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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 21, 2020 14:31:22 GMT
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Extended Version (2009).
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 21, 2020 14:52:43 GMT
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Extended Version (2009). Not sure if I do own the extended version, but I have the box-set that I think goes under name of the Millennium trilogy, also still not seen the remake from 2011, but I am planning on going through all of them very soon.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 21, 2020 14:57:21 GMT
"The Sickest Film I've Ever Seen" Wow, that is pretty cool, as I remember that film critic Rex Reed was supposed to have said something similar after having just seen Basket Case (1982) in Cannes (of all places), and the guy he said that to, was none other than Frank Henenlotter (the director of Basket Case), who later on made great use of that classic "praise", and I think even my DVD copy has it printed on the movie cover as well.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Sept 22, 2020 1:34:55 GMT
Red Hill (2010) Decent modernised western revenge thriller. Simple if on the predictable side, but stylishly well done with a striking rural backdrop, strong performances and brutal cat and mouse encounters. It does lose some of its intensity when it comes to its reveal, yet it shouldn’t surprise.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:04:27 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:05:19 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:05:35 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:06:05 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:06:21 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:08:40 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2020 10:09:26 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 22, 2020 10:49:37 GMT
A few weeks (almost a month behind), but some of the movies I have seen earlier this month, this one ended up as quite a pleasant surprise: Next Door (1994) by Barney Cohen "Words are turds. Words are fucking turds." In a seemingly peaceful and very nice neighborhood, a small and innocent feud is about to turn into an intense and personal war between to "friendly" neighbors, and where their different backgrounds and lifestyles will eventually fade away in favor of the bitter and sweet taste of revenge, no matter how far into madness it might lead them.There is and will most likely always be something rather fascinating about the stories of neighbourly feuds. Some might be very short and intense, while other seems to carry on for decades, and often they tend to start out by just some random, stupid or idiotic daily situtations, which we rarely even bother with in the first place. But sometimes it is not much more needed, than having a dog doing his business onto the next door neighbors neat and tidy lawn, or the hyperactive kids next door, who never seems to be quiet, and where their parents never bother to ask them to maybe not scream their lungs out, all day long, and now in this case, with the two very different family's, hell is gonna start, all because of a water sprinkler. Which is not only bad news for the garden flowers, but it also means that the more "intellectual" and normal family of the Coler's (James Woods and Kate Capshaw) will for now on, take to the battle trenches and where they will go into war with the more "simple" and loud Benedittie's (Randy Quaid and Lucinda Jenney). I really enjoyed this very surprisingly and entertaining tv-movie, which seems to start up as a bit of an goofy comedy, but over the run, it soon becomes clear that there is going to be a far more darker and creepy vibe, as it seems to combines black comedy, slapstick and at times feels very much like a psychological thriller, yet never really quite finds out what it really wants to be, I guess, still I really liked most of it, which of course has a lot to do with the 4 main leads, and loved seeing Randy Quaid going completely crazy, but also how James Woods tried to reason with him, but over time realized that some people are just not ever gonna be able of getting through to, in a normal manner that is. I wanted to give this highly entertaining movie a better rating, however the version I saw, was through Youtube, and sadly the sound "quality" was at times awful, and sounded like it was made inside a container or inside a garbage can, as there was just so much that got lost because I had to constantly use my remote control, in order to keep on turning up and down the volume, and it was only at the end, it kind of started to sound more normal. However, I guess I cannot complain too much, as I had never heard of it, until just recently, but it surely has to be one of the better tv made movie during the 90s, and I wished it was out on a DVD, I would pick it up in a heartbeat, but as of now I guess the version uploaded on the internet, for free as well, is much better than having nothing. 6,5/10
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 22, 2020 21:56:01 GMT
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Extended Version (2009). Not sure if I do own the extended version, but I have the box-set that I think goes under name of the Millennium trilogy, also still not seen the remake from 2011, but I am planning on going through all of them very soon. Yeah, I own the ‘Extended Versions’ of all three movies on DVD and try to rewatch them at least once a year (though had missed doing so in the past year or two, but am making up for that now by rewatching them this year). The ‘Extended Versions’ are actually the six-part TV mini-series put together (two parts for each movie), while the 'Theatrical Versions' of the movies had to reduce the runtime and therefore cut stuff out. Personally, I’d stick with the Original Swedish Trilogy of films and highly recommend checking out the ‘Extended Versions’.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 22, 2020 21:56:40 GMT
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Extended Version (2009).
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 23, 2020 6:32:32 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 24, 2020 5:06:25 GMT
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Extended Version (2009).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 26, 2020 10:58:08 GMT
Prometheus (2012).
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Post by mszanadu on Sept 27, 2020 17:47:55 GMT
I'm watching this one right now On-Demand
and haven't seen it in awhile either .
IMPO - It's quite an in depth also intriguing storyline
and perfect for the Halloween season as well .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 30, 2020 13:16:08 GMT
The Blob (1988) by Chuck Russell "Your meteor brought something all right but if it's a germ, it's the biggest son of a bitch you've ever seen!" When a meteorite strikes down, close to a small town, it soon becomes all too clear that it have brought with it along a very hungry "guest", which turns out to be the result of a long going and very expensive process of beating out the soviets when it comes to biological warfare. Sadly, this means bad news for the townspeople of Arborville, as they have absolutely no idea of what they stand up against, and things go from bad to worse, when a bunch of cynical and aggressive military and scientist suddenly turns up, and tries to shut the whole town and its citizens down, in order to gain control over their "successful" experiment, before it is too late.I had big plans of "saving" this little late 80s sci-fi/horror gem until later of October, but I just could not wait that long, so I gave it a spin during this weekend, and while I usually tend to watch it during late summer nights, it fitted perfectly as a late night autumn kind of entertainment, as I had just earlier been out running in the woods, and it had the same foggy/chilling atmosphere as the one in the movie, so yeah, that was pretty cool. Anyway, the 80s brought with it some incredible and stunning remakes of classic horror and sci-fi films of the 50s, such as The Thing and The Fly, and while The Blob might not reach up to the masterpieces to Carpenter or Cronenberg, it sure stands out as one of the most enjoyable and surely interesting ones from that decade. What I have always loved about this kind of horror movies, is that it have such a great feel and look to it, the whole classic smalltown vibe is very strong, and there were so many similar titles made in the 80s, specially the ones combining sci-fi, horror and comedy as well. Here we meet up with a lot of sterotypical clichees, the sex-crazed jockies, the "crazy" old drunken man, the popular kids, the nosy but seemingly kind Sheriff and his not so kind co-worker, and of course the "black sheep" of the town, the restless outsider (Kevin Dillon), who just cannot wait to get out of this town, and never look back. "SPOILERS AHEAD!"Still, it does not take far too long until you forget about all these typical characters, as the movie sure makes it out that "NOBODY IS SAFE", something that means even potential leading figures such as Paul, the local football-hero, who is written out in such a gruesome and terrifying way, that it must have been quite a shock for those who first saw it back when it hit the cinemas. Even the ones who usally make it all the way, the kind and gentle people seems to go out early on, and I have yet to mention that kids are not safe either, so that is another "bonus" if one can call it that, as very few horror movies seems to go all the way, and okay, so the kid was kind of annoying, but still it was surprising seeing it again, and the death scenes are very well done, and the victims are hit with such as nasty and brutal fate, and I really felt for the poor waitress/cafe owner (Candy Clark) who was about to go out on a date, only to end up trapped inside a phone booth, while hoping to be rescued, then noticing the face of her date that evening (Jeffrey DeMunn) having been eaten alive by this evil thing, which now will most likely do the same to her as well. "SPOILERS END!"
All in all, I had a great time. Shawnee Smith looked stunning, and I love how Kevin Dillon and her made such a great team, and also not only the horror and action part, but the comedy were also very funny at times, such as the whole scene where Art LeFleur realizes who is his daughters (Smith) date for the evening, and remembering his little "chat" with the sleazy Steve who looked for some condoms for his date with a young Erika Eleniak, but since the towns priest suddenly appeared behind him in the line, he blamed that the condoms were not his, but his pal Paul, and when LeFleur notices Paul later that evening, he burst out a huge: "RIBBED!" Also I have always loved the fitting band named (Alien) and their hair-metal song Brand New Love, which I always love to sit through the entire end credits, and just listen to this delicious sweet and cheesy theme song, and again, I had a really good time, and I think The Blob would sit down well along with another small town creeper known as Slither (2006), which also comes with a pretty cool and fitting quote: "Like in the good old days of the 80s, when horror movies used to be scary and fun!"
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 1, 2020 11:33:42 GMT
October Horror Challenge - 2020 - Day 01:01. Zombie Nightmare (1987) by Jack Bravman Another slice of "classic" 80s horror, starring Thor (Jon Mikl), who plays a very "realistic" teenager, whom we soon gets to learn, have much earlier witnessed the death of his "old" father, by the hands of some local scum. Anyway, much later, the little kid have now grown up into a huge bodybuilder, with a talent of beating people up with his baseball bat at night. Sadly for Thor, he ends up as the latest victim to a bunch of restless teenagers, looking for some "fun", and before you know it, a "friendly" voodoo priestess suddenly arrives and resurrects the body of the dead teenager back to life, now as a very vengeful and angry zombie, who still seems to swing his beloved baseball bat around, which is some very bad news for his victims. Zombie Nightmare sure ain't no "masterpiece", and of course I did not walk in and expected too much, but kind of hoped for some fun trashy b-movie material, which is also pretty much what "saves" it, or me that is, from a total bottom of the barrell rating. That, and you have a young and hot Tia Carrere (I think, in one of her very first movie roles) along with Adam West, who smokes (a lot) of cigars in what little he gets to work with. Surely not a "great" way of starting things up, but since I had been kind of wanting to give it a go, after the re-watching Thor's other 80s horror "classic Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare, which also was released or made the very same year, but for me was much more fun and enjoyable, which kind of says a lot of how bad at times Zombie Nightmare turned out to be. Still, I cannot be too hard, as there was quite some laughable stuff taking place, and also the lovely Tia Carrere sure helped to hold onto my interest, but all in all a pretty terrible movie, no question about that. 3/10 02. Son of Dracula (1943) by Robert Siodmak I guess this one could or should have been named Son of Alucard! As there is something very close to that of Ed Wood and his Dr. Acula, over the way the name of Alucard is used so often and how funny it soon becomes, as neither the police or the experts seems to guess that behind the mysterious Count Alucard (from Transylvania), he really is none other than Count Dracula, and he of course have some evil business going on. As he have taken the trip from his former home country towards the deep swamps of the south-states, in search of a more "fertile" land. One of many movies I seem to have forgotten about, back in 2017, when I first tried out this October Horror Challenge, and I pretty much focused on the more famous Universal Horror Classics, but to my surprise there were a lot of bonus material, which turned out to be feature films, and first later on I realized that I am still a long way off, from having finished seeing all the films that I own from the film box-set of the classic Universal movies. Anyway, I gotta admit, I had already started the night before (the challenge officially began) by warming up with a very long disaster movie Airport (1970), then followed by an episode of X-Files, and when I finally started up with Zombie Nightmare, I was maybe a bit sleepy and not all up for 3 movies in a row, still I managed to keep on finishing Son of Dracula, but it was only the last 15-20 minutes I really began to enjoy what was going on, and that was sadly a bit too late. Maybe I was a little to hard on it, but it kind of reminded me a little of how I felt from having just seen Dracula (1931) with the great Bela Lugosi, and then not long after, House of Dracula, and it was just not the same. Lon Chaney Jr. is the prince of darkness in this one, but I never felt he was much of a menace or threat, and well, I liked some of the atmosphere the film had going, and maybe on a later re-watch, it might climb up to a kind 6/10, but as for now I ended up with a: 5,5/10
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