Black Christmas (1974)

It was an alright movie with a pretty damn effective ending. It wasn't anything spectacular, and it certainly wasn't as good as Halloween is (I know, I know, Halloween owes everything it had to BC...but Halloween is a superior film).

Good cast, though, with good performances.

I just put in dimentia 13.

well done joshaube. i watched tale of two sisters on filmfour last night

Underworld Evolution
Chronicles of Riddick

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning...Ugh!:mad:

Hellboy

Well, they air on Spike and Space every once in a while, marathon-style, and back a few years I remember catching some bits of the sequels. I've seen a few of the more recent sequels (ie - the shitty installments like H20), but nothing of the originals. I wasn't too drawn to ever seeing the first two... before recently, when over 20 members had it as their top #1 favourite horror film. Then I knew I HAD to see it.

I'm worried that after seeing it I'll be dissapointed... after all this hype I've created, and others, around it.

Anyway... thoughts after each one.

I hope you like it. It'd definately be in my top 10 horror.

Open Season ..

pretty funny - great casting of Billy Connelly.
the usual sucky message and ending as almost every other kids films but this one was better than most.

The Amityville Horror [2005]
I thought it was solid, and much better than the shitty OG version.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Y'all definitely need to go see this. Fantastic movie. The best theatrically released horror movie I've seen a long damn time.

Wow, you think?

To each their own I suppose, but what did you find so "shitty" about the original?

um...no

Saw it last night and it was barely mediocre. The first 15 minutes were promising and R Lee Ermy always delivers, but there is NOTHING else going on here. And what little good there is in the film is completely obscured by shitty the-camera's-shaking-so-things must-be-scary style of directing. And the ending...

WHAT?

Completely stupid. Wait for DVD.

Better/worse/equal to the remake? How does it compare?

Worse! Roderick summed it all up nicely. I kept looking at the clock in the theatre to see how much longer i had to endure it. At least in the 2003 remake i cared somewhat for the characters. This one, i couldn't wait for them to die. Movie dragged on and on. Nothing creepy or suspenseful at all. Shaky camera did nothing for me. Shit! Nispel could've done a better job with this. But in reality, what were we expecting from the diretor of Darkness Falls.:rolleyes:

Maybe it's because it was made before my time, but I thought the whole movie was corny and just cheap. Hated the ending, too.

I can't believe you choose this over "The Departed"......for shame Mr. Usher....for shame.

I, however, did choose The Departed tonight.

9.5/10

Spectacular movie, killer ending, great editing, Scorsese at his best.

Forrest Gump

Always enjoyable. Tom Hanks really is one of the best character actors in the world and this film proves it. I don't need to go on and on about this one because I'm sure most everyone's already seen it at least once.

A

I know, I know... it's Hallowen time, I'm weak. Forgive me. I'll go see it this week.

Loved Infernal Affairs so I'm fairly confident that I'll be loving The Departed.

Caught Whale Rider for the second time.

Stunning piece of story telling. Myth at it's very finest. 10/10

a rating I've never before posted.

The Great Challenge
>>: C+

I watched Saving Silverman last night.

only had a couple of problems with the movie ..


(these are not spoilers)

- i found the music too contrived and intrusive a lot of the time... distracting -

- the very very very last shot - with the thing on the balcony.


about as subtle as the glowing eyes in angelheart.


other than that - fantastic film

I just put halloween 4 in.

Silent Hill. It kinda tripped at the end, and what actually happened with Rose and Sharon is hazy (are they alive? is Sharon evil? Cmon now...)


all in all though, i liked it. GREAT atmosphere, probably on eo fthe best atmospheric horrors since the Ring. Creepy as hell. I actually watcjed it a second time the next morning. Beta the hell out of Doom.

You´ll get your answers in the sequal.;)

It's a good thing it did well. Writers really should not write a first movie with "Wait until the sequal" questions left. it's not like it was Lord of the Rings where there was a story thaat bridged 3 seperate volumes to begin with. Granted, they have quite a few silent jhill games, but that is a BIG risk making a video game movie. shouldve given just a bit more info.

Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire

Gimme an 'S'! S! Gimme a 'U'! U! Gimme a 'C'! C! Gimme a 'K'! K!

What's that spell? Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire!

Wow! This movie sucked some of the most major balls of any I've seen recently and that's pretty rough news because I've been watching Troma & D grade horror lately! Horrible script, bad directing, bad acting, stupid fight scenes , stupid FX, minimal gore, corny lines that're so bad they're... just bad. This film basically offers zero entertainment value whatsoever and I could only recommend to someone looking for some way to inflict slow and painful punishment on thier enemies. The majority of the gore is so low budget that it just looks like streawberry jelly, but there is one part where a heart is ripped out that looks pretty good. That solitary 3 second scene is the only thing saving this movie from an 'F' grade.

D-

Yes, the movie was definitely dedicated to the SH fans.

I can definately see where you're coming from. I had a little trouble with the soundtrack myself, it was about three songs that they played over and over again, and it didn't seem like they had any volume control. The only time I liked this was the irish type song (I think it was the Dropkick Murphys) that they pumped during the long awaited title sequence. I loved the way this movie didn't even really get started until about 20 minutes into it.

As far as the crawling thing...yeahhhh, that was pretty blatant. My friend hated that, too. I'm not sure what I thought about it.

Yeah, we watched the movie thingy for the Scarlet Letter. I have never wanted to bitch slap someone so bad in my entire life...

TCM -The Beginning


And I wathed The Man last night, it was pretty funny!

The Dead Zone

Christopher Walken kicks ass in this. Awesome, awesome movie.

PS - If you havent seen it yet (Like me), avoid the new SE. Nothing wrong with the DVD, but the back of the box has a HUGE spoiler. I was kind of pissed.

so how does it compare to IA?

I saw Trailer Park Boys:The Big Dirty it was awesome.

Vidocq

Pretty good, but what a fucking bizare ending. I really enjoyed the movie, but the last 10 minutes or so are just "What the hell?"

I do recomend it though. It's no Sin City, but the digital backgrounds/sets give the movie kind of a cool feel. It has it's flaws, but I liked this alot more than I thought I would

evil dead :D

Last night I watched:

The Leopard Man and The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Lair of the White Worm

So, was it fairly true to the game? Or was it like Doom where they borrowed names and visuals and scrapped the original story for something "Original"?