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Post by wireman on Oct 9, 2021 9:34:22 GMT
The Blob (1988)
I watched another fushingfeef recommendation I found on the Peacock channel. This is a well made remake of the 50s classic with fantastic special effects and is a lot of fun. 7/10
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 9, 2021 19:02:09 GMT
8.) Lake Mungo (FTV 1/5)
Alice drowns while swimming and her family begins experiencing inexplicable events in their home.
The family hires a parapsychologist whose investigation unveils Alice's secret double life and leads them all to Lake Mungo.
Totally waste of time.
I really don't know why this movie exists.
If you wanna watch some horrible quality vids
and clips of a “ghost” who wasn’t even a ghost
instead of a creepy movie, this is your chance.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 9, 2021 22:51:18 GMT
8. Bad Ronald (FTV)
When an oddball teenager accidentally kills one of his tormentors, his mother hides him between the walls of the house until things blow over. But when mom dies during routine surgery, Ronald is left to fend for himself, even when a new family with teen daughters moves into the house, unaware of his creepy presence.
This movie was actually an ABC made for television film broadcast a week before Halloween in 1974, so if you lived through the 70’s you’ll either welcome this kind of film with nostalgia or a knowing eye-roll. I’m a bit of a sucker for the subgenre of horror that involves people living undetected between the walls of a house (there are many fine and not-so-fine examples), so I rather enjoyed this movie, although at times the pacing felt pretty slow for a movie that comes in at only 74 minutes. Considering the context that this was actually broadcast into America’s homes, the occasionally twisted moments and unhinged third act are worth the wait. This movie probably scared the crap out of a lot of 70’s kids who grew up to be horror fans.
Scott Jacoby (The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane) does a fine job here playing the titular role, as does his overprotective mother Kim Hunter. We also get familiar character actors John Larch (Amityville Horror, Dirty Harry) and Dabney Coleman, although the real find for me was Ted Eccles, who later played one of the teenagers in Krofft Supershow’s “Dr. Shrinker”!
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
      
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Post by wireman on Oct 9, 2021 23:40:20 GMT
11. Paraoiac (1963)
It’s Hammer time again. Oliver Reed plays a man who is trying to drive his sister mad so he can get her share of the family inheritance. Plus, a brother long thought dead, shows up to collect his share of the inheritance. A strange but intense movie. 8/10
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 10, 2021 15:13:15 GMT
11. Paraoiac (1963)
It’s Hammer time again. Oliver Reed plays a man who is trying to drive his sister mad so he can get her share of the family inheritance. Plus, a brother long thought dead, shows up to collect his share of the inheritance. A strange but intense movie. 8/10 |
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Post by spideyman on Oct 10, 2021 15:36:59 GMT
10--Carrie
11--Thinner
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Post by wireman on Oct 10, 2021 16:36:20 GMT
11. Paraoiac (1963)
It’s Hammer time again. Oliver Reed plays a man who is trying to drive his sister mad so he can get her share of the family inheritance. Plus, a brother long thought dead, shows up to collect his share of the inheritance. A strange but intense movie. 8/10 |
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 10, 2021 18:02:53 GMT
Oliver Reed was an amazing actor. He's likely most well-known for his brief role in Gladiator, which he is excellent in. He deserves way more appreciation than he gets. |
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 10, 2021 21:05:45 GMT
9. A Quiet Place Part 2 (FTV)
Sequel to the 2018 hit continues the invasion of alien monsters with superior hearing skills.
While I enjoyed the first movie in this franchise for its simplicity, performances and tension, I was let down by this sequel for other reasons. The performances were excellent, and the first 15 minutes of this are some of the most tense minutes I’ve spent in a horror movie this year. So far, so good. But the movie unraveled after that. It wasn’t so much like I felt I was watching a bad movie, it was entertaining and tense. But when it was over, I was left with an empty feeling that I didn’t have after the first movie. Why did this one lack the resonance of the first movie?
For starters, the whole plot is full of cheats. The movie treats all the facts set up in the first movie as inconveniences that are cast aside so the plot can move along more smoothly. At every turn, the movie aggressively dismantles everything that was carefully set up the first movie. Remember how there was barely any dialog at all in the first one, like not even a whisper? This movie has lots of talking, sometimes even when the monster is nearby, and even the deaf girl talks quite a bit. Remember that small matter of the newborn baby, like if it cries, they’ll be heard? The baby spends most of the movie locked in a padded wooden chest. Remember how the kids were smart and self-disciplined, and this is how they survived the first movie? This time they do brash, random and downright stupid things, once again (apparently) to move the plot along. Remember the aliens that seemed almost supernaturally attuned to every sound? Yeah, that’s been compromised as well, maybe the aliens are getting deafer, dumber and lazier the more time they spend here.
I’m not a nitpicker, but a few other things really bugged me (spoiler ahead). We are immediately shown an easy way the monsters can be defeated right up front, (heck, it was the finale of the first movie), yet no one seems particularly interested in, you know, just doing it again every time they encounter another monster. Why the hell not defeat the second monster the same way you defeated the first?
Another thing: (spoiler) An island refuge is a safe place from the monsters for well over a year (they can’t swim or construct watercraft despite conquering interplanetary travel) but of course literally within moments of the protagonists arriving, a monster who stumbled onto a boat randomly drifts onto the island, because, you know, the plot must move forward.
To justify a sequel, the threat level and stakes should be raised, not lowered (think Aliens compared to Alien). To make a movie satisfying, a screenwriter shouldn’t be avoiding obstacles, the characters should be allowed to overcome conflicts themselves. Instead, the story is written to make everything easier to move the plot along. This feels like a sequel that never should have been, but I imagine the pressures were huge to make a follow-up, so that’s what they did. Just don’t expect me to want to watch it again!
2 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place 2 2/5 (FTV)
    
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 10, 2021 21:19:51 GMT
11. Paranoiac (1963)
It’s Hammer time again. Oliver Reed plays a man who is trying to drive his sister mad so he can get her share of the family inheritance. Plus, a brother long thought dead, shows up to collect his share of the inheritance. A strange but intense movie. 8/10 |
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 10, 2021 21:29:53 GMT
I just realized I've been putting the wrong year in my running list in every post...that should read 2021. I'm getting old and the years just fly by!
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Post by wolf on Oct 10, 2021 21:51:18 GMT
I just realized I've been putting the wrong year in my running list in every post...that should read 2021. I'm getting old and the years just fly by! |
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Post by wolf on Oct 10, 2021 22:03:52 GMT
Oliver Reed was an amazing actor. He's likely most well-known for his brief role in Gladiator, which he is excellent in. He deserves way more appreciation than he gets.
I would really like to see "The Day of the Beast", fushingfeef .
Sounds a bit like "Hellbenders" with Clancy Brown.
I'd like to see that one again also.
Lol, a fun flick. 😊 |
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 11, 2021 19:14:12 GMT
9.) Benny loves you (FTV 3/5)
After the accidental death of his parents, Jack's comfortable lifestyle comes to an end as he sells the family home.
Desperate to improve his life, Jack throws out all his childhood belongings -- including a beloved plush animal named Benny.
However, it's a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions.
It's a nice Horror comedy flick,not scary at all, but
lots of blood and gore and off the wall humor.
This "Muppet from Hell" was really funny.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 11, 2021 20:56:46 GMT
I just realized I've been putting the wrong year in my running list in every post...that should read 2021. I'm getting old and the years just fly by! |
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 11, 2021 20:57:56 GMT
10. Popcorn
Film students stage a retro horror movie marathon in an old theater slated for demolition, but a crazed killer lurking in the shadows has other plans.
I was one of the few people who actually saw this movie during its brief theatrical release back in the day, and although I could have sworn this was a late 80’s movie, it was actually 1991. My memory of it was that it was a flawed gem, with lots of fun to be had with the old movie house gimmicks, along the lines of Joe Dante’s “Matinee” if it were a horror film. This is my first re-viewing in 30 years, and my memories of the film were mostly accurate. After an iffy start and some iffy acting, the film finds its true footing once we arrive to the Dreamland movie house. This isn’t an anthology, but we’re often watching the movies that the cast is watching in the theater, along with their reactions and catcalls.
The main film is directed by Porky’s director Mark Herrier, but the three retro films within were directed by horror veteran Alan Ormsby (Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things, Deranged), who was fired as main director during production. This is a shame, as the movies within the movie are often more fun than the film itself, perhaps not surprising as Ormsby is the man who invented the “Hugo, Man of 1000 Faces” toy. Familiar faces include Jill Schoelen (The Stepfather), Dee Wallace Stone (Cujo, The Howling), Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian), Tony Roberts (Annie Hall), and Tom Villard (One Crazy Summer, We’ve Got It Made).
There’s an obvious fondness for the genre and a nostalgia for those old William Castle type novelties, what with a giant fiberglass mosquito flying out toward the audience, small electrical shock jolts sent to theater chairs during key moments, and innovations like “OdoRama”. The movie loses some steam in the final 20 minutes when the main villain spent too much time talking and explaining, but for the most part this is a fun movie for people who like horror movies. Perfect for getting into that Halloween spirit!
3 out of 5 stars.Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
    
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Post by wolf on Oct 11, 2021 21:20:16 GMT
No worries! My pleasure, sir. 😊😋🐺
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Post by wireman on Oct 12, 2021 0:54:39 GMT
12. Dead Season (2015)
Zombie flick about a couple that travel to a remote island to escape the zombies but it doesn’t quite work out like that. The island has zombies and a militia type group they have to deal with. Just ok. Kind of plodding. 5/10
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Post by wireman on Oct 12, 2021 11:31:35 GMT
13. State Of Emergency (2011)
A chemical explosion is town infects a large percentage of a town. A group of 4 is holed up in an abandoned tobacco warehouse as zombies roam outside. These are the fast aggressive zombies so it’s dangerous to go outside for any length of time. The movie all takes place in one location and is very tense. 7/10
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 12, 2021 11:42:22 GMT
12. Dead Season (2015)
Zombie flick about a couple that travel to a remote island to escape the zombies but it doesn’t quite work out like that. The island has zombies and a militia type group they have to deal with. Just ok. Kind of plodding. 5/10  |
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