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Post by DSR on Jul 4, 2021 0:17:32 GMT -5
According to my IMDb profile I’ve only seen Bay of Blood which really just wasn’t my style. I should probably give it another shot some day. Susperia and Inferno are checked under his profile as movies I’ve seen too but obviously those weren’t his. IMDB lists him as doing uncredited camera/lighting work on Inferno of all things. And it also mentions he got a special thanks in both movies. I don’t know much about the productions of either but my guess is Dario Argento just brainstormed with him a few times. Bay of Blood kind of suffers from feeling too much like if Vince Russo booked a slasher. Just swerve after swerve. Parts of it are great and it was incredibly influential, but taken as a whole I can get why the plot would turn you off. Yeah, Bava did some matte work and miniatures for INFERNO. There are skyscrapers in that movie that are actually just milk cartons! I couldn't really get into A BAY OF BLOOD, either. Kills were cool, but I lost track of the actual characters somewhere in there.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 4, 2021 0:27:54 GMT -5
The Burning Moon *DVD* I only watched this a few months ago but I had zero memory of it other than it taking a great turn towards the end, so I had to watch it again. It’s too “real movie”. It’s got the German sleaze gore but just not enough. Too much story not enough gory. It is funny how everyone is so pissed off at everything and everyone all the time.
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Post by Paul on Jul 4, 2021 9:56:12 GMT -5
A rare deleted scene from Halloween (1978):
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jul 5, 2021 19:43:27 GMT -5
My review of Deep Blood (1990)
Plot: Lifelong friends form a blood pact to defeat an ancient spirit that’s taken the form of a killer shark.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again—bless the Italian film industry and its shameless devotion to ripping off American blockbusters. When Jaws made a huge splash at the box office, every studio churned out a killer fish flick in its wake, and the Italians didn’t hesitate in jumping in those shark-infested waters to make a quick buck. In fact, they waded in those waters long after the phenomenon cooled. Deep Blood came along a good 15 years after the original Jaws and all of its middling to awful sequels, but still follows the exact same storytelling beats. And since it’s still an Italian exploitation feature at heart, it’s also hilariously tacky and ripe for MST3K riffing.
It’s incredible how much Deep Blood takes from the Jaws playbook. The corrupt, good-for-nothing mayor? He’s here. Hot girl eaten by a shark as she skinny dips? You got it. A scene where residents kill a shark but our protagonists know it’s not the real one chomping swimmers to bits? Yep, yep, yep. But where the film differs is it absolutely ridiculous spin on the shark tale. You see, the shark here isn’t your ordinary sea beast; it’s actually a Native American water god whose merely taken the shape of a shark. It’s a laughable concept but I kinda admire the originality. The film opens with the protagonists as children forming a pact to take the creature down as they casually slice themselves open in a truly WTF scene.
As the film fast forwards to the friends as young adults, there’s some weird character development centered around the fear of fatherly disapproval. One guy wants to have a golf career but his dad wants him to go to college! Another guy wants to be young, wild, and free but his dad wants him to go to military school! Maybe the Native American water god doesn’t want to be a shark but his dad is pressuring him into it! Of course, all tensions are resolved in the overly sentimental climax in which the young men take f**king forever in blowing up the shark. With a finale this slow, I’d take up the golf career.
We don’t get to see too much of the shark, which I’m guessing is due to budget. Some of the underwater scenes are clearly shot in someone’s swimming pool and others look to be straight-up stock footage. The shark attacks are some of the worst I’ve seen in any movie of this type. The victims just flop around and flail their limbs as they dissolve in a pool of blood which looks like fruit punch. The first kill sees a red-headed child watching on as his mother is devoured, appearing totally bored with it. Can’t accuse him of not relating to the audience.
If you enjoy something like The Last Shark, you’ll get a kick out of Deep Blood. The story drags and the warts are highly visible, but this is one shark tale you’ll be worse off for taking seriously.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 6, 2021 1:10:57 GMT -5
The Strangeness* *Tubi* This happened. I watched it. But I was too busy msg’ing with Ryan about how much it sucked to bother watching it. It took place inside a mine so bad 1980’s lighting + being in a dimly lit mine = not good. The soundtrack was kinda neat and the two seconds I saw of the monster was cool. Plus the blonde girl was hot, but alas too clothed.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 7, 2021 1:00:33 GMT -5
Beyond/Orgy of/Terror of the Living Dead/the Hanging Woman/Return of the Zombies *Tubi* Trying to figure out how many titles this movie goes under was more interesting than the movie itself. And there were more titles mentioning zombies and the living dead than there were in the movie. I will admit that the zombies looked pretty cool in this one. Nothing crazy like in a Fulci movie, just some grey makeup. But very well done. And they were fresh bodies so that’s pretty much how it should be. A lot of hot European girls took their clothes off but that bores me. Even if one or two of them were dead.
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Post by DSR on Jul 7, 2021 1:13:31 GMT -5
I have that one as THE HANGING WOMAN on DVD. I plan to give it a rewatch one of these days, since I don't really remember anything about it.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 7, 2021 1:41:41 GMT -5
Brutal* *tubi* I wanted to watch this because it had my waifu Asami in it. It didn’t have English subtitles on Tubi so I don’t really know what was going on. Oh who am I kidding? Even with subtitles I never have any idea what’s going on in these crazy Japanese movies I watch. This was a lot more violent than what I’d usually watch from that side of the world. But it’s an Unearthed Films release so I did want to watch it even before I knew she was in it. What I can gather is some dude really hates women. And some lady kills “johns”. Maybe there’s some other deep-rooted plot in there? There was a young couple who kept appearing so maybe they were discussing quantum physics as they relate to geopolitical issues? Or maybe they were just there to break up the guy turning his victims into liquid with a hammer and flushing their remains down the toilet? Nah, definitely deep-rooted discussions on social commentary. Some good music though. And a surprisingly touching sub-plot involving a homeless man that proves that psychopaths have hearts too.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2021 22:22:25 GMT -5
Wow I had a heck of a double feature today! I watched these ones: Rabid Dogs (1974) and Kidnapped (1974) Okay these are technically different cuts of the same movie. Also, it was shot way back in 1974, but neither cut saw the light of day until the 1990s, way after director Mario Bava’s death. Despite the film’s difficulty in getting made, this is top shelf Bava. Not pure horror, but it’s in the same vein as a classic of the genre, Last House on the Left. And if it’s not horror at all, it certainly has horrific moments. In short it’s a bank heist goes wrong film. The three surviving thieves kill a woman and take her friend hostage. They then have to abruptly switch cars and further take two more hostages, a father and his sick son. The remainder of the film is a long, painful journey on the depths being a hostage can result in. Honestly things like I Spit on Your Grave and even Trip with the Teacher take things much further, are more graphic, and closer to true horror. What sets this movie apart is the excellent twist ending. Also, since it is not as graphic as some similarly themed films Bava gets to be subtle in some really intriguing ways. In particular hinting three times of witnesses who clearly see something, could attempt to alert police to stop the carnage, but say nothing. The difference in the cuts is Rabid Dogs seems more in line with Bava’s original vision. With the Kidnapped cut, the director’s son Lamberto Bava shot some additional scenes, added a very 1990s softcore porn soundtrack, and modified the ending. I watched these films on the ancient Anchor Bay box set. In that set only the Kidnapped cut has had major restoration work done to it. It looks spectacular, maybe the best looking film on either of the Mario Bava Anchor Bay box sets. Even the 1970s footage looks like it could have been shot in the 1990s. But I prefer the Rabid Dogs cut. The new scenes in Kidnapped is mostly B-roll plus an additional character added to help modify the ending. Surprisingly this change doesn’t ruin the ending, but the one Rabid Dogs has gives you more to work with and form your own interpretation. I wish I could spoil it, but I won’t. Highly recommended! Better than A Bay of Blood and maybe behind only Black Sabbath on my personal list of Bava favorites.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 8, 2021 0:58:41 GMT -5
The Human Centipede [first sequence] *USB drive* I watched this after watching Tosh.0’s recap of it and that made it seem a lot more a comedy movie than it should have been. It was pretty f***ed up and gross, that’s for sure. I watch a lot of gross stuff and this wasn’t anywhere near ASS explicit BUTT the idea was much more so. The girls were f***ing annoying in every sense BUTT the dude playing the surgeon was great. My only problem was I didn’t have subtitles so I think I missed out on the one subplot with whoever those two guys were. I’m ASSuming they were either detectives or investors.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 9, 2021 1:18:22 GMT -5
Collar* *DVD* This one was both f***ing horrible and strangely intriguing. It really tried hard to be dark and brutal but it crossed the line into ridiculously stupid and a parody of dark and brutal for most of the run. It was like the guy making it watched the other good movies and was like “okay we gotta do that too but we also gotta do this”. But it got so f***ing stupid. Like, wow this is stupid. But maybe it was supposed to be overly stupid. This was the same guy that made Gutterballs and Famine But the main homeless guy was pretty cool. Just as the movie went on it got so much stupider that he got brought down by it. Everyone else was just so bad and everything they did was so stupid. So watch this if you’ve seen every other movie Unearthed Films has put out and feel you need to see every single one now.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 10, 2021 1:45:37 GMT -5
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls *DVD* Our Father, who art in heaven, hal The most wholesome lowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bre Movie I have ad; and forgive us our trespasses as In my collection we forgive those who trespass against Nothing wrong here us; and lead us not into temptation, but delive Nothing to see folks r us from evil. Amen.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 11, 2021 1:28:56 GMT -5
Phenomena *USB drive* I do like this movie for its great atmosphere but it really peaks early for me and never quite gets back there. The first sleepwalking scene is one of the more incredible scenes in any movie. The rest is great but I could just watch and rewind that for an hour. I can tell that it’s not Argentos best work but I enjoy watching it much more than most of the rest. And again it’s because of that one f***ing scene.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 11, 2021 8:38:01 GMT -5
Watched The Being (1983) last night. I read some comments earlier in this thread that the movie kicks ass. I can now confirm.
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Post by DSR on Jul 11, 2021 9:20:49 GMT -5
Watched The Being (1983) last night. I read some comments earlier in this thread that the movie kicks ass. I can now confirm. I will eventually get around to watching and reviewing this one, as part of my 50 States Horror Project. It's the only horror film I could find from Idaho.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 13, 2021 1:13:17 GMT -5
Watched The Being (1983) last night. I read some comments earlier in this thread that the movie kicks ass. I can now confirm. I liked that one!
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 13, 2021 1:13:48 GMT -5
Haute Tension* *DVD* I’m not sure how I learned of this one or what made me want to buy it but I’m glad I did. It’s a typical slasher/action horror but a little higher on the brutality of the violence. What really set it apart from others in the music, which added so much to the atmosphere. I’m not so sure about the ending though. There were extremely subtle hints that you’d only know by reading about them. Way too subtle. But bravo to the director for not dumbing it down.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Jul 13, 2021 16:38:14 GMT -5
Wanted to point out my indie horror movie Door 1 of the 5 Doors to Hell is currently streaming free on Tubi (DVD now out on Amazon) if anyone wants to watch it.
It's for people who are fond of stuff like shot on video movies.
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Post by DSR on Jul 13, 2021 17:34:54 GMT -5
Wanted to point out my indie horror movie Door 1 of the 5 Doors to Hell is currently streaming free on Tubi (DVD now out on Amazon) if anyone wants to watch it. It's for people who are fond of stuff like shot on video movies. Oh, cool! I'll have to check that out when I get home from work. My buddy Vincent Renfield is in that!
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Post by Chuck Conry on Jul 13, 2021 18:52:27 GMT -5
Wanted to point out my indie horror movie Door 1 of the 5 Doors to Hell is currently streaming free on Tubi (DVD now out on Amazon) if anyone wants to watch it. It's for people who are fond of stuff like shot on video movies. Oh, cool! I'll have to check that out when I get home from work. My buddy Vincent Renfield is in that! He's in most my movies!
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