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Post by Marv on Oct 29, 2020 15:16:02 GMT
Girls Against Boys....Danielle Panabaker and Nicole LaLiberte are Shae and Lu, two girls who for one reason or another go on a bit of a killing spree against a bunch of men...pretty much any men that they see in front of them actually. Shae gets beaten and raped and that really starts the whole revenge train rolling. (It's not graphic and only implied, for anyone who avoids that sort of graphic content) Lu is Shaes friend and coworker and when she finds out they go to the police, who are fairly cold shouldered and unsympathetic...this triggers Lu who really brings the mayhem to the film. Lu was great. She basically a murderous psychopath who latches on to Shaes having been raped in order to kill some dudes. I found her very entertaining. I liked how Shae kind of backed into it too...showing some signs of remorse along the way but also having plenty of fun with it. The way it ended made sense but i kind of wish it didn't because i wouldve gladly watched a sequel or two of these girls running amuck on men who both deserve and do not deserve it. Also I don't know how Panabaker wasn't in more movies. I know she transitioned to tv shows mostly about 5 years ago but around 2010 i thought she shoulda been getting way more movies under her belt. She was very cute and i never had a problem with her acting. Half her movies are horror tho so shes got that going for her.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 29, 2020 18:00:35 GMT
WWZ zombies were ridiculous and inhuman but 'fast' zombies like DOTD04 are fine. No one complains about fast vampires, or fast werewolves, or Romero's zombies using guns, and there was a fairly quick zombie in NOTLD. I know, it's a well beaten dead horse. I can hear everyone collectively groan.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 29, 2020 18:08:30 GMT
WWZ zombies were ridiculous and inhuman but 'fast' zombies like DOTD04 are fine. No one complains about fast vampires, or fast werewolves, or Romero's zombies using guns, and there was a fairly quick zombie in NOTLD. I know, it's a well beaten dead horse. I can hear everyone collectively groan. I actually liked WWZ, and the zombies were CRAZY fast!!!
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 29, 2020 18:41:23 GMT
It's that time of October where I scramble to watch all the rest of the movies that I planned to watch this month, only to realize I'm running out of month and I won't get to watch them all before Halloween. I, once again, got easily distracted by other movies that I had never planned to watch, but did. This year I've been focusing on finishing movie series with multiple previously unseen sequels and also Halloween related movies too. Listen to me bitching, I've already watched over 100 movies this October, way more than any other October. I started this month not feeling it and now I have Halloween fever!
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 29, 2020 19:01:49 GMT
It's that time of October where I scramble to watch all the rest of the movies that I planned to watch this month, only to realize I'm running out of month and I won't get to watch them all before Halloween. I, once again, got easily distracted by other movies that I had never planned to watch, but did. This year I've been focusing on finishing movie series with multiple previously unseen sequels and also Halloween related movies too. Listen to me bitching, I've already watched over 100 movies this October, way more than any other October. I started this month not feeling it and now I have Halloween fever! You think you have it tough with watching over 100 horror movies so far this month, I've only watched 51 so far. But I try.
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Post by Marv on Oct 29, 2020 19:38:10 GMT
WWZ zombies were ridiculous and inhuman but 'fast' zombies like DOTD04 are fine. No one complains about fast vampires, or fast werewolves, or Romero's zombies using guns, and there was a fairly quick zombie in NOTLD. I know, it's a well beaten dead horse. I can hear everyone collectively groan. The biggest problem i have with fast zombies is theres no real sense of hope. The standard zombie trope is that the infection spreads multiple ways so the enemies numbers grow too fast to contain it. Compared to typical vampire or werewolf tropes where its just a handful of somewhat sentient creatures. If one drop of blood or saliva from a zombie can infect a human, and they are undead to the point that only a brain shot will kill them, and they can sprint endlessly without tiring...that's just too many strengths. Humanity would be doomed in a week. But i still enjoy the Dawn of the Dead remake...and stuff like 28 Days Later (infected human rather than undead tho). The World War Z novel is worth reading, if you haven't. Very different from the film and imo a lot better. Wouldn't have made a great movie tho. The ideal adaptation wouldve been a loosely connected anthology tv series kind of thing.
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Post by James on Oct 29, 2020 19:52:53 GMT
Completed the challenge! Though I may have cheated on a few watches but that's besides the point. Still thinking about watching more for fun.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 29, 2020 20:23:39 GMT
Completed the challenge! Though I may have cheated on a few watches but that's besides the point. Still thinking about watching more for fun. I finished on October 14, but I'm still doing it. It's fun!!!
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Post by Sarge on Oct 29, 2020 22:26:26 GMT
WWZ zombies were ridiculous and inhuman but 'fast' zombies like DOTD04 are fine. No one complains about fast vampires, or fast werewolves, or Romero's zombies using guns, and there was a fairly quick zombie in NOTLD. I know, it's a well beaten dead horse. I can hear everyone collectively groan. The biggest problem i have with fast zombies is theres no real sense of hope. The standard zombie trope is that the infection spreads multiple ways so the enemies numbers grow too fast to contain it. Compared to typical vampire or werewolf tropes where its just a handful of somewhat sentient creatures. If one drop of blood or saliva from a zombie can infect a human, and they are undead to the point that only a brain shot will kill them, and they can sprint endlessly without tiring...that's just too many strengths. Humanity would be doomed in a week. But i still enjoy the Dawn of the Dead remake...and stuff like 28 Days Later (infected human rather than undead tho). The World War Z novel is worth reading, if you haven't. Very different from the film and imo a lot better. Wouldn't have made a great movie tho. The ideal adaptation wouldve been a loosely connected anthology tv series kind of thing. That's a good point. I guess I'm used to almost every zombie movie being apocalyptic so fast or slow didn't make a difference. Fido is the only one off the top of my head that wasn't the end of civilization, I'm sure there are more. In the early days of zombie movies there was a feeling among fans that zombies were able to sense humans and that no matter where you hid the zombies would eventually come for you although that is contradicted by most zombie fiction that attributes it to zombies showing up to places out of habit. I read WWZ and enjoyed it considerably, even though I strongly criticized Brooks' laziness researching the military, the most egregious example being the Battle at Yonkers. But much like David Brin's early work, Brooks' ideas and story make the sum greater than its parts.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 30, 2020 1:40:43 GMT
Scream and Scream Again (1970): Throughout the month I've watched a lot of British horror movies and movies with Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee (thanks to TCM), and the majority of them have been quite good. This one is a British-American co-production that has Price, Cushing, and Lee. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. The movie tried to be too many things all at once, going off in different directions; part horror, part science fiction, part espionage thriller (with an intelligence operative who has a deadly Vulcan-like pinch!), and part police mystery. The result of this was too unbalanced. The direction was standard, with a lack of chills and tension. Also, that annoying swinging 60s music was the wrong fit for the soundtrack.
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 30, 2020 2:55:57 GMT
Evil Ed is supposed to be unlikable! That's why the moment where he looks vulnerable when Dandridge offers him the vampire power--like a deal with the devil. He takes to being a vampire much easier than Amy.
I want to rewatch Alligator. I haven't seen Lake Placid.
I love SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN!
When they are driving and playing the name guessing thing, the police woman with Michael Gothard guesses his name as Michael and he replies "not today, lady."
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 30, 2020 11:52:49 GMT
Captain Spencer I complain but this has been a monster viewing period for me. Being suddenly unemployed and stuck at home will do that for you. I'm making the most of it. I see you've rewatched The Brood too. I loved it even more, it has been years since I saw it. Freaky!
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 30, 2020 13:18:02 GMT
Captain Spencer I complain but this has been a monster viewing period for me. Being suddenly unemployed and stuck at home will do that for you. I'm making the most of it. I see you've rewatched The Brood too. I loved it even more, it has been years since I saw it. Freaky! I'm very sorry about your job loss. Hope things work out for you. The Brood is one of my favorite Cronenberg films. So dark, gruesome, and horrifying.
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Post by theravenking on Oct 30, 2020 14:24:22 GMT
Prey (1977; Norman J. Warren) – Cheap British indie horror about a Lesbian couple who take in a shape shifting alien who has come to earth looking for a new food source. The gals believe he is just mentally challenged and take pity on him. There is only one disturbing scene towards the end when the Alien shows his true colours. The majority of it plays out like a relationship drama with the more dominant lesbian terrorising her younger more innocent partner. This was shot in only 10 days at Shepperton studios and has some real nice cinematography and solid acting. It is considered to be a cult classic. It’s definitely too bizarre to have any mass appeal. 6.5/10
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 30, 2020 14:58:05 GMT
House (1985)
Here we have a creative horror comedy starring Tommy Ross from Carrie and Norm from Cheers. William Katt plays Roger Cobb, a horror author who has writers block and inherits a haunted house from his Aunt who recently committed suicide. He is a man with a lot of stress in his life and all of this stress culminates when he moves in to the house. He is recently divorced to a soap opera actress, his son went missing a while back, he is haunted aby an incident during his tour of duty in Vietnam and he is about to owe money if he can't get his book written by the deadline. William Katt plays this part very well, balancing fear, constant anxiety and humor.
This movie is filled with a handful of fun monsters, including a Lovecraftian closet creature. George Wendt plays the well meaning, but nosy neighbor perfectly. He gets enlisted to help draw out the creature in the closet, whom Roger says is a raccoon who comes and goes through the attic. There are clues in the paintings on the walls in the house to what has and will happen and that is a nice touch. Eventually we find out that the house is in fact a portal of sorts to a dimension of the dead and eventually Roger confronts his past through that portal, all leading to an ending that might be a little too quick and neatly packaged. With that being said, it is a fun ride that does a lot well. An Entertaining and sometimes hilarious movie that reminds me of how much more effective practical effects are in horror movies than cgi. This is an underrated horror movie that might have even provided inspiration for Evil Dead II.
7/10
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 30, 2020 19:59:24 GMT
Silent Hill (2006)
The movie doesn't set up anything well. It just throws you into the action without giving the viewer any reason to care. The problem is also that Radha Mitchell is not a particularly good actress and she is required to carry the movie all by herself for half of it. Her line-deliveries are often dull and unconvincing, lacking any authentic emotion.
The movie is visually ugly. This is not at all a well made movie imo. Entire scenes of unconvincing cgi and dumb looking creatures walking around. These scenes feel and look like video game cut scenes and this is suppose to be a movie based on a video game, not an actual video game. The movie is so self-serious and brooding that it comes close to being unintentionally funny, especially the scenes after the alarm goes off.
People have said this movie is hard to follow, but it isn't. It starts explaining everything (and then re-explained in literally the next scene) in the last act and that is when the movie becomes pretentious, with religious themes being awkwardly shoved down your throat. This is not the movie for this and instead of being emotional or thought-provoking, it just comes off as ridiculous. The very last moments of the movie are very frustrating.
Now for the good. The actual story and themes of the movie are effective in a general sense, they are just poorly written. There is absolutely no nuance to anything from the director. Alice Krige chews scenery all over the place and adds some much needed personality to the film, Kim Coates is good as the police officer who is helping the father (played by Sean Bean in maybe his worst performance) find his wife and daughter, some of the art direction is cool and the final confrontation is sort of awesome and ripped straight from Clive Barker, though way too much cgi holds it back from being fully effective.
This movie is what I call a wasted opportunity. It is bad, but not awful. It sort of reminds me of a horror movie version of Sucker Punch, though Silent Hill is significantly better than that abomination.
4.5/10
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 30, 2020 23:25:00 GMT
Yesterday's views:
Halloween (1978) The best of all the Halloween’s and Carpenter’s masterpiece! Michael Meyers murders his sister, is committed to an asylum, and 15 years later escapes on Halloween eve. On Halloween, he terrorizes and murders a slew of young people. I’m not a fan of slashers, but this kept it to a minimum. Nice how it builds, is low key to start, and then just explodes! Oh, the terror! Curtis and Pleasance make the film! 9/10 Jamie Lee Curtis Donald Pleasence
The Changeling (1980) Composer/Professor George C. Scott’s wife and daughter were killed in a freak accident when a truck ran into them while they were outside of their stranded car. Grief-stricken Scott moves from New York to Seattle for a new teaching job, and takes up residence inb an old mansion where odd things start to happen. This is a wonderful ghost story, all the more believable due to the superb cast (Scott, Van Devere and Douglas), subtle direction, and it plays out spectacularly. An overlooked gem, this is required viewing for all aficionados of the genre. There are many spine-chilling scenes that even the hard-core inured will find disturbing. 9/10 George C. Scott Trish Van Devere Melvyn Douglas Jean Marsh Barry Morse Madeline Sherwood
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Post by Sarge on Oct 31, 2020 5:08:05 GMT
#37 We Summon the Darkness 2019 What you need to know: It stars Alexandra Daddario, and Johnny Knoxville makes an appearance. 3 Girls go to a concert and meet 3 boys, afterward they party, in the backdrop there is news of satanic killings, mayhem ensues. The horror is weak. The script is thin. The direction seems half-hearted so the girls, although enthusiastic in many scenes, fail to sell. There is nothing here for anyone unless you are on a quest to see every Alexandra Daddario movie. The plot is novel and there is some creativity here, the casting is very good, it's too bad more effort wasn't put into this.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2020 8:42:04 GMT
Watching "Rose Red". I remember loving it as a kid. This film is LONG AS FUCK. As a kid its awesome but as an adult its long and boring as fuck.
This is my end to the challenge. Thought I'd enjoy this a lot more.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 31, 2020 8:59:51 GMT
Some recent views.
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 10/10 One of my favorite horror films and one of my favorite films in general. Stiil creeps the hell out of me.
Murder Party (2007) - 9/10 This one is great fun. The plot involves a group od artists going to murder a random guy for the sake of art but it does not go to plan.
House on Haunted Hill (1959) - 7/10 Fun old horror film gets better with a rewatch or two. Vincent Price is awesome!
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 7/10 I really like this film but always thought the end was pretty dumb.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - 7/10 Flawed but very freaky and enjoyable film.
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) - 6/10 Not a big fan of this series but this one is probably the best.
After Party Massacre (2011) - 3/10 This is a weird one. Just some music sequences and killings. Nothing spiecial.
Hospital Massacre aka X-Ray (1981) - 5/10 OK 80s slasher film. Not to memorable but fine enough.
Night of the Demons (2009) - 5/10 As far as remakes go this one is not too bad. Not that good either though.
The Necro Files (1997) - 3/10 A rapist zombie and a undead baby. Nuff said.
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