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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2019 21:16:07 GMT
So finished Cooties and...I'd advise all of you to avoid that one. I was hoping that it would have some charming aspects to it like Shaun of the Dead but in a smaller capacity since I really enjoy that film. Cooties is just really bad with barely any redeeming qualities. Yeah, Cooties ain't good. If you like comedy horror, have you seen Tucker and Dale vs Evil? Yup. I absolutely love that film. Watched it randomly on Netflix a year or 2 ago. Was an instant favorite.
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Post by rogerthat on Oct 3, 2019 23:17:38 GMT
Head Count was mostly passable imo. I think it got better reviews tho which surprise me. It doesn’t do anything particularly well. I was looking at this on amazon prime video for a first timer but it's a rental which means paying for it. So would you say that it's worth paying for? I can stretch to a fiver out of my budget and would do so for something passable and just to get the FTV tally up. If you have Netflix, it is available there. Not worth a rental, but certainly worth a watch if it is free.
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Post by rogerthat on Oct 3, 2019 23:19:11 GMT
So finished Cooties and...I'd advise all of you to avoid that one. I was hoping that it would have some charming aspects to it like Shaun of the Dead but in a smaller capacity since I really enjoy that film. Cooties is just really bad with barely any redeeming qualities. Yeah, Cooties ain't good. If you like comedy horror, have you seen Tucker and Dale vs Evil? Cooties had so much potential that was wasted. Would have loved to see more of the outbreak.
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Post by fatpaul on Oct 4, 2019 0:12:07 GMT
The sequel to The Devil's Rejects, 3 From Hell, is avaliable for pre-order from Amazon (blueray or DVD). It will be released on October 14th.
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Post by fatpaul on Oct 4, 2019 0:15:03 GMT
If you have Netflix, it is available there. Not worth a rental, but certainly worth a watch if it is free. I do have a Netflix subscription and will do. Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 4, 2019 1:32:41 GMT
Watched Return of the Fly (1959) last night for the very first time. Didn't even know it existed. This low-budget cable channel is playing really old and cheesy horror movies. Vincent Price is in it, and he's about the only genuine actor in the batch. Horrible effects, even given the time; actors were terrible! I could have gone through life never having seen this.
On the other hand, did a (I don't know how many) rewatch of The Changling (1980) with George C. Scott who was awesome. This is a very slow-but-tense building of a very sad story with believable chills. I highly recommend it to everyone who loves a good ghost story! I've not seen that sequel, but the 1958 original version of The Fly is a masterpiece. The Changeling is on my Watchlist. I may get it watched sometime this month.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 4, 2019 1:49:08 GMT
Saw Alice, Sweet Alice (1976). Brilliant slasher. The violence is raw and has a very realistic feel to it and the mystery/whodunnit element is well handled. The film includes chilling depictions of mental illness and family dysfunction. This movie deserves far greater recognition. I'd put it up there with Black Christmas (1974) as one of the great 70s slashers.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Oct 4, 2019 3:00:27 GMT
So IMDb lists The Purge as horror but not The Hitcher? The Purge is a sci-fi/thriller filmed like a horror. The Hitcher is an action/thriller filmed like a horror. Do we really care what IMDB has to say about anything anymore? The Hitcher is horror. The Purge is horror. I'm sure everyone here would agree. I thought it had to be listed as horror on IMDb to be eligible? The Hitcher feels more like a horror than The Purge. The other Purge titles don't sound very promising either.
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Oct 4, 2019 3:23:28 GMT
Thanks for hosting Limbo!
FTV:1: Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell (1985)7 FTV:2: Garden of the Dead (1972) 4
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 4:51:53 GMT
So I watched the remake of Childs Play and my god, it was a weird and bad movie. It was odd seeing Aubrey Plaza and Jack Black in it. Plaza just seemed out of place imo and Jack Black was wasted for like 5 minutes of screen time. I think the concept of it was good with the AI doll and everything but it missed what made the original scary. There was no creepy personality to Chucky or anything, just a robotic tone obviously. I also had a hard time adjusting to this version of the doll. It looked far too weird compared to the original. Oddly enough the original doll from decades ago looked better than a modern day one. Mark Hamill did a good job as the voice actor of Chucky. I find him far better as a voice actor than I do a normal actor in any of his films. Anyone else see this film? Thoughts on it? Yeah, I found it okay. Neatly realised concept, but the writing of the characters and certain situations just didn’t seem to add up for me.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 5:03:11 GMT
That's good to know, thanks. I'll be watching that one tonight. Final Exam was a piece of shit. I'm gonna try Witchboard 2 tonight. I remember enjoying the second film more so than the first. Never bothered with the third ‘Witchboard’ though.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 5:10:09 GMT
Saw Ready Or Not at the dollar theater. It was a lot of fun. Great ending. That same theater will also be showing the original Evil Dead, TCSM, NOES, and Halloween for $5 each. I've already seen the latter four in the theater, but that's a good deal. Especially for TCSM, which is a million times more effective on the big screen.Amen, to that. I take it this time around you won’t be missing the opening intro.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 5:18:49 GMT
Watched Return of the Fly (1959) last night for the very first time. Didn't even know it existed. This low-budget cable channel is playing really old and cheesy horror movies. Vincent Price is in it, and he's about the only genuine actor in the batch. Horrible effects, even given the time; actors were terrible! I could have gone through life never having seen this. The size of the fly’s head is ridiculously large compared to the original film, but I always get a laugh from the poor guy trying to hold it still while moving around.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 5:47:00 GMT
Do we really care what IMDB has to say about anything anymore? The Hitcher is horror. The Purge is horror. I'm sure everyone here would agree. I thought it had to be listed as horror on IMDb to be eligible? The Hitcher feels more like a horror than The Purge. The other Purge titles don't sound very promising either. It use to be the rule that the film must have the Horror tag on its IMDB page, but over recent years of IMDB chopping, changing and narrowing down the genre tags. Would mean some films wouldn’t count despite other movie sites labelling those same films as horror, or horror-related. So it feels redundant to simply stick with IMDB to decide what’s the be-all-end-all of defining horror.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 4, 2019 5:54:15 GMT
Thanks for hosting Limbo! FTV:1: Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell (1985)7 FTV:2: Garden of the Dead (1972) 4 Hey morrisondylanfan. I recommend posting your challenge progress on the Progress thread so it won’t get lost in the shuffle of the discussion thread. 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2019 6:28:46 GMT
Started watching the original Hellraiser but got bored early so switched to listening to a podcast. (Got like 25 minutes in) For whatever reason as I love a lot of those iconic 80's horror icons like Jason, Myers, Chucky, Leatherface and my personal favorite Freddy. I just never bothered to watch the Hellraiser series. Nor did I watch The Leprechaun however that one I want to watch this month to see an early Jennifer Aniston.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2019 7:20:01 GMT
Started Hellraiser again...I'm grossed out by a daughter (teenager at that) kissing her dad on the lips.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2019 7:30:35 GMT
Yeah...this isn't a movie to watch in 2019
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Oct 4, 2019 9:01:00 GMT
On the other hand, did a (I don't know how many) rewatch of The Changling (1980) with George C. Scott who was awesome. This is a very slow-but-tense building of a very sad story with believable chills. I highly recommend it to everyone who loves a good ghost story! I strongly second The Changeling, one of my favourite ghost stories that is backed up by meaty observations on grief and even politics!
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Oct 4, 2019 9:04:56 GMT
I didn't start off with much enthusiasm this year, maybe once it gets rolling. I'd like to clear out my to-do list of horror movies this year, but some of them seem really bad. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 I did that back in 2016. Focused on movies that I just had to get out of the way. It meant that I ended up seeing a number of movies I'd probably never have bothered with otherwise. Some were worth it, but quite a few were most certainly not. My advice is not to force yourself to watch movies you believe will be really bad as it'll just drain you and further kill all remaining enthusiasm. Hee, that's pretty much what I'm doing this year, clearing the decks with films I own but never bothered to watch given their reputation. Mostly they are parts of box sets, for example I have already watched Omen 3: The Final Conflict and Critters 4!. The former is a passable trilogy closure, the latter is pants!
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