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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2021 2:43:50 GMT
The Hunt (2020), inspired by The Most Dangerous Game but with a unique modern twist. The plot is dumb but fun, there is plenty of action, well choreographed fight scenes, and gory deaths. The premise is silly and obviously not to be taken seriously, so it's hard to criticize anything. I really enjoyed this one.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 16, 2021 16:38:44 GMT
I watched Prom Night 3. It was terrible and the lead was an ass.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 16, 2021 18:24:06 GMT
Death Ship (1980), good cast, good production values, but the writing and editing are so bad you wonder why anyone bothered to make it at all. Characters are in one place, then in another place, with no segue. The bad guy throws an unconscious woman in the ocean then chases another around the ship, yelling that no one leaves his ship. I guess he means no one leaves consciously. It's a 40-year-old German freighter, in 1980, the ghosts speak in German, and the Nazi reveal which comes late in the movie is treated like a shocking surprise and characters become hysterical. It's dumb and not worth watching.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 16, 2021 18:30:53 GMT
Every time I look up a movie someone posts it's on Apple TV, must be where all the horror movies are because there aren't many anywhere else.
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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2021 19:44:00 GMT
Just got back from Halloween Kills...so much to say but ill leave that for its own thread because spoilers but...Michael is brutal and awesome in this one. The plot is ok even if it misses a few beats...but the highlight is Michael in all his bloodthirsty splendor.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 17, 2021 3:47:58 GMT
Phobia (1980) Criminal patients undergoing a doctor's radical therapy are being murdered in accordance with their deepest fears.
I first saw this Canadian-made horror thriller back in the 90s I think it was, and the only thing I remembered about it was not liking it very much, so I thought I'd give it another try. No such luck, this is still a turkey. Apparently Phobia went through a ton of rewrites by various writers (including Jimmy Sangster and an uncredited Dan O'Bannon), so that may explain why it ended up being such an incoherent mess. There's underdeveloped characterization, certain plot details that were not properly explained, and lots of lame dialogue. Too bad, because the story had some good ideas.
John Huston, that's right, the John Huston who made such golde age classics as The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, was clearly not the right director for this. He didn't seem to really care for the material and didn't build any adequate suspense or chills. Instead he made it all so dreary.
So if you have a fear of bad movies, then you should definitely avoid Phobia.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 18, 2021 2:30:49 GMT
Freaky is well-made but dumb as a shit sandwich, on my 2nd try.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 18, 2021 4:52:51 GMT
Alone (2020), same plot as #Alive, the first half hour is a guy alone in his apt going crazy, and then he discovers a survivor in the bldg across the street. Too long for the content, but not a total waste of time. Well done but not original.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 18, 2021 7:37:23 GMT
Up to 50 films now. 35 - First Time Views 15 - Re Watches
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Post by sostie on Oct 18, 2021 11:21:54 GMT
Alien 2: On Earth (1980) - FTV
An un-official sequel to Alien. Has no connection in either content or production to Ridley Scott's film. Basically another one of those Italian rip-offs of successful genre pictures so common in the 80s. I usually enjoy these films, especially the ones that try to be Mad Max or Escape From New York, but this was poor. There's plenty to enjoy I guess if in the right mood - there are a lot of laughable aspects, but it seemed I endured it more than enjoyed it 3/10
Old (2021) - FTV
It has some good ideas, it also has a lot that could be pulled apart, and despite moments of poor acting and bad dialogue, I liked it. What do I know, I enjoyed The Happening! 7/10
Hypothermia (2010) - FTV
Two families ice fishing on a lake are stalked my a monster. Good god the creature is crap - like something from 60s Star Trek. Mercifully short, yet still too long.2/10
The Owners (2020) - FTV
Decent enough home invasion film. Some scumbags try and rob the wrong elderly couple. Nice turns from veteran Brit actors Rita Tushingham and Sylvester McCoy 6.5/10
Halloween Kills (2021) FTV
A step down from the last film but still better than everything else after Halloween III (incidentally a nice homage to that film). A welcome appearance from Wolf Of Snow Hollow's Jim Cummings. Despite the carnage - and there is a lot of carnage - felt more like a set up for the final film, probably because the lack of Jamie Lee Curtis in the film - 7/10
Candyman (2021) FTV
It amuses me that as soon as a film is announced that shares its name with a classic horror film there are complaints that it's going to be a remake and an assumption it will not be good. It also seems if a "remake" is announced and those involved are either black or female, or God forbid, both, then it's going to be "woke" (I hate that term).
So is it a remake? No..its a sequel. Is it woke? Well the Candyman's origin and background is all about race and racism..the difference this time is it is not from the "White Saviour" perspective. What we have is a film that didn't scare me as much as the first, but is very very well made. It has you often thinking you catch something going on in the background - sometimes it's there, sometimes not. I like that they took the "mirror image motif (the studio idents are reversed) into the opening credits - the impressive overhead shots of Chicago in the first film are reversed to upward shots and it looks great. And all to a Philip Glass-esque soundtrack.
A well crafted film for sure, that respects its predecessor. Anyone who doesn't like it because they think it's a "woke remake" can fuck off and stop watching horror films - the genre has always had examples of taking from its past and touching on social & political issues.7.5/10
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Post by sostie on Oct 18, 2021 11:27:14 GMT
Alone (2020), same plot as #Alive, the first half hour is a guy alone in his apt going crazy, and then he discovers a survivor in the bldg across the street. Too long for the content, but not a total waste of time. Well done but not original. I can't think of another film that had two separate versions of the same screenplay made at the same time. Personally I preferred the Korean version a lot more.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 18, 2021 11:48:59 GMT
Alone (2020), same plot as #Alive, the first half hour is a guy alone in his apt going crazy, and then he discovers a survivor in the bldg across the street. Too long for the content, but not a total waste of time. Well done but not original. I can't think of another film that had two separate versions of the same screenplay made at the same time. Personally I preferred the Korean version a lot more. Both are very similar to the french movie, The Night Eats the World (2018).
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Post by sostie on Oct 18, 2021 11:51:32 GMT
I can't think of another film that had two separate versions of the same screenplay made at the same time. Personally I preferred the Korean version a lot more. Both are very similar to the french movie, The Night Eats the World (2018). True. Really like that film And in turn similar to the German film Rammbock (2010)
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Post by Sarge on Oct 18, 2021 23:07:03 GMT
Alone (2020), same plot as #Alive, the first half hour is a guy alone in his apt going crazy, and then he discovers a survivor in the bldg across the street. Too long for the content, but not a total waste of time. Well done but not original. I can't think of another film that had two separate versions of the same screenplay made at the same time. Personally I preferred the Korean version a lot more.
It is unusual. I don't know the story behind it but writer Matt Naylor is credited on both films, #Alive was better marketed and was released a month earlier. I never heard of Alone until I watched it.
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Post by Marv on Oct 18, 2021 23:34:20 GMT
Cursed....been years since i watched this and i remember disliking it...but this time around i actually had a lot of fun with it. Some of the werewolf effects are dated and cheesy but the spirit of the film isn't bad. Tons of young actors and actresses in this too...Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Milo Ventimeglia, Portia De Rossi, Shannon Elizabeth, Nick Offerman, Judy Greer...I just kept seeing recognizable faces over and over.
The Sixth Sense...classic. The end always gets me to tears, with the car scene. The scares are still suspenseful.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 19, 2021 1:00:49 GMT
Raccoon Valley (2018), This is another low-budget project, reportedly made for $175 and considering the budget is incredibly well done. A deaf woman navigates her town after a chemical spill, but really it's a mundane deaf-mute woman doing mundane things for most of the film while occasionally encountering people in haunted house quality makeup. There is no payoff to the plot, but if you want something on in the background that doesn't require your attention to keep up with what's happening, this is that movie.
Stalled (2013), comedy about a maintenance man trapped in a toilet stall during z-poc. Some British movies and TV shows have muddy sound on my home theater. I've tried lots of things to fix it, but I often have to use subs, this movie has no subs or closed captions, so I didn't understand 95% of the dialog. It's mostly sight gags, but I didn't find that funny either, some might.
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Post by gspdude on Oct 19, 2021 12:01:55 GMT
The Sixth Sense...classic. The end always gets me to tears, with the car scene. The scares are still suspenseful.
I agree, that car scene always gets me. Toni Collette should've won the Oscar for that scene alone.
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Post by sostie on Oct 19, 2021 14:05:38 GMT
The Sixth Sense...classic. The end always gets me to tears, with the car scene. The scares are still suspenseful.
I agree, that car scene always gets me. Toni Collette should've won the Oscar for that scene alone.
A great scene, but one I can't watch now without thinking of this
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 19, 2021 15:26:16 GMT
I agree, that car scene always gets me. Toni Collette should've won the Oscar for that scene alone.
A great scene, but one I can't watch now without thinking of this I love that show.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 20, 2021 16:45:25 GMT
I just watched Candyman (2021). Visually this was great to look at, but thats all it has going for it. Its like they didnt know if they were going for a reboot or a sequel. And the lead character is really boring and flat. And only a few seconds of a cgi Tony Todd, are you fucking kidding me...
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