The Cold, AKA The Game

[The_Return]

As anyone following the Last Seen Movie thread might know, I watched this incredibly strange film earlier today. I just wanted to make a thread to see if anyone else here has actually seen this...

Here's my review, if anyone cares:

Well this was certainly a weird little film. Very low budget, very bad actors, very 80's...very strange!

The plot is basically just a confusing rehash of House on Haunted Hill. 3 eccentric millionaires invite a group of people to stay at their mansion to face their greatest fears. The last one gets a million dollars. Pretty straight forward, but they still manage to make it a jumbled, confusing mess. At one point near the end, the narrator even admits he doesn't have a clue what's happening!

The actors are exactly what you'd expect to see in a low budget 80's horror flick, which is to say that they couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag. They do have some amusing lines, including the best pick-up line ever "I had a vasectomy!".

Really though, this isn't an awful film considering. It's interesting to watch, because you really have no idea what's going to happen from one scene to the next. Really odd and poorly made film, but still entertaining in it's own way.

5.5/10

[The_Return]

Nobody?

[Miss Olivia]

I haven't seen it, but it sounds like something I'd watch:)

[Posher778]

I'd watch it just to hear the narrarrator say he's lost.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
I haven't seen it, but it sounds like something I'd watch:)

Judging from your posts in the Cheese in the Closet thread, I think you'd like it. I got it in a pack of 50 horror movies called "Chilling Classics". Definatly worth my money, full of chessy old horror movies.

It's only $15 on Amazon, highly recomened. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AOEQ4W/qid=1151174256/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5948633-8040112?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

[Posher778]

Originally posted by The_Return
Judging from your posts in the Cheese in the Closet thread, I think you'd like it. I got it in a pack of 50 horror movies called "Chilling Classics". Definatly worth my money, full of chessy old horror movies.

It's only $15 on Amazon, highly recomened. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AOEQ4W/qid=1151174256/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5948633-8040112?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

What all movies are on it?

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Posher778
What all movies are on it?

Death Rage -1978 Yul Brynner
Panic -1976 David Warbeck
Memorial Valley Massacre -1988 Cameron Mitchell
Messiah of Evil -1973 Michael Greer
Medusa -1973 George Hamilton
The Blancheville Monster -1963 Gerard Tichy
Deadtime Stories -1987 Scott Valentine
Cathy's Curse -1977 Alan Scarfe
Scream Bloody Murder -1973 Fred Holbert
The Alpha Incident -1978 Ralph Meeker
The Bell from Hell -1973 Viveca Lindfors
The Demons of Ludlow -1983 Paul Von Hausen
Metamorphosis -1990 Gene LeBrock
The Cold - Carol Perry
Naked Massacre -1976 Mathieu Carriere
Hands of a Stranger -1962 Paul Lukather
Haunts -1977 May Britt
Gothic -1986 Julian Sands
Christmas Evil -1980 Brandon Maggart
Man in the Attic -1953 Jack Palance
Driller Killer -1979 Abel Ferrara
The Demon -1979 Cameron Mitchell
Horror Express -1973 Christopher Lee
Crypt of the Living Dead -1973 Andrew Prine
The Snake People -1971 Boris Karloff
Track of the Moon Beast -1976 Chase Cordell
Sisters of Death -1977 Arthur Franz
The Ghost -1963 Barbara Steele
War of the Robots -1978 Antonio Sabato
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter -1966 John Lupton
Oasis of The Zombies -1983 Manuel Gelin
Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon -1972 Claudio Brook
The Witch's Mountain -1972 Patty Shepard
The Bloody Brood -1959 Peter Falk
Deep Red -1975 David Hennings
House of the Dead -1978John Ericson
Revenge of Doctor X -1970 James Craig-
Slashed Dreams -1975 Peter Hooten
Bad Taste-1987 Peter Jackson
A Bucket of Blood -1959 Dick Miller
Virus -1980 Glenn Ford
Horrors of Spider Island -1960 Harald Maresch
The Milpitas Monster -1975 Douglas Hagdohl
The Legend Of Big Foot -1979 Stafford Morgan
Funereal Home -1980 Kate Hawtrey
The Devil's Hand -1962 Robert Alda
Lady Frankenstein -1971 Joseph Cotten
I Bury the Living -1958 Richard Boone
Silent Night, Bloody Night -1974 Patrick O'Neal
Drive-In Massacre -1976 Jake Barnes

I havent watched alot yet, but so far it seems like a good set. They're all public domain so the quality isnt always perfect, but still bearable.

[Miss Olivia]

Please tell me Metamorphosis isn't about alien dna and claymation mutant frogs....

[Despare]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
Please tell me Metamorphosis isn't about alien dna and claymation mutant frogs....
Please tell me it is!

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
Please tell me Metamorphosis isn't about alien dna and claymation mutant frogs....

I havent watched that one yet, but I doubty it. Heres what IMDB says about it:

Dr. Peter Houseman is a brilliant geneticist who is working on a serum which will stop human aging, but his colleagues don't believe in his work. When his university funding is threatened by his skeptical benefactors, the doctor takes a desperate measure to justify his work. He administers the serum to himself, but the results are unexpected and horrendous.

[_____V_____]

House of the Dead -1978 John Ericson

I had absolutely no idea there was another HotD in the late 70s.

Miss Olivia, remember your post about HotD in the 70s? Check Posher's Signature!

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
It would have been great if they would have set HOTD in the seventies....you know, professional teenage kickboxing partiers kicking bell bottomed butt to The Hustle or maybe Night Fever instead of techno....

lmao...wondering if your thought of that post is actually true!! :D



Sounds like a good collection though...

I have some of those movies on VHS but I ll get it anyway...at 15 bucks its a steal.

thanks, Return bro.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by _____V_____
I had absolutely no idea there was another HotD in the late 70s.

Miss Olivia, remember your post about HotD in the 70s? Check Posher's Signature!

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
It would have been great if they would have set HOTD in the seventies....you know, professional teenage kickboxing partiers kicking bell bottomed butt to The Hustle or maybe Night Fever instead of techno....

lmao...wondering if your thought of that post is actually true!! :D



Sounds like a good collection though...

I have some of those movies on VHS but I ll get it anyway...at 15 bucks its a steal.

thanks, Return bro.

It's nothing like the recent House of the Dead. Just coincidentally similar names. It's actually a pretty decent flick, about a guy that shows up at a funeral home and is "introduced" to it's various residants, each with a story to tell. I enjoyed it.

EDIT - By the way, no prob about the recomendation man. They have another 50 horror set that's pretty good also, mostly older films. I have it as well and recently finished watching them all. Good set.

The Amazon link, incase anyone's interested. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001HAGTM/ref=pd_kar_gw_2/102-5948633-8040112?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by The_Return
It's nothing like the recent House of the Dead. Just coincidentally similar names. It's actually a pretty decent flick, about a guy that shows up at a funeral home and is "introduced" to it's various residants, each with a story to tell. I enjoyed it.

EDIT - By the way, no prob about the recomendation man. They have another 50 horror set that's pretty good also, mostly older films. I have it as well and recently finished watching them all. Good set.

The Amazon link, incase anyone's interested. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001HAGTM/ref=pd_kar_gw_2/102-5948633-8040112?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

I just checked it out on IMDB. The plot sounds interesting. (btw thats the answer to the "guess the movie" too) :p

Nice collection of classic movies too. I have some of em on VHS and DVD too, but at that price, its another steal alrite. There are some really fantastic titles in that collection.

I m gonna get it. Hows the movie quality on those DVDs bro?
12 double side DVDs, thats about 4 movies per DVD. Did they keep the feature quality good, or compromised it?

[The_Return]

Originally posted by _____V_____
I just checked it out on IMDB. The plot sounds interesting. (btw thats the answer to the "guess the movie" too) :p

Nice collection of classic movies too. I have some of em on VHS and DVD too, but at that price, its another steal alrite. There are some really fantastic titles in that collection.

I m gonna get it. Hows the movie quality on those DVDs bro?
12 double side DVDs, thats about 4 movies per DVD. Did they keep the feature quality good, or compromised it?

The quality isnt perfect by any means, but so far it's been good enough on all the ones Ive watched. Like old VHS quality. A little grainy, a little darker than it should be, a bit of static on the audio...nothing major. It does get really bad at the end of Oasis of the Zombies though, you can hardly see a thing. Otherwise, it's decent.

[Miss Olivia]

LOL I'm so glad it's not THAT Metamorphosis for your sake...
Maybe if they make HOTD 2 they'll take it back to a funkier day, where disco is King and polyester is the rage.....
I would love to see a zombie with an afro and bell bottoms.

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by The_Return
The quality isnt perfect by any means, but so far it's been good enough on all the ones Ive watched. Like old VHS quality. A little grainy, a little darker than it should be, a bit of static on the audio...nothing major. It does get really bad at the end of Oasis of the Zombies though, you can hardly see a thing. Otherwise, it's decent.

I m gonna get both of em then. If its decent VHS quality, then its worth a buy. Thanks again bro.

[Miss Olivia]

Originally posted by Despare
Please tell me it is!

Wow, did you actually like that movie? It's fun for a laugh, but more than once a decade's too much for me....

[The_Return]

Wait...I misread your post. My comment about the quality was just about the "Chilling Classics" set.

As for the other 50 pack, the quality is really surprising. There might be a couple title where it isnt great, but Id say about 45 or so are near-DVD quality. Very clear, very crisp picture and sound. I was surprised.

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by The_Return
Wait...I misread your post. My comment about the quality was just about the "Chilling Classics" set.

As for the other 50 pack, the quality is really surprising. There might be a couple title where it isnt great, but Id say about 45 or so are near-DVD quality. Very clear, very crisp picture and sound. I was surprised.

I was asking about all the DVDs of both collections. And I m glad to know the features in em are of good quality. Definite buy for me now. I ll get em as soon as I can, once the preparations are over.