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J Harker 11th October 2016 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MuckyFunster (Post 507788)
#4

Eden Lodge

I recorded this off the Horror Channel. Didn't know anything about it and hoped it would maybe have something to do with the fantastic Eden Lake. But, alas, the two films are completely unconnected.




PS - you can see what made me think the films were connected.

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Looks to me like thats exactly what Eden Lodges poster was trying to achieve.

Demdike@Cult Labs 11th October 2016 10:35 AM

A couple of quickies i've reviewed in the past.
 
The Fog (1980)

John Carpenter's brilliant chiller plays with our innermost fears of the dark, delivering shock after shock as ghosts terrorize a sleepy Californian coastal town. from the opening moments and John Houseman's unsettling camp fire tale the film grabs you and never lets go. It's easy to overuse these words when it comes to horror movies but chilling, scary, creepy, spooky and atmospheric sum up The Fog perfectly. A stone cold classic and one of my favourite horror films of all time.


Pumpkinhead (1988)

Stan Winston's terrific morality tale of a demon resurrected from hell by a witch to carry out vengeance is a horror classic that is often overlooked when it comes to 80's horror. Supremely atmospheric with fairytale like qualities and one of the greatest creature designs ever, Pumpkinhead is must see October viewing.


platostotal 11th October 2016 06:27 PM

Haven't seen this in quite a while so a nice ABUKtober late night awaits...

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trebor8273 11th October 2016 06:54 PM

Phantasm 3. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu0a_XOxRlM


Bram Stoker's : Dracula. 9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgFPIh5mvNc

Inspector Abberline 11th October 2016 07:11 PM

Grizzly (1976, USA)
 
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Grizzly (1977)

What starts out like one of those Disney Wilderness films,soon passes as a Grizzly bear attacks a couple of women and we are soon knee deep in blood and the odd body Part. Christopher George is the head park ranger in charge of capturing the psycho bear, who seems attracted to naked women or semi clad ones,but does not mind munching on the odd child either. William Girdler's Grizzly is nowhere near as fun as his later film Day of the Animals,trouble is when the bear attacks,you get a close up of the bear growling,then a shot of what appears to be someone wearing some false paws and claws then another shot of what looks like someone wearing a fur coat. I mean the bear just does not look like he is that bothered. That said the B-movie list cast headed by Christopher George, Andrew Prine (gets hugged to death by said bear) and Richard Jaeckel (gets hugged then buried,then killed) are all pretty good.The idea that the story Jaws would translate and work with a bear was pushing it even for exploitation film. Whats 15 ft' tall and shits in the woods?

Demdike@Cult Labs 11th October 2016 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline (Post 507843)
Whats 15 ft' tall and shits in the woods?

Bizarre_Eye, so i believe.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 11th October 2016 08:40 PM

Flesh Eating Mothers (1988)

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Overlong and stupid, even for a Troma movie, but there is something inexplicably engaging about watching venereal disease infected mothers with super-human strength feasting on the flesh of their children (or anyone that happens to cross their path for that matter).

45/100

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 11th October 2016 08:41 PM

Horror House on Highway Five (1985)

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This film... is just something else. No matter how you attempt to describe the plot, you're doing it a disservice as there's just so much going on, and yet nothing really makes any sense... but arguably, nor does it have to. It's full to the brim with raw, fully cooked and half-baked ideas like some sort of foul smelling, nauseating, but more-ish stew; a stew that you could never quite make the same way again even when following the recipe to the letter; a stew that left me wanting more of its madness by the time the end credits rolled around.

We have a mysterious Richard Nixon mask wearing kidnapper who prowls the local highways looking for victims and his two sons; the eldest who is a mad Nazi scientist with a V2 rocket specialty named "Dr Marbuse" who suffers from 'parasitic brain worms' and his younger brother, the less than mentally astute Gary, who has a closet necrophilia fetish and a penchant for tarot cards. Throw in some off-kilter music, supernatural elements and slapstick comedy (including the oft-parodied and infamous 'man steps on rake' gag) and you truly have a film of ****ed-up proportions for the ages. I think if anything can be described by the old age adage of 'more than the sum of its parts' this film is that something.

65/100

trebor8273 11th October 2016 08:51 PM

The Fog. 9.2/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOZwnivtLbc

Nordicdusk 11th October 2016 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273 (Post 507851)

Dont you mean 10/10 :tongue1:

Demdike@Cult Labs 11th October 2016 09:04 PM

The Loreley's Grasp (1974)

Amando De Ossorio's brilliantly atmospheric film from 1974 takes this legend and ups the ante in horror terms. The Loreley in question, played by the stunning Helga Line, needs human hearts for a perverse ritual. Fearing for its students a nearby school for young women (ie -beautiful girls only too happy to wear transparent negligees and bear their breasts at the drop of a hat) hires a hunter, charmingly played by Tony Kendall to track down the Loreley and put an end to the murders.

The film features graphic moments of flesh ripping horror amidst its otherwise beautiful Gothic trappings, De Ossorio bringing a fairytale like romantic feel to the production, lovingly created by his wonderful cinematography. Tony Kendall makes a fine heroic romantic lead and Helga Line is superb in what i think is her best performance as the seductive and deadly Loreley.


Nordicdusk 11th October 2016 09:32 PM

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Claire Ward wife of chemical engineer Charles Dexter Ward shows up at the office of private investigator John March hoping to get to the bottom of her husband's strange work and behaviour. Charles works long into the night in his lab from which there are some very strong stomach churning smells. After endless arguing Charles decide to leave and head to an old cabin in the country owned by his family. Charles's peace and quiet is short lived when the locals start reporting the strange smells from the cabin and constant late night deliveries arriving every night to local law enforcement. When police raid the house they find boxes of human remains which Charles convinces them the stuff was delivered to him by mistake. Can John March discover the truth and does he even want to ?

This was a struggle to get through it's just all a bit too boring and none of the characters are likeable i would've expected at least the wife to have some emotions about the whole situation with her husband but like everyone else she was just going through the motions plus the fact its acted like a softcore porn thriller does not help matters. On more than one occasion i laughed loudly with some of the camera work zooming in on peoples faces in an attempt to create some sort of drama but failing miserably.Then when something finally happens most of the scene is in pure darkness with flashlights failing and matches blowing out in the draft only catching glimpses of the gore effects and creatures which was one of the worst stop motion animations i have ever seen. Clocking in at an hour and forty Five this is way too long the final scene is more of what i expected to happen throughout the film but it was too little too late to save this one.

Boring badly acted and waaaay too long.

3/10

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 09:36 AM

Warlock (1989)

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Despite being what I'd label a 'horror fan' (based on what society deems that to be), not only had I never seen Warlock, but my brain seems to take an almost nonchalant, detached attitude to the films of Steve Miner, many of which a great deal of other 'horror fans' consider to be some of the crème de la crème that the genre has to offer.

Not being the biggest fan of the Friday the 13th franchise as a whole, whilst I consider the original to be serviceable if a little bland, the second instalment enters the realms of ‘abysmal’ for me, and the third, whilst slightly better than the second, is extremely weak and hampered by the visual 3D gimmick of throwing stuff at the screen every now and again for your minor titillation (but only aids to distract and annoy). House is also one that people seem to rave about, but despite some interesting effects work I found it to be a bit of a bore-fest sadly, as it certainly had promise. Halloween H20 is another which I know is rated very highly – possibly because the instalment that came before it was so terrible that people were expecting something even worse… but for me it was a dry and tired attempt to inject more life into an already deceased franchise by exhibiting not-so-subtle nods to its 1978 pre-cursor, which just came across as tacky… at least to me. Lake Placid just wastes a good cast, and whilst it tries to push the fun factor it just feels rather forced and underwhelming.

I feel in danger of having to return my ‘horror fan’ membership card, so without further ado, this brings me to Warlock.

This is clearly some good cheesy fun and whilst it may not have aged well in some areas – notably some of the effects work – its main strength is definitely in its cast. Julian Sands puts in a powerhouse performance as our evil 17th Century Warlock, with Richard E. Grant also putting in a solid performance as the witch-hunter on his tail – both of whom rise above and beyond some of the material they’re presented with here, but who are clearly relishing in the campy fun of it all too.

Also, and I understand that this very well may brand me as a ‘Miner-hater’ by some, but I think both Brian Yuzna’s and Roger Corman’s involvement on the production side may be a strong indicator as to why I was much more partial to this one over some of the aforementioned Miner films. That, and I have a thing for anything involving witches and/or warlocks.

This one is far from perfect but is now my favourite Steve Miner film by far.

58/100

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs (Post 507885)
Warlock (1989)


58/100

Are you serious? Warlock is fantastic.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507891)
Are you serious? Warlock is fantastic.

For a Steve Miner film that IS a fantastic score!! ;)

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 11:17 AM

I adore Warlock. And I think Miner's Friday13 films were much better than the first film. Cunningham, a nice enough bloke judging by interviews, is a lousy director. Miner actually does good work with the camera (i.e. there is stuff going on in the background of a shot that will become the focus of the next shot), and is better at building suspense.

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 11:18 AM

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Three years after the events at Hillcrest Academy, Laurie Strode is now incarcerated in a psychiatric facility after it turned out she beheaded a paramedic and not wayward brother turned mass murderer Michael Myers. Now Laurie waits...waits for Michael to return for one final showdown.

Halloween II (1981) director Rick Rosenthal returns to the franchise for this rather tasty 16 minute short film which finally brings the protracted journey of Laurie Strode to an end and gives actress Jamie Lee Curtis a fitting finale as she comes to an end at the hands of brother Michael. As it's only a short film the story moves along at a pace. Myers murders two guards in bloody style and also frames a Gacy loving inmate for Strode's death.

As a short film Halloween Resurrection works well and brings the franchise to a fitting end. I'm just unsure why the producers stuck an hour of random outtakes from another movie on at the end.


MacBlayne 12th October 2016 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507899)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

As a short film Halloween Resurrection works well and brings the franchise to a fitting end. I'm just unsure why the producers stuck an hour of random outtakes from another movie on at the end.


:lol:

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 11:58 AM

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

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Sadly, this is not a bizarre episode of Star Trek where the Sawyer family are accidentally beamed aboard the Enterprise, and Picard and Riker try to fight them off. I saw this on Sky when I was in my early teens and I absolutely despised it. I saw it last night and I didn’t hate it as much this time.

For starters, the film actually caught a lucky break by casting an unknown Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger. I’m not the biggest fan of Zellweger, but she does prove herself to be quite the talented actor here. McConaughey is pure gold though. He dominates every scene he’s in, and is a far more menacing figure than Leatherface. The rest of the cast are okay-ish. Most wouldn’t challenge a Golden Globe nominee but they’re inoffensive enough.

Sadly, that’s about as decent as it gets. TCM4 suffers from a lot of issues. First of all, it is extremely cheap looking. The sets look naff, smoke is used to obscure everything in the background, and the make-up has a very rubbery look to it. I know the film was shot on a very low-budget, but so was the original. Director Kim Henkle (co-writer of the first film) definitely does not have the same talent as Tobe Hooper.

Most irritating of all, TCM4 is a comedy. And I don’t mean a comedy like TCM2, where Hooper pushed everything to absurd levels, or like Scream where it had fun with the genre tropes. I mean, TCM4 operates like a 90s sitcom. While some jokes are mildly funny, many are as shite as Friends' attempts at humour, and others are more cringe-inducing in post Donald Trump / Devin Faraci days.

The story had me slightly intrigued for a while. It’s the same set-up – morons break down near the Sawyer clan – but what was interesting was the group dynamic. Everybody seemed to hate each other. This could have provided some ruthless humour in which the group sells each other down the river in order to survive, but it’s sadly abandoned in favour of just going through the motions. That is, until the last 15 minutes or so, when the film throws in a few WTF moments that are as nonsensical as they are irritating.

So, yeah, I really don’t like this one. It’s better than Texas Chainsaw 3D but only because I didn’t struggle to stay awake whilst watching. But, seriously, you should skip this one. Just stick with the first two films.

PS – Speaking of sitcoms, is it just me or did Tonie Perensky look remarkably like Peri Gilpin? It kept distracting me so much that I half expected Niles and Frasier to come in and try to heal the Sawyer family.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507891)
Are you serious? Warlock is fantastic.

I've never seen it. :behindsofa:

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507921)
I've never seen it. :behindsofa:


Nosferatu@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MacBlayne (Post 507922)

That doesn't help sell it as I've never rated Julian Sands as an actor.

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507923)
That doesn't help sell it as I've never rated Julian Sands as an actor.

I was using a scowly face to express Sands' displeasure at you not having seen Warlock. That you didn't pick up that confirms what you think of him as an actor :lol:

I like Sands. He's a very hammy actor but one that seems to take his craft seriously (he didn't seem too impressed when Mark Kermode referred to a B-movie he was making as silly). He's a hoot in Blood and Bone.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507921)
I've never seen it. :behindsofa:

Don't worry - I hadn't until last night either, Nos.

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507923)
That doesn't help sell it as I've never rated Julian Sands as an actor.

He's really rather good in Warlock. :nod:

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MacBlayne (Post 507924)
I was using a scowly face to express Sands' displeasure at you not having seen Warlock. That you didn't pick up that confirms what you think of him as an actor :lol:

I like Sands. He's a very hammy actor but one that seems to take his craft seriously (he didn't seem too impressed when Mark Kermode referred to a B-movie he was making as silly). He's a hoot in Blood and Bone.

So that's what the picture represented!

As for Julian Sands' acting, it's a very mixed bag, but the nadir is undoubtedly the titular character in Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera.

I'll make a mental note for Warlock and probably add it to my Lovefilm rental queue.

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507930)
the nadir is undoubtedly the titular character named Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera.

In fairness, everything, except Morricone's score, about that film was awful. Stunned, I was, at how awful it was.

trebor8273 12th October 2016 03:30 PM

wishmaster 4. 3/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0fLTrbGXcA

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273 (Post 507938)
wishmaster 4. 3/10

Harsh!

I'd have said 5/10 myself.

platostotal 12th October 2016 04:46 PM

Had Warlock on VHS, good party flick... For Tonight's ABUKtober... nuff said.

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Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 507921)
I've never seen it. :behindsofa:

Hopefully 88 will release it for you. :tongue1:

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by platostotal (Post 507957)
Had Warlock on VHS, good party flick... For Tonight's ABUKtober... nuff said.

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I considered that this evening as well Plato.

MuckyFunster 12th October 2016 05:58 PM

October Horror Movie Marathon
 
#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10

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Nosferatu@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507958)
Hopefully 88 will release it for you. :tongue1:

It's on my Lovefilm rental queue, so I might have it before the end of next week; if I like it, I'll buy it. :tongue1:

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MuckyFunster (Post 507966)
#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10

0% is a higher score than i'd give it. :lol: Shockingly bad. I wouldn't watch it again with Inspector Abberline's eyes.

trebor8273 12th October 2016 06:12 PM

Phantasm OblIVion. 6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7C2I3hvqnQ

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273 (Post 507971)
Phantasm OblIVion. 6/10

I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

trebor8273 12th October 2016 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507972)
I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

Agree later ones are a bit silly but the first is a classic for me with its unique and creepy atmosphere and likable cast/ characters

Demdike@Cult Labs 12th October 2016 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273 (Post 507975)
Agree later ones are a bit silly but the first is a classic for me with its unique and creepy atmosphere and likable cast/ characters

The overriding feeling i have is that they waste the best idea, which is the flying killing spheres of course.

They should be running riot drilling into people's brains, proper scary horror, blood and brains everywhere, it all seems a bit half hearted.

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 507972)
I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

I love the first film and the fourth. They have this melancholic / doomy feel to them. They don't operate on traditional scares. Instead, they give the impression that we're going to die and we have no say in the matter. Films like that do tend to creep me out.

The second and third film are pretty much the mainstream attempts. They're fun but are more interested in delivering thrills than chills.

MacBlayne 12th October 2016 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MuckyFunster (Post 507966)
#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10

I actually gave this a watch a while ago. I thought it was a bit poor... :behindsofa:

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The tagline read “WARNING: In this film, you are the victim!” They weren’t kidding as Amityville 3-D is an awful, awful, awful film. I cannot believe that Richard Fleischer (10 Rillington Place) directed this lifeless husk of a film.

Barring a rather creepy moment of a mother seeing her daughter climbing the stairs, despite the girl being dead outside, there is nothing of worth in this film. The script is atrocious, the director probably didn’t bother showing up at the set, the effects are woeful, the photography is wretched (the 3D filmmaking has resulted in very blurry looking film) and it launched Meg Ryan’s career.

There aren’t even any attempts at a scare. Instead it just cribs ideas from The Omen and Poltergeist. And that just sums up what’s wrong with this series. None of these films have an original idea or concept, nor can they bring something slightly different to the table. They’re just a marketing response to whatever was popular at the time. I say, avoid this series and watch the films it rips off or The House by the Cemetery or The Haunting or The Entity instead.


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