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Post by diobolic on Oct 20, 2022 19:35:07 GMT
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Post by wireman on Oct 20, 2022 20:48:45 GMT
17. Vampire’s Kiss (1988) Nicolas Cage
After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.
I’m not sure what to make of this one. It’s a horror/comedy that can be very funny but it’s about a very disturbed man. It’s a very strange movie. Nicolas Cage is completely off the rails (in a good way) in this one. 6/10
Go to 1:30 of this clip for the best reciting of the alphabet you’ve ever seen.
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Post by wolf on Oct 21, 2022 13:17:44 GMT
28. "The Brood" 1979
Icky, spooky, gooshy, creepy-cool and crazy Cronenberg. Yep...Davey is a veerrrrry special disturbing boy!
Very cool cast, leads and supporting. (Samantha Eggar's got teeth.)
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Post by wolf on Oct 21, 2022 14:18:08 GMT
29. "The Hills Have Eyes 2"
Okay. That was a mess, Wes.
I was able to watch it and finish it, it had all the gross out and gore and scary stuff.
But the stupidity of the characters was ridiculous and just irritating as hell. (though I did like a few of the characters)
I haven't seen the 1987 version, I need to check that one out.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 21, 2022 19:22:21 GMT
16. Alien (5/5)
The crew of a spacecraft, Nostromo, intercept a distress signal from a planet and set out to investigate it. However, to their horror, they are attacked by an alien which later invades their ship
Probably Ridley Scott's finest hour. Decades after it's release, Alien still proves to be a frightening and unbearably suspenseful horror film. The art direction, the score, visual effects, editing, and acting and many other aspects of the film blend together to produce an incredible piece of movie making.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 21, 2022 20:41:26 GMT
20. La Llarona (FTV)
A retired Guatemalan dictator and his family are literally haunted by wartime atrocities he committed forty years earlier.
There have been several relatively recent movies about the legend of La Llorona (which translates to “The crying woman”), a Hispanic-American myth that I was not familiar with before watching this movie. This is the 2019 Guatemalan version recently distributed as part of the Criterion Collection, not to be confused with the American-released “The Curse of La Llarona” (which I haven’t seen yet).
None of the traditional myth is directly explained in this movie, but from the context we learn that it has to do with a ghostly woman who is mourning her drowned children—in some instances drowned by herself, but possibly by another person during her life. In this movie it isn’t entirely clear whether the woman we are seeing is a ghost, as everyone can see her in daylight, and she is hired as an employee, but she begins having a strange, dreamlike effect on everyone in the household.
Unfortunately the woman isn’t even introduced until halfway through the movie, which up to that point mostly feels like a political family drama, and a not very sympathetic family at that. They are cluelessly wealthy and genuinely seem to not understand why the throngs of protestors outside want the former dictator to be held accountable for his actions. Aside from an unlikable cast, nearly every scene tends to linger far too long on one slowly zoomed-out shot, occasionally to an intended uncomfortable effect, but as a device it’s far too over-used in this movie. Stanley Kubrick already did lingering zoom-out shots far better than this in Barry Lyndon to give his movie a feeling of portraiture. In this movie, it just feels like dragged-out padding.
It's the dark and dreamy, surreal segments where La Llarona works best as a horror movie, when the tension that has been simmering is finally allowed to come to surface. The ending is particularly effective, as is a scene involving an overflowing bathtub. The movie looks and sounds fantastic, and I wanted to like it more, as it is obviously a high-quality production that reached for something great artistically. But ironically, for a movie that involves a drowning, it just never completely pulled me in.
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) 7. Alligator 3.5/5 (FTV) 8. Barbarian 4/5 (FTV) 9. Orphan 3.5/5 (FTV) 10. Terrifier 2 4/5 (FTV) 11. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 2.5/5 (FTV) 12. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 3.5/5 (FTV) 13. The Uncanny 3/5 (FTV) 14. Baghead 3.5/5 (FTV) 15. House On Haunted Hill (1959) 4.5/5 16. Wilczyca (aka She-Wolf) 3.5/5 (FTV) 17. Black Rainbow 3/5 (FTV) 18. Two Witches 3.5/5 (FTV) 19. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies 2.5/5 (FTV) 20. La Llarona 3/5 (FTV)
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Post by spideyman on Oct 22, 2022 0:05:54 GMT
21, Carnival of Souls - 1962- A woman finds herself caught between the living and the dead after she survives a fatal car crash, and she is repeatedly drawn to an ominous abandoned carnival on a desolate stretch of highway.
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Post by wolf on Oct 22, 2022 0:20:19 GMT
21, Carnival of Souls - 1962- A woman finds herself caught between the living and the dead after she survives a fatal car crash, and she is repeatedly drawn to an ominous abandoned carnival on a desolate stretch of highway. Oh wow! That is an awesome one, Lady! I haven't thought of that movie in few years.
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2022 2:12:10 GMT
18. The Creeping Flesh (1973) Peter Cushing, Christoper Lee
This is not a Hammer film but it sure has a Hammer feel to it as it has two Hammer stars and a Hammer director.
A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones unleashing a malevolent being on the scientist's family and friends.
The story meanders a bit but it’s a creepy and entertaining flick with a good ending. 7/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 22, 2022 14:05:06 GMT
22. The Omega Man - 1971- One of the last survivors of a biological holocaust is pursued by murderous mutants as he tries to find a way to counteract the plague that has befallen most of mankind.
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2022 20:54:10 GMT
19. Brain Damage (1988)
The same writer/director as Basket Case. This one has a bigger budget and is just as demented and hilarious and disturbing as Basket Case. 8/10
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2022 20:54:44 GMT
20. Monsters (2010)
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
It’s amazing how good this movie is considering it was shot in 3 weeks with a crew of 7 for $15,000.00. Plus from what I read about the movie, the actors just had an outline of the story and no script. The acting is basically improvised. The movie is incredibly tense throughout. 9/10
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Post by wolf on Oct 22, 2022 21:17:03 GMT
20. Monsters (2010)
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
It’s amazing how good this movie is considering it was shot in 3 weeks with a crew of 7 for $15,000.00. Plus from what I read about the movie, the actors just had an outline of the story and no script. The acting is basically improvised. The movie is incredibly tense throughout. 9/10 ....really liked that one.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 22, 2022 23:24:15 GMT
21. All Hallows’ Eve (FTV)
Two children and their babysitter watch a VHS tape they received while trick-or-treating. It contains three tales of terror, but their babysitter thinks there might be something more sinister going on.
Fans of the Terrifier franchise will be pleased with this 2013 horror anthology by Damien Leone, as this is where the now iconic Art the Clown makes his debut. Stylistically the emphasis is mostly retro, although they don’t commit to any one era. One segment was more reminiscent of grainy-filmed 1970’s horror, one had a more 80’s straight-to-VHS feel, and the wraparound story was firmly in the 2000’s.
The first segment starts with an effectively creepy Art the clown segment, but devolves into Satanists in the sewer. The second segment was the least effective—it started out like a traditional “woman alone in the house during a power outage” segment, but the “monster” reveal was so ridiculous, it ruined any possible further tension. Blame the low budget costuming.
The third segment was the best, combining elements of The Hitcher and “the woman traveling at night alone” trope, along with a survival horror type ending. And the wraparound story was surprisingly good; for a segment that’s usually an afterthought, it had some of the most effective scares. Although man, were those kids bratty. Does every movie sibling rivalry have to be so annoying?
As with all anthologies, this is a mixed bag, but there’s enough good stuff and gore here to get the job done.
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) 7. Alligator 3.5/5 (FTV) 8. Barbarian 4/5 (FTV) 9. Orphan 3.5/5 (FTV) 10. Terrifier 2 4/5 (FTV) 11. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 2.5/5 (FTV) 12. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 3.5/5 (FTV) 13. The Uncanny 3/5 (FTV) 14. Baghead 3.5/5 (FTV) 15. House On Haunted Hill (1959) 4.5/5 16. Wilczyca (aka She-Wolf) 3.5/5 (FTV) 17. Black Rainbow 3/5 (FTV) 18. Two Witches 3.5/5 (FTV) 19. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies 2.5/5 (FTV) 20. La Llarona 3/5 (FTV) 21. All Hallows’ Eve 3/5 (FTV)
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Post by wireman on Oct 23, 2022 16:30:05 GMT
21. A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987)
Larry Cohen directed it so I had a glimmer of hope it might be decent. But like the vampires, it sucks. 3/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 23, 2022 16:47:33 GMT
17. Death Note (FTV 2/5)
A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages.
I liked the Idea of the movie, it sometimes reminded me of Final Destination.
But, the movie sucks. The music is in the wrong places, it has faulty logic, the characters are not like able, especially this annoying girl, the Monster isn't scary at all. Too much Teen Romance,too less horror/suspense.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 24, 2022 0:21:37 GMT
22. The Sadness (FTV)
Taiwanese film where a virus turns people into depraved bloodthirsty killers.
This ultra-violent, gory horror film is not for everyone, with the most generous use of fake blood I’ve seen outside of “Dead Alive” (aka Braindead). In addition, these aren’t really zombies, they are not brainless rotting dead people. Instead, they are people whose violent and sadistic and sexual tendencies get dialed up to insane levels: essentially, these are the worst possible versions of people. They talk and reason and know what they are doing, they may even realize what they are doing is wrong, but they are powerless to stop themselves. This takes The Sadness into different and more intriguing territory than other modern large-scale zombie films.
As with most zombie/pandemic movies, things start out normal but we see inklings of trouble ahead, then suddenly blood spills and we’re off to the races. The tension isn’t always escalated in a linear progression, we are instead given a series of scenes, some of which are more intense than others (hard to top that subway scene) but at every turn we learn a little more about the capabilities of these maniacs. There is quite a big information dump scene at the end that probably could have been told in a less clunky manner, but it is more aiming to be psychologically unsettling rather than trying to top the visceral visuals that led up to the climax.
Although certainly not a comedy, there are many dark comic moments sprinkled throughout the film. If you want to, you can easily find allegories into our more recent real life socio-political pandemic situations, or you can just sit back and watch the blood explode across the screen, I won’t judge.
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) 5. Burn, Witch, Burn 3/5 (FTV) 6. Lamb 3/5 (FTV) 7. Alligator 3.5/5 (FTV) 8. Barbarian 4/5 (FTV) 9. Orphan 3.5/5 (FTV) 10. Terrifier 2 4/5 (FTV) 11. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 2.5/5 (FTV) 12. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 3.5/5 (FTV) 13. The Uncanny 3/5 (FTV) 14. Baghead 3.5/5 (FTV) 15. House On Haunted Hill (1959) 4.5/5 16. Wilczyca (aka She-Wolf) 3.5/5 (FTV) 17. Black Rainbow 3/5 (FTV) 18. Two Witches 3.5/5 (FTV) 19. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies 2.5/5 (FTV) 20. La Llarona 3/5 (FTV) 21. All Hallows’ Eve 3/5 (FTV) 22. The Sadness 4/5 (FTV)
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Post by wolf on Oct 24, 2022 0:27:39 GMT
(...will catch up here soon. Been busy. 🙂)
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Post by spideyman on Oct 24, 2022 13:41:38 GMT
2 3. The Haunted Mansion- 2003- A real-estate agent's family is stuck in a creepy old house crawling with ghosts.
24. Corpse Bride- 2005-Tim Burton ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") co-directed this delightfully macabre musical-comedy featuring dazzling stop-motion animation.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 24, 2022 18:15:06 GMT
18. A Classic Horror Story (FTV 3/5)
Five people travelling by camper crash into a tree. When they recover, the road they were driving on has been replaced by an impenetrable forest and a wooden house.
I thought oh here we go like so many other scary movies I’ve seen played out in the woods, but it has a nice twist, therefor 3 and not 2,5 Points.
Acting and dialogues are mediocre, the atmosphere is pretty creepy, thanks to the score and the visuals.
Oh, and it has nice Scene that will remind you of Misery.
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