I watched a few more movies over the weekend:

McVicar

This was the first time I had seen this little gem of a movie. I loved Quadrophenia so figured I'd give this 'Who' production a go. Roger Daltrey plays McVicar and the movie based on fact is a gritty prison drama, slightly dated in parts but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

8/10


The Case of the Scorpions Tale

This once thought lost Giallo was the next film I happened upon from my crate. I found the acting to be the usual (which is bad and cheesy to say the least) the dialogue was not much better BUT that aside, the death sequences were quite outstanding for the time (particularly the glass stabbing to the eye). The scenery was fantastic too. I would however avoid this if you are not a big fan of the Giallo genre. There are better films around (with less plot holes) but if you are the completist like myself it would surely make a good addition to your collection.

6.5 - 7/10

Underworld

As we had family around I was asked to provide an action type film so figured I'd give this another whirl. I still thoroughly enjoy this flick. I haven't yet seen the directors cut/extended version - could anyone tell me if this is worth forking out for?? Anyway - a thoroughly entertaining popcorn movie

8.5/10


Wild Things

This was another bargain bin purchase so I expected little. What a got was a film with more twists and turns than Christiano Ronaldo and some hot hot scenes coupled with Bill Murray (who I love). Not a film to be taken at all seriously but good in a trashy kind of way.

7/10

P.S. Keep the end credits rolling as the twists only come together RIGHT at the very end...


Starkweather

This cheap indy flick was not a bad effort on all accounts. I was hoping to get a decent s.killer / Natural Born Killers kind of film and to be honest I did. the death scenes are not excessive but the film holds up well. Check out a couple of particular scenes in the movie where you can see a mic hovering around the top of the screen...now that's the kind of budget we are talking!! hehehe. Not a bad effort by any means (see Gemini Killer)

7/10


Sleep Stalker

Another bargain bin purchase - I had to get this one when I saw that it was the Sand man who was the purpertrator...another v. cheap low budget movie, this was the same thing I have seen thousands of times and done better too. Not terrible but not great either. Worth the £1 I paid though

6/10 - I'm feeling generous!!


Final Destination III

The last of my FD season I watched last night. This is the weakest of the series but is still the same old fun popcorny feel to it. Some excellent death sequences in true FD style (particularly the roller-coaster scene, the weights crushing the head and of course not forgetting the sun bed's...). This is a worthy addition to the series and well worth a watch. On a slightly disappointing note, Tony Todd doesn't make an appearance but his voice is used on the rollercoaster ride which was quite cool.

8/10

The Shinning

The film is just fantastic, the bloke in the furie suite gets me everytime!

I watched "the fury" this afternoon, I was still up from the day before and my mind was a mess, It was such a warped piece of cinema though, it freaked me out a bit, i got lost in it` at times

why would you do that?

It was entertaining, in an 80's Steve Segall kind of way.

Just watched Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
Pretty damn funny.

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Population 436 is a beyond average movie, kind of boring. Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit is one of the main characters and he actually does a pretty good job. It's about a town that has a population of 436 and has had the same population for 100 years or something like that, a census taker tries to find out why the populaiton doesn't change. On one hand it could have been a lot better, but on the other hand it's still better than a good majority of the horror movies coming out on the big screen.

Summer of Fear
Ghost Ship

Lucky # Slevin

How was it?




Im off to watch Dance of the Dead and Imprint.

Great flick.

Awesome, Ive been meaning to check it out.

Masters of Horror: Dance of the Dead

It wasnt bad. The acting was horrendous and the damn shaky-cam was getting on my nerves, but the story was decent. Awesome ending...even though you can see it coming a mile away, it's still pretty damn cool.

Not one of the best episodes, but not the worst.

I decided not to watch Imprint tonight...this weekend.

house of the dead II.

damn you sci fi damn you! ahhhhhhh

Seven. The movie with Brad Pitt.
Was an awesome movie.
Last seen horror movie: Creepshow, lastnight.

I just finished watching The Blob (1958).

This is absolutely one of the most fun movies ever made. Every second is pure entertainment, and Steve McQueen leads an all-star cult-classic cast. Perfect.

I watched Final Destination 3 this morning while I ate my eggs, Easily the weakest in the series

Steel Frontier


Wow! This is one of those movies that's so bad it's excellent! It's a post-apocalyptic western sort of movie with plenty of violence and a lot of really great corny lines from somewhere in the mid-late 80s. Plus Kane Hodder is in it!!! I was thuroughly entertained. The only thing holding this one back from an A grade is that it has a character that is easily the most annoying person I've ever seen in any movie, period.

If you like cheesy action movies (Think Rambo or Delta Force but with much cornier dialogue & acting.) then you'll love this as much as me.

B+

Shit I just watched it also and I feel the same way. I just watched it and I can't rememeber ANY of it.

It's still better than the first one though solely because of the complete lack of interspliced clips from the video game.

Underworld: Evolution earlier.


Watched Kung Fu Hustle again last nite.
Damn I love that movie to bits! :D

Lucky # Slevin

Solid acting and really fun set design and camera work, but a little too snappy for its own good - twisty, yet predictable.

A pleasant diversion but not a great film by any stretch of the imagination. 6/10

Haven't seen the new underworld,though my cuz let me borrow it. I finally watched Kung Fu Hustle and Laughed my ass off haha.

High Tension

a beautifully shot and art directed piece of shit:(

The Gift-actually wasn't too bad. I was suprised.

Did you really not like High Tension?

Last movie I watch was House of the Dead 2. Total cheese!

Yeah I hated it. It was a cheap gimmic, a cop out that completely nullified everything prior.

*****spoiler*****
I have no problem with the idea that someone could be delusional enough to think they see a killer while actually killing. But to present it with such a blatant disregard for logic was sloppy and amaturish.

Sure it was shot great and the gore was beautiful, but the STORYTELLING was awful. A car chase with yourself? Crap.

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100% agree there.

Last movie I saw was Alone in the Dark (1982). I liked it, but I think it would actually be a good candidate to be remade.

Brother Bear 2 (2006) 8 / 10

if something is well shot, well acted, has enough elements to keep me entertained - i can easily overlook things like this.

jesus christ as horror fans we've been asked to suspend our disbelief more than any other breed of film fan ..

its so rare we get anything close to well acted - i just can't complain about something the quality of haute tension because of a goofy plot device..

I'm the same way. The plot hole was rather large, and I can see how people could hate the movie for it. But I don't. The movie was just too damned attractive.

Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Mediocre sequel to a perfect horror classic.

Karate Kid II

the origional still has a charm to it, the sequel was pure excess ..

Masters of Horror: Imprint

This is actually my first exposure to Miike's work...it wasnt bad, but I was hoping for a better first impression.

I had no problem with the pacing or the fact that it was in english (two things Ive heared people complain about), but I didnt like the way it ws presented. Lots of it seemed utterly pointless...I dont want to spoil anything, but it really has a "twists-for-twists-sake" mentality in places. Huge chunks of narrative are shown to be completly needless if not just to set up a twist.

It was well made and well directed, but it really could have been alot shorter.


***Spoiler***



Ok so I didnt want to spoil anything...but was I the only one that was reminded of some twisted cross between Oldboy and Basket Case near the end?

Night of 1000 cats - not bad, not great but not bad.

I thought High Tension was fuckin' AWESOME all the way up until they revealed their completely unneccesary "twist" that, in my eyes, punched so many holes in the movie that the entire movie just sank because of it. They shoulda left out the twist and then we'd just be left with 1 bad ass pure slasher film.



Something Wicked This Way Comes

This is a PG rated Disney horror film so my expectations weren't real high, yet I was still let down by this boring piece of crap. The acting was fine but like I said, the movie was just boring. The plot, villain and circumstances were not enough to keep me interested whatsoever.

D+


The weekend line up: City of Ghosts, V for Vendetta, A Tale of Two Sisters, Jersey Girl

Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep

Well, this was a Sci-Fi original, but it wasn't terrible. The acting was acceptable. Nothing Oscar worthy, but not embarrassing either. The story was decent for a made for tv script and there was a bit more gore than you might expect for a tv movie as well, but if you watch a lot of Sci-Fi originals, then perhaps not because they generally tend to get as much gore as they can in there. I'm not sure if it's the cheesiness of it all or the fact that I was watching it knowing Roderick Usher had penned the first couple drafts, but I was pretty entertained by it.

C+

i remember being let down when i saw this as the Ray Bradbury book is my favorite of all time. 90% of it was left out of the film to simplify things for the average lumpen movie goer.

This is an excellent choice for a movie to be remade.

that being said - jason robards was excellent and its a pity he's not around to be cast in any possible remake.

Evil Aliens

A History of Violence

I thought it was "ok"...although I saw it at age 12 or 13...but,

Agreed there. I've read the book (actually after I saw the film) and it's a far cry from what they put in film...some of the best elements were completely forgotten, it seemed. Why Disney picked it up before any other companies saw it's potential is strange to me...

I wouldn't even call it a remake, the first one was so empty and "pg" that I'd just call a more well done movie more like a REAL adaptation than a remake...if they worked with it properly, they could make it terrifying. Would you want to see it modernised or changed in some way? I think it might not suffer too badly from a few updated elements, but keeping close to the actual story...but yeah, what you'd label it as aside, I would love to see another, fuller film.

Any good? I've picked it up and dropped it at the video shop numerous times, as it looks like complete trash...is it worth a weekly hire?