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Post by maxwellperfect on Feb 23, 2018 20:42:14 GMT
Re-Animator (1985)
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Feb 23, 2018 21:37:27 GMT
Wolves At The Door (2016) - An embarrassingly bad, inaccurate and disrespectful retelling of the Manson murders. This film could've easily been called The Strangers II: The Prequel because it basically just rips off The Strangers. The victims happen to be named Sharon, Abigail, Jay, Wojciech (pronounced Voitek) and Steven (we're never told their last names until the end of the film) and the home intruders/killers are silent, ghoulish, shadowy figures whose faces are never clearly shown. The killers like to hide behind doors and in closets and jump out from the shadows to attack their unsuspecting prey who get picked off one by one, slasher movie style. For what it's worth, there are lots of cheap jump scares a la The Strangers and if that's your thing, you might enjoy this film more than I did. Oh, and how do we know the film is supposed to be taking place in the sixties? Someone mentions "crazy hippies" (or something) at the beginning of the movie and there's lots of sixties music playing in the background (probably the best thing about the entire film), but aside from that the overall "look" of the film is unconvincing and very modern day.
Anyone who's read about the Tate-LaBianca murders or seen the excellent 1976 miniseries Helter Skelter (starring Steve Railsback as Charles Manson) will find Wolves At The Door to be mildly entertaining rubbish at best or downright deplorable rubbish at worst.
My rating: 4/10, one of those points is for "Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs - awesome tune!
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 24, 2018 13:56:49 GMT
Ginger Snaps (2000)
I remember hearing lots of great things about it back in 2001-02 but never got around to see it.
Picked up recently a scandinavian DVD which tried to make it out to be a "hilarious" horror comedy from the artwork/look of it, and that is also what I was thinking it would be, which turned out to be a big mistake on my part.
While the film do have some great special effects in there, I thought the depressive/negative atmosphere in the film along with some very unlikeable main figures pretty much killed off my interest very early on. This was just not my kind of a werewolf/horror film.
5/10
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 25, 2018 2:43:12 GMT
The Carry on team does Hammer productions in their comedy-horror “Carry on Screaming”. Taking notes from Hammer’s “Frankenstein” cycle, we get all the tropes and cliches turned up a notch to bring out the rapid fire humour. Gag after gag with always a witty response, or psychical buffoonery. Monster make-up and art direction is spot on; atmospheric sets right down to the madman’s laboratory. While the cast are throwing themselves into their roles, especially Kenneth Williams. I simply had a lot fun with it.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 25, 2018 10:15:37 GMT
Hush (2008)
British horror-thriller which follows a young couple who during a heated conversations suddenly find themselves seeing something they shouldn't. during a long, rainy and dark night on the english highway.
Not a bad british made film, well of course it is not hard to think of films such as Road Games (1981), The Hitcher (1986) but the one that it seemed to resemble the most was probably the somewhat "forgotten" Kurt Russell action-thriller Breakdown (1997).
I like that it goes on mostly through the night time and often in places where the anti-hero has lots of options, such as local shopping stores and petrol stations and they are often full of people, so it is not always taking place in some desolated, empty place but kind of gives that little bit of extra "realism" to the film and atmosphere, specially when in such a panic situation and while there are several people including police, security guards and so on, still you feel that the main lead are all on his own, with nobody but himself to turn to.
The main villain is most of the time wearing a dark or black hoodie and we never really get to see or know his (motivations) and I like that, it made the film more creepy. Less is more, not always but in this case it helped the film work rather well.
Of course we do get a bit of the classic cliches, but they are not dragging the film down much and there is also some nice surprises thrown in from time to time.
I thought the actors did very well, in what I guess is not a very big budget movie.
All in all, I kind of liked most of it. Not groundbreaking stuff but still worthy a watch, and since I enjoyed the films mentioned above, that is also pretty much what got me in, in the first place.
6/10
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 25, 2018 14:58:22 GMT
The Open House (2018), a Netflix thriller that I really didn't have high hopes for. And it pretty much was your standard thriller, until the unsettling ending. This movie did not wimp out! 
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 25, 2018 15:03:02 GMT
Wolves At The Door (2016) - An embarrassingly bad, inaccurate and disrespectful retelling of the Manson murders. This film could've easily been called The Strangers II: The Prequel because it basically just rips off The Strangers. The victims happen to be named Sharon, Abigail, Jay, Wojciech (pronounced Voitek) and Steven (we're never told their last names until the end of the film) and the home intruders/killers are silent, ghoulish, shadowy figures whose faces are never clearly shown. The killers like to hide behind doors and in closets and jump out from the shadows to attack their unsuspecting prey who get picked off one by one, slasher movie style. For what it's worth, there are lots of cheap jump scares a la The Strangers and if that's your thing, you might enjoy this film more than I did. Oh, and how do we know the film is supposed to be taking place in the sixties? Someone mentions "crazy hippies" (or something) at the beginning of the movie and there's lots of sixties music playing in the background (probably the best thing about the entire film), but aside from that the overall "look" of the film is unconvincing and very modern day. Anyone who's read about the Tate-LaBianca murders or seen the excellent 1976 miniseries Helter Skelter (starring Steve Railsback as Charles Manson) will find Wolves At The Door to be mildly entertaining rubbish at best or downright deplorable rubbish at worst. My rating: 4/10, one of those points is for "Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs - awesome tune! I haven't seen Helter Skelter so I have no cinematic reference point for this true crime, other than the TV series Aquarius. I found Wolves at the Door to be suspenseful, possibly it was knowing the true horror story behind it all. Is it the best that could be done with this story? No, there is a better movie waiting to be made about it all, someday, no doubt. Oddly enough, I started watching the movie not knowing it was about the Manson Family murders at all. |
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Post by gspdude on Feb 25, 2018 16:22:37 GMT
The Butterfly Room (2012) Watchedd this on TubiTV. Barbara Steele as a mature woman with a habit of developing obsessive relationships with young girls. Some hard to swallow plot developments, but sufficiently creepy to merit a watch. 6/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 5, 2018 11:28:24 GMT
Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
Two below average/poor horror-comedy movies which I guess have very little to do with the other one I have seen of this seemingly neverending franchise, which is of course the first installment from 1993, which was decent/ok but far away of some classic.
I have no idea if either of the films have any big connections to earlier films but for me the only thing that seems to really hold them together (entertainment wise) is Warwick Davis who plays his part very well and also delivers most of the comedic scenes/moments in both films.
The main cast is mostly teenagers who "stumbles" upon some gold treasure which of course comes with a nasty surprise, which is the vengeful little demon that is the Leprechaun and the happy times will not last long, when he is around to strike fear and terror into his new victims.
I had a "hard" time deciding which one was the weakest/"better" one, but I thought Part 5 was better made and the pace was good, but the main leads was very annoying and Ice-T did not help out of much either. Part 6 was story/plot wise lesser but came with more "likeable" main cast, mostly due to the stunning Tangi Miller.
All in all, I did not think they were that terrible, but as cheesy b-movies they did ok. Will probably never see any of them again, but the original and maybe part 2 and 3 I am a bit curious about, maybe I should check them out later.
4/10
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Post by gspdude on Mar 5, 2018 14:05:15 GMT
Witchcraft (1964) Found this little known (642 ratings on IMDB) B&W on Comcast free movies on demand/network/FXM. Stars Lon Chaney Jr. and Yvette Rees as a creepy resurrected witch. 6/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 6, 2018 15:21:28 GMT
The Glow (2002)
Below average TV made thriller starring Portia de Rossi and Dean Cain as a couple who "stumbles" upon the "perfect" apartment in New York city.
However strange and evil things soon occor and things go from bad to worse.
Not a very good movie, but since it was a television movie and considering the not so impressive acting/plot and that I paid very little for the DVD copy, I really cannot complain all that much.
Some half decent moments thrown in here and there but over all pretty much seen this kind of story/plot done many times over, usually a little better but then again I have seen also far worse.
4/10
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Post by mszanadu on Mar 6, 2018 16:28:39 GMT
Witchcraft (1964) Found this little known (642 ratings on IMDB) B&W on Comcast free movies on demand/network/FXM. Stars Lon Chaney Jr. and Yvette Rees as a creepy resurrected witch. 6/10 That is a good film and I have watched this one a couple of times on the COMET Channel too   . Thanks gspdude for the reminder of this intriguing film also  . |
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Post by gspdude on Mar 12, 2018 14:20:39 GMT
Watched a couple of Giallos over the weekend on Youtube.
The French Sex Murders (1972) FTV 5/10 Don't see quite "enough" of Rosalba Neri in this.
Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) FTV 6/10 Was a 5 until the ending helped me make some sense of it.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 12, 2018 15:45:17 GMT
Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)
Okay, so it is a children/family comedy but since it do come along with Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Swamp Thing, Wolfman (or is it Wooolfgang?) and also Draculas big breasted bimbo Vampirella/Elivra looking girfriend, Vana Pira.
I have not seen any of the many Scooby-Doo animated movies, well minus the two terrible live-action (with some CGI animation) movies a decade ago, and since it I have not seen the show since I was little kid I thought it would be fun to re-visit it just for the nostalgic part sake.
Anyway, some new things was very obvious in this one. Shaggy are now all of a sudden dating a hot babe named Googie (not sure if I have encountered her before or after) but the opening scene with Scooby and Shaggy winning some racing tournament against all the odds, while his sexy cheerleader girl is cheering on him, I was expecting it to just be another dream sequence and where the bubble was about to be bursted anytime soon.
Incredible enough, that did not happen. Googie, even hotter than Daphne is involved with Shaggy, that was quite the surprise.
The obvious problem was not things like that, I kind of liked the idea of him finally getting the girl, and not some ghoul.
Back to the films problem and that is the length, with almost 95 minutes of time, there is a lot of wasted away on over-the-top and very early on to be more annoying than ever really funny slapstick "comedy".
But I did enjoy when we finally arrived in Transilvania, sadly the whole racing tournament was a little letdown but it never became too boring or stretched out, so I guess it was more a mediocre film than bad.
My 2002 DVD copy might not be the best version, as it looked very poor in places, like a cheap VHS rip-off, but the sound was mostly good.
Not sure if I will ever re-watch it, but if I had seen it as a kid, I might have enjoyed it more.
5/10
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 16:05:06 GMT
"The Ape" (1940)
Passably engrossing, mildly amusing vehicle for the ever-wonderful Boris Karloff. Supporting characters / performances are at least somewhat interesting, especially local rotter Henry Mason. One of the more notorious movies from a bargain basement company of the era (in this case, Monogram). Co-writer Curt Siodmak hit pay dirt the following year with his script for "The Wolf Man". |
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Post by Raimo47 on Mar 12, 2018 22:26:42 GMT
Bad Moon (1996) - 8/10. The werewolf looked very good. It was tall and bipedal.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Mar 14, 2018 21:49:25 GMT
Blood Voyage (1976), the World's Most Interesting Man From the Dos Equis beer ads on a yacht trip to Hawaii in which someone is murdering the other passengers in gory fashion.
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Post by gspdude on Mar 15, 2018 14:44:32 GMT
Symptoms (1974) 6/10 Another decent movie on YT. Brooding, well shot, story of a woman who appears haunted by something, or someone.
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Post by mszanadu on Mar 17, 2018 17:52:48 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 18, 2018 8:57:29 GMT
Watched The Last Man on Earth (1964) and half of Leprechaun (1993).
However, I ended up getting to them afterwards another 90 minute bore of football and I fell as sleep during the last 10-12 minutes of Last Man on Earth, then had to re-watch the ending and only managed half of Leprechaun before I was completely "knocked" out and will probably see the rest later on today.
I hoped for the best with The Last Man on Earth, but it was a very slow paced film with not much atmosphere or tension going on at all.
Also it included some of the worst "vampires" I have ever seen and while the great Vincent Price deliver some good scenes, they are few and far away of each other.
It was not until the last 10-15 minutes it actually got slightly interesting but by then I knew it was not gonna save it from being just another very forgettable and mediocre "see once, then youre gone" kind of movie.
5/10
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