October Horror Movie Marathon

[Justin101]

I was already thinking it's the equivalent to TCM2 anyway, which might be a bit off, but I wasn't expecting a serious gritty horror like the 1st film.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I was already thinking it's the equivalent to TCM2 anyway, which might be a bit off, but I wasn't expecting a serious gritty horror like the 1st film.

I watched TCM2 recently and i just didn't enjoy it i first time i saw it years ago i thought it was great but now its not one id revisit often if at all but i do prefer Hills Have Eyes 2 as a sequel.

[Justin101]

TCM2 wears out it's welcome, the whole radio station scene is great but it starts to grate after a while.

I'm going to stick with my plan then and still watch The Hills Have Eyes pt 2

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

TCM2 wears out it's welcome, the whole radio station scene is great but it starts to grate after a while.

I'm going to stick with my plan then and still watch The Hills Have Eyes pt 2

As soon as TCM2 leaves the radio station then the rest of the series is dead to me. They turned it into a poor tongue in cheek franchise. That's why i prefer all the remakes to any of the sequels as whatever their flaws they remain fairly gritty horror films.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

I watched TCM2 recently and i just didn't enjoy it i first time i saw it years ago i thought it was great but now its not one id revisit often if at all but i do prefer Hills Have Eyes 2 as a sequel.

I watched TCM part 2 last week I think i'm in the minority that enjoys it, plan to watch TCM: The Next Generation tonight, saw it back when it first came out, only thing i remember is Leatherface being in a dress and a woman at the window flashing her boobs.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

I watched TCM part 2 last week I think i'm in the minority that enjoys it, plan to watch TCM: The Next Generation tonight, saw it back when it first came out, only thing i remember is Leatherface being in a dress and a woman at the window flashing her boobs.

With TCM2 i just found the longer it went on the more annoyed i got with it and thats not me even comparing it with the original just as a film in itself.

[MrBarlow]

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2. 1988.

When a chemical is created and stolen by a terrorist who is then infected by it, the military decide to cremate the dead body unaware of the repercussions on what it will do in the atmosphere over a small island.

This one is a bit a horror mixed in with some daftness that you can only sit back and laugh at some of the scenes, it starts off entertaining with a terrorist hijack, he becomes infected, whack his hand off with a big knife, how he got the knife is a mystery, infects a waiter and kills a housekeeper and dies. The military takes over kills all witnesses and burns the body. It's amazing how the walking dead in this know how to pack a punch...literally they do punch, and has the usual gore make up and bad dubbing.

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[Justin101]

I have a soft spot for Zombie 3

I've got Zombie 4 on my list for this month, not seen it yet but I have the 88 Films disc ready and waiting...

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I have a soft spot for Zombie 3

I've got Zombie 4 on my list for this month, not seen it yet but I have the 88 Films disc ready and waiting...

I had the Vipco release of Zombie 4 didn't really appreciate it but just unpacked the 88 films release will watch it later on, Zombie 3 I enjoyed it but seemed to go one way then went in a different direction that i wasn't expecting.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Putting down my bag of ancient DVDs for the afternoon, and turning instead to something shiny and new

DREAM DEMON – I saw this years and years ago via a friend’s VHS and felt underwhelmed enough to wipe its very existence from memory. Maybe I had a real thing against ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’ at the time, maybe my crocodile shoes were just too big for my feet to fill, who knows? I’m surprised I didn’t cotton on to the real value Jimmy Nail could bring to a horror film, particularly to a ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ rip-off with Timothy Spall in it. That’s the inspired / inspiring thing for me now, seeing that duo in the unlikely surrounds of a late-eighties dry-ice MTV vid-esque dreamarama which has all the ‘usual pretensions’ to something vaguely arty and symbolic. Similarly, there is much to admire about scenes such as the one in which a young Jemma Redgrave is roused from sleep by a huge maggot bursting through a china doll’s face. Despite the presence of all these ‘proper’ actors, the tone is stilted and awkward and doesn’t really flow. But this is not a movie you would watch for its grasp of exquisite drama. Instead, it’s a curio that’s perhaps now due its time, bringing together as it does all these odd, ill-fitting strands of yesteryear.