Shocker
Hated by many,not sure why.
It is certainly not Wes Cravens masterpiece,but it is enjoyable if you're looking for something to have fun with that doesn't require huge amounts of concentration to pass some time.
Assistant Director skinner... Oops I mean Horace Pinker is a freddy kruegar wannabe with the most silly name a serial killer has been given in a film.
1989 and 1990 also churned out house Iii (the horror show) and the first power. Both remarkably similar. Who copied who and why is a mystery. But those years weren't just about
Sinead O'Connor vs elton john for #1 in the charts. It was the era for film serial killers not appreciating the US authorities gift of an elecric chair for their birthdays.
All 3 are silly but nowhere near as bad as some claim , yet they will never be masterpieces either.
5/10
Seconds
Fantastic 1966 film.
Sadly not well known outside those who frequent these forums. A terrifiying film even to this day.
A man is fed up with his life and wants a change,not just moving town but a whole new life,and face. He seems to enjoy his new existence for 1 year until the novelty wears off. Seems being someone he isn't, ain't as great as he thought.
After revisiting his original wife under his new guise he realises he misses her and his old life and not so mundane as he had thought.
He gets drunk and starts sounding off about his old life and this leads him into trouble with the company who gave him his new life. He arrogantly and naively believes that he will get a third chance at life however that's not how things work.
Sinister ending teaching us be grateful for what you have or it may cost you everything.
9/10
City of the dead
Arrow release this Christopher Lee gem in amazing Hd. Also known as horror hotel.
Short and sweet at 76 minutes.
Lee plays a professor teaching the history of witchcraft, he encourages one of his pupils to drive to his old hometown to get some real life experience and research. Believing wrongly her professor has her best interests at heart wanting her to pass his class she eagerly does just that. On arrival she recieves the usual welcome strangers do in villages in these films. A combination of warnings to go home and cold shouldering. It becomes clear pretty early on that the town hasn't moved out of the past...
7/10.
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