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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:09:02 GMT -5
'Creep'. A pretty decent night of terror, underground freak horror thriller. A heroine is trapped in a London subway overnight, and after fighting off a friend who attempts to rape her, she's terrorized by a mysterious slasher who starts tearing through the handful of people unfortunate enough to be stuck in the place with her. It's bloody enough, the killer creature is frighteningly make upped and exciting in his kills. The setting is really effective, the cinematography captures the mood well, and the lead is beautiful and likable and you don't want her or any of the other characters to be killed
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:09:57 GMT -5
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Wow, that was a lot of fun. Entertained from beginning to end. Very clever, and lived up to the hype. It took two sub-genres and did an effective satire on them both, meanwhile just being an entertaining action-horror-comedy all around. In fact I think I already like this more than Zombieland, and I expect it will get better with repeat viewings like Shaun did.
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:11:54 GMT -5
watched "KISSED" a strange sexual slow burn thriller about necrophilia. maybe it was more a stylized character study? who knows...
pretty decent. looks very much of the era it was made in, complete with Lilith fair tunes playing and a lead who looks cut of that cloth. the main squeeze had a thing about him too
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:13:00 GMT -5
recently, I watched "Dogtooth."
this movie was funnier and worked better in its social commentary than Borat.
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:13:37 GMT -5
wanna go back and give my thoughts about "THEM"
I keep trying to decide which killers bothered me more... the masked nihilistic STRANGERS or the little nihilistic maniacs in THEM. I mean I can buy either one happening. Especially since the one THEM is based off of actually did. Though this movie is obviously played up for entertainment value.
maybe it's because I couldn't ever relate to the known to me American actors in The Strangers like I could the victims in THEM. or the fact that The Strangers tried to play up what was going on for cool value. Hip vintage music playing for effect or the ironic scary masks on these killers.
I also felt like The Strangers was a little more post modern (something I dislike) in that we're supposed to already know and be okay even if it terrifies us with the fact that some random strangers could do these horrible things to us and it's entertainment value fear, at the same time it leaves us empty feeling. it's desired intent, i believe by the filmmakers. my opinion.
whereas as we find out who is behind what's going on in THEM, it's supposed to disturb us and make us question if something rotten is going on with the world. Especially that last shot of the killers going back to the normal world, so routinely, after what they've just done.
THEM just is better and has more of a reason to exist, where The Strangers is just empty torture porn that happens to look nice, sound nice, 'frighten' nice at moments
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:15:41 GMT -5
Mountaintop Motel Massacre. from the cover artwork, I was expecting something really, really outrageous and likely terrible. but i was pleasantly surprised by this one. it wasn't shot on video or of bad film quality. the cinematography and lighting was pretty professional and artistic. even the sound effects, though dated sounding, were very decent and moody.
another good thing about this is the cast of characters. from the Satanist, critter loving Ellie May esque daughter with a Sissy Spacek sounding voice and similar beauty.... to the loner preacher who liked to drink... to the black handyman who was pretty wise and my favorite character in the movie... to the newlyweds who portrayed a pretty believable late 70s early 80s southern type of folk (never annoying or overly cheesy)... to the two likeable girls whose car breaks down (they're aware enough to not make them cliche party whores)... to the business guy who winds up not being as sleazy as expected...
They're all personable and that makes you care enough to stick around not want them to get offed.
the maze like labyrinth under the cabins must have been left around after the underground railroad, or something. i got a good kick out of watching the killer stumble around in it. this isn't shot from the killer's perspective like Jason or Michael would get. and the choice of terrorizing the guests with creepy crawlies before slashing them up, added to the tension and fun of the movie. the gore effects aren't top notch, but their splatter enough and fun enough for anyone who grew up with that era of effects like most of us all did or at least are open minded enough to appreciate.
a minor character, the Sheriff, is also shown not to be your typical mindless law man. which is a relief. he knows from the beginning something isn't right.
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there must have been an interesting mother and daughter relationship going on for years at the mountain top motel. because mother was a nutjob and daughter was a creepy animal hoarder who practiced some kind of voodoo shit in the cellar, when not putting her kindergarten level artwork up all over the cabins.
finished "Initiation" right after Motel Mountaintop Massacre. Didn't like it as much. Seemed kind of like a dime a dozen slasher. Though not too bad. Some full frontal from some of the sorority girls. So there's that. always enjoyable. A little bit of nightmare on elm street vibe for me. in that she's (the main girl) kind of haunted from some childhood trauma she's trying to remember via the help of a grad school hunk and his quirky sidekick. could definitely see that pair getting a makeover in a remake. the lead girl is likable and never comes off as a spoiled rich brat. i was afraid they'd go that route. and they didn't, thankfully.
she's got one female friend who ends up being one of the few memorable side characters. the rest are pretty much unlikable or easily forgotten.
I kept losing the stream of the movie due to the internet going in and out because of the soggy weather we're having. So, everytime it came back on, I ended up being zoned out and having to try and catch back up with what's going on.
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skipped out
and spoilers here
when the villain shows up and falls off the roof onto some boxes, just in time for the hero love interest to pull up. I don't know what happens next, and I don't care. Internet went out again and I gave up on it. I'm guessing the killer isn't dead afterall and the hunk has to put him down winning the girl who's already won over OVER in the process. Yawn.. all her friends are dead, oh well... rides off into the sunset
I'd hoped the girl would have been the killer, but it was too much of an obvious red herring all along. there's a scene at the first with a mental hospital and a killing, and i was half paying attention, so I wasn't sure if the little girl had done it. I guess the burn victim real father did.
the kills in this movie are pretty lame. nothing worth mentioning. some happen off camera. and other times a random weapon will show up for the killer to use.
thumbs down
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:16:36 GMT -5
Burnt Offerings
The Shining meets House of the Devil, meets countless other films like this. really enjoyed this one. Oliver Reed is the man.
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:17:42 GMT -5
just the other day watched I Saw the Devil. loved it.
a great mix of genres and bloody and unrelenting
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 6, 2012 21:20:03 GMT -5
Red, White, and Blue. revenge film where there's more shades of grey than clear cut black and white. brutally realistic. the characters portrayed as real or human as possible, while still being interesting. indie flick so it's all digital, which takes something away from the cinematic experience but the crisp, clean image makes it look more like you're spying in on someone's world rather than that film feel. that's not to say that it's not artfully done in many ways.
enough gore to qualify as a horror film, yet so much real life drama you don't wanna just throw it in their with every other horror or exploitation film
give it a look see. i highly recommend. it will stick with you and make you think about a few things
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jan 8, 2012 18:08:34 GMT -5
I've been contemplating watching Red, White and Blue. Your review helped me in determining watching it shortly.
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 8, 2012 18:16:17 GMT -5
watched "KISSED" a strange sexual slow burn thriller about necrophilia. maybe it was more a stylized character study? who knows... pretty decent. looks very much of the era it was made in, complete with Lilith fair tunes playing and a lead who looks cut of that cloth. the main squeeze had a thing about him too I wanted to see that one a long time ago. Its not a horror movie and I think it was rated NC-17. Its Canadian I believe. Looks very much of the era it was made is true and why I dont wanna see it now cuz its too dated. |
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 8, 2012 18:17:29 GMT -5
recently, I watched "Dogtooth." this movie was funnier and worked better in its social commentary than Borat. Oh no definately not horror and a terrible movie overall. Its the very defination of pretentious. It had a few funny moments but Id rather wash my eyes out with bleach than sit through it again. Oh and Borat was actually a good movie unlike that one. |
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 8, 2012 18:23:28 GMT -5
I wanna mention Rubber because I saw it recently, I know people either love it or hate it and I loved it. Very smart, funny, witty, and cleverly written. If you think its crap then fine but I thought it was genius.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 8, 2012 18:31:05 GMT -5
I wanna mention Rubber because I saw it recently, I know people either love it or hate it and I loved it. Very smart, funny, witty, and cleverly written. If you think its crap then fine but I thought it was genius. I saw it on TV last week. A strange little movie |
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 8, 2012 18:34:45 GMT -5
I wanna mention Rubber because I saw it recently, I know people either love it or hate it and I loved it. Very smart, funny, witty, and cleverly written. If you think its crap then fine but I thought it was genius. I saw it on TV last week. A strange little movie You have to look at it from a certain way. Its not a movie about a tire that kills people its a movie about making fun of/taking the piss out of Hollywood. If you see it that way you'll understand it and like it more. The tire killing people is a metaphor for the stupid and absurd ideas that Hollywood comes up with. |
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 8, 2012 20:14:35 GMT -5
watched "KISSED" a strange sexual slow burn thriller about necrophilia. maybe it was more a stylized character study? who knows... pretty decent. looks very much of the era it was made in, complete with Lilith fair tunes playing and a lead who looks cut of that cloth. the main squeeze had a thing about him too I wanted to see that one a long time ago. Its not a horror movie and I think it was rated NC-17. Its Canadian I believe. Looks very much of the era it was made is true and why I dont wanna see it now cuz its too dated. the thought of being molested after death is a horror to some people or most everyone really. and a desire to want to do that is a horror that some people might be trying to deal with. it's not your typical horror, but whatever also, dogtooth is as much a horror film as martyrs is or any other challenging film that's celebrated in the genre. it shows what kind of monsters we can be. maybe it and other movies like Lucky McKee's 'The Woman' are closer to dramas or thrillers, but they're enough horror elements in them. Horror shouldn't be such a closed off genre, or else you get the same two or three sub genres or themes running through all of them And I found Borat to be quite entertaining, but to say Dogtooth is too pretentious or a terrible film is to be as much against anything that tries to be artful or challenging, and to me that's just as pretentious as being a snob who can't enjoy popcorn flicks |
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Post by crabnebula on Jan 8, 2012 20:16:57 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Coello on Jan 8, 2012 20:18:45 GMT -5
I read it as Joan Cusack. Honestly, that might have been better casting.  |
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 9, 2012 9:35:18 GMT -5
I wanted to see that one a long time ago. Its not a horror movie and I think it was rated NC-17. Its Canadian I believe. Looks very much of the era it was made is true and why I dont wanna see it now cuz its too dated. And I found Borat to be quite entertaining, but to say Dogtooth is too pretentious or a terrible film is to be as much against anything that tries to be artful or challenging, and to me that's just as pretentious as being a snob who can't enjoy popcorn flicks Rubber is artful and challenging and is a good movie Dogtooth may be artful and challenging but its is a bad movie. |
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jan 10, 2012 10:47:56 GMT -5
I...have not seen any of the movies mentioned on these past couple pages, and unfortunately have nothing to add. As for the upcoming stuff, it doesn't seem like too good of a time for horror in general, what with the colossal fail trains of Evil Dead and Texas Chain Saw 3D (although the latter might be hilariously bad, at the very least). Having said that, did anybody check out The Devil Inside? Critics by and large hated it, but it drew a FAR bigger opening weekend than I would have ever dreamed. Figured I might as well let it out that there's a new review on the docket for tomorrow, as well as some rapid-fire stuff waiting on my viewing shelf that should be loads of fun. I promise.  |
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