The Den (2013)

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Web-cam slasher...not bad.

>>: B

Savaged (2013)

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A ghost of an Apache warrior possessed the body of a raped & dead-deaf girl to settle all vengeance! :danger:

>>: B

I don't see an option for dubbing, just subtitles.

So I watched another movie on Netflix this morning called 'Ironclad' made in 2011, a pretty neat midieval castle siege movie. Simple setup and plenty of action, and rather high production values. Surprisingly bloody too, considering the prestige of the cast like Charles Dance, Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Derak Jacobi, and others. Gorehounds would love this movie. I had not heard of it before seeing it up on netflix and I am surprised a movie like this isn't better known.

Men in Black III

SE7EN (1995). Hadn't watched this in a few years, so popped it in. Still very compelling and very grim with one of the most downbeat endings ever. Good acting by everyone, including Brad Pitt, although I felt sorry for him by the conclusion of the film. ****

Oculus (2013)


A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon (= evil mirror)

Good, but it gets average/bad towards the ending.
The flashbacks get kinda annoying and I would have loved a better background story on the evil whatever-it-is.

"Hunting the Legend" 1/10


Amazing what you can find in your own backyard... This movie was cheap.

Deep in the Darkness (2014)

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Creature design, the overall story & its execution wasn't bad but I didn't see the point of "worshiping" those creatures by a whole community, they were easily killable.

>>: B

Willow Creek (2013)

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So far most of the movies about the 'Big Foot' legends sucks. The whole idea about the big foot I think no longer remains much terrifying or creepy anymore. And here again, I just didn't see the point of why Mr. Goldthwait was even interested at the first place to make a found footage flick about that tired & old legend of the woods?! I've no complain here about 'zero screen time of the creature' as I wasn't expecting that at all or I knew.."come on...this is a movie about BF, and in most of the movies they never dared to reveal it properly!"::stick out tongue::

A very average addition to this sub-genre, found it disappointing overall.

>>: C

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"Hotel Inferno" 6-7/10

An action packed gorefest shot entirely in POV. It's like watching the horror game "Condemned", but without the superpowers and creepy atmosphere. It's all about action, violence and gore. And bad acting. Luckily there's only 2 people talking in the entire movie, but they're both fighting for the prize of worst overactor.

Maybe this is a better description. This movie is "Braindead" with a "Bad Taste" budget and a completely different story. Looks like a film school project, but a successful one.

Might get a few fans in here. ::wink::

Fright Night (2011)

I know, I know. I'm the biggest complainer here about remakes. There's one thing that compelled me to watch: David Tennant. And, I'm approaching my viewing as a standalone movie, like there was no movie from the 80s. It bears very little resemblance anyway. ::wink::

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

+the bad guy from Chronicle, playing a similar role though.
-the romance, the music, the length of the movie, cliché evil scientist with German accent, some bad cgi towards the end that almost looks like a video game, most of the cast,...

Quite average like most superhero movies.
The only reason I still watch those is out of boredom.

Did you enjoy it? Actually Fright Night 1985 is one of my fav movies. I haven't watched the remake yet. I like the actress who plays the mom (Toni Colette?) and I know Chris Sarandon makes a cameo appearance but that's about it.

Take away all memorable scenes from the original and you have the remake.

Sounds interesting. I'm not really a fan of POV video games, but I'm always down for innovative filmmaking techniques. Is it more of a found footage style, as if the main character is wearing a Go Pro helmet cam, or is it filmed with standard high quality cameras, just shot from 1st person POV?

Hmm, that's a good question. I'll let you decide that. :D

I did not. I got bored early on, didn't even make it to David Tennant showing up. turned it off.

Figured as much.

Geriatric action at it's finest. And now joined by fresh blood, too!

Banderas is an absolute hoot. Snipes has a great entry. Gibson makes for a very convincing baddie, better than Van Damme in the previous film. Wonderful to see Robert Davi in a nice little cameo. The rest of the crew are there and doing what they do best - kick some serious ass! And when Ford, Schwarzenegger and Li join them to take out an army, you know you got some serious explosions in store!

A wild, quickfire roller-coaster ride. Recommended to all fans of the action heroes of yore.

BTW, Willis & Rourke were missed.

* * * ½


P.S. - No Angra, don't ask how I watched it already!

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)

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Just finished watching this!

Not only better & far more gorier than the first part but I think it's one of the goriest zombie flicks ever! It was hell of a fun, guys! And this time Herzog and Co. spared no one...the disabled, kids, elderly with strollers, gays and gosh...even babies(!), all get blown up or hacked to pieces in such amusing ways that you gonna love it for sure.

>>: A-


But seriously...most of the time I don't mind to get & download a good copy of any recent anticipated movies but this is really sad, man! Anyway, thanks for the head-up, gonna download that leaked dvd screener soon! ::big grin::

You've made me curious about this and i think i'll watch it now, wasnt too keen on the first one

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4/10 , shite sequel!!

The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
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Caught this last night and was amazed how much I liked it (then again it could have been the cider or further proof of my brain damage).

The first one failed because they just turned it into a typical home invasion film. This was a lot better as we got to see more of the big picture. When I first heard of the concept I wanted to see the Purge as a threat from the inside - have it show coworkers, family and friends turn on each other (and we did get to see a bit of this).

I would have liked to see the results of a failed purge too. It would be funny having to deal with a coworker who tried to murder you in a previous event.

If they do another one they need to go full exploitation and up the violence and embrace the grindhouse spirit.

I liked it too, and definitely better than the first one. I enjoyed the original, but all the goofy twists made it a bit hard to take seriously, and it wasn't really trying to be tongue-in-cheek, as far as I could tell.

The sequel had a lot more to work with, situationally, and I think they did a good job of taking advantage of it. It covered a variety of scenarios and had a number of sociological comments to make, much like a George A. Romero film. It was good to see Omar from The Wire as the revolutionary leader. Overall, it was just more fun.

I agree, a third entry ought to embrace the concept for the exploitative concept that it is. On paper, it ought to be sheer insanity, but the result on screen is much more tempered. I'd like to see it go off the rails.

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5/10

Saw II

Watched it yesterday (not for the first time... I watch one movie per day). I'd say it was marginally better than the first one. I loved the cinematography and twist ending, and the acting was better than the first one. I especially liked how the movie had sort of two plots going on: the plot with Detective Matthews and Jigsaw and the captives inside the gas house. It sort of saved itself from being a generic torture porn movie.

One of the finest films of it's era, and one of Burton's best.

The infallible, never-say-die spirit of the worst director of horror cinema (or cinema in general) is perfected to the T by Depp's towering performance, Bill Murray shines in a role tailor-made for him, Sarah Jessica Parker and Patricia Arquette play their muse roles to near-perfection, and Lisa Marie makes for a delectable Vampira.

But I thought the film belonged completely to Martin Landau's Bela Lugosi. Landau captures the essence of Lugosi in his last days, an ageing, forgotten superstar who yearns for the spotlight one final time, despite his long drug addiction getting the better of him. You can feel his melancholiness, his despair, his legacy of being THE Count, and his larger-than-life presence. An Oscar well-deserved, sir. Hats off!

A must-watch, if any of you haven't already. Don't make me shoot you!


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CASE 666 2013. Eng Subs. 2013

Not sure if this should have gone in the Latest Asian Movie section, but there's my ignorance showing. Filmed in India, a found footage style movie about 3 friends who accept a bet to stay in a haunted guesthouse for one night.

There's a nice twist at the end and some frightening scenes. I enjoyed it.

I watched "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" today, and it was absolutely awful. I liked how they took it as a sort of courtroom drama, but that caused problems as well. There was no time to develop Emily Rose at all. Right off the bat, she's possessed, and I don't care about her because I know nothing about her. Also, the acting was subpar, the cinematography was somewhat annoying (lots of shaky cam), and it was never scary. For the most part, Emily Rose was either hallucinating about people's faces contorting (oooh scary) or practicing her Cirque du Soleil routine.

2/10

Seen it. Didn't like it.

To me it's just a lot of noise. Only highlight was "Let's get to the chappar!!" ::big grin::

Yes, excellent film. I'm a Burton fan, but oddly I didn't see this film until last year. A lot of heart, art and fun.
I agree with much of your description of the problems. I also felt like Emily Rose herself was a missing character. Was not a great film, but I still liked it, found it entertaining and interesting.

What it should have done is make the Emily Rose segments more dramatic and not horror like the courtroom segments and show more of Emily than talk about her. I wouldn't have a problem if it wasn't a horror movie and was instead a straight-up courtroom drama. .

Personally I didn't have a problem with them not developing Emily's character because I didn't see this movie as an exorcism movie where its all about the possessed and what they're going through. It was more of a religion vs. Science debate told through a horror movie and a courtroom drama. Emily's ordeal was just the backdrop and so it wasn't too important to focus on her.

The point I'm making is that, because I know nothing about her, I don't care about her being possessed, whether she was killed or not, or whether the guy was guilty or not. I'm not really asking for like 45 minutes to build up her character because in the Exorcist, Regan spent most of her time possessed but she did have some development at the beginning of the movie, making me care about her more than if there was no development. I get your point, but I think it would have made it more effective if we knew more about her.

RAMBO (2007). Third sequel in the series and directed pretty well by Sylvester Stallone. Moves quick, but incredibly violent. ***

the point I'm trying to make is that it doesn't matter if you care about her or not.the possessed girl isnt important in this story because it's not about her and it's not about her possession. It's about the priest and science vs religion and whether or not he was wrong to perform an exorcism. in the Exorcist it was important that you cared about Regan's character because it was about her and her possession. We needed to like her and care about her. its not the same for this movie. But that's just my opinion

Then what's the point of the "jump" scares and "scary imagery"? If it was science vs religion, it didn't need to be a horror movie at all.

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6/10

Well obviously it was made as a horror movie for entertainment purposes. Exorcisms are scary and a frequent basis for horror so naturally it makes sense to make it a horror movie to showcase the exorcism parts. But not only that, a horror movie can and frequently does have deeper meanings and a point to make.

You said the movie wasn't good because they didn't develop Emily's character. I was just saying I disagreed with your review because I didn't think it was important to develop her character because it wasn't important to the movie. Like I said, just my thoughts.

I guess we can agree to disagree. I felt it was important, and you don't.