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Post by Marv on Oct 3, 2021 5:12:53 GMT
Well I finally saw Critters, a movie that for whatever reason I never bothered with before. It was pretty much what I expected; silly, goofy, cheesy effects, and predictable. It sure followed the Gremlins formula right down to the hilt, only with a nastier tone. My favorite scenes are the ones involving the alien bounty hunters. 2 isn’t bad either. It’s a rare Easter setting for a horror film also. The bounty hunters were always my favorite as a kid.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 3, 2021 5:13:02 GMT
Watched The Dead Zone (1983), Cronenberg's most mainstream and, subjectively speaking, enjoyable film. An unusual choice for director of a SK film, but the combination works well here. I read the novel back in 2014 and consider it to be one of King's finest.
This is a wonderful adaptation with a strong central performance from the great Christopher Walken, an actor whom I adore in whatever he appears. Martin Sheen also provides a memorable performance as a crooked independent politician. The echoes with today are strong with this one.
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Post by Marv on Oct 3, 2021 5:15:56 GMT
Watched The Dead Zone (1983), Cronenberg's most mainstream and, subjectively speaking, enjoyable film. An unusual choice for director of a SK film, but the combination works well here. I read the novel back in 2014 and consider it to be one of King's finest. This is a wonderful adaptation with a strong central performance from the great Christopher Walken, an actor whom I adore in whatever he appears. Martin Sheen also provides a memorable performance as a crooked independent politician. The echoes with today are strong with this one. I remember loving the Dead Zone novel…and I think Dead Zone is the first real Castle Rock novel…which eventually features the events of Cujo, The Dark Half and Needful Things…among other stories.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 3, 2021 6:10:19 GMT
Watched The Dead Zone (1983), Cronenberg's most mainstream and, subjectively speaking, enjoyable film. An unusual choice for director of a SK film, but the combination works well here. I read the novel back in 2014 and consider it to be one of King's finest. This is a wonderful adaptation with a strong central performance from the great Christopher Walken, an actor whom I adore in whatever he appears. Martin Sheen also provides a memorable performance as a crooked independent politician. The echoes with today are strong with this one. I remember loving the Dead Zone novel…and I think Dead Zone is the first real Castle Rock novel…which eventually features the events of Cujo, The Dark Half and Needful Things…among other stories. Funnily enough, I'm not actually keen on his other Castle Rock stories. I thought Cujo displayed shades of brilliance (no one writes characters better than King) but the length and lack of chapters frustrated me. The movie was a more fulfilling experience for me, even if the novel has a better ending. And The Dark Half marked the beginning of the decline of his previously quality output. His heyday was definitely the 70s and 80s. I could never get into 90s King.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 3, 2021 6:56:11 GMT
I watched the 2021 version of Wrong Turn. Its better than all of the crappy sequels of the oriinal Wrong Turn, those were so cheap and badly acted. I liked that this one went in a bit of a different direction. Not a good movie, but entertaining. Most of the characters are terrible though.
Speaking of annoying characters, I also watched Superhost. Its about a vlogger couple, so you get a lot of fake enthusiasm and like and subscribe shit.
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Post by theravenking on Oct 3, 2021 9:01:11 GMT
I watched Curtains (1983; Richard Ciupka), an excellent underrated little scary movie. I hesitate to call it slasher, because although it is about a masked killer picking off actresses in a remote country house, there is very little blood. It has some nice surprises and some brilliantly atmospheric scenes like a dream sequence featuring a creepy doll and an attack on an ice skater on a frozen lake. It's largely well-shot, well acted and has a beautiful musical score.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 12:22:38 GMT
Ghoulies is crap, but Ghoulies 2 is fun. Crappy fun is how I like to describe the first one, and most likely the third one as well (Goes to College). Still have not seen the 4th film, might do so later this month. Speaking of Final Destination franchise. I remember liking Sole Survivor (80s movie), which I think has a very similar plot (or at least of what I remembered from when I saw it), but was of course made on a much lesser budget, but had a very creepy and unsettling atmosphere, and another one, I might re-watch, as I felt it had the potential for a better rating, with another visit.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 12:27:15 GMT
Watched The Dead Zone (1983), Cronenberg's most mainstream and, subjectively speaking, enjoyable film. An unusual choice for director of a SK film, but the combination works well here. I read the novel back in 2014 and consider it to be one of King's finest. This is a wonderful adaptation with a strong central performance from the great Christopher Walken, an actor whom I adore in whatever he appears. Martin Sheen also provides a memorable performance as a crooked independent politician. The echoes with today are strong with this one. Still not read the novel, but I really should do someday, just not right now, as I have not much time, too much focus on movies and music the next 4 weeks, then maybe I can try to dig in. The Dead Zone I re-watched almost to the exact same time, last year, and rated it with a solid 8,5/10. Always loved the cast, and certainly one of my favorite performances by Christopher Walken, and what a year for Cronenberg. Both this, and Videodrome, that is quite impressive.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 12:29:08 GMT
Well I finally saw Critters, a movie that for whatever reason I never bothered with before. It was pretty much what I expected; silly, goofy, cheesy effects, and predictable. It sure followed the Gremlins formula right down to the hilt, only with a nastier tone. My favorite scenes are the ones involving the alien bounty hunters. 2 isn’t bad either. It’s a rare Easter setting for a horror film also. The bounty hunters were always my favorite as a kid. Saw Critters 2 last year, and yeah, that one is a whole lotta fun, and I think might just be my favorite of the franchise. Of course, I have not re-watched the rest of the films, in a while now, but the alien bounty hunters, the small town atmosphere, the easter theme, and just, it all worked so well, and one of the better and more enjoyable monster/creature sequels of that decade.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 12:30:52 GMT
I watched Curtains (1983; Richard Ciupka), an excellent underrated little scary movie. I hesitate to call it slasher, because although it is about a masked killer picking off actresses in a remote country house, there is very little blood. It has some nice surprises and some brilliantly atmospheric scenes like a dream sequence featuring a creepy doll and an attack on an ice skater on a frozen lake. It's largely well-shot, well acted and has a beautiful musical score. Hm, I almost picked out that one, last night. Might give it a go soon, as it has been lying around on my horror-radar, for quite some time, but I just cannot seem to end up with watching it. Anyway, it sounded like you had a good time, and I sure liked what you wrote about it.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 3, 2021 14:04:23 GMT
Watched The Dead Zone (1983), Cronenberg's most mainstream and, subjectively speaking, enjoyable film. An unusual choice for director of a SK film, but the combination works well here. I read the novel back in 2014 and consider it to be one of King's finest. This is a wonderful adaptation with a strong central performance from the great Christopher Walken, an actor whom I adore in whatever he appears. Martin Sheen also provides a memorable performance as a crooked independent politician. The echoes with today are strong with this one. Still not read the novel, but I really should do someday, just not right now, as I have not much time, too much focus on movies and music the next 4 weeks, then maybe I can try to dig in. The Dead Zone I re-watched almost to the exact same time, last year, and rated it with a solid 8,5/10. Always loved the cast, and certainly one of my favorite performances by Christopher Walken, and what a year for Cronenberg. Both this, and Videodrome, that is quite impressive. The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King novel I read, I was about 13 at the time. I re-read it a few years ago and liked it even better the second time. Definitely King in his prime. Anyway, I hope you do read it someday.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 14:08:44 GMT
The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King novel I read, I was about 13 at the time. I re-read it a few years ago and liked it even better the second time. Definitely King in his prime. Anyway, I hope you do read it someday. Not sure if or where I read or heard it, but I remember that it was brought up, years ago, that of all the films that were made, based upon his books, the David Cronenberg version of The Dead Zone, was supposedly the favorite film of Stephen King. Of course, I guess this has been mentioned or said of many of the other films that were based of King and his work, but he does seem rather critical of some of the most well known or loved movies, like The Shining (I think he prefered the tv-film from the 90s).
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 3, 2021 14:16:44 GMT
The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King novel I read, I was about 13 at the time. I re-read it a few years ago and liked it even better the second time. Definitely King in his prime. Anyway, I hope you do read it someday. Not sure if or where I read or heard it, but I remember that it was brought up, years ago, that of all the films that were made, based upon his books, the David Cronenberg version of The Dead Zone, was supposedly the favorite film of Stephen King. Of course, I guess this has been mentioned or said of many of the other films that were based of King and his work, but he does seem rather critical of some of the most well known or loved movies, like The Shining (I think he prefered the tv-film from the 90s). I believe that's correct, I think King did say The Dead Zone was his favorite adaption at one time. He also loved the 1976 version of Carrie (and for me, that is a rare case of liking the movie better than the book).
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 3, 2021 14:41:57 GMT
Ghoulies is crap, but Ghoulies 2 is fun. Crappy fun is how I like to describe the first one, and most likely the third one as well (Goes to College). Still have not seen the 4th film, might do so later this month. Speaking of Final Destination franchise. I remember liking Sole Survivor (80s movie), which I think has a very similar plot (or at least of what I remembered from when I saw it), but was of course made on a much lesser budget, but had a very creepy and unsettling atmosphere, and another one, I might re-watch, as I felt it had the potential for a better rating, with another visit. I don't think the first Ghoulies is fun is what I was getting at. Never heard of Soul Survivor.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 3, 2021 14:56:08 GMT
I don't think the first Ghoulies is fun is what I was getting at. Never heard of Soul Survivor. Sole Survivor (1984) might worth a watch (if one enjoys creepy and atmospheric supernatural horror films), and the whole thing is up at Youtube.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 3, 2021 18:30:58 GMT
Watched The Witches (Roald Dahl adaptation from 1989 with Anjelica Houston) last night and am on the fence about whether I should count it towards the challenge. Any thoughts? It's more fantasy than anything else but I personally think the freaky witch makeup and body horror stuff leans it in the horror direction as well.
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Post by Marv on Oct 3, 2021 19:31:04 GMT
Watched The Witches (Roald Dahl adaptation from 1989 with Anjelica Houston) last night and am on the fence about whether I should count it towards the challenge. Any thoughts? It's more fantasy than anything else but I personally think the freaky witch makeup and body horror stuff leans it in the horror direction as well. It scared me as a kid so I’ve no problem counting it.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 3, 2021 19:48:40 GMT
Watched The Witches (Roald Dahl adaptation from 1989 with Anjelica Houston) last night and am on the fence about whether I should count it towards the challenge. Any thoughts? It's more fantasy than anything else but I personally think the freaky witch makeup and body horror stuff leans it in the horror direction as well.
IMDB lists the genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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Post by jcush on Oct 3, 2021 20:00:22 GMT
Watched The Witches (Roald Dahl adaptation from 1989 with Anjelica Houston) last night and am on the fence about whether I should count it towards the challenge. Any thoughts? It's more fantasy than anything else but I personally think the freaky witch makeup and body horror stuff leans it in the horror direction as well. I'd count it.
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Post by theravenking on Oct 3, 2021 21:30:48 GMT
Watched The Witches (Roald Dahl adaptation from 1989 with Anjelica Houston) last night and am on the fence about whether I should count it towards the challenge. Any thoughts? It's more fantasy than anything else but I personally think the freaky witch makeup and body horror stuff leans it in the horror direction as well. I was actually planning on watching this for the challenge too. I would consider it as a horror movie for children.
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