Sounds bad, now we just need this to be made into a movie...
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Anyway, I just watched The Hamiltons... I think maybe I was expecting too much because it kind of let me down.

"Prisoners" 7/10

Pretty good crime/thriller, but with a running time of 146 minutes
it was just way too long for this kind of movie.

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Not the best film to tee off October-ween but just wanted to revisit the whole Jason vs Carrie scenario. Apart from that absolute eye-roller of an ending, the film's still an entertaining watch. Hasn't lost it's nostalgic touch either.

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Would You Rather (2012) . Directed by David Guy. Excellent film.

Used to love that show; but yeah, not sure about a movie treatment, may turn out lame.

I think general fans of the series have mixed feelings about it but I did enjoy it too and even I didn't mind about the ending, found that twist kinda interesting for a Slasher series.

Silver Tongues (2011)

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This is a strange, offbeat thriller about a seemingly 'normal' middle-aged couple who takes a road trip & make occasional stops here and there to manipulate & trick people into the strangest of things, from ruining a honey moon for a newly married couple to an attempt to fuck the mind of an old man at a nursing home. And that's actually what the entire movie is...leaving plenty of unanswered questions throughout the movie i.e. who this main characters are and why they chose to go from town to town imposing their changing persona on strangers and leaving a path of destruction in their wake?!
The two lead did a good job with their weird roles and although it was kinda an interesting indie overall but not a satisfactory complete thriller.

>>: B-

Deep Dark Canyon (2013)

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Dark Circles (2013)

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Decently creepy & atmospheric at times with some fairly done jump scares but the ending was a disappointment. It could have been far better & interesting. Recommended to Angra.:)

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Hey man, thanks! :)

VHS 2 -

Not very good. Enjoyed the Zombie story but that was about it. Liked the 1st one alot more.

What did you think of "Safe Haven"? I thought that that piece made the entire anthology.

For a film which followed the scientific (psycho/tele kinesis) route and the slasher (Jason) format, that ending was too mind-boggling and raised quite a few questions of its own as well.

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Low brow, modern Hammer Studios effort which borrows a bit from the Pet Sematary premise and Don't Look Now. The whole mini-budget production value shows throughout the film which plays like a TV movie, but some plotholes notwithstanding, it delivers. A taut story, fairly decent atmosphere complimented by some nice camera shots/angles, a decent amount of gore props-wise and CGI-ified, and some decent performances. Recommended if you love slightly surreal storylines and low-budget horror.

Oh, and if you are put off by live Caesareans being performed on cattle, you should avoid this one.


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I liked both VHSs, I think they both had some good sub-stories. Must admit though, I found Safe Haven a bit mediocre. Enjoyable enough but nothing special, and the appearance of the monster near the end really took it into B-movie territory for me.

You know I imagine most people though it was the best story of the 2 films but something about it really erked me. It kinda ruined it for me when they just forgot about the SOV gimmick and switched to first person view with people who hadn't cameras. They did it in End of Watch too and it totally took me out of the film then too. Its a minor point but since the whole gimmick of these films is that they are found footage viewed in the framing story. Another similar grip is who edited these multiple camera videos together so they can be viewed for our pleasure :-)

^ Yes quite so... a lot of the "found footage", especially in 2, seemed very contrived. It spoilt the suspension of disbelief for me.

Modern Horror
 

I'm a big fan of ghost stories and haunted house stories. I really liked the "In a Dark Place" (2006) because as a remake it went in a different direction of one of my favorite movies of the Horror genre, "The Innocents." (1961) Which has to be my favorite ghost-story adaptions of all time. Both are based on Henry James's "The Turning of the Screw" which I re-read every couple of years because of it's delightful ambiguity. I'm still not sure if the ghosts were real or if the governess was mad. The Innocents lends itself to the first interpretation and In A Dark Place to the second. Both are chilling.

For me to really love a horror movie or psychological thriller, the ending has to hit me with the notion of an on-going horror or it has to be final--ie, the hero gets away but is horribly scarred by the experience or the hero dies/becomes the monster. Some of the modern horror/psychological thriller movies I feel delivered that ending I was lusting for were: The Descent, Jeepers Creepers, Session 9, Shutter Island, Rec, Paranormal Acitivity, Wolf Creek, Sinister, The Uninvited, Insidious, the Burrowers, The Ring, the Grudge, In a Dark Place, The Darkness, and the Woman in Black.

Martyrs, Desperation, and John Dies at the End... this Halloween season has been filled with a ton of movies already, I love it.

Ever seen "The nightcomers"?
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Not very scary, but as a Turn of the Screw prequel it's an interesting watch.

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Decent, low budget rage-zombie-outbreak effort.

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Don't bother. Watch the original instead.

* ½

"Dark Circles" 6-7/10

Not sure i completely understood what was going on in this movie, but it was decent with a few good scares.



"World War Z" 8/10

One of the best and most entertaining zombie movies i've seen.



"Pain & Gain" 7/10

Not particularly hilarious, but pretty entertaining "true story".

Fright Night 2 (2013)

I don't know why they called this movie Fright Night 2. The characters are there: Amy, Charlie, Evil Ed, Peter Vincent & Gerry (Instead of Jerry) Dandridge. But none of the events of the previous movies have apparently ever taken place. When I saw this movie even existed out there I thought, maybe they were doing the sister story line from the original Fright Night Part 2, but no. This movie is a completely stand alone film, but with the same characters, in name at least as the rest of the franchise.

If you can get past all that. It was a pretty decent (though cheesy) vampire film. The story was interesting, pulling from the legend of Elizabeth Bathory. Some of the dialogue was pretty bad but overall I actually enjoyed it. It doesn't come anywhere near the others in the franchise but as a stand alone straight-to-video kind of vampire movie, it's wasn't that bad. A few spots didn't make sense but overall I'd give it a B+.

Only got through half of it.

The first part of your review bothered me as well. But what bothered me the most
was the main character looked like a complete douce.

I don't disagree about the kid playing Charlie, but considering it's straight to video I thought it was pretty good. Then again, I enjoy SyFy Channel movies so your mileage my vary. But it was better than a lot of the garbage I've seen being put out recently. It also had some good looking women and some titty which (and I know Newb would agree with me on this) never hurts...lol.

The makeup effects were quite good. But the characters were just so damn shallow that i lost interest within the first 30 minutes.

From Ireland



Dark Touch

very well acted, very graphic at times.

Sold!!!! :D

"Dark Touch" 7/10

Weird movie. Weird but well made and highly entertaining.
There was something very Carrie about it.

Dark Skies - 3.5/5
Good story and good suspense, Really not bad for an alien film.

Lord's of Salem - 1.5/5
Good story in the beginning, kinda had you drawn in then it just got boring. Kinda like when he wrote it he got bored towards the end of the film. Nothing really special or suspenseful. I could of gone without seeing it.

World War Z - 4.5/5
Great Zombie movie. Really took it for "what would happen if it broke out today" They actually used the word zombie. I think they really made this movie not wanting another cheesy zombie movie.

I'm behind and haven't seen any of those yet with the exception of Insidious.

"Curse of Chucky" 6-7/10

Surprisingly dark.

I liked this more than I expected - it was alot better than the directories previous Chucky film. The doll looked huge in this one too.

If they should ever make more Chucky movies (and why wouldn't they),
that would be the way to do it. More horror, less comedy.

And yes, the doll is twice the size as the one in Child's Play.

Watched this on your recommendation (and the fact its Irish).
Pretty disappointing, especially the ending, though there were some good bits in it. And some of the acting was dreadful - the bit at the start when she first comes into the neighbours house was cringe worthy.

Ronan Keating daughter didn't do too bad a job but some of the other kids were pretty poor especially in the group scenes.

Lost Voyage

I thought the girl did an excellent job of portraying an abused child with powers beyond her control. Also the parents and the teacher. Sure some of the bit parts by child actors could have been better but it surely didn't distract from the movie. And yes...the ending seemed a little contrived.

Hatchet 3

Some great cameos...too bad they didn't use them better. They got Kane Hodder and Derek Mears...2 Jason's...the battle should have been epic

All in all an OK watch for the gore

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Mildly entertaining.

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Decent.

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Cheesy and likeable.

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What Richard Did (2012)

Based kinda loosely on an incident that happen here in Dublin a few years back when a number of well of School rugby players killed another teen in a street fight.

The film is well written and acted - the characters are very believably and it doesn't play every thing as black and white.

Gotta check this out, I don't know why but I always kinda like this sorta movies.:)

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

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Almost 4 hour long (!) but yeah...this is a great documentary, packed with plenty of interviews with the cast & crews about all those behind the scene production stories, fun & criticisms...that nicely depicts the Elm Street legacy with a honest approach. While Watching the doc, it just once again amazed me to realize what a great horror mastero Mr. Wes Craven was back in those days...a filmmaker with plenty of unique & fascinating ideas; Salute you, Sir and thanks for those awesome movies!:)
It's now fun to know that for the 4th or 5th installment of the series, even Peter Jackson along with another writer scripted a story about an aged, tired & weak Freddy who often gets beat up by the new Elm Street kids in their dreams until one day, Freddy strikes back one of them & eventually trapped him into his dream world as the victim falls into coma! I wasn't also aware that there were plenty of drafts from different writers for FREDDY Vs JASON (the most profitable installment!), even one included a final battle in the hell where at near the end, even PINHEAD makes a surprise appearance!

I'm not saying about another Elm Street flick (believe me...I'm not!;)) but I think it'd be interesting or I wish we'd see one day...James Wan is playing with a Wes Craven idea or directing a film scripted by Wes! And in this regard, instead of a total slasher approach, it'd better to get a dark, psychologically twisted story from Mr. Craven; I just think it'd be fun & quite interesting, just saying.:)

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It would be interesting to see what you think - the story is based upon a real incident (though changed around a bit) in my home city and is based in a culture that I grew up around. So I knew people similar to those in the film.

Did you check it out? I just realized I wasn't very clear in my original post that this movie falls into the so bad it's good category. Anyway let me know what you thought if you did watch it.

I liked this one too. Saw it in the theater actually by default. It played more like a horror film than a SciFi alien kind of film. It was like a haunted house movie but the aliens were the ones haunting. Agree with your rating.

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Wow.

Just...

...wow.


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