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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 15, 2018 23:40:24 GMT -5
So really not much trivia for Tonight's Sven. Next week they doing a Three Stooges Movie Have rocket will travel? If so I saw that earlier this yeAr on Sven.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 15, 2018 23:41:47 GMT -5
Yep
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 16, 2018 0:29:58 GMT -5
It was either that Stooges film or Mr Sardonicus that was the first Sven I saw when MeTV was added to our channels earlier this year.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 16, 2018 0:33:24 GMT -5
I find the old version of the show on youtube
A shame they can't show of those movies
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 16, 2018 14:28:23 GMT -5
My review of Santa's Slay (2005)
Santa’s Slay goes down just as easy as the best glass of spiked eggnog. It’s a bunch of late night B-movie goodness that wastes no time in unwrapping the heart of the plot. There are no extended sequences of Santa becoming a demon. There is no lengthy backstory that we’re probably not gonna care about anyway. It’s Bill Goldberg kicking ass in a Santa suit right from the start and it’s all the better for it.
It’s at once odd that Christmas-themed horror movies have become their own little genre, but then I realize how it easy it is to pervert a holiday that jams peace and joy down our throats every year. It’s an occasion just begging to be skewered. I mean, come on, why do you think so many people cite Die Hard as their favorite Christmas movie? For as much some people try to argue that all Christmas movies need to be happy, the holiday isn’t really like that for a lot of people, so it’s just as important to have films that reflect the collective mood. Sure, a film in which Santa slaughters families, strippers, and carolers may seem upsetting, but don’t deny it’s a product of the great deal of angst that comes along with all the jingle bells.
As with virtually any film of this type, it’s laced with black comedy, though I admit I didn’t find the jokes to be that funny. It kinda feels like I’m watching Bad Santa, and I don’t particularly like Bad Santa. There are some Jewish jokes thrown in here, which I guess isn’t so bad considering much of the cast and crew are Jewish themselves, but I still find them tasteless in a way I can’t quite articulate. The violence is gratuitous but comical. Again, the main draw here is watching Goldberg kick ass in a Santa suit, and much of the amusement is meant to derive from that premise. Nobody can accuse it of not delivering what’s advertised
However, literally none of the violence is nearly as shocking as the several recognizable faces featured in this film. There’s Goldberg obviously but, man, Emilie de Ravin, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, Rebecca Gayheart, and James Caan too? James Caan, people! There is someone from The Godfather in this movie. Let that sink in. Casting is the true Christmas miracle here.
So, as I’ve been laying it on thick with the Christmas references, I’ll chuck in a wrestling one as well to wrap things up, because Santa’s Slay plays like most of Goldberg’s matches. It’s short on substance, high on impact, and hooks you from the opening bell. And before you know it, it’s over.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 16, 2018 23:06:12 GMT -5
Just watched Jungle Holocaust. Poor crocodile.
Before that I watched The Emoji Movie and Amateur Night, which were horrifying in a completely different way.
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Post by DSR on Dec 17, 2018 0:46:05 GMT -5
Just finished a re-watch of THE HEARSE (1980) in which a divorced woman (Trish Van Devere) looking to get away from her ordinary life decides to spend a summer at her long-dead aunt's house. The neighborhood is rife with dudes who make unwanted advances or just generally show up at/in her house without even knocking on the door! That stuff's bad enough before the titular hearse tries to run her off the road any time she drives at night. Apparently dear old auntie fell in love with a Satan worshipper and he tried to get her to swear allegiance to the Cloven-Hoofed One. It's possible the townsfolk who didn't trust the aunt now want to keep her bloodline out of that spooky old house, but it's ALSO possible Satan decided to go Pokemon on this family and try to catch 'em all! No blood and pretty simple special effects (doors shutting themselves, broken windows) and Ms. Van Devere might be a little too histrionic at times, but the overall vibe that the townspeople are untrustworthy to start with AND THEN things get worse plays really well. You feel for the woman's plight throughout the film. An enjoyable picture but I wouldn't run out of my way to see it. Also, the hearse's grill looks like a monster face, which I like.
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Post by DSR on Dec 19, 2018 18:07:04 GMT -5
RIP to the legendary Steve Dash, who was Jason in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2.
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Post by DSR on Dec 20, 2018 2:58:39 GMT -5
Tonight I watched ALIEN's more action-oriented sequel ALIENS (1986), directed by James Cameron. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) wakes up from hypersleep 57 years after the end of the first movie to 1.) join a group of space marines in a mission to exterminate the xenomorphs (the fact that there's 2 direct sequels to this movie and then 2 more where they Versus some Predators should tell you how well that went) and 2.) play surrogate mother to a pre-teen girl named Newt. This is one of those instances where I had never seen a film directly, but I'd seen plenty of parodies, homages, ripoffs, etc. to know the gist of the story before going in. It was a little hard for the film to impress me due to cultural osmosis, but it does feature great performances from cult-favorite actors like Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, and the late Bill Paxton, and of course Ms. Weaver remains a joy to behold. The titular aliens are still a striking visual, even if they are easier to kill when marines have actual firepower to unleash upon them. My overall point is that there's a reason pop-culture absorbed this film so thoroughly. It's really good! I'd like to gather everyone involved for a big group-hug. ...Looks like somebody else tried the same idea I just had.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 20, 2018 18:53:14 GMT -5
Feels like I am one of the few that doesn't like Aliens. I wanted another sci fi/horror. But instead got Reagan era action movie.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 20, 2018 19:42:52 GMT -5
I've been slowly making my way through The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. Ugh. Why is this getting so much praise? Just watched episode 7 and it was the most boring episode of TV I've seen in a long time.
What bugs me the most about it is that you just know it's going to be embraced by people who otherwise turn their nose at horror stuff so they can say, "See, this doesn't need gore and gratuity to be scary, unlike all that other stuff." You know the type of person I'm referring to, right? The type of person who thinks the boat ride scene in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is the scariest thing they've ever seen? The type of person whose knowledge of the genre only extends to that one time they watched The Sixth Sense at a sleepover? This show isn't scary and for all its pretenses of being thoughtful horror, it's just an overlong, melodramatic bore.
With that said, I will now hate watch it until the end.
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Post by DSR on Dec 21, 2018 1:44:32 GMT -5
Feels like I am one of the few that doesn't like Aliens. I wanted another sci fi/horror. But instead got Reagan era action movie. I mean, the super-macho-bullshit-parade of the first half wasn't really working for me, but then once the bulk of the "badass" marines got wasted and we're down to Ellen Ripley and a small handful of people, it got a lot better.
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Post by DSR on Dec 27, 2018 1:17:30 GMT -5
RIP to Spanish director Jorge Grau, famous for the zombie cult classic THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE, also known as LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 27, 2018 17:54:39 GMT -5
Alone in the Dark 1982.
A movie saved by its casting, any lesser talents acting and the movie would have been a disaster.
It opens with the most disgusting meal I have ever seen. Thankfully Dr Loomis weren't as stupid as his equivalent in this movie.
I got sceptical when I realised it was a home invasion movie as I have never liked them, especially with kids involved, but it didn't push that aspect as much as I had thought.
What is up with the fat killer? Why is he a pedophile? He certainly doesn't act like one. Thankfully so, but his lack of acting on it when given the chance makes zero sense.
Luckily the kid is rather plucky and clever, literally cutting his legs from under him.
Which is more than you can say for the adults, how slow to act rationally can you be?
It was a fun time though, not many films have a damn heel turn in it. Not that that reveal makes any sense either.
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Post by mystermystery on Dec 28, 2018 20:29:46 GMT -5
Alone in the Dark 1982. A movie saved by its casting, any lesser talents acting and the movie would have been a disaster. It opens with the most disgusting meal I have ever seen. Thankfully Dr Loomis weren't as stupid as his equivalent in this movie. I got sceptical when I realised it was a home invasion movie as I have never liked them, especially with kids involved, but it didn't push that aspect as much as I had thought. What is up with the fat killer? Why is he a pedophile? He certainly doesn't act like one. Thankfully so, but his lack of acting on it when given the chance makes zero sense. Luckily the kid is rather plucky and clever, literally cutting his legs from under him. Which is more than you can say for the adults, how slow to act rationally can you be? It was a fun time though, not many films have a damn heel turn in it. Not that that reveal makes any sense either. Stealing a story from the JunkFoodCinema episode on this film: The band at the end of the film is called "The Sick ****s" and years later, one of the members ran into Jack Palance somewhere and greeted him by saying they were also in the movie, "I was one of the Sick ****s." and Palance replied "We were all sick ****s on that one."
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Post by DSR on Dec 28, 2018 23:22:07 GMT -5
ALIEN3 (1992) (No, I'm not bothering to render it to look like ALIEN CUBED) begins shortly after ALIENS ends, as Ripley in her hypersleep pod is ejected from the ship meant to take her home and lands in a penal colony filled with horrible prisoners, rapists, murderers, etc. All male. Following her to this prison planet is, of course, a xenomorph. AND Ripley finds out that she's got yet another xenomorph growing inside herself.
Charles S. Dutton is on hand as one of the prisoners. He's always good (been a fan since his Fox sitcom, Roc). But there's some really dodgy CGI and the film feels just unnecessary. It's just kinda there.
ALIEN RESURRECTION (1997) comes 200 years later, as a clone of the original, long-dead Ripley has a chestburster alien pulled from her body safely and taken by a military installation in an attempt to use the future xenomorph as something akin to an attack dog. When trying to contain the creatures ultimately fails, this new Ripley teams with a group of mercenaries to escape the ship their on. But, with Ripley now being somewhere between human and alien, the mercs aren't completely sure they can trust her.
Co-stars Dan Hedaya, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, and Winona Ryder. Written by Joss Whedon and featuring his particular brand of humor. The film plays like a parody of the series as a whole thus far, which might piss some folks off, but I enjoyed it. Sigourney Weaver isn't the only human/alien hybrid in this film. The other one I found pretty damn neat, in a disgusting way.
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Post by DSR on Dec 29, 2018 17:59:14 GMT -5
BLOOD MANIA (1970) concerns a bed-ridden, sick old man (Eric Allison), his daughter Victoria (Maria De Aragon), and his doctor Craig (Peter Carpenter). The daughter is madly in love with the doctor, who won't give her the time of day. But when a former associate of Craig's shows up to try and persuade him to hand over a large sum of money or else expose the doctor's illegal activities from early in his career, Victoria sees an opportunity. She'll get the money, but Dr. Craig will now basically be wrapped around her little finger. Craig reluctantly agrees and Victoria kills her father, making it look like he suffered from a stroke. Victoria didn't count on her father's will, though, which stipulates that almost everything goes to her estranged younger sister, Gail (Vicki Peters). Dr. Craig will soon become smitten with Gail, and the two events will cause Victoria to lose her goddamn mind, and FINALLY the titular blood mania will ensue... The very end of the film plays as horror, and the opening credits and theme are horrific, but the full 70 or so minutes in between (of an 80-minute movie) is straight-up soap opera! Not even an interesting soap opera, at that. Characters are either written specifically to be unlikable "bitches" (the word is uttered frequently throughout the film) or they aren't written at all. They just kinda exist. Pervos might enjoy the fact that the ladies that take their clothes off and writhe around are very appealing to look at, but we have the internet now. You really don't need to waste your time with this otherwise boring flick to watch boobs get fondled. The title screen, which somehow happens to be the scariest thing in this so-called horror film.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 29, 2018 19:59:44 GMT -5
Next weeks Sven is the Ghost of Frankenstein
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Dec 29, 2018 20:27:01 GMT -5
ALIEN3 (1992) (No, I'm not bothering to render it to look like ALIEN CUBED) begins shortly after ALIENS ends, as Ripley in her hypersleep pod is ejected from the ship meant to take her home and lands in a penal colony filled with horrible prisoners, rapists, murderers, etc. All male. Following her to this prison planet is, of course, a xenomorph. AND Ripley finds out that she's got yet another xenomorph growing inside herself. Charles S. Dutton is on hand as one of the prisoners. He's always good (been a fan since his Fox sitcom, Roc). But there's some really dodgy CGI and the film feels just unnecessary. It's just kinda there. ALIEN RESURRECTION (1997) comes 200 years later, as a clone of the original, long-dead Ripley has a chestburster alien pulled from her body safely and taken by a military installation in an attempt to use the future xenomorph as something akin to an attack dog. When trying to contain the creatures ultimately fails, this new Ripley teams with a group of mercenaries to escape the ship their on. But, with Ripley now being somewhere between human and alien, the mercs aren't completely sure they can trust her. Co-stars Dan Hedaya, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, and Winona Ryder. Written by Joss Whedon and featuring his particular brand of humor. The film plays like a parody of the series as a whole thus far, which might piss some folks off, but I enjoyed it. Sigourney Weaver isn't the only human/alien hybrid in this film. The other one I found pretty damn neat, in a disgusting way. which version of ALIEN3 did you watch ..... theatrical or directors cut? i liked the DC except for the crappier ending also ALIEN RESURRECTION is a good one too, saw it in the cinema, and felt really sorry for the hybrid at the end ..... didn't deserve such a horrific end! funny story, i got the vhs widescreen of ALIEN3 for that christmas, and watched it THAT MORNING i was a weird kid i also loved reading the ALIENS comic series watched the classic THE THING just before christmas day on BR ..... that i got LAST christmas also SORCERER too, which could count as a "horror"?
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 29, 2018 20:33:55 GMT -5
BLOOD MANIA (1970) concerns a bed-ridden, sick old man (Eric Allison), his daughter Victoria (Maria De Aragon), and his doctor Craig (Peter Carpenter). The daughter is madly in love with the doctor, who won't give her the time of day. But when a former associate of Craig's shows up to try and persuade him to hand over a large sum of money or else expose the doctor's illegal activities from early in his career, Victoria sees an opportunity. She'll get the money, but Dr. Craig will now basically be wrapped around her little finger. Craig reluctantly agrees and Victoria kills her father, making it look like he suffered from a stroke. Victoria didn't count on her father's will, though, which stipulates that almost everything goes to her estranged younger sister, Gail (Vicki Peters). Dr. Craig will soon become smitten with Gail, and the two events will cause Victoria to lose her goddamn mind, and FINALLY the titular blood mania will ensue... The very end of the film plays as horror, and the opening credits and theme are horrific, but the full 70 or so minutes in between (of an 80-minute movie) is straight-up soap opera! Not even an interesting soap opera, at that. Characters are either written specifically to be unlikable "bitches" (the word is uttered frequently throughout the film) or they aren't written at all. They just kinda exist. Pervos might enjoy the fact that the ladies that take their clothes off and writhe around are very appealing to look at, but we have the internet now. You really don't need to waste your time with this otherwise boring flick to watch boobs get fondled. The title screen, which somehow happens to be the scariest thing in this so-called horror film. Which budget set did you watch that on? I know I have it on at least one, but haven't gotten around to watching it. Going by your review I think I'll hold off a while more. As for me I watched the Full Moon triple feature DVD release Rituals of the Occult and Silent Night (2012) the update of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise. Some thoughts on the Rituals of the Occult movies... 1. Netherworld This is the A picture of the set so to speak though it's a B or C picture at best. This was before Full Moon had all their funding cut and had at least something of a budget to work with. Its about a young man who goes to take over his recently deceased father's estate Louisiana and gets caught up with how exactly his father died along the way. It involves voodoo and BIRDS! Lots and lots of birds. This DVD comes with a Video Zone making of piece about the movie and in it the director just said he didn't want to make a cliché voodoo movie so just threw birds in to create his own mythos. Its certainly odd, but not exactly good. 2. Voodoo Academy I went into this movie cold and had no idea it was a homoerotic horror movie. If you look at the poster for the sequel and some of the director's other movies they are clearly marketed as such. But Full Moon just smacked this one in the middle of two other films that have nothing to do with homoeroticism. Some of the stuff in this makes Nightmare on Elm Street 2 look tame by comparison. Regardless of your sexual orientation though this one is about as likely to get you turned on as the silly torture scenes in Bloody Pit of Horror. Anyway, the plot revolves around a college freshman newly enrolled in a small religious program of six students who admit him and have classes start the same day as his admissions interview (seems legit). The other students start acting funny after going through a purification process performed by the religious leader of the school. Then they start disappearing. Between these two things there is a lot of the students running around in their underpants and feeling themselves or being felt by the leader. 3. Totem This movie is about six strangers who meet in a cabin in the middle of nowhere after being compelled to do so by some strange force. They determine at one point that three of them have to be killers and three have to be victims which naturally creates some uneasiness. If that was just the premise and everything else about the movie was different you might have something watchable. As it is this one meanders along and never delivers on that setup. There are some swerves, but nothing too original or interesting. Luckily it is only a hair over an hour long. As for Silent Night (2012)… I actually really like that movie. It's a Santa slasher with Santa going after his victims from the start and with a fairly high body count. Plus, Malcolm McDowell is always delightful. They even had a reference to the garbage day meme from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. It is a shame, this updated version never got a sequel.
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