Is it because every other sequence saaaags under the expositinal weight?? Cough. Nonny's fun what with the channeling of the Siouxsie and that ...
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Ending the night with W^Z and Festen. Reviews to follow!!

Have decided on
Mordum &
TCM
For the actual night, as it was easier to type :skull::coffin:

The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 1973.

It's been two years since Lorrimer Van Helsing killed Dracula, Scotland Yard believe they have a case of vapirism and call in help to investigate the case.

Direct sequel to Dracula A.D. and the last of the Hammer Dracula movies, this seemed to be a bit different with Dracula hoping to release a plague on the city. Both Cushing and Lee do try to keep the film entertaining As well as Michael Coles returning as Inspector Murray. Joanna Lumley steps in as Jessica Van Helsing, who seems clever one minute and dim witted the next. There is nicely shots cinematography and tense moments added but the plot seemed a bit thin, but there is a good climatic ending to it.

Amityville 3D 1983.

A reporter trying to debunk the haunted house in Long Island decides to buy it and prove that it was a hoax.

If the film makers had used a different house instead of trying to cash in on the name this would have been better, it was good but not great even though it was made on the story about Stephen Kaplan.

Tony Roberts plays the journalist and new home owner John Baxter, who with people he is connected to seem to die in mysterious ways. The effects seem to work and probably best viewed in the 3D format it was intended and the acting can seem a bit wooden at times and a small appearance by Meg Ryan.

Night Of The Demons 1988.

A group of kids decide to have a halloween party at a old abandoned funeral home Hull House, aware of it's past they decide to have a past life seance awakening the demons.

Cheesy, laughable hocus pocus film that's still fun to watch from the 80s, that features the haunted house genre, the old gothic funeral home and not a desolate mansion. The acting may not be the best but do try to keep the characters entertaining and director's vision with the horror is brought by special effects creator Steve Johnson. It's good for it's laughs and a lot better than the remake (IMO).

30 Days Of Unseen Horror

Day 23

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Two brothers are driving across country one to meet a girl he hopes to move their friendship to more than just that and the other tagging along for the ride after his brother bails him out of jail. One of them has the bright idea of hooking a CB radio up to the car first checking for cops and speed traps but then his mischievous side comes out and he decides to play a few pranks on the truckers answering his radio. They pretend one of them is a woman to lure in one of the lonely truckers but when Rusty Nail falls for the trap he is not willing to let it go until he hooks up with the "female" on the other end. The brothers laugh it off but after an altercation in a motel with another customer they plan to set him up and pretend the female is in room 17 while they are in to hear the drama. They get in touch with Rusty Nail again and tell him to meet her in room 17 but the next morning the joke has gone too far when the occupant in room 17 is found unconscious with his jaw ripped off. So begins a cat and mouse chase across the highways of America.

An entertaining film but not as intense as i would of liked from a film like this. The trucker was getting close then for no reason backing off then chasing them again and backing off once again it sort of felt like they didn't know where to take it or what to do. It had some moments that felt like it was building up to something but i felt like it never happened. The final showdown left me a little bit cold. Good but not great.

6/10


Im running a bit late writing up these day 24 should be up at lunch time.

I definitely saw Joyride when it came out on VHS and I think I enjoyed it, but can't really remember anything about it apart from the cast :)

My girlfriend loves it she always tells me to watch it. She wasn't impressed when i said it was only ok :skull:

Maybe she had be built up too much expecting more than it could offer so its all her fault :skull:

I really like Joyride as well.

The sequel is poor though so avoid that one.

I watched The Sentinel last night I'm still trying to take it in before i do a review or maybe I'm over thinking it :skull:

Well, i've seen it six or seven times over the years and i'm still trying to take in what's going on. :brainfood:

Universal's Kharis Mummy movies..

34.THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940)
35.THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942)
36.THE MUMMY'S GHOST(1944)
37.THE MUMMY'S CURSE (1944)

Big shout out to the resurrection scene of Princess Ananka from the muddy old swamp in The Mummy's Curse. Blindly staggering around, the scene is real creepy and is still my favourite scene from any Universal horror.

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Scars of Dracula (1970)

A film which entertains throughout and belts on at a fair pace. Dennis Waterman is pretty good as the hero Simon and Jenny Hanley is drop dead gorgeous in the role of Sarah. For me the film is notable and verges on greatness as it includes Dracula scaling the castle outer walls as he does in Stoker's original novel and also having Christopher Lee portraying the character as a gracious and accommodating host to travelers which had been lacking since Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966).

The title is also rather apt as this id the goriest of the Hammer Dracula films and in fact ranks as one of their bloodiest ever. The scene showcasing the very gory after effects on a group of worshipper's in a church following a vampire bat attack is practically pornographic with director Roy Ward Baker practically caressing the corpses with his camera.

There are minus points to Scars no doubt about it. An almost Carry On smattering of silly nudity, as well as a bat prop that looks very unconvincing. Perhaps the main problem in my view is the way Dracula is portrayed as a sadist. He whips and tortures his servant Klove (Patrick Troughton) with gleeful abandon and also uses weapons. Sorry, Dracula doesn't need weapons to kill. However these issues and a very daft way in which Dracula is killed don't really distract from what is another very enjoyable slice of Hammer Horror.

Night Of The Demons 2 1994.

At a Catholic boarding School. Melissa (Mouse) is taken to Hull House for a party and a prank, soon the prank take a turn and Angela is awaken and decides to gate crash the party.

This was a bit more of a comedy horror and does have it's gore scenes, Amelia Kinkade returns as the bride Angela with more tricks up her sleeve. The film is a bit more cheesy than it's predecessor and the acting is a bit more comical than the film and a nun knows how to used a ruler and water pistol. It does have it's entertaining moments.

I shall be watching this for the first time either tonight or Sunday

Hope you enjoy it Dem I'm currently watching the 3rd instalment.

I've owned that one for years funnily enough

I got it from Poundland under the title 'Demon House' didn't realise it was part of the trilogy till I got the box set.

I'll just pop up here then with a quickie.

Dracula Contra Frankenstein

This being the old Tartan dvd. Horrendous isn't the word. One of his ... less structured films. And amid such loverly scenery.
Regardless give me this over that frankly bloodless tripe from 79. Ahem.
I'll do Lorna next methinks.

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Leprechaun
An old man steals a leprechauns gold and he follows him all the way, before he is able to kill it he has a stroke. Years later a father and daughter take over the place and unwittingly release it, now they have to stop it for good.
It's such a bad movie, but I always find it enjoyable to watch for a laugh. Warwick Davies is the main reason for watching it. The sequence in the nursing home is hilarious.
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Since the bloody phone has crashed 3 times whilst trying to post my witty retort, I will now merely interject in this fashion ....








OOTSIDE NOO MIN!!!



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Mon then

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W^Z (Tom Shankland)

It's full of .... Brits! Dennis bleedin' Pennis? Asher bloomin' D? Ahem. Grim wee torture fest as two wildly mismatched coppers come unstuck hunting the perpetrator of 'the ultimate crime' ahem. No, that would be that Mummy what the Cruiser did. :skull:
Quite tame really. But then I would say that. Next up, the family fun of ....


Festen (Thomas Vinterberg)

Horror comes in all shapes. And this is up there imho.
A familiar scenario turns ... somewhat sour after a guest's unbidden revelations. Falcon Crest it isn't.
It's the perfect Xmas Day film really. Beat that etc. :skull:
Ahem.
It's hard to pick out bits to hold up to 'recommend', best just digested whole.
I always saw this and The Idiots as companions, as it's about a family of sorts ....

Night Of The Demons 3 (Demon House) 1997.

After a botched robbery, a group of teens take refuge in a old house with one tenant called Angela.

This is not the best horror end to a trilogy, it does have one or two things that don't make sense but it does have it's decent horror gore and bobbies shot as well as a added extra feature and Angela's exotic seducing dance. The special effects and make up were good aside from the mediocre acting it is watchable.

Ghost Ship 2002

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Daft as a brush early naughties horror film where Judge Dredd eats maggots! I picked this up in the 50p section of CEX this afternoon and I'm glad I did. It's silly and has a bit too much nu-metal on the soundtrack but I really enjoyed it :D I think I'll keep this one, never saw it before today!

Saw it at the cinema, and despite it not living up to the great opening scene, it’s a film I enjoy and have watched a few times since :nod:

30 Days Of Unseen Horror

Day 24

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The morning after a beach party the sand starts eating people. Good riddance they were all talentless assholes. This is so bad not one redeeming feature just pure shit.

That one I was gonna watch till I saw the trailer, that was enough to put me off it.

I wish i was clever enough to watch a trailer first apart from the acting the cgi was horrendous.

Thanks for the heads up on that one Nordicdusk

Demented Death Farm Massacre (1971, Fred Olen Ray/ Donn Davison)

When a buncha dissolutes are forced to impose on some simpler folks, guess what occurs?? Lotsa regional fun here. Wildly atonal ST? Check! Hideously mangled dialogue? Check! The good sorts at Troma brought you this ... So it's blessed already. Amen y'all & pass that jug!!

Grizzly 1976.

An 18ft tall grizzly bear attacks a state park and a park ranger efforts are hammered by other hunters to stop it.

This has always been a good monster on the loose in the woods film, it is what you would expect it to be a certain B movie but does hold up with its action, suspense and well crafted actors from Christopher George (City Of The Living Dead) Andrew Prine (Eliminators) and Richard Jaeckel (Starman) as the park rangers. It's brilliantly directed by William Girdler (The Manitou) and has great cinematography. Worth a watch it's Jaws With Claws.:skull:

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Day 25


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A model looking for an apartment in New York cant believe her luck when she finds a really cheap place with an amazing view slap bang in the middle of the city. She is soon introduced to her neighbours a more intrusive welcome than she would of expected or liked. Introductions out of the way Alison hopes to get settled in but a lot of strange things start happening she can't sleep hearing lots of noise in the apartment above but when she complains to the real estate agent she is told no one lives in the apartment over her. Alison then starts having some physical problems headaches and collapsing for no reason along with constant flashbacks of her troubled past.

This is a hard one to review to get to the point i loved it but to really do a proper review i feel i need to watch it a few times there is alot going on that needs processing im sure im missing tons of imagery and things happening in the background. There is a real creepy atmosphere especially when its a film about the horrors of the mind as the mind is the most dangerous place to be. The Sentinel is packed with eccentric characters that make this a real surreal affair from a cats birthday party to some overly frisky lesbian ballerinas. This is definitely one i'll revisit many time and like i said im sure ill get more out of it. One more thing to mention is the use of real disfigured people not something that would be acceptable these days i'm sure even back in the 70s it was a controversial decision but it really worked well for me.

Sorry this review is a bit shit hopefully i can flesh it out abit more after another few viewings.

8/10

30 Days Of Unseen Horror

Day 26

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A rich snot nosed stuck up bitch heads to a cabin on an island with her friends for a 4th of July party that was just bought by her daddy. After insulting the few locals they meet including the one responsible for taking them to the island on his boat which is a great idea considering he is their only contact to the outside world and yes you guessed it they have no phone signal out there. Running alongside this story we have a cop investigating a massacre in an apartment and a look inside a lab that has some people locked in some cells thats are being monitored by mysterious old man. Back on the island one of the friends is hiding a personal secret that will soon be exposed with devastating results.

The acting is a mixed bag like the film overall its odd on the island it looks like a film with a decent budget but when we are with the cop and in the lab it looks like a film made for TV its strange to see that inconsistency. The gore and practical effect do look fantastic. I always say this when i come across a film with an annoying cast its a bitter sweet thing first it can make you want to turn off a film and it makes it hard to root for or invest in the characters but it always makes it great when you know they will be killed cause you want to kill them yourself.

This film had a good idea until we get to the overly preachy ending and the plot twist was total BS almost ruining any good that was done before. A decent effort not horrible not amazing one or two of the cast make it almost unbearable to watch but most films like this are like that now anyway.

5/10

Noted!!


Just picked up Another Wolfcop, so that's gan on when I has been fed etc.
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Pumpkins carved...

Felt like the right time for this, I know it's not a movie but it's going to become a yearly occurrence for me.
Ghostwatch
A documentary crew head to a house that has been having multiple strange occurrences to broadcast spooky goings on for the first time. Shit goes down.
Parkinson is cynical which is a great laugh. The subtlety of Pipes is still haunting. While clearly dated it still leaves (for me) a strong impression and stands as a strong horror.
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The Craft (1996)

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Smoothly transitioning from teen drama to supernatural horror and back again. Sure it has a few cringey moments (see above) but I could watch this all day long! Basically I'm a witch now :lol:

Hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the South, the powers of fire and feeling. Hear us.

Another film i have not seen in an age my list of rewatches has double since the start of the month reading all these posts.