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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 30, 2020 22:37:37 GMT
Tokyo Ghoul (2017).
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 31, 2020 7:32:57 GMT
Tourist Trap 1979 - This really has some creepy scenes especially the opening and the weird stuff with the screaming mannequins. I read about this when it came out so Chuck Connors role wasn't a secret. HOUSE OF WAX 2005 as others have noted must have taken a lot of ideas from this. Perhaps the film goes a little too far in Connors mental state but Davy, as a Leatherface clone, is very creepy.
GHOST SHIP 2002 - This I haven't seen in at least 10 years but I must have watched it a few times in the 2000s since so much is committed to memory. I still feel it is a little too CGI-ish and when you watch older movies and then jump to a one from the 90s or after the rapidity of editing really distracts (the average shot lasts 2 seconds and usually the camera is moving) although eventually one ignores it again. Karl Urban was a stand out among the unknowns when I first saw this.
One thing I had wrongly assumed--at the end I thought the people carrying the crates were her crew members--especially the last two which didn't make sense but now I see they were not. I think they should have replaced that modern song during the heist scene with the song from the start! I was surprised by the brief nudity--forgot about it--seems so rare now. Come to think of it-the ending would NEVER be done now--implying all those rich white people would go up to heaven? lol
I wonder if a metal wire can really do what they showed. I am skeptical. I would think the wire would encounter too much resistance from bone collision and either snap or carry them along with it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 1, 2020 6:30:12 GMT
Finished off my Halloween month viewing with THE CHANGELING 1980. Been ages since I watched it. A few interesting things to consider. This big budget (and technically Canadian) haunted house movie came out before the Shining. It has a similar plot to The Fog--disabled victims killed by drowning in order to get gold-and the beneficiaries pay for the sins of their fathers. Come to think of it--it's the same as Friday the 13th too! Also that this was 10 years before the Exorcist 3 but is something of a warm up for Scott. It has some creepy bits--unlike modern haunted house movies--you don't feel like there is a crew of 100 standing behind the camera.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 1, 2020 11:27:16 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 1, 2020 11:28:14 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 1, 2020 11:30:07 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 2, 2020 21:08:14 GMT
Get Out (2017).
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Nov 8, 2020 0:26:24 GMT
Utterly stupid, but thoroughly fun. Colorful characters and a silly but charming concept overcome bad acting and low production values. 6/10
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Nov 8, 2020 0:30:17 GMT
Little more than a delivery device for bizarre, cruel and often hilariously over-the-top kills, this one gets worse the more I watch it but I still kind of like it just the same. Definitely your prototypical late '70s sequel (ala Jaws 2) that doesn't know how to do anything other than try and rehash what made the original so great, but can't help but yield diminishing returns. 6/10
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 8, 2020 10:00:42 GMT
The Scars of Dracula/The Horror of Frankenstein 1970. Released together in their first UK showing. I like them both--despite some cheapness in the set lighting. They were said to be the first Hammer films made with British money sources. The latter film has a poor reputation but I enjoy it as a comedy which it was clearly intended to be. Maybe they should have called it the Humor of Frankenstein.
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Post by forca84 on Nov 8, 2020 19:14:25 GMT
"Survive the night"... More dramatic for a home invasion film. Not as thrilling.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 9, 2020 1:49:38 GMT
The Devil Rides Out (1968). Seen it before but it's one of my favorite Hammer films.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 9, 2020 9:36:29 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 9, 2020 9:36:41 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 9, 2020 9:36:53 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 9, 2020 9:37:14 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 9, 2020 9:37:26 GMT
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Post by SciFive on Nov 11, 2020 10:33:02 GMT
Underwater (2020).
I liked it, but mostly because I liked how Kristen Stewart showed how it's possible to be terrified and useful at the same time.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 11, 2020 21:53:35 GMT
Suspiria (2018).
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 12, 2020 9:12:29 GMT
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