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Post by Kroot bringing Justice on Sept 29, 2009 2:48:45 GMT -5
The Elm Street trailer, nothing offensive *Though seeing Bay's name on it does have me apprehensive, see my opinion on Transformers for my opinion of Bay* but nothing that really catches my interest other than a few nods to the first one. But I'm optimistic about it *I gotta be the only person who prefers the TCM remake to the original, think the original is dreadful personally*
Oh yeah, wish I had known about this thread earlier.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 29, 2009 9:40:03 GMT -5
Just got an early Halloween present in the mail - a trifecta of older movies that for some reason weren't in my collection already. The original Child's Play (20th anniversary DVD), The Howling, and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, which I haven't seen in over ten years. Expect some thoughts on those as I see them, or at least the special features, which should have a bunch of unfamiliar info.
Well, one preliminary thought on The Howling - I don't know what it is, but werewolf movies have pretty unintentionally hilarious endings. Both this flick and An American Werewolf in London have laugh-out-loud denouments.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Sept 29, 2009 11:28:08 GMT -5
My thoughts on the Elm Street Trailer:
Meh. The homages were great, and I loved the opening. But, I'm not big on Freddy's new voice (once I get used to it I should be fine) and the quick glimpse at his new face wasn't pleasing.
I've been doing my best to stay optimistic for this movie, since I loved the Friday the 13th re-imagining. But, I'm getting nothing more than a meh feeling towards it.
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Post by andrew8798 on Sept 29, 2009 21:38:11 GMT -5
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Post by theryno665 on Sept 29, 2009 21:50:02 GMT -5
I'll watch it. I may be a weirdo but I love these kinds of weird disturbing movies. I do too, but...uhhh...I never thought I'd say this but that might be too much for me. I don't know why but something about that last scene was pretty unnerving, which doesn't really happen to me. ...Which may just be why I probably will end up seeing it somehow.
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Post by tap on Sept 29, 2009 22:04:02 GMT -5
I'll watch it. I may be a weirdo but I love these kinds of weird disturbing movies. I do too, but...uhhh...I never thought I'd say this but that might be too much for me. I don't know why but something about that last scene was pretty unnerving, which doesn't really happen to me. ...Which may just be why I probably will end up seeing it somehow. This post is almost tempting me to write a lengthy review about Pier Paulo Pasolini's Salo, defending it as a horror film!
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Sept 29, 2009 22:22:57 GMT -5
I would like to state that Carrie is my favorite film ever.
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Sept 29, 2009 22:45:24 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 29, 2009 22:51:29 GMT -5
I do too, but...uhhh...I never thought I'd say this but that might be too much for me. I don't know why but something about that last scene was pretty unnerving, which doesn't really happen to me. ...Which may just be why I probably will end up seeing it somehow. This post is almost tempting me to write a lengthy review about Pier Paulo Pasolini's Salo, defending it as a horror film! I've seen Salo. Wrong doesn't even begin to describe some of the happenings in that movie.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Sept 29, 2009 22:57:14 GMT -5
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Post by Ken Ivory on Sept 30, 2009 13:56:23 GMT -5
Just threw on Nightmare 2 DVD as I've not seen it in a while. That silly bus driver missed their stop!
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Post by Ken Ivory on Sept 30, 2009 14:49:50 GMT -5
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Post by tap on Sept 30, 2009 15:12:47 GMT -5
I honestly don't like this song at all. But he has a song on the new album called "The Man Who Laughs." Please be good, because What? sucks. This may seem controversial, I dunno, but... I think Michael Powell's Peeping Tom is so much better than that other iconic horror film that came out in 1960.
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Post by theryno665 on Sept 30, 2009 17:20:00 GMT -5
Danny Trejo makes this a much see for me. I'd watch that man perform Shakespeare or do a kid's show. Hell, those are both awesome ideas! Thanks, me.
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Post by DSR on Oct 1, 2009 0:15:09 GMT -5
So I was doing my grocery shopping this week and noticed that there's Christmas stuff for sale already! Selection boxes, seasonal candy, decorations the lot! A whole isle of the stuff. meanwhile there is a tiny little corner for Halloween stuff. I really don't like how Halloween is being pushed further and further into the backburner in favour of promoting Christmas earlier. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas but wait til Halloween is over first! Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, and as a result, I wind up hating Christmas more and more every year. Part of it is this phenomenon you just mentioned, part of it is the fact that working at a Salvation Army Thrift Store means I have to handle people's useless Christmas decor every day out of the year, and another part is listening to those godawful carols every day for an entire month. Yet I suggest we listen to the Monster Mash (cause there's hardly any Halloween themed music out there), and every October my monsters remain completely unmashed.
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Post by mysterydriver on Oct 1, 2009 15:26:37 GMT -5
Tried to watch Final Draft today about a Screenwriter who locks himself in a room in order to meet a deadline and starts to see things...but got bored with it. Maybe I didn't give it a long enough shot, but it was just dragging to me. Maybe some other time I'll be interested in reading it.
Although, despite that, I feel good.
For a side project, I've been working on a book of "Horror Movie Tips" and have 34 pages resulting in 60 Tips. Considering the size of books of that type before, it would probably end up around 70 pages when changed.
Now I'm looking for a someone with decent drawing ability to add little comics to my writing and I think that I'm going to seriously look to get it published. It's a little joke book, in essence, but people like those, too.
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Post by Bullhead on Oct 1, 2009 16:02:10 GMT -5
Just got the Deluxe Edition of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. This is the third time I've bought this movie. I just love it that much.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Oct 1, 2009 16:02:29 GMT -5
Started my "31 Days of Halloween" today. Each day in the month of October, I will watch at least one horror movie. All of this will lead up to Halloween, where I cap it all off with my annual tradition: watching Halloween's 1, 2 and 4. A great addition for me this year is the fact that I just got a brand new Netflix account. I have Ice Cream Man and Basket Case being mailed to me tomorrow. In the meantime, I decided to start my Halloween festivities with a horror movie straight from Netflix's instant watches. Did I choose a classic, an 80's slasher, a supernatural tale, a creature feature, or a cheesy horror movie? In a sense, none of the above. Instead, I watched this gem pile of garbage: ButtcrackPlot:Brian (Doug Ciskowski) is in the midst of proposing to his girlfriend, Annie (Kathy Wittes). Problem is, his vexatious roommate, Wade (Caleb Kreischer), keeps getting in the way. Wade is an overweight couch potato, who always has his buttcrack sticking out. This continually grosses out Annie, to the point in which she can no longer be around Brian, as long as the grobby Wade is around (which he always is). Thanks in part to his friend, Ken (Rob Hayward), Brian finally has some alone time with his girlfriend. Wade is out to go see a movie with Ken, leaving the frazzled bachelor some alone time to pop the question. Unfortunately, Wade believes Ken is gay and has the hots for him, and storms back to the apartment, once again sabotaging Brian's plans. The grotesque site of Wade's buttcrack makes Annie hurl all over the place, including on Mr. Buttcrack himself. As Wade goes to take a bath to clean off, Brian snaps and accidentally electrocutes Wade via a radio in the bathtub (it slips out of his hands as he frantically tries to turn it off to get some peace and quiet). Brian dupes the cops into believing Wade accidentally knocked the radio into the tub, killing himself. At the funeral, Wade's sister (who was coming down to visit) sees through Brian's lies, and puts a curse on him. The next time somebody says buttcrack twelve times in one breath, Wade will come back from the dead and stand up for himself. Coincidentally, Annie says buttcrack twelve times in one breath, bring the roasted tub of lard back from the dead. Now, along with the assistance of Preacher Man Bob (Mojo Nixon), the gang must thwart Wade's plans and put him to rest for good. Review:I expected Buttcrack to be bad, but in a cheesy fun way. Instead, it ended up being just plain bad. The characters are annoying (especially Preacher Man Bob), the plot is muddled, the acting is terrible (even for a low-budget movie) and the pacing is off. The film is only 67 minutes long, but takes it sweet time getting to Wade's death. It's not until a little after the 30 minute mark that Wade gets fried like barbecue on the Fourth of July. Even then, the movie takes awhile until the curse it put upon Brian. There are scenes in the film (such as Preacher Man Bob giving Ken a sermon about God and the Devil) that don't belong in the film. They feel like they were lumped in to pad the time, which is pretty lousy for a movie that barely qualifies as a feature film. Once Wade does come after the gang, it's nothing but a boring letdown. Nothing worth noting happens, as Wade doesn't act as a zombie. He acts as his idiotic self, not as a brainless zombie. It's not until his sister informs him that he has to kill Brian in order to rest for eternity that he reluctantly starts his homicidal act. Once the act starts up, it's strangely shot in which you have no idea what is happening. As I finished Buttcrack, I felt a few of my IQ points dropping. For a film that only ran for 67 minutes, it felt like it took two hours for it to climax. Nothing about this movie is fun, nor is there anything you can poke fun at. You just idly sit by as your precious time ticks away, wishing you would've chosen a different movie. Final Grade:F
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 1, 2009 16:53:25 GMT -5
I rented Demons and The Church tonight. Nothing to really report, just wanted to say that.
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Post by erisi236 on Oct 1, 2009 17:07:54 GMT -5
I rented Demons and The Church tonight. Nothing to really report, just wanted to say that. Hmm, so basically you rented the same movie twice is what your getting at?
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