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Post by scratch on Oct 14, 2021 22:20:22 GMT
I really liked the Mortuary series. I wish it were longer. One short series that surprised me was Brand New Cherry Flavor. It's about a woman who goes to Hollywood with a self made movie that is strange and gets taken advantage of but when she goes to a witch to exact revenge things spin way out of control. This is seriously weird and creepy. About as weird as Candle Cove, which is another good one. I also recommend the Castle Rock series which I've only seen the first season of.
I second The Endless too. I never would have thought anyone could make a horror movie of that concept but horror it most certainly is.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 15, 2021 8:42:07 GMT
...daaaaaamn...I want to see so many of these movies everyone here is talking about! Loving it all guys, keep it coming! fushingfeef 'The Mortuary Collection' (God, I gotta love Clancy Brown!) instantly reminded me of 'The Autopsy Of Jane Doe'. I got to view that one once, and would like to see it again. Pretty good flick with Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch. osnafrank . 'The Forest'...was that set in that Japanese Forest that is infamous for suicides? Sounds like it probably would be. Some Japanese Horror films are really out there and well done, the American versions too...but DEFINITELY not all of them. Natalie Dormer...hmmm...she portrayed Anne Boleyn in Showtime's 'The Tudors', I think. She's been pretty good in the few things I've seen her in. I wouldn't mind checking that movie out too. Happy Horror Movie'ing tet-mates!  halloween-smiley26 c010 applouse 
Yap, that's the one.
It was okay. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 15, 2021 11:04:30 GMT
15. 28 Days Later
A classic. One of the best films of the “infected” genre. I wonder if Cillian walking up naked and alone in the hospital is some kind of comment on the British healthcare system?  10/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 15, 2021 12:26:19 GMT
15-- Day of the Dead
16-- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Post by Dizzy on Oct 15, 2021 13:29:39 GMT
wireman I Love the Part in 28 Days Later Where
He Invades The Bad Soldiers Mansion an Release there Captive Zombie an Go Bat Sh*t Crazy on All of them
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Post by Dizzy on Oct 15, 2021 13:30:37 GMT
wolf Have You Seen those 2 Movies I Mention on the Other Page Sis? They are Wild!
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Post by wireman on Oct 15, 2021 13:42:47 GMT
wireman I Love the Part in 28 Days Later Where
He Invades The Bad Soldiers Mansion an Release there Captive Zombie an Go Bat Sh*t Crazy on All of them
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 15, 2021 16:04:33 GMT
12-- The Predator
13--Freddy vs. Jason
14--Young Frankenstein |
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 15, 2021 16:05:53 GMT
15. 28 Days Later
A classic. One of the best films of the “infected” genre. I wonder if Cillian walking up naked and alone in the hospital is some kind of comment on the British healthcare system? 10/10 |
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Post by spideyman on Oct 15, 2021 16:25:00 GMT
12-- The Predator
13--Freddy vs. Jason
14--Young Frankenstein  but my TV stations are limited. |
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 15, 2021 19:32:37 GMT
14. The Borrower (FTV)
A hard-nosed female cop is on the trail of an alien banished to Earth in human form who must periodically replace his frequently-exploding head with a fresh one harvested from other humans. Really.
The outrageous concept of this film and its reputation for great practical effects are what convinced me to give this one a try despite middling reviews, but I should have listened to the reviewers, as this movie is a total mess (both in gore and in execution). Although this was released in 1991, it was actually filmed starting in late 1988 (there’s even a glimpse of a Time magazine with Reagan on the cover), which tells you how troubled this production must have been. Directed by John McNaughton who gave us the excellent Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer several years earlier, this film at first seems like it’s going to be fun trashy horror, or at least one of those “so bad it’s good” deals, but it suffers from tonal whiplash when shifting to the cop story, which is played completely straight, and maddeningly slow.
There’s a subplot where an escaped criminal is stalking the cop which contributes absolutely nothing to the overall plot involving the alien. It’s as if half the cast is completely unaware of what kind of movie this is supposed to be; and perhaps they weren’t. Or maybe the writers mashed together a boring cop drama with the superior film The Hidden just to get the thing financed. Overall the whole thing feels sloppy at a structural level, like the filmmakers weren’t paying attention. For example, when the Caucasian-bodied alien rips off the head of a Black man and wears it, the makeup artists failed to take into account the differences in the characters’ races, so the hands’ skin tones should now be mismatched but they aren’t. Did they think no one would notice?
Genre mainstays Rae Dawn Chong (Quest for Fire, Commando), Don Gordon (Towering Inferno, Bullitt) and Tom Towles (Henry: Portrait) round out the cast, with the best performance coming from Starsky & Hutch’s Huggy Bear himself, Antonio Fargas, who I hadn’t seen since I’m Gonna Git You Sucka! Also a cute young Madchen Amick (Twin Peaks, Sleepwalkers) in a throwaway role as a videographer to a terrible heavy metal band. I confess I did enjoy seeing the lead singer get eaten by a dog-headed alien, and some of the effects are pretty cool, but the highlights in this movie just weren’t worth all the heavy lifting.
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 Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)     
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Post by wolf on Oct 15, 2021 19:53:03 GMT
wolf Have You Seen those 2 Movies I Mention on the Other Page Sis? They are Wild!
Haven't seen those,
but would like to! 😊 |
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Post by Dizzy on Oct 16, 2021 1:18:27 GMT
wolf Have You Seen those 2 Movies I Mention on the Other Page Sis? They are Wild!
Haven't seen those,
but would like to! 😊
I Hope You Get to Watch Them!
Have You Seen Any Scary Movies Lately? |
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Post by wireman on Oct 16, 2021 10:06:16 GMT
16. Pet Sematary
An environmental movie before it’s time. A movie about recycling and the perils of not recycling correctly. I saw this on the latest blu-ray release and it looks fantastic. 8/10
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Post by spideyman on Oct 16, 2021 13:26:03 GMT
15-- Slumber Party Massacre--A slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill disrupts the fun.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 16, 2021 13:45:45 GMT
16. Pet Sematary
An environmental movie before it’s time. A movie about recycling and the perils of not recycling correctly. I saw this on the latest blu-ray release and it looks fantastic. 8/10  |
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 16, 2021 13:52:36 GMT
12. The Pyramid (FTV 3/5)
A father-daughter archaeologist duo attempt to unearth a pyramid
buried under the Egyptian desert.
However, they encounter an insidious creature when they enter the pyramid.
That is an okay film, worth watching.
It def had some scares and I love Egyptian things so I liked the history it gave.
I liked this movie as it gave a twist that I really like however
it would have been better if it had better acting and CGI.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 16, 2021 19:20:10 GMT
13. Event Horizon (4/5)
When a missing spacecraft called the Event Horizon reappears,
the rescue crew discovers that it went through a tear in the spacetime continuum,
allowing a terrifying entity hiding in its own dimension to take control.
No Horror Movie Marathon without my
favorite SciFi/Horror movie, besides the Alien movies.
It failed at the box office, but it is an unnerving
and terrifying space-set horror movie.
It is very much an atmospheric sci-fi horror.
It does not rely on gore (although there is enough of that) but rather it is the creepy atmosphere that engages the viewer.
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 16, 2021 21:25:54 GMT
15. Cemetery of Terror (FTV)
Teenagers steal a corpse from a morgue and perform a Satanic ritual that raises the dead at a nearby cemetery, surprising the local trick-or-treaters .
This 1985 Mexican film was a nice low-budget surprise, nicely restored by the Vinegar Syndrome label. It starts out like your standard 80’s slasher, with obnoxious horny teens played by twenty-somethings. The guys trick the girls into thinking they’re going to an exclusive Halloween party at a mansion, turns out it’s just an excuse to get some time alone at the abandoned house near the cemetery. Next thing you know, they find an evil ancient tome filled with Latin incantations, and we’re off to the races.
But there’s an entire second story going on, one more along the lines of Stephen King’s It or Stranger Things, where a group of actual children decide that trick-or-treating isn’t enough. They want to go to the cemetery at night as a dare, so they can have bragging rights. Naturally, when the dead start getting raised, the kids are at ground zero and all hell breaks loose.
Another odd dichotomy: the teenager kills are spectacularly gory, what with intestines tumbling out of abdomens and blood gushing freely. But for the younger kids’ scenes, the zombie makeup is less bloody and more along the lines of the undead in the Michael Jackson “Thriller” video (indeed, one of the kids is actually wearing a Michael Jackson jacket). What elevates the movie from good to nearly great is how things just keep escalating in the second half, this movie keeps its foot on the gas pedal. It’s not spoiling much to say the movie runs out of teenagers to kill off with quite a bit of movie remaining (those jerks totally had it coming), but the stakes get raised even higher when all that’s left is the young kids. If you like zombies bursting out of tombs and running amok, stick with it through the slower first half, it’s totally worth it.
4 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
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
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Post by fushingfeef on Oct 16, 2021 21:56:38 GMT
16. Pet Sematary
An environmental movie before it’s time. A movie about recycling and the perils of not recycling correctly. I saw this on the latest blu-ray release and it looks fantastic. 8/10 |
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halloween-smiley26 c010 applouse 
10/10
but my TV stations are limited. 
