to avoid it.
It sucks that the imported taxes are going to be kicking in soon but I will still be ordering things online 'cause they are cheaper and there are a lot of things you can get online that you can't buy here in Australia. Here is an article about the 'Castle Freak' remake. 
www.screengeek.net/2018/04/17/castle-freak-remake-announced/ |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 11:56:30 GMT
@deblovesbeccy No didn't know they are remaking Castle Freak will have to keep an eye on it now. Yeah Full Moon got ALOT of titles there's probably something for everyone. Subspecies series is also a favourite of mine. Meridian:Kiss of The Beast is a stand out and as mentioned by lostinlimbo Dark Angel the Ascent is a good movie too. I'm also a big fan of Troma studio they make some entertaining movies. Hopefully some lesser known titles will get more exposure with studios opting to adapt some titles into TV shows. For example Clive Barker and I forget the name of the other person involved were adapting Night Breed into a TV show. So hopefully it happens and gets made. There's a lot of good story telling to be told. It might create opportunities for other franchises.
Did you hear there is a 'Child's Play' TV show in development? Brad Dourif is involved in it and I am really curious as to when this show is supposed to take place and if it is going to be a continuation to the latest movie with Andy and Kyle as the main stars or if it will take place sometime between the other movies. I was happy they brought back Andy and Kyle and hope we get to see more of Kyle whether it is in the next movie or TV show. 'Child's Play 2' was my favourite and I have been wanting to see both of them return for a long time.  |
|
chatterer
Sophomore
@chatterer
Posts: 272
Likes: 112
|
Post by chatterer on Jun 2, 2018 2:43:06 GMT
@deblovesbeccy So much good stuff I'm gonna have to keep up with. I hadn't heard about the Child's Play news either.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 6:49:58 GMT
@deblovesbeccy So much good stuff I'm gonna have to keep up with. I hadn't heard about the Child's Play news either. 
comicbook.com/horror/2018/03/24/friday-the-13th-sequel-franchise-status-reboot/ |
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 7, 2018 7:22:19 GMT
Yeah, I agree the popularity of “Child’s Play” is what really spawned a lot of the killer doll films. Although it’s hard not to think “what if” Stuart Gordon’s cult fantasy-horror “Dolls” had shared a similar fate the previous year. I guess it didn’t follow the same suit by going for more a morality fairytale story, as the dolls played secondary to the human characters therefore not really being the centre piece like Chucky is to “Child’s Play” and “Blade, Pinhead, Tunneler etc is to “Puppet Master” to run a franchise. Nonetheless It would’ve been interesting to see a “Dolls 2” or “3” happen.
“Pinocchio” was a decent film of the killer doll ilk and “Mommy Dearest” was another I don’t mind. I never knew there was an Australian horror film involving killer gnomes. Kind of got me curious. Maybe it was a made for TV presentation, which might explain why it’s harder to find? How old would you say it is? In general there’s not many films made with killer gnomes other than a few trashy ones in the last decade. The only one that sticks in my mind (outside the Goosebump TV episode) is the 80s British anthology film; “Screamtime” which had stories involving a puppet in the first, while fairies and gnomes in the last.
I know, without online shopping most of the films that were on my holy grail list would still be there. Argento’s “Creepers”, well, the longer version from Umbrella entertainment of “Phenomena” in the blood red case was one of the first DVDs I ever owned. Gee, and thinking back, I got it from a HMV store.
Band was indeed stingy when it came to his budgets. Especially in the last decade or so. I remember on the “Puppet Master; Axis of Evil” DVD, the making-of documentary really cemented that notion. “Head of the Family” is that bad?! That’s disappointing, as concept wise and from a few of the images I was hoping the creativity would match the execution in delivering something fun. Looks like I won’t go out of my way to see this one.
Did you read the news other day about Amazon blocking Australian customers from using their international websites to purchase from?
Thanks for the “Castle Freak” link. I’m somewhat optimistic and seeing Crampton producing brought a smile to my face.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 6:23:40 GMT
Yeah, I agree the popularity of “Child’s Play” is what really spawned a lot of the killer doll films. Although it’s hard not to think “what if” Stuart Gordon’s cult fantasy-horror “Dolls” had shared a similar fate the previous year. I guess it didn’t follow the same suit by going for more a morality fairytale story, as the dolls played secondary to the human characters therefore not really being the centre piece like Chucky is to “Child’s Play” and “Blade, Pinhead, Tunneler etc is to “Puppet Master” to run a franchise. Nonetheless It would’ve been interesting to see a “Dolls 2” or “3” happen. “Pinocchio” was a decent film of the killer doll ilk and “Mommy Dearest” was another I don’t mind. I never knew there was an Australian horror film involving killer gnomes. Kind of got me curious. Maybe it was a made for TV presentation, which might explain why it’s harder to find? How old would you say it is? In general there’s not many films made with killer gnomes other than a few trashy ones in the last decade. The only one that sticks in my mind (outside the Goosebump TV episode) is the 80s British anthology film; “Screamtime” which had stories involving a puppet in the first, while fairies and gnomes in the last. I know, without online shopping most of the films that were on my holy grail list would still be there. Argento’s “Creepers”, well, the longer version from Umbrella entertainment of “Phenomena” in the blood red case was one of the first DVDs I ever owned. Gee, and thinking back, I got it from a HMV store. Band was indeed stingy when it came to his budgets. Especially in the last decade or so. I remember on the “Puppet Master; Axis of Evil” DVD, the making-of documentary really cemented that notion. “Head of the Family” is that bad?! That’s disappointing, as concept wise and from a few of the images I was hoping the creativity would match the execution in delivering something fun. Looks like I won’t go out of my way to see this one. Did you read the news other day about Amazon blocking Australian customers from using their international websites to purchase from? Thanks for the “Castle Freak” link. I’m somewhat optimistic and seeing Crampton producing brought a smile to my face.
We got heaps of albums from Bookworld for only $10-$15 (and even less sometimes) and we had a break from buying there and when it was revealed we were getting blocked from Amazon we were going to go back to using that site to buy albums but now we can't. I think they were getting their albums from the American Amazon site and selling them through their site 'cause we got two albums from them once that had Amazon stickers on them and JBHIFI's website has just got rid of a number of their albums too. We are going to make our final orders on the American Amazon store this week and then we will most likely buy graphic novels from Fishpond. I refuse to pay $60 - $100 at book stores here for graphic novels that are being sold for only $10 - $20 in America and while we are far from being poor I just find that an absolutely ridiculous amount of money to pay for graphic novels. We might use the Australian Amazon store if they add more things on it but at the moment it is missing 90 percent of the items on the American store as they pointed out on the news and there are other sites we can order from that are cheaper than them.
A 'Dolls 2' or '3' would have been interesting and I think there are a lot of things they could have done with that series but I don't see any sequels happening now unless they remake the first one 'cause it was so long ago. Some Horror movies have been remade and given sequels though so it is possible and Hollywood loves remakes which is why I am surprised we haven't had remakes of movies like 'Ghoulies', 'Critters', 'Demons', 'Basketcase','C.H.U.D.', 'Waxworks', 'Sleepaway Camp' or 'Maniac Cop.' I heard they are making a new 'Return of the Living Dead' though and a TV show of 'Critters' but the 'Critters' TV show is apparently only going to be on some online streaming service in America and I don't know if we will ever be able to watch it here. I would like to see the 'Ghoulies' and 'Critters' again and another 'Demons' movie based in a different location would be fun too but I hated the way they ended the 'Critters' series with Ug becoming a villain and turning on Charlie 'cause it made no sense. For the new 'Critters' show I think they should bring back Brad and only that it ended with 4 it would have been good to have seen Charlie with a grownup Brad in a movie.
It is funny you mention 'Goosebumps' 'cause if I remember correctly they had their own version of Chucky called Slappy in the 'Night of the Living Dummy' series and they even had one book called 'Bride of the Living Dummy.' I saw 'Mommy Dearest' but I am not sure if it is the same movie you are talking about. Do you mean the the 'Mummy Dearest' movie about Joan Crawford that was written by her adopted daughter who she abused? I am not sure what the movie with killer gnomes was now and I don't think I will ever find it unless I come across it by mistake 'cause I searched for it for years and gave up. I don't even remember a lot of the movie now 'cause it has been a while since I saw it and I think it might have been killer fairies that possessed gnomes. I am not sure but if I do find out I will let you know on here. 
|
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 21, 2018 6:20:59 GMT
Yeah, I agree the popularity of “Child’s Play” is what really spawned a lot of the killer doll films. Although it’s hard not to think “what if” Stuart Gordon’s cult fantasy-horror “Dolls” had shared a similar fate the previous year. I guess it didn’t follow the same suit by going for more a morality fairytale story, as the dolls played secondary to the human characters therefore not really being the centre piece like Chucky is to “Child’s Play” and “Blade, Pinhead, Tunneler etc is to “Puppet Master” to run a franchise. Nonetheless It would’ve been interesting to see a “Dolls 2” or “3” happen. “Pinocchio” was a decent film of the killer doll ilk and “Mommy Dearest” was another I don’t mind. I never knew there was an Australian horror film involving killer gnomes. Kind of got me curious. Maybe it was a made for TV presentation, which might explain why it’s harder to find? How old would you say it is? In general there’s not many films made with killer gnomes other than a few trashy ones in the last decade. The only one that sticks in my mind (outside the Goosebump TV episode) is the 80s British anthology film; “Screamtime” which had stories involving a puppet in the first, while fairies and gnomes in the last. I know, without online shopping most of the films that were on my holy grail list would still be there. Argento’s “Creepers”, well, the longer version from Umbrella entertainment of “Phenomena” in the blood red case was one of the first DVDs I ever owned. Gee, and thinking back, I got it from a HMV store. Band was indeed stingy when it came to his budgets. Especially in the last decade or so. I remember on the “Puppet Master; Axis of Evil” DVD, the making-of documentary really cemented that notion. “Head of the Family” is that bad?! That’s disappointing, as concept wise and from a few of the images I was hoping the creativity would match the execution in delivering something fun. Looks like I won’t go out of my way to see this one. Did you read the news other day about Amazon blocking Australian customers from using their international websites to purchase from? Thanks for the “Castle Freak” link. I’m somewhat optimistic and seeing Crampton producing brought a smile to my face.
We got heaps of albums from Bookworld for only $10-$15 (and even less sometimes) and we had a break from buying there and when it was revealed we were getting blocked from Amazon we were going to go back to using that site to buy albums but now we can't. I think they were getting their albums from the American Amazon site and selling them through their site 'cause we got two albums from them once that had Amazon stickers on them and JBHIFI's website has just got rid of a number of their albums too. We are going to make our final orders on the American Amazon store this week and then we will most likely buy graphic novels from Fishpond. I refuse to pay $60 - $100 at book stores here for graphic novels that are being sold for only $10 - $20 in America and while we are far from being poor I just find that an absolutely ridiculous amount of money to pay for graphic novels. We might use the Australian Amazon store if they add more things on it but at the moment it is missing 90 percent of the items on the American store as they pointed out on the news and there are other sites we can order from that are cheaper than them.
A 'Dolls 2' or '3' would have been interesting and I think there are a lot of things they could have done with that series but I don't see any sequels happening now unless they remake the first one 'cause it was so long ago. Some Horror movies have been remade and given sequels though so it is possible and Hollywood loves remakes which is why I am surprised we haven't had remakes of movies like 'Ghoulies', 'Critters', 'Demons', 'Basketcase','C.H.U.D.', 'Waxworks', 'Sleepaway Camp' or 'Maniac Cop.' I heard they are making a new 'Return of the Living Dead' though and a TV show of 'Critters' but the 'Critters' TV show is apparently only going to be on some online streaming service in America and I don't know if we will ever be able to watch it here. I would like to see the 'Ghoulies' and 'Critters' again and another 'Demons' movie based in a different location would be fun too but I hated the way they ended the 'Critters' series with Ug becoming a villain and turning on Charlie 'cause it made no sense. For the new 'Critters' show I think they should bring back Brad and only that it ended with 4 it would have been good to have seen Charlie with a grownup Brad in a movie.
It is funny you mention 'Goosebumps' 'cause if I remember correctly they had their own version of Chucky called Slappy in the 'Night of the Living Dummy' series and they even had one book called 'Bride of the Living Dummy.' I saw 'Mommy Dearest' but I am not sure if it is the same movie you are talking about. Do you mean the the 'Mummy Dearest' movie about Joan Crawford that was written by her adopted daughter who she abused? I am not sure what the movie with killer gnomes was now and I don't think I will ever find it unless I come across it by mistake 'cause I searched for it for years and gave up. I don't even remember a lot of the movie now 'cause it has been a while since I saw it and I think it might have been killer fairies that possessed gnomes. I am not sure but if I do find out I will let you know on here.
The most annoying thing about Amazon’s decision is that they’ve taken away the choice for customers. In away less competition for retailers. I see eBay decided against going down the same path. I wonder how it will affect local businesses who buy their stock from overseas, therefore do the customers, no matter what, still have to pay more for the product because the business needs cover the import charges. Like you already mentioned, you’re paying double the price compared to online and some things are just not manufactured locally. That’s the most frustrating thing. I mostly purchase DVDs and blurays overseas because of the cost, but upmost the variety. I even noticed when I use the streaming device google play, there are certain films I can’t watch on it because it’s not legal to watch in Australia. The import taxes might help local business, more people spending in stores, but is it really going to make a difference to the price range for the customers. Again it’s about limiting your choices. Probably still would be cheaper to buy overseas even with the imported taxes. There’s actually a “Maniac Cop” remake in the works... well, sort of. bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3489564/director-john-hyams-assures-maniac-cop-remake-still-happening/. Horror films adapted to TV shows still seem to be popular. “Tremors” does look promising, if it gets the green light. I remember reading something about the critters tv series, but yeah that would be cool to check out. Have you seen the critter fan-made short film pitch going around on the net? It’s been awhile since I’ve watched “Critters” and the sequels. Even throw in “Ghoulies”, but that’ll change since I recently picked the double pack of the latter. Looking forward to it when I do. Ah, “Night of the Living Dummy”... I really enjoyed reading “Goosebumps” as a kid, and the series of stories involving Slappy was definitely up there with my favourites. I think it was was one of the first I owned along with “Don’t Go In the Basement” and “Welcome to Camp Nightmare”. Oh sorry, my bad. I meant “Dolly Dearest”.  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 6:29:56 GMT
Yes. I sadly did hear about the American and UK Amazon stores blocking us from using their sites and I actually started a thread about it last week on the 'Arrow' board and I am annoyed and upset 'cause we get so many things like CDs, DVDs, Books, graphic novels, stationary, cross stitching kits, toys for our pets and Jigsaw puzzles from the American Amazon store and I am not sure where we are going to buy our things from now but there is a site I discovered a few years ago called http://www.fishpond.com.au and they have a large selection of albums, books and movies we don't have on a lot of our local sites and while they aren't as cheap as Amazon they are cheaper than other sites. The site is apparently by a New Zealand company and we didn't join it before 'cause we were using Amazon but now we are getting blocked from their American store we are seriously considering it. What is most unfair with all of this is not just the fact it is a lot cheaper for us to buy things on the American Amazon store than buy them here but there are a lot of things we can't get here or at any of our local shops in Australia and one of the Australian sites we were buying a lot of albums from (Bookworld) has now turned around and got rid of all their albums and they were the cheapest Australian site to get albums from.
We got heaps of albums from Bookworld for only $10-$15 (and even less sometimes) and we had a break from buying there and when it was revealed we were getting blocked from Amazon we were going to go back to using that site to buy albums but now we can't. I think they were getting their albums from the American Amazon site and selling them through their site 'cause we got two albums from them once that had Amazon stickers on them and JBHIFI's website has just got rid of a number of their albums too. We are going to make our final orders on the American Amazon store this week and then we will most likely buy graphic novels from Fishpond. I refuse to pay $60 - $100 at book stores here for graphic novels that are being sold for only $10 - $20 in America and while we are far from being poor I just find that an absolutely ridiculous amount of money to pay for graphic novels. We might use the Australian Amazon store if they add more things on it but at the moment it is missing 90 percent of the items on the American store as they pointed out on the news and there are other sites we can order from that are cheaper than them.
A 'Dolls 2' or '3' would have been interesting and I think there are a lot of things they could have done with that series but I don't see any sequels happening now unless they remake the first one 'cause it was so long ago. Some Horror movies have been remade and given sequels though so it is possible and Hollywood loves remakes which is why I am surprised we haven't had remakes of movies like 'Ghoulies', 'Critters', 'Demons', 'Basketcase','C.H.U.D.', 'Waxworks', 'Sleepaway Camp' or 'Maniac Cop.' I heard they are making a new 'Return of the Living Dead' though and a TV show of 'Critters' but the 'Critters' TV show is apparently only going to be on some online streaming service in America and I don't know if we will ever be able to watch it here. I would like to see the 'Ghoulies' and 'Critters' again and another 'Demons' movie based in a different location would be fun too but I hated the way they ended the 'Critters' series with Ug becoming a villain and turning on Charlie 'cause it made no sense. For the new 'Critters' show I think they should bring back Brad and only that it ended with 4 it would have been good to have seen Charlie with a grownup Brad in a movie.
It is funny you mention 'Goosebumps' 'cause if I remember correctly they had their own version of Chucky called Slappy in the 'Night of the Living Dummy' series and they even had one book called 'Bride of the Living Dummy.' I saw 'Mommy Dearest' but I am not sure if it is the same movie you are talking about. Do you mean the the 'Mummy Dearest' movie about Joan Crawford that was written by her adopted daughter who she abused? I am not sure what the movie with killer gnomes was now and I don't think I will ever find it unless I come across it by mistake 'cause I searched for it for years and gave up. I don't even remember a lot of the movie now 'cause it has been a while since I saw it and I think it might have been killer fairies that possessed gnomes. I am not sure but if I do find out I will let you know on here.
The most annoying thing about Amazon’s decision is that they’ve taken away the choice for customers. In away less competition for retailers. I see eBay decided against going down the same path. I wonder how it will affect local businesses who buy their stock from overseas, therefore do the customers, no matter what, still have to pay more for the product because the business needs cover the import charges. Like you already mentioned, you’re paying double the price compared to online and some things are just not manufactured locally. That’s the most frustrating thing. I mostly purchase DVDs and blurays overseas because of the cost, but upmost the variety. I even noticed when I use the streaming device google play, there are certain films I can’t watch on it because it’s not legal to watch in Australia. The import taxes might help local business, more people spending in stores, but is it really going to make a difference to the price range for the customers. Again it’s about limiting your choices. Probably still would be cheaper to buy overseas even with the imported taxes. There’s actually a “Maniac Cop” remake in the works... well, sort of. bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3489564/director-john-hyams-assures-maniac-cop-remake-still-happening/. Horror films adapted to TV shows still seem to be popular. “Tremors” does look promising, if it gets the green light. I remember reading something about the critters tv series, but yeah that would be cool to check out. Have you seen the critter fan-made short film pitch going around on the net? It’s been awhile since I’ve watched “Critters” and the sequels. Even throw in “Ghoulies”, but that’ll change since I recently picked the double pack of the latter. Looking forward to it when I do. Ah, “Night of the Living Dummy”... I really enjoyed reading “Goosebumps” as a kid, and the series of stories involving Slappy was definitely up there with my favourites. I think it was was one of the first I owned along with “Don’t Go In the Basement” and “Welcome to Camp Nightmare”. Oh sorry, my bad. I meant “Dolly Dearest”.
www.amazon.ca/
It is a joke we are paying twice (and in some cases three times) the price to purchase items here and the price of items like graphic novels are ridiculous here compared to how much people have to pay for them in America and if the stores lowered their prices they would get more customers buying off them but no one wants to pay expensive prices for items they can get soo much cheaper online and I stopped buying from record stores when we joined Amazon ‘cause we were paying around $30 each for albums we could get for $10 and sometimes even less than that and even with the postage it was HEAPS cheaper and we could get 6-7 albums for only $100 and that additional money the record stores were charging us weren’t going to the artists or bands or even the record labels. The stores were ripping us off.
I have never used Google Play but I have the same problem as you with some sites blocking us from purchasing or viewing things ‘cause we don’t live in North America and the silliest thing is You Tube blocks us from watching certain music videos including music videos by Australian artists and bands like Candice Alley’s ‘Falling’ and ‘Dream the Day Away’ music videos. I wasn’t even aware her music videos were played in America but MTV comes up saying “Sorry, this content is not available in your region” and this is an Australian artist. It appears we are not alone though ‘cause they block people in Canada from watching some videos by Canadian artists and bands too and I will never understand what the point is behind blocking us from viewing music videos or buying certain albums and movies that can be purchased and downloaded on websites ‘cause they are the ones missing out on the money.
Thanks for the link and video and no, I have never seen the fan made 'Critters' short film and didn't know the remake of 'Maniac Cop' was still going through but two things you might be interested in is Clive Barker's 'Nightbreed' TV show is looking very close to happening now 'cause it was picked up by the Syfy Channel and the 'Child's Play' TV show has been officially confirmed by Don Mancini and while it is still unknown when this show is going to be based various sites are saying it will be set in the movie universe and won't be a remake. I am hoping they pick up from the events of the last film and have Andy and Kyle as the main stars going after Chucky but the end of the last movie also had Chucky in Nica's body and I find it funny Brad Dourif's daughter is now playing Chucky and I don't think something like that has ever been done in a movie franchise before. 'Tremors' does look interesting but I am not sure what is going on with that. I thought it was picked up but then it didn't happen.  Clive Barker and Syfy to adapt Nightbreed for TVnews.avclub.com/[object%20Object]Child’s Play: The TV Series Confirmed by Don Manciniwww.comingsoon.net/tv/news/954311-chucky-is-coming-to-tv-in-new-childs-play-series |
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 17, 2018 5:18:24 GMT
I can see why smaller internet sites might block Australian customers, but the whole thing with Amazon still dumbfounds me, since its competitor eBay is fine with it and has a system in place to charge GST for overseas purchases. Oh well, their loss.
Cool. Thanks for the links.
I had no idea about this project. “Nightbreed” TV series might just be worth-a-look. I do love Barker’s multi-layered, and gripping story “Cabal”, if somewhat indifferent on his 90s film adaptation. But I can see this working. Plenty of potential within the source material to expand and shape into a compelling, and intense series.
“Child’s Play” going from film to TV series kinda surprised me, after the success of the latest films, but I guess TV streaming is where the money and popularity is these days. Curious if that means there won’t be films in the future, depending how successful this stint becomes? It’s hard to see the story not continuing where “Cult” finished off. Things were indeed getting interesting, and I liked how the story evolved. Talk about unpredictable, and kudos to Mancini and Kirschner in keeping it all rather fresh compared to other stale horror franchises.
Yeah, I would be disappointed if “Tremors” is looked over and not picked up. It was great to see Kevin Bacon again, although I do miss Fred Ward and their chemistry, but the trailer for the series looked a lot fun. Fingers crossed.
|
|
