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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 16, 2009 19:32:12 GMT -5
Here's my first exposure to the Friday the 13th series - TNN's June 13th, 2003 marathon (of which I was able to catch 6, 7, and 8): I love that commercial. I miss the Friday The 13th marathons that were shown on Spike
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Aug 16, 2009 19:36:06 GMT -5
Here's my first exposure to the Friday the 13th series - TNN's June 13th, 2003 marathon (of which I was able to catch 6, 7, and 8): I love that commercial. I miss the Friday The 13th marathons that were shown on Spike If I'm not mistaken, the one that I saw was their last. As soon as they changed their name to "The New TNN", they dropped the marathons abruptly. A real shame, because they were a blast to watch. At least I got to see the last one. I think I even have 6-8 from this marathon on tape somewhere.
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Post by DSR on Aug 16, 2009 22:04:22 GMT -5
Joe Bob Briggs and Gilbert Gottfried were like my heroes on Saturday nights, filling my head with memories of movies that most people wouldn't consider worth an ounce of crap unless you were watching uncut versions with all the gore and nudity (stuff like Bikini Car Wash and Vice Academy). And yeah, TR, I remember how special of a night it was watching the first 6 F13 movies on Monstervision...though, if I'm not mistaken, they didn't show 4. For some reason, I recall nobody ever playing Final Chapter on TV when I was a kid. It was one of the last ones in the series I had seen, and when I finally got to see it, it was great.
As for AMC's Monsterfest...let's see, they've got Halloween 4 and 5 (which always feel like the exact same movie to me), Pinata: Survival Island, and if you're lucky maybe some old school stuff like Son of Dracula with Lon Chaney Jr. I prefer Turner Classic Movies for showing films uncut and commercial free, and they usually have a better selection of stuff (Mid-60s Japanese body-snatcher horror/sci fi flick GOKE: BODYSNATCHER FROM HELL immediately comes to mind. That movie is spectacular!). Though they usually keep their horror celebration down to a couple days.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 16, 2009 22:22:06 GMT -5
I know last year TCM didn't really show nothing
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Post by DSR on Aug 16, 2009 22:34:11 GMT -5
I know last year TCM didn't really show nothing I know they showed Mr. Sardonicus and Torture Garden (two films I've reviewed in earlier incarnations of this thread). They showed roughly 2 nights worth of stuff. I wish they'd show more, but there's nothin' I can do about it.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 16, 2009 22:35:36 GMT -5
Always love to see the Universal Monster Movies or any of the Godzilla movies
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Post by DSR on Aug 16, 2009 22:45:07 GMT -5
Always love to see the Universal Monster Movies or any of the Godzilla movies Same here. I've noticed a general lack of discussion regarding the older flicks in these threads, but they're so ingrained into the culture that there's really not much TO say about them.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Aug 16, 2009 23:10:26 GMT -5
Joe Bob Briggs and Gilbert Gottfried were like my heroes on Saturday nights, filling my head with memories of movies that most people wouldn't consider worth an ounce of crap unless you were watching uncut versions with all the gore and nudity (stuff like Bikini Car Wash and Vice Academy). And yeah, TR, I remember how special of a night it was watching the first 6 F13 movies on Monstervision...though, if I'm not mistaken, they didn't show 4. For some reason, I recall nobody ever playing Final Chapter on TV when I was a kid. It was one of the last ones in the series I had seen, and when I finally got to see it, it was great. As for AMC's Monsterfest...let's see, they've got Halloween 4 and 5 (which always feel like the exact same movie to me), Pinata: Survival Island, and if you're lucky maybe some old school stuff like Son of Dracula with Lon Chaney Jr. I prefer Turner Classic Movies for showing films uncut and commercial free, and they usually have a better selection of stuff (Mid-60s Japanese body-snatcher horror/sci fi flick GOKE: BODYSNATCHER FROM HELL immediately comes to mind. That movie is spectacular!). Though they usually keep their horror celebration down to a couple days. Yeah, I also remember nobody showing Final Chapter. USA used to have Friday the 13th marathons every time the day came up on the real-life calendar, and it seemed like they had the ability to show every movie except TFC and Jason Lives. Odd. Also, every once in a GREAT while MonsterFest broke out an underlooked gem...I remember a couple years back seeing a film called A Name for Evil that was just HILARIOUSLY bad. It starred Robert Culp and Samantha Eggar, and began like your average haunted house movie, but halfway through the director lost focus and turned it into another anti-establishment late-'60s groovy-baby movie, man. Watching Robert Culp participate in a wild-child counterculture orgy out in the woods was an...interesting thing, to say the least.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 16, 2009 23:14:56 GMT -5
I believe the last time Monsterfest was any good was in 2001 they show all the classic monster movies such as Them, Tarantula, The Giant Gila Monster. They even shown Beginning of the End which wasn't too bad
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Post by DSR on Aug 16, 2009 23:38:50 GMT -5
I believe the last time Monsterfest was any good was in 2001 they show all the classic monster movies such as Them, Tarantula, The Giant Gila Monster. They even shown Beginning of the End which wasn't too bad Beginning of the End I saw thanks to an MST3K DVD I picked up for 2 bucks at Gamestop (the DVD has both the MST version, and the regular version). It's kind of a fun little movie. I enjoy watching grasshoppers walk around on a postcard of a building. ;D
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Aug 17, 2009 23:00:55 GMT -5
Huh - usually when I get up before work there's some posts to respond to, but none in a 24-hour period. THIS WILL NOT STAND! Couple movies that I saw for the first time: Carnival of Souls (1962) - I remember reading about this movie WAY back in the day in one of Roger Ebert's giant-sized movie companions and being intrigued. And for a damn-near 50-year-old black & white story, the flick has some things going for it. In it, a young organist (Candace Hilligoss) who survives a drag racing accident, only to suffer horrific visions of apparitions and the advances of the world of the dead. It's got more than a few creepy moments, but overall, it's a muddled, uneven and downright confusing film to watch. Worth a look, but not a buy. ** 1/2 Tomie (1999) - Ah, now we're talking. Based on Junji Ito's comic book series of the same name, this movie launched a (to-date) eight-film franchise. In this first film, Tomie, along with a boy wearing an eyepatch, have just moved into a new home. At the beginning of the movie, Tomie herself (as played by Miho Kanno) exists in the form of a severed, living head, eventually re-growing her body limb by limb. Fully regenerated, she re-inserts herself in the life of a former acquaintance, whose own past with Tomie has been blocked out by post-traumatic stress. This film was atmospheric, creepy, and even contains a little deep commentary to boot, as the character of Tomie (and the men and women who kill her repeatedly, only for her to come back to life) represents the basic human lust and all the negativity that springs from it. *** 1/2
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 17, 2009 23:25:18 GMT -5
Really nothing to report about. I heard of the two movies but never seen them. Talk to a friend of mine today and brought up a movie I haven't seen in a while. and that movie would be Freaks
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Post by DSR on Aug 18, 2009 0:56:23 GMT -5
Huh - usually when I get up before work there's some posts to respond to, but none in a 24-hour period. THIS WILL NOT STAND! Couple movies that I saw for the first time: Carnival of Souls (1962) - I remember reading about this movie WAY back in the day in one of Roger Ebert's giant-sized movie companions and being intrigued. And for a damn-near 50-year-old black & white story, the flick has some things going for it. In it, a young organist (Candace Hilligoss) who survives a drag racing accident, only to suffer horrific visions of apparitions and the advances of the world of the dead. It's got more than a few creepy moments, but overall, it's a muddled, uneven and downright confusing film to watch. Worth a look, but not a buy. ** 1/2 Tomie (1999) - Ah, now we're talking. Based on Junji Ito's comic book series of the same name, this movie launched a (to-date) eight-film franchise. In this first film, Tomie, along with a boy wearing an eyepatch, have just moved into a new home. At the beginning of the movie, Tomie herself (as played by Miho Kanno) exists in the form of a severed, living head, eventually re-growing her body limb by limb. Fully regenerated, she re-inserts herself in the life of a former acquaintance, whose own past with Tomie has been blocked out by post-traumatic stress. This film was atmospheric, creepy, and even contains a little deep commentary to boot, as the character of Tomie (and the men and women who kill her repeatedly, only for her to come back to life) represents the basic human lust and all the negativity that springs from it. *** 1/2 I've not seen either film. I did see the remake of Carnival of Souls from 1998, and was pretty enthralled by Larry Miller (the dad from 10 Things I Hate About You, and generally a comedic actor) giving a surprisingly creepy performance as the film's villain. Though the remake was generally panned by critics and largely forgotten. *shrug* And yeah, the idea of the film is pretty confusing (either version). The idea was sort of like "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" where everything we see is just an immediate pre-death hallucination for the main character, and as such, it takes on more of the properties of a nightmare than of an actual cohesive story. I could probably put a SPOILER warning here, but a.) we're talking about a film from 1962 (and its remake) and b.) as I said, the films are more about mood and atmosphere than what the actual plot is, so I figure its no biggy.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Aug 18, 2009 11:29:11 GMT -5
And yeah, the idea of the film is pretty confusing (either version). The idea was sort of like "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" where everything we see is just an immediate pre-death hallucination for the main character, and as such, it takes on more of the properties of a nightmare than of an actual cohesive story. I could probably put a SPOILER warning here, but a.) we're talking about a film from 1962 (and its remake) and b.) as I said, the films are more about mood and atmosphere than what the actual plot is, so I figure its no biggy. Know something, DSR? I'll freely admit that the movie's ending surprised me. I SHOULDN'T have been surprised; in addition to Owl Creek Bridge, Jacob's Ladder later used that same formula as well, but nonetheless I got misdirected and Vince Russo-ized by a 50-year-old movie. It's one of those movies with just so much general randomness that there could really only be one solution, but I didn't call it. I actually think that's a good topic for discussion. "Horror movies that made you feel like a moron." Now, there have always been horror movies that try to pull the wool over your eyes - sometimes with a mystery killer angle (which saw a big boom in the late-'90s post- Scream phase), sometimes not (the aforementioned Jacob's Ladder, or The Sixth Sense). And I'm not talking movies that pulled the swerve WELL, like Sleepaway Camp or Sixth Sense, but movies that made you feel like "man, I feel stupid, I should've seen that coming a mile away." For my own, I'd have to say that in addition to Carnival of Souls, Hide and Seek (the Robert DeNiro-Dakota Fanning movie) was a movie that had SUCH an obvious mystery killer that, for whatever reason, I didn't call. I think the deal was that the whole thing was just SO obvious that I figured "nah, that can't possibly be"...and then here comes the finale of the movie and yup, it turns out that it WAS exactly what I'd anticipated all along. ADDED: Well, since today has been the dreaded day where insomnia has hit me hard (even though I'm tired as hell), I've watched two more entries in the sad and rather repetitive case of Tomie Kawakami. I bought this box set for two reasons: (1) It was five movies for twelve bucks, and (2) I loved the concept of Tomie - a totally irredeemable demon girl who all the guys want, all the girls get insanely jealous of, and who generally inspires loads of murder and mayhem wherever she goes. But man, this series is going downhill faster than Scream. Tomie: Another Face (1999) - Rather than a direct sequel to the original, highly effective Tomie, this flick is a collection of three direct-to-TV specials, all centered around the character who invariably gets killed by her current lover only to return and wreak supernatural revenge. And...this one just really sucks. Hard. For those of you who think that I like everything, I'll just flat out say it - these stories were crap. The three stories presented in Tomie: Another Face strive for across-the-board levels of badness, from acting to camera work to writing. Even the actress playing Tomie, Runa Nagai, seems very vanilla and uninspired. 1/2 *. Tomie: replay (2000) - An improvement over the previous entry in the series, although that's not saying much. This one is a little reminiscent of Rasen, the crappy sequel to the original Ringu, in that there's a bunch of medical scientific jargon and a LOT of the movie takes place in a hospital. It concerns a six-year-old girl who appears to be pregnant. Of course, the "baby" turns out to be the dismembered head of Tomie (this time played by Mai Hosho, who does a decent job, although nothing special), who soon regenerates and sets forth destroying the lives of everyone she meets. This movie tries to achieve the low-budget, strange creepiness of the original film, but fails. * 1/2. So, Tomie Parts Deux and Tres sucked the big one...but there is a great ray of hope ahead, as the next entry in the series, Tomie: Re-Birth, is directed by none other than my boy Takashi Shimizu. While I haven't seen the movie yet, I'd be willing to bet that Tomie + Takashi = win. Alright, so two possible avenues of discussion: (1) Horror movies that made you feel like a dumbass, and (2) Any other poor souls out there who have seen the Tomie flicks, please feel free to chime in so I know I'm not talking to myself.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Aug 18, 2009 15:15:54 GMT -5
Horror movies that made me feel retarded...I'd have to go with the third Saw film. Not only did I not see the twist coming, I STILL didn't understand it at the end. I had to go home and read the plot summary on Wikipedia, and when it finally hit me, I felt like a total moron for not getting it.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 18, 2009 18:01:11 GMT -5
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Aug 18, 2009 22:55:52 GMT -5
I ordered the first Prom Night film a few months ago, and was going to end it at that, but recently had a change of heart. I just ordered 2, 3, and 4 (the remake isn't coming anywhere near my shelf). I got the remastered MGM DVD of Hello Mary Lou, the uncut R4 DVD of 3, and the R1 release of 4 (bundled with a bad quality, TV edit of 3 that I won't be watching). Probably the definitive DVD version of each film. With that being said, what does everyone think of the PN sequels?
I actually think 2 is a pretty underrated slasher gem. 3, while a huge departure from the first two, is one of my favorite horror comedies. 4 is a return to the series' darker roots, and while not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, is a decent little slasher flick from a time when the genre was starting to fizzle out.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 19, 2009 0:45:21 GMT -5
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Post by DSR on Aug 19, 2009 1:23:24 GMT -5
I ordered the first Prom Night film a few months ago, and was going to end it at that, but recently had a change of heart. I just ordered 2, 3, and 4 (the remake isn't coming anywhere near my shelf). I got the remastered MGM DVD of Hello Mary Lou, the uncut R4 DVD of 3, and the R1 release of 4 (bundled with a bad quality, TV edit of 3 that I won't be watching). Probably the definitive DVD version of each film. With that being said, what does everyone think of the PN sequels? I actually think 2 is a pretty underrated slasher gem. 3, while a huge departure from the first two, is one of my favorite horror comedies. 4 is a return to the series' darker roots, and while not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, is a decent little slasher flick from a time when the genre was starting to fizzle out. I've only ever seen Hello Mary Lou, as I picked up the Canadian release DVD during a time when it didn't seem like any American company had interest in releasing it. It's a fun little movie, with obvious nods to stuff like Carrie. I thought it was pretty enjoyable, though nothing I can remember off-hand that was good. I may have to re-watch it one of these days. By the way, TR: you may have been swerved by a 50 year old movie, but a buddy of mine was swerved by The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which is somewhere around 90 years old!. As for myself, I can't really think of any "d'oh! That was so obvious!" moments, but you've reminded me of the obscure Universal mystery Horror Island (currently available on the Universal Horror Classic Movie Archive). In it, a large group of people are stuck in an old abandoned mansion, and they're being picked off one-by-one, while a guy is lurking around who is so obvious he may as well have the word KILLER printed on his all-black attire. I figured it was Universal's b-movie machine feeling particularly lazy, but this guy dies off halfway through! I was quite surprised. That's about all I got for the moment.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 19, 2009 12:45:59 GMT -5
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