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Post by wireman on Oct 16, 2024 22:46:40 GMT
9. Red Dragon (2002) Anthony Hopkins Edward Norton
Very good prequel to Silence Of The Lambs. But so was the movie Manhunter. Red Dragon has a lot more Hannibal in it than Manhunter did. I'm not sure which one I liked best (been a while since I've seen Manhunter) but you can't go wrong with either. 7/10
If it is, I want to see that one. I never got too when it aired on tv.
Steven Lang was Freddie Lounds in that one.
It always makes me chuckle when read or hear a Thomas Harris character’s name in a SK book/audiobook.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 17, 2024 19:05:00 GMT
18.) Evil Dead Rise (4,5/5)
A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons,
thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Not for the faint hearted.
It lacks the dark humor of its predecessors,
but the gallons of blood, and the intensity
of its horror more than make up of it.
Its hard to find anything negative to say about this film.
Just watch it and enjoy it.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 17, 2024 20:27:34 GMT
19. Demon Pond (FTV)
A cursed pond in a remote village is inhabited by supernatural beings that can bring lifegiving water, or disaster.
This Japanese film was made in 1979 and is more of a dark myth/fairytale than outright horror. The first half is more atmospheric and spooky, the second half is more of an ensemble kabuki theater production, with strange costumed creatures and effects. I wanted to like this more, but something about it kept me at a distance, and the kabuki style of acting (particularly by the lead, a man playing a woman) was distracting and occasionally cringeworthy.
I did really enjoy the 70's synth soundtrack, which lent to the off-kilter feel, and some of the costumes seemed like something out of a Japanese Sid & Marty Krofft production. I applaud them for trying something different, and I suspect there's a cultural gap preventing me from connecting with this film. But I won't make excuses for the filmmaker; the language of cinema should be sufficient to at least move the viewer, but in this case it doesn't quite get there.
Weird, unique, fanciful, but not great.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)    
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 17, 2024 20:54:39 GMT
20. Terrifier 3 (FTV)
Art the Clown is back, along with all his bloody mayhem.
If you’re a fan of the first two movies, you’ll enjoy this one. If you didn’t like the first two, there’s nothing here that’s going to convert you. This series of films has been remarkably consistent, something rare in horror franchises that are usually feeling their way through as it goes along. There’s a cohesive vision that has been executed on (no pun intended).
The acting of the cast here is better than part 2, which I found to be wanting (especially in some of the supporting roles). The lore of the story continues to evolve, but it’s not given an oppressive amount of screen time. The film works best during the sequences with little or no dialogue, and we get more Art but they’re not ruining him with overexposure or one-liners—that’s the advantage of him being silent.
The kills are absolutely top notch, spectacularly gory, and mean-spirited, building on the effects of the first two movies, but with more close-ups and less cutaways. And there’s a cameo from gore effects maestro Tom Savini that appeared to be filmed in Monroeville Mall, site of Dawn of the Dead 1979, and where I was watching this movie!
Gorehounds will smile and laugh, others may shrug and wonder what the fuss is all about, but hey, sometimes Art be like that (see what I did?)
4 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)
20. Terrifier 3 4/5 (FTV)
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 18, 2024 19:07:42 GMT
19.) Land of the Dead (3,5/5)
In a world where zombies form the majority of the population, the remaining humans build a feudal society away from the undead.
A classic George A Romero zombie film.
A different perspective to see Zombies, as they wanted to live too .
Great movie, entertaining and fun, definitely worth a watch if you're a zombie fan.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 18, 2024 20:19:32 GMT
21. Who Can Kill A Child? (FTV)
Tourist couple gets stranded on Spanish island populated solely by murderous children.
Predating the Stephen King short story Children of the Corn by at least a year, WCKAC continues the to explore territory already covered in The Bad Seed and Village of the Damned. The film looks great and the setup has potential, but the pacing is s….l…..o……w….It takes a good 50 minutes for the first real scene of action to happen, and by then I was mostly tuned out. Almost everything that should have happened right away happens in the last 15 minutes of the movie.
More troublingly, the film opens with actual footage of dead children from various wars and atrocities throughout history, presented in a dire newsreel fashion but reminiscent of the 70’s exploitative “mondo” film style. Completely tasteless, disrespectful of the victims, and patently offensive. How would you like your dead child to turn up in a horror movie someday? I didn’t think so.
On top of this, the couple (the husband is played by a Donald Sutherland lookalike) makes stupid decision after stupid decision at every turn. So many times they are given the chance to just leave but they keep getting in their own way or talking themselves out of it. And frankly, the children in this movie aren’t menacing or scary, they just are children who look like their day is being interrupted.
A great setup and beautiful cinematography, but a botched execution in the story, character and pacing departments.
2 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)
20. Terrifier 3 4/5 (FTV)
21. Who Can Kill A Child? (FTV)
 
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Post by wireman on Oct 18, 2024 21:56:53 GMT
The Green Inferno (2013)
A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.
What that description didn't tell me is that this is a cannibal movie.  It's a bit of a gore fest and the characters are not particularly likeable, even the ones that are supposed to be likeable. Has some scary scenes but overall is uneven. 5/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 19, 2024 13:44:46 GMT
16. Hocus Pocus- 1993-After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
17. Hocus Pocus 2 - 2022- Three young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world.
18. 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.
19. Hold Your Breath - 2024-In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 19, 2024 15:47:29 GMT
The Green Inferno (2013)
A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.
What that description didn't tell me is that this is a cannibal movie. It's a bit of a gore fest and the characters are not particularly likeable, even the ones that are supposed to be likeable. Has some scary scenes but overall is uneven. 5/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 19, 2024 15:55:36 GMT
20.) Brightburn (3,5/5)
After a difficult struggle with fertility, Tori Breyer's dreams of motherhood come true with the arrival of a mysterious baby boy.
But as Brandon nears puberty, powerful darkness manifests within him.
What if Superman was evil ?
I really like this idea.
It's a great and good idea, but it's too short,
felt like a quick introduction and we will never see him again.
It's a dark, gory movie with decent acting, and disturbing scenes.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 19, 2024 20:12:09 GMT
22. Creepshow
Horror anthology written by Stephen King, directed by George Romero, with special makeup effects by Tom Savini.
I can’t objectively review this movie because it’s one of those films that isn’t just a favorite, it was formative. It came at the right time and kicked off my lifetime obsession with the horror genre. Before this movie I had liked watching the occasional scary film, but this showed me a different way to experience horror in a way no previous film had done to me. It was okay to have fun.
Compulsory viewing for every budding horror fan.
5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)
20. Terrifier 3 4/5 (FTV)
21. Who Can Kill A Child? 2/5 (FTV)
22. Creepshow 5/5
  
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Post by wireman on Oct 20, 2024 0:59:26 GMT
11. Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019)
Pennsylvania, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Fun and entertaining movie. After watching a cannibal flick, this was a nice change. 6/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 20, 2024 13:47:04 GMT
21.) Chopping Mall (FTV 2/5)
When a sentient robot goes on a killing spree, some teens fight for their lives
while the robot's mad scientist creators try to stop the slaughter.
Well, maybe i should have read the description first.
I literally have no words to describe this film.
So bad it's kind of good.
The most positive thing is the runtime, it's only 1H and 13m.
If you have nothing to do,
and are in the mood for a cheesy, B-movie from the late 80's,
crack open a beer, and enjoy the ride.
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Post by wireman on Oct 20, 2024 13:51:04 GMT
12. Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead
I'm back to the gore. An Aussie zombie flick that has a little Mad Max in it with a Z Nation look to it and a bonkers plot. A lot of fun. 7/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 20, 2024 15:06:20 GMT
12. Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead
I'm back to the gore. An Aussie zombie flick that has a little Mad Max in it with a Z Nation look to it and a bonkers plot. A lot of fun. 7/10
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 20, 2024 22:15:40 GMT
23. A Quiet Place: Day One (FTV)
Third installment of franchise involving aliens with super-hearing capabilities, this time set on their initial invasion NYC.
Third movies in a franchise don’t have a great record of being any good, and while Day One isn’t completely terrible, no one is going to mistake this for essential viewing. We’ve seen all this done before in the first two installments. No new material or mythology is really explored, aside from one inexplicable scene with how the aliens act when they’re not attacking or hunting. The epic possibilities of a New York City invasion are not really fleshed out completely, and the movie feels claustrophobic when it should be expansive in the city that never sleeps.
Also, while the acting is uniformly excellent, the decision to make the main character a person with a terminal illness (not a spoiler, this is covered in the first scene) is a head-scratching one. Talk about a way to immediately lower the stakes, if we know that regardless of what happens, the person is doomed, then why should we really care about whether they survive the attack? Instead of making this a "here's what happens when someone has nothing left to lose” kind of story, we basically get the same story that was told in the first and second movies, just a different setting. It feels like they’ve already run out of ideas and are just running on fumes.
For a movie called Day One, this feels more like the end of a franchise.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)
20. Terrifier 3 4/5 (FTV)
21. Who Can Kill A Child? 2/5 (FTV)
22. Creepshow 5/5
23, A Quiet Place: Day One 3/5 (FTV)
   
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 21, 2024 15:33:55 GMT
22.) The Conference (FTV 2/5)
Public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.
Advertised as Horror/Comedy,
but where was the comedy in this ?
No story line whatsoever,
just killing people randomly for no clear purpose.
Characters are really boring and unlikeable ,
while they make stupid decisions and killer does the same.
A few good gory moments but that can't save it.
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Post by wireman on Oct 21, 2024 18:27:53 GMT
13. Candy Land (2022)
A retro sleazy slasher movie set in the late 70s. The prostitutes at a truck stop are the slashers targets. Better than it sounds as good characters lift this above the usual retro slasher flick. 6/10
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 21, 2024 19:27:10 GMT
24. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (FTV)
After inheriting an old house in a small town, a television horror movie hostess runs into local friction and a villainous relative with dark plans of his own.
This 1988 movie hits a tone somewhere between Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Footloose, with a dash of Doc Hollywood and The Addams Family thrown in. It’s all very much intended to be campy and a bit dopey, but it’s pretty fun and Elvira has the charisma of a modern Mae West with more energy and a dark edge. Sure, there’s lots of double-entendres and puns that will make your eyes roll, but the movie moves quickly and entertainingly, if a bit predictably.
Horror fan comfort food.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2024 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 3/5 (FTV)
2. Kwaidan 4.5 (FTV)
3. The Sect 3.5 (FTV)
4. Longlegs 4/5 (FTV)
5. Asylum Blackout 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. The Creeping Flesh 3/5 (FTV)
7. Creature with the Blue Hand 3.5/5 (FTV)
8. November 4/5 (FTV)
9. Eight Eyes 3/5 (FTV)
10. I Walked With A Zombie 4/5
11. The Seventh Victim 4/5
12. Black Death 3.5/5 (FTV)
13. Maniac (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
14. House of Mystery (1934) 2/5 (FTV)
15. My World Dies Screaming 2.5/5 (FTV)
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4DX 4/5
17. The She Beast 2.5/5 (FTV)
18. Silent Hill 4/5 (FTV)
19. Demon Pond 2.5/5 (FTV)
20. Terrifier 3 4/5 (FTV)
21. Who Can Kill A Child? 2/5 (FTV)
22. Creepshow 5/5
23. A Quiet Place: Day One 3/5 (FTV)
24. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 3.5/5 (FTV)
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Post by spideyman on Oct 21, 2024 23:37:58 GMT
20. The Escape Room- 2019=Six adventurous strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room -- a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $10,000. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that's part of a sadistic game of life or death.
21.A Kind of Murder- 2019 -Walter Stackhouse is rich, successful and unhappily married to the beautiful but damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. When Walter and Kimmel's lives become dangerously intertwined, a ruthless police detective becomes convinced he has found the murderer. But as the lines blur between innocence and intent, who, in fact, is the real killer?
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It's a bit of a gore fest and the characters are not particularly likeable, even the ones that are supposed to be likeable. Has some scary scenes but overall is uneven. 5/10
