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Post by DSR on Jul 8, 2011 22:30:51 GMT -5
Okay, so I check Youtube's free movies pages for stuff to watch (Cause I'm a cheap bastard, that's why), when I noticed that, in action & adventure, is Resident Evil: Afterlife, along with the original movie. Now, saw the first one, second one too, miss the third after reading the plot, and now I'm gonna watch the 4th one. Maybe double feature it with the OTHER free video game horror movie on Youtube: House of the Dead. God. I know Uwe Boll gets a lot of hate, but...I saw this movie for free and wanted my money back.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 8, 2011 22:33:05 GMT -5
Just finished watching the bad spanish slasher classic Pieces. It's awful but man do I love it. I f***ing love Pieces! Got it in an 8-pack of DVD's and proudly still have it in my collection. May dig it out shortly, as it's now in my head. Think we got the same collection.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 9, 2011 21:10:34 GMT -5
I f***ing love Pieces! Got it in an 8-pack of DVD's and proudly still have it in my collection. May dig it out shortly, as it's now in my head. Think we got the same collection. Fright Night Classics: -Pieces -The Hatchet Murders -Silent Night, Bloody Night -God Told Me To -Don't Look in the Basement -Lady Frankenstein -The Thirsty Dead -The House by the Cemetery Would this be the collection?
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 9, 2011 21:30:41 GMT -5
Think we got the same collection. Fright Night Classics: -Pieces -The Hatchet Murders -Silent Night, Bloody Night -God Told Me To -Don't Look in the Basement -Lady Frankenstein -The Thirsty Dead -The House by the Cemetery Would this be the collection? I got the Cult Horror Collection. -Don't Look in the Basement -Memorial Valley Massacre -Kill Baby Kill -The Demon -The Hatchet Murders (Profondo Rosso aka Deep Red) -Pieces -Silent Night Bloody Night -Night of Bloody Horror -Horror Rises From the Tomb Just a couple flicks switched around.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 9, 2011 21:40:15 GMT -5
Fright Night Classics: -Pieces -The Hatchet Murders -Silent Night, Bloody Night -God Told Me To -Don't Look in the Basement -Lady Frankenstein -The Thirsty Dead -The House by the Cemetery Would this be the collection? I got the Cult Horror Collection. -Don't Look in the Basement -Memorial Valley Massacre -Kill Baby Kill -The Demon -The Hatchet Murders (Profondo Rosso aka Deep Red) -Pieces -Silent Night Bloody Night -Night of Bloody Horror -Horror Rises From the Tomb Just a couple flicks switched around. That reminds me. Memorial Valley Massacre is on Youtube under their free movies section. Is it worth watching?
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 9, 2011 21:50:21 GMT -5
Haven't watched it yet. but it has Cameron Mitchell in it so you know it's qualiHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Post by Michael Coello on Jul 9, 2011 21:53:59 GMT -5
If anything, you should just look in the free movies to see the difference between old horror and new horror. New horror just doesn't have any class, man.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jul 10, 2011 3:41:07 GMT -5
Dunno if this has been done before, but here is a trailer for Beneath The Darkness, please excuse for Dennis' Quaid being AWESOME.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jul 10, 2011 11:39:00 GMT -5
Is it me...or did that trailer show the entire movie?
And, for me, Quaid has been the best part of recent horror movies that have hired him. Legion and Pandorum sticks out to me as examples of that.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jul 10, 2011 13:07:23 GMT -5
Is it me...or did that trailer show the entire movie? And, for me, Quaid has been the best part of recent horror movies that have hired him. Legion and Pandorum sticks out to me as examples of that. Quaid's always been an underrated actor. As a villain though... They do give away a lot of what's happening in the movie, but, I mean no more than some trailers. And at least I get the feeling the final shot in the trailer is NOT the final shot of the movie.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jul 10, 2011 14:02:24 GMT -5
Is it me...or did that trailer show the entire movie? And, for me, Quaid has been the best part of recent horror movies that have hired him. Legion and Pandorum sticks out to me as examples of that. Quaid's always been an underrated actor. As a villain though... They do give away a lot of what's happening in the movie, but, I mean no more than some trailers. Agreed, especially lately like in The Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer that showed numerous plot points. I wondered about that, but agree that it's most likely not the final shot. Which helps it avoid Quarantine status. Speaking of Quarantine (And completely dropping the current conversation with no warning), I saw the sequel yesterday. Quarantine 2: Terminal is a movie that acts much like those in it who get infected. It's pretty good for about 30 minutes, shows signs of problems, and then completely goes off the rails at the end. It was rather bland, as well. Had good tension while on the actual flight, but after the plane lands, things just slide directly into the cliche. Plus, the 3rd Act doesn't seem as much as a story wrapping up as a screenwriter going "What happened in the first one? Let's do something really similar to that, but change some parts at the end. Okay, what could they call a plot hole? Let's fill that as shoddily as possible. Okay, how many more pages? Let's throw in a chase scene. Okay...now how many? Uh...crap." So...yeah. I don't really recommend it.
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Post by DSR on Jul 11, 2011 2:33:25 GMT -5
KONGA (1961) - Watching this movie made me realize, the gorilla movie (both gigantic and regular sized) used to be a staple of the B movie circuit. Films like BRIDE OF THE GORILLA, KING OF KONG ISLAND, etc. In more recent years, the only KING KONG rip-off I can think of is, uh...KING KONG, from Peter Jackson. And maybe Asylum had a mockbuster out at the same time, I can't remember.
Anyway, this particular Kong klone highlights the International in American International Pictures. A British production, produced and partially written by Herman Cohen (who performed the same tasks for such films as I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN and HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM), and starring the late great Michael Gough (of DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS and HORROR HOSPITAL, though most famous as Bruce Wayne's butler in the Burton/Schumacher BATMAN franchise).
Gough stars as Dr. Charles Decker, a botanist. When we first meet Dr. Decker, he's just arriving home in England after having spent a year in the jungles of Uganda. He comes home from Uganda with 3 things: 1.) an adorable little chimp he's named Konga (the chimp's a boy, despite the name sounding feminine...he also never dances, which is kinda disappointing); 2.) a few plant buds that will grow to look like they should pop out of pipes in a Mario Bros. game; and 3.) a theory that there is some genetic link between plants and animals.
Decker tests this theory when he gets home. He, along with his assistant, Margaret (also his secretary and housekeeper) grow those plants in his greenhouse. Once they've reached full size (again, these look like gigantic venus flytraps with blood-red teeth), the Doc collects their leaves and injects their essence into little Konga. The first time, Konga doubles in size (with help from a shoddy transition effect). The second time, Konga transforms from a chimp into a man in an ape costume (the head is really good, really expressive...but it was a chimp and it's now an ape...huh?).
Now, Charles Decker has kept exactly what he's been doing private, but when he got home from Uganda, he did tell reporters of his theory. Decker also works as a professor at a University, and when the Dean insists that Decker's theories are the ravings of a man driven hysterical by his experiences in the jungle, the two men have a heated argument. When the Dean threatens to remove Decker from his teaching position, old Charles has Konga remove the Deans head from his neck! The botanist makes his obedient ape perform this trick yet again on a rival who may steal Decker's thunder, too.
Now, in the midst of all of this, there's something else going on, and it's great: a love rectangle. See, Dr. Decker's assistant Margaret is in love with him, even in spite of his sometimes clinical detachment from humanity. She even goes along with his killing of those that stand in his way, so long as he'll marry her. Meanwhile, Decker's taken a liking to a curvy blonde student of his, Sandra. Sandra simply sees Charles as a mentor for her own budding botany career (sorry for that pun), though this doesn't stop her quasi-boyfriend Bob (played by Jess Conrad, who occasionally bears a facial resemblance to Tom Cruise) from getting jealous whenever Sandra spends her time with her teacher.
All of this romantic tension, combined with Decker and Margaret's paranoia that the police will become aware of their actions, will only lead to trouble. Especially when Konga practically plays the part of a child torn between two bickering parents. Angry children sometimes break their toys, and when those children are gorillas that increase in size to eventually (you already knew this) KING KONG-esque proportions, something far worse than toys will be broken. All this, plus a class field-trip in Dr. Decker's black, windowless van (this might have seemed less suspicious in the 60s than it does now?), and, this being a British KING KONG knockoff, expect a showdown next to a certain famous British building. I'll give you a hint...it's Big Ben.
*Deep breath* Yeah. I had to separate the two main plots for ease of explanation, but the film does a great job of pacing. The gorilla action is spread throughout the wonderfully overwrought melodrama, and the whole film just kinda flies by.
There's also cool weird stuff happening, like the unexpected blackmail-into-marriage deal with Margaret, and watching Michael Gough grope a pretty girl, in addition to man-eating plants and chimp-to-gorilla transformations. And, thankfully, the fun isn't bogged down with the usual monster movie device of:
-Military plans to take down the monster -Military fails to take down the monster -Repeat
Nope. It's just conniving mad scientist Decker, his lovable gorilla, murder, and soap opera-like hijinks. 4 stars out of 5, for all the wrong(-ish?) reasons. Great, great fun.
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Post by DSR on Jul 11, 2011 4:45:17 GMT -5
YONGARY (1967) - A South Korean monster movie, picked up by AIP for television. Our story concerns Yongary, a monster that looks like a knock-off of Godzilla, though with a horn on the end of its nose like a Rhino. The monster causes a bunch of earthquakes in Korea before emerging from the ground and attacking many of Seoul's historic landmarks (utilizing fire breath, a lazer that emits from its horn, and of course its arms, legs, and tail). The folks on a mission to stop Yongary include a bland scientist, Ilu, his cute girlfriend Suna, and Suna's obnoxious 8-year old little brother Icho, who comes to think of Yongary as more benevolent than the adults would be willing to believe. Unlike KONGA, this film's flimsy plot is padded out with a series of scenes of middle-aged politicians and military men sitting around a table. First they try to determine what caused the earthquakes, then they try to determine how to stop Yongary. All quite tedious. The film is slightly saved at the end by... {Spoiler}...the protacted and violent death of Yongary, including fighter jets shooting him up, blasting off chunks of his flesh, followed by Icho in a helicopter dropping an ammonia-based compound on Yongary, which causes him to drop to the ground, convulse, and hemmorhage blood from his ass! And that still isn't enough to make this flick all that worthwhile. 1.5 stars out of 5, and that's for the ending alone.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 11, 2011 5:02:52 GMT -5
Bad Dreams- Decent slasher with Jennifer Rubin (goth chick from NOES 3) awaking from a 13 year coma in a mental institution (though she should be much older than she actually is). She's the sole survivor of a mass suicide led by Richard Lynch. Since she survived, she broke her promise and he's chasing her down. He's purposely killing other patients and making them look like suicides, in order to convince her to join him. Nothing special and weak in many spots (with the cop at the end making be burst into laughter), but it's got an interesting premise and runs smoothly.
Final Rating: B-
Rubber- The killer tire movie that has been sweeping the web the past year. Much smarter than it appears, though it does drag in spots. Still, a lot of fun with great humor.
Final Rating: B+
The Ugly- Been meaning to watch this for a long time. Finally got around to it and loved it! Twisted and engaging look into the mind of Simon Cartwright, a sociopath who blames his murders on "The Ugly", which are voices in his head (he must be buddies with Randy Orton). Told in flashbacks (thanks to tremendous editing), the film is tense and thrilling.
Final Rating: A-
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Post by DSR on Jul 11, 2011 13:18:17 GMT -5
The Ugly- Been meaning to watch this for a long time. Finally got around to it and loved it! Twisted and engaging look into the mind of Simon Cartwright, a sociopath who blames his murders on "The Ugly", which are voices in his head (he must be buddies with Randy Orton). Told in flashbacks (thanks to tremendous editing), the film is tense and thrilling. Final Rating: A- Yeah, I have this one. It's really very good. I remember, the first DVD I ever bought was BOOGEYMEN: THE KILLER COMPILATION, with scenes from a bunch of horror flicks. I thought it was weird seeing Simon next to the likes of Freddy, Jason, Chucky, etc. But they got me to buy THE UGLY, so apparently they knew what they were doing.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 11, 2011 14:09:14 GMT -5
The Ugly- Been meaning to watch this for a long time. Finally got around to it and loved it! Twisted and engaging look into the mind of Simon Cartwright, a sociopath who blames his murders on "The Ugly", which are voices in his head (he must be buddies with Randy Orton). Told in flashbacks (thanks to tremendous editing), the film is tense and thrilling. Final Rating: A- Yeah, I have this one. It's really very good. I remember, the first DVD I ever bought was BOOGEYMEN: THE KILLER COMPILATION, with scenes from a bunch of horror flicks. I thought it was weird seeing Simon next to the likes of Freddy, Jason, Chucky, etc. But they got me to buy THE UGLY, so apparently they knew what they were doing. That's how me and my friend Sean were introduced to the film. Hell, it also introduced me to the The Guardian, which I own and have only watched the first 20 minutes of. I should get around to finishing that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 14:52:14 GMT -5
I loved that random compilation.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 11, 2011 14:55:21 GMT -5
I loved that random compilation. Robert Englund's commentary was golden!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 15:13:13 GMT -5
I loved that random compilation. Robert Englund's commentary was golden! Oh man, how could I have forgotten about that.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 11, 2011 16:23:47 GMT -5
Robert Englund's commentary was golden! Oh man, how could I have forgotten about that. Every time I watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I hear Robert Englund's commentary. The man should do a full length one for that film.
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