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Post by politicidal1 on Nov 2, 2023 1:07:32 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on Nov 7, 2023 6:42:50 GMT
The Most Dangerous Game aka Hounds of Zaroff 1932 directed by Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedesack. "When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea) is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks). While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge (Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong), to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter." The story has been remade and reworked many times since this movie, but is here treated more in the style of a horror movie, even using a few sets that later would turn up in "King Kong". The most horrific scenes where apparently too much for test audiences to stomach, and that is of the crazy Count's trophy room, that consists of bodies or body parts of former guests. We only get to see a few glimpses of it. The movie is only a few minutes more than an hour so it never get's boring or feels stretched out. Fun to have finally seen it. 6/10.
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Post by politicidal1 on Nov 9, 2023 22:19:54 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 16, 2023 3:47:27 GMT
The Chosen (1978)Also known as Holocaust 2000. A president of a nuclear power corporation (Kirk Douglas) learns his 30-something son is the antichrist who is bent on world destruction. Not quite as bad as I remember this. Although a blatant rip-off of The Omen (it even has a creative decapitation as well), it does come up with some interesting ideas of its own and manages to have social commentary on ecological concerns. But the main problem is it's mostly dull. The direction is flat and soarly lacking in the horror department. Plus the ending was a bit too rushed. 5/10 This is Leonard Maltin's humorous BOMB-rating review from his movie guide book: "Nuclear power exec slowly realizes that his son is the Antichrist who plans to use nuclear power to bring on world destruction. There! We just saved you 105 minutes."
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Post by Teleadm on Nov 17, 2023 7:18:37 GMT
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told 1967 directed by Jack Hill. The movie was made in 1964 but held back because of legal and economic reasons. "In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur (Lon Chaney Jr) looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home". There is a huge inheritance involved, that's the reason the distance relatives suddenly is interested in their deranged relatives, to get them locked up in a home and grab the inheritance. Lon Chaney Jr actually plays the only sane person in this movie, who has done all he can to keep the family out of the public view and to meet as few outside people as possible. Some have called this a fore-runner to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and similar movies that has come later. Though this one have very little graphic violence, it's more suggested, or seen in angles that make you only see the attacker and not the victim. Some has rated this very high, calling it a cult classic, but it wasn't really for me. Still fun to have seen. 5/10.
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Post by politicidal1 on Nov 17, 2023 15:57:19 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 18, 2023 3:29:32 GMT
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)After her cub is shot by a hunter, a large mama grizzly goes on a killing spree. This means bad news for an audience attending an outdoor rock concert. This is it, the long lost in-name only sequel to the 1976 sleeper. Filmed in 1983 (in Hungary off all places!), but all the post-production work wasn't completed until 2020 due to non-stop production problems. Believe me, the wait was not worth it. Dreadful and dreadfully boring. The bear is phoney-looking and when it's not shown in point-of-view camera shots it comes across as a heavy-breathing psycho. Pretty much all of the attack sequences are not shown. Too much concert footage of terrible music. And finally there's the rushed, anticlimatic ending. It even resorted to using brief stock footage from Jaws 2; further proof that the funds were very limited for the production. You wouldn't believe some of the cast members who signed up for this. There's Deborah Raffin, Charles Cyphers, and, fresh off of Raider Of The Ark, John Rhys-Davies! But worst of all is seeing Louise Fletcher in this; how can such a respectable actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress be seen in drek like this? She should have fired her agent. We also have Charlie Sheen, Laura Dern and George Clooney, but at least they have the excuse of being young actors who were just starting their careers (remember, this is 1983). Those are the bear facts and this is an unbearable movie to watch. 2/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Nov 21, 2023 15:10:00 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 29, 2023 3:45:19 GMT
Thanksgiving (2023)A serial killer dressed up as a pilgrim slaughters the main instigators of a Black Friday sale riot that turned tragic. The anxiously-awaited slasher based on Eli Roth's fake trailer from Grindhouse. I noticed some people on this forum comparing it to I Know What You Did Last Summer, which I found to be very generic. Of course Thanksgiving is generic and typical to some extent as well, but it's Roth's cleverly macabre touches, deliciously dark humor, and his overall feel for the genre that pushes it well above mediocrity. The parade scene was a highlight, and had some stylishly gory set pieces. The wait was certainly worth it. Just what a slasher horror movie should be; a lot of gruesome fun. 7.5/10
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Post by SixOfTheRichest on Nov 29, 2023 11:49:09 GMT
Thanksgiving (2023)A serial killer dressed up as a pilgrim slaughters the main instigators of a Black Friday sale riot that turned tragic. The anxiously-awaited slasher based on Eli Roth's fake trailer from Grindhouse. I noticed some people on this forum comparing it to I Know What You Did Last Summer, which I found to be very generic. Of course Thanksgiving is generic and typical to some extent as well, but it's Roth's cleverly macabre touches, deliciously dark humor, and his overall feel for the genre that pushes it well above mediocrity. The parade scene was a highlight, and had some stylishly gory set piecces. The wait was certainly worth it. Just what a slasher horror movie should be; a lot of gruesome fun. 7.5/10 The trampoline scene was better in the fake trailer from 2007.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 29, 2023 17:59:10 GMT
Thanksgiving (2023)A serial killer dressed up as a pilgrim slaughters the main instigators of a Black Friday sale riot that turned tragic. The anxiously-awaited slasher based on Eli Roth's fake trailer from Grindhouse. I noticed some people on this forum comparing it to I Know What You Did Last Summer, which I found to be very generic. Of course Thanksgiving is generic and typical to some extent as well, but it's Roth's cleverly macabre touches, deliciously dark humor, and his overall feel for the genre that pushes it well above mediocrity. The parade scene was a highlight, and had some stylishly gory set piecces. The wait was certainly worth it. Just what a slasher horror movie should be; a lot of gruesome fun. 7.5/10 The trampoline scene was better in the fake trailer from 2007. I wondered how Roth was going to handle that trampoline scene. Certainly took a different approach.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 29, 2023 19:13:07 GMT
Filum. You keep using that word. I do not think that word means what you think it means. Here's a horror phylum for ya:
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Post by bomtombadil on Nov 30, 2023 13:22:53 GMT
Filum. You keep using that word. I do not think that word means what you think it means. Here's a horror phylum for ya: The Amoeba sisters are hawt!
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 6, 2023 21:12:36 GMT
Becky (2020)A 13-year-old girl with severe growing pains tries to outsmart the escaped prisoners who have sieged her and her father's vacation home. This is an often routine home-invasion thriller with elements from such movies as Death Weekend and Straw Dogs. However, directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion keep things lively with some nice stylish touches and a brisk pace. I was especially fascinated with the clever camera work showing juxtaposition between the scenes of the criminals' activities and the family's normal activities. If you see the movie you'll know what I mean. The R rating has a warning of "strong bloody violence and grisly images" and they ain't kidding! Much of the violence is quite graphic and nasty. The eyeball scene was memorable as well as very cringey. The acting by the entire cast is first-rate. Lulu Wilson gives her Becky character much credibility as the young girl who is at first an annoying whiney teenager who is forced to grow up quickly and become a warrior figure to save her family. Kevin James is so frightening and menancing as the main baddie that I actually forgot I was watching Kevin James the comic actor! Now I just have to see the sequel The Wrath Of Becky. Hopefully it will explain the mystery of that key! 7/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 8, 2023 3:50:33 GMT
The Wrath Of Becky (2022)The avenging angel is now 16-years-old and just as spunky as ever. This time she goes on a Charles Bronson rampage on the misogynistic domestic terrorists who killed her dear friend. The occasion when the sequel easily outshines the original. A different pair of male and female directors this time, but this follow-up is just as stylishly done as the original. It takes a Kill Bill-like approach complete with narration. Plus Becky even gets her own quick-cutting Commando dress-up scene, which was amusing. There's an abundance dark humor here, and it's often quite funny; something the original mostly lacked (not that there's anything wrong with that). Even the extremely gory killings were comical. Lulu Wilson is solid again as Becky, even better than before. She's meaner, tougher, and smarter. A very believable transition from bratty child to badass survivalist. The door is left wide open for yet another sequel. 7.5/10
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