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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 8, 2023 21:38:19 GMT
NV: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines... Well I feel like they could've done alot more with this. They change the Lore. And drastically change Timmy's story not for the better. The 2 minute scene in the 1989 movie is better compared to this movie. It's tragic. It's sad. They really miss the mark here. His rabid Dog is not used long enough and was well done. It never feels like 1969. But the young characters all look like they are Cos Playing. At 81 minutes it's rushed with lots of weird jump cuts. Pam Grier is a welcome addition. But it feels like a series could've really fleshed what ideas they had. The actor playing Judd neither looks or sounds like John Lithgow. And the characters sound straight out of 2023. In fact you'd think things were just Peachy for it being the tumultuous year of 1969. I'd recommend "Dead of night" aka "Death Dream" that is a Haunting take on a Vietnam Veteran returning home but changed. It does everything this movie lacks and better. Well that doesn't sound promising. I'm still curious about it, so I'll still end up seeing it. But with low expectations. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Oct 8, 2023 23:01:33 GMT
Any objections if I do Nightshift Collection (1994)? It's comprised of two Stephen King short films released earlier, one from Frank Darabont. It's 54 minutes.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 8, 2023 23:21:08 GMT
Any objections if I do Nightshift Collection (1994)? It's comprised of two Stephen King short films released earlier, one from Frank Darabont. It's 54 minutes. Never seen it myself. I wouldn’t object. As long as it’s a 54mins feature. Doesn’t matter if it’s two shorts, not connected, or even no wrap around story. There are a few horror anthology films like that. |
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Post by soggy on Oct 9, 2023 4:15:55 GMT
The Burning (Tony Maylam, 1981)
One of the better Friday the 13th retreads that came out in the early 80s. This one takes the interesting choice of, after a fairly intense opening, choosing to be a teen comedy for quite a bit before the killings start again. It’s a decent little movie and I was entertained throughout. 7/10
Night of the Creeps (Fred Dekker, 1986)
Zombie horror comedy that really works about half of the time and falls flat the other. The good aspects though are really good. I can see where some would love this just from a cult standpoint and I won’t lie and say I wasn’t entertained for its run time, but it just felt like it did not live up to its potential. 6/10
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 9, 2023 5:48:52 GMT
The Burning (Tony Maylam, 1981) One of the better Friday the 13th retreads that came out in the early 80s. This one takes the interesting choice of, after a fairly intense opening, choosing to be a teen comedy for quite a bit before the killings start again. It’s a decent little movie and I was entertained throughout. 7/10 Night of the Creeps (Fred Dekker, 1986) Zombie horror comedy that really works about half of the time and falls flat the other. The good aspects though are really good. I can see where some would love this just from a cult standpoint and I won’t lie and say I wasn’t entertained for its run time, but it just felt like it did not live up to its potential. 6/10 I adore The Burning. Cropsy is freakier than Jason. The movie is well shot and I enjoyed the characters. Better than all the Friday the 13th movies bar Jason Lives. Don't share your opinion of Night of the Creeps though. Found it to be delightful 80s cheese. |
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Post by Marv on Oct 9, 2023 13:57:28 GMT
The Boogeyman…even with most of the scenes being in a dark room, dare I say they showed too much? A shapeshifting evil entity thriving in darkness and terrorizing your children is a great start. The luring via mimicking other voices and sounds is incredibly suspenseful. I didn’t need to fully see it thrashing about like a cgi insect tho. As if to make my point the outro scene with the doctor was as suspenseful and creepy as anything else in the movie. Because ‘we’ know…but the characters fall into it, despite arguably knowing better at that point. The girls were solid in this.
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Post by theravenking on Oct 9, 2023 15:21:17 GMT
 Death Train (1978; Igor Auzins)Each year I try to throw in some lesser-known films for the horror challenge, yet I feel that with this Australian TV movie I'm already scraping the barrell of obscurity. The plot synopsis certainly reads like an intriguing ghost story or even impossible mystery: Unfortunately the movie tries to play the plot for laughs. To quote a critic: "the script is given such tongue-in-cheek treatment, it's little more than a farce." In fact there is very little horror or even spooky content here. Hugh Keays-Byrne probably best known as the villains in Mad Max and Mad Max: Fury Road, plays an insurance investigator who has to determine the cause of death for the victim, only then can the insurance money be paid out. This is a small town crime comedy, and it was not until the end, that I realised, that what I was dealing with here, was a comical Aussie version of Polanski's Chinatown, - the protagonist even finds the victim's missing glasses in an unexpected place, just like in the neo noir classic. It's a likeable and occasionally amusing little flick, but also rather low-key and not very exciting. 5/10 |
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Post by theravenking on Oct 9, 2023 20:43:19 GMT
Blind Terror aka. See No Evil (1971; Richard Fleischer) Richard Fleischer does Hitchcock in this narratively slight but terrifying thriller. The director effectively uses the old trick of letting the audience know more than the protagonist to generate tension, even though in the first half hour very little actually happens. We only know there's a psycho wearing cowboy boots, but we don't know what he's up to. And then from one moment to the next all hell breaks lose, and Farrow's character gets put through the ringer. You don't have to be a fan of the actress to feel for her. She's so fragile and vulnerable here and the bad guy so mercilessly evil that it makes one shudder. Director Fleischer gleefully, almost sadistically celebrates his heroine's distress and has her flee, run, stumble, fall and scream her lungs out. Yet he also seems to enjoy toying with her and his audience, following up a sequence of absolute terror with a romantic horse ride through a forest, making you wonder, has her hero already come to save her or is he perhaps behind all this?
Bolstered by Gerry Fisher's superb cinematography and Elmer Bernstein's fine score the movie makes the most out of its modest plot.
Yes, it's all incredibly contrived and with little depth or background to the killer's motives arguably nothing more than an empty exercise in suspense, but nonetheless a classy one. 6.5/10 |
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Post by Shane Falco on Oct 9, 2023 21:32:54 GMT
Just finished Resident Evil Welcome to Racoon City.
It wasn't good on its own (5/10). However comparing it to any of the Milla Jovovich RE movies its damn near a masterpiece (9/10). It had quite a few actors that I recognized in it which was a pleasant surprise.
RE games imo aren't really built to translate to movies. There isn't much of an interesting story to them. The games work because of limited ammo and the survival aspect of it. That just doesn't translate into a horror film. You being in control in game brings the fear factor. Just watching as a generic story plays out on screen feels hallow.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 10, 2023 3:05:59 GMT
NV: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines... Well I feel like they could've done alot more with this. They change the Lore. And drastically change Timmy's story not for the better. The 2 minute scene in the 1989 movie is better compared to this movie. It's tragic. It's sad. They really miss the mark here. His rabid Dog is not used long enough and was well done. It never feels like 1969. But the young characters all look like they are Cos Playing. At 81 minutes it's rushed with lots of weird jump cuts. Pam Grier is a welcome addition. But it feels like a series could've really fleshed what ideas they had. The actor playing Judd neither looks or sounds like John Lithgow. And the characters sound straight out of 2023. In fact you'd think things were just Peachy for it being the tumultuous year of 1969. I'd recommend "Dead of night" aka "Death Dream" that is a Haunting take on a Vietnam Veteran returning home but changed. It does everything this movie lacks and better. Watched Pet Sematary: Bloodlines earlier tonight and, yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said. They could have taken the idea in a much better direction. Also, it has more of a slasher mentality rather than a being a spooky supernatural horror thriller. And where's the Wendigo? I'm through with the Pet Sematary franchise. 4/10 |
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Post by forca85 on Oct 10, 2023 3:42:11 GMT
Still sick forgot to post...
NV: The Man Beast
RV: The Barge People
RV: Camp Dread
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 10, 2023 7:16:36 GMT
Death Train (1978; Igor Auzins)Each year I try to throw in some lesser-known films for the horror challenge, yet I feel that with this Australian TV movie I'm already scraping the barrell of obscurity. The plot synopsis certainly reads like an intriguing ghost story or even impossible mystery: Unfortunately the movie tries to play the plot for laughs. To quote a critic: "the script is given such tongue-in-cheek treatment, it's little more than a farce." In fact there is very little horror or even spooky content here. Hugh Keays-Byrne probably best known as the villains in Mad Max and Mad Max: Fury Road, plays an insurance investigator who has to determine the cause of death for the victim, only then can the insurance money be paid out. This is a small town crime comedy, and it was not until the end, that I realised, that what I was dealing with here, was a comical Aussie version of Polanski's Chinatown, - the protagonist even finds the victim's missing glasses in an unexpected place, just like in the neo noir classic. It's a likeable and occasionally amusing little flick, but also rather low-key and not very exciting. 5/10 True, this one was light-weight and very quirky. Especially how it focused on small town oddball characters, their distinct mannerisms and irrational interactions. Really gets by on Keyes straight-lace performance. And the mystery surrounding the supernatural occurrences. Too bad by the end it remains as ambiguous as it started. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 10, 2023 10:55:03 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 11, 2023 2:04:04 GMT
Most of first time views so far are really sucky. Im getting nothing from a lot of those.
I re-watched the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I remembered this film to be pretty lame but I liked it much more this time around. I raised it from a 4/10 to a 6/10. Not one of the best horror redos but its not bad. The final found footage scene is actually pretty freaky. Plus Jessica Biel is fun to look at.
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Post by soggy on Oct 11, 2023 3:33:37 GMT
One Missed Call 2 (Renpei Tsukamoto, 2005)
The first One Missed Call film was a fun little J-Horror romp. It wasn’t the best that Japanese horror had to offer, but it was a fun watch that had a few creepy scenes. This sequel is worse in every way. It’s nowhere near as effective as the first film and it’s oddly convoluted. It honestly seems to break its own rules whenever it is convenient and was a major disappointment (also what was the deal with introducing a new ghost that kills in the same way, but also keeping the other one as almost a background plot?). I wasn’t expecting greatness by any means, but it’s sad how that this was the follow up. 3/10
One Missed Call 3: Final (Manabu Asô, 2006)
I can tell by the IMDb rating that many seem to think this is the worst of the series. Honestly I found it better than the second in every way. It’s faster paced. We lose the random villain that we didn’t get much of an explanation for and the one new addition to the rules (forwarding your message causes another’s death) adds a nice bit of extra paranoia to the characters as they become more desperate and more likely to turn on their friends. It’s not perfect, but I enjoyed this one. 6/10
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Post by forca85 on Oct 11, 2023 3:53:16 GMT
RV: A Perfect Murder (Well... This would be a Suspense thriller. Not strictly horror.)
FV: Tomie: Beginning... I'm glad someone suggested it to me. I've seen the other 2 on Tubi.
RV: Jack in the Box. And Jack in the Box 2. Just nifty little British horror movies. I'd love a part 3.
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Post by Marv on Oct 11, 2023 4:00:09 GMT
Most of first time views so far are really sucky. Im getting nothing from a lot of those. I re-watched the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I remembered this film to be pretty lame but I liked it much more this time around. I raised it from a 4/10 to a 6/10. Not one of the best horror redos but its not bad. The final found footage scene is actually pretty freaky. Plus Jessica Biel is fun to look at. Biel in that is *chefs kiss*…perfection. |
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 11, 2023 4:08:36 GMT
House Of The Long Shadows (1983)A cocky, young writer wants to find solitude in an old mansion while writing his latest novel. But he is constantly disturbed by various visitors; some of them are related to each other and are hiding a dark family secret. This British movie was made at a time when blood and guts were spraying across the screen in most horror movies, pissing off the MPAA who often demanded cuts to achieve R ratings. But this one is strictly an old fashioned, PG-rated horror romp, recalling the style of Hammer and Amicus productions. Old school ingredients such as constant thunder and lightning, lots of cobwebs, and sinister wardrobes are displayed throughout. Best of all, we get a host of lengendary horror icons; Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and John Carradine. It's a real pleasure watching these old pros do what they do best. They deliver typical classical performances, like they are doing Shakespeare. They're all superb in their roles. Desi Arnaz, Jr. isn't too bad as the writer (Leonard Maltin was hard on him, saying he almost sinks the whole picture). So all-in-all, this was a pretty good change of pace viewing for the Challenge. Apparently April Fool's Day wasn't the first movie to reveal that all the murders were fake and done as a prank; this one ends the same way. 6.5/10
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Post by Shane Falco on Oct 11, 2023 4:09:17 GMT
Most of first time views so far are really sucky. Im getting nothing from a lot of those. I re-watched the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I remembered this film to be pretty lame but I liked it much more this time around. I raised it from a 4/10 to a 6/10. Not one of the best horror redos but its not bad. The final found footage scene is actually pretty freaky. Plus Jessica Biel is fun to look at. Idk what it is about those films but the rewatchability just isn't there for me like other slashers. Elm St, Friday 13th, Halloween, Scream all can be rewatched endlessly for me. Yet there just is something about the Texas Chainsaw films that don't get me the same way. In fact I only remember two of them each because if the female lead. Jessica Biel in the one you stated and Alexandra Daddario in the other. Both nice eye candy. Funny enough Daddario wanted to be top less in a scene (if you've seen it you can guess the scene where her shirt is randomly fully unbuttoned) but the director declined. Luckiky enough we got her hall of fame worthy scene in True Detective later on. |
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Post by Shane Falco on Oct 11, 2023 4:18:32 GMT
Just finished Silent Night the 2012 version with Malcolm McDowell (which was why I watched it). Had some interesting enough kills in it. Pretty mindless of a film but at the same time held my attention enough. I wasn't aware that there are multiple horror films regarding a guy dressed as Santa Claus going on a killing spree.
Probably a 5/10. I'll likely forget all about it next week. But at the same time it occupied an hour and a half of my time so ot did the trick.
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