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Post by theravenking on Oct 20, 2018 9:22:01 GMT
Darkness Falls (2003) - 3/10
Lazy, uninspired nonsense, full of silly jump scares, so frantically edited that at times you can barely make out what's happening on screen. Typical neutered PG-13 studio horror.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 20, 2018 12:10:56 GMT
Cursed (2005), the Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson werewolf epic.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 20, 2018 15:57:44 GMT
Scared to Death 1947, directed by Christy Cabanne , staring Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Molly Lamont, Nat Pendleton, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton and others. This is not a horror movie, it's a bottom of the barrel muder mystery confided to one house. Historically interesting, it's Bela's only colour movie when he was still alive, and that the corpse is telling the story a couple of years before the more famous Sunset Boulevard 1950
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Post by forca84 on Oct 20, 2018 19:36:20 GMT
"The House that dripped blood" "Possession" (2008) (remake of "Addicted") "The House of Usher" (1962)
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 21, 2018 12:14:37 GMT
I seem to be viewing a lot of George Romero this October, so I'm finally viewing The Crazies (1973) for the first time, having already seen the remake years ago. I also watched Two Evil Eyes (1990) and Dawn of the Dead (1978) earlier in the month.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 22, 2018 23:16:10 GMT
Poltergeist (2015)
Nowhere near as bad as I expected. I actually found this to be rather solid compared to most modern remakes. I liked the family dynamic and the paranormal experts quite a bit, but the ending felt both drawn out and rushed, somehow.
I don't really understand why folks go nuts for Insidious and The Conjuring and discarded this one almost immediately. Kind of felt like I was watching a similar film.
5/10
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Post by sostie on Oct 23, 2018 12:22:01 GMT
The Apostle (2018) The guy who made The Raid goes all religion & gore. Had a bit of a Ravenous vibe. 7.5/10
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 23, 2018 17:30:28 GMT
The Beast Within (1982)
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 24, 2018 21:19:04 GMT
CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964): Remade as WEB OF THE SPIDER in 1971. The remake I had seen first. It follows the original very closely (same director). The original is better I think, although Klaus Kinski plays Edgar Allen Poe in the remake. Odd thing is that the star of the original George Riviere looks a lot like Anthony Franciosa who stars in the remake. In both films they cut a live snake in half to demonstrate how life can linger on after mortal injury.
I could have done without that realism.
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Post by kuatorises on Oct 25, 2018 15:44:00 GMT
The People Under the Stairs.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 25, 2018 16:54:38 GMT
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939, directed by William Dieterle, based on a novel by Victor Hugo, staring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Edmond O'Brien and others. Big-budget version of the famous novel.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 25, 2018 22:41:34 GMT
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Lush, ambitious and faithful adaptation of the novel that suffers from issues with pacing and consistency in tone. Entertaining, pretty to look at, but not an awful lot of substance.
6/10
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 26, 2018 7:16:44 GMT
Since today was the 40th anniversary of its release, I watched HALLOWEEN 1978.
I heard Carpenter has disdain for Val Newton--feeling a monster should always be shown--but I really think Carpenter made a mistake by showing us Michael's face. Would have made more sense to see him from the back when his mask is removed at the start (with him facing the house) and why bother remove his mask at the end? Pointless.
Loomis giving us a description of his Devil's eyes didnt match what we had already seen of the kid.
But, the movie still packs a punch. One has to give high praise to JLC for her acting especially in the closet sequence. She really sells the terror there.
I watched one of two DVD versions I have, this one has the tv version as well as a pan and scan of the theatrical movie--but the 16x 9 wasn't widescreen enough because a couple of the Michael appearances come after the music gives the cue. Oh well.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 26, 2018 7:43:55 GMT
Halloween '18
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 26, 2018 14:51:42 GMT
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Oct 26, 2018 15:36:59 GMT
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - Hammer Horror classic with Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the monster. "8/10"
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Post by teleadm on Oct 26, 2018 15:54:07 GMT
The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958, directed by Terence Fisher, based on characters created by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, staring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Lionel Jeffries and others. The second of the Hammer Frankenstein movies, has a better story and more money to spend, and is a better movie than it's predecessor, but it's more about the Baron and less frightening. I don't mind that, but others might. Michael Gwynn is actually a touching and sensitive creation. Once again the Baron's experiments go awry because of circumstances that he is not responsible. Since the good Baron has fled and works under an alias, why didn't he use a name like Schwarts, Wiess, Apfel or something else that don't relate to his real name, and why does he have a back-up body that looks just like him when it would be safer if he looked like someone else? Unless he has a mega ego. I know I shouldn't think practical when whatching movies like this, just some funny afterthoughts I had.
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Post by forca84 on Oct 26, 2018 23:15:46 GMT
"Solace" "Sugar Mountain" "Blood Ties" (2014) "Cthulu" (2007) "Billionaire Boys Club" (2016)
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 27, 2018 7:26:21 GMT
Frankenstein 1910 -- It's not as archaic as I was expecting. The creation scene for the monster is really clever-I imagine that in 1910 it would have been startling.
The House That Dripped Blood 1971 -- Old favorite.
The Monster Squad - 1987. Been ages since I watched it. Nostalgic fix, though rough around the edges. The monsters are well done-especially the Gill Man.
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Post by sostie on Oct 29, 2018 10:48:51 GMT
TAG (2015, Japan) The director repeats the act of early surprising mass schoolgirl carnage he did in Suicide Club, though the CGI gore not so great. Very surreal film with either lot's to say or nothing to say...I think I got what they were trying to say, though the amount of pantie shots perhaps made me think otherwise. Some really beautiful imagery, and great music by Mono.
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