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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 3, 2022 20:15:44 GMT
2. The Mummy (2017) (FTV)
A grave-robbing soldier is pursued by a female mummy set on using his body as a vessel for the evil entity that made her immortal.
Sure, it’s easy to bag on this 2017 financial and critical flop—it’s big, dumb and loud, attempts to force yet another movie universe franchise down our throats, and it stars Tom Cruise, firmly planting its flag in a deep stack of establishment Hollywood dollars. This movie was never going to slip under the radar or be a sleeper hit, this was made to have its images splashed across school lunchboxes and Happy Meal cartons. So it must suck, right? Well…
Putting aside preconceived notions, what we are left with is a harmless fun big-budget B movie. Is it original? Absolutely not. Are the characters paperboard cliches? Yup. Is it mostly just a succession of action-packed set pieces, barely pausing to take a breath? You know it. Would it have been better as an R-rated movie? Probably. But was it an enjoyable watch? Most definitely yes. I for one laughed more than I rolled my eyes, and many scenes stand out—the zero-G airplane scene, a Mummy sucking people dry of their life essence, giant practical sets, an army of swimming underwater mummies, Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Tom Cruise giggling as the Mummy inadvertently tickles him with her bony fingers (yes, that really happened)!
For whatever reason, the general public turned against this movie, probably the same people who embrace stuff like Independence Day, Pirates of the Caribbean or the equally cheesy but fun 1999 The Mummy movie. I actually think it’s a shame there aren’t going to be any more movies set in the Dark Universe due to the financial failure of this first one. But as we all know in the horror genre, nothing truly ever dies.
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2022 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Black Phone 3.5/5 (FTV)
2. The Mummy (2017) 3/5 (FTV)    
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Post by wolf on Oct 3, 2022 20:37:58 GMT
I liked "The Mummy" very much,
and how a 'Hyde' thing got tossed in, fushingfeef . 
I want to see "Bela Kiss", Commander osnafrank !  c010
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Post by wireman on Oct 4, 2022 0:48:31 GMT
3. The Funhouse (1981) directed by Tobe Hooper
Four 30 year old teenagers decide to hide in the carnival funhouse after it closes and it turned out to be a bad decision. Plenty of good carnival freaks. BTW – Dean Koontz wrote a novelization of this movie and published it under a pseudonym.
7/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 4, 2022 17:27:42 GMT
3. The Fog-1980 Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone (Hal Holbrook) stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie (Adrienne Barbeau) witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis) discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
4. Children of the Corn- the Gathering-1996-Grace Rhodes (Naomi Watts), who is studying to be a doctor, returns to her hometown as a strange illness is afflicting the local children. The symptoms include a high fever and spasms, but even weirder is what happens the next day: All those with the illness claim they are somebody else -- then they begin murdering the grown-ups. After her sister undergoes the same sinister metamorphosis, Grace comes to believe there is some connection to an evil cult figure who may be returning from the grave.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 4, 2022 19:11:24 GMT
4. Antlers (FTV 4/5)
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.
I really enjoyed the movie.
The film starts out slow and deliberate before attempting to build into a nightmare.
It feels unsettling, disturbing, violent, and incredibly atmospheric
and that is all due to the fantastic cinematography, acting and the horror elements.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 4, 2022 19:34:30 GMT
3. The Anchoress (FTV)
Based on the true story of a 14th century girl who has herself permanently walled into a small cell so she can spend all day adoring a statue of the Virgin Mary, but things don’t go as planned.
Filmed in glorious black and white in 1993, The Anchoress feels like a lost Ingmar Bergman film more than a horror movie. I’d never heard of The Anchoress but it was included in the definitive folk horror film box set released by Severin, All The Haunts Be Ours. This is a quiet, meditative film, and things aren’t always spelled out for the audience in a clear way, but that lends to its strangeness. It just presents these things and we’re left to sort it out.
I’d heard of cloistered nuns who never leave the monastery but this took things to a whole new level bordering on mania, or self-aggrandizement. And although there are strange visions, bestiality, and a good old fashioned angry mob witch hunt and execution, perhaps the real horror of this film is how women were treated back then. Seeing what’s happening in a crazy world around her, no wonder this young woman found it more appealing to seal herself off from it all and devote herself to the one thing that brought her peace.
This one is hard to recommend as a “horror film” without some provisos about pacing and a decidedly non-genre approach. But the stark images, zero-music soundtrack featuring only natural sounds and voices, and haunted expressions of the excellent actors have a way of resonating after the credits roll.
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2022 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Black Phone 3.5/5 (FTV)
2. The Mummy (2017) 3/5 (FTV)
3. The Anchoress 3/5 (FTV)
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Post by wireman on Oct 5, 2022 16:56:11 GMT
4. Strange Behavior aka Dead Kids (1981) Louise Fletcher, Michael Murphy
An Australian / New Zealand film that's pretty good. It kind of starts out like a slasher film formula flick but goes away from that early on. There are mysterious murders going on in a small town and the police start to suspect a university psychology research program of being involved.
6/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 5, 2022 19:11:26 GMT
5. The Blair Witch Project (3,5/5)
Three students decide to go into the Maryland backwoods to cover the mystery behind the Blair Witch incidents.
However, they lose their map and things take an unexpected turn.
How this Film was shot almost make this film look like actual real fond footage someone found.
The first 30 minutes was pretty slow and a little dull,
but then it gets more unsettling and disturbing.
This film was ahead of it's time
and paved the way for Found Footage Films.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 5, 2022 20:07:43 GMT
4. Antlers (FTV)
A schoolteacher in a run-down Oregon mining town suspects one of her students is having family issues, not realizing his father is slowly turning into an actual monster.
This film was dismissed by many high-minded critics as yet another white man’s exploitation of the indigenous peoples’ Wendigo myth, and that’s a fair (and perhaps too easy) criticism to make. But as a horror movie, and more accurately as a monster movie, Antlers is a dark, often downright bleak horror tale that is reminiscent of the best elements of The Thing, The Fly, Hellraiser, and even Alien. We also get an outstandingly understated performance from child actor Jeremy T. Thomas, whose character endures all manner of horrors, much the same as the child of a drug addict who finds they are now responsible for their parent.
And indeed, themes of addiction are never far from the surface, with teacher Keri Russell looking longingly at the bottles of liquor every time she goes to the store, and the local cops’ resignation to an ongoing meth problem that has been swallowing their broken community. The themes of addiction and abuse don’t immediately serve as an obvious connection with the Wendigo myth, but the former sheriff (played by Graham Green) reminds us that this Algonquin demon is itself insatiable.
In addition to this, much like the first Hellraiser, we have The Thing In The Attic That Must Be Fed, and an incredibly effective creature that is a seamless mix of practical effects and minimal CGI. Oh, and did I mention Guillermo del Toro produced?
There are a few genre cliches. Creepy drawings by the child? Stereotypical bullies who get what's coming? Check. And the tone shifts toward the more familiar in the last act. The film is far too bleak to ever make this a crowd favorite, but Antlers falls into the category of horror done right.
4 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2022 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Black Phone 3.5/5 (FTV)
2. The Mummy (2017) 3/5 (FTV)
3. The Anchoress 3/5 (FTV)
4. Antlers 4/5 (FTV)
   
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Post by wireman on Oct 6, 2022 13:06:59 GMT
5. The Fan (1981) Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, James Garner
This is the first time I've seen this since I saw it in the theater when it was originally released. I had read the 1978 book too. The novel was interesting as it was completely made up of letters and notes and memos between the stalker, actress, police, and others. The book was kind of popular at the time if I remember correctly.
It's about an actress that starts getting letters from an obsessive fan and it turns into a dangerous stalking situation. Probably because of the trend at the time, this movie was sort of made into a slasher flick. It's a decent movie with good performances from the cast. I remember the movie was criticized at the time it was released because of a perception that it was cashing in on incidents like the John Lennon murder and other incidents that had happened close to the release of the film.
6/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 6, 2022 14:39:41 GMT
5. The Grudge- 2004 This terrifying horror film stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as an American nurse in Tokyo who encounters a supernatural spirit spreading a deadly curse.
6. The Las House on the Left- 2009. Remake of the 1972 chiller chronicles the tale of homicidal maniacs who seek refuge at a remote lakehouse, the home of their victim's parents, who learn of the killers' crime and seek revenge.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 6, 2022 19:18:33 GMT
5. Burn, Witch, Burn (aka Night of the Eagle) (FTV)
A skeptical professor destroys his superstitious wife’s magical paraphernalia, and bad things start to happen.
Written by horror dream team Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont who have produced countless books, stories and Twilight Zone scripts, and based on a novel by Fritz Leiber, this 1962 film has a strong pedigree. Despite opening with campy dire voiceover warnings in a blackout screen about “what we are about to witness”, the movie is a surprisingly restrained mix of domestic drama, campus politics, and dark magic.
Solid performances from Peter Wyndgarde and Janet Blair keep things moving, but the story here is very slight. And despite the original British title “Night of the Eagle”, I still couldn’t figure out the significance or need for the lingering shots of an eagle statue, which doesn’t really pay off until the flim’s climax anyway. I suspect Matheson & Beamont were a bit too faithful to the original source instead of making things more cinematic. Still, as an atmospheric, Hammer-esque 1962 black and white horror thriller, this one hits most of the right notes.
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2022 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Black Phone 3.5/5 (FTV)
2. The Mummy (2017) 3/5 (FTV)
3. The Anchoress 3/5 (FTV)
4. Antlers 4/5 (FTV)
5. Burn, Witch, Burn 3/5 (FTV)
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Post by wolf on Oct 6, 2022 20:41:28 GMT
5. "Dead of Night" 1945
A man has a recurring dream
about people he has NEVER met....until 
Another awesome anthology and stellar performances!
I got to catch it on TCM during dinner the other night. c010
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Post by wolf on Oct 6, 2022 21:12:04 GMT
6. "The Body Tree" 2017
A re-watch of this awesome osnafrank Frank Find on youtube!
(I first watched it awhile back in Movie Madness)
A VERY good film with a 'different' kind of story,
not the usual re-hashed horror themes.
The one face that was familiar is Emma Dumont.
I wasn't 100% sure at the time,
but I thought she was the same actress
who played Lorna Dane, "Polaris" on FOX's "The Gifted".
(She was)
Oh yes! And I almost forgot...
Also Costa Ronin!
He was excellent portraying Oleg,
on FX's "The Americans"!
The intro to this film is really NICE,
great music in this one too.....
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 7, 2022 19:25:57 GMT
6. The Raven (FTV 4/5)
Poet and author Edgar Allan Poe is questioned when a serial killer begins committing gruesome murders that seem to be inspired by his stories.
Things take a turn when Poe's lover becomes a target.
Not really Horror, but an excellent Mystery Thriller
with some gruesome elements.
Excellent Cast, outstanding performance by all actors.
John Cusack did a great job encapsulating Edgar Allen Poe's genius.
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Post by wolf on Oct 7, 2022 20:12:41 GMT
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Post by spideyman on Oct 7, 2022 20:24:03 GMT
7. House of Wax- 1953-Wax sculptor Henry (Vincent Price) is horrified to learn that his business partner, Matthew (Roy Roberts), plans on torching their wax museum to collect on the insurance policy. Henry miraculously survives a fiery confrontation with Matthew and re-emerges some years hence with a museum of his own. But when the appearance of Henry's new wax sculptures occurs at the same time that a number of corpses vanish from the city morgue, art student Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk) begins suspecting wrongdoing.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 7, 2022 21:52:40 GMT
6. Lamb (FTV)
A couple on a remote Icelandic farm raise a mutant sheep/human hybrid as their own child.
Another unusual offering from A24, Lamb is a visually stunning dark fairy tale. The film is quiet and slow-moving, often aggravatingly so, as this is a slow burn that will try the patience of most viewers. And I’m hesitant to call this a true horror film, but it’s hard to say what marketing category this fits in. I suspect if Cronenberg had directed this we wouldn’t be having this conversation. This is at its heart a monster movie, but not told in the way you’d normally expect.
The biggest issue is that the story in this film could have been told at half the run time. There’s just not much plot here, and every shot feels like it lingers a bit too long. A third character is introduced late into the film, whose sole purpose seems to just give the story something to do, without adding much. I still kinda liked this weird movie, and I can’t really say I’ve seen anything like it, so that’s worth something. The imagery is amazing and the isolated feel of the movie is quietly effective. But if you’re looking for lots of story and plot, straightforward slice-and-dice, haunted houses, or a more typical monster movie, maybe try something else.
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2022 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Black Phone 3.5/5 (FTV)
2. The Mummy (2017) 3/5 (FTV)
3. The Anchoress 3/5 (FTV)
4. Antlers 4/5 (FTV)
5. Burn, Witch, Burn 3/5 (FTV)
6. Lamb 3/5 (FTV)
      
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2022 0:24:00 GMT
6. Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) David Carradine, Richard Rountree, Michael Moriarty
The story is a bit disjointed but it’s a fun monster movie that resembles a 50s monster movie. A gigantic prehistoric bird is living in the top of The Chrysler Building and snacking on New Yorkers.
6/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 8, 2022 14:28:31 GMT
7. Mr. Harrington's Phone (FTV 3/5)
Craig, a young boy, befriends the elderly billionaire John Harrigan.
Craig then gives him a mobile phone. However, when the man dies, Craig discovers that he can communicate with his friend from the grave.
Firstly, i haven't read the Story, so i don't know if this adaptation is well made or not,
but i'm sure, the Story is better than the Movie.
The cast was superb with solid performances by Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell.
The banter between these both characters is a Highlight and very enjoyable.
It's actually sort of a feel good movie in certain parts, while sad in other parts.
There is not enough horror here despite tense scenes and moments of uncertainty.
The best parts here are not the horror elements (there are few). It’s the time spent with the characters.
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