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For many people, me included.. the BBC2 Horror double bills were where we had our first taste of The Ghoul.. 885cd786b5835a5a5246eed6949e89a3.jpg |
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A famous horror writer (John Carradine) is fed on by a starving vampire ( Price) whom shows his gratitude by taking the writer too the monster club, a nightclub for monsters and tells him three story's which are followed by a musical number. The the first is the story of couple whom a thieving conmen, who take advantage of a rich and lonely man who is a Shadmock, a creature with a deadly whistle. The second is the story of a young boy who's farther just happens to be a vampire and a group of vampire hunters led by Donald Pleasence. Lastly the tail of a horror director who goes looking for a creepy location for his latest film and gets more than he bargained for. The order the segments are showing is the order of how I like them. Very enjoyable if only slightly let down by the costume shop masks of the patrons of the club. Now watching |
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Phantom Of The Mall: Eric's Revenge. 1989. When a greedy property developer wants a piece of land for a new mall and a house stands on the land, he organises the house to be torched, Eric who lives in the house is presumed dead, however he survived and is planning his revenge. while watching this I was comparing it to the Phantom Of The Opera, we have a Anti-Hero who wears a mask, a damsel that may be in distress and a catchy soundtrack. I won't say that acting is brilliant because it's not, it's decent but not academy award, there is some decent killings in this mixed with some special effects, the 80s B movies at the best with a killer and some fighting skills that make it a good cheese fest. mqdefault.jpg
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Near the end, make sure you pause it when Michael Douglas reads the book manuscript...everything becomes a bit clearer. |
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Class Of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown. 1991. Tromaville Nuclear Plant has been rebuilt, on the grounds is Tromaville College, Newspaper reporter Roger meets a subhumanoid Victoria who has a short life span and tries to help her from her fate while battling a giant mutated squirrel. We have a guy talking to a tape and calling on Diane...sounds a bit Twin Peaks but hey ho it's Troma, even Roger mentions about if God was to save his girl he will stop watching their movies. The first film was daft but enjoyable but this one kinda like it but not hyped up about it that I will give it another re-watch soon which may not happen for a while. The acting is...It's a troma film so you may know what to expect even a actor has a high pitched voice, like his nuts are trapped in a vice. 91McFjW-1-L._SL1500_.jpg
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THE SHADOW OF THE CAT A Hammer Film in all but name and with a terrific cast, this black and white b picture has a family squabbling over inheritance money, while at the same time, trying to away with a cat that knows their gruesome secret. Nicely directed by John Gilling and featuring some neat distorted POV shots from the cat itself, this makes for a very entertaining 79 mins. As usual, beautifully presented by Indicator and featuring some great extras, including a lovely interview with the late great Barbara Shelley - if you don’t find this both a joy and also very moving, then there’s something wrong with you. THE SAVAGE THREE Joe Dallesandro stars in this Italian take on a Clockwork Orange type tale, with seemingly random acts of violence committed by the titular savage three thugs. Not as violent as other Italian thrillers at the time, it still has its moments, including a couple of scenes of mice fighting in a glass cage, that was censored by the BBFC, resulting in a rather naff blacking out of the screen for these scenes. Interestingly, if you have a multiregion Blu Ray player and set it to region A, you can view the uncensored US version, which I guess gives us another example of why the BBFC censoring scenes in films these days is pretty pointless. |
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Catchfire (1990) Oddball thriller in which Jodie Foster witnesses a Mafia hit and goes to the police. Mob boss Vincent Price and his main man Joe Pesci hire crack hitman Dennis Hopper to get rid of Foster before she can talk. Rather than kill Foster, Hopper becomes infatuated with her and the two end up on the run from the mob in the desert. Hardly conventional by thriller standards, it has strange plot twists and even stranger character development but it doesn't really bother me when it has such a fine ensemble cast on screen. Aside from Hopper, Foster, Price and Pesci we also get Dean Stockwell, Charlie Sheen, John Turturro, Fred Ward, Catherine Keener and Bob Dylan. Do they all know what they are doing? Possibly not, Ward might even be in a different movie altogether, but Catchfire is a bit of fun and has a well filmed helicopter set piece at it's bullet strewn climax. I like this quirky piece, clearly more than Hopper the director did as he disowned it prior to release and it went out under the director pseudonym Alan Smithee. |
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A young orphaned girl is brought too a noble house to conceive a male aire , she soon learns that the family is under a curse under which all male members are killed. She teams up with young exorcist to protect her unborn child. Enjoyable and creepy. Now watching this. Last edited by trebor8273; 6th July 2021 at 07:50 PM. |
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