matt360
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I'll be watching it sometime this week. Just finished It Follows; I'll do a write up a bit later.
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31 Days of Horror 5 |OT| The October Movie Marathon
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I'll be watching it sometime this week. Just finished It Follows; I'll do a write up a bit later.
Ahhh....film number 50 for the month. City of the Living Dead was not the story I expected it to be. Figured on more of a Day of the Dead type story...like a zombie filled city to escape from. What I got was an awesome story about a gateway being opened that would culminate on All Saints Day. The journey was filled with the undead rising up periodically and murdering the shit out of those unfortunate to be nearby. I think the story is very well presented which I really like about the Fulci films I've watched so far. The movies are gory but unlike a lot of today's horror, that's not their only trick. The gore doesn't feel overused for the most part and falls into place in the telling of the story. I like the pacing too. You get a lot of information but at a steady pace. Five bleeding eyes.
Edit: I also like the way characters figure things out. There's not some magical character that just knows things. Well, this started with a seance showing some things but it's not like they went halfway through and met the one all knowing person out of the blue. Feels like your genuinely learning what's going on with the characters.
Double edit: The Beyond. Take a haunted hotel, add zombies, sulphuric acid, and spiders. Another well developed story but this had a very gratuitous death by spider scene so all that I said earlier about the gore kind of went out the window on this one but this was a pretty neat scene. Though you could so tell the head had wooden teeth for some of the shots. The story itself reminds me of a serious Evil Dead with the book and evil beings coming to life. Five throats ripped put by a seeing eye dog.
Edit: I also like the way characters figure things out. There's not some magical character that just knows things. Well, this started with a seance showing some things but it's not like they went halfway through and met the one all knowing person out of the blue. Feels like your genuinely learning what's going on with the characters.
Double edit: The Beyond. Take a haunted hotel, add zombies, sulphuric acid, and spiders. Another well developed story but this had a very gratuitous death by spider scene so all that I said earlier about the gore kind of went out the window on this one but this was a pretty neat scene. Though you could so tell the head had wooden teeth for some of the shots. The story itself reminds me of a serious Evil Dead with the book and evil beings coming to life. Five throats ripped put by a seeing eye dog.
Splatterpunk
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I've been reading the book, and it's just as much a random mess... so I guess it's just staying faithful to the source material.
Violence Jack
Member
33. A Cat in the Brain (1990) This is the worst first time viewing I've seen for the challenge so far. I'd heard it was a gore fest, but reusing gore scenes from earlier films while splicing yourself in between in order to create a story makes it feel very cheap. I get that the ending makes it seem like
a movie about Fulci making a movie about himself imagining killing people,
ThirstyFly
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Alright, caught up on my viewing. Now for those reviews...
Got some good stuff ro talk about. And some not so good...
Got some good stuff ro talk about. And some not so good...
31 Days of Horror
Pre-31 Days of Horror 1 - Behind the Mask
Pre-31 Days of Horror 2 - Unfriended
Day 1 - The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Day 2 - The Thing (1982)
Day 3 - The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Day 3 Double Feature - Dead Silence
Day 4 - Black Death
Day 5 - Maniac Cop
Day 6 - The Omen (1976)
Day 7 - Creep (2014)
Day 8 - The Taking of Deborah Logan
Day 9 - The Return of the Living Dead
Day 10 - ATM
Day 10 Double Feature - From Dusk Till Dawn
Day 11 - The People Under the Stairs
Day 11 Double Feature - The Strangers
Day 12 - Stake Land
Day 13 - Fright Night (2011)
Day 14 - The Ward
Day 15 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Day 16 - Cube
Day 17 - Dark Skies
Day 18 - The Theatre Bizarre
Day 19 - The Monster Squad
Day 20 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Day 21 - Night of the Demons
Day 22 - Suspiria
Day 23 - Friday the 13th Part III
Day 24 - Black Christmas (1974)
Friday the 13th Part III
I really enjoy 80's slashers a lot so I liked this one a lot even with a lot of the stupidity. There are definitely some areas where the plot feels forced in order for something to workout (e.g. the biker gang encounter and them following the protagonists to their cabin to steal fuel ultimately disabling that vehicle). I also believe this was filmed for 3D, but I haven't checked if that were the case. Some of the shots seemed like they were meant for a 3D film, but I'll have to check to confirm. Anyways, don't expect too much out of this movie. It's just your standard slasher.
Rating: Watch
Black Christmas (1974)
Holy shit..I guess you can call this the father of modern day slashers. I believe someone in this thread said this is possibly the best movie they've seen all month. I'm close to coming to the same conclusion. Black Christmas is the first slasher film since the original Halloween to make me feel uncomfortable. I generally don't feel tense watching slashers but Black Christmas kept me on the tip of my toes. A must watch for horror fans.
Rating: Must Watch
Pre-31 Days of Horror 1 - Behind the Mask
Pre-31 Days of Horror 2 - Unfriended
Day 1 - The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Day 2 - The Thing (1982)
Day 3 - The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Day 3 Double Feature - Dead Silence
Day 4 - Black Death
Day 5 - Maniac Cop
Day 6 - The Omen (1976)
Day 7 - Creep (2014)
Day 8 - The Taking of Deborah Logan
Day 9 - The Return of the Living Dead
Day 10 - ATM
Day 10 Double Feature - From Dusk Till Dawn
Day 11 - The People Under the Stairs
Day 11 Double Feature - The Strangers
Day 12 - Stake Land
Day 13 - Fright Night (2011)
Day 14 - The Ward
Day 15 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Day 16 - Cube
Day 17 - Dark Skies
Day 18 - The Theatre Bizarre
Day 19 - The Monster Squad
Day 20 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Day 21 - Night of the Demons
Day 22 - Suspiria
Day 23 - Friday the 13th Part III
Day 24 - Black Christmas (1974)
Friday the 13th Part III
I really enjoy 80's slashers a lot so I liked this one a lot even with a lot of the stupidity. There are definitely some areas where the plot feels forced in order for something to workout (e.g. the biker gang encounter and them following the protagonists to their cabin to steal fuel ultimately disabling that vehicle). I also believe this was filmed for 3D, but I haven't checked if that were the case. Some of the shots seemed like they were meant for a 3D film, but I'll have to check to confirm. Anyways, don't expect too much out of this movie. It's just your standard slasher.
Rating: Watch
Black Christmas (1974)
Holy shit..I guess you can call this the father of modern day slashers. I believe someone in this thread said this is possibly the best movie they've seen all month. I'm close to coming to the same conclusion. Black Christmas is the first slasher film since the original Halloween to make me feel uncomfortable. I generally don't feel tense watching slashers but Black Christmas kept me on the tip of my toes. A must watch for horror fans.
Rating: Must Watch
Pre October
1. Unfriended
2. The Gift
3. Poltergeist Remake
4. The Visit
5. The Strangers
October
1. Joyride
2. The Faculty
3. The Fog(carpenter )
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
5. Misery
6. Prom Night original
7.Christine
8. Body bags
9. Gremlins
10. Insidious
11. House of wax 3D
12. Burnt Offerings
13. It follows
14. The Babadook
15. The Tourist Trap
16. The Conjuring-
17. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
18. Insidious chapter 2
19. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
20. Goosebumps
21. Fright Night(original)
1. Unfriended
2. The Gift
3. Poltergeist Remake
4. The Visit
5. The Strangers
October
1. Joyride
2. The Faculty
3. The Fog(carpenter )
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
5. Misery
6. Prom Night original
7.Christine
8. Body bags
9. Gremlins
10. Insidious
11. House of wax 3D
12. Burnt Offerings
13. It follows
14. The Babadook
15. The Tourist Trap
16. The Conjuring-
17. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
18. Insidious chapter 2
19. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
20. Goosebumps
21. Fright Night(original)
It was 3D, yes. That neverending yo-yo shot is comedy gold in 2D.
Hills Have Eyes remake unrated. Another bluray I picked up the other day. Came with the sequel too. Great movie! It's a bit more brutal than I remembered, even for an unrated. Figured I'd slip in one between these Fulci's just to compare. Love the desert location and its texture...they picked a very good spot in the hills to film this and it has color as opposed to just yellow sand. Five teeth in a mutant hillbillies mouth.
I tried watching Zombie 3 on YouTube this morning but after like 10 minutes it went all Italian and I lost interest fast since I couldn't understand what they were saying but by what your saying I didn't miss much.
The House by the Cemetary. Eh eez ok. Probably the worst of the Gates of Hell trilogy. The movie is made in the way I've come to expect but the story is kind of lame. This feels like a starter not a finisher. Three tombstones.
Lord_Balkan
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I am going to watch Fulci's The Black Cat tonight. I just got the Arrow release in the mail yesterday and I am pretty psyched.
I guess I am a bit weird, but I like House By The Cemetery. I think I like it the most thematically since I think it is the most thematically consistent, while also being the least coherent. I take the story as if it was from a traumatized child's perspective, which is why things don't add up, if that makes sense.
Also my friend knows I love Fulci movies, so he made me this with the tagline, "Welcome to the Gates of Hell trilogy where the kills are made up and the plot doesn't matter"
I guess I am a bit weird, but I like House By The Cemetery. I think I like it the most thematically since I think it is the most thematically consistent, while also being the least coherent. I take the story as if it was from a traumatized child's perspective, which is why things don't add up, if that makes sense.
Also my friend knows I love Fulci movies, so he made me this with the tagline, "Welcome to the Gates of Hell trilogy where the kills are made up and the plot doesn't matter"
Fancy Clown
Member
23. Eyes Without a Face. At 90 minutes, and much of the film without dialogue, Eyes Without a Face comes across as an eerie visual poem, filled with some amazing atmosphere and fairy tale-esque characters. The masked Christiane flits about scenes like a nightmarish version of a fairy or nymph, and the whole film has an oddly ethereal tone to it. Even with its short running time the story is a slow build, but it's certainly not boring. The story reads as if it could be a lurid pulp horror film, but it's played as anything but. Along with the dark poetic fairy nature to the characters (and resolution), there is a clinical frankness in which it handles the graphic aspects of its face-slicing premise that adds to the realism of the picture, and the mad doctor of the story is portrayed as complex and utterly human. The film isn't necessarily scary, but it is certainly very eerie and is filled with moments that will stick with me for quite a while. Definitely one of the highlights of the month for me.
BattleMonkey
Member
I just watched Nekromantic.... I feel bad
I'm glad you liked it. As far as I'm concerned it's one of those semi-obscure masterpieces that deserves as much exposure as it can get.
I recently ordered the Dracula Blu-ray that includes Drácula, so I'll definitely be watching that as soon as it arrives.
Marty Chinn
Member
24) Hotel Transylvania 2
As I mentioned in #23, my daughter wanted too take me to this for my birthday and Shi she did. This one continues on after the first one with the wedding and then birth of a child. The big focus this time is whether the kid offs going to be a vampire or not. I actually thought the second was a better movie than the first. It felt like there was more to it and better focused. Even though it's aimed at kids it does a good job of exploring the theme of identity when you're off mixed heritage. It's also nice to see Mel Brooks having a small role in it too. This was a pleasant surprise of a movie and I'm glad she took me to it.
As I mentioned in #23, my daughter wanted too take me to this for my birthday and Shi she did. This one continues on after the first one with the wedding and then birth of a child. The big focus this time is whether the kid offs going to be a vampire or not. I actually thought the second was a better movie than the first. It felt like there was more to it and better focused. Even though it's aimed at kids it does a good job of exploring the theme of identity when you're off mixed heritage. It's also nice to see Mel Brooks having a small role in it too. This was a pleasant surprise of a movie and I'm glad she took me to it.
Fancy Clown
Member
The more I think about it the more I like it, too. The demented carnival music score, Scob's performance and ability to emote with her face covered:
Really great, unique stuff.
Fancy Clown
Member
Nope, been a perennial standby in my netflix cue though. That's cool though, maybe I'll finally watch it one of these days.
22. Black Christmas (1974)
This was a great flick, it just oozes with atmosphere. I've never seen it before but always heard great things about it, being a huge Halloween fan, I decided to give it a shot. I love the camera shots/angles and really felt creeped out during the deranged phone calls. Definitely recommend this for any horror fan 9/10
This was a great flick, it just oozes with atmosphere. I've never seen it before but always heard great things about it, being a huge Halloween fan, I decided to give it a shot. I love the camera shots/angles and really felt creeped out during the deranged phone calls. Definitely recommend this for any horror fan 9/10
Rhomega Beta
Member
17. Re-Animator "You killed him!" "No, I didn't! I gave him life!"
A Frankenstein-esque story (but without the cross-stitched parts). Jeffrey Combs does a great job as Herbert West, who is easily the most interesting character in the movie. The special effects are great. There's even that classic "head and body operate independently" joke. I liked it, but it's not the best I've seen.
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A Frankenstein-esque story (but without the cross-stitched parts). Jeffrey Combs does a great job as Herbert West, who is easily the most interesting character in the movie. The special effects are great. There's even that classic "head and body operate independently" joke. I liked it, but it's not the best I've seen.
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It's not that the movie sucked or anything it just wasn't what the other two were.
Lord_Balkan
Member
Yeah definitely, I actually disliked City Of The Living Dead and The Beyond the first time I watched them, but every time I rematched them I liked them more and more, and now I love them.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Nothing weird at all about liking House by the Cemetery, its one of Fulci's better regarded pictures.
The Black Cat is very much one of his lesser works though, certainly from the glorious period between Flesh Eaters and NY Ripper.
canoli2006
Member
Film 18: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In my opinion, the most successful independent film of all time and the film that started it all for the "found footage" sub-genre for horror films. It has been about 10 years since I've watched it and I was a big fan when it came out in the theatre. The last ten minutes or so still gets my heart racing. If you decide to stream this film on Hulu like I did, the film streams in a widescreen presentation rather than the original aspect ratio of 1.33.1. I found this strange and it kinda took away from some of the illusion that I was watching "found footage."'
In my opinion, the most successful independent film of all time and the film that started it all for the "found footage" sub-genre for horror films. It has been about 10 years since I've watched it and I was a big fan when it came out in the theatre. The last ten minutes or so still gets my heart racing. If you decide to stream this film on Hulu like I did, the film streams in a widescreen presentation rather than the original aspect ratio of 1.33.1. I found this strange and it kinda took away from some of the illusion that I was watching "found footage."'
ThirstyFly
Member
Is Arrow going to release the movies in the Black Cats sets as singles? I really only want Your Vice Is A Locked Room.
walkmetothelake
Banned
Yikes, I really disliked this one. I only became a fan of the Hannibal Lecter series fairly recently (mainly started with the show) but I saw both SotL and Manhunter before this. They were easily superior.
Couldn't imagine my feelings if I was watching this on release after SotL.
The Halloween series is my favorite out of the major horror slashers even though the quality is pretty bad at times. 6 is usually the entry outside of the original two that I find myself coming back to the most. The atmosphere (especially in the P-cut versus the theatrical) is the best since the original. They really had the feeling of Halloween down.
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Film 18: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In my opinion, the most successful independent film of all time and the film that started it all for the "found footage" sub-genre for horror films. It has been about 10 years since I've watched it and I was a big fan when it came out in the theatre. The last ten minutes or so still gets my heart racing. If you decide to stream this film on Hulu like I did, the film streams in a widescreen presentation rather than the original aspect ratio of 1.33.1. I found this strange and it kinda took away from some of the illusion that I was watching "found footage."'
I liked how it came out. The movie itself sucked largely, the end was awesome though, but I loved the faux documentary they had out before it dropped. Great buildup. Same thing Dead Space did with the comics before the game.
the_don_patch
Banned
Downloading Black Christmas as I type
Rhomega Beta
Member
18. V/H/S
I want to go back to pitcairn55's earlier post.
This movie is full of it. The framing device is a gang of criminals who record their exploits, and are hired to break into an old guy's house and steal a VHS tape. Never mind that the video they're filming shows what they're doing, and even includes close-up shots of their faces, which could be used as damning evidence in court. But let's move onto the individual stories.
Amateur Night: Guys pick up chicks hoping to score and make an amateur porn video using a hidden camera in a pair of glasses. Oh, and it turns out one of the girls is a vampire-demon thing. OK.
Second Honeymoon: So a couple is headed out to the Grand Canyon. Along the way, they find one of those novelty fortune teller machines, which is obviously foreshadowing.. One night at a motel, a thief breaks in and steals money from the guy...and records of all that. ....Why? It makes even less sense at the end.
Tuesday the 17th: I like this one the most, mostly because kids in the woods are killed by Missingno or whatever.
The Sick Thing That Happened To Emily When She Was Younger: This takes place entirely over a Skype-esque progra-wait a second! You took a direct-feed video chat and recorded it onto a VHS tape? HOW? WHY? Moving on...
10/31/98: My second favorite of the bunch. Kids on Halloween stumble on a Satanic ritual, but it goes further than that.
Aside from Tuesday the 17th and 10/31/98, I didn't like this at all, and I'm also starting to get tired of the found footage genre.
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Next up: taking inspiration from Monster Madness this year and taking on a public domain movie: Carnival of Souls
I want to go back to pitcairn55's earlier post.
This movie is full of it. The framing device is a gang of criminals who record their exploits, and are hired to break into an old guy's house and steal a VHS tape. Never mind that the video they're filming shows what they're doing, and even includes close-up shots of their faces, which could be used as damning evidence in court. But let's move onto the individual stories.
Amateur Night: Guys pick up chicks hoping to score and make an amateur porn video using a hidden camera in a pair of glasses. Oh, and it turns out one of the girls is a vampire-demon thing. OK.
Second Honeymoon: So a couple is headed out to the Grand Canyon. Along the way, they find one of those novelty fortune teller machines, which is obviously foreshadowing.. One night at a motel, a thief breaks in and steals money from the guy...and records of all that. ....Why? It makes even less sense at the end.
Tuesday the 17th: I like this one the most, mostly because kids in the woods are killed by Missingno or whatever.
The Sick Thing That Happened To Emily When She Was Younger: This takes place entirely over a Skype-esque progra-wait a second! You took a direct-feed video chat and recorded it onto a VHS tape? HOW? WHY? Moving on...
10/31/98: My second favorite of the bunch. Kids on Halloween stumble on a Satanic ritual, but it goes further than that.
Aside from Tuesday the 17th and 10/31/98, I didn't like this at all, and I'm also starting to get tired of the found footage genre.
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Next up: taking inspiration from Monster Madness this year and taking on a public domain movie: Carnival of Souls
I never seen the producer cut did Michael really rape Jamie? When I read that detail it was so random and wrong for his character.
ph1l0z0ph3r
Member
#24 - Cube Zero [2004]
#25 - Nightbreed [1990]
A huge step down from the first Cube movie but still an ok enough watch. No real depth or interesting qualities to the characters and a non-existent plot. Even the traps left a lot to be desired. 5/10
#25 - Nightbreed [1990]
A decent monster movie although at times the plot feels all over the place. Monster design was cool but the Decker character just felt lazy. Hellraiser is a much better watch if your looking for a Clive Barker film to watch. 6/10
Fancy Clown
Member
24. Repulsion Rewatched this one with my parents. My mom screamed a continuous "FUUUUCK" at the top of her lungs for a good ten seconds from the mirror scare and then threatened to disown me. Masterpiece.
#24 - The Blob (1988)
Respectable remake of the original. I liked the shift from the blob being just an alien to incorporating some government conspiracy elements. Campy 80s goodness with good pacing and suspense.
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Respectable remake of the original. I liked the shift from the blob being just an alien to incorporating some government conspiracy elements. Campy 80s goodness with good pacing and suspense.
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Fox Mulder
Member
Yeah, the bluray has anaglyph 3d option and the cheap glasses. Fun gimmick for a slasher.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Circle
It's almost exactly like Cube, but with a Circle.
It's almost exactly like Cube, but with a Circle.
#45 - Gojira (1954)
Another major gap checked off the list. About as clear a commentary on nuclear war as one could hope to see, perhaps rivaled only by Hiroshima Mon Amour. There's a certain purity to this movie, a welcome straightforwardness that predates all the convoluted kaiju mythos that's been built up over the years. As a result, we get some actual buildup to the titular creature's reveal - well, only twenty minutes, but it's used effectively. Of course we all know what's coming, but the more careful pacing makes for a better story, and it makes Gojira that much more menacing when it does appear. And I must say, when our monster rears its head over that hill for the first time and lets out that ear-shattering roar, it's still pretty damn startling.
#46 - Borei Kaibyo Yashiki (Black Cat Mansion / The Mansion of the Ghost Cat) (1958)
Another skillful entry from Nobuo Nakagawa, though not on the same level as some of his other films. It contains some themes and imagery that prefigure his better works, Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan and Jigoku, but it comes off as somewhat half-baked compared to those, more convoluted and with less developed characters, and with a double-nested frame narrative that doesn't work as well as it should. Even so, it's still plenty entertaining, but as far as cat ghost movies go, I prefer Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko, which is beautiful and graceful while this one is a bit clunky. Still, it does have its moments, such as its culmination in a colorful hallucinatory sequence.
Another major gap checked off the list. About as clear a commentary on nuclear war as one could hope to see, perhaps rivaled only by Hiroshima Mon Amour. There's a certain purity to this movie, a welcome straightforwardness that predates all the convoluted kaiju mythos that's been built up over the years. As a result, we get some actual buildup to the titular creature's reveal - well, only twenty minutes, but it's used effectively. Of course we all know what's coming, but the more careful pacing makes for a better story, and it makes Gojira that much more menacing when it does appear. And I must say, when our monster rears its head over that hill for the first time and lets out that ear-shattering roar, it's still pretty damn startling.
#46 - Borei Kaibyo Yashiki (Black Cat Mansion / The Mansion of the Ghost Cat) (1958)
Another skillful entry from Nobuo Nakagawa, though not on the same level as some of his other films. It contains some themes and imagery that prefigure his better works, Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan and Jigoku, but it comes off as somewhat half-baked compared to those, more convoluted and with less developed characters, and with a double-nested frame narrative that doesn't work as well as it should. Even so, it's still plenty entertaining, but as far as cat ghost movies go, I prefer Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko, which is beautiful and graceful while this one is a bit clunky. Still, it does have its moments, such as its culmination in a colorful hallucinatory sequence.
kurisu_1974
Banned
#21 The Final Girls (2015)
An original idea and it started out promising, but the whole thing really started to feel a bit drawn out, it was't really that funny, the 80s parts didn't feel or sound like the 80s, and the movie was not consistent with its own rules.
#22 The Woman (2011)
I remember the hype surrounding director Lucky McKee related to his film May in the early 2000s, but I feel he never managed to really cash in this succes. Here we have a brutal story about a woman held captive by a family of psychos. Not really bad, but sometimes a bit messy. Apparantly this is a semi-sequel to the 2009 movie Offspring which I hadn't heard of before.
#23 Burnt Offerings (1976)
Really felt in the mood for a sturdy 70s chiller, and this interesting take on the haunted house genre, with a great Oliver Reed and a psycho Karen Black, really fit that bill. An under appreciated film with even some The Shining vibes. Recommended.
#24 The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)
Second movie from this lot that uses a meta approach, which is probably the only semi interesting thing about this. Dieter Laser, while pretty frightening in the first movie, is just a ridiculous parody (which is in line with the rest though...). There's also a lot less centipede than you'd expect. It's hard to actually be disappointed, but yeah.
#25 Creep (2015)
I really like Duplass, and I watch and enjoy a lot of mumblecore, but this just wasn't very interesting. The biggest problem, outside of the somewhat uneventful plot and unsatisfying ending, is that found footage genre hardly works with actors that you are familiar with.
Ready for the final stretch! I have still more than 20 movies lined up, so some of them will end up on next year's list.
Bonus: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6800ce2b3b/human-centipede-anonymous?_cc=__d___&_ccid=eal5jt.nwtkjq
An original idea and it started out promising, but the whole thing really started to feel a bit drawn out, it was't really that funny, the 80s parts didn't feel or sound like the 80s, and the movie was not consistent with its own rules.
#22 The Woman (2011)
I remember the hype surrounding director Lucky McKee related to his film May in the early 2000s, but I feel he never managed to really cash in this succes. Here we have a brutal story about a woman held captive by a family of psychos. Not really bad, but sometimes a bit messy. Apparantly this is a semi-sequel to the 2009 movie Offspring which I hadn't heard of before.
#23 Burnt Offerings (1976)
Really felt in the mood for a sturdy 70s chiller, and this interesting take on the haunted house genre, with a great Oliver Reed and a psycho Karen Black, really fit that bill. An under appreciated film with even some The Shining vibes. Recommended.
#24 The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)
Second movie from this lot that uses a meta approach, which is probably the only semi interesting thing about this. Dieter Laser, while pretty frightening in the first movie, is just a ridiculous parody (which is in line with the rest though...). There's also a lot less centipede than you'd expect. It's hard to actually be disappointed, but yeah.
#25 Creep (2015)
I really like Duplass, and I watch and enjoy a lot of mumblecore, but this just wasn't very interesting. The biggest problem, outside of the somewhat uneventful plot and unsatisfying ending, is that found footage genre hardly works with actors that you are familiar with.
Ready for the final stretch! I have still more than 20 movies lined up, so some of them will end up on next year's list.
Bonus: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6800ce2b3b/human-centipede-anonymous?_cc=__d___&_ccid=eal5jt.nwtkjq
Fallout-NL
Member
What? No it didn't.
Lol...it did but I only saw it once. I remember an annoyingly shaky camera, shadows on a tent, a stack of rocks, some sticks tied up in trees, and some snot bubbling chick that cried too much. I will give it another shot though, because now I'm curious. I did like the second one quite a bit more.
The Wicker Man (1973
Great film. Christopher Lee's best performance, and Edward Woodward is just as good. Perfectly unsettling atmosphere and build up, great ending. Strangely catchy Simon & Garfunkel-esque music.
Friday the 13th (1980)
Pretty not good. A bunch of unlikable, badly acted shits are killed off one by one, with not much reason to care. The first hour is also really slow. It picks up a lot in the last 20 minutes, from when
, and even though I already knew the ending twist, it's still a neat, subversive idea. I was very annoyed with how inept the final girl was though. The
ending still gave me a jolt even though I knew it was coming. Despite the strong finish, it was a pretty mediocre movie overall.
Evil Dead II (1987)
It was alright. Amusing, maybe a little too silly at times. Bruce Campbell is great though, and the camerawork and effects are really fucking impressive.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Loved the idea of this (I'm a sucker for meta stuff), even though the execution felt off at times. The pacing was kind of all over the place, with just too much shit happening at once a lot. I felt like the movie also jumped too quickly into Heather's urgency rather than letting the tension slowly build. And I also was really annoyed with how majorly focused the plot was on the kid. On the plus side, I thought Heather Langenkamp was really good (and looked fine as hell), loved the cameos, loved the callbacks to the first film, and especially loved one sequence toward the end where
-- it's really well done. A slightly uneven movie, but an overall strong way to cap off the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Great film. Christopher Lee's best performance, and Edward Woodward is just as good. Perfectly unsettling atmosphere and build up, great ending. Strangely catchy Simon & Garfunkel-esque music.
Friday the 13th (1980)
Pretty not good. A bunch of unlikable, badly acted shits are killed off one by one, with not much reason to care. The first hour is also really slow. It picks up a lot in the last 20 minutes, from when
Mrs. Voorhees pulls up to the cabin
Jason
Evil Dead II (1987)
It was alright. Amusing, maybe a little too silly at times. Bruce Campbell is great though, and the camerawork and effects are really fucking impressive.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Loved the idea of this (I'm a sucker for meta stuff), even though the execution felt off at times. The pacing was kind of all over the place, with just too much shit happening at once a lot. I felt like the movie also jumped too quickly into Heather's urgency rather than letting the tension slowly build. And I also was really annoyed with how majorly focused the plot was on the kid. On the plus side, I thought Heather Langenkamp was really good (and looked fine as hell), loved the cameos, loved the callbacks to the first film, and especially loved one sequence toward the end where
Heather's reality slowly transforms into the Elm Street world
Dagon (2001) - One of those low budget movies that hangs in the balance for a minute or two early on and you're glad you stuck with it by the end. 6/10
Suspiria (1977) - Very slow, unique visual style, some good kills. 6/10
The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Psychological horror. Don't know what to say about this one other than that it's so rich with character interaction and motivations that there's rarely a dull moment and it only gets better as the movie progresses. Also Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves rule. Charlize Theron is good too I guess. 8/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Didn't like this at first and thought Freddy was lame. It became apparent throughout the movie that he is a killer that just likes messing with people and I came around to him. It's more intelligent than your typical slasher movie. 6/10
Cronos (1993) - Nothing really bad about this one except the makeup and bland characters. The main bad guy is the most interesting character, but we don't go any deeper than the surface with him. The henchmen has a single quirk for the sake of it. The little girl "character" is only there to keep her mouth shut and be convenient when the movie calls for it. The main gizmo is recycled over and over without us ever really knowing anything more about it, how it works, how to "game" it. Needs more bloodsucking in general. Feels like more of a 5, but I'll give it a 6 anyway. 6/10
Suspiria (1977) - Very slow, unique visual style, some good kills. 6/10
The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Psychological horror. Don't know what to say about this one other than that it's so rich with character interaction and motivations that there's rarely a dull moment and it only gets better as the movie progresses. Also Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves rule. Charlize Theron is good too I guess. 8/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Didn't like this at first and thought Freddy was lame. It became apparent throughout the movie that he is a killer that just likes messing with people and I came around to him. It's more intelligent than your typical slasher movie. 6/10
Cronos (1993) - Nothing really bad about this one except the makeup and bland characters. The main bad guy is the most interesting character, but we don't go any deeper than the surface with him. The henchmen has a single quirk for the sake of it. The little girl "character" is only there to keep her mouth shut and be convenient when the movie calls for it. The main gizmo is recycled over and over without us ever really knowing anything more about it, how it works, how to "game" it. Needs more bloodsucking in general. Feels like more of a 5, but I'll give it a 6 anyway. 6/10
Violence Jack
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34. Genocyber (1993) Old-school, gory-as-hell, sci-fi anime horror that I still have a warm place in my heart for. I remember watching this as a teen and being amazed by all everything that was happening on screen. Good soundtrack as well. 8/10.
ThirstyFly
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Heh. Blast from the past. I have that on VHS signed by the director with a little sketch of the monster on the box.
31 Days of Horror
Pre-31 Days of Horror 1 - Behind the Mask
Pre-31 Days of Horror 2 - Unfriended
Day 1 - The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Day 2 - The Thing (1982)
Day 3 - The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Day 3 Double Feature - Dead Silence
Day 4 - Black Death
Day 5 - Maniac Cop
Day 6 - The Omen (1976)
Day 7 - Creep (2014)
Day 8 - The Taking of Deborah Logan
Day 9 - The Return of the Living Dead
Day 10 - ATM
Day 10 Double Feature - From Dusk Till Dawn
Day 11 - The People Under the Stairs
Day 11 Double Feature - The Strangers
Day 12 - Stake Land
Day 13 - Fright Night (2011)
Day 14 - The Ward
Day 15 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Day 16 - Cube
Day 17 - Dark Skies
Day 18 - The Theatre Bizarre
Day 19 - The Monster Squad
Day 20 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Day 21 - Night of the Demons
Day 22 - Suspiria
Day 23 - Friday the 13th Part III
Day 24 - Black Christmas (1974)
Day 25 - Kill List
Kill List
Another film I've had on my backlog for years that I decided to give it a shot last night. What starts off as a slow burner, turns into one of the best thrillers I've seen. During the first half of the movie, I questioned whether this film really fit under 31 Days of Horror theme, but the last act proved that it does. Not a very scary movie, but it will pull a complete 180 on you in a direction that you might not see coming.
Rating: Watch
Pre-31 Days of Horror 1 - Behind the Mask
Pre-31 Days of Horror 2 - Unfriended
Day 1 - The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Day 2 - The Thing (1982)
Day 3 - The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Day 3 Double Feature - Dead Silence
Day 4 - Black Death
Day 5 - Maniac Cop
Day 6 - The Omen (1976)
Day 7 - Creep (2014)
Day 8 - The Taking of Deborah Logan
Day 9 - The Return of the Living Dead
Day 10 - ATM
Day 10 Double Feature - From Dusk Till Dawn
Day 11 - The People Under the Stairs
Day 11 Double Feature - The Strangers
Day 12 - Stake Land
Day 13 - Fright Night (2011)
Day 14 - The Ward
Day 15 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Day 16 - Cube
Day 17 - Dark Skies
Day 18 - The Theatre Bizarre
Day 19 - The Monster Squad
Day 20 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Day 21 - Night of the Demons
Day 22 - Suspiria
Day 23 - Friday the 13th Part III
Day 24 - Black Christmas (1974)
Day 25 - Kill List
Kill List
Another film I've had on my backlog for years that I decided to give it a shot last night. What starts off as a slow burner, turns into one of the best thrillers I've seen. During the first half of the movie, I questioned whether this film really fit under 31 Days of Horror theme, but the last act proved that it does. Not a very scary movie, but it will pull a complete 180 on you in a direction that you might not see coming.
There's a lot of foreshadowing in the first half, so if you pay close attention you might see the 180 coming.
Rating: Watch
Rhomega Beta
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19. Carnival of Souls "I don't want to be alone!"
More unsettling and eerie than scary, this is about a woman who somehow survives a car crash, but is beckoned by a run-down carnival and a man who pops up every now and then. On top of that, there are points where no one else can see or hear here, and these all drive her insane, so it's more of a psychological horror than anything. The movie is slow and it feels like not much happens, but it's worth it for the atmosphere.
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More unsettling and eerie than scary, this is about a woman who somehow survives a car crash, but is beckoned by a run-down carnival and a man who pops up every now and then. On top of that, there are points where no one else can see or hear here, and these all drive her insane, so it's more of a psychological horror than anything. The movie is slow and it feels like not much happens, but it's worth it for the atmosphere.
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