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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 5, 2022 4:59:44 GMT
5/10I was pretty mixed on X. Its a well made film in the spirit of a film I should enjoy more. I just didnt care for the killer old people angle. They seemed more like deformed people than the elderly. Otherwise this film is alright.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 5, 2022 5:02:31 GMT
3/10Weird horror film that was made by teen film students. However this film just makes very little sense. Its about a creature from another dimension who hypnotizes a town and abducts kids late for class. Its like a poor Goosebumps episode.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 5, 2022 5:06:57 GMT
6/10Not bad horror film has a young actress fed up with perverts putting up revenge porn (like her ex boyfriend did) online and hires a big but kinda slow guy (played by Derek Mears) to help her get revenge. Better than expected.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 5, 2022 5:09:34 GMT
4/10Um, was this movie a joke? Its a Will Ferrel and Kristen Wiig thriller. When I heard of this I thought it was going to be a gag film but its mostly serious. Pretty much a generic film of the Lifetime sort.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 6, 2022 14:17:06 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 8, 2022 13:36:11 GMT
10/10This movie just kicks ass! Excellent film in every category. I got this on Blu ay and I noticed some changes were made to the film. Not sure why though it was fine the way it was. Only have two different (region 1 and 2) copies on DVD, but those changes onto Blu-ray, is it something about muscial cuts being edited out, or scenes suddenly missing? Along with Day of the Dead (1985), two of the very finest zombie-horror comedies of the 80s, and someday I would most likely want to move over to Blu-ray, but not if some of these absolute great songs being used, or scenes is all of a sudden, gone missing. Hopefully that was not the case.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 8, 2022 13:53:16 GMT
Python (2000) by Richard Clabaugh "Somehow, I thought it would be bigger." When a clumsy flight worker, all of a sudden unleashes a big crate full of something slimy, nasty and lethal, far up in the air. It will soon start up a terrible nightmare for the unlucky citizens down in Sleepy New Haven, who gets the shock of a lifetime, when a giant monster snake decides to start up a private war, with anyone who comes in its way.Most likely one of a ton of similar theme animals-creature feature monster b-movies, which happen to tag along, due to the success of Anaconda (1997), and also I believe that SyFy Channel is somewhere behind, so you kind of know the drill. Lots of pretty well known (if you are into 80s and 90s films) faces and names, some tits and ass on show, along with ridiculous special effects, and there you have it. About 1 hour and 40 minutes of very light hearted and silly b-movie fun. In some of the main parts, we meet up with Robert Englund, Casper Van Dien, William Zabka, Wil Wheaton (with purple hair), Dana Barron, Jenn McCarthy and hell, even Ed Lauter appears, but sadly, if you blink your eyes a few times too many, you might just miss him, as for not more than 15-30 seconds, or so it felt, that is all he got. But I guess the pay was alright for his short cameo. Van Dien and Englund seemed to go together back then, as I also saw a more action themed b-movie, not far ago, and also one where Englund sported a tropical hat, for most of the time. Anyway, even though there is lots of fun characters, the main reason to why this film do not sit better with me, is that the main lead, is such a complete bore, and has aboslute no charm, and wished the snake would just, yeah do its business and get rid off him, as soon as possible. No way I bought the "tie" during the fight scene, between him and Zabka. Almost a shame they could not get Ralph Macchio in the main part, would have loved seeing him and Zabka team up together. All in all, for a b-movie containing monster snakes and lots of overdone cliches, it worked alright for the most part. Sadly, the last 10-15 minutes moved just a bit too slow for my liking, and I cannot give it any higher than a: 4,5/10
New Alcatraz (2002) by Phillip J. Roth A high tech top security prison, set far out in the remote and chilly Antarctica, is known as the new Alcatraz, due to the rumours of being impossible to break out from. Well, breaking in however, that is a whole other story, as one giant and very hungry fella, all of a sudden causes total chaos, due to a human failure, and suddenly everybody seems to be wanting to break out of the place, as fast as possible.Another "classic", feauturing a giant killer snake, some former tv and movie names, where Louis and Clark actor Dean Cain is one I have gotten used to seeing in such crap, but kind of sad, to see Craig Wesson here, as he had quite a ride back in the day, with main roles in horror-thrillers like Ghost Story (1981), Body Double (1984) and Nightmare On Elm Street 3 (1987), but here in 2002, he is mostly sitting in what looks like some gaming chair, making facial and frustrating expressions, due to the snake screwing up his tight security business. This one looked kind of "fun" to begin with, but yeah, felt far cheaper and more duller than Python (2000), and almost fell asleep a couple of times as well. Not a good sign there. 3/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 8, 2022 14:18:13 GMT
The Prowler (1981) In the town of Avalon Bay in 1980, college students attending a graduation dance are stalked by a mad killer wearing a military uniform. This is the first graduation dance to be held in this town since two unsolved murders occurred there 35 years ago. An OK slasher, maybe even above average. The idea of having a jilted World War II veteran as the killer is a rather nifty idea. And by the way that is not a spoiler because it was already established at the begining. But it's a matter of guessing exactly who the veteran is, although it is relatively easy. And it was cool that an authentic news reel showing actual WW2 soldiers returning home on a ship was used. Tom Savini's gore effects are of the highest quality. Savini himself was quite proud of this work and he considers it his best. That may be true, but I also really liked his work on The Burning. However, everything else about the movie is just adequate in terms of the writing and acting. Also, director Joseph Zito could have picked up the pace more on some of the suspense scenes because they do get painfully slow at times. The Prowler is an incredibly gory slasher film, and I do mean it gets quite graphic. I've seen it three times and each time it was on a different form of media; the first time was on video cassette, the second on Blue Underground's DVD release, and this time on Shudder. I'm quite sure that all versions had the same amount of gore, which leads me to believe that maybe none of the gore was cut when the movie was first released in 1981? That would be very surprising considering how other slashers during that year had to endure heavy cuts in order to avoid having the MPAA slap an X rating on them. Very much agree on the creepy and atmospheric use of having some World War Two veteran, going around with a huge nasty pitchfork, and killing off people with. The gore is pure class, nasty as hell, and not far off his work in The Burning and Maniac (at least of those that first came to mind), but yeah, it got very slow moving, and did re-watch it last winter, hoping it might benefit from doing so. And yeah, I stopped where it always end, with a kind of disappointing 5/10 rating. The killer costume/uniform was also terrifying, maybe a bit more than the one from My Bloody Valentine, sadly The Prowler were just not any near to the same quality and entertainment as Valentine, which also came with some gruesome gore and killings, but had a solid pace, interesting characters and a great atmosphere to work with.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 8, 2022 17:36:39 GMT
The Prowler (1981) In the town of Avalon Bay in 1980, college students attending a graduation dance are stalked by a mad killer wearing a military uniform. This is the first graduation dance to be held in this town since two unsolved murders occurred there 35 years ago. An OK slasher, maybe even above average. The idea of having a jilted World War II veteran as the killer is a rather nifty idea. And by the way that is not a spoiler because it was already established at the begining. But it's a matter of guessing exactly who the veteran is, although it is relatively easy. And it was cool that an authentic news reel showing actual WW2 soldiers returning home on a ship was used. Tom Savini's gore effects are of the highest quality. Savini himself was quite proud of this work and he considers it his best. That may be true, but I also really liked his work on The Burning. However, everything else about the movie is just adequate in terms of the writing and acting. Also, director Joseph Zito could have picked up the pace more on some of the suspense scenes because they do get painfully slow at times. The Prowler is an incredibly gory slasher film, and I do mean it gets quite graphic. I've seen it three times and each time it was on a different form of media; the first time was on video cassette, the second on Blue Underground's DVD release, and this time on Shudder. I'm quite sure that all versions had the same amount of gore, which leads me to believe that maybe none of the gore was cut when the movie was first released in 1981? That would be very surprising considering how other slashers during that year had to endure heavy cuts in order to avoid having the MPAA slap an X rating on them. Very much agree on the creepy and atmospheric use of having some World War Two veteran, going around with a huge nasty pitchfork, and killing off people with. The gore is pure class, nasty as hell, and not far off his work in The Burning and Maniac (at least of those that first came to mind), but yeah, it got very slow moving, and did re-watch it last winter, hoping it might benefit from doing so. And yeah, I stopped where it always end, with a kind of disappointing 5/10 rating. The killer costume/uniform was also terrifying, maybe a bit more than the one from My Bloody Valentine, sadly The Prowler were just not any near to the same quality and entertainment as Valentine, which also came with some gruesome gore and killings, but had a solid pace, interesting characters and a great atmosphere to work with. I assume you were able to see the complete uncut version of My Bloody Valentine in Norway? It was one of those slashers from 1981 that had to go under the knife to appease the MPAA when it was first released in theaters, then of course Paramount released the same version on VHS and DVD. But it wasn't until 2009 when Lionsgate released that special edition DVD which includes all the gore that was originally cut (including the infamous scene with the eyeball dangling off the end of a pickaxe).
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 8, 2022 20:18:11 GMT
10/10This movie just kicks ass! Excellent film in every category. I got this on Blu ay and I noticed some changes were made to the film. Not sure why though it was fine the way it was. Only have two different (region 1 and 2) copies on DVD, but those changes onto Blu-ray, is it something about muscial cuts being edited out, or scenes suddenly missing? Along with Day of the Dead (1985), two of the very finest zombie-horror comedies of the 80s, and someday I would most likely want to move over to Blu-ray, but not if some of these absolute great songs being used, or scenes is all of a sudden, gone missing. Hopefully that was not the case. Yeah some of the music is edited down. Like the BURN tune that plays while Frank is going into the crematorium is edited down for some reason. Also some of the zombies voices (like Tarman) is changed from a lower voice to a gruff one. No idea why they changed it.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 9, 2022 3:13:38 GMT
The Burning, 1981, dir. Tony Maylam. Welp, this sure is an ’80s slasher—no, strike that, it’s basically the Platonic ideal of an ’80s slasher. Summer camp? Yup. Sex-crazed teenagers? Yup. Gratuitous (but not excessive) nudity and gore? Yup. The plot is almost identical to that in the same year’s Friday the 13th Part 2, but I think I liked this one a bit more. It does have a bunch of lousy parts, particularly the totally irrelevant, clearly added-just-for-an-early-shock hospital and prostitute scenes, but I thought it was better than Part 2 at cementing the setting in the viewer’s mind and developing the summer camp atmosphere. It also has that good, well-filmed shock scene with the canoe and an equally good, less shocking scene in which the heroine swims out to the raft. As this reviewer pointed out, too, the characters, while far from deep, are at least more delineated than in the Friday the 13ths. Not great, but fun enough. One thing I also want to say about this is that, with Friday the 13th’s rights up in the air, I wonder if some studio would be interested in remaking this one. A remake could go even more into atmosphere building: I was interested in the idea of campers spending the night in a former summer camp that was burnt to the ground, but the movie never goes much into that idea. I also had an idea for a—possibly nonsensical, but hear me out—twist: What if there is no Cropsy, he’s just an urban legend, and Robert is the killer? That said, a studio may not want to touch this movie with a 10-ft. pole because of the Weinstein Brothers connection: Harvey produced and is cocredited for the story, while Bob cowrote the script. But this movie still struck me as good remake fodder.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 9, 2022 14:28:16 GMT
I assume you were able to see the complete uncut version of My Bloody Valentine in Norway? It was one of those slashers from 1981 that had to go under the knife to appease the MPAA when it was first released in theaters, then of course Paramount released the same version on VHS and DVD. But it wasn't until 2009 when Lionsgate released that special edition DVD which includes all the gore that was originally cut (including the infamous scene with the eyeball dangling off the end of a pickaxe). Oh yeah, first time I saw it, was around winter of 2009, when I got the news of it being re-released (most likely due to the 3D remake also getting put out on the cinemas), yeah, I had no interest in the 2009 film, but seeing the original, and was very glad when I got the region 1 copy from Lionsgate, and that they actually put the uncut scenes into the film, even if some people complained that they looked "out of touch" due to some shabby/not crystal clear images, but I felt it just fitted right into the scenery, and did not bother me at all. Picked up years later on, the other, earlier 2002-03 region 2 copy from Paramount, and still not bothered to see it yet, but I like the fact that the 2009 version has both the original theatrical cut and the uncut version on the same release. The Prowler I picked up a Blue Underground 2003 version of, one which is supposed to be the complete uncut version, at least so they say.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 9, 2022 14:33:03 GMT
The Burning, 1981, dir. Tony Maylam. Welp, this sure is an ’80s slasher—no, strike that, it’s basically the Platonic ideal of an ’80s slasher. Summer camp? Yup. Sex-crazed teenagers? Yup. Gratuitous nudity and gore? Yup. The plot is almost identical to the same year’s Friday the 13th Part 2, but I think I liked this one a bit more. It does have a bunch of lousy parts, particularly the totally irrelevant, clearly added-just-for-an-early-shock hospital and prostitute scenes, but I thought it was better than Part 2 at cementing the setting in the viewer’s mind and developing the summer camp atmosphere. Not great, but fun enough. I am planning on giving this, Sleepaway Camp series, Friday the 13th Part 1, 2, 3, 5 and maybe 6, another go this summer, most likely during july-august, as it have always felt like the "perfect" timing for this kind of entertainment, maybe adding in some teen sex summer camp films, and summer vaction comedies as well. But The Burning is surely one of my favorite summer camp slashers, and yeah, I might also head a bit further on, with a few unseen and much later 80s slashers, some I have visited before, cheesy and campy, but still quite fun, like Memorial Valley Massacre or Cheerleader Camp.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 9, 2022 14:47:08 GMT
The Burning, 1981, dir. Tony Maylam. Welp, this sure is an ’80s slasher—no, strike that, it’s basically the Platonic ideal of an ’80s slasher. Summer camp? Yup. Sex-crazed teenagers? Yup. Gratuitous nudity and gore? Yup. The plot is almost identical to the same year’s Friday the 13th Part 2, but I think I liked this one a bit more. It does have a bunch of lousy parts, particularly the totally irrelevant, clearly added-just-for-an-early-shock hospital and prostitute scenes, but I thought it was better than Part 2 at cementing the setting in the viewer’s mind and developing the summer camp atmosphere. Not great, but fun enough. I am planning on giving this, Sleepaway Camp series, Friday the 13th Part 1, 2, 3, 5 and maybe 6, another go this summer, most likely during july-august, as it have always felt like the "perfect" timing for this kind of entertainment, maybe adding in some teen sex summer camp films, and summer vaction comedies as well. But The Burning is surely one of my favorite summer camp slashers, and yeah, I might also head a bit further on, with a few unseen and much later 80s slashers, some I have visited before, cheesy and campy, but still quite fun, like Memorial Valley Massacre or Cheerleader Camp. I added some more comments above: I typed up that review last night while I was half-asleep, and I think I was more negative than the movie deserves. I haven’t seen Sleepaway Camp, though unfortunately I already know the twist. I have a weakness for summer-camp slashers, maybe because they remind me of the summer camps I went to as a kid. The Burning gave me that summery, July-August atmosphere you mention, which I found oddly lacking from the first two Friday the 13ths. Have you seen the summer-camp-set The Final Girls? I’m not a big fan, but it has a killer (pun, of course, intended) premise.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 9, 2022 14:56:58 GMT
I haven’t seen Sleepaway Camp, though unfortunately I already know the twist. I have a weakness for summer-camp slashers, maybe because they remind me of the summer camps I went to as a kid. The Burning gave me that summery, July-August atmosphere you mention, which I found oddly lacking from the first two Friday the 13ths. Have you seen the summer-camp-set The Final Girls? I’m not a big fan, but it has a killer (pun, of course, intended) premise. Yeah, the twist already being revealed might put a bit of a downer on the final climax, as it sure as hell spooked or creeped me out, big time, when I first saw it, all alone, while wearing headphones and on Youtube. So much cheese and sleaze, then all of a sudden, well something very different, and the noises and scenery is something you do not forget very soon. I only visited summer camp once, back in 1995, and I kind of was a bit uncertain and was not looking too much forward to spending one whole week away from home. Turned out to be one of the funniest summers I could remember, made many new friends, and had a blast. The feeling of staying up all night, eating candy, and then just wait for the grown ups to fall a sleep, so we could all head out into the night, and yeah, the summer camp atmosphere were all around us, and I guess some part of me, by watching all these summer camp slashers, is to "re-live" that experience, of course only without some crazed lunatic hacking us to pieces. The Final Girls is not one I have seen, yet. But very few of the modern slashers have given me the same kind of feel as the 80s ones, but Tucker and Dale vs. Evil surely had something about the charm and style/characters, that I so much love, maybe even more, in that you really care and cheer for the main leads, and truly despises the villain. Hope we someday might get a chapter 2 of it, as it has so often been rumoured, but not sure if it might live up to the first one, which seemed to caught many by a big pleasant surprise.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 9, 2022 15:02:36 GMT
I haven’t seen Sleepaway Camp, though unfortunately I already know the twist. I have a weakness for summer-camp slashers, maybe because they remind me of the summer camps I went to as a kid. The Burning gave me that summery, July-August atmosphere you mention, which I found oddly lacking from the first two Friday the 13ths. Have you seen the summer-camp-set The Final Girls? I’m not a big fan, but it has a killer (pun, of course, intended) premise. I only visited summer camp once, back in 1995, and I kind of was a bit uncertain and was not looking too much forward to spending one whole week away from home. Turned out to be one of the funniest summers I could remember, made many new friends, and had a blast. The feeling of staying up all night, eating candy, and then just wait for the grown ups to fall a sleep, so we could all head out into the night, and yeah, the summer camp atmosphere were all around us, and I guess some part of me, by watching all these summer camp slashers, is to "re-live" that experience, of course only without some crazed lunatic hacking us to pieces. I think I’m the same way. I didn’t have the best summer camp experience at the time, but in retrospect I kinda miss it. Though that may the misty haze of nostalgia talking, at least in part.I haven’t seen Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: I know the premise and wasn’t sure that kind of deconstruction of tropes was for me, but I’ve heard such positive things that I’ve got to see it one of these days.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 9, 2022 15:08:21 GMT
I haven’t seen Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: I know the premise and wasn’t sure that kind of deconstruction of tropes was for me, but I’ve heard such positive things that I’ve got to see it one of these days. It really is a fun (more of a horror comedy than maybe a "typical" slasher film) ride, and love how it kind of throws the often overused and cliche around redneck/hilbilly sterotype into a whole other light, and kind of does the same to the usual horny and partygoing big city teenagers, and also how it deals with not judging others of how they look or might appear early on, which leads to some absolute later and very hilarious moments, that made be burst into laughter.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 10, 2022 13:21:13 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 12, 2022 3:46:11 GMT
The Boogens (1981)An abandoned Colorado mine that was closed for many years due to a cave-in is re-opened, but unleashes some small, reptilian monsters. An underappreciated creature feature that benefits from likeable characters played very well by a cast of appealing actors. Plus the storyline is engrossing; I like the idea of the creatures coming from a mine and then being able to tunnel their way to a house and terrorize the young folks. The wintery atmosphere and scenery contributes a chilling feel. And there's also a Crazy Ralph-type character thrown in for good measure. It follows the standard Roger Corman rule of not showing the monsters too soon, just having a lot of subjective camera shots for a while. In fact, we don't get a really good look at the monsters until about the last twenty minutes. And when they are revealed, well...they look more cute and cuddly than terrifying inspite of the razor sharp teeth. Even so, there are a few nasty kill scenes and overall this a pretty good horror outing that is worth checking out.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 13, 2022 2:49:56 GMT
Cursed, 2005, dir. (sorta-kinda) Wes Craven. So, this infamously-reshot-against-filmmakers’-wishes movie isn’t good. Far from the worst of (here he is again) Harvey Weinstein’s sins, of course, but he sure wrecked a bunch of movies, didn’t he? That said, you can kinda see one or two things here that suggest this could have been better, even much better. The movie keeps setting itself up as a Scream for werewolves, with characters who know horror movies and the climax in a Wolf Man exhibit, but the other shoe never drops. There is a single, split-second joke in here that is unexpectedly funny (funnier than anything in The Howling, in fact, though that movie’s better than this), to the point of almost making the movie worth watching. Almost, but then I realize Kevin Williamson’s original script was probably full of such jokes. Also, Craven pulls off some nice-looking shots here. (He’s underrated as a visual stylist.) So many of the shot compositions reminded me of Scream 4, which also has some nice images (I keep praising that scene of Sidney in the house as the wind whips up, which strikes me as good old-fashioned filmmaking of the sort I missed in Scream 5). I don’t know why I’m being so generous to a movie that is—I repeat—bad, but as by-numbers as this is I liked finding the small traces of Craven and Williamson shining through. As far as werewolf whodunits go, too, I actually preferred this to The Wolf of Snow Hollow and the crapfest that is Werewolves Within. I’m still hoping for a truly great werewolf whodunit, though: Should the next horror flick I watch be last year’s The Cursed? EDIT: Two more werewolf whodunits I’ve seen came to mind, The Beast Must Die and Le Pacte des loups ( The Brotherhood of the Wolf). The former is fun without being good; the latter is probably the best werewolf whodunit I’ve seen, though the whodunit aspects aren’t great and the karate scenes are tedious and feel anachronistic.
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