A nightmare on elm street

The Burning

Bit of a favorite of mine.

The initiation

Halloween

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Dracula A.D. 1972
Halloween

SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM (1973). On my 12th Bday, had some friends over and after dinner/cake/presents, the night was wrapped by seeing a movie. Most of my guests wanted to see TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970), but since it was MY Birthday, We went to SBS instead.

If I had contacts for them, would apologize for putting them through this. Had seen BLACULA a few months before and truly enjoyed it...some good scares as well and I feel it's held up reasonably well. Figured the sequel might be good as well...

Alas, very hard going. The Voodoo angle becomes a millstone and it's difficult watching Pam Grier be such a shrinking violet when She kicks all kinds of ass in many films (particularly COFFEY). William Marshall is good as always and some funny (without meaning to be) lines, but overall, there are better films You can spend Your limited time on. Kind of cool spotting three actors who were on ALL IN THE FAMILY. *1/2

Blood nasty

Evil Dead Trap, 1988. 7/10,

Director; Toshiharu Ikeda

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THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT-1973. Deliriously goofy tale of twin brothers, the more carefree one visiting a castle with a bad reputation. Of course, going to a castle in any horror movie is recipe for evil thoughts and evil doings I liked this and feel it's worth a look or two. With Mark Damon (PIT AND THE PENDULUM, CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD) and ultra hot Rosaba Neri (who was also in LADY FRANKENSTEIN). ***

I will be looking this one up. It does sound quite good.

VAULT OF HORROR (1973). I believe this was the last of Amicus's anthology films (??) and while it has its moments, it's truly the least, with THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, ASYLUM and TALES FROM THE CRYPT just kicking its ass (Not seen TORTURE GARDEN, so can't comment on that). With the many first rate EC stories to pick from. this should have been much better. Still, like all the others, VOH has a first rate cast, which helps. Best story for Me is the second with Terry-Thomas as an incredibly anal Neat Freak; others don't pack the same punch, although there are good moments. **1/2

The velvet vampire

The last 80s horror movie I watched was The Burning.

DRAGONSLAYER (1981). Don't pass this by because of the Disney name...extremely gritty and well made . A King has entered into a bargain to keep a Dragon at bay and some of the locals enlist the aid of a sorcerer for help and end up getting his apprentice instead. I'm sure parents expecting the usual Disney film for their children were dismayed to find somewhat gruesome parts and brief nudity (important to the plot and not for sensationalism) as well as the Dragon itself...magnificent work done to create it. Very recommended. ****

Saw on the big screen. Excellent film. Really has a unique look and feel to me. Impressive effects.

I don't think it's a great film, as the story has off-kilter feel through out, and the ending not exactly leaving a great satisfying feeling. It's been a long time since I've seen it (and only twice)... I think the reason for the off-kilter feeling is partly because the characters are not intimately understood; or otherwise lack backstories, depth or superseding great performances which make them innately understandable. Just my opinion.

Kinda funny, I saw Dragonslayer as part of a double-feature with my folks, and my brother and I each brought a friend. The next film was Body Heat... so my folks walked us out pretty quick into the film. ::big grin:: A friend of the family recommended Body Heat to my folks, and it was a good film, but I don't think they knew anyone was planning on bringing kids to it. Also not a proper double-feature matching. ::sad::

I saw DRAGONSLAYER on a big screen as well...a few years after its release at a Matinee and quite impressive.

That IS quite an odd Double Bill::shocked::...BODY HEAT was pretty spicy with what I remember...definitely not for Kiddies::big grin::

Deathdream

TRILOGY OF TERROR (1975)

Did you know this was written by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the stories for movies to be I Am Legend, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Legend of Hell House, Somewhere in Time and A Stir of Echoes?

Blood rage

You betcha!...do like Me some Richard Matheson. Have read the books You mentioned and truly enjoy THE SHRINKING MAN and I AM LEGEND.

He also wrote some very good short stories , including "The Distributor", "Duel", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and the excellent "The Test"

WILLARD-1971

Schlock! is a comedy horror film from the early 1970s parodying the bad and corny schlock horror films! It is also one of John Landis's early films! It is about an ape running loose in the area that the locals believe to be a "banana monster," then a scientist discovers it is an animal, only to then believe it is the "missing link." This film is meant to be stupid and campy looking, but funny and it is fun and entertaining in that sort of over the top way. Fans of John Landis can look at this with those expectations, realizing it is also one of his earlier projects, and get a kick out of this one. Fans of "Killer Klowns From Outer Space," "Popcorn: The Movie," "Terror Vision," "Blood Diner," and the like should also get a kick out of this one as well. ::cool::

DELIVERANCE (1972)

HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1971). More humorous than scary, still an enjoyable Amicus anthology about a Detective investigating an actor's disappearance and discovering his home has a rather unsavory past (Lovely home it is as well). As usual, cast makes it worthwhile with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliot, Jon Pertwee (Dr Who himself and very funny) and Ingrid Pitt::love::::love::::love::::love:: who looks absolutely smashing in here. A couple of good "Inside" jokes; ie, Chris reading a Tolkien book a few decades before the LOTR films and Jon Pertwee having a dig at another actor-in the same film!-and a rival studio. ***

Silent night, Deadly night 1984

Good Santa horror.

I've actually never seen Silent Night, Deadly Night 84 (SNDN). I see you liked it. I heard it's pretty unique.

I remember seeing ads on TV. I was just reading some of wiki on it, "Television advertisements, which aired between episodes of family-friendly series such as Three's Company and Little House on the Prairie, led to parents complaining that their children were terrified of Santa Claus." During Little House on the Prairie? That's really funny. I wonder why they chose that slot? Makes you wonder if they were trying to get a reaction that would lead to some free publicity? If so, it worked.

I suppose the execs who ran the ad during Little House probably should have considered if it was appropriate for the children who'd be watching the TV show.

LOL! Oh, did they just refer to Three's Company as "family-friendly"? What kid would watch 3 Co with their parents? Who wrote this?

There were some street protests and the producers pulled the ads and pulled the film from theatres after about a couple weeks, despite good sales.

During the 'At the Movies' film review Siskel and Ebert read the names of the companies, writers and producers and said they should be ashamed of themselves. Wow.

I guess the general idea was, "An editorial published in Variety stated: "Most protests were generated by the feeling that the depiction of a killer in a Santa Claus suit would traumatize children and undermine their traditional trust in Santa Claus." "Undermine their traditional trust in Santa Claus"? What does that mean? Trust Santa about what, not to kill them? "Trust in Santa"? What an odd thought.

My folks never told us there was a Santa Claus. They let us know the gifts were from them! ::big grin:: I'm certain I never asked if he was real; but if I had they wouldve told me he wasnt. Personally, I dont think you should lie to your kids. I never found it offensive for depicting Santa as the 80s Santa is mythical, though there was a real St Nick.

There was a short window where I might have wanted to see SNDN. Cause of my age I wouldnt have been able to see it in the theatres (R), as I wouldnt have asked my folks to see this. The local theatre did allow my friends and I see some Restricted films, but my friends wouldnt haven gone for SNDN. By the time I could rent it, I think I had soured a bit on some of the 80s horror 'crudeness for crudeness sake' stuff, just wasnt my personal taste anymore. Course, I'm just making some assumptions about SNDN... I noticed every film is different.

Its funny you say that. My 7 year old grandson likes watching the "Three's Company" reruns with my husband. He doesnt watch it but likes to have it as background noise while he plays.

Silent Night, Deadly Night part 2 1987

Really just a rip off of the first one.

That's funny, I was around 7 when I started watching it. I was a Three's Company fan, loved John Ritter, Susanne Summer, Joyce DeWitt. Ive seen pretty much ever ep, except for probably the last 2 seasons. But I most definitely did not watch the show with my parents. Especially the early years were one sexual inuendo after another. But the actors were obviously loving people, it really came out. It's easy to see why a 7-yr-old would like the show.

Alligator was the type of schlocky B-movie that manages to balance between hilarious and brilliant. A perfect fit for a film that fits the slew of Jaws knock-offs that popped up in the late seventies.

Robert Forster is great as the rogue cop with the troubled past. The love intrest scientist is as predictable and typical as you would expect. And the kills are as comedically over the top as one would hope.

Ps: Also funny to see a kid wearing a t-shirt that said "I'm a pepper". Reminded me of what sculpt posted about David Naughton. ::cool::

I saw SNDN in the theaters the first week after its release when all the
controversy was beginning to boil over. Liked it back in 1984, but seeing it almost 30 years later, really not that good. And Bloof is right about the first sequel...avoid. Not worth your time, especially when almost half of SNDN2 is rehashed from the original.

We were trying to find this yesterday on HULU! No luck, so We watched...

HARRY IN YOUR POCKET (1972). Not a classic, but worth watching. Neophyte pickpocket Michael Sarrazin (how happy my wife was::love::!) with new girlfriend Trish Vandevere (How happy I was!::love::) who He meets trying to snatch her watch take the advice of a fence and team up with two "Pro" pickpockets (James Coburn and Walter Pidgeon.

Good performances by the four (especially Walter ), although what they are doing is despicable. Sort of frightening to see the techniques used to snatch other people's property and in an era where Credit cards weren't the norm and no worry about losing Your Social Security card or other ID.
Also nice to see locations other than the obvious (like NYC, LA, etc) and We get good footage of Seattle WA, Victoria BC and Salt Lake City UT. **

Halloween 3

Halloween 3... what'd ya think?

Home sweet home

CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972). Fourth film in the APES saga , revealing how Simians rose above Humans in the pecking order isn't bad, although budget restraints were beginning to show, especially in crowd scenes. Very fine performances by Roddy McDowell and Ricardo Montalban, but film seems more violent than earlier ones and pretty mean spirited throughout. ***

New year’s evil

Bloody new year

Fatal games

Curtains