still rather watch that than twilight

Bra is and Butthead watch twilight ...

https://youtu.be/Kvx2OAkDR8M


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Agreed - the '80s prequel is much better than the later installment/s starring that Pattinson fella. ;) :skull:

lost boys 8.2/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WlON7r0m7E


The Bride of Frankenstein. 9.8/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYD3-pIF9jQ

for me this is the superior of the two frankenstein films, with a tighter script and more interesting characters and Whale seeming to have more control over the movie.
highlights are Una O'Connor as Minnie and Ernest Thesiger who is delightfully camp and sinister at the same time as Dr. Pretorius, who as mentioned elsewhere is the real second monster of the movie

I think you may have reversed that decimalised score in error, treb. :skullscream:

Yes. I'm sure trebor meant 82/10 because it's just that good. ;)

So I thought I'd watch two of the years "big hitters":rolleyes:.
Lights Out
The Conjuring 2

As the trailer for LO had made me chuckle severely, I tried to go into it with an open mind. This did not survive the pre credits sequence. I give up with these bloody films really. Never mind that it all seemed like an attack on alternative lifestyles (IMHO)..... Thankfully it seemed like no sequel possible, but with the amount that it has made, the inevitable follow up will no doubt be with us at some point. Made me think fondly of The Babadook ahem.

And so to the other.....

Watch When The Lights Went Out instead. Better film all round. Wan is the new Roth. A dangerous man.


Also perused that 31, at mate's insistence. While he was quite taken with its grotty vibe, I was bored to tears with this by-the-numbers water treading. I'm sure in his own mind he is reinventing the genre, but this will be the last of his tripe that I will sit through.

We are now getting towards the business end of the month as far as Halloween viewing goes. :devilbanana:

the like is for BOF btw :lol:

Anyone who puts classic Universal in the same post as L**t B**s should have all his likes removed and an instant ban placed.

The Ring (2002)

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When I first watched this one during J-Horror's mainstream peak, with my shelves crammed full of Tartan Asia Extreme DVDs and my head full of pale juvenile ghosts with wide eyes and lank hair, I considered it nothing more than a pointless cash-grab targeted at dumb western audiences who want everything spoon-fed to them and can't/don't want to read subtitles and watch a film at the same time. I just assumed everyone else who had an appreciation for the subtleties and nuances that make up a lot of Asian horror cinema thought the same.

With time however, there emerged some positivity for this one and at first my young (then teenage) self bluntly dismissed anything positive that was aimed towards it, but that denial eventually gave way to bemusement and then finally contemplation, with the thought that maybe I had missed something the first time around and this one was worth another shot - the 'three stages of re-appraisal' if you will.

Revisiting it for the first time in almost 14 years (with some trepidation I may add), but with a more open mind, I must admit that I didn't quite have the same extreme distaste for it that I did the first time around. Sure, it's clunky and awkward in places with some poor performances (I generally feel Eastern cultures and tales when transposed into more Westernised templates never quite gel right and should therefore be not cut to fit in the first place so films such as this never resonate very well with me irrelevant of how well they are executed), but there is no mistaking that Verbinski did at least try to create something with a little style and substance to it. A great deal of the eeriness and terror, which made the original work so well has dissipated, but instead we have more well-rounded characters and an interesting spin on the material rather than a straight scene-by-scene remake.

However, despite a more positive (i.e. +neutral-) reaction this time around, overall if you’re after watching a film of this ilk, I'd just advise that you stick to Nakata's original which utilises the source material and themes far more effectively than this one does, irrespective of how hard it tries.

44/100

The Lost Boys is better than Browning's Dracula.

Yeah, I said it. :p

Haxan (1922)

Benjamin Christensen's brilliant docudrama exploring the role of superstition in medieval minds and the way in which witchcraft was always deemed responsible for anything out of the ordinary especially mental health issues and the age old crime of basically growing old.

The film depicts many satanic and occult activities from the concocting of potions and black magic rituals with the Devil himself to the capture and torture of those suspected of witchcraft.

Way ahead of it's time, even now it's strong stuff in places, especially the graphic descriptions of torture and dramatized look at the satanic rites conducted in the presence of the dark one himself. Several sequences made me feel uneasy and this feeling was more than aided by a terrific atmospheric score from Bronnt Industries Kapital specially created for this release. I did begin with the original Danish premier soundtrack but it was just too jolly for what was taking place on screen.

It was interesting to note how much of this film was referenced in this years The Witch.

i agree with this i find the spanish version far superior to brownings and for me it overrated and one of the poorer universal monster movies. now i'll get my coat because i think i'm barred. i find lugosi performance cringeworthy at times

You might as well hold the door for Macblayne, he'll be joining you! :skull:

:vamp:

Hold the door for me too as i agree with you on this.

Reviews for films 13 14 15 16 17 up later why the hell did i take this upon myself.

Enough of the Lugosi bashing too :tongue1:

it really just Dracula that i don't like his performance, he does a better dracula in mark of the vampire which i enjoy far more than dracula and for me is superior in nearly every way

Film No.13

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Big Ronnie and his son Brayden run a walking disco tour around LA. Ronnie and Brayden have a very close relationship they work together and live together with the agreement that Brayden does all the cooking for his father but it's gotta be GREASY. On one of the walking tours Brayden falls for one of the customers Janet which makes his father crazy jealous and so begins a power struggle for Janets affection. Meanwhile a grease covered maniac is stalking the streets at night on a greasy rampage.

WHAT THE HELL DID I WATCH.

This is all that keeps playing through my head while i was watching this. Just like the title of the film the whole thing is greasy as F***. The music is annoying and will play over and over in your head long after the film ends. Big Ronnie spends most of the film naked with a big 15 inch love lenght swinging in the wind. There is a lot of men walking around in underpants and knee high socks it's not an easy watch i must say. Its hard to explain just how weird this film is one example is Braydens best friend oinker who to compliment his velvet underpants and knee high socks he sports a picks nose and oinks like a pig all the time. there is a phone sex scene and its one of the most disturbing things i have ever seen in my life well really every sex scene is disturbing. To sum this film up

WHAT THE F*** !!!!!

Do i recommend this one hell yeah i do its disturbing its strange its annoying it needs to be experienced and above all its GREASY.

Its not an all out horror but its scarier than any horror i have ever seen.

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Damn right we are.... as in tonight's ABUKtober's late night flick (quite a while since I spun this too) the cuts don't really bother me here, just so nice to finally get my hands on a film I read so much about back in the day.

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Film No.14

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Arletty has not seen her father for many years and her only communication with him is regular letters she has received over the years. Over the past few weeks his letters are getting stranger and stranger until the suddenly stop completely. Overcome with worry for his wellbeing Arletty heads to Point Dune on the Californian Coast where her father lives. When she arrives at his apartment she finds it empty the only trace of her father is a diary in which he tells her to never come looking for him no matter what happens. Arletty heads out into the small town asking about her father but people act very weird towards her with many denying any knowledge of the man at all. On her travels she meets a homeless man who warns her of the blood moon and the dark strangers that came to the town which was never the same again from that day but as if that was not disturbing enough he tells her that her father is actually one of the dark strangers now and she should leave.

Messiah Of Evil is one hell of a creepy film the setting the atmosphere the locals the music everything just comes together and works so damn well. Its hard to put into words the feeling i got from watching sort of felt like a dream and even Arletty narrating over the film makes it even more creepy hearing her losing her mind as you are going along on the journey with her. I just have one question how the hell have i not seen this film before now.

8/10

Film No.15

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Mr Trelkovsky cannot believe his luck when a apartment in the centre of Paris becomes available to rent even when he learns that the previous tenant attempted suicide by jumping from the window. Trelkovsky feels compelled to go and visit the woman in hospital but when she dies he feels a strange connection to her even after only one meeting. Its not long until Trelkovsky is left feeling isolated and bullied in his apartment.The landlord enforces extremely strict rules upon him about staying out too late or making any sort of noise no matter how slight. Trelkovsky starts to feel like his neighbours are trying to force him to do the same as the previous tenant and his mental state starts to deteriorate at an alarming rate constantly seeing people standing in the bathroom used by all the other tenants in the apartment for hours on end not moving a muscle just staring out the window is this really happening or is this a sign of his mental health.

I feel a strange connection to this film i remember my first apartment it was a beautiful place right in the centre of town but the building had many strange characters in it. I was living on the top floor and for the first few weeks i lived there the lady living underneath me would come to my door almost every night to complain about the noise but each time i would open the door she would say oh it was not you im sorry before i would even say anything or she would even give herself a chance to give me her own complaint. Apartments were getting broken into because the building's front door was broken for a few weeks. Being a young man out on my own for the first time i had that same feeling of isolation and paranoia. The Tenant does a great job of getting into your mind and playing on the fears that everyone has experienced or will experience at some point in their lives. At times some of the scenes are stupid with some really annoying characters especially Trelkovsky friends but there is an uneasy feeling throughout.

7/10

Prison. 8/10

Creepy overlooked minor gem set in a prison (naturally) about some sort of entity that is releashed when a disused prison with a dark past is reopened. Some good gory kills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYTHIs1c8uo



Next up some Carpenter in the form of prince of darkness

Film No.16

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Five of the worst most annoying actors ever go on a girls weekend to the country and everyone starts to die.

DO NOT WATCH this pile of shit. Im in physical pain after watching it the acting is some of the worst i have ever seen no reaction to losing fingers to frostbite one girl literally just pulls her finger off and she has no reaction. Dialogue like are you really going to smoke a cigarette at a time like this and after finding one dead body and one girl is vomiting she says how can you just look at that not not react her reply is " maybe im just numb " :lol: In one scene they try to run from a bear which was obviously stock footage from a nature program and the bear was a cub not an adult even the bears roars were dubbed in to make it sound more fearsome :lol:

One of the worst films i have ever seen.

0/10

I tend to watch them in double bills.All blus where possible....
My horror marathon has consisted of so far.....

GRIZZLY
ALIENS

EXORCIST 2
THEM!

CARRIE
THE DEAD ZONE

THE CHANGELING
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

THE WICKER MAN
DON'T LOOK NOW

THE HILLS HAVE EYES
SCREAM

CARRIE
THE SHINING

PSYCHOMANIA
BLOODBATH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH

IT
SALEM'S LOT

HALLOWEEN 3
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (SIEGEL)

CHOPPING MALL
BLOOD DINER

SLUGS
SQUIRM

ZOMBIE LAKE
OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES

EYES OF A STRANGER
DEADLY FRIEND

TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
COUNT DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE

THE BURNING
HORROR ON HIGHWAY 5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqxhvdAdns

I'm curious - is there a thematic link between these films?

Film No.17

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Its Halloween night and a babysitter is taking care of two kids while their parents are on a night out. After the kids have been out trick r treating they empty out all their candy on the floor to sort if out when a VHS tape falls out of the little boys bag. The two kids convince the babysitter to play the tape. The tape contains three stories with one common theme a freaky clown.

Short 1 about witches black mass sacrifice and satan.

Short 2 which was about aliens was not interesting and the alien looked terrible it was just a man in a suit not convincing.

Short 3 was about the clown that connects the three stories chasing a girl.

Out of the three stories the third was my favourite i really liked how it was shot and it was by far the most brutal with some great effects. Overall a fun film and the clown looks awesome and really creepy even better is that he is totally silent even when he laughs there is no sound great ending too.

7/10

Could of got a higher score if the second short was not so weak.

Apart from the King link and creepy crawlie Slugs double,no I don't think so.:)

From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

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Despite some TV-movie production values this fun little horror anthology starring Vincent Price, whilst a little ropey and disjointed at times, is also damn entertaining.

If you're up for imbibing some Southern Gothic atmosphere complete with tales of deranged love, voodoo, carnivals, and the Civil War; exploring themes of necrophilia, incest and glass eating; and complete with lots of gory '80s practical effects then this one is definitely worth checking out. One question remained as the credits rolled: why hadn't I watched it sooner?

71/100

Fair enough. I was wondering if this was one of those BAMBI / THE DEER HUNTER type double-bills.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

British production starring Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Churchill as Dr. Watson. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a story we all know and love or at least should do. As one of the most Gothic horror like Holmes stories it has had various adaptations over the years the best of which is probably Hammer's 1959 version starring Peter Cushing as Holmes.

This version which i've only just found out was made for tv, not that it hinders as the best Holmes adaptations bar none are all television productions, which surprised me as the production values are of very high standard. Boasting a top notch cast including Martin Shaw, Brian Blessed and Denholm Elliott and wonderfully spooky sequences out on the moors at night this adaptation takes all the best parts of the story and embellishes them. It even adds scenes and characters (Blessed's Lyons was never in the book for a start) and brings the death of Stapleton to macabre life which Conan Doyle does not.

It's not perfect though. Martin Shaw has a dubbed American voice which not only sounds wrong as Shaw has a wonderful recognizable tone but is wholly unnecessary, i also wasn't keen on Churchill's Watson who as with Nigel Bruce in the Rathbone films tended to bumble along in dim witted fashion. However any flaws in Watson are more than made up for by Ian Richardson whose portrayal of Holmes with a twinkle of mischief in his eye is excellent and i would have loved to see more of him in the role.

Whilst i suppose a little unremarkable, but that's more to do with the story itself than this actual adaptation (I never like the fact Holmes goes missing from a large chunk) this is a solid production and well worth seeking out for Holmes fans or lovers of the Gothic.

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Ian Richardson as Holmes and Edward Judd as Barrymore.

Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)

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Whilst by no means a favourite, I have some fond memories of watching Ju-on, which was at a time just prior to the point where the sub-genre started to become oversaturated and its popularity seeped over into western cultures fuelling the inevitable ‘remake’ machine.

The main reason for me returning to this one was as an anti-thesis to the previous night’s Ring remake, which although not as terrible as I’d found it the first time around, was a little hollow and stale in terms of conveying the subject matter in such a way where it pales to the thrills and chills of the original. Ju-on was therefore administered as a kind of antidote to restore balance to my cinematic world whilst at the same time feeding the pangs for some atmospheric, nuanced, Asian horror I’d been left hungry for whilst viewing The Ring…so I suppose in a lot of ways I have Verbinski’s remake to thank for re-watching this one and the resultant satiation of my hunger.

Ju-on is a cinematic puzzle in essence, and a creep-tastic one at that with some tense chilling set-pieces peppered throughout and enhanced by its segmented approach to storytelling. Whilst a little repetitive, I feel that this is sort of the point in many ways, with the vengeful spirits inhabiting the earthly plain in a repetitive cycle inflicting the pain of their past existence on others until their curse has been lifted.

70/100

I think you know what cometh nexteth



BURN THE HERETIC!!!


:lol::lol:

Prince of darkness. 9.2/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5I3Lt8PwyQ

Tonight's viewings a hammer double bill.

Nightmare Weekend (1986)

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Artificial Intelligence, experimentation, mutants, softcore porn and pinball, Nightmare Weekend belongs to that special group of '80s trash-fest disaster pieces that inhabit dual dimensions simultaneously; the dimension of the disjointed mess, and the dimension of the incomprehensibly mis-understood genius. The film flits between both of these dimensions lavishly throughout and by the time the end credits roll it's hard to tell whether you want to erase its entire existence from your memory or to watch it again straight away.

Despite all fathomable coherence and reason having been stripped away and confusion reigning throughout, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't have fun with this one.

Last night i watched a couple of films i've reviewed before.

The Pumpkin Karver (2006)

Although this has a mighty score of 3.2/10 on IMDB i rather enjoy this Halloween set slasher and tend to give it an airing each October. It's got a decent budget and has some fun murders including a poor chap who ends up on the sharp end of a farm drill with his intestines swirling round. Added to this is a decent cast of unknowns and a scary pumpkin masked killer...yeah! i like this one.


Satan's Little Helper (2004)

Jeff Lieberman's chilling tale of a boy who befriends a masked serial killer and knocks about with him on Halloween as he goes about terrorizing the neighbourhood.

This is a real favourite of mine. Fun to begin with it becomes more sinister as it goes on and perhaps offers the idea that today's kids are so unsensitized to violence due to tv and video games that they can't tell the difference between reality and what's on the tv screen in front of them. Katheryn Winnick looks sexy in her wench costume throughout and Amanda Plummer gives a typical Amanda Plummer turn until Satan get's hold of her and it all becomes ever so grim.

Top notch Halloween entertainment.

Looks like a great double bill Dem.

I really recommend Satan's Little Helper if you haven't seen it.

Seconded! :pumpkin: