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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 16, 2018 5:54:29 GMT
THE LAST SHARK 1981
A notorious JAWS rip-off which was legally blocked from US cinemas. James Franciscus is Brody, er I mean Peter Benchley, oops I mean Peter Benton. Vic Morrow is Quint with a vague Scottish accent. They don't bother with a Hooper.
The underwater shark model is not convincing, however some of the life-scale shark stuff isn't bad in a stiff model sort of way. And they use some surprisingly good real shark footage as well.
At the end Franciscus is stranded on a raft as the shark is about to chomp on his buddy, who has been rigged with explosives. For no apparent reason other than to look cool, Franciscus leaps in slow motion from the raft as he presses the detonator. After the fake rubber shark explodes deep underwater, he climbs back onto the raft.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 16, 2018 11:49:03 GMT
I Saw What You Did
William Castle's goofy, fun and almost effective exercise in crank phone calls gone wrong. The murder sequences come as quite a shock in comparison to the rest of the film's light and breezy tone. These scenes are also surprisingly brutal for their time, which makes them stand out among the other 75 minutes or so of teenage girls giggling on the phone while cheesy, upbeat music throbs away on the background.
7/10
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Post by sostie on Oct 16, 2018 13:24:02 GMT
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981) Unlikeable "teens" stalked by a bumbling oaf with a sack on his head. Poor when I first saw it, still poor now.
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Post by mszanadu on Oct 16, 2018 16:23:49 GMT
Last night I watched a classic triple feature on the channel AMC
as part of it's " Halloween Fear Fest " all this month .
First one -
Second one -
Third and finally for that evening -
My only complaints with this marathon was
I wish it had started earlier like around 4PM instead of 8PM .
I only got half way to Exorcist 3
and could not stay awake surprisingly .
Oh well perhaps this channel will
have another showing on again soon ( it was still fun to watch what I was able to just the same ) .
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Post by telegonus on Oct 16, 2018 16:48:21 GMT
Oldie horrors only for me: Cry Of The Werewolf (1944), a decent, offbeat werewolf picture from Columbia which felt part Universal, in its werewolfery and Gypsies, part Val Lewton in tone and storytelling. There weren't many truly frightening scenes aside from some suspenseful ones, the screenplay was mediocre, however the cast was game, with good work from Nina Foch and Osa Massen, a nice, too brief turn from John Abbott, a strident one from Barton MacLane. Blood and thunder horror, not, and yet it's a handsome film, probably better suited to classic film lovers than those looking for something shocking.
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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2018 23:20:28 GMT
Little Evil...lighthearted horror comedy with inspiration from the omen. Solid watch, pretty fun.
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Post by forca84 on Oct 16, 2018 23:48:47 GMT
Well I've been stuck in my room with my Cat while Tile is being installed. I watched these on Prime... Enjoyed them for the most part.
Young, High, & Dead The Devil within: Evil rising The Midnight horror show The Strangers: Prey at night
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Post by forca84 on Oct 16, 2018 23:51:25 GMT
I dug it. But what the hell with the cheesy upbeat ending?? TH are they giggling about? Also I felt for Joan Crawford's character.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 17, 2018 2:53:02 GMT
I dug it. But what the hell with the cheesy upbeat ending?? TH are they giggling about? Also I felt for Joan Crawford's character. Agreed, although her character kind of took a left turn, trying to force him into being with her via blackmail. I love his response "I have things I need to do!" 😄
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Post by gbone on Oct 17, 2018 12:25:04 GMT
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Post by Marv on Oct 18, 2018 9:41:40 GMT
Seven in Heaven...very twilight zone esque. Not terrible but of a tv show quality. It also kind of somewhat realistically has teenagers cheat on their significant others rather casually.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 18, 2018 11:56:40 GMT
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
Peter Cushing's last turn as Dr. Frankenstein for Hammer productions. The actor is fully charged but the film feels kind of tired. An attempt to bust up the formula ends up feeling like more of the same. Even still, solid performances all around, plenty of atmosphere and the monster himself is pretty sympathetic, even if it's just a guy in a rubber suit who looks like he rolled around on the floor and got covered in cat hair.
6/10
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Post by forca84 on Oct 18, 2018 15:59:07 GMT
[/quote]Agreed, although her character kind of took a left turn, trying to force him into being with her via blackmail. I love his response "I have things I need to do!" 😄[/quote]
Dang. I forgot about that. I think she was so pathetically drawn to him she was obsessed with having him.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 18, 2018 17:16:38 GMT
Them! 1954, directed by Gordon Douglas, staring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens and others including Fess Parker and Leonard Nimoy in small roles. Maybe one of the best of these don't mess around with the mighty atom movies that came in the 1950s. Well-acted. well-directed, and credible special effects that still works rather well. Swedish Warner Brothers apparently couldn't tell the difference between ants and spiders when it came to our cinemas and named it Spindlarna ( The Spiders translated):
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 18, 2018 18:07:52 GMT
Them! 1954, directed by Gordon Douglas, staring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens and others including Fess Parker and Leonard Nimoy in small roles. Maybe one of the best of these don't mess around with the mighty atom movies that came in the 1950s. Well-acted. well-directed, and credible special effects that still works rather well. Swedish Warner Brothers apparently couldn't tell the difference between ants and spiders when it came to our cinemas and named it Spindlarna ( The Spiders translated): Love this movie to pieces. So damn iconic.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 18, 2018 18:12:19 GMT
even if it's just a guy in a rubber suit who looks like he rolled around on the floor and got covered in cat hair. 6/10 Haha.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2018 6:45:10 GMT
Yes. It was and I think the creators of the movie deliberately put together an all star Horror cast for Horror fans and they do that with some Horror movies and it is one of the things I have always liked about the genre. I don't know if you noticed but in 'Jason Goes to Hell' there was a scene with Kane Hodder without the mask or makeup on and he played security guard and it was fun seeing him play a different character for a change but I kinda wish they had showed him fighting Jason and he had put up a fight 'cause that would have been amusing. I am surprised you haven't watched the entire series of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' yet mszanadu but you should try to sometime along with the spinoff series, 'Angel' 'cause both are fantastic series and are two of my favourite TV shows of all time and I never get tired of watching them. I have seen Kristy in a few movies and actually watched her in a Christmas movie with Dean Cain last year and did you know she was in 'The Phantom' with Billy Zane.
has certain made a name for himself
in the horror category / genre .
Also I remember a few years ago ( and when the former channel called FEARNET was still on the air ) KH played in a Fearnet original webseries
Unfortunately the " feature-length film "
wasn't as effective or eerie as the webisodes were ( yet the film wasn't bad it was still watchable just the same ) .
Thanks so much again DebLovesBeccy for all
this awesome trivia on these memorable actors and films too . You're welcome again mszanadu and it is always nice talking to you on here. I have heard about 'Fear Clinic' and have been meaning to check it out. It had Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danielle Harris in the web series along with Kane Hodder but the movie didn't have Lisa and Danielle and had Brad Dourif's daughter, Fiona Dourif instead. Is the movie a direct sequel to the web series and you have to watch the web series first for it to make sense or not. I plan on watching the both of them especially the web series but was curious if you needed to watch both.
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Post by sostie on Oct 19, 2018 14:54:26 GMT
HALLOWEEN (2019)Second best Michael Myers film. Job well done. The only downside was the "boyfriend" didn't get killed
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Post by teleadm on Oct 19, 2018 15:59:52 GMT
Tales of Terror 1962, directed by Roger Corman, based on Edgar Allan Poe, staring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget and others. Three part movie based on the tales of Poe, "Morella", "The Black Cat" and "The Case of M. Valdemar". Not the most successfull of the Corman/Price/Poe collaborations, the frightfull moments uses a sort of pre-psycodelic camera angles and distortions in the frightfull moments that becomes more enervating than frightning. Still worth a look.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 19, 2018 17:16:23 GMT
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE 1968 In my favorite of favorite Hammer films. Interesting character conflicts between an atheist, career clergyman, and demoralized priest. The supporting characters are equally compelling, especially Zena the bar wench. This film highlights one of Hammer's biggest strengths, consistent acting. There's rarely a misfire in casting--and no dead weight in this one (except the corpses).
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