Who's PD?

I'm sure he means Phyllis Davis, mentioned in the prior paragraph. I've seen her a bunch of times in episode parts on 70s TV shows.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974. 10/10

Director: Tobe Hooper

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FOXY BROWN (1974). Pam Grier is back, kicking ass and taking names. I believe this was supposed to be a sequel to the. better COFFY, but AIP was worried an actual sequel might lead to diminished Box Office,so here we go. Not bad throughout, but not nearly as outrageous as its predecessor and one look is really enough. **1/2

Go Ask Alice, 1973. 7/10

Director: John Korty

That was my favorite book in high school.

Phenomena, 1985. 8/10

Director: Dario Argento

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Loved this! Kinda overlooked.

Did you ever see Argento's Deep Red?

Network: Interesting flick. Definetily worth a rewatch.

I had seen the "I'm mad as hell"-clip before, but for some reason, I tought that was more towards the end of the film.

Not yet. Wiki'd it. Looks interesting.

It's been on my list forever. I really liked Argento's Suspiria, but was disappointed in Opera. Deep Red was the film just before Suspiria. Let me know if you see it, I'll make sure I do. ::big grin::

THE SHINING (1980). One of my favorite King novels, particularly where Jack is regretting, worrying, trying so hard to overcome his Demons. I found those parts riveting and really hoped he would succeed in his personal/professional life.
This Stanley Kubrick film has SO MANY good things,; the awesome score, wonderful sets, the exquisite photography, the use of the Steadicam and some truly creepy images (Those little girls::EEK!::). Felt at first viewing and still do, that Jack Nicholson really wasn't right for the part, despite several great scenes. Too well known and he starts acting twitchy right after the interview and there's just no empathy for him...think Michael Moriarty would have been a better choice as there is a vulnerability about him. Shelly Duvall has some great scenes (especially when she discovers Jack's work), but too mousy/timid. My impression of Wendy from the book is somewhat beaten, but with inner strength to draw upon. Brooke Adams (SHOCK WAVES/1978 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS might have been able to pull this off. And felt it better when the Torrances find out about Danny's Shine later in the book instead of at the beginning of the film.
No complaints whatsoever for Scatman Crothers...the perfect choice for Dick, although wish his shine had had more oomph.
THE SHINING has had a lot of debates about its merits and while there could be some changes (Besides cast, pick up the pacing...Kubrick could be very methodical), for the most part, is an extremely good film and has aged much better than many of its comtemporaries. ****1/2

You sound like the perfect person to confirm this, cause I never read the book. I read in the opening of the film Jack's car is different than in the novel (1973 yellow Beetle sedan), but more than that, at one point in the film they pass a wrecked vehicle along the side of the road that is the exact vehicle described in the novel ( red 1974/75 VW Beetle).

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The point being, Kubrick is saying, 'this ain't the novel. this is my film'.

I agree there isn't much empathy for him in the film, he's pretty much a twisted freak from the beginning. But I suppose that's on purpose, where Jack is symbolic of other things, rather than our protagonist. And that's what can be seen the film's main fault as a film story, unless one lets the film be nontraditional, so to speak.

Could be Sculpt...really can't picture Kubrick making anything traditional.

DEADLY EMBRACE (1989). Follows the usual plot line of "Erotic Noir" where the hot lonely wife seduces a younger handyman. Not really good in a traditional sense, but better than I thought it would be as the Wife (GORGEOUS Ty Randolph, also seen in 1984 BODY DOUBLE's final scene) is simply starved for affection and her last line I found quite moving. Jan -Michael Vincent is quite the tool in here, but he still looks great, although I heard that he had just finished a rehab stint before this. As for the Young guy, he is extremely bland. This looks better than the regular Dave Decouteau film, although the endless nude footage of Linnea Quigley (normally when Chris is thinking of her) and Michelle Bauer (as the "Female Spirit of Sex"...maybe Dave was getting his Russ Meyer groove on) is really just filler to pad out the running time, but don't think most guys would complain about that. **1/2

TERROR IN THE WAX MUSEUM (1973). A great cast of old Movie stars (with Elsa Lanchester grabbing the Brass ring) and decent premise is undone by a horribly flabby script that will have You looking around the room, wondering when it will end. *1/2

(In the trailer you hear a woman yelling this at an attacker in this really funny deliver.) "What are ya doin?!" ::big grin::


The Verdict (1982)
8/10

Paul Newman plays a lawyer who got hurt trying to do the right thing, lost his wife and became a drinker. His buddy gives him a money making case, where a woman is left in a vegetative state because an operation went wrong. The hospital is owned by the RC and offer them a medium-low settlement, but seeing the patient encourages him to fight for justice instead of a payout. I thought this was pretty good, but not as intense as I was expecting; especially the in court scenes were a bit reserved compared to some other great court films. This was nominated for a lot of awards, but I wouldn't consider this a top 10 courtroom dramas.

HOUSE OF THE DEAD AKA ALIEN ZONE 1978

Pretty tame made-for-tv horror anthology.

Have heard this was pretty good..will have to check it out. Usually like Court films.
ONE CRAZY SUMMER (1986). This doesn't seem to get a lot of respect, but I think it's great. Unsure John Cusack spends the summer on Nantucket with friends trying to help singer Demi Moore save her Grandfather's house from greedy property grabbers. Tons of sight gags (a highlight is Bobcat Goldthwait going undercover, as it were...just inspired!), a decent story, a young Demi Moore singing (and not bad at all either) and an awesome soundtrack with The Beach Boys, ZZ Top, CCR, the Safari's and even Twisted Sister, among others! ****

THE BURNING 1981

A caretaker for a summer camp is burned alive by a prank gone wrong. After a 5 year recovery period, he returns in search of revenge. Pretty good with a few recognizable faces.

Seinfelds Jason Alexander

The Burning is a great flick. I've got fond memories of discovering it when I was delving deeper into horror than the standard franchise stuff.

Love how he still looks like George even way back then.

Lol, he really did.

Think it's also one of Holly Hunter's first films as well.

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978). Laughed myself silly when saw this in original release, even if some of the gags went over my 16 year old head (particularly the Road trip "Getting dates"). This has aged very well and still hilarious, almost there are a LOT of offensive subjects broached here and in our current PC society, could probably not be made today. Lots of young actors starting out who had decent careers down the road-Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce, Karen Allen::love::, Bruce Magill etc.
While Belushi gets a lot of the comedic credit, think John Vernon as Dean Wormer is absolutely hilarious...his revulsion on entering the Delta House ("well, Well, Well") and his total glee in reading off the grades still break me up. ****1/2

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Lethal Seduction. Dina Meyer is so hot. I first saw her as a former madam on NCIS.

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I just watched Vampyros Lesbos. It was new in the pay-per-view movies on my cable. It takes forever to get to the good stuff. Same when I watch Vampyres. My perpetual complaint about lesbian vampire movies is "Not enough sex." So I'm a pervert.
Spelling vampires with a Y reminds me. There was a period when horror comics were always mentioning the "vampires." There's no such word. Check our vampire lovers Bible, Dracula by Stoker. He uses the word vampire for men and women. The -ess suffix goes onto words from verbs, like actress.

Are you saying vampire is also plural? I'm pretty sure I've heard it used as plural, probably more so in older films.

THE GODFATHER (1972). Truly one of the BEST films made by anybody and certainly Coppola's best work (with DEMENTIA 13 following). One classic scene after another -find the Sicilian exile a little slow, but realize it's important to the story-and what a cast! Wild seeing how young a lot of them were at one time.
I can watch this over and over again although I feel>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOLIER> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>. that if EZ-Pass existed back then, Sonny wouldn't have been gunned down! Most assuredly a *****

THE THING (1982). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >

Saw this during its Theatrical run-got into the theater right when the Dog enters the Camp- and just totally blown away by Rob Bottin's amazing work. The Kennel scene is still done so well and right before the shooting starts, is astounding how repulsive the alien invader is as it shreiks at the men.

There's no doubt that the loveable ET stole much of TT's thunder-very sure which ETI I would want to spend time with, but still sad this was not a bigger hit. Just enjoyed this from the get go and pleased that it acheived cult status and made some $$ some years after thanks to alternative viewing methods.

The cast is great with Kurt Russell and Keith David standing out, although I wish the script could have had a little more characterization for the men. A small quibble however-for me, this is truly John Carpenters best film and one every serious film buff should see and savor. *****

Madhouse, 1981. 7/10

Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis


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BLOODY BIRTHDAY (1981). Not bad little film about three rotten little kids pulling off nefarious acts on many of the cast members, due to Astrological happenings. Decent cast has Julie Brown ( the other JB on MTV and also known for "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun") doing some nudity and also a small part for Jane Geer who played an older woman in a SUPERNATURAL episode who gropes Sam so insistantly that her fingerprints are still there::big grin::!

Has comparisons to 1980's THE CHILDREN, but I think this one is a little better, even if the soundtrack music sounds a lot like FRIDAY THE 13th. **1/2

Night of Fear, 1972. 7,5/10

Director: Terry Bourke

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Demonoid, 1980. 7/10

Director: Alfredo Zacarías

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HOLOCAUST (1978). One of the many "Mini-Series" or "Big Events" shown on TV during the 70's about the experiences of two German families with a link during 1935-45, a wee to do Jewish family and a young lawyer who joins the SS because he needs employment.
There has been criticism over the year-some justified, some not-that the series is too disjointed, too violent, not violent enough, too much nudity (during a time when THREE'S COMPANY and SOAP were considered risque) too soap operish.
Myself, I think it's an ambitious undertaking seeing WW2 had only been over for 30 years or so and for some survivors and their families, emotions could still be raw. I'm not sure if the average person was familiar with Kristallnacht, T4 program or Babi Yar and these are shown here. While the scenes involving murder are chilling, they do look sort of sanitized, but consider how much more violent TV and films have become since then. Scenes in WAR AND REMEMBRANCE a decade later truly upped the ante from HOLOCAUST.
A stellar cast, especially Michael Moriarty, Fritz Weaver, Tovah Feldshuh (THE WALKING DEAD's DeAnna), David Warner, Ian Holm, a young Meryl Streep and James Woods playing against type as a sensitive heroic artist. And I know it isn't him, but when our protagonist enters Prague, it sure looks like Peter Cushing in the street.
Worth seeing despite how "sanitized" it looks and the many historical errors, as well as the epic length, around 9 hours. ***1/2

RAWHEAD REX 1986

Again...still love it.

i vaguely remember it, but certain I saw it's premiere on TV (not that it was ever re-run). I think our school recommended children seeing it. If I watched a trailer, I'm sure it would all flood back to the surface.

I remember The Winds of War miniseries (1983) more clearly, and remember it as an excellent big budget production war drama with the prominent character being Robert Mitchum and his wife. The musical theme was intense and memorable, and I was very into the series, despite it's very adult themes. I would probably consider it the best modern war series I ever saw, though there really hasn't been a great number of them.

And I remember not caring for the War and Remembrance sequel miniseries. I seem to remember it was much more contrived, preachy and the relationships were shallow, certainly compared to the complexity of Winds.

Both WOW and WAR were stellar, but I think the latter is better; just found Ali McGraw and Jan-Michael Vincent so incredibly annoying and although Hart Bochner wasn't any bargain either, think Jane Seymour was very good.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972). Along with ASYLUM, my favorite Amicus production...so much fun and such a great cast. Do hate to see Peter Cushing's character suffer because of the little asshole across the street. Just feel a surge of adrenaline when "Little". gets his comeuppance.

Favorite story is "All Through the House"...Joan Collins was way hot during this period and she really carries it through. Found the "ATTH" from HBO to be all but unwatchable. ****

SLAUGHTER (1972). Blaxploitation flick from AIP with big Jim Brown going after gangsters who killed his parents. Good for what it is with decent support from Rip Torn, Don Gordon and Stella Stevens who is strong in here with a capital S::love::. Also, dig the funky Billy Preston title song! ***

HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP 1980

I usually enjoy these cheesy movies but this was a stinker.

Opera, 1987. 8/10

Director: Dario Argento

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