Rest in Peace Umberto Lenzi

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ok. i am so very confused right now!!!! i just watched the 1983 movie sweet sixteen. and joanne is seemingly the killer. however at the end of the movie, they show melissa walk inside the house with blood on her clothes and holding a bloody knife. so, i am confused. is she the killer or is joanne the killer?

Kill and Kill Again (1981) 9.5/10

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One of the greatest martial arts cheese fests ever....

The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

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When a call from a famous reclusive pianist, Duncan Ely (Curt Jergens), comes in, Myles Clarkson (Alan Alda), a musical journalist, jumps at the chance to interview him. This begins a friendship where the older Duncan Ely seems unusually interested in Myles and his family. And from that very first meeting with this piano virtuoso and his darkly seductive daughter, Roxanne (Barbara Parkins), Myles suddenly rediscovers his long buried talent to become a successful concert pianist too. His growing involvement with the wealthy family and their strange friends eventually comes between Myles and his loving wife, Paula (Jacqueline Bisset). As sinister events unravel, Paula is drawn deeper into a web of diabolic happenings until the threads come together in a surprising and oddly rewarding finale.

Based on Fred Mustard Stewart's novel of the same name and directed by Paul Wendkos, THE MEPHISTO WALTZ was an underappreciated early 70s gem that got lost into the shadow of other greater & renowned masterpieces of the same era. By the time Twentieth Century Fox gave it a theatrical release under the Quinn Martin Production, the audience already seen Roman Polanski's ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968); and mostly because of both the movies shared a familiar theme in the story that set around a satanic cult ran by a large group of high society people, THE MEPHISTO WALTZ criminally received negative responses from the critics & the moviegoers "for being just another Rosemary’s Baby-wannabe". But other than having the devil worshipers into the story, this movie actually delivers quite a different & superbly twisted tale of its own. This time the devil offers a different deal for his followers than physically invading the world in a human form (i.e. Rosemary’s Baby or THE OMEN). Although it wasn't as flawless as those popular horror classics were but still Mephisto Waltz was like many other Bava inspired late 60s & early 70s horror movies that strikingly done right in color & sunny surroundings with styles & designs, to make the atmosphere effectively work as the story progress frame by frame. There was this weird New Year's Eve party at the earlier phase of the movie where someone was walking around with a dog with an eerily accurate and realistic human head mask of William Shatner, that later worn by Michael Myers in the original, John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978) [info source: IMDB trivia]. And not only that, the bizarre rituals and some psychedelic visuals at the nightmare sequences with chilling scores done by Jerry Goldsmith made it a fantastic experience that may remind you of some Fulci & Argento classics as well.
Like I said already, it wasn't entirely flawless…Alan Alda's performance was criticized as at times he indeed kind of felt like 'not so quite in there' mode in compare to admirable performances coming from the other end. Jacqueline Bisset on the lead carried the story as beautifully as she looked throughout the whole movie. Her stunning, gorgeous looks & the way she smartly portrayed the character made me think of she could be a great Bond girl for that memorable 007 era when it was shifting over from Sean Connery's legacy to Roger Moore's decades; even the wealthy pianist played by Curt Jergens later appeared as the main Bond villain for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977). I think mainly because of the running time issue, the film noticeably rushed over a significant segment in the middle where the Clarkson couple losses a very important family member; their reactions regarding the loss & grief were downright questionable & kinda funny also.
But the strongest segment of this underrated occult, horror-thriller was its climax. The finale was a real shocker and went into an area that I didn't expect. All I can say without spoiling anything that you'd never see an ending like this today in a studio horror film for sure ;) It's an ending that may initially make you think why or how the hell he/she could make that choice but if you take a quick look back into the story then you'll surely find plenty of hints that surprisingly somehow makes everything sense and made it work in a weird way.

I think a remake by Darren Aronofsky would be interesting with Ben Affleck portraying Alan Alda's role, Emily Blunt reprising Paula (Jacqueline Bisset's character), Bill Nighy as Duncan Ely and Rosamund Pike as his daughter Roxanne.

>>: A-

THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974). Like most of the 70's disaster films, this has a wonderful cast, still impressive Sets/Effects/Pyro and some genuinely suspenseful parts, but all is undone by an incredibly flabby script. **1/2

Rolling Vengeance (1987) 7/10

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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986). Really like this Carpenter film,, although the first time it nearly drove me to distraction by being serious one moment than camping it up the next! Time has been kind to this one and love the commentary,,,seems Carpenter and Kurt Russell find EVERYTHING funny-Kurt has a Bad Ass Laugh!::big grin::

Watching A Nightmare on Elm Street, you guys heard of this movie?

Sounds vaguely familiar

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

First time in many years.

Is that the one with the mime who dies in a boiler room?

Halloween

The Cold (1984)

Yikes. Felt like watching this again for some reason - not sure why, I knew full well how bad it is. Not even in a particularly entertaining way either, mostly just dull (though peppered with moments of lunacy)

Gremlins - Fun rewatch on Halloween. As great as it is, it always feels odd to see people classify this flick as horror. With all the zaniness, it rarely feels scary, if at all.

The Toxic Avenger - Well, hello Troma. ::big grin::

Ms 45, 1981. 8/10


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FRIDAY THE 13TH THE FINAL CHAPTER 1984

A deformed killer who hides his face with a goalie's mask, slices and dices his way through 2 homes located near his mother's grave.

Do you think Gremlins is at all racist? In particular, the Gremlins movie theater and bars scenes.

Rehearsal for Murder (1982)

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A beautifully crafted whodunit that takes place in an empty theater as playwright Alex Dennison (played by Robert Preston) stages an elaborate plan to reveal the truth behind his fiancée Monica Wells' (Lynn Redgrave) supposed suicide. He invites the cast & crew of his year old earlier play (in which his fiancée was also involved as the main actress) to a cold reading of a new script. However, none of them initially didn't know that their get together is a part of a plan to find out the possible criminal that Alex believed killed his lover.
As it filmed almost like a stage play, therefore this kind of film heavily relies on the crafts of script & an ensemble performance from a bunch of skilled, great actors and in this case both of which were excellent. Highly dialog driven but definitely a great treat for the fans of suspenseful, twisted murder mystery.

>>: B+

THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON (1974). Sluggish TV movie that I think is trying to be intentionally funny. The werewolf looks a lot like Henry Hull and a lot is lifted verbatim from THE WOLF MAN. Worth one look, but you may need to use your remote to speed things up. **

SLEEPAWAY CAMP 1984

Thought I had seen this but I sure hadn't! Two cousins attend a summer camp but soon campers and staff suffer horrible fates. Nice.

I only saw it a few years ago.

Last night I decided to give it a rewatch only to to discover I had never seen it before. I've done that a few times and nine times out of ten find myself a nice little movie.

SLEEPAWAY CAMP 2 1988

A bit of a dud actually.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

When Michael Calls, 1972. 7/10






How Awful About Allan, 1970. 7/10

Mindwarp (1992) 7/10

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Bleak and depressing stuff. Pretty violent and gory too, kept me entertained .

LOL! How did you even come across this?

Thanks, Thrash! I was looking for this film. I remember seeing it at a video store, read the description, and then forgot what the title was.

I love 1970's made for TV horror/thriller films. Movie of The Week. Most are on YouTube. ::love::

Auntie my Helen....::love::

Suspiria -

The first Dario Argento movie I've seen and man it's wild. I didn't expect this. I just kept hearing that Suspiria was good. And I saw the image of the main character in a taxi and thought that's a beautiful image. I guess I assumed because it's old it wouldn't be like this. And after that first death, you know everything else will be shocking. I didn't expect that from this movie. That first scene was completely surprising and it set the stage and mood for everything else keeping me wondering what other horrors were in store. The music is really unnerving. You know evil is coming and with it blaring it puts you on edge. What the witches do is always extreme and mean spirited in its evil and was beyond my expectations. What I assume a real witch would do. At the end I was saying get her! I think how normal everything seems makes it worse when the attacks finally happen. Afterwards I watched the trailer and that gave me chills.



I liked the movie so much that I have a poster on the way which I started a topic about.

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I can't wait to see more Dario Argento movies and the rest of the Three Mothers trilogy.

That's exactly what I thought seeing the beautiful taxi cinematography. Bava and Argento made some nice looking films.

Very cool poster!

MOON OF THE WOLF (1972). MFTV film involving a werewolf terrorizing a small Bayou town. Pretty silly and really a No-Brainer guessing who the hairy guy is. **1/2

Crowhaven Farm, 1970. 7,5/10


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The Mephisto Waltz, 1971. 7/10

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Well, I have not really looked at it in that way. Generally, Gremlins are jerks and/or pulling off all sorts of shenanigans. But to call it racist? That would go a bit far.

I mean, I was more surprised rewatching Police Academy and hearing a racial slur in that one.

I guess it's silly for me to suggest this to you, because you live in Belgium... I don't know if you're an American living in Belgium, or simply Belgian. But what I was referring to was the scenes in the theatre, outside the theatre and in the bar, where, for instance, you have Gremlins break-dancing, and they are also dressed urban (from that time period), interacting with the movie screen, gang activities, and other like scenarios... and it may suggest these scenes were made to playoff, or play up, suburban' fears of (physical and/or influential) urban' invasion, with a racial slant. But this film was a long time ago. I was just seeing if anyone had thoughts on it.

I see.

First of, I am a born and bread Belgian, but seeing you uncertain about that somehow feels like a compliment. :)

I am somewhat familiar with the whole "black people talking in movie theaters"-thing (The Scary Movie-franchise centered one of it's kills around that, if my memory serves me right.). I don't remember the break dancing.

The gang bits... Well, the stripe did make the leader look like he was in a biker gang. So, yeah... Personally, I would not consider it in that way. It certainly is not Skids and Mudflap.

Dunno if that helps.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Classic stuff. And that cast. ::devil::

Another movie has come to mind and I think it was an 80's movie: "Pumpkinhead"---That was pretty scary to me, the witch at the beginning of the movie freaked me out when I first saw it...The sequel was not as good as the first in my opinion....::cool::

Shivers, 1975. 6/10

Yeah I know it's Cronenberg, wasn't that impressed with this.


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