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The Owners (Julius Berg) Arya Stark needs to choose her friends more carefully. Home invasion flick. Reasonable up to a point. Not as disturbing as it thinks it is. Fun casting though for all that.
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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) ★★★ Without any the eerie atmosphere of the original Phantasm and with A. Michael Baldwin credited but barely featuring, this has a new central relationship with a new protagonist with ice cream vendor Reggie joined by a prepubescent psychopath called Tim. Instead of the surrealism and unsettling, anxiety dream weirdness which made the first Phantasm such a cult classic, this alternates between jumps, laughs, and suspense. What really doesn't work is Reggie turning into a full on sex pest, desperately coming onto any female with a pulse, both in his dreams and waking moments. Of course, the silver spheres have their moments and they don't disappoint thanks to some excellent practical effects and become even more interesting because of scenes involving goblin/zombie brains and some form of mass intelligence or hive mind. As with the other Phantasm films, this looks great because of the lighting, framing, locations, sets and the cinematography. It's directed with energy, humour, and always seems visually interesting even when the film is almost narratively incoherent. Though not the greatest film ever made in the fantasy or horror genres, it's a film which is never dull and has plenty to give it rewatch value.
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funhouse-movie-poster-1981-1020227458.jpg THE FUNHOUSE (1981) Although almost a bloodless slasher movie, this is a good film and very suspenseful. The showdown with the 'monster' at the end is great stuff. The movie also has a good music score. I love horror movies with funfairs and wax museum figures and they don't make enough of them. nm-quad.jpg THE NEW MUTANTS (2018/2020) Finally this movie is out. I don't care what anyone says, I thought this film was bloody good. Although an X-Men spin off, don't go expecting those sort of superhero antics. The mutants are kept in a so called hospital while their powers are studied and are helped to keep them from being dangerous.. Or so they think! The film is actually quite dialogue heavy as the mutants try to understand who they are and what is actually going on. Yes, their powers go on show but only briefly throughout and more so at the end. There is some comic book accurate stuff on show here, most notable is Illyana Rasputin (Magik) who looks like she just stepped out of the X-men pages. So, my son and I had the whole screen to ourselves which was awesome. |
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I remember laughing a lot at this one, mainly due to the cut price Grace Jones tee hee
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I remember enjoying Phantasm 3 more than part 2, but I did think that Reg's sex pest arc was a bit much However, I enjoyed part 4 much more! I think the 5th one was OK too
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I've only seen Phantasm 3 once, when it came out and it's always been my least favourite one, i need to re watch it at some point and see what i make of it now.
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