I haven't seen it yet.
Maybe it's that I'm not the biggest fan of the series in general.

I think I was maybe a little too young at the time I tried to watch them.

I found most of them quite boring and dry...perhaps it was suffering comparisons to Freddy Krueger and Hellraiser movies, that more direct visceral horror I grew up with as an 80s kid.
I didn't even appreciate the original 1 & 2 until some years later when I saw them again...they're really more like "thriller" class horror films.

As an adult, I think this is what made the original so great.
Tight. Tense. Claustrophobic...and you know maybe just one of the best musical scores ever on a horror film. It was such a direct, human and simple film with such a small setting, though it was everything it needed to be.
The Loomis "narrative", describing this creature, this just...force of nature that set up shop in a human body, who now exists as nothing other than something like evil incarnate.
It's almost like the ALIEN of the slasher genre. Anyways, yeah I liked it.

The second one built on that and was a decent sequel. In fact I think I may have liked it more.
Though at/beyond the original sequel and the other movies to follow, I did find there to be a certain quality that was shed so that, I don't know...maybe the film could feel a bit more contemporary or "complete". The back stories. The brother/sister thing. The family ties/curse and all that...Me? I didn't need all that, and to be honest found the great majority of the numbered sequels pretty much samey...competent...but didn't really draw me in.

I liked the bare-bones experience the original was.

I'll note that I also quite liked H2O. I only saw it once, so maybe it's my younger self speaking...but the way they brought it into the 90's and it felt both like the original films and something newer, and successfully so. It did borrow from the feel of the slashers of the time like Scream...and was kind of aimed at bringing in a new audience I suppose, but it worked.
It was a...perhaps not quite as serious...reasonable follow up/successor to the original series.

All in all though...I liked 1 & 2, not the rest of the numbered ones, liked H20 for it's freshness and continuation, and...yeah resurrection was horrible.

Didn't *hate* Zombies first one...but yeah the whole humanising of Michael did not work for me...so of course the second one was just ...no.

I'll stick to saying though, I feel like the movie was at it's best when we were dealing with the unknown, no ties, just this murdering figure that was like a hungry, stalking shark.

So what I'm hoping for, is something of a return to that. From what I'm hearing, aside from an attempt to add some comedy (guess I can thank Danny McBride for that), it's a competent follow up to the first that's the same in tone.

Personally, I'm HAPPY to forget about the sequels...because I didn't like most of them, and they kind of wrecked what they did with H20 with an abysmal, stupid sequel anyway.

Looking forward to it - wasn't about to let people at the cinema destroy it (Don't know if I've mentioned I won't go to horror films anymore), so I'm hoping that I'll be able to get a BLURAY double pack of the original and this one.
Bonus if it's as good as the BluRay treatment "The Thing" got - if you guys haven't seen that, you have to.

Blahblahblah. Done talking now.

To be fair I feel like they could have at least left part 2 as a sequel. I mean it all happened in the same night so there's really no reason why they couldn't have just left it at that. I mean it's hard to talk about with people who haven't seen it and even then especially without spoilers but I will say they took the series in a whole new Direction with some of the things that happened in the movie and if they do continue it, which I really hope they do, I hope we get some questions answered. The tension and some of the scenes was amazing, the writing was spectacular, the acting from everyone was great and much like the original where the death scenes weren't really over-the-top, neither were these but you get the sense of how insanely brutal they were especially when you see this one guy. Deadsy knows the guy I'm talking about, don't you deadsy? ::big grin::

This has a whole new feel to it than any other Halloween movie and I liked it! It's like I said though, I just hope they plan on continuing with it or else I wouldn't see the point. With that said, this does change everything you've known so far in the story.

And not to mention for even, for her age, Jamie Lee was pure sex in this movie.

Maps to the Stars, 2014. 9/10

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I'll check out that Secret Santa. First time hearing of that one.

The Christmas Chronicles 9/10

Loved this! To me, Kurt Russell can do no wrong, and looks damn good doing it! Mrs. Claus, on the other hand, needs to stop walking down Michael Jackson's plastic surgery path. Leave it alone, lady. You're starting to look like a freak.

One Cut of the Dead (Kamera o tomeru na!)
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What I originally thought was just a fun but kind of cringe gimmick of a movie (where it's all shot in just one take), after 40 mins takes a turn and becomes a brilliant and genuinely funny movie about the 'making' of that one shot short film.

Very clever and highly entertaining.

8.5/10

Better Watch Out 9/10

I fucking loved this! All that shit though just so your cliche young teenage boy with the exact same haircut as every other brunette that wears dorky clothes and has a raspy whiny voice could touch a titty. That ending was so fucking satisfying and in my opinion made the entire thing a wonderfully written and acted movie. Definitely one of the best holiday movies I've seen.

Agreed.

Loved the performance of the psycho kid.

I think they could have done without that clip in the credits unless it was only meant to get a laugh out of people. But yeah, I was surprised with this one. The world needs more slasher movies and less of the exact same ghost story movie just with slightly different events and a different title. Shit possesses and haunts shit and moves shit. We get it. ::big grin::

Bad Times at the El Royale - 10/10

Holy fuck!!! This movie was simply astonishing! Where to begin... the cinematography was beautiful! The writing was amazing! The acting was superb! This thing kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time and while it isn't necessarily horror per se, it certainly had the elements of suspense and even mystery. This movie was so Tarantino-esque with the way the story was presented to us and just when you start thinking what the hell can happen next, the story goes in a whole other direction but it all comes together so beautifully. I cannot recommend this movie enough to any of you. The only problem I have isn't even with the movie, it's with something they spoil in the trailer. It's not even that important of a spoiler but the point is they still shouldn't have done it. I won't say what it is but a lot of people probably already know just from the trailer itself. Watch this movie though, you won't be disappointed!

The Old Man and a Gun, 2018. 6/10

Yeah man I also really enjoyed this movie. I went into it knowing nothing, which was awesome. I really liked the kid in it.

Black 47 (2018)
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Good movie. Gripping performances with realistic action and interesting characters.
8/10

Same with me about going into it knowing nothing about it. I had never heard of it but I found it on popcorn time and decided to give it a try. I wish that's how I got to go into bad times at the El Royale because the damn trailer has a spoiler in it that doesn't ruin the movie but it is still annoying because you wouldn't have known something otherwise if they hadn't spoiled it. I hate when trailers do that shit.

Shitfest I mean Hellfest

Something else I couldn't finish because the obnoxious dialogue between the teenagers had me turning that shit off 15 minutes in. I'm not sure if it was the acting or just the lack of brain activity put into the script but if that's seriously how teenagers talk nowadays, I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991). Some hilarious moments (particularly one involving Shakespeare), but the whole I found this quite mediocre and totally lacking the zany charm of the TV series. **

The Nun 5.5/10

This movie was quite strange and I'm not exactly sure how to process it. I mean the setting was beautiful but I felt they went way over kill on how dark most of the scenes were. I also can't help but feel in a way that very last scene took a lot away from the story.

So I started watching Bird Box...because I'm getting really sick of hearing about it, and I figured it was only a matter of time before it's spoiled for me.
I'm only about a half hour in at this point - though it seems fairly well made, tense and atmospheric. Quite a few abrupt moments.
It reminded me a little bit of "The Signal" (2007) which I quite like, so yeah...seems solid enough, thus far.

I want to watch it since apparently I'm a loser for not seeing it yet haha. Add currently don't have Netflix and I'm not going to get it back for just one movie and it's on popcorn time but and a completely different language for some reason. I'll get to it eventually I'm sure.

The Predator -

I've read more stories on this movie about potential cameos and cut scenes than positive reviews. Dutch was supposed to be in it at one point. I'm glad Arnold passed on that one. Now the next one is that Ripley or Newt were going to be in it.

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I finally decided to find it and see the level of this movie. It is a movie that if I watched it in theaters I would have wanted to walk out numerous times. It feels like a Syfy knock off type movie at many moments. Actually worse than those knock off movies. I just don't see how a movie like this could get past whatever approval process they have in place. Or how if the actors really like Predator movies, especially the first two, thought that this is a movie worthy of their time. Other than to pick up a check. None of them make it out of this movie on a positive note.

The people involved in production had to be a bunch of yes men for the director and executives. I remember a story or article about an executive on Alien 3 supposedly saying that the director could film him pissing on a wall and it would still be called Alien 3. That's what this movie is. It's garbage. The movie if you want to call it that, uses classic Predator music to get that nostalgia but it's misplaced and only makes you want to watch Predator 1 or 2. It's like some bad fan film with the music edited in just to be there. Characters have lines and twists on lines from those first two movies and the writers think they are being clever but they are only showing that they are talentless hacks. It's just a sloppy mess, not entertaining, and not worth the time.

Lazarus Effect -

I thought this would be somewhat good from the cast. But it isn't. It's a pointless for profit movie. And it did make a good profit. One of those Blumhouse low budget horror movies that because of marketing somehow always manage to be very profitable. It's on demand but don't waste your time. It's like a lot of the bad return to life horror films similar to that Flatliners remake. Except this has an even worse twist.

Trench 11, 2017. 6/10




Maniac Cop 2, 1990. 7/10

Agreed, tense, it's well made... it's interesting, good pace, effective shot direction, decent effects and acting. More enjoyable for those who haven't see The Happening or Quiet Place.

I liked this more than you did. I saw it with a buddy at the theatre high. I was impressed with the trippy cinematography. It wasn't a great or notable story, wasn't particularly funny, except like you said, I think there were some funny parts, like there was in A Nightmare Before Christmas. Personally, I wouldn't say the film would have had to try very hard to be better than a TV ep... but although I saw a good 6 eps, I wasn't a fan, so you've confirmed I'm probably wrong about that. Anyway, I enjoyed for it for what I think it was attempting cinematically, and I'm not sure what anyone was expecting considering the source material. ::big grin::

Sounds good, looking forward to it. How close to Pulp Fiction is this?

The Lobster (2016) (netflix)
8/10

An emotionally reclusive widower (Colin Farrell) is forced by society into a hotel where singles have 45 days to find a mate, but if they fail they will be turned into an animal.

This is an odd, subtly funny, satire on the perceived importance of a significant other -- focused more on those who have trouble establishing relationships -- and delivered in rather appropriate Nineteen Eighty-four style.


Secret Window (2004)
6/10

Johnny Depp plays a writer harassed by a man claiming he plagiarized his story, in this Stephen King story, screenplay/directed David Koepp.

I thought this about a someone researching a satanic happening. Must be confusing it with another film. (Maybe someone can tell me what film I must be thinking of?) Mostly nice direction, although I didn't think the reveal was particularly effective, considering this is fairly old hat here, and a stripped down story that's often waiting. Restrained role by Depp.


Civilizations: Encounters, S1:Ep 4 (2018) (netflix)
8/10

Documentary how art is affected when foreign cultures first meet.

Far from it.

It’s more like a blend between Jackie Brown and The Hateful Eight.

First half is an interesting build-up, then in comes Chris Hemsworth and it all goes downhill from there, even tho he shines in the role as some kind of Charles Manson. All in all the movie is quite a mess.

From Hell

“What Happened to Monday” 7/10

By the director of the Dead Snows.

Not horror/comedy but sci-fi/action with a bit of dark humor and starring Noomi Rapace playing 7 different siblings. Definitely not flawless but it is entertaining.

A mess? Really? I fucking loved it! And yeah when Chris Hemsworth came into it it took the film in an entirely different direction but I liked it. And yes, it's nothing like Pulp Fiction. It has the element from Jackie Brown where you see things happening from different points of view which is awesome and then the hateful eight element of Mystery.

Secret Window is badass! I think it's one of Johnny Depp's better movies actually where he isn't playing some ridiculous feminine sounding guy in a top hat.

Subconcious Cruelty - fuck this movie and whoever wrote it.

I'm all about some art house but give me a fucking break... I could tolerate the baby scene in a Serbian film just fine because of the ridiculousness behind it but they went too goddamn far with this one and even then I was still willing to give it a chance hoping maybe it would redeem itself but then that going to people pulling up clumps of grass and dirt in the ground only to reveal giant puddles of blood that some people were even fucking was just downright stupid. I hate to sound so negative but seriously, fuck anybody that was involved in that piece of shit.

Thanks, Bro!

Yes, I agree, Depp did a good job, I said 'he was restrained', for him, but still engaging, and not a wack job. For me 6/10 is mildly entertaining, but I certainly was not on the edge of my seat for this film. I saw what was coming about Depp (which as I said, is an old hat plot, cause we've seen it many times), and so his wife, wife's lover, sheriff, PrivateEye and all that stuff was very simple and stripped down; so pretty quickly it just feels like we're waiting. The scenes with John Turturro (angry writer) are the best, no doubt.

I'm glad you loved it, and I thought it was alright (& peaking at RT.com Critic 46% Audience 65%, I think I saw it right), but I don't think the ending quarter was riveting or surprising at all; rather I found it obvious, cliche, short, tame, unsuspenseful, unfunny, generally blasè.

Well, Deadbeat At Dawn said this was a kids movie, so I don't know why you were miffed! ::big grin:: (I'm just kidding, folks, Deadbeat didn't say that.) We're all friends here, what part in the movie went too far? I'm curious, and I'm not gonna see this.

I am Jesus. Do you believe that too? ::big grin::

But seriously, I don't care what other people think, if anyone enjoys watching babies getting sliced up and blood spraying out of their arteries in their mothers face as they die, who am I to say that's extremely fucked up?

But seriously, watch bad times at the El Royale. That movie is fucking amazing! And angra, I found the character of Billy Lee to be quite necessary to the story. His message was there is no difference between right and wrong rather than how people perceive it. I loved his message and what it brought to the last Act of the film. Those scenes got pretty intense.

Red Christmas was an enjoyable flick. It built up the tension well and I did not really expect the ending to be as it is.

One thing I'm not really sure of is the film's stance on the subject: is it really pro or anti abortion? Or neither?

I would like to rephrase what I said earlier about subconscious cruelty. My words were harsh and possibly even taken as aggression. I would first like to apologize. As human beings I realize we are able to interpret art in whatever way we would like. I know there are some people that aren't affected by such imagery and some people get Beyond offended and then there are some who just can't watch it because it hits really tender emotions. As I previously stated, the baby scene in a Serbian film was just so silly the way it was done it didn't really affect me but with this where despite it obviously being a fake baby, being ripped from its mother's womb only to be held in front of her face and have it stabbed repeatedly by her brother, the father. Does that part strike a nerve? Yeah, it does, but that's not what bothers me. What bothers me is the fact that they had to add such extreme detail as to Heaven blood dripping from the baby's body onto the mother's face while she is screaming and then suddenly Blood start squirting out of where an artery would be and even despite all of this, before her brother even impregnated her, she was pregnant with someone else's child in which he basically munged it to death and then reached in and ripped out the remainder of the Dead fetus.

As I said, it's art and we as human beings are allowed to accept or deny whatever we like. The censorship is not what this is about. I am totally Dead Set against censorship whether if it's something I agree with or like or not. What I am concerned about is the effect these things are having on Humanity. This film was made in 2001 and when I found it on popcorn time, today being the first time I ever heard of it actually, the artwork was the two disc special edition DVD. Two disc special edition DVD... not only do I think this film doesn't even need or deserve a second disc, being beside the point, the fact that this movie would hold such popularity that it would prompt a second disc disturbs me. If you ask me, people who are turned on by this sort of thing or get enjoyment from watching this should seek help. I'm not saying that to be rude or to be confrontational, I'm saying that because something is horribly wrong with this world and it scares the hell out of me. Looking back at human history, at least what is documented, all empires have Rose and fell throughout time and go ahead and add your extra cliche. Yes, Empires rise and fall but we always learned from the previous mistakes and the world kept going on. Empires don't stretch the entire world, only Their Kingdoms or territories. What I am getting at is everything outside the Empire, life, goes on and it has went on but ever since the world wars Society has began to decline. Yes we are thriving technologically but that's not good enough. If anything, a lot of the technology is making the human race weaker, more feeble-minded and lazier. We are slaves to our phones or some sort of technology that is completely making us devolve in the most important ways. We are losing certain social skills, we are losing certain physical activities, we are lacking certain nutrition, education, life lessons, Etc.

To get back on point, at what point does the human race really decide to resort to presenting such filth and shame and disgrace in such mediums that the public I would notice and be inspired whether it be in a creative way or something dark. Is this really what we want? Is this really what we have become?

Sounds toy.

I'm not sure what that means, but I'm going to take it as a sarcastic titty slap. I am discovering so much about myself. I am extremely opinionated but I'm starting to think maybe that's a good thing,

Anybody who enjoys or participates ina film about torturing babies is a piece of trash. It’s purely for shock value and they do it cause the rest of the film is literal trash so they put something it to make people talk about it. I understand the need to make your film standout and generate word of mouth but there are better ways to do so.

And if you think these kinds of movies are in anyway good films I suggest you immediately go see a therapist and should legally be required to stay away from children.

Now all this is just my thoughts and opinions and I would say sorry for offending anybody but I’m not.

I haven't seen Red Christmas, but I remember having a discussion with a friend whether Eraserhead was anti or pro abortion. We thought the opposite. It's probably the case the film presents the issue well enough that the individual audience member sees the response to the situation as plain. In Red Christmas or Eraserhead, the film maker probably intends it one way, but also is purposely being non-direct, if not ambiguous.

“Green Book” 8/10

The IMDB rating isn’t wrong on this one. It’s a good movie with great performances.

No, I mean the movie sounds toy...like...try-hard bullshit. Basic, novice level shit.



So I watched the rest of Birdbox a couple days ago.
It's pretty decent.
I felt as though it fizzled slightly towards the end - I feel like the "in the house" stuff was much more scary than the journey.
It does give you tension.
It does give you well acted scenes.
Good atmosphere.
Thought provoking.
Overall though to be honest as a horror film I'd give this maybe a 6.5/10
This "Most terrifying movie" shit is clear hype.
I'd recommend people see it though.
Sandra Bullock has actually aged pretty damn well.

TOMBSTONE (1993). Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer are terrific as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday respectively and despite the town/people looking remarkably clean for that era, this is a Grade A western with an excellent supporting cast. ****1/2

Have any of the HDC clan seen WYATT EARP with Kevin Costner and offer thoughts? My wife wants to shop and compare Earps...like Kurt in just about anything, but Kevin hasn't really impressed me...Thanks!

Wyatt Earp is the "better" movie, Tombstone was more entertaining though I thought.