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31 Days of Horror 5 |OT| The October Movie Marathon
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#47 - Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: How He Came into the World) (1920)
Actually Wegener's third Golem film, but sadly the only one to have survived. It features gorgeous earthy sets that sit somewhere stylistically between Méliès and Wiene; twisted towers, jagged stone silhouettes jutting up into the starry sky. The Golem's design is crude but striking and memorable, making the most of Wegener's distinctive features. Given the film's considerable length, it could definitely stand some trimming, but it's still an impressive feat that deserves its reputation as one of the earliest and most influential feature-length horror films. I would bet a large sum of money that James Whale took influence from this film for his classic Frankenstein adaptation.
#48 - Spalovač Mrtvol (The Cremator) (1969)
What an incredible film. This isn't just a great horror movie, it's a great movie period. It features brilliant cinematography and masterful editing, a haunting score, and a fantastic performance from Rudolf Hrusínský. Kopfrkingl is one of the most fascinating horror characters I've seen; the film almost serves as an extended monologue for him alone. It's a delivery of a manifesto, except it gradually morphs over the course of the film from something weird into something horrific. The subtle parallels in the ways the protagonist treats both the living and the dead further the sense of unease, sometimes on a near subconscious level. It's a very slow, deliberate film, so it's not for everybody, but it's an instant favorite for me. Seems like every 60s/early 70s Czech film I watch is a masterpiece.
Actually Wegener's third Golem film, but sadly the only one to have survived. It features gorgeous earthy sets that sit somewhere stylistically between Méliès and Wiene; twisted towers, jagged stone silhouettes jutting up into the starry sky. The Golem's design is crude but striking and memorable, making the most of Wegener's distinctive features. Given the film's considerable length, it could definitely stand some trimming, but it's still an impressive feat that deserves its reputation as one of the earliest and most influential feature-length horror films. I would bet a large sum of money that James Whale took influence from this film for his classic Frankenstein adaptation.
#48 - Spalovač Mrtvol (The Cremator) (1969)
What an incredible film. This isn't just a great horror movie, it's a great movie period. It features brilliant cinematography and masterful editing, a haunting score, and a fantastic performance from Rudolf Hrusínský. Kopfrkingl is one of the most fascinating horror characters I've seen; the film almost serves as an extended monologue for him alone. It's a delivery of a manifesto, except it gradually morphs over the course of the film from something weird into something horrific. The subtle parallels in the ways the protagonist treats both the living and the dead further the sense of unease, sometimes on a near subconscious level. It's a very slow, deliberate film, so it's not for everybody, but it's an instant favorite for me. Seems like every 60s/early 70s Czech film I watch is a masterpiece.
Infernostew
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21) A Bay of Blood - First taste of Bava and I really liked what I saw. Nice twist filled story with some great kills. Did Friday the 13th rip off almost every kill in this film? Definitely worth a watch and a nice first watch of many future ones for Bava. 8/10
22) Black Sunday - Back for more Bava! This was quite a bit different as Bay of Blood is a giallo, this one reminded me quite a bit of a more Universal monsters film. This is a cool little story about a witch who is killed and comes back many years later and turns people into zombie slaves. Very cool to see Bava do something completely different 11 years earlier than Bay of Blood. Very cool watch. 7/10
23) The Beyond - Great little film about a woman who acquires a house that is one of the doorways to hell. Brutally fun film from horror master Lucio Fulci. Some awesomely unsettling images in this one. A great watch indeed. 8/10
24) [REC] 2 - I knew this was gonna be pretty bad. Characters have no personality so I don't care when they get picked off. Camera shake city.. seriously gave me a headache.
Just a dumb film. Typical unnecessary sequel. 4/10
25) Creep - Pure garbage. At least it wasn't long. 2/10
26) The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie - Worse than part 2. Less gore, less laughs. Troma was really trying to cash in on Toxie at this point. Satan as Toxie's big villain was pretty lame and it would have been better if he just killed thugs for the whole film. Seemed like they were trying to be a bit more "kid" friendly too. 4/10
27) Don't Look Now - It's been a while since I've seen this one and this is a great story of despair and loss. Completely chilling how both protagonist's begin to question their sanity as that, for me, is one of the most terrifying aspects in the horror genre. The killer lurking around the beautiful canals of Venice also bring a sense of dread to a setting that was supposed to be a paradise (for some). Lovely climax and ending. 8/10
22) Black Sunday - Back for more Bava! This was quite a bit different as Bay of Blood is a giallo, this one reminded me quite a bit of a more Universal monsters film. This is a cool little story about a witch who is killed and comes back many years later and turns people into zombie slaves. Very cool to see Bava do something completely different 11 years earlier than Bay of Blood. Very cool watch. 7/10
23) The Beyond - Great little film about a woman who acquires a house that is one of the doorways to hell. Brutally fun film from horror master Lucio Fulci. Some awesomely unsettling images in this one. A great watch indeed. 8/10
24) [REC] 2 - I knew this was gonna be pretty bad. Characters have no personality so I don't care when they get picked off. Camera shake city.. seriously gave me a headache.
Girl from the first one stupidly returns and becomes super zombie at the end.
25) Creep - Pure garbage. At least it wasn't long. 2/10
26) The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie - Worse than part 2. Less gore, less laughs. Troma was really trying to cash in on Toxie at this point. Satan as Toxie's big villain was pretty lame and it would have been better if he just killed thugs for the whole film. Seemed like they were trying to be a bit more "kid" friendly too. 4/10
27) Don't Look Now - It's been a while since I've seen this one and this is a great story of despair and loss. Completely chilling how both protagonist's begin to question their sanity as that, for me, is one of the most terrifying aspects in the horror genre. The killer lurking around the beautiful canals of Venice also bring a sense of dread to a setting that was supposed to be a paradise (for some). Lovely climax and ending. 8/10
25. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) - I didn't know what to expect with this film other than a lot of horror enthusiasts have it ranked pretty high on their zombie film lists. I can see why. After a rather awful start, this film picks up steam and notches it up many levels. This is one of the best zombie films I've seen, and it doesn't look like a 1974 film. Go find and watch it now. 8/10
lol is this the one where the zombie whips a tombstone at someone?
Yea this movie was pretty good
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)
22. Black Christmas(original)
23. Circle
24. Invasion of the body snatchers 1978 - holy crap! Why am I just now watching this? The sense of paranoia you feel for the characters is amazing. Not knowing who to trust and who you can. The ending is also pretty damn depressing.
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)
22. Black Christmas(original)
23. Circle
24. Invasion of the body snatchers 1978 - holy crap! Why am I just now watching this? The sense of paranoia you feel for the characters is amazing. Not knowing who to trust and who you can. The ending is also pretty damn depressing.
walkmetothelake
Banned
Fancy Clown
Member
25. Fright Night. I don't know why I haven't seen this before. It's like a John Hughes movie but with vampires. Awesome.
Marty Chinn
Member
26) Dead Within
An outbreak happens that causes the infected to be crazed and a couple boards up their cabin to try and survive. It's pretty much set in the cabin the whole time and slowly follows the wife as she gets cabin fever from being stuck inside for so long. It's a pretty decent flick but it's more about psychological horror than it is about the infected.
An outbreak happens that causes the infected to be crazed and a couple boards up their cabin to try and survive. It's pretty much set in the cabin the whole time and slowly follows the wife as she gets cabin fever from being stuck inside for so long. It's a pretty decent flick but it's more about psychological horror than it is about the infected.
Manborg. Take Jason and the Argonauts, Mortal Kombat, Cyborg, and Dracula; blend for 90 minutes and you have one fucked up movie from Astron 6. Not sure if this fits the theme but Draculon leads the forces of Hell and there's gore so why not. Four Kombatants vs hell is my score.
pitcairn55
Member
27 Before Dawn
Why doesnt Nana come back Daddy?
If your zombie apocalypse movie is only 82 minutes long, I would think not revealing theres a zombie apocalypse going on until the 35th minute is a bit silly. Unfortunately theres quite a lot about Before Dawn thats a bit silly: the acting, the script, the cinematography, even the title. Seriously, I have no idea why this is called Before Dawn.
Anyway, its a super low budget British movie about a couple who go on holiday to a cottage in the countryside to try and patch up their dying marriage only for the end of the world to (eventually) occur. The most interesting thing about the movie is that the couple in question are a real-life husband and wife team who have no apparent on-screen chemistry. Which actually might mean theyre much better actors than I first thought.
Verdict: Comically bad 28 Days Later fan fiction that should be avoided.
Why doesnt Nana come back Daddy?
If your zombie apocalypse movie is only 82 minutes long, I would think not revealing theres a zombie apocalypse going on until the 35th minute is a bit silly. Unfortunately theres quite a lot about Before Dawn thats a bit silly: the acting, the script, the cinematography, even the title. Seriously, I have no idea why this is called Before Dawn.
Anyway, its a super low budget British movie about a couple who go on holiday to a cottage in the countryside to try and patch up their dying marriage only for the end of the world to (eventually) occur. The most interesting thing about the movie is that the couple in question are a real-life husband and wife team who have no apparent on-screen chemistry. Which actually might mean theyre much better actors than I first thought.
Verdict: Comically bad 28 Days Later fan fiction that should be avoided.
#23: The Atticus Institute (2015)
Found footage horror fans recommend this often enough despite a poor mainstream reputation, so I gave it a shot. It's actually in a full documentary-style, and that's to its detriment I felt. Through this almost no tension or horror is ever built, and there is nothing memorable or compelling within the "documentary" or the "found footage." Ultimately I have nothing good to say about this film. It's dull, it's not scary, and the format is bad. Strongly recommend against.
#24: Creep (2015)
I buy Mark Duplass as a creep. I really buy it. This is perhaps the first time I've seen him in something where he was appropriately cast!
As for the film, first of all, if you can't stand jump scares this movie is not for you. Let's just get that out of the way. Beyond that, there's a good deal of tension here, and the mostly unseen protagonist grew on me. For most of the film's runtime I wanted the movie to end, but that was clearly intentional and I have to give all due credit to the filmmakers for legitimately "creep"-ing me out. I wouldn't strongly recommend this, but if you are down with the found footage style you could certainly do worse.
#25: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2015)
Surprisingly inoffensive, considering its initial subject matter (Alzheimer's), but the direction the movie goes into is well-trodden territory and there were no scares whatsoever. I want to give it points for a few of the actors doing a decent job with their fairly shallow characters. But still, it's found footage style horror done boring. Would not watch again.
#26: Wolfen (1981)
Wasn't really a fan of this. It's different from a lot of films of its type in that
the werewolves are actually spirits/gods which don't bear particular ill will towards people
#27: The Bad Seed (1956)
Oh man. Now this was a movie. The worst thing that can be said of it is that it features a scene after its ending designed to show that this really was just a movie and nobody was harmed in its creation (which sort of undermines the feeling the movie leaves you with, but it was the 50s so...). Unsurprisingly it garnered oscar nominations for both the mother and daughter's actresses. Very solid "evil child" psychological horror movie. Would recommend.
The Midnight Swim (2014)
I was recommendid this under the umbrella of "if you loved Lake Mungo you will like this." Suffice it to say that was false advertising. First of all, the film cannot be considered horror except by the most generous possible definition. Beyond that it was extremely dull despite some not-terrible acting from its principal actresses. Strongly advise against watching.
Ivan A Nguyen
Member
Infernostew
Member
Why is Tusk on this list?
#26 - The Tingler (1959)
Neat concept - every person has a parasite on their spine known as a tingler. The more fearful a person is, the larger it becomes. If large enough, a person's spine is crushed. The always enjoyable Vincent Price leads this one as a pathologist who discovers the tingler. Worth a watch, if just for a very well done death scene.
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Neat concept - every person has a parasite on their spine known as a tingler. The more fearful a person is, the larger it becomes. If large enough, a person's spine is crushed. The always enjoyable Vincent Price leads this one as a pathologist who discovers the tingler. Worth a watch, if just for a very well done death scene.
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Another triple-header of reviews!
October 26
There are films that put you through the ringer, and there's Straw Dogs, which is the equivalent of being put through the ringer, and then having someone taking the ringer and beat you with it until you're unconscious. That shouldn't surprise anyone, given how notoriously confrontational Sam Peckinpah is as a director, but the more intimate setting of this one and the murkier morality makes everything that happens feel a lot more terrifying as it progresses. It's hard for me to imagine anyone that watches this not feel some level of discomfort while watching the film, and it certainly offers up many instances, whether it is the level of violence, its rather complicated rape scene that surely inspires much debate even now, and just the general depiction of a outwardly normal community with some festering cracks in the facade. But through it all, Peckinpah has constructed a hell of a thriller that keeps you glued to your seat throughout, and one that offers up a kind of Rorschach test that's as much about what you're thinking about when something rough comes up as it is about showing it. Shockingly, I never got the sensation that any of it felt gratuitous, but that always seems to be a pretty consistent element in the Peckinpah films that I've seen, where the violence always is pitched so starkly that one can't derive much of any pleasure from watching it unfold. The editing is predictably a highlight here, which helps highlight a lot of the mental space of both David and Amy as everything escalates, as well as how other people see them, and the film captures the English countryside in a rather striking way, especially in the extended siege finale as fog descends upon all that it touches. Both Dustin Hoffman and Susan George do wonderful jobs in their respective roles, while the rest of the supporting cast leaves a strong impression. I'm not sure Straw Dogs is the kind of film one immediately has a desire to rewatch, but that has a lot to do with the kind of impression it leaves you with than being too scared to watch it again. It doesn't let go of you so easily, and as far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't. Absolutely masterful, and easily one of the scariest things I've ever seen.
Films for October 27: I'm going all out for the Blind Dead films by doing a double feature for Tuesday and Wednesday. We'll kick things off with both Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead, both of which promise some cool looking ghouls and hopefully a bit more!
October 26
There are films that put you through the ringer, and there's Straw Dogs, which is the equivalent of being put through the ringer, and then having someone taking the ringer and beat you with it until you're unconscious. That shouldn't surprise anyone, given how notoriously confrontational Sam Peckinpah is as a director, but the more intimate setting of this one and the murkier morality makes everything that happens feel a lot more terrifying as it progresses. It's hard for me to imagine anyone that watches this not feel some level of discomfort while watching the film, and it certainly offers up many instances, whether it is the level of violence, its rather complicated rape scene that surely inspires much debate even now, and just the general depiction of a outwardly normal community with some festering cracks in the facade. But through it all, Peckinpah has constructed a hell of a thriller that keeps you glued to your seat throughout, and one that offers up a kind of Rorschach test that's as much about what you're thinking about when something rough comes up as it is about showing it. Shockingly, I never got the sensation that any of it felt gratuitous, but that always seems to be a pretty consistent element in the Peckinpah films that I've seen, where the violence always is pitched so starkly that one can't derive much of any pleasure from watching it unfold. The editing is predictably a highlight here, which helps highlight a lot of the mental space of both David and Amy as everything escalates, as well as how other people see them, and the film captures the English countryside in a rather striking way, especially in the extended siege finale as fog descends upon all that it touches. Both Dustin Hoffman and Susan George do wonderful jobs in their respective roles, while the rest of the supporting cast leaves a strong impression. I'm not sure Straw Dogs is the kind of film one immediately has a desire to rewatch, but that has a lot to do with the kind of impression it leaves you with than being too scared to watch it again. It doesn't let go of you so easily, and as far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't. Absolutely masterful, and easily one of the scariest things I've ever seen.
Films for October 27: I'm going all out for the Blind Dead films by doing a double feature for Tuesday and Wednesday. We'll kick things off with both Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead, both of which promise some cool looking ghouls and hopefully a bit more!
Possession (1981) - What the fuck did I just watch? Not sure if I want those 2 hours back or not. Seemed more like 3 hours. I've seen some weird-ass movies before, but wow.
It opens and I realize I'm watching a horror movie that stars Sam Neil and I'm like "aw yeeeeeah this is gonna be good." Turns out he's not that good in it. The real performance is by his wife, played by an actress named Isabelle Adjani. I want to say this performance is so good that it warrants watching this movie, but it doesn't add up to a good movie by itself. It probably still is worth it.
A lot of craft went into this movie. The "creature" looks genuinely unnerving, especially in one of the scenes as it transforms throughout the movie. The performances are good, it's well shot, etc. Therefore it's one of those movies that makes me question what a movie should require in order to be good. Does it need a coherent plot and characters? Does it need cause and effect? Does it need to be enjoyable? I find myself going back through certain parts I didn't understand as I brush my teeth before bed. Why do dogs crawl under things to die, what is the relationship between faith and chance, countless saying about God. It's nonsense to me. Maybe you actually have to be crazy to feel a connection to this movie as movies traditionally try to instill in their audience.
Think I'll come back to it sometime and see if I like it any better. 4/10
It opens and I realize I'm watching a horror movie that stars Sam Neil and I'm like "aw yeeeeeah this is gonna be good." Turns out he's not that good in it. The real performance is by his wife, played by an actress named Isabelle Adjani. I want to say this performance is so good that it warrants watching this movie, but it doesn't add up to a good movie by itself. It probably still is worth it.
A lot of craft went into this movie. The "creature" looks genuinely unnerving, especially in one of the scenes as it transforms throughout the movie. The performances are good, it's well shot, etc. Therefore it's one of those movies that makes me question what a movie should require in order to be good. Does it need a coherent plot and characters? Does it need cause and effect? Does it need to be enjoyable? I find myself going back through certain parts I didn't understand as I brush my teeth before bed. Why do dogs crawl under things to die, what is the relationship between faith and chance, countless saying about God. It's nonsense to me. Maybe you actually have to be crazy to feel a connection to this movie as movies traditionally try to instill in their audience.
Think I'll come back to it sometime and see if I like it any better. 4/10
October 27
Identity crisis plagues Tombs of the Blind Dead, as it never seems really sure about what it wants to be at any given point. It wants to be a mystery film, but one that revolves around our characters being pulled into a direction that the audience already knows is wrong. It also tries to expand its horizons by not being content to being just a killer zombie-type film, but also an ill-advised tangent of being a vampire film for a big chunk of the middle section before abandoning it entirely with absolutely no explanation whatsoever. The film also spend an inordinate amount of time going to locations, and there's precious little suspense involved when you can't help but notice characters are sometimes moving around in circles for no real reason other than to pad the runtime (and boy, is this movie padded) Character relationships never make a good deal of sense, and there's a sense that each character has been severely brain damaged to ignore obvious danger, whether its mysteriously being unable to hear screams for help during a rape (speaking of, what the fuck is a rape scene doing in here?), or suddenly turning violent against one another while someone is being attacked because, uh, yeah I got nothing. I'd call it a sloppy film, but I don't think that quite encapsulates the level of shoddiness that much of the film has, where it does its hardest to sink whatever positive qualities it does possess and damn near succeeds. What does work does leave a good impression, though; the design for the Knights Templar is rather fantastic, and they do use their condition in some neat ways (why yes, an arm free of skin and muscle can fit through door cracks, my dear!), and their ruinous home offers up some cool atmosphere that director Amando de Ossorio captures well, though the slow motion for the mounted horse scenes isn't so much overdone as it is the only way they're done. I also loved the soundtrack, which tries on a lot of different moods and styles that work well together and help make the film easier to get through, if not exactly easy to get through. It's easy to see the potential here, but there's just so much that goes wrong that it gets buried in those deficiencies with its strengths often feeling insufficient to support that weight. The idea of Tombs of the Blind Dead is a hell of a lot better than the reality of Tombs of the Blind Dead.
While I wouldn't go as far to say that Return of the Blind Dead lives up to the promise of its predecessor, I found myself far more into this, despite the longer wind-up in the film's first half hour. Opening with a slightly different but new origin for the way our merry band of virgin blood drinking Knights Templar, it already establishes itself as a much dynamic film with more inspired camerawork and quicker editing, and that's just in the pre-title sequence and its credits. Characters are fleshed out more and earlier on, even though the cast does start getting bigger and bigger in a fairly unmanageable way (hey, at least there's plenty of undead knights to solve that issue!), and there seems to be a stronger sense of purpose all around, as if it was building to something bigger without having to resort to extremely scattered connections. And then faster than you can say "Gamera," the stock footage from the first film creeps up and doesn't go away for a while, making it a bit tough to stay focused on the film when it doesn't seem interested in doing anything new, other than putting a blue filter on stuff you've already seen. Thankfully, business does eventually pick up big time, and the film starts offering up a far more action-packed tale of survival, and while it doesn't exactly knock it off with people being randomly chose to turn full idiot when it comes to their chances, it does at least offer up some reason why some of them would act that way, even if it does try to play the inexplicable rape card again before realizing "hey, this is actually a bad idea after all!" and sticking it on a skewer once and for all. There's plenty more Knights shuffling around, a far higher body count that offers up some fun ways of dispatching, and just a sense that it's a lot more confident about what it wants to be, which helps make it feel a lot brisker and engaging. I wouldn't call it great, as some of the gripes I've mentioned are ones that existed in its predecessor and I suspect probably won't be going away by the time these films conclude, but there's definitely a stronger effort here to make a better film that I can appreciate, and I do think that it mostly works. Mostly.
Films for October 28: The evil Knights Templar continue to haunt us in both The Ghost Galleon and The Night of the Seagulls. I wonder which of these films actually features the object mentioned in their title?
Identity crisis plagues Tombs of the Blind Dead, as it never seems really sure about what it wants to be at any given point. It wants to be a mystery film, but one that revolves around our characters being pulled into a direction that the audience already knows is wrong. It also tries to expand its horizons by not being content to being just a killer zombie-type film, but also an ill-advised tangent of being a vampire film for a big chunk of the middle section before abandoning it entirely with absolutely no explanation whatsoever. The film also spend an inordinate amount of time going to locations, and there's precious little suspense involved when you can't help but notice characters are sometimes moving around in circles for no real reason other than to pad the runtime (and boy, is this movie padded) Character relationships never make a good deal of sense, and there's a sense that each character has been severely brain damaged to ignore obvious danger, whether its mysteriously being unable to hear screams for help during a rape (speaking of, what the fuck is a rape scene doing in here?), or suddenly turning violent against one another while someone is being attacked because, uh, yeah I got nothing. I'd call it a sloppy film, but I don't think that quite encapsulates the level of shoddiness that much of the film has, where it does its hardest to sink whatever positive qualities it does possess and damn near succeeds. What does work does leave a good impression, though; the design for the Knights Templar is rather fantastic, and they do use their condition in some neat ways (why yes, an arm free of skin and muscle can fit through door cracks, my dear!), and their ruinous home offers up some cool atmosphere that director Amando de Ossorio captures well, though the slow motion for the mounted horse scenes isn't so much overdone as it is the only way they're done. I also loved the soundtrack, which tries on a lot of different moods and styles that work well together and help make the film easier to get through, if not exactly easy to get through. It's easy to see the potential here, but there's just so much that goes wrong that it gets buried in those deficiencies with its strengths often feeling insufficient to support that weight. The idea of Tombs of the Blind Dead is a hell of a lot better than the reality of Tombs of the Blind Dead.
While I wouldn't go as far to say that Return of the Blind Dead lives up to the promise of its predecessor, I found myself far more into this, despite the longer wind-up in the film's first half hour. Opening with a slightly different but new origin for the way our merry band of virgin blood drinking Knights Templar, it already establishes itself as a much dynamic film with more inspired camerawork and quicker editing, and that's just in the pre-title sequence and its credits. Characters are fleshed out more and earlier on, even though the cast does start getting bigger and bigger in a fairly unmanageable way (hey, at least there's plenty of undead knights to solve that issue!), and there seems to be a stronger sense of purpose all around, as if it was building to something bigger without having to resort to extremely scattered connections. And then faster than you can say "Gamera," the stock footage from the first film creeps up and doesn't go away for a while, making it a bit tough to stay focused on the film when it doesn't seem interested in doing anything new, other than putting a blue filter on stuff you've already seen. Thankfully, business does eventually pick up big time, and the film starts offering up a far more action-packed tale of survival, and while it doesn't exactly knock it off with people being randomly chose to turn full idiot when it comes to their chances, it does at least offer up some reason why some of them would act that way, even if it does try to play the inexplicable rape card again before realizing "hey, this is actually a bad idea after all!" and sticking it on a skewer once and for all. There's plenty more Knights shuffling around, a far higher body count that offers up some fun ways of dispatching, and just a sense that it's a lot more confident about what it wants to be, which helps make it feel a lot brisker and engaging. I wouldn't call it great, as some of the gripes I've mentioned are ones that existed in its predecessor and I suspect probably won't be going away by the time these films conclude, but there's definitely a stronger effort here to make a better film that I can appreciate, and I do think that it mostly works. Mostly.
Films for October 28: The evil Knights Templar continue to haunt us in both The Ghost Galleon and The Night of the Seagulls. I wonder which of these films actually features the object mentioned in their title?
mariachi507
Member
Finally caught up on my viewings, now I've just gotta throw down a bunch of write-ups.
Eh, I'll do it tomorrow.
Eh, I'll do it tomorrow.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Was it supposed to be murky? The Dustin Hoffman character seemed like a pure psychopath to me, but I've never heard anyone else's impressions of that movie.
I thought that was the point, but now I'm confused.
The 3D is also why it looks like shit compared to all the rest of the movies in the series. They shot on some cheapo 3D process where you use half the normal negative area for each eye so you only have to use the same amount as you would on a 2D movie.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Frankenstein's Army
Surprisingly quality. The monster reveals are really great, too. Really atmospheric. Was expecting this - like The Frankenstein Theory before it - to be nothing more than a fauxmentary with a gimmick. Maybe it would have some good production values, but that's it. VERY glad I was wrong.
Surprisingly quality. The monster reveals are really great, too. Really atmospheric. Was expecting this - like The Frankenstein Theory before it - to be nothing more than a fauxmentary with a gimmick. Maybe it would have some good production values, but that's it. VERY glad I was wrong.
TheSlySoul
Member
Well I been sick with flu, so have not had ability to watch movies. Going to marathon until November.
Edit: I liked "John Dies at the End", will review it later.
Edit: I liked "John Dies at the End", will review it later.
walkmetothelake
Banned
I don't think I'd dispute that claim too much (man, this movie makes passive-aggressiveness look ugly in a way few have been able to), but I did feel that he didn't act out of turn during the build-up to the siege: he knew what was going to happen if he handed Henry over to Tom's group, and he knew that it still would have put him and his wife in danger regardless. It's the sense that you really can't fault him for drawing those conclusions and acting accordingly in order to protect people that need to be protected, but with no one knowing the full scope of everything that's happened and the way David's alpha male manifestation plays out, it does give one some pause when you try and figure out how to justify any or all of it. I think my Rorschach test comparison holds up really well.
Violence Jack
Member
37. House of Wax (1953) Another one where I'm not sure how I went so long without seeing. A great film, and now one of my favorites from Vincent Price. Had no idea that Igor was played by Charles Bronson. He looked so different back then. 8/10.
38. Onibaba (1964) This has such high ratings everywhere I've looked, and I don't see why. It's one of those films that has great cinematography, the samurai mask is excellent, and it tells an interesting story. But that story goes on too long with no real payoff. To me, this barely qualified as a horror film. I'm probably missing something, but I found it too boring to even think about giving it another viewing. 5/10
Marty Chinn
Member
27) Frankenstein's Army
This takes place during World War 2 and the Russians have found a secret laboratory where Dr. Frankenstein is experimenting on humans to merge machine and man into better soldiers. I didn't realize this was being done in a documentary/found footage style. I'm still going back and forth if it works, but I think it does based off how you encounter the various monsters which had some pretty cool designs. Not a bad film and pretty enjoyable.
This takes place during World War 2 and the Russians have found a secret laboratory where Dr. Frankenstein is experimenting on humans to merge machine and man into better soldiers. I didn't realize this was being done in a documentary/found footage style. I'm still going back and forth if it works, but I think it does based off how you encounter the various monsters which had some pretty cool designs. Not a bad film and pretty enjoyable.
Yeah, Onibaba is sort of on the cusp of being horror. I love it though. Shindo's other highly regarded horror film Kuroneko is more specifically horror so you might like that one better. Jigoku, The Ghost of Yotsuya, and Kwaidan are my personal favorite 50s/60s Japanese horror films though.
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
Day 26 - Ravenous
Day 27 - 30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night
I thought this was pretty good. It suffered from a handful minor issues, but they didn't bog down the overall experience for me. My biggest gripe with the film was how the vampires didn't really have any personality or character. They felt pretty bland to me. I kind of wish they fleshed their characters out a bit more. Also there were some minor pacing issues. The movie was definitely longer than it needed to be. Still, if you're looking for a good vampire thriller, check this movie out.
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
Day 26 - Ravenous
Day 27 - 30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night
I thought this was pretty good. It suffered from a handful minor issues, but they didn't bog down the overall experience for me. My biggest gripe with the film was how the vampires didn't really have any personality or character. They felt pretty bland to me. I kind of wish they fleshed their characters out a bit more. Also there were some minor pacing issues. The movie was definitely longer than it needed to be. Still, if you're looking for a good vampire thriller, check this movie out.
Rating: Watch
Marty Chinn
Member
Yep, he was definitely cool.
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
After thinking the first was kinda bad, I was surprised with how much better this was. The opening sequence is really good, the cast is much more likable and (relatively) better acted than the first's, and the final girl was surprisingly resourceful against Jason
. After the first, I was thinking of just writing off the series as not for me. Now I'm a lot more interested in (some of) the other sequels.
Army of Darkness (1992)
Sorry GAF, this was just way way too corny for me, and not really in a funny way either. Reminded me a lot of The Mask. Seems like something you'd really need to watch for the first time when you were younger; none of the jokes or one-liners really landed for me. Disappointing.
After thinking the first was kinda bad, I was surprised with how much better this was. The opening sequence is really good, the cast is much more likable and (relatively) better acted than the first's, and the final girl was surprisingly resourceful against Jason
(dressing up as his mother to get him to stop, albeit briefly)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Sorry GAF, this was just way way too corny for me, and not really in a funny way either. Reminded me a lot of The Mask. Seems like something you'd really need to watch for the first time when you were younger; none of the jokes or one-liners really landed for me. Disappointing.
Fallout-NL
Member
Literally perfect.
VHS
This was a re-watch for me. I was more put off by the shaky cam this time than I remember, but overall it delivered, particularly the first and last stories. There is some really nice work done here to make special effects look very real. I am not some big effects buff, but I appreciate how they pulled things off such as:
and
The story that bridges everything together is still dumb as hell though.
I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. Not a bad watch, but if you hate shaky cam this won't win you over.
This was a re-watch for me. I was more put off by the shaky cam this time than I remember, but overall it delivered, particularly the first and last stories. There is some really nice work done here to make special effects look very real. I am not some big effects buff, but I appreciate how they pulled things off such as:
The demon girl in the first story having her face split down the forehead.
The final story's house having doors and windows shrink or any of the "otherworldly" stuff they pull off as the gang is running for their lives.
The story that bridges everything together is still dumb as hell though.
"Yeah, we are gonna go steal some rare videotapes and sell them for money! Oh whoa, there's a guy sitting in this chair in this house! I guess we'd better just keep going about our business and not worry about him! Oh and hey, let's have one of us watch all the videos while the rest of us wander about through the house! But not together of course! We gotta split up so we all get killed in stupid ways!"
I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. Not a bad watch, but if you hate shaky cam this won't win you over.
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)
22. Black Christmas(original)
23. Circle
24. Invasion of the body snatchers 1978
25. Return of the living dead - I was expecting a serious direct sequel to "Night of the living dead", but instead this movie is a comical blast. I can tell it'll get better with every rewatch.
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)
22. Black Christmas(original)
23. Circle
24. Invasion of the body snatchers 1978
25. Return of the living dead - I was expecting a serious direct sequel to "Night of the living dead", but instead this movie is a comical blast. I can tell it'll get better with every rewatch.
pitcairn55
Member
28 In Fear
Im a lover not a fighter.
This is the story of a young couple getting lost in rural Ireland on their way to an isolated hotel. As they try to navigate through a maze of back roads, they soon find themselves tormented by persons unknown.
Brilliant performances, an excellent story, and genuine scares make this one of the best movies Ive seen all month. The fact that the dialogue is largely improvised, with the lead actors having no real idea what's going to happen to their characters as the movie progresses, creates a level of realistic intensity that is seriously effective.
Verdict: Very definitely worth checking out.
Im a lover not a fighter.
This is the story of a young couple getting lost in rural Ireland on their way to an isolated hotel. As they try to navigate through a maze of back roads, they soon find themselves tormented by persons unknown.
Brilliant performances, an excellent story, and genuine scares make this one of the best movies Ive seen all month. The fact that the dialogue is largely improvised, with the lead actors having no real idea what's going to happen to their characters as the movie progresses, creates a level of realistic intensity that is seriously effective.
Verdict: Very definitely worth checking out.
Rhomega Beta
Member
20. John Dies At The End "There's still another guy with me, another cop." "No, there's not."
I'm not really sure what to make of this movie. It's one giant bad drug trip, but reality itself warps around the characters (and it's not just their imagination), so it makes you question what's real and what isn't. There's still some horror stuff at the climax though. I don't hate the movie, but it wasn't for me.
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I'm not really sure what to make of this movie. It's one giant bad drug trip, but reality itself warps around the characters (and it's not just their imagination), so it makes you question what's real and what isn't. There's still some horror stuff at the climax though. I don't hate the movie, but it wasn't for me.
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Of the pre-"fuck it, we're embracing the cheese" era of the films that started with Part 6, Part 3 isn't very good, but it's worth it just for it being the first film where Jason dons the goalie mask and the unintentional awkwardness of all the shots intended for 3D. Part 4 is in the running for being the best in the series, thanks to having a fairly solid plot, a fun cast of characters including a memorable role for Crispin Glover, and some of the nastiest kills in the series, including one of the finest things that Savini has ever done for special effects makeup. Part 5 tries to do something new, kinda fails tremendously at it, and isn't worth your time beyond the awesome surprise of how the first kill goes down.
#27 - Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Some jump scares and Dermot Mulroney acting his ass off. Otherwise, blegh.
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Some jump scares and Dermot Mulroney acting his ass off. Otherwise, blegh.
viewing list
Rewatched the Descent since it rated highly on the top 11 list. Good movie and I can see why it was so highly rated. Seems like there's four or five cave type movies that all came out at once so I didn't exactly remember which this was but its not the inbred monster one I was thinking of. Five holes in the ground.
October 28
Spending its budget wisely (?) on an excess of fog machines, The Ghost Galleon totals around two on-screen deaths of any value, and only one of those is at the hands of our old friends. Granted, it's the most gleefully ridiculous death in the whole film, involving a partial decapitation that is topped off with the Knights indulging in their inner zombie. This happens almost precisely an hour into the film, which should tell you a lot about how the rest of the film is up to that point and how it unfolds from that point. Basically throwing everything away that was improved upon in the previous film from its predecessor, we are back to watching people walk around aimlessly and stumbling away from the Knights in a way that makes it incredibly easy for them to catch up, as well as inconsistent characterization that changes from scene to scene for no reason. New to the series' deficiencies are miniature effects so god awful that they defy explanation, especially in the film's fiery climax where you've seen birthday cakes with more convincing infernos. You gotta feel bad for the Knights, since a creepy ship isn't a bad concept for them to go on their merry way of collecting victims, but there's so little that happens in this film that you wish that the fog machines obscured even more of the actors than they already do. Admittedly, the setting meant that they couldn't rely on reused footage, so you're at least getting more unique screentime for the Knights, but when the film seems perversely adverse to indulging even the most basic B-movie thrills, they wind up walking around aimlessly just as much as our heroes. As pointless a sequel as you could ever fear for.
While I wouldn't go as far to say that The Night of the Seagulls lives up to the promise of its predecessors, I found myself far more into this, despite the longer wind-up in the film's first half hour. Opening with a slightly different but new origin for the way our merry band of virgin blood drinking Knights Templar, it already establishes itself as a much dynamic film with more inspired camerawork and quicker editing. Characters are fleshed out more and earlier on, even though the cast does start getting bigger and bigger in a fairly unmanageable way (hey, at least there's plenty of undead knights to solve that issue!), and there seems to be a stronger sense of purpose all around, as if it was building to something bigger without having to resort to extremely scattered connections. And then faster than you can say "Gamera," the stock footage from the first film creeps up and doesn't go away for a while, making it a bit tough to stay focused on the film when it doesn't seem interested in doing anything new, other than putting a slightly darker filter on stuff you've already seen... hey, wait a minute. Isn't this basically the same film as Return of the Blind Dead? I'm writing down the same things because it's not really that much different. Well, um, I will say that the seaside town makes for a pretty cool setting, and the general idea of unintentional interlopers disrupting the flow of ritual isn't a bad one to dive into (although given the substantially more localized threat of the Knights in this one, why didn't everyone move the hell away from the town at the first sign of slow-motion undead horseback riding?). Admittedly, there really isn't that much stock footage, either, as it comprises a fairly short scene in the film and spends the rest of its time with some cool footage of them riding along the beach and doing their thing in the castle that overlooks the sea. It's not nearly as action-packed as Return of the Blind Dead, opting to focus more on a mystery that, thankfully, wasn't already revealed to the audience well ahead of time, but it's not a particularly interesting one, making you wish that they scrounged up more virgins to try and sacrifice. It does occur to me that only Return of the Blind Dead did much of anything with the whole "hunt people down by hearing alone," as this film does nothing with that idea, opting to emphasize more slow impending doom than anything else, and while it is good that it indulges in a bit more baser thrills with an increase in violence and nudity, there's really nothing too terribly new here. It's the second-best film in the series practically by default, but following so closely in the footsteps of the best one is its biggest problem, as it doesn't offer up anything really new until its climax, in which the Knights are defeated for good (some fish god they worship!) and have their eye sockets erupt into fountains of blood. The filmmakers do honestly save the best for last, though it could have used a lot more new than that overall.
Film for October 29: One more day 'til Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! One more day 'til Halloween!Silver Shamrock! Wait, wrong entry, but we shuffled a few films around to make room for a theatrical screening of John Carpenter's classic film, as it was surely meant to be seen. It's time to grab some popcorn and yell at younger audience members for looking at their cellphones while Carpenter puts on a clinic of masterful horror filmmaking.
Spending its budget wisely (?) on an excess of fog machines, The Ghost Galleon totals around two on-screen deaths of any value, and only one of those is at the hands of our old friends. Granted, it's the most gleefully ridiculous death in the whole film, involving a partial decapitation that is topped off with the Knights indulging in their inner zombie. This happens almost precisely an hour into the film, which should tell you a lot about how the rest of the film is up to that point and how it unfolds from that point. Basically throwing everything away that was improved upon in the previous film from its predecessor, we are back to watching people walk around aimlessly and stumbling away from the Knights in a way that makes it incredibly easy for them to catch up, as well as inconsistent characterization that changes from scene to scene for no reason. New to the series' deficiencies are miniature effects so god awful that they defy explanation, especially in the film's fiery climax where you've seen birthday cakes with more convincing infernos. You gotta feel bad for the Knights, since a creepy ship isn't a bad concept for them to go on their merry way of collecting victims, but there's so little that happens in this film that you wish that the fog machines obscured even more of the actors than they already do. Admittedly, the setting meant that they couldn't rely on reused footage, so you're at least getting more unique screentime for the Knights, but when the film seems perversely adverse to indulging even the most basic B-movie thrills, they wind up walking around aimlessly just as much as our heroes. As pointless a sequel as you could ever fear for.
While I wouldn't go as far to say that The Night of the Seagulls lives up to the promise of its predecessors, I found myself far more into this, despite the longer wind-up in the film's first half hour. Opening with a slightly different but new origin for the way our merry band of virgin blood drinking Knights Templar, it already establishes itself as a much dynamic film with more inspired camerawork and quicker editing. Characters are fleshed out more and earlier on, even though the cast does start getting bigger and bigger in a fairly unmanageable way (hey, at least there's plenty of undead knights to solve that issue!), and there seems to be a stronger sense of purpose all around, as if it was building to something bigger without having to resort to extremely scattered connections. And then faster than you can say "Gamera," the stock footage from the first film creeps up and doesn't go away for a while, making it a bit tough to stay focused on the film when it doesn't seem interested in doing anything new, other than putting a slightly darker filter on stuff you've already seen... hey, wait a minute. Isn't this basically the same film as Return of the Blind Dead? I'm writing down the same things because it's not really that much different. Well, um, I will say that the seaside town makes for a pretty cool setting, and the general idea of unintentional interlopers disrupting the flow of ritual isn't a bad one to dive into (although given the substantially more localized threat of the Knights in this one, why didn't everyone move the hell away from the town at the first sign of slow-motion undead horseback riding?). Admittedly, there really isn't that much stock footage, either, as it comprises a fairly short scene in the film and spends the rest of its time with some cool footage of them riding along the beach and doing their thing in the castle that overlooks the sea. It's not nearly as action-packed as Return of the Blind Dead, opting to focus more on a mystery that, thankfully, wasn't already revealed to the audience well ahead of time, but it's not a particularly interesting one, making you wish that they scrounged up more virgins to try and sacrifice. It does occur to me that only Return of the Blind Dead did much of anything with the whole "hunt people down by hearing alone," as this film does nothing with that idea, opting to emphasize more slow impending doom than anything else, and while it is good that it indulges in a bit more baser thrills with an increase in violence and nudity, there's really nothing too terribly new here. It's the second-best film in the series practically by default, but following so closely in the footsteps of the best one is its biggest problem, as it doesn't offer up anything really new until its climax, in which the Knights are defeated for good (some fish god they worship!) and have their eye sockets erupt into fountains of blood. The filmmakers do honestly save the best for last, though it could have used a lot more new than that overall.
Film for October 29: One more day 'til Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! One more day 'til Halloween!
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Part V has a huge body count but amateur-hour makeup. The throat slashes look like someone just drew on the throats with a red marker.
BattleMonkey
Member
Part v we the sleaziest one too. They added so many extra kills to the film after initial shooting just to crank up the body count. Characters are introduced and offed randomly. Also lots of T&A
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
"So how do you see this character?"
"No, no... no character. Kill #18. We might give you a name later so we have something to call you in the credits besides Kill #18."
"What should I do?"
"Stand there and get stabbed, basically."
"No, no... no character. Kill #18. We might give you a name later so we have something to call you in the credits besides Kill #18."
"What should I do?"
"Stand there and get stabbed, basically."
Rhomega Beta
Member
21. Oculus "It wasn't him, it was the mirror!"
Last year, I saw this video called The Problem With Horror Movies Today, which recommended The Babadook (Which I saw earlier this month), and this. The idea of of an inanimate object as being evil, like a house (Monster House) or a car (Christine) is pretty cool and right up my alley, so here we have an evil mirror. First it starts with "Did the mirror really cause all this, or were the kids really just insane?", but after a while, that gets tossed out when things start moving around and plants suddenly die. From then on, the mirror plays mind games of the worst kind (
). On top of this, the movie cuts into flashbacks of when the kids dealt with the mirror the first time, how their parents went insane, and over the course of the movie, the past and present blur together.
Ending spoilers:
I do highly recommend this movie. It's easily going in my Top 5 for this month.
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With this movie, I've surpassed last year's total movie count, and there's more to come, as tomorrow I'm going on more of Monster Madness's public domain recommendations with The Last Man on Earth and City of the Dead.
Last year, I saw this video called The Problem With Horror Movies Today, which recommended The Babadook (Which I saw earlier this month), and this. The idea of of an inanimate object as being evil, like a house (Monster House) or a car (Christine) is pretty cool and right up my alley, so here we have an evil mirror. First it starts with "Did the mirror really cause all this, or were the kids really just insane?", but after a while, that gets tossed out when things start moving around and plants suddenly die. From then on, the mirror plays mind games of the worst kind (
the lighbulb...
Ending spoilers:
What a downer. Tim is going back to the asylum for sure, the mirror is still intact and no doubt going to claim even more victims, and to really twist the knife, there's Kaylie standing in the window with the mirror eyes.
I do highly recommend this movie. It's easily going in my Top 5 for this month.
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With this movie, I've surpassed last year's total movie count, and there's more to come, as tomorrow I'm going on more of Monster Madness's public domain recommendations with The Last Man on Earth and City of the Dead.
walkmetothelake
Banned
Really good but I'm a mess and thought of this Spongebob moment multiple times.
This would have made a great double feature with Re-Animator. The effects alone make this worth the watch.
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OP.