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Post by teleadm on Jan 28, 2022 19:21:07 GMT
The Lost World 1925 directed by Harry O. Hoyt (dramatic sequences) and based on a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who even makes a small introduction in person before the movie begins. It's rather clear that Hollywood didn't know what kind of animals who lives were, mixing African and South American species wildly. The first half hour or so is made in a lighter vein, an accident prone reporter is told by girlfriend that she will only marry men who has explored danger in the eye, and at the same time a professor is a laughing stock at a London academy. Following an expedition into the darkest corners of Amazon jungles might be the experience the reporter might need to win his GF's heart. The mood changes into Amazon jungles and indeed they meet and see thought dead species above a high plateau, and eventually bring back a Brontosaurus to London that destroys many landmarks there. Watched the version that is around 102 minutes with tinted colors and orchestral music, or how it might have sounded at a premiere event, locally it might have been and old lady at a piano. Thought the special effects would be around 10 minutes, but they are around 45 minutes, what an amount of time that must have took with clumsy old camera equipment. Entertaining old-fashioned adventure, that I'm glad to have finally seen. 7/10
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Post by mszanadu on Jan 29, 2022 3:12:58 GMT
For me yesterday a couple of classic sequels
which I never tire of either - creepy fun .
Great to see you back on the horror boards, mszanadu. I wish I could share your same enthusiasm form the Amityville sequels, at least part 2 and 3. However, I guess having seen part 3 (two or three times) and ended up re-purchasing it twice as well, sadly it just never quite did it for me, even thought it came with quite a solid cast. Part 2, I have not seen, since winter of 2013 (or so I believe), might look it up, some time to just check if I have missed out on a better or more enjoyable movie, than which I remembered it as. Last night I saw Head of the Family (1996) by Charles Band. I am not quite sure what to make of it. Goofy, yes, but never quite got around to enjoy it as much as one had hoped for. 5/10
but the movie poster character in it ( and IMPO ) looks like a cross between
Also IMPO of the 2 Amityville sequels
I tend to be in favor more towards
It usually begins in the traditional family routine way
but then starts to get a bit more like a creepy
Thanks so much stefancrosscoe for the welcome back
and for the movie recommendation here too .
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 29, 2022 3:32:32 GMT
Why do I have such a bad track record with thriller movies recently? Here’s another movie that doesn’t work, El guardián invisible ( The Invisible Guardian), 2017, dir. Fernando González Molina. I enjoyed a different Spanish mystery movie with the word invisible in the English title, Oriol Paulo’s The Invisible Guest (2016), which theravenking recommended. And for some reason I thought Paulo directed this one too. If only. Where The Invisible Guest is stylish, The Invisible Guardian is stodgy. Where Guest is clever, Guardian is clichéd. (The copying from Kiss the Girls [1997], for example, seems blatant. If I’m wrong and the filmmakers somehow weren’t aware of the Kiss the Girls parallels, that’s a wild coincidence.) Biggest difference of all, though: Guest’s mystery is clear. Clarity is a vital element for a mystery that often gets overlooked because of all the talk about misdirection. But it’s because of misdirection—because the author is trying to blow smoke in the reader’s/viewer’s eyes—that each event, each character, each setting has to be clear. The reader is supposed to be baffled by the mystery (who killed X?), not by the storyline (what is happening now?), yet so many authors, and even more filmmakers, conflate the two. The Invisible Guardian, alas, reminded me of a line in a Reginald Hill mystery: “Convoluted? It’s f*****g contortuplicated!” And so it is: The writers try to fit in a troubled childhood and family life for the main character, boatloads of characters, multiple killers, religious fanaticism, witchcraft, and Bigfoot (!). Along with a bunch of other things I’m forgetting. Coalescing those elements would be a challenge for any writer, and clearly this movie’s writers weren’t up to the task. Most of those things are just there to pad out the running time. Also, while not the least of this movie’s flaws, the killer is pulled out of a hat. Clues to the killer’s identity are nonexistent, and I genuinely had trouble remembering who this person was. Most of the actors are good. The heroine’s wicked sister and sweet aunt are the particular standouts. There’s a truly terrifying scene involving the heroine’s abusive mother that, unfortunately, doesn’t relate to the plot at all. But the actors, like that scene, deserve a better movie. Watch The Invisible Guest instead.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 29, 2022 8:33:38 GMT
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1973) (also known as Flesh for Frankenstein) Baron von Frankenstein resurrects two corpses, one male and other female, in the hope that they will mate and breed a new race. An avant-garde interpretation of the Mary Shelley classic that introduces some interesting ideas, and also a satire on the bourgeoisie. Lots of outrageous scenes; gory, disgusting, or otherwise. Some of the gore effects are decent while other effects are cheesy. I enjoyed Udo Keir's performance, as he gives the baron an eccentric quality. However, Joe Dallesandro could have benefited from a few acting classes.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 29, 2022 14:21:59 GMT
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Post by mszanadu on Jan 30, 2022 2:55:45 GMT
I'm watching right now for the first time
An intriguing yet creepy fun Saturday night feature
that seems to bare a similar resemblance to
also IMPO with a hit of Jack The Ripper to it as well .
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on Jan 30, 2022 10:23:46 GMT
Bruce Campbell looks Mr. Belveder-ish there. I'm going to check this out. Your review and the poster put me in mind of (2014) Cooties which I liked a lot.
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on Jan 30, 2022 10:34:54 GMT
It’s called Devil’s Island, it was released in 2021 on Prime, it was Those daisy dukes and braless b00bs tho.
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Post by gspdude on Jan 30, 2022 13:45:32 GMT
Hell of the Living Dead(1980) aka Virus, aka Night of the Zombies. Below average Zombie flick with inane dialog, poor acting, ample gore, and some gratuitous nudity. 3/10.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 31, 2022 3:35:34 GMT
Still of the Night, 1982, dir. Robert Benton. This is a serviceable and pleasant Alfred Hitchcock homage, equal parts North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Spellbound, with an unexpected dash of John Carpenter’s Halloween at the end. Problem is, it doesn’t really go beyond “serviceable and pleasant.” The mystery plot is particularly nonsensical and, worse, anticlimactic. It’s not even all that well set up: There should be a scene early on showing that Roy Scheider thinks Meryl Streep is a murderer, but he doesn’t show much suspicion until he discovers the clippings at the end of Act II. Roy Scheider is likable enough without being particularly good; seeing Meryl Streep here reminded me that I always prefer the performances she gave before she became an institution. I have nothing against her, but the “greatest actress of her generation, maybe of all time” lionization—for an actress who’s always been nothing if not mannered, sometimes to excess—I always find inexplicable. But she’s fine, if as mannered as ever, here. The real knockout performer is Jessica Tandy, fittingly enough as she acted for Hitchcock in The Birds. She has a tiny part as Scheider’s mother and goes feisty and fun with it, making her character seem like a real and interesting person. What would otherwise be a throwaway scene, in which she spitballs psychological explanations for a dream, becomes one of the best in the movie because of her performance. Even Scheider’s performance seems to improve when he shares the screen with Tandy. I wish the movie had been about her. Speaking of that dream, that’s the other great scene in the movie. It really captures what a dream is like, even if the psychology here has all the depth of Frasier Crane’s advice to his listeners. And it’s genuinely creepy, even disturbing. Alas, the ending doesn’t bother to explain much of it or provide much in the way of satisfaction. That the movie is moderately entertaining is a tribute to the material, the general good taste, and, to a lesser degree, the performers. But, again, it isn’t anything more than moderately entertaining. I have a feeling that if Hitchcock had made this one, he would have made the Streep character the killer, let us known that early on, and still have the Scheider character try to rationalize away her guilt and protect her. Tandy’s Mother character would have been like Barbara Bel Geddes’s Midge in Vertigo and fruitlessly tried to convince Scheider that his obsession was destroying him. That probably would have made for a better movie.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 31, 2022 14:58:13 GMT
Black FridaySolid enough little George Romero/ Evil Dead throwback that actually has the good fortune of landing Bruce Campbell and Michael Jai White in its ensemble cast. As zombie movies go, it's a tad generic, but it has its high points. There are some very decent memorable practical makeup designs. Devon Sawa, the movie's actual lead, is appropriately badass, but with a distinct air of middle aged loser that lends the role some genuine heart. In a similar vein, Bruce Campbell imbues his supporting role alternately with douchiness and pathos. Michael Jai White is, as usual, intense, believably tough, and immensely likeable, but he's killed off (with an off-camera scream, Predator-style) way too early.
It's pretty fun, but if you've seen any other zombie flick, you've pretty much seen this one. Had almost forgotten about this one. However, nice to see it get some positive review for a change, as it seemed to get more negative feedback, at least a while back. Might try to look it up someday soon, as I have not seen or really wanted to watch much new horror related films, but yeah, this comes with quite an interesting cast, so hopefully it might turn out to be one of the good surprises. Just wanted to update a bit, that I saw it a couple of days ago, and well, I guess it never quite went for what I hoped it could have become, but for most of the part, I enjoyed it more than the opposite. Fun to watch Bruce back in action, as well as Michael Jai White. But well, not every character was as likeable or memorable, sadly some tended to overstay their welcome, where as mentioned, some I felt should be onboard a bit longer. At least they went out with a solid bang, and yeah, it was also nice to see Devon Sawa, who I am not sure I have witnessed in a movie, for a very long time. Might re-watch it later this year. As I kind of dug the whole shopping mall/store scenery, and the special effects were also a nice surprise. But as you put it, it did kind of slow down a bit, the zombie stuff ended up in the usual generic style and manner, but who knows? Maybe a sequel could be in the happening? Anyway, I rated it with a very generous 5/10
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Post by mszanadu on Jan 31, 2022 19:54:53 GMT
This film is not a big time favorite of mine
Of course don't take my word for it check it out for yourself .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 31, 2022 21:02:01 GMT
This film is not a big time favorite of mine
Of course don't take my word for it check it out for yourself . The very first picture you posted (Pic 1) was quite chilling, and while I have not yet seen Race with the Devil nor Slender Man, I guess I kind of get the "vibe" or feel, of what kind of horror film or style, you are heading towards in you description. And that is the kind of films, which I might surely have to take a closer look at, sometime. Thanks for the images and your recommendation, mszanadu. I have not exactly been too updated on the latest of horror films, so I guess this is the place to maybe find a few ones, to try and take notice of, and see where it might go next.
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Post by mszanadu on Jan 31, 2022 23:07:02 GMT
This film is not a big time favorite of mine
Of course don't take my word for it check it out for yourself . The very first picture you posted (Pic 1) was quite chilling, and while I have not yet seen Race with the Devil nor Slender Man, I guess I kind of get the "vibe" or feel, of what kind of horror film or style, you are heading towards in you description. And that is the kind of films, which I might surely have to take a closer look at, sometime. Thanks for the images and your recommendation, mszanadu. I have not exactly been too updated on the latest of horror films, so I guess this is the place to maybe find a few ones, to try and take notice of, and see where it might go next.
You're most welcome stefancrosscoe and enjoy those movies
when you get a chance to also .
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 1, 2022 3:57:41 GMT
This film is not a big time favorite of mine
Of course don't take my word for it check it out for yourself . The very first picture you posted (Pic 1) was quite chilling, and while I have not yet seen Race with the Devil nor Slender Man, I guess I kind of get the "vibe" or feel, of what kind of horror film or style, you are heading towards in you description. And that is the kind of films, which I might surely have to take a closer look at, sometime. Thanks for the images and your recommendation, mszanadu. I have not exactly been too updated on the latest of horror films, so I guess this is the place to maybe find a few ones, to try and take notice of, and see where it might go next. Stefan, you gotta see Race With The Devil! It's a fun flick that combines the horror and car chase genres. I insist you make it a viewing priority!
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 1, 2022 10:39:49 GMT
Stefan, you gotta see Race With The Devil! It's a fun flick that combines the horror and car chase genres. I insist you make it a viewing priority! Hm, I might just do that this upcoming weekend, as I found several videos of the film, for free, and hopefully one of them is with the English original version included. Horror and car chases, that is something which rarely could do no wrong, so yeah, this seems like a promising one. Also one with quite a solid cast as well.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 1, 2022 10:51:23 GMT
Above Suspicion (1995) by Steven Schachter A made for tv film, that I had been meaning of checking out, for quite some time. But I guess a part of the reason to why I had not done so yet, is because of knowing what happened not long after the film was done and released, and where the main star Christopher Reeves would end up suffering a horrible riding accident, and which would result in him ending up in a similar fate as the character he plays in the thriller-drama Above Suspicion. Now the film itself kind of starts up as a rather typical erotic thriller, with the stereotypical unfaithful and not very loyal people, pretty much screwing the main character over, as fast as the opportunity arrives. But yeah, later on, it eventually starts to become a bit more slowed down and dramatic, yet also more suspenseful, but never quite reaches for what I would consider a good tv movie, but still worth to give it a go, for the performances of Reeve and Joe Mantegna, but Kim Catrall and Edward Kerr (as the two no very trustful "loving" relatives) just overplays far too much, so it becomes almost a parody at times. Still, there are some really dark and hard scenes to watch, considering what happened not long afterward to Christopher Reeves, but compared to a similar themed suspense drama, also featuring Reeve in the main part, but made a few years after. I much more prefered his take on the made for tv remake of Rear Window (1998). 5/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 1, 2022 17:43:33 GMT
Stefan, you gotta see Race With The Devil! It's a fun flick that combines the horror and car chase genres. I insist you make it a viewing priority! Hm, I might just do that this upcoming weekend, as I found several videos of the film, for free, and hopefully one of them is with the English original version included. Horror and car chases, that is something which rarely could do no wrong, so yeah, this seems like a promising one. Also one with quite a solid cast as well. Yeah, a great cast. Peter Fonda and Warren Oates. And nobody can scream quite like Lara Parker. Anyway, hope you do catch it this weekend.
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Post by mszanadu on Feb 1, 2022 18:42:36 GMT
This is not a movie of course
but this TV Show episode still has
an effective creep out factor indeed .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 2, 2022 9:39:34 GMT
Nightmare in the Daylight (1992) by Lou Antonio Another late night made for tv thriller, starring Christopher Reeve, and where I guess he wanted to shy away from his famous heroic Superman fame, and dig in to more creepy and psychotic parts. This time, he stars as an obsessed laywer, who is sure that his seemingly former dead wife (Jaclyn Smith), is still very much alive. And as a result, he ends up harrassing and stalking a family, who are on vacation in San Francisco. I really wanted to like this, but sadly, early on, you kind of got the feeling where it would go. A rather hasty plot, which just go straight by the books, and full of overused clichees, but at least Reeve sure does a pretty good job, with what little he is offered here. Sadly, the very late (too late in my opinion) twist and turn, should have arrived way earlier. But yeah, typical below average thriller, which I have probably forgotten within a few days, or less. 4,5/10
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