Don't Go to Sleep-1982.

Didn't think this was bad and great FX by Savini. Also enjoyed the lovely Cape May NJ::love:: scenery.

VIDEODROME (1982). While it's quite relevant today with people being overly obsessed with technology, this just gets too weird and is almost incomprehensible by the end. Some good scenes, but not one of Cronenberg's better films. **

The Hand (1981) --- Oliver Stone
The comic book writer and cartoonist Jonathan "Jon" Lansdale is the creator of the successful hero "Mandro" and lives with his wife Anne Lansdale and their daughter Lizzie in the countryside. Anne wants to move to New York and has an argument with Jon while driving on the road. She distracts with an impatient driver and has a car accident with a truck where Jon loses his right hand. The hand is not found and Jon needs to use prosthesis. They move to New York and his editor Karen Wagner offers another cartoonist to proceed with "Mandro". However Jon is not happy with the modifications introduced in his character by the new cartoonist and Karen let him go. Without money, Jon moves to California to teach in a college while Anne and Lizzie stay in New York for a few more months. Jon has a love affair with his student Stella Roche and he feels attracted by her. However when his colleague Brian Ferguson tells that Stella is an easy woman, Jon does not want to see her. However, his severed hand kills Stella and when Brian tells that he is going to the police to report that Stella is missing, his hand also kills him. Meanwhile Anne and Lizzie come to his house to spend Christmas with him. Soon he learns that Anne is betraying him and that she intends to go to Los Angeles with Lizzie. Out of the blue, his hand tries to strangle Anne and Jon follows it. Is it possible that the hand does exist to kill whoever anger him?



I loved it. It was just the right amount of cheesy and fun.

Mother's Day!

Night of 1000 Cats, 1972. 6/10


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That's a wild one. I did enjoy its bizarreness but the treatment of the cats bugged me.

Watching A Bay of Blood, aka Twitch of the Death Nerve

What, did a 1000 cats buy it the film?

Maybe they were stunt cats. ::roll eyes::

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud-1975.

I ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND (1973). Roger Corman (with brother) strikes again with a gritty little flick which could almost be a soulmate for PAPPILION (1973 also). OK in parts (Neat shark attack), but runs out of gas by the end. **1/2

The Hills Have Eyes, 1977

I think this sucker holds up very well!

I still haven't seen Cannibal Holocaust. But it's just the kills are I guess more realistic and harsh. It's like when I talked either here or on HorrorDVDs about that sleeping bad death in the Friday the 13th remake. That's a death scene that would be fitting for The Prowler because Jason is supposed to kill quick. Boom and you're usually dead. In The Prowler the kills are drawn out more in both the beginning and ending. And the killer is mean in his treatment of the girls.

The location in The Prowler is good. I wish we got more of it to really feel the town and locations.

I saw Videodrome once and it's really out there. I'll probably see it again one day.

The Hills Have Eyes
The Last House In The Left

Happy birthday, Wes Craven.

R.I.P

What'd ya think?

It was okay. I found they kept referring to Freddy as just Fred which put me off a bit. Didn't really think it had much to do with the first one. Almost like it was meant to be a stand-alone.

THE WICKER MAN (1973). Had the original length on VHS, but alas, Anchor Bay has only the truncated version-big surprise, coming from them. However, still a great film with Christopher Lee and Edward Woodard -such a pompous overbearing Prig- giving standout turns. Three lovely Blondes (Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt::love:: and amazing Britt Eklund) and a genuinely frightening finale. ****

JAWS
I'm watching this with friends and it's a great time. One of them asked if it took place in space because it starts with the Universal logo. I about died. ::big grin::

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Happy birthday to me-I'd seen it years ago on a very bad quality VHS. Got to watch it on blu ray this time. Better quality, fun watch. 6/10

When a stranger calls-came as a 2 pack with above movie. I'd never seen this but attempted to watch the remake so I had low expectations. Much better than expected. 7/10

The changeling-its been a long time since I've said this, but this movie actually creeped me out at times. Ghost movies always got to me as a kid. Really good movie. 8/10

Angel Heart (1987)
6.5/10

I choose between Angel Heart and Wild at Heart, two films I would interchange in confusion, because I hadn't seen either. I don't know if I picked the right one to see. I'll let you know after I see Wild at Heart. ::big grin::

Angel Heart was disappointing because the big reveal at the end had no resonance with me. Obviously, to avoid any spoilers, I won't get specific here. There was no consequence to the reveal because, although Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) seemed like a nice chap, he merely discovered who he was and what he did. I certainly wasn't invested enough in who he was to care to find out. And after it was all said and done, the reveal would not be affecting anyone else in the film (and there's really no one to care about besides Harry), nor the world for that matter, and thus there was no consequence.

The road to the reveal was interesting and mysterious, and well shot... some scenes were intriguing, and many others not so much. Also, the reveal isn't really surprising by the last quarter of the film, which is fine... but again, besides not knowing why anyone would even care about the outcome, it's really quite a ridiculous premise.

Love When a Stranger Calls, I just watched it the other night.

Night of Terror-1972.

BEAST OF BLOOD (1970). The last and best of Eddie Romero's BLOOD trilogy-not that's saying too much- is more focused than the previous two and quite outrageous with probably unintentional humor. Celeste Yarnall (THE VELVET VAMPIRE, STAR TREK) is luscious and good turn by John Ashley, even if he looks an awful lot like WWF wrestler The Honky Tonk Man. ***

Monster Squad

Beyond the Door-1974.

The Possession of Joel Delaney-1972. Shout-out to Bloof because this was a cool movie.

Alone in the Dark-1982.

Damien; Omen II, 1978. 8/10

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My favorite part is when the teacher is asking him all the questions and he's just answering faster than he can ask..Fuck yeah Damien!

The Redeemer: Son of Satan! 1978, 7/10

NightWish, 1989. 7/10

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WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970) Pretty silly thoughout, but if You accept it as a fun little romp and dig on the Jim Danforth animation, You should enjoy this. My copy has some nudity cut from the US edition, although I saw all of it when living in Panama Canal Zone::wink::. ***

THE EXORCIST

Watching it with BloodRaptor, and we're a bit confused how Reagan even got possessed to begin with...

A rewatch for me, I still love it. It's incredible how this movie still holds up. Maybe it's not as scary to most as it was when it was first released to the masses of terrified movie goers, but it will always be a landmark in horror.

I'm no Exorcist expert, but wasn't it a Ouija board? Contacted Captain Howdy...I think?

That's what I thought too, but it was so glanced over. And then what was the point in the beginning on focusing on the priest in the desert with his weird vision of the Pazuzu statue and finding that artifact? ::confused::

Yep, that's how it happened

There should have been more emphasis on how it happened. You'd think the mother would've been concerned about that so it didn't happen again. It doesn't take long to film burning an Ouija board, come on.

I need to read the book, maybe it'll better explain. Which I actually have, but I don't read well, that figures. ::roll eyes::

OK, so the priest in the desert at the beginning is the older priest who dies at the end (Lankester (Father) Merrin). He was at an archaeological dig in Iraq, found an amulet resembling a statue of Pazuzu, a demon he had cast out years earlier. The wind and dogs fighting indicated the demon was back, evidently for revenge on Merrin... so I read... But the film rather shows the demon seems to know Father Caras, and tells Caras he possessed Regan so that the demon can be with Caras.

I didn't read the book, and I'm not planing on it, but maybe you can just chalk it up to the demon knows a lot and lies a lot, and that's all there is to it. It's Merrin who finds the demon, or is sent to the demon, through The Vatican, so the demon's ties to Merrin really don't mean a hill of beans the larger scheme of things, nor the film, in my opinion.

You're right, the film really doesn't go into the ouija board and Captain Howdy much at all. It's just creepy to know, and they move on to the other stuff. And I gather you're just joking around, but as you probably know, I don't think the magic solution of 'burning of the board' was invented until 2000's horror films. ::big grin::

If you just want the short version of the plot explained, wiki covers the main ties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)#Plot

Poster and tag line looks cool. I'll check that out one day.

I also read the book, but, it was so long ago I don't remember ANY details. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

I agree entirely. Take him out and you don't really miss him. He wasn't even the exorcist who saved the day. Hell he dies (by the demon's hand or heart problems as indicated by taking pills, I'm not sure) and it's Damian who takes Pazuzu out. The character may have had a larger role in the book, but in the movie, he was really just not needed. He only raises more questions.

Honestly I would've liked to have seen Damian go against the church and try to do the exorcism on his own. I mean they were sure hella quick to agree to all this even though he stressed earlier that it wouldn't be easy to get the church's approval even with solid proof (his proof btw was constantly getting debunked). He had mentioned before he was possibly losing faith, like why even mention that if you're not going to go further into it? Seeing this possession and taking it upon himself to save this child's soul would've been a great soul search to behold.

But maybe that's just me.

I was mostly poking fun, yes, but it really did bother me that it was never addressed. I'm not even a parent and I think that was pretty fucking stupid for a mother to not even consider either during the possession or after all was said and done.

That's okay, horror mom. I always appreciate the feedback anyway. 8)

Chopping Mall: 6/10 - A fun little slasher. Nothing memorable, but good for a few laughs and one or two good kills.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974. 10/10


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I just gave this another watch on the spur of the moment. The scene where Sally finds the house and falls into the room full of human furniture still gets to me. Such an amazing set, I'm still in love with it. ::love::

Still can't figure out why the trucker in the end didn't just drive instead of getting out of the truck and running... I've seen semi's take on deer bigger than that hick and still keep going (hell my Cherokee sport did that!), you can't tell me it wouldn't start because of that.


Also Marilyn Burns had really pretty eyes</3

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