Post by masterofallgoons on Apr 12, 2022 17:02:44 GMT
With easter coming up very fast, and having decided not to purchase any DVDs or Blu-rays for a while. I guess it is not such a bad time for trying to search up a few potential gems, on either Youtube, Tubi or other places.
I have noticed, that a few of the very massive and horror/cult movie related channels, which was brought down, a while ago, is back up, with maybe even a bigger collection of titles, constantly growing bigger, each week.
Anyway, for a few solid and very enjoyable horror films recommendations, that is uploaded on Youtube and some in VHS quality, which is of course meant to try an have a bit of the nostalgia in both sounds and picture, but if the film is good, I guess most folks would not be much bothered. For myself, I love some of these channels/uploaders, who post full length films, with straight from VHS format over to Youtube, as that is probably as close to getting the old 80s and 90s video tape experience, one can get hold of, unless its the real thing.
Here are a few of those I would say is well worth, to give a further look, or re-watch, as there is a whole lot of garbage one can easily waste time on, and I hope some of these would come in handy, and also if someone else, might have a bit of horror films recommendations themselves, I sure would love to hear about them:
Alone in the Dark (1982)
This little gem, I just recently visited, for the first time in a long while, and really loved it, even more than ever. A solid and fun combination of home invasion, dark comedy, slasher and well, it comes with a solid cast of talents, and really is way above the "ordinary" slashers of that era.
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989)
Okay, so not exactly a horror movie, but a damn charming, fun and very creative little film, which I had not heard of, until a few months ago, and such a shame, that it has not gotten an official DVD release, but at least it is up online, and yeah, well worth a go, for fans of 80s comedies and rather "quirky" but sweet ones.
Full Eclipse (1993)
Have a feeling, I posted this earlier, or maybe in a similar thread, about 2 years ago, when I finally begin looking up films from Youtube, as before that, my main source, where pretty much always DVDs, VHS and Blu-rays I had purchased or borrowed, but yeah, when it lies around for free, and so much that maybe never will be released or re-released on a physical format, then it would be quite stupid, not to just dig in and see where it might go from there.
Anyway, not every time is a big "success", in fact I can probably count with one hand, those few, that have been so good or entertaining, that I want to own a copy of them.
Yeah, Full Eclipse is not one of those, but it was a rather fun and explosive mix of action, horror and budd cop comedy, and comes with lots of familiar faces, and where probably a product of straight to video at the time of release, but yeah, one I would not mind re-watching some time.
Bat 21 (1988)
Well, again, not a horror film, but a pretty good war-action movie, with Gene Hackman and Danny Glover, and while maybe not as great as another Hackman warfilm of that decade, in Uncommon Valor (1983), Bat 21 is still a very watachable 80s film.
Death Mask (1998)
I think I got around this one, last year, and quite enjoyed it, for what it was. Nice to see Linnea Quigley getting to play a bit more serious, and also having a much larger part, rathet than just be killed off while in the shower or yeah, not that I complain about her taking a shower, but a nice change from her lesser roles, and it is a bit of horror, comedy, romance and also tragedy.
Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
While it seems at first, like some quirky slapstick comedy or parody, it does offer lots of really weird and rather nasty moments, which would not feel way off, if they had been put into a horror film. Still, it is somewhat entertaining, and comes with quite a lively cast of talents, and one of those which feels like it should have become a cult movie.
I've heard of Full Eclipse and Bat 21 but the only one of these I've seen is Alone in the Dark. Good to know these are all available. Thanks!