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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 8, 2024 1:04:52 GMT
The Relic (1997)A grand exhibition held in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago becomes a night of sheer horror as a giant reptilian monster wrecks havoc. An exciting creature feature that cleverly combines the elements of horror, science fiction, and the disaster genre. Intelligent, suspenseful, thrilling, and witty (I especially love Audra Lindley's appearance as a wise-cracking pathologist). The perfect balance of CGI and Stan Winston's practical creature effects, which are truly amazing. My one complaint would be the cinematography, which tends to be too dark at times. 8/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 13, 2024 2:24:31 GMT
Ghost House (2018)The malevolent spirit of a Japanese woman latches on to an American tourist who is vacationing in Thailand with her fiancé. Overall, a good horror outing with an intriguing premise, a terrifying ghost, and nice work by Scout Taylor-Compton as the possessed woman. It only falters when it resorts to generic jumps scares. 7/10
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Post by Teleadm on Apr 16, 2024 4:34:45 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 18, 2024 3:13:03 GMT
Wake Wood (2009)After the tragic loss of their nine-year-old daughter, a grieving couple relocate to a remote village. A pagan cult informs the couple they can bring back their deceased daughter from the dead, but only for three days. Moody, eerie, atmospheric Irish-British production in the Monkey's Paw mode. Also has the distinction of being the first horror movie to be distributed by Hammer Film in about thirty years. A gripping story that does not disappoint, with a shockingly satisfying conclusion. There may even be some commentary about how strong emotions should never interfere with sound judgements. 7/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 26, 2024 2:32:41 GMT
Five Nights At Freddy's (2023)A troubled young man who looks after his much younger sister is forced to take a job as the night watchman of an abandoned family pizzeria, in which the animatronic mascots come to life. What a waste of an interesting idea with a good backstory. This might have been better, but the lame, generic style of it all makes it nothing more than a tame, mediocre horror outing that is primarily aimed at teenagers and pre-teens. Even the jump scares are epic fails. I guess the fact that this is based on a video games series the filmmakers wanted to keep everything PG-13, thus attracting the kiddie audience. Others beware! Many of the characters are cardboard caricatures that are underperformed, but it's Matthew Lillard who easily steals the show as the eccentric career counselor. He seems to be having a grand old time with his role. In my opinion The Banana Splits Movie did a much better job with the animatronic amusement theme. 5/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 26, 2024 23:46:16 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Apr 27, 2024 19:55:29 GMT
Late Night with the Devil. It was just an okay movie until the end, when it got downright stupid.
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 28, 2024 0:08:08 GMT
The Relic (1997)A grand exhibition held in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago becomes a night of sheer horror as a giant reptilian monster wrecks havoc. An exciting creature feature that cleverly combines the elements of horror, science fiction, and the disaster genre. Intelligent, suspenseful, thrilling, and witty (I especially love Audra Lindley's appearance as a wise-cracking pathologist). The perfect balance of CGI and Stan Winston's practical creature effects, which are truly amazing. My one complaint would be the cinematography, which tends to be too dark at times.8/10 I saw this just once and also liked it. But I remember having the same issue.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 29, 2024 3:20:14 GMT
Rabid (1977)After a young woman is severely injured in a motorcycle accident, she receives an experimental skin graft operation. This in turn causes her to develop an insatiable appetite for human blood, and she spreads this deadly disease all over Montreal. David Cronenberg's second feature film, and like his first one (Shivers) this is low budget schlock, yet at the same time a creative work of horror-science fiction. I guess you can call this the body horror of vampirism. Action-packed with a great deal of terrific shock value. The budget clearly did not allow for an original music score and as a result there is the overuse of public domain library music, which is a little annoying. Also, it seemed Cronenberg couldn't come up with a decent ending. Still pretty good, overall. 7/10
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