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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:26:51 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:27:51 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:29:12 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:29:25 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:29:38 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:29:52 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 30, 2020 6:30:11 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Dec 30, 2020 23:49:25 GMT
The Smiling Ghost 1941 an old horror comedy. A naive young man get's his chance to pay of his debts if he just poses as a rich girls fiance for a month for a mere $1.000 dollars to break a curse, since the rich former fiance's have met horrible deaths. Little knowing that he has to live in a mansion were everyone acts strange, and the mansion is filled with trap doors, revolving doors and secret passages, and the poor chap falls in love with the wrong girl.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 31, 2020 4:38:03 GMT
Black Belly Of The Tarantula (1971) Saw this giallo for the first time ever. A rubber-gloved killer murders women by paralysing them with acupuncture needles first, then slicing them up; the paralysis method is inspired by when a hawk wasp stings a tarantula, hence the title. There is tons of stylish camera work to be found, with much scanning and panning shots. The story gets a little dreary in the middle, but things eventually pick up again. Some good character development as well, as we have an inspector who is struggling with his police career. And lastly, Ennio Morricone's wonderfully haunting music score is a definite plus.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 31, 2020 7:43:51 GMT
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Post by forca84 on Jan 2, 2021 3:27:37 GMT
"Body Cam" (2020) Competently directed and acted film... Just didn't click for me. The first hour was like a gritty Cop drama. With social commentary... The twist isn't surprising... The final 10 minutes it was a gory horror film... It should've just picked one lane and stayed with it. It just doesn't work as a horror movie for me.
"Hell night" (1981) Wow! A very nice surprise. Nice mashup of gothic horror and slasher films. An appealing young cast, dreary Mansion setting, and some good stalking and slashing scenes. And the musical score is good. Can't believe it took me this long to watch it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 2, 2021 6:36:55 GMT
RE-ANIMATOR 1985 - Never seen the sequels.
"I must say, Dr. Hill, I'm VERY disappointed in you. You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed. You're not even a second-rate scientist!"
Actor David Gale's wife divorced from him shortly after this film's release. In the DVD's audio commentary, the rest of the cast suspects that the scene when his character, Dr. Hill, attempts to rape Megan was the cause of divorce...."David felt spiritually bereft," says Sampson, regarding the scene where his head goes spelunking in Crampton's lady business. "Those were the words that he used. He said, 'I feel awful doing this.'" Apparently Gale's wife thought he didn't feel awful enough, "and after the first screening she split on him," says Yuzna. "She didn't come home."
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 3, 2021 6:09:23 GMT
Savage Streets (1984) This action thriller is one unbelievably sleazy piece of 80s exploitation cheese. Has all the ingredients a grindhouse fan could ever hope for; slimy and repulsive villains, gratuitous locker-room shower scene, graphic rape, topless cat fight, vulgar dialogue, and of course nasty violence. Poor Linda Blair seemed to be stuck in these type of movies for a period of time. John Vernon, too, and that's quite sad actually; this material is so beneath him.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 5, 2021 20:25:18 GMT
A fairly good Jaws clone. Still surprising how it obtained a PG rating with all the gruesome scenes.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 7, 2021 10:17:35 GMT
Chintzy, Lo-fi regional sci-fi horror, which can be a lot fun whenever the beast is on screen evaporating people with its ray gun. Plenty of atmosphere to boot, especially the night time sequences in the backwoods and a cool looking alien design goes a long way making up for the bumps involving forced small town melodrama and an out-of-place make-out scene. The focus moves from the alien onto the characters in the second half, and it’s weaker for it. Interesting to see J.J Abrams attached as composer.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 9, 2021 17:01:24 GMT
Savage Streets (1984) This action thriller is one unbelievably sleazy piece of 80s exploitation cheese. Has all the ingredients a grindhouse fan could ever hope for; slimy and repulsive villains, gratuitous locker-room shower scene, graphic rape, topless cat fight, vulgar dialogue, and of course nasty violence. Poor Linda Blair seemed to be stuck in these type of movies for a period of time. John Vernon, too, and that's quite sad actually; this material is so beneath him. I first caught hold of this back in the summer of 2010, when a scandinavian company (Another World Entertainment) were about to re-relase it on an uncut special DVD edition, and that was some very good news, as I had planned on purchasing the region 1 2-disc special edition, which had long gone into out of production, and the prices, even for an used copy, were just, well, not to my liking. Anyway, I really enjoyed this sleazy and violent b-movie, and it had villians which felt like they could have been made up of those from similar films, like Class of 1984, Death Wish 2 or 3, and so many other vigilante titles of the early 80s, but still, the shock-factor kind of took me by surprise, especially at how innocent and sweet they made Linnea out to be, and I guess it did serve its purpose, in making the revenge part more sweeter or satisfactive. Yeah, Linda Blair sadly got a lot of "quality" roles back then, but I still tought that she handled herself very well in Savage Streets, which is far superior to a lot of the other early 80s films I have seen her in. Maybe I am just a bit too generous, but Savage Streets ended up as a very pleasant surprise, and I rated it with a 8/10, and might have to re-watch it later on. I kind of dug a few of the songs/soundtrack it had going, and is probably also another reason to why I enjoyed it so much.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 9, 2021 17:07:28 GMT
A fairly good Jaws clone. Still surprising how it obtained a PG rating with all the gruesome scenes. A very good, at least compared to dozen of similar animal-attacks titles, released at the same time. I guess the combination of some very beautiful shots of making great use of wilderness and locations, along with a very adventurous soundtrack, and some likeable names (such as Christopher George) and considering that there are not that many "great" killer-bears movie having been made, and so, I think director William Girdler did a pretty good job here. Never seen the infamous sequel, or part 2, which I remember actually being rumoured to get a theatrical release this winter, but not checked into that recently. The shocking or gory parts, yes. That was kind of, "Wow, they got away with that?" how I felt having seen it for the first time.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 9, 2021 17:11:47 GMT
Chintzy, Lo-fi regional sci-fi horror, which can be a lot fun whenever the beast is on screen evaporating people with its ray gun. Plenty of atmosphere to boot, especially the night time sequences in the backwoods and a cool looking alien design goes a long way making up for the bumps involving forced small town melodrama and an out-of-place make-out scene. The focus moves from the alien onto the characters in the second half, and it’s weaker for it. Interesting to see J.J Abrams attached as composer. Somehow I can swear that I saw a Blu-ray copy (rather expensive one, as well) back in november, but I might have confused it with another title. Almost tempted to pick it up, but maybe it is around on Youtube, as it seems like a lot of Troma releases are out for free, with probably just as good quality as the DVDs, or better.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 9, 2021 19:09:27 GMT
A fairly good Jaws clone. Still surprising how it obtained a PG rating with all the gruesome scenes. A very good, at least compared to dozen of similar animal-attacks titles, released at the same time. I guess the combination of some very beautiful shots of making great use of wilderness and locations, along with a very adventurous soundtrack, and some likeable names (such as Christopher George) and considering that there are not that many "great" killer-bears movie having been made, and so, I think director William Girdler did a pretty good job here. Never seen the infamous sequel, or part 2, which I remember actually being rumoured to get a theatrical release this winter, but not checked into that recently. The shocking or gory parts, yes. That was kind of, "Wow, they got away with that?" how I felt having seen it for the first time. I plan on seeing Day Of The Animals again in the near future; I got it queued up in my Tubi streaming account. It was also directed by William Girdler and stars Christopher George. It's been a long time since I've seen it, so it's due for some re-evaluation. I do remember Leslie Nielsen's character going absolutely batshit crazy. It's a wonder that Girdler worked for Grizzly producer Edward L. Montoro again after Montoro tried to screw him and others out of the profits from Grizzly (they all sued and got the the money that was owed to them).
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 9, 2021 21:52:33 GMT
Chintzy, Lo-fi regional sci-fi horror, which can be a lot fun whenever the beast is on screen evaporating people with its ray gun. Plenty of atmosphere to boot, especially the night time sequences in the backwoods and a cool looking alien design goes a long way making up for the bumps involving forced small town melodrama and an out-of-place make-out scene. The focus moves from the alien onto the characters in the second half, and it’s weaker for it. Interesting to see J.J Abrams attached as composer. Somehow I can swear that I saw a Blu-ray copy (rather expensive one, as well) back in november, but I might have confused it with another title. Almost tempted to pick it up, but maybe it is around on Youtube, as it seems like a lot of Troma releases are out for free, with probably just as good quality as the DVDs, or better. It was probably the Vinegar Syndrome bluray release. The picture and sound quality of their releases are rather impressive. Though I see troma are releasing a bluray in a couple months. No idea if they’re using the same resources as Vinegar. I watched the film on an old Troma DVD, which was dark and scratchy. I say it’s best to try see it first, somewhere on the internet, before purchasing it because it’s typical shoestring film-making. Outside of the effects, which hold plenty of charm. The acting, script, pacing could be off-putting.
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