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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2010 14:26:52 GMT -5
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Post by MysteryStingerfanTheater3000 on Oct 29, 2010 15:09:16 GMT -5
Well, the final Halloween season IHR induction has been posted. One of my favorite movies ever - Halloween II!! And no, we're not talking about TSTSNBN, so one of our unofficial thread rules has not been broken - we're talking original, 1981 hospital-set brutality complete with scaldings, hypodermic needles and strange etchings on grade-school chalkboards. Check it out. ihrregistry.blogspot.com/2010/10/ihr-induction-halloween-ii-1981-rick.htmlGreat review, and I definitely agree with you, Halloween II sometimes gets forgotten about but it is my favorite of the Halloween movies, my favorite Horror franchise. Which is why I'm gonna bust out my HII costume for Halloween this year. ;D
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Post by MysteryStingerfanTheater3000 on Oct 29, 2010 17:21:40 GMT -5
And another heads up, starting at 8:00 PM Eastern, Turner Classic Movies is having a Hammer Horror Frankenstein marathon, The Curse of Frankenstein(1957), Revenge of Frankenstein(1958), Frankenstein Created Woman(1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed(1969).
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Post by Chainsaw on Oct 29, 2010 18:47:31 GMT -5
One of these days, I'm going to make a horror movie where there is no twist at the end...and that will be the twist.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Oct 29, 2010 19:34:16 GMT -5
Just bought a couple of supercheap box sets (2 for $10), "Blood Feast Collection" and "Witches and Demons".
The first has:
Memorial Day Massacre - No expectations It Happened at Nightmare Inn - Intriguing Pieces - My reason for buying it Die, Sister, Die - No expectations The Undertaker and His Pals - I'm sure it's terrible, but fun
The second has: Night of Bloody Horror - Always wanted to see it God Told Me To - Great movie, reason for buying it Legacy of Blood, Sisters of Death, and The Devil's Hand - no expectations
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Oct 29, 2010 20:35:19 GMT -5
The Undertaker and His Pals Also starring Viscera, Mideon, and the Acolytes. Enjoyed your Saw 3D review, Y2J, but I gotta be honest...I stopped caring about Saw during the trap segments of Saw III. I have seen all the movies; a work friend borrowed them all to me, and I was literally forcing myself to watch IV and V just because I'm a completionist.
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Post by DSR on Oct 30, 2010 1:57:16 GMT -5
Just bought a couple of supercheap box sets (2 for $10), "Blood Feast Collection" and "Witches and Demons". The first has: Memorial Day Massacre - No expectations It Happened at Nightmare Inn - Intriguing Pieces - My reason for buying it Die, Sister, Die - No expectations The Undertaker and His Pals - I'm sure it's terrible, but fun The second has: Night of Bloody Horror - Always wanted to see it God Told Me To - Great movie, reason for buying it Legacy of Blood, Sisters of Death, and The Devil's Hand - no expectations My thoughts: Pieces - Quite fun. Die, Sister, Die - Haven't watched it in forever, but recall it being slow-moving and tedious. The Undertaker and His Pals - A goofy, pun-filled, slapsticky black comedy. A perfectly fine way to waste an evening. Night of the Bloody Horror - I actually reviewed this picture all the way back in the FIRST Horror Thread. {Spoiler}My latest viewing was an obscure 1969 slasher/psychological thriller called Night of the Bloody Horror, starring Gerald McRaney (probably best remembered as the star of Major Dad).
The basic plot: a young boy, named Wesley Stuart, accidentally shoots and kills his little brother and is sent to an asylum for 13 years. After being released, the now adult Wesley (played by McRaney) tries to lead a normal life, but he continues to have headaches and blackouts...oh, and his girlfriends have the annoying habit of being murdered when these blackouts occur. Has Wesley turned psycho?
I can't honestly say this movie doesn't deserve its obscurity, as the acting is pretty meh, and the direction is loaded with plenty of "artsy" shots and editing that just don't work. Its as though the makers of the film said "Hey, kids seem to like getting high nowadays, throw a bunch of shots in there that look the way stuff looks when you're high!" The score has a vaguely acid-prog feel to it, as well.
It generally falls short of "so bad its good" territory, but there's a few decently funny tweaks here and there. Its basically interesting as a "before they were stars" sort of thing, but if you never saw Major Dad, then your next bet is the "independent slasher movie before there was an established formula for them" sort of curiousity. I give it, uh...one and seven eighths stars, out of four.
Adjust that to about 2.6 stars out of 5 (I don't remember when I switched from a 4 star system to the 5 star system) Sisters of Death - A little slow-going, but I recall enjoying it anyway. And, since I'm here, posting reviews: HANDS OF THE RIPPER (1971) - Taking another trip to England for some Hammer Horror! The streets of London are awash in fear, as Jack the Ripper is up to his usual tricks. He manages to avoid an angry mob and make it home to his wife and young child. When his wife sees the blood on his hands, she quickly realizes she's married to a murderer! "Jack" kills his poor wife, and then sets about consoling his crying child (who saw her poor mother slaughtered). We move forward about a decade and a half, and that little girl is now 17. Her name is Anna, and she lives with Mrs. Golding, a "spiritual medium", helping that woman stage sceances for paying clients. On the night we meet Anna, Mrs. Golding's customers include a Dr. John Pritchard (the fantastic Eric Porter) and his son Michael, as well as Mr. Dysart, a member of British Parliament (Derek Godfrey). After the sceance is over, young Anna is discovered by Dr. Pritchard, and a little later on Dysart pays Mrs. Golding for a night with the young woman. As Dysart talks to Anna about what's going to happen that night, she goes into a strange trance. Dysart slaps her around to wake her from it, only for Mrs. Golding to come into the room and call off the whole business. Golding tries to console Anna, and Anna kills the woman for her troubles. Dysart flees, but Dr. Pritchard heard the whole ordeal from the street outside Mrs. Golding's place and ran in. Further, he saw Dysart flee the scene of the crime. Pritchard doesn't give Dysart up to the police when questioned, even though the evidence points at him as the murderer. Instead, Pritchard bargains with Dysart that if he'll use his Parliamentary stroke to dig up Anna's history, Pritchard will keep his mouth shut. Pritchard also tells Dysart that he believes Anna, despite claiming no memory of the incident, is the killer, but he feels that simply punishing her (by death penalty) doesn't really solve anything. If Pritchard, using the newfangled psychoanalytical techniques of Dr. Freud, can find out just why Anna murders, he feels that he may be able to treat her mental illnesses and cure her of the compulsion to kill. Dysart is convinced that the girl isn't mentally ill, but rather she's possessed by the spirit of her father. Pritchard doesn't believe that's the case, as he's not the kind of soul that believes in the supernatural, but he's going to have one hell of an opportunity to find out just which side of this argument is right: in addition to treating Anna, Dr. Pritchard has taken her into his home to live with him, his son, his son's blind fiancee, and their caretakers! Y'know, for a film about murder and prostitution, this is one of the most elegant and graceful movies I've ever seen. The sets are superb, the direction (by Peter Sasdy) top-notch, and the music is strikingly beautiful - its moving and uplifting, but still has a hint of gloom to it. The film feels like a fairy tale, and in a way it is: a young girl raised by a lower class sort-of gypsy winds up living with a caring doctor in the lap of luxury. Its just that how she wound up there and what happens after the fact turn things incredibly gruesome. Another thing I like about the film is the juxtapositions at work in the film: as mentioned, there's science vs. the supernatural, there's nature vs. nurture (the possible genetic predisposition towards murder clashing with the kindness of a new father figure in Dr. Pritchard), and there's a fair bit of moral ambiguity, as what Pritchard is attempting isn't exactly legal, but he feels he has to step outside of the law in order to learn a greater understanding of the human mind. That last sentence may make Pritchard sound like your average horror film mad scientist. He's actually far from it, as scenes with Anna, Michael, and Michael's fiancee prove him to be a kind and gentle man, despite his quiet reserve. It is a testament to Eric Porter's acting ability that he makes this character feel so truly benevolent, even as he does things that should make him worthy of audience scorn (such as hiding the truth about Anna's...condition from even his closest family). Porter is the cream of the crop, but the entire cast does a splendid job. And a number of them (including Porter) have backgrounds in the Royal Shakespeare Company! 5 stars out of 5. My absolute favorite Hammer Horror, even if at times I forget I'm watching a horror movie!
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 30, 2010 2:12:27 GMT -5
Ok, I got my Halloween Weekend Horror and Monster Movie Marathon planned out!
The films I'm going to watch are:
- Evil Dead trilogy - Friday the Thirteenth 1 & 2 - Halloween - A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-4 - Blade Trilogy - Eight Legged Freaks*
And if I have time, I'll watch The Mummy from the late 90s and, if I can find it somewhere, I have an Alfred Hitchcock collection DVD set that has a LOT of his films that I found at Wal-Mart two years ago for $5, and never even opened.....
* = As voted on by the members of this fine forum.
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Post by DSR on Oct 30, 2010 2:17:39 GMT -5
I have an Alfred Hitchcock collection DVD set that has a LOT of his films that I found at Wal-Mart two years ago for $5, and never even opened..... What's on it? Sounds sorta like the Hitchcock collection I have.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 30, 2010 2:29:20 GMT -5
I have an Alfred Hitchcock collection DVD set that has a LOT of his films that I found at Wal-Mart two years ago for $5, and never even opened..... What's on it? Sounds sorta like the Hitchcock collection I have. I dunno, I have to find it. I think I know where it is, I'll grab it tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2010 10:47:22 GMT -5
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 30, 2010 12:59:43 GMT -5
Nope. That's just 9 movies and 3 DVDs. I just found my collection. It is 4 DVDs with 20 Hitchcock films(mostly short films), and 55 minutes of trailers from across his career. The films in the collection are: - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Chaney Vase - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Blackmail - Champagne - Easy Virtue - The Farmer's Wife - Jamaica Inn - Juno and the Paycock - The Lady Vanishes - The Lodger - The Man Who Knew Too Much - The Manxman - Number Seventeen - Rich and Strange - The Ring - Sabotage - Secret Agent - The Skin Game - The Thirty-Nine Steps - Young and Innocent Not bad for a $5 bargain bin purchase. Sure, kinda bummed there is no Psycho or The Birds, but hey, most of these films I never heard of or saw, and Hitchcock is one of my favorites, so maybe I'll find some gems.
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Post by DSR on Oct 30, 2010 22:02:18 GMT -5
Nope. That's just 9 movies and 3 DVDs. I just found my collection. It is 4 DVDs with 20 Hitchcock films(mostly short films), and 55 minutes of trailers from across his career. The films in the collection are: - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Chaney Vase - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Blackmail - Champagne - Easy Virtue - The Farmer's Wife - Jamaica Inn - Juno and the Paycock - The Lady Vanishes - The Lodger - The Man Who Knew Too Much - The Manxman - Number Seventeen - Rich and Strange - The Ring - Sabotage - Secret Agent - The Skin Game - The Thirty-Nine Steps - Young and Innocent Not bad for a $5 bargain bin purchase. Sure, kinda bummed there is no Psycho or The Birds, but hey, most of these films I never heard of or saw, and Hitchcock is one of my favorites, so maybe I'll find some gems. Ah, I have the same DVD collection. Its not bad, but hardly fits the general themes of Halloween. THE LODGER is the only thing on there that's even close to a horror picture. But it is interesting to see Hitchcock's "before they were stars" era. As for me, I don't have much planned for October 31st. I'm gonna catch THEY LIVE on AMC at 2:45 this morning, and I'm gonna watch THE TINGLER on TCM at 3 in the afternoon. Aside from that, I'll just see how I feel. I might watch GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA. Iunno.
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 30, 2010 22:04:48 GMT -5
I been watching Evil Dead 2 on AMC. Don't know what I'm going to watch tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2010 22:35:22 GMT -5
I know it's AMC and all, but damn...that has to be cut to hell. Although it's funny, wouldn't this be considered a "network television premiere"? I can't recall the life of me that this movie has ever been on cable.
Speaking of AMC...The Walking Dead...TOMORROW! *squee*
Oh yeah, it's looking like Saw 3D is taking the box-office crown this week, so you know what that means:
SAW: A New Beginning is coming out October 2011.
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 30, 2010 22:40:22 GMT -5
I know it's AMC and all, but damn...that has to be cut to hell. Although it's funny, wouldn't this be considered a "network television premiere"? I can't recall the life of me that this movie has ever been on cable. Speaking of AMC... The Walking Dead...TOMORROW! *squee* Oh yeah, it's looking like Saw 3D is taking the box-office crown this week, so you know what that means: SAW: A New Beginning is coming out October 2011. Who knows just have to see
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Post by DSR on Oct 30, 2010 23:08:30 GMT -5
SAW: A New Beginning is coming out October 2011. I'm gonna keep a close eye on Roy, the creepy paramedic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2010 23:23:43 GMT -5
SAW: A New Beginning is coming out October 2011. I'm gonna keep a close eye on Roy, the creepy paramedic. I see what you did there. BTW guys, since it's now past midnight, I want to wish my fellow Horror Thread 'Crappers a Happy Halloween! Stay safe and have fun, guys!
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Oct 31, 2010 10:21:28 GMT -5
I've bored everyone in the thread multiple times already with the story of my Halloween psychosis, but suffice to say...I really, really like the day. Unfortunately, since my work day begins at midnight, I can't do a whole lot this year, although I did make a couple nifty jack-o-lanterns. One has a Myers face, the other one is Kayako. Good times.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Oct 31, 2010 12:09:51 GMT -5
I just came back from seeing the norwegian monster movie which I mention at the end of the previous thread. Three student filmmakers goes to investigate a man who illegally kills bears. When they track him down they find out he goes into the woods to kill trolls. He's been hunting and killing trolls for decades in a goverment cover up. He's sick of the whole thing and invites the filmcrew along to document trolls existence. It was a lot of fun, particularly seeing a movie taking place in surroundings I'm so familiar with. It was really tense in places and had it's funny moments. Our woods can be creepy at night which is played to good effect here. Pretty awesome monster effects for a movie with a norwegian budget. I'm a little unsure what it would be like for a non norwegian audience, but exept for a few references flying over their heads, I think it could work just like Dead Snow did. This is the one review I could find in english: Rating: 4/5 Writer: Andre Ovreda Director: Andre Ovreda Cast: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Hans Morten Hansen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum
Note: TROLL HUNTER was presented as a work in progress at Fantastic Fest. This review will not call TROLL HUNTER “CLOVERFIELD in the Norwegian wilderness.” Nor will this review say TROLL HUNTER is “like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with kaiju.” Furthermore, no comparisons will be made between the scale and awe-inspiring revelations of the creatures in TROLL HUNTER to the Playstation classic Shadow of the Colossus. While none of these statements would be completely false, each would be a disservice to the unique creativity of TROLL HUNTER, a Norwegian fantasy film that has appeared almost out of nowhere with style and skill to spare. TROLL HUNTER is exactly what you’d expect from the packaging. The found footage setup quickly leads us into the meat and potatoes of the film – the story of a hunter who tracks and destroys trolls. A group of college students are doing a documentary piece on bear poaching in the Norwegian countryside when they stumble upon the mysterious man and, thinking they have found a vicious killer, follow him one night only to find that his chosen game is something far bigger than bears. The hunter, weary from years of work, has no interest in fighting the determined young filmmakers and allows them to follow him while he does his government-sanctioned job, carefully explaining the mythology of the creatures, how to kill them, and how the government has kept the trolls secret. Of course, things go wrong as the inexperienced crew get too close to the action, finding new ways to get themselves into danger with each new kind of troll they encounter. As a found footage film, TROLL HUNTER is absolutely one of the best of its kind. It is lean, well shot (the Norwegian countryside becomes its own character – a beautiful landscape worthy of a true life fairytale) and uses the handheld camera to its advantage when carefully revealing trolls for the first time. The normal problems with this style of cinema appear when the cameraman is running for his life – everything becomes a blur. Fortunately, though, these moments are few and far between and more of the tension comes from just how close the filmmakers get to the beasts before things become chaotic. A quick bit of internet reading shows that the film is well researched, with troll types and curious behaviors (trolls can smell the blood of Christians and believers are forbidden from the hunt) deeply rooted in Scandinavian mythology. The troll lessons feel genuine and, while not played for laughs, are amusing asides while waiting for the next scene of troll action. Speaking of those moments everyone will go to TROLL HUNTER to see, each kind of troll is beautifully rendered in a more surreal type of CG with many shots of the creatures looking as close to real as is imaginable. It’s top notch computer effects work and a lot of care and attention seems to have been put into lighting each troll-filled scene such that any deficiencies in CG capabilities are expertly masked. In fact, aside from a few brief sound and subtle synching issues, TROLL HUNTER is completely releasable in its current form.
There’s an unfortunate flaw that runs through TROLL HUNTER, one that is not unique to this particular film but seems to rear its ugly head in most found footage style films – the characters are almost all completely one-dimensional. Because of the selective nature of scenes that can be shown after the footage is “found” to make this a feature film into a cohesive narrative, there is little backstory to the documentary crew itself. The audience is introduced to them when they begin their documentary and have little time to build a relationship with them. The one character that does work, and for the film to work as a whole really had to, is that of the troll hunter himself. Rather than being an indestructible superhuman, the man is an aging government worker – he’s a pencil pusher in between killing trolls, filling out multiple forms – who has no love for the job anymore, it just pays the bills. It is a recognizable archetype and makes him the character that carries the film for the audience.
Sometimes a movie pops up out of nowhere carrying the badge of “high concept” and surprises long-jaded genre fans. TROLL HUNTER, which has had minimal buzz until recent weeks, appears to be the work of assured and seasoned professionals yet very little information can be found regarding the filmmaking team. The direction and special effects work make it a fantastic piece of found footage filmmaking and the script taps into a rather under-utilized type of creature to create something that, while not entirely new, feels like a breath of fresh air. Through moments of wonder and scenes of genuine tension, the audience is treated to a quick adventure that is both exciting and memorable. TROLL HUNTER stands out on its own and is the real deal.
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