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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 27, 2010 9:42:40 GMT -5
 "Welcome to slavery." That just reminds me of this... ...which used to regularly pop up around midnight when I wasn't supposed to be watching TV and summarily scare the crap out of me. ;D |
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Post by andrew8798 on May 27, 2010 19:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 28, 2010 12:22:04 GMT -5
New induction on my blog - the first in the series that I've been watching the hell out of lately, Richard Donner's original The Omen... ihrregistry.blogspot.com |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2010 13:48:26 GMT -5
New induction on my blog - the first in the series that I've been watching the hell out of lately, Richard Donner's original The Omen... ihrregistry.blogspot.comSeeing this, i'm shocked that you at least didn't mention that this was the first Hollywood-type movie to feature a full-on decapitation. (NSFW; Nothing too violent, but it's a guy getting beheaded, so I wanna be safe) I haven't even seen the movie, so right now was the first time I saw the decapitation. Insane for it's time. Actually, still great now. Although the remake's decapitation is still pretty friggin' sweet.  |
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 28, 2010 14:15:03 GMT -5
New induction on my blog - the first in the series that I've been watching the hell out of lately, Richard Donner's original The Omen... ihrregistry.blogspot.comSeeing this, i'm shocked that you at least didn't mention that this was the first Hollywood-type movie to feature a full-on decapitation. (NSFW; Nothing too violent, but it's a guy getting beheaded, so I wanna be safe) I haven't even seen the movie, so right now was the first time I saw the decapitation. Insane for it's time. Actually, still great now. Although the remake's decapitation is still pretty friggin' sweet. Really??! That's THE first Hollywood decapitation? That's honestly news to me. Awesomeness. The only bit of head-death-related merryment I'm aware of is that The Brood takes the honors for having the first EXPLODING head, narrowly beating out Scanners.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2010 14:46:12 GMT -5
Seeing this, i'm shocked that you at least didn't mention that this was the first Hollywood-type movie to feature a full-on decapitation. (NSFW; Nothing too violent, but it's a guy getting beheaded, so I wanna be safe) I haven't even seen the movie, so right now was the first time I saw the decapitation. Insane for it's time. Actually, still great now. Although the remake's decapitation is still pretty friggin' sweet. Really??! That's THE first Hollywood decapitation? That's honestly news to me. Awesomeness. The only bit of head-death-related merryment I'm aware of is that The Brood takes the honors for having the first EXPLODING head, narrowly beating out Scanners. I don't know if that's THE first in Hollywood, but it's definitely ONE of the first, and definitely THE first one that garnered the decapitation into the mainstream. And hey, I didn't know about the EXPLODING head thing either, so...we're even. |
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Post by Chainsaw on May 29, 2010 2:54:46 GMT -5
Don't know if this has been posted, but I found this reading a column over at 411Mania. spookshowinternational.blogspot.com/I believe this is a blog-type site for WC's lovable scapegoat known as Rob Zombie. If you scroll down a little, past the weird pictures, he has a poll up that has been going on for a bit. There's only 3 days left, but he answers the following question. What movie would you like to see next?*Werewolf Women of the SS *The Blob *Tyrannosaurus Rex *The Devil's Rejects: Part 2 May I add, where the hell is the "NOTHING! Please go away!" option. Bullcrap, I tell you. Better yet, where's the "What movie do you not want to see my wife do with me?" trick question at. Cause yes...it would be a trick question. ...Why the hell do they think there would be a Devil's Rejects 2? |
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 29, 2010 6:58:35 GMT -5
...Why the hell do they think there would be a Devil's Rejects 2? Yeah, I'm kind of lost on that one, too. Kind of like how First Blood eventually turns into Rambo III. |
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Post by mysterydriver on May 29, 2010 11:11:36 GMT -5
I'm not surprised to see that The Blob is in last for the poll.
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Still haven't watched Legion. Haven't tried in two or three days. Part of me has given up on seeing it.
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Wrote down my thoughts while watching the movie Sorority Row some time ago. Found the Word Doc on my computer, so I cleaned it up, threw on a semi-rant, and added it to the "Mind-to-Mouth" site that is in my sig. I enjoy that I'm essentially cheating by not giving a "real" review and instead just watching, commenting then, and forgetting the forgettable as soon as possible.
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Oh...and...here's the trailer for Lost Boys: The Thrist
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Post by Rorschach on May 29, 2010 15:16:55 GMT -5
LOL...yeah, because the DTV sequel did SUCH blockbuster business that they HAD to give us another Lost Boys movie.
Give up, Feldman....move on. You're not 18 and the hot young thing anymore, and all the goth chicks that loved you back then have grown up, had kids of their own, and THOSE kids have a new vampire idol named Edward Cullen, who sparkles in the f*****g sunlight. Yes, it's a massive downgrade. But that's what we're dealing with here.
Also, TR....the only way I could possibly see a Devil's Rejects Part Motherf****n' TWO, Ya'll working is if either A) they bring in the Great Khali to play Tiny and say that this disfigured, nearly comatose with idiocy man-child went out and started his own family....or B) they get some new actors and say that there's a "copycat" Firefly family out to make it's own name.
Either choice is s*** on a stick, but that shouldn't stop Zombie. Oh and in either scenario, Sheri Moon comes back as a ghostly Baby Firefly, riding a White Horse and screaming f-bombs for no reason.
Did I cover the bases, Rob? ;D
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 29, 2010 20:42:49 GMT -5
Shows how behind the times I am. Didn't even know there WAS a friggin' sequel to Lost Boys, let alone a THIRD one coming out. Truth be told, it's something that I'll never be seeing. The original was my favorite movie as a kid, and I'm just not interested in tainting its memory.
Also, Great Khali in Devil's Rejects II = license to print money. ;D
ADDED: Just left a comment on your Sorority Row reactions, mysterydriver.
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Post by Rorschach on May 30, 2010 1:30:17 GMT -5
Shows how behind the times I am. Didn't even know there WAS a friggin' sequel to Lost Boys, let alone a THIRD one coming out. Truth be told, it's something that I'll never be seeing. The original was my favorite movie as a kid, and I'm just not interested in tainting its memory. Also, Great Khali in Devil's Rejects II = license to print money. ;D ADDED: Just left a comment on your Sorority Row reactions, mysterydriver. Man. Just finished watching a veritable horror marathon today. First up was Black Water, a "boaters vs. crocodile" movie that's far better, and far more tense than it has any right to be. Full review coming soon on that one, and on the movie that I followed it, with Left Bank. Let me just say right now.... Left Bank= MIND BLOWN. That movie....Jesus. It's not even that gory, or nasty or anything. It's just the concept, man. The concept! And lastly, I just got done watching Sleepaway Camp again. Man....was that Judy ever a BEEYOTCH or what? ;D |
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 30, 2010 9:35:02 GMT -5
Man. Just finished watching a veritable horror marathon today. First up was Black Water, a "boaters vs. crocodile" movie that's far better, and far more tense than it has any right to be. Full review coming soon on that one, and on the movie that I followed it, with Left Bank. Let me just say right now.... Left Bank= MIND BLOWN. That movie....Jesus. It's not even that gory, or nasty or anything. It's just the concept, man. The concept! And lastly, I just got done watching Sleepaway Camp again. Man....was that Judy ever a BEEYOTCH or what? ;D Eagerly awaiting those reviews, as for Sleepaway Camp... You know, every once in a while, a thread pops up titled something like "Just watched Sleepaway Camp for the first time." Invariably, there's a few posters who chime in and say that the acting sucks, that they were able to spot the killer from a mile away, and that that the whole thing smacks of that most undesirable quality - "it's cheesy." Firstly, the acting. Know something? With the exception of Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino had horrible acting. Know something else? It didn't matter in the slightest, because the story drew you in so much that you're able to overlook the occasionally suspect acting of the Hmong neighbors. Sleepaway Camp fits into this category. It's not meant to woo the Academy with ultra-realistic performances; it's a story that's meant to play with your emotions, and IMO, this is a movie that wrenches your emotions like no other slasher movie I've ever seen. We dislike Judy immensely from the get-go because she's PORTRAYED that way. IMO, her over-exaggerated bitchiness isn't a detriment to the movie, but a positive. Same goes for Felissa Rose. When she finally does talk, she's so overtly nice and innocent that we instantly like her. It serves the purposes of the ending all the better. Second complaint - the mystery angle. I've loaned this movie out to a few friends, and they ALL come back and say that they were able to call the killer from the get-go. For the longest time, I was unable to explain this, seeing as this movie pulled the wool over my eyes and made me look like a fool the first time I watched it. Then again, I'd seen my fair share of slashers before Sleepaway Camp, just as the original audience who watched it in theaters back in 1983 had. At that time, audiences were trained to expect a LOT of the same things from slashers - a likable virgin female protagonist and a burly male killer. Watching it for the first time, I expected all of the same things, and man did it ever railroad me. Today's generation, however, have grown up in the age of M. Night Shyamalan and TWIIIIIIIST endings, and have become increasingly jaded to the jarring finale of Sleepaway Camp. But at the time of its release (and even today, if you've seen a decent amount of formulaic slashers from that era before), the mystery reveal of Camp is some shocking stuff. I think this fits into the category of "should be common knowledge and thus doesn't need a spoiler tag," but just in case... {Spoiler}This might make me sound like a curmudgeonly old man, but it just seems to me that this current generation of horror fan, addled on Saw and Hostel, has no CLUE just how ballsy it was for a slasher film in the early-'80s to make the SINGLE most likable character in the entire movie the vicious, feral killer? Lastly, the "cheesy" complaint. For this, I ask you - would you prefer a movie that has QUIRKS, that has a few lame jokes and suspect moments that make you laugh, however unintentional it may be (and might even make for an AWESOME time at a party!), or yet another clinical, by-the-numbers Platinum Dunes remake that effectively suck all the fun out of a horror experience? [/rant] Hope everyone enjoyed that one. ;D |
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on May 30, 2010 9:54:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 30, 2010 10:16:16 GMT -5
Pretty much everything you said is why I have no interest in seeing it. It seems like the very definition of what Roger Ebert calls a "geek show" - namely, all about the makeup effects and gore, not concerned in the slightest with anything that could be construed as plot. |
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Post by Rorschach on May 31, 2010 4:30:23 GMT -5
Man. Just finished watching a veritable horror marathon today. First up was Black Water, a "boaters vs. crocodile" movie that's far better, and far more tense than it has any right to be. Full review coming soon on that one, and on the movie that I followed it, with Left Bank. Let me just say right now.... Left Bank= MIND BLOWN. That movie....Jesus. It's not even that gory, or nasty or anything. It's just the concept, man. The concept! And lastly, I just got done watching Sleepaway Camp again. Man....was that Judy ever a BEEYOTCH or what? ;D Eagerly awaiting those reviews, as for Sleepaway Camp... You know, every once in a while, a thread pops up titled something like "Just watched Sleepaway Camp for the first time." Invariably, there's a few posters who chime in and say that the acting sucks, that they were able to spot the killer from a mile away, and that that the whole thing smacks of that most undesirable quality - "it's cheesy." Firstly, the acting. Know something? With the exception of Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino had horrible acting. Know something else? It didn't matter in the slightest, because the story drew you in so much that you're able to overlook the occasionally suspect acting of the Hmong neighbors. Sleepaway Camp fits into this category. It's not meant to woo the Academy with ultra-realistic performances; it's a story that's meant to play with your emotions, and IMO, this is a movie that wrenches your emotions like no other slasher movie I've ever seen. We dislike Judy immensely from the get-go because she's PORTRAYED that way. IMO, her over-exaggerated bitchiness isn't a detriment to the movie, but a positive. Same goes for Felissa Rose. When she finally does talk, she's so overtly nice and innocent that we instantly like her. It serves the purposes of the ending all the better. Second complaint - the mystery angle. I've loaned this movie out to a few friends, and they ALL come back and say that they were able to call the killer from the get-go. For the longest time, I was unable to explain this, seeing as this movie pulled the wool over my eyes and made me look like a fool the first time I watched it. Then again, I'd seen my fair share of slashers before Sleepaway Camp, just as the original audience who watched it in theaters back in 1983 had. At that time, audiences were trained to expect a LOT of the same things from slashers - a likable virgin female protagonist and a burly male killer. Watching it for the first time, I expected all of the same things, and man did it ever railroad me. Today's generation, however, have grown up in the age of M. Night Shyamalan and TWIIIIIIIST endings, and have become increasingly jaded to the jarring finale of Sleepaway Camp. But at the time of its release (and even today, if you've seen a decent amount of formulaic slashers from that era before), the mystery reveal of Camp is some shocking stuff. I think this fits into the category of "should be common knowledge and thus doesn't need a spoiler tag," but just in case... {Spoiler}This might make me sound like a curmudgeonly old man, but it just seems to me that this current generation of horror fan, addled on Saw and Hostel, has no CLUE just how ballsy it was for a slasher film in the early-'80s to make the SINGLE most likable character in the entire movie the vicious, feral killer? Lastly, the "cheesy" complaint. For this, I ask you - would you prefer a movie that has QUIRKS, that has a few lame jokes and suspect moments that make you laugh, however unintentional it may be (and might even make for an AWESOME time at a party!), or yet another clinical, by-the-numbers Platinum Dunes remake that effectively suck all the fun out of a horror experience? [/rant] Hope everyone enjoyed that one. ;D I shudder to think what the nimrods at PD would do to something as complex as Sleepaway Camp. They couldn't even come close to getting NOES right, so how would they handle the complexities of Angela? And there's something ELSE that Sleepaway Camp innovated: the idea of messing with your lead character's sexuality, and that of their parents. It might be the first horror film (I'm almost certain it's the first slasher film) to have an openly gay sex scene, which for the time it was done (hell, even for today!) was ballsy and impressive as HELL. And the scene itself wasn't played for a "yuck! two dudes making out!" factor either. It was a straight on tender lovemaking scene. You know, I think the only way I could tolerate a remake of this movie is if they got Miley Cyrus to play Angela. That'd be worth the price of admission alone, especially if they kept the ending the same. Can you imagine the looks on the faces of parents as they took their kids to see the latest Miley Cyrus movie, (especially one with such an innocuous title) only to have THAT ending play itself out in front of them? Hell, hear me out here: You cast Justin Bieber as Ricky, and Larry the Cable Guy as the Pedobear cook (mainly so I can watch him take that vat of scalding water to the face....that would be supremely satisfying) and maybe Demi Lovato as Judy. It would be the darkest f*****g "Disney channel" film EVER. ;D ;D |
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Post by sunwukong on May 31, 2010 4:44:45 GMT -5
Sleepaway Camp is an underappreciated gem. Anyone that says otherwise is a terrorist. That movie had a lot going on underneath the hood. It was as much a psychosexual film and examination of gender/artificially constructed identity as it was a slasher flick.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 31, 2010 11:09:48 GMT -5
You know, I think the only way I could tolerate a remake of this movie is if they got Miley Cyrus to play Angela. That'd be worth the price of admission alone, especially if they kept the ending the same. Can you imagine the looks on the faces of parents as they took their kids to see the latest Miley Cyrus movie, (especially one with such an innocuous title) only to have THAT ending play itself out in front of them? Remember the days when Boobz was afraid that Miley was going to get the role of Nancy in the NOES remake? That seems like a long, long time ago. At any rate, I truly think that Sleepaway Camp is a movie equivalent of lightning in a bottle; it doesn't matter WHAT angle a film-maker tried to approach it from today, it would fail. If the PD people got their hands on it, I can see them taking the route of going WAY too deep into Angela's past to the point that all of the mystery and conjecture that you'd get after watching the movie's closing (which is HALF the fun of the original movie) is already explained. And, of course, actors who aren't BAD per se, but way too focused on being serious and ultra-realistic, and thus eliminating all of the campy fun of the 1983 original. I also find it hilarious that the big news right now is that PD got hold of the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. God only knows how that one is going to pan out. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2010 11:12:46 GMT -5
Don't remind me on the TMNT news, TR. *sigh*  |
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Post by Rorschach on May 31, 2010 14:48:48 GMT -5
You know, I think the only way I could tolerate a remake of this movie is if they got Miley Cyrus to play Angela. That'd be worth the price of admission alone, especially if they kept the ending the same. Can you imagine the looks on the faces of parents as they took their kids to see the latest Miley Cyrus movie, (especially one with such an innocuous title) only to have THAT ending play itself out in front of them? Remember the days when Boobz was afraid that Miley was going to get the role of Nancy in the NOES remake? That seems like a long, long time ago. At any rate, I truly think that Sleepaway Camp is a movie equivalent of lightning in a bottle; it doesn't matter WHAT angle a film-maker tried to approach it from today, it would fail. If the PD people got their hands on it, I can see them taking the route of going WAY too deep into Angela's past to the point that all of the mystery and conjecture that you'd get after watching the movie's closing (which is HALF the fun of the original movie) is already explained. And, of course, actors who aren't BAD per se, but way too focused on being serious and ultra-realistic, and thus eliminating all of the campy fun of the 1983 original. I also find it hilarious that the big news right now is that PD got hold of the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. God only knows how that one is going to pan out. Heh..I have to say, he was wrong: Miley would have been leagues better than Rooney Mara, if for no other reason than the fact that Miley has personality, spunk, and character to her, and at LEAST we'd have gotten a lively performance out of her, unlike Mara's sleepwalking disgrace to the character. And hey, if we're going with your theory/idea of killing the "Nancy" character off first....even BETTER to have Miley as Nancy. ;D As for the PD TMNT.....I can only envision the utter f****ry that is going to happen with that "reboot". Time to get ultra gritty, kids! ;D |
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