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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 28, 2018 6:13:53 GMT -5
I’ve got this great idea for a holiday horror movie: instead of Silent Night Deadly Night its called Eight Deadly Nights. And instead of dressing up like Santa, the killer dresses up like a rabbi. Obligatory cameo by Adam Sandler to be a murder victim.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 28, 2018 6:55:30 GMT -5
I’ve got this great idea for a holiday horror movie: instead of Silent Night Deadly Night its called Eight Deadly Nights. And instead of dressing up like Santa, the killer dresses up like a rabbi. Obligatory cameo by Adam Sandler to be a murder victim. Sequel title idea: Eight Deadly Nights II: Dead by dreidel
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 28, 2018 11:26:22 GMT -5
I’ve got this great idea for a holiday horror movie: instead of Silent Night Deadly Night its called Eight Deadly Nights. And instead of dressing up like Santa, the killer dresses up like a rabbi. Obligatory cameo by Adam Sandler to be a murder victim. Sequel title idea: Eight Deadly Nights II: Dead by dreidel Obligatory death scenes include: death by castration, death by drowning/scalding in chicken soup, and death by neck snapping with Krav Maga.
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Post by DSR on Nov 29, 2018 1:51:22 GMT -5
THE DEVIL'S HAND (1962) was released on a double bill with my earlier BLOODLUST! (the exclamation point is part of the title). In it, a handsome man in at least his thirties dreams about a beautiful woman... the same beautiful woman every night, as a matter of fact. When he meets this woman in the flesh, he is almost instantly smitten with her. And, in turn, this woman promises to show him a whole new world. Unlike in ALADDIN, however, this world is one of devil worship, witchcraft, and human sacrifices! No bloodshed or gore in this flick, it's more concerned with secrets and conspiracies. It's not particularly scary, but it's an enjoyable little story. Plus, the leader of the devil worshipping cult is played by Neil Hamilton, best remembered as Commissioner Gordon on the Adam West Batman series! Holy acupuncture!
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 29, 2018 6:15:41 GMT -5
Crap tomorrow's Sven is a rerun I have seen. So I am going to watch the Twilight Time Blu Ray of Fright Night. Thinking about seeing if anyone wAnts to do a marathon of the Phantasm franchise today. Next Weeks is a rerun too with 20 million miles to Earth At least it is a rerun I haven't seen. Watched Silent Night Deadly Night 5 the Toymaker on Encore Suspense then Sharknado 2 on Blu Ray.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 29, 2018 6:18:17 GMT -5
Just finished BLOODLUST! (1959). Written, directed, and produced by Ralph Brooke, the film is based on the story The Most Dangerous Game. It tells the story of four young people (most famous among them Robert Reed, who would play the father on The Brady Bunch) who take a yachting trip and discover a mysterious island. While there, they learn that the island is home to a rick old man (played by Wilton Graff) who uses the island as a hunting ground for sport. Only he doesn't limit his hunting to animals. Soon our quartet of heroes learn they are the next prey for this man, as the young men will be hunted to satisfy his titular bloodlust, and the girls will...well, they'll satisfy his other kind of lust. Our villain feels like a bootleg Vincent Price and our heroes lack dimension, but the film is still fairly enjoyable. It clocks in at just under 70 minutes, a decent runtime for a low-budget horror quickie. And it's got some good, grisly gore effects for the time: severed limbs, impalements, blood oozing out of wounds (mitigated by the film's being in black and white, but still). Because of the time period in which it was made, I expected far tamer than I got! There's even a man being destroyed by a vat of acid! The film is obviously decent riffing material, having appeared in an episode of MST3K, but I had a good time taking the flick in at face value. Pretty sure I have this film on the Drive In Cult Classics Collection set. I know I have seen it in a non-MST3K form.
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Post by DSR on Nov 29, 2018 7:05:02 GMT -5
Just finished BLOODLUST! (1959). Written, directed, and produced by Ralph Brooke, the film is based on the story The Most Dangerous Game. It tells the story of four young people (most famous among them Robert Reed, who would play the father on The Brady Bunch) who take a yachting trip and discover a mysterious island. While there, they learn that the island is home to a rick old man (played by Wilton Graff) who uses the island as a hunting ground for sport. Only he doesn't limit his hunting to animals. Soon our quartet of heroes learn they are the next prey for this man, as the young men will be hunted to satisfy his titular bloodlust, and the girls will...well, they'll satisfy his other kind of lust. Our villain feels like a bootleg Vincent Price and our heroes lack dimension, but the film is still fairly enjoyable. It clocks in at just under 70 minutes, a decent runtime for a low-budget horror quickie. And it's got some good, grisly gore effects for the time: severed limbs, impalements, blood oozing out of wounds (mitigated by the film's being in black and white, but still). Because of the time period in which it was made, I expected far tamer than I got! There's even a man being destroyed by a vat of acid! The film is obviously decent riffing material, having appeared in an episode of MST3K, but I had a good time taking the flick in at face value. Pretty sure I have this film on the Drive In Cult Classics Collection set. I know I have seen it in a non-MST3K form. That is the exact thing I'm trying to watch. Had it sitting on a shelf for a few years, just now trying to get to it.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Nov 29, 2018 17:23:08 GMT -5
Caught DePalma's the Fury tonight, AKA Carrie and Scanners 0.5.
Now this was refreshing, with actual actors hired for talent rather than youth and looks, with the possible exception of Andrew Stevens.
I haven't much familiarity with DePalma but I can certainly see why he has many fans as he managed to built some great suspense, slightly marred by an overuse of stylistic camera shots.
Douglas carried himself very well in an action role, even in his 60's. And he goes shirtless enough to make Shatner blush.
The deaths are few but tons of fun and well executed. Having Rick Baker on board always helps.
The movie certainly racked one up in the villain comeuppance Hall of Fame.
And you don't often get to hear a new John Williams score, which like Baker's work helped elevate the film.
Fun times all in all.
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Post by DSR on Nov 29, 2018 22:08:01 GMT -5
THE CREEPING TERROR (1963) is a film in which an alien spaceship lands on Earth and a giant, slug-like monster sssslllloooowwwwllllyyyy moves through a small town, eating its inhabitants. Now it's up to the town's sheriff (played by director/producer/con man Vic Savage) and a local army regiment to stop whatever the Hell the monster's goal is. Hard to tell if anybody can act in this picture, since all the dialogue is dubbed over. Usually in narration-style, a hallmark of the no-budget horror/sci-fi of the time. At no point are you fooled into thinking the monster isn't a guy in a costume, and they show this creature in full view multiple times like they're proud of it. The monster eats people head first, so if you're a pervert, you can ogle the shapely young women's asses and legs as they wriggle in its mouth. I won't provide a sample image of that, so instead enjoy this shot of a guy attempting to go full Jeff Jarrett on the titular terror! If this movie asked "Ain't I great?!" you can loudly answer "NO!" It was the subject of an episode of MST3K in the 90s though. While some of their films can be enjoyed without the riffing, I feel like this isn't one that falls into that category. I zoned out a couple times trying to get through it. There is a film about the making of THE CREEPING TERROR that I'd like to check out, though: THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA (2014) details the lengths that Vic Savage went to to get the film made.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 1, 2018 20:00:52 GMT -5
Next Weeks Sven is The Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Post by prettynami on Dec 1, 2018 20:13:15 GMT -5
THE CREEPING TERROR (1963) is a film in which an alien spaceship lands on Earth and a giant, slug-like monster sssslllloooowwwwllllyyyy moves through a small town, eating its inhabitants. Now it's up to the town's sheriff (played by director/producer/con man Vic Savage) and a local army regiment to stop whatever the Hell the monster's goal is. Hard to tell if anybody can act in this picture, since all the dialogue is dubbed over. Usually in narration-style, a hallmark of the no-budget horror/sci-fi of the time. At no point are you fooled into thinking the monster isn't a guy in a costume, and they show this creature in full view multiple times like they're proud of it. The monster eats people head first, so if you're a pervert, you can ogle the shapely young women's asses and legs as they wriggle in its mouth. I won't provide a sample image of that, so instead enjoy this shot of a guy attempting to go full Jeff Jarrett on the titular terror! If this movie asked "Ain't I great?!" you can loudly answer "NO!" It was the subject of an episode of MST3K in the 90s though. While some of their films can be enjoyed without the riffing, I feel like this isn't one that falls into that category. I zoned out a couple times trying to get through it. There is a film about the making of THE CREEPING TERROR that I'd like to check out, though: THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA (2014) details the lengths that Vic Savage went to to get the film made. Lol. I'm surprised there even was an "effort" to make that movie... well other than rounding up a few friends for a weekend and filming whatever plopped into your head. And how dare you deny us shapely women!!! Hahaha, nice review.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 1, 2018 20:28:20 GMT -5
Didn't MST3K do this one
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 1, 2018 23:47:38 GMT -5
I’ve got this great idea for a holiday horror movie: instead of Silent Night Deadly Night its called Eight Deadly Nights. And instead of dressing up like Santa, the killer dresses up like a rabbi. Obligatory cameo by Adam Sandler to be a murder victim. Funny you should mention it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dNdUGbhjY8WARNING: Trailer has brief butt nudity.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 2, 2018 11:58:45 GMT -5
My review of The Blob (1958)
The Blob is a time capsule filled with everything we associate with American life in the 1950s--diners, classic cars, conservative fashion sense, etc. Personally, I can’t help but sigh at the comparatively low prices of the day. The grocery store in the film sells watermelons at only 4 cents per pound, and one character bemoans that Steve McQueen costed him his movie ticket, which is priced at a scant 80 cents. What a steal!
As with several creature features around this time, it’s pretty obvious the monster is meant to be a metaphor for the Red Scare. It’s a giant red ball of goo that grows larger and larger as it looms over small town America. Nobody can accuse this film of subtlety, I guess. Additionally, James Dean may have been dead for three years at this point, but it’s clear his influence over American youth culture is readily on display. We get a street race just for the fun of it, and the teens are suitably rebellious (but not too rebellious, mind you).
But for as much as it’s a product of its time, The Blob also features a timeless generational divide between a town’s young and old. I’m stricken by how much the actual monster takes a backseat to the squabbling between the McQueen-led teens and the older authority figures that are constantly trying to stop their good time. Unfortunately, this also means we don’t get to spend as much time with the actual Blob as I’d like. The film can get too talky in the middle portion that it leaves the monster’s best moments resigned to the final 20 minutes.
There is much to the generational conflict here that’s definitely particular to the decade, but it’s just as true today as it were sixty years ago how the older generation can be so quick to write off the youth as silly. The police are infuriating even by horror film standards, refusing to listen to the teens at every turn until it’s far too late. We’re some ways away from counterculture encouraging open distrust and contempt for law enforcement, but the idea is clearly there, even if doesn’t go any further than talkback from the teens’ end.
The film correctly realizes that a plot about a town being terrorized by jelly donut filling is absolutely ridiculous so things are kept tongue-in-cheek throughout. This is best exemplified by the Bacharach-penned “Beware of the Blob” which plays during the opening credits. Every scene is also shot in vibrant colors, which gives the film almost a comic book vibe. The Blob’s invasion of the movie theatre is an iconic set piece, a perfect visual for American fears of communist takeover.
There’s a lot to the film that’s par the course for B-movies of the era but if you’re looking for one that captures the ideas and culture of a particular point in American history, this is a good choice. And as I’ve somehow yet to mention, it’s pretty fun to boot.
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Post by DSR on Dec 4, 2018 0:10:44 GMT -5
TERRIFIED (1962) is a film in which a college-aged couple, David and Marge (played by Steve Drexel and Tracy Olsen, respectively), drive out to an old ghost town at night to visit local vagrant Crazy Bill (sounds reasonable). When they get there, ol' CB has been murdered. The couple decide to go out and get assistance from the police, while a friend who just showed up on the scene, Ken (Rod Lauren) decides to hang around and try to prevent the killer from making a getaway. The bulk of the film's run-time concerns the cat-and-mouse game between Ken, who just so happens to be writing a term paper on the effects of terror on the human mind, and the masked madman, who one character posits has an obsession with Marge. The film is neither a great hidden gem nor a so-bad-it's-good laugh riot. It's solidly middle of the road. If you've already got it on a Mill Creek multipack, it's not a total bore, but if you don't have it, I wouldn't urge you to seek it out. *shrug*
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 4, 2018 7:29:44 GMT -5
Random question, but how many horror movies has Disney directly made? I have good memories of Arachnophobia
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Post by DSR on Dec 4, 2018 15:35:43 GMT -5
Random question, but how many horror movies has Disney directly made? I have good memories of Arachnophobia Would SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES count?
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 4, 2018 16:08:04 GMT -5
Random question, but how many horror movies has Disney directly made? I have good memories of Arachnophobia Would SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES count? IMDB defines it as fantasy, mystery, thriller, but it’s open to interpretation.
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Post by DSR on Dec 4, 2018 16:28:25 GMT -5
Would SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES count? IMDB defines it as fantasy, mystery, thriller, but it’s open to interpretation. I've honestly never seen it, but heard it's creepy. That might've been from people that saw it as a kid, though. *shrug*
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 4, 2018 21:23:34 GMT -5
IMDB defines it as fantasy, mystery, thriller, but it’s open to interpretation. I've honestly never seen it, but heard it's creepy. That might've been from people that saw it as a kid, though. *shrug* The effects are quite dated, yet there is no denying the power in it ssense of timing. A little kid being startled by a guillotine coming down-only to realize it is his own face he sees in the basket-will never not be gut wrenching. But I think its real power is in the sheer realization it is a Disney production, an dcomparing it to the Disney of today. I’ve thought for a long time now that Mr Dark would make a perfect heartless level stage boss for a Kingdom Hearts game.
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