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Post by Anonymous Andy on May 14, 2021 13:45:09 GMT
 For some reason I thought this was directed by Kevin Smith, when in fact it was Eli Roth who committed this atrocity. I have a feeling one day Ana De Armas will look back at this and be embarassed that she decided to star in this train wreck. Keanu Reeves (in one of those so bad that it's almost good type of performances) plays an architect who one day when he's alone at home (his wife and kids have left) helps two stranded women who come knocking at his door. Soon the ladies turn out to be sadistic psychos and start playing disturbing games with Reeves' character. This might've sounded good on paper, but it's an unholy mess of a film. It's crude, unpleasant and dull. And no, not even a nude scene by Ana De Armas makes this worth watching. 3/10 This movie. God. I've tried to forget I ever watched it. It made me squirm in all the wrong ways. I'll fly the Cabin Fever flag until my dying day, but jesus is Eli Roth insufferable and hacky most of the time. |
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Post by Anonymous Andy on May 14, 2021 13:46:42 GMT
 My second viewing of this indie slasher movie. Sharni Vinson makes for a great lead and the movie itself is pleasantly violent and dark though not very scary. The supporting characters could've been fleshed out a bit better and the late twist is not much of a surprise. 6.5/10 I was similarly unimpressed the first time I saw this, though I've been meaning to give it another chance, given the passage of time and my love for The Guest. |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 14, 2021 17:29:18 GMT
Quite a line up of movies I've never seen. Which would you most recommend I try to track down? Cop Car was eaily the best of the bunch. Thats worth a watch. Sad to say the rest are nothing that good and skipable.
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Post by politicidal on May 14, 2021 18:49:53 GMT
My second viewing of this indie slasher movie. Sharni Vinson makes for a great lead and the movie itself is pleasantly violent and dark though not very scary. The supporting characters could've been fleshed out a bit better and the late twist is not much of a surprise. 6.5/10 Only saw this when it was in theaters. I did like it but yeah, Sharni Vinson was the best thing about it. Not sure why she didn't go onto bigger things.
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 15, 2021 9:01:43 GMT
 ‘Vice Squad’ cash-in (not rip-off) Street Walkin’ (which distributed through Roger Corman’s Concorde Pictures) was a lot better than I expected led by the excellent debut of Melissa Leo in the lead role. She simply steals every scene she appears in with the plot focus squarely on the prostitutes. Authentic nightlife locations with moments of humour, heart and brutality. Sure, Dale Midkoff is no Wings Hauser (who is?!) in the pimp role, but when he breaks his cool there’s an intensity to his performance. Even the theme song ‘Streetwalkin’ is lit. I was going to link the full trailer, but there’s nudity throughout it. But if curious, it’s on YouTube... and also the full film (under the title ‘Streetwalkin 1985 Grindhouse Movie’ - 84 mins).
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Post by jonesjxd on May 15, 2021 10:42:12 GMT
Saint Maud
Its very much the weakest I've seen from A24 and the worst example of the recent "elevated horror" trend. 5/10
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 17, 2021 5:50:49 GMT
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Post by gspdude on May 17, 2021 14:35:02 GMT
 Death Factory (2002) Teens like to explore and party at the old abandoned factory, unfortunately that's where the local slasher killer hangs out. Points of interest: Tiffany Shepis, Ron Jeremy, 2 topless females, lots of blood. Drawbacks: Simplistic plot, poor acting, poor directing, a twist which doesn't make sense with some previous scenes. 2.5/10. |
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on May 18, 2021 1:57:12 GMT
 House (1986) A horror writer spends time in his late aunt's haunted house to write about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. I first saw this horror comedy in the 80s and remembered that it was quite funny. It's currently streaming on Prime so I decided to have another look. Well, I guess time hasn't been kind to House. There are some chuckles now and then, but the comedy often plays out like a lame sitcom. As for the horror aspect, despite a couple of good scares it's mostly tame and goofy. The cheap production values really start to show. Just mediocre. I have not seen any of the sequels. |
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 18, 2021 4:05:22 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on May 18, 2021 7:12:48 GMT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME 1981 -- 40th anniversary this week. Not a slasher movie that I revisit much--and yet it is slickly made--not being a Little House on the Prairie fan I was unfamiliar with Melissa Sue Anderson and could have confused her with Pamela Sue Martin or Melody Anderson. Interesting to consider that there's no sex scene in here--that's one unusual aspect of it--also the gore is mostly off-screen--you see blood splattered around more than actual gore fx typical of the time. The most disturbing scene is the brain surgery.
The ending is very negative --often those who analyze slasher movies say that there's a theme of the woman having to defend herself from a male killer--well this turns that on its head--the theme is on class conflict and social status. The children of rich powerful business people are being killed off-and the moral issue about sex = murder comes from a class conflict between rich men and a local woman who is sleeping around with them.
Ultimately, the twist in the story is too far-fetched to work despite the professional acting of the participants.
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Post by gspdude on May 18, 2021 11:52:52 GMT
 M.F.A. (2017) A rape-revenge thriller starring Francesca Eastwood (Clint's Daughter) as a young art student (going for a Master of Fine Arts degree, I gathered). Somewhere between exploitation and a serious movie. Clint's girl shows promise of becoming a fine actress. Not a bad movie. It's on Tubi. 6/10. |
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Post by Prime etc. on May 19, 2021 8:12:26 GMT
I VAMPIRI 1957 - A miracle of film artistry to make Gianna Maria Canale look anonymous and unattractive--it also appeared that they made use of the light filter trick that was employed in the 1931 Jekyll and Hyde tocause someone's face to change on camera without any editing.
Paul Muller, last I checked is still around! He appeared a in a lot of Euro genera films.
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES - Seen it a number of times.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 19, 2021 21:19:04 GMT
Death Factory (2002) Teens like to explore and party at the old abandoned factory, unfortunately that's where the local slasher killer hangs out. Points of interest: Tiffany Shepis, Ron Jeremy, 2 topless females, lots of blood. Drawbacks: Simplistic plot, poor acting, poor directing, a twist which doesn't make sense with some previous scenes. 2.5/10. I bought that VHS at a Hollywood Video in 2004. I liked it actually. I did really low/no budget horror films. Did you see the sequel?
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 19, 2021 21:21:32 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 20, 2021 1:40:40 GMT
Color Out of Space (2019) Purple has never before seemed so terrifying. I finally got around to see this, but sadly, for all the impressive visual effects, the music and acting, somehow, it just never really hit off with me, as much as I had hoped for. Sure, some nasty and very creepy scenes, and again, always a treat to see Nicolas Cage in this kind of roles, but overall, I kind of realized very early on, where it would go. The same way, as with Mandy (2018), which felt like "everybody" rave about, and handed 10/10s, but yeah, it was just not my kind of fun. Gave both a 6/10 ratings, but not something I will bother re-watching or keeping in my movie collection.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 20, 2021 1:46:13 GMT
I do think it starts off with a bang, but sort of loses steam when it finally came to the final assault. The lead bad guy’s henchmen/ & henchwoman easily overshadowed him in presence and it made we wonder why they would even take orders from somebody like him. Especially when the woman openly criticises him. Well, at least he’s not as unbelievable as the one in ‘Defcon 4’. I guess it was all about the connections (especially for the drugs), and this dude had the right ones to keep him on top? VFW is probably his most accessible film. Bliss is just as well made, but seems to be a like it or hate it response. Little middle ground. I saw both at the same festival and came away liking VFW more. However upon a re-watch it switched around. As for his other two films (Almost Human & The Mind’s Eye). They’re interesting experiments, but rough around the edges e.g performances. Yeah, I guess you summed it up, rather nicely. A slimy and scrawny bad guy, who probably had the brains over brawns style and leadership, but also happened to suply his army of users, the right kind of "stuff", to keep things in "perfect" balance. Well, at least until the next injection arrives. Kind of like Manny Fraker from Death Wish 3, who also were maybe not the most physical threatning gang leader, and had even some of his lesser loyal men, trying to overtake his place, which turned out to be a bad mistake. Still, he made sure to strike back, ruthlessly, and in a way which for such a ridiculous movie, still came out as rather nasty and brutal. He also seemed to hook up his followers, with a bit of that special stuff, before hitting the old timers, during night time. I remember I quite enjoyed Defcon 4, but have not seen it, since, well, very long now. Might give it another shot, along with a few other 80s and early 90s post-apocalyptic films.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on May 20, 2021 2:03:30 GMT
 Crash! (1976) Nope, it's not the David Cronenberg movie. Nope, it's not the highly acclaimed drama that won a Best Picture Oscar. This particular Crash is a horror/sci-fi/action outing about a woman who unwittingly acquires occult powers from a trinket she bought at a swap meet. She specializes in using the powers to make a late 60s model Camero drive by itself and cause havoc on the roads. I first saw Crash! many years ago on the CBS Late Movie, and I just now caught it on Tubi. As with other movies I've seen on Tubi, I assumed it was going to be a low quality version with a full screen and scratchy picture, but it turned out to be a decent widescreen presentation. The movie itself is just average at best. Some awesome car stunts and cool camera work, but that's really all there is to recommend for this silly and muddled story. Starring the lovely Sue Lyon as the woman possessed by the powers, and José Ferrer as her hateful husband who wants her dead. Directed by a 24-year-old Charles Band. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 20, 2021 2:04:23 GMT
House (1986) A horror writer spends time in his late aunt's haunted house to write about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. I first saw this horror comedy in the 80s and remembered that it was quite funny. It's currently streaming on Prime so I decided to have another look. Well, I guess time hasn't been kind to House. There are some chuckles now and then, but the comedy often plays out like a lame sitcom. As for the horror aspect, despite a couple of good scares it's mostly tame and goofy. The cheap production values really start to show. Just mediocre. I have not seen any of the sequels. I always get a bit of laugh, out of the scandinavian DVD copies I own of the first two films, as it says something like: "Now, for the first time, totally uncut" or something similar. And I think to myself, "now what the hell could be so nasty or gory, that they would cut into this rather innocent horror comedy?" But I guess the cencors or butchers, back in the 80s, just could not stay away, even from something as non-scary as the House films. Ok, the third one, The Horror Show, actually goes a bit overboard at times, at least compared to the first two films. I think the Horror Show is my favorite, even if many do not think of it, as part of the House franchise, but it kind of looks right, standing beside the first two films, in my DVD collection. The original is surely more campy and goofy, but I do enjoy the scenes with George Wendt, as the nosy neighbour/fan, then of course Big Ben, and the house itself, which is really cool looking. But compared to the movie posters and such, before I first got around to watch the film, I guess I were in the mood for something, a bit less silly, and more creepy or atmospheric.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on May 20, 2021 2:12:54 GMT
House (1986) A horror writer spends time in his late aunt's haunted house to write about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. I first saw this horror comedy in the 80s and remembered that it was quite funny. It's currently streaming on Prime so I decided to have another look. Well, I guess time hasn't been kind to House. There are some chuckles now and then, but the comedy often plays out like a lame sitcom. As for the horror aspect, despite a couple of good scares it's mostly tame and goofy. The cheap production values really start to show. Just mediocre. I have not seen any of the sequels. I always get a bit of laugh, out of the scandinavian DVD copies I own of the first two films, as it says something like: "Now, for the first time, totally uncut" or something similar. And I think to myself, "now what the hell could be so nasty or gory, that they would cut into this rather innocent horror comedy?" But I guess the cencors or butchers, back in the 80s, just could not stay away, even from something as non-scary as the House films. Ok, the third one, The Horror Show, actually goes a bit overboard at times, at least compared to the first two films. I think the Horror Show is my favorite, even if many do not think of it, as part of the House franchise, but it kind of looks right, standing beside the first two films, in my DVD collection. The original is surely more campy and goofy, but I do enjoy the scenes with George Wendt, as the nosy neighbour/fan, then of course Big Ben, and the house itself, which is really cool looking. But compared to the movie posters and such, before I first got around to watch the film, I guess I were in the mood for something, a bit less silly, and more creepy or atmospheric. I also enjoyed George Wendt's performance. He had that laid-back Norm Peterson persona going.
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