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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I truly like this George Romero film of a Young man who may be or not a Vampire; it's really left open to interpretation if He is the real thing or an extremely disturbed person. You can see that He is dangerous when stalking his prey -pre-dates DEXTER where a syringe and sharp implement, plus extensive clean up is involved. Many Romero regulars are here and also George's first film with Tom Savini and his impressive effects. Both have roles (GR is funny as a Priest who dislikes the Church wine and enjoyed THE EXORCIST) and how different they look without the facial hair We're accustomed to::shocked::! ****

Axe

ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (1971). Second sequel to PLANET OF THE APES has a dubious method in setting things up, but it's probably the best they could do at the time. Starts as almost a comedy (and not a funny one either), but a couple of reveals by Zira change the whole thing around and EFTPOTA becomes pretty good and involving. Noticed Jason Evers from THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN"T DIE is here. ***

The Alchemist

The house of the dead

All the kind strangers

Fatal pulse

Another son of sam

Two more classics I finally got to see are "The Slayer" from 1982 and Joe D'Amato's "Grim Reaper," also known as "Savage Island," from 1979. "The Slayer" is about a lady who keeps having bad dreams and blames bad things that happen in real life on them, then takes a vacation with her husband, brother, and sister-in-law to a secluded island, hoping that would help with her situation, only to have more bad dreams and more bad things happening on that island. That one actually has an interesting plot and story that really keeps interest with some well developed interesting characters in it. It also has plenty of twists and turns as well. "Grim Reaper" is another classic Italian giallo horror film taking place on a secluded island that not too many people live on, believed to be cursed with a lot of unexplained murders with missing dead bodies. That one starts off intense right from the start, and really has some great twists and turns in it. Those into the Italian giallo style should definitely like that one as well. ::devil::

Loved "The Slayer".