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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 28, 2009 23:08:08 GMT -5
Got the book last year still need to finished reading it
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 28, 2009 23:39:42 GMT -5
Well, I took the plunge, and dropped about $130 US for a new copy on eBay. Better to grab a copy now while the prices are only slightly outrageous, as opposed to in a few months time when sellers will be asking for $500+ each. This thing better be worth my trouble, I tell ya...
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jun 29, 2009 7:48:47 GMT -5
Well, I took the plunge, and dropped about $130 US for a new copy on eBay. Better to grab a copy now while the prices are only slightly outrageous, as opposed to in a few months time when sellers will be asking for $500+ each. This thing better be worth my trouble, I tell ya... Grats guy and sorry you had to pay that much for it. It is the definitive book on Friday the 13th though. Well peeps I got around to watching My Bloody Valentine 3D on blu-ray this weekend. I won't do too much of a review, but I will say I don't recall having this much fun with any other movie recently. The 3D effect was very good. From the beginning with the newspaper headlines to the end with the pickaxe things just popped off my screen. While it's not necessarily to see the original film I did enjoy the similar scenes/kills to the original. MBV 3D did a good job at keeping people guessing who the killer was, but people who have watched the original could have guessed it pretty easily. The film doesn't have the same impact as a Dawn of the Dead, but it is a fun date movie. And now to rip off Dave Attel and a little comment on one of my favorite scenes from the film... If you see a naked woman running down the street, run with her. Because there is some scary stuff coming down the road.
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Post by DSR on Jun 29, 2009 12:12:37 GMT -5
Get around to reading it yet, DSR? Surprisingly lean read for how monstrous it is; I think I burned through mine in about three days flat. I read the first chapter so far. I'm really not much of a reader. Unless its pages on some silly message board or something. And while I'm here, I figure I'd throw a mini-review your way (and by "your" I mean "whoever", really). I recently picked up a copy of the film The Johnsons. When it comes to horror movies, I generally take the "It's a Small World After All" approach, meaning I wanna see how just about every nation of the world does horror cinema. This is a Dutch horror picture, from 1992, and according to Wikipedia, its the last Dutch horror movie of the 20th century. At any rate, a synopsis: A professor of demonology is tasked by the government with trying to find the meaning of a certain symbol. This symbol was seen splattered all over the walls of children's day care center several years ago, when 7 young boys (brothers) killed all the rest of the children there. These 7 boys (now 21 year old men) have been kept in a high security facility ever since. Meanwhile, a 14-year old girl has been having nightmares about these boys/men (including one in which they rape her), even though she knows nothing of their existence. And that girl's mom, a photographer, has recently been offered the opportunity to do a photoshoot for National Geographic. Worried about her daughter, this mother decides to take the girl on the trip with here. The trip takes these two women to pretty much the middle of nowhere. The only thing resembling a sign of civilization is that high security facility off in the distance... I don't know if The Johnsons is anything to go by, but horror in the Netherlands doesn't seem all that much removed from horror I've seen in England or America. The 7 murderous boys, aside from the rape angle, are portrayed pretty much like Michael Myers: killed someone at a young age, doctors tried to understand them, but ultimately realised there was no way to reach them. And the part about that symbol they've been leaving in blood ties into an old tribal ritual, which feels sort of "Cult of Thorne" -esque. The nightmare sequences are pretty well handled, and there's a few gorey scenes, but there's long stretches between these sorts of events where its just a mother and daughter discussing...uh, that special time in a girls life when her body starts changing. Y'know the one. It is pretty uncomfortable to see the dream sequences involving rape, especially since the girl playing 14 actually looks 14. There's also that professor investigating the supernatural stuff, but the audience is given all the pieces to the puzzle before he finds them. Ultimately, the film is kind of interesting, but generally falls flat. Its not excruciatingly terrible, mind you, its just...there. 2.5 stars out of 5.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jun 29, 2009 17:27:40 GMT -5
Here when you said The Johnsons, I thought you were going to review this: Now THAT'S a horror movie. At any rate, great review. I always read 'em, and seriously, where did you find THIS one? Obscure is putting it lightly. And Guy - damn, dude, that's dedication. $130 for a book. That's something that I didn't even come close to topping when I was obsessed with breaking DSR's horror movie ownerhsip record which I've long since given up on.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 29, 2009 20:51:20 GMT -5
And Guy - damn, dude, that's dedication. $130 for a book. That's something that I didn't even come close to topping when I was obsessed with breaking DSR's horror movie ownerhsip record which I've long since given up on. Interesting...what is DSR's horror movie ownership record? I have a feeling I could come close to topping that one, especially with my recent buying sprees.
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Post by DSR on Jun 29, 2009 22:10:46 GMT -5
Here when you said The Johnsons, I thought you were going to review this: Now THAT'S a horror movie. At any rate, great review. I always read 'em, and seriously, where did you find THIS one? Obscure is putting it lightly. And Guy - damn, dude, that's dedication. $130 for a book. That's something that I didn't even come close to topping when I was obsessed with breaking DSR's horror movie ownerhsip record which I've long since given up on. I found it at a big open air flea market in Ohio. I love that damn place. I also found a copy of Spielberg's DUEL, which I may review later. EDIT: I did want to point out, though, that The Johnsons was released in America by Anchor Bay, way back in 1999. It's been out of print for a long-ass time, though. Last count, I owned around 325 horror movies (just counting DVD). Though that was months ago. I may count 'em up again, see how many more I've got. *shrug*
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 29, 2009 22:20:41 GMT -5
Last count, I owned around 325 horror movies (just counting DVD). Though that was months ago. I may count 'em up again, see how many more I've got. *shrug* Wow, my 115 movie horror collection just got owned
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Post by DSR on Jun 29, 2009 22:27:43 GMT -5
Last count, I owned around 325 horror movies (just counting DVD). Though that was months ago. I may count 'em up again, see how many more I've got. *shrug* Wow, my 115 movie horror collection just got owned Eh, in fairness, I buy A LOT of s****y movies. Like, I own a few of those "10 Movies in a Pack" bundles. Those things add up, y'know. They add up to a pile of crap sometimes, but they add up, nonetheless.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 29, 2009 22:51:45 GMT -5
I thought I'd throw in a review I remember watching this when I was a kid and absolutly loving the hell out of it mainly because of the gore, so a few days ago I decided to watch it because I hadn't seen it in a good few years and also to see if it was as good now as it was then. And you know what, It is and that's not nostalgia talking. It's a remake of a Steve Mcqueen movie from the 50's and instead of a retread they added a little more explenation into the Blob's origin and although they use the cliche of "Military Experiment gone wrong" it actually works for this and IMO beats the original. It's basically a meteor crashes to earth and inside is a blob like substance that attaches itself to a tramp's hand and is taken to hospital were it eats the entire lower half (Awesome FX BTW) and escapes to go on a feeding frenzy and gets bigger (MUCH bigger) and it's up to our likable heroes played very well by Shawnee Smith (Saw) & Kevin "Don't call me Matt" Dillon to stop it, But half way through it's revealed that the blob is in fact a goverment experiment on Germ Warfare that went haywire and the military clean up crew are there to cover all tracks (Including the residents). The Major reason people like this flick are the special FX which are amazing given it's budget & time period, The Blob creature itself is very well done and although it's Blob of pink slime is a frightning creature because the way it kills is just downright ugh, It melt people away which you see in graphic detail. The Gore is good too not just the Blobs M.O but it's other ways of death dealing which include dragging a guy through a kitchen Sink in full detail (Messy). Although it sounds like a run of the mill B-movie it throws you some curveballs like the one guy who looks to be the hero but is actually the second to be killed off (Plus a few surprises), Plus they kill a kid. I also love the Dig at "Friday the 13th" with the Movie within a movie called "Garden Tool Massacre" which actually looks awesome (I wish it was real) The Blob is a 1980's B-movie cheesefest and it knows and embrases it by ticking all the right boxes, it's full of cliches but they add to the film's charm and make it a fast but perfectly paced 80's classic. I actually grew to appreciate The Blob remake a lot more the older I got. It is both goofy and grim all at once. Great gag effects, and an awesome ending. Good stuff, Tom.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jun 30, 2009 0:04:42 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I could have gone for that ending as well, Rorschach. When I first went and saw The Village in its theatrical release, I was pretty damn amped, because (I kid you not), at the time, Shyamalan was my FAVORITE director. He's dropped CONSIDERABLY on that barometer since then, but that's beside the point. When I was watching it, much like all of his earlier films I found myself VERY wrapped up in the human plot, and the whole "monsters" subplot just seemed like the icing on the cake, but then when he paid it off in such a ludicrous way I felt cheated. Hence why I would have just preferred the whole "Those We Do Not Speak Of" plot to just be eliminated entirely, although yours would work as well. And I'm definitely in agreement with you on The Happening. Good lord, that movie sucked. Still, I'll defend his first three movies until the end of time, considering that now there's a contingent that maintain that ALL of his movies suck, which just isn't the case. Shymalan is still one of my favorite directors. I LOVE his first three movies. HOWEVER, he is not the genius writer/director he believes himself to be. I hope the Avatar movies redeem him as a director, but he really shouldn't try to write.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 30, 2009 0:40:30 GMT -5
Just read that there is a Remake of An American Werewolf in London in the works
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 30, 2009 2:30:44 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jun 30, 2009 8:43:37 GMT -5
Shymalan is still one of my favorite directors. I LOVE his first three movies. HOWEVER, he is not the genius writer/director he believes himself to be. I hope the Avatar movies redeem him as a director, but he really shouldn't try to write. Wow - somebody sold one of my little manifestos. Awesomeness! Anyway, I'm in complete agreement with you. His first three movies are absolutely amazing, and I think it's ridiculous that everybody looks back on them now, usually with extremely dumb/old-hat "WHAT A TWIST!" jokes, as crap. I could post another manifesto, but the short version is that The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs are ANYTHING but that.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 30, 2009 14:05:05 GMT -5
Update on the Remake of An American Werewolf in London
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jun 30, 2009 14:12:29 GMT -5
Update on the Remake of An American Werewolf in London Beautiful. Because I'm not happy until we dragged a plot idea to it's bloody, raw death and proceed to bury it upside down and pee on it. Didn't they already try this with An American Werewolf in Paris?
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Post by DSR on Jun 30, 2009 14:19:05 GMT -5
Shymalan is still one of my favorite directors. I LOVE his first three movies. HOWEVER, he is not the genius writer/director he believes himself to be. I hope the Avatar movies redeem him as a director, but he really shouldn't try to write. Wow - somebody sold one of my little manifestos. Awesomeness! Anyway, I'm in complete agreement with you. His first three movies are absolutely amazing, and I think it's ridiculous that everybody looks back on them now, usually with extremely dumb/old-hat "WHAT A TWIST!" jokes, as crap. I could post another manifesto, but the short version is that The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs are ANYTHING but that. I've not seen Signs, but I really enjoy Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, even after knowing the "twist." Shyamalan could write some really compelling characters (the mom and son in The Sixth Sense, David and Elijah in Unbreakable) and he pulled amazing performances from his (admittedly, pretty amazing anyway) cast.
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Post by DSR on Jun 30, 2009 14:23:08 GMT -5
Update on the Remake of An American Werewolf in London AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN DETROIT! Werewolf: Raawrrr-hey wait, Detroit is IN America. Isn't this a little redundant? *Werewolf promptly killed by gangs* THE END!
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jun 30, 2009 14:32:58 GMT -5
Update on the Remake of An American Werewolf in London AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN DETROIT! Werewolf: Raawrrr-hey wait, Detroit is IN America. Isn't this a little redundant? *Werewolf promptly killed by gangs* THE END! Don't forget the blacplotation classic- "AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN HARLEM" villain- I'm going to turn this disco into a hockey rink. Werewolf- You mean a honkey rink! And yes, I did steal that dialogue from the Simpsons.
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Post by DSR on Jun 30, 2009 14:44:40 GMT -5
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN WHICHEVER OF THE DAKOTAS DOESN'T HAVE MT. RUSHMORE
Werewolf: RAAAWWWR!!! RAAWWWRRRRR!! *snarl* RAAAAAWWWRRR! *looks around* There's like, nothing to do in this state. Could we maybe get those gangs from Detroit to come over?
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