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A STRANGER IS WATCHING-1982. Tried to get into this, but just couldn't. Reminded me a lot of a LAW AND ORDER:SVU. **
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DEATHLINE (1972) also known as RAW MEAT. Pretty good little film by the same director who did 1981's DEAD AND BURIED. Some nasty scenes, a quite funny turn by Donald Pleasence and the scene with he and Christopher Lee is just great. ***
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DARKROOM 1989
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Damien: Omen II Not on par with the original, but a pretty good flick with some scary moments (like the lady with the eyes picked out) and a good twist. A bit silly at times (Damien revealing himself to Mark), but all in all pretty good.
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SOYLENT GREEN (1973). Time and Pop culture references have somewhat diluted this, but still not a bad watch. The "Going Home" scene with Heston and Edward G Robinson is very well acted and quite moving. Read MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM! by Harry Harrison. ***
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 7/10 Not really a horror film, but has a murder. ::big grin:: Various folks are traveling on the Orient Express, traveling through Eastern Europe when there is a murder on the train! The train is delayed on the tracks by a snow slide, and a famous detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is tasked to solve the murder before the unpleasantness of foreign police arrive. I was expecting a lot of over-the-top goofy performances by the all-star cast of Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins and Wendy Hiller, but that was not the case. There is a slight tongue-in-cheek nature to the film, but the characters play it straight, though they might be slightly caricature. First there's a visual montage of a famous kidnapping murder, modeled after the famous Lindbergh Kidnapping. Then there's a slow introduction of the travelers, the murder, and then most of the film involves the interviewing of everyone on the train. Hints of how it relates to the murder slowing evolves. This processes isn't entirely enjoyable nor riveting, though Lauren Bacall (Harriet Belinda Hubbard) provides some snarky lines. One notable scene is a one-take one-shot interview of 59-year-old Ingrid Bergman, playing the missionary Greta Ohlsson, the character she insisted on playing. It is a captivating scene, within the context of the film, where we do notice it's length, a scene that won Bergman a Best Supporting Actress Oscar award. All-in-all, I don't know that it's satisfying as a mystery, as the exposition is a bit rigid, and almost impossible to anticipate (the exposition, that is). There are no character interactions that precipitates the murder. And so the unfolding of the cards are rather matter of fact and historical, leaving the emotion more a matter of record. |
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DRIVE IN CLASSICS VOL 1. A bunch of flicks from Crown Studios that make AIP look like 20th century Fox. While there are some good points in them (Decent photography, Music-including production from Michael Lloyd who had a lot of chart success and lots of pretty naked females; in particular, the two Female leads in SISTER-IN-LAW are staggeringly lovely), most are sunk by horrid scripts that go for the lowest common denominator with the vast majority of the guys are total jerks, particularly in DONNA AND CINDY which almost reaches XXX standards-was almost expecting Jaime Gillis to show up! Is neat seeing actors early in their careers who went on to better things.
PICK UP (1975) ** BEST FRIENDS (1975) Richard Hatch (STREETS OF San Francisco, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) and Suzanne Breton (A BOY AND HIS DOG). **1/2 THE TEACHER (1974). Angel Tompkins and Jay North (DENNIS THE MEANACE). **1/2 MALIBU HIGH (1979) **1/2 TRIP WITH THE TEACHER (1975) Zalman King ** THE STEPMOTHER (1972). Alejandro Rey, Claudia Jennings (1969 PLAYBOY PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR and many B movies) and Larry Linville (MASH) ** THE SISTER-IN-LAW (1975) John Savage (THE DEER HUNTER and DO THE RIGHT THING) who also sings! **1/2 DONNA AND CINDY (1970). * |
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I like murder mysteries in general, but I prefer when we're given clues throughout the film, and not given a dumptruck of exposition at the end that couldn't have been gleamed during the film. I think Deathtrap(1982) was one of the better ones I've seen. |
Slumber Party Massacre 2
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The house by the cemetary Good stuff by Fulci. I enjoyed the build up of the tension, although the dubbing was sometimes a bit off putting.
Nevertheless, good tension, enjoyable gore, enjoyable conclusion. The Italians know how to make their horror, that's for sure. |
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Definitely worth seeing ( Along with The Beyond and City if the Living Dead/The Gates of Hell ) |
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 (1982). Really enjoyed the original F13 and think it deserves more praise. However, even back then found the sequels to all be hard going. Watching this again, it's still as lackluster as it was back when I saw it in the theaters. However, fond memories of seeing it as the 3-D process they used was FANTASTIC! Truly looked like whatever implement was going to snag You! Also, we saw it in a run down part of town and the theater was full of young teenage girls (talking 13-14) screaming their heads off, all but drowning the sound out::big grin::. So will give the experience a ***1/2, but the film as is gets **.
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However, FRIDAY 3 did have the best 3-D that I've ever seen. |
Netherworld, also gothika is fantastic. Maybe the weirdest horror movie
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House II: The Second Story - Weak sauce. The makers tried to tap into that vein that held Gremlins, Ghoulies and what not and the result was neither funny nor scary. Lar Park Lincoln nor Bill Maher could save this mess.
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Fun fact: In Belgium, we refer to the designated driver as... Bob. So yeah, sooner or later, you'll need a Bob, I guess. ::wink:: |
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But I was actually quoting Brad’s review of House By the Cemetary, I noticed you have him as your Sig. |
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT 1984
Heard it mentioned in another movie..thought it was about time i watched it. |
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THE HUMAN TORNADO (1976). Jaw dropping sequel to Rudy Ray Moore's DOLEMITE is chock full of sleazy exploitation fare for us less discriminating types. Pretty lame, but worth a watch just for the lunacy of it all-also we get an early performance from character actor Ernie Hudson! **1/2
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HELL HIGH 1989
Four students plan revenge against a teacher for slapping one of them in class. |
PROPHECY (1979) POSSIBLE SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
Was re-reading the David Seltzer tie in and kind of got the urge to check this out again. While not great by any means, not really bad at all and I can certainly dig the message-told You I grew up in the 70's::embarrassment::. The only real beef I could have other than the uneven acting by Robert/Talia-think Adrienne Barbeau would have been a better female lead, at least we might have gotten a bathing suit scene::big grin::-is the Monster is shown too soon. Think the family;y massacre scene would have worked better without seeing it and think it would have had a bigger impact having it burst into the camp after Hector says "Welcome". Also watching it walk into the water, all I could think of was Godzilla and hearing Robert mutter "It drowned!" 100 times was too much...almost wanted to toss him in! Al beefing aside, the whole idea is frightening that if we screw with Mother Nature, she will kick our ass BIG TIME. Robert is quite good when he makes the connection with Mercury,the Mill and the forest...the dawning realization that things are seriously bad. Also, I find the deformed cubs in the poacher's net quite frightening...pretty intense scene for Me anyway. *** |
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Children of the Corn. A really good horror movie based off one of Stephen King's novels but the sequels and the remake that came after it were all stupid..
The two characters I found annoying were the little boy Job and his sister Sarah. Something about those two really irked me. |
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Also I think the first Children of the Corn was good for what it was and the opening scene where the teenagers were killing all the old people in the coffee shop was pretty disturbing. Those poor old ladies made me think of my grandmothers. 😨 |
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Suspiria: Best. Horror film. Ever.
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Also I just watched Carrie again. I thought the movie was more sad than scary but it's a really great movie! |
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In a nutshell, an American girl travels to a ballet academy in Germany to join the classes. Once she arrives, more and more weird things are going on. Let's just say it has to do with witchcraft. What makes this movie so special? Everything about it is beautiful. The cinematography, the soundtrack, the build-up, the colors (which give the whole film a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere, similar to A Clockwork Orange),... Quote:
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Oh I get it now! I think I saw that movie referenced in an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. It had the same kind of plot but of course it was parodied for comedy. I'll have to see that movie for myself if I ever get the chance!
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