One hot looney.

Haunter
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Given the synopsis I thought this movie would be more about a girl who thinks she's haunted but then finds out she's the ghost doing the haunting and tries to save the living girl from the person who killed her.

Instead its more of a ghost groundhog day, inter dimensional story which ends up being really dull.

"The Apparition" (2012)
-Ashley Greene
Plot:
A young ccouple is haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment


Phantoms Review: This film commits the cardinal sin of horror films. ...it isn't scary. Not in the least, the film tries to be an old fashioned ghost story loaded with atmosphere, but there is absolutely no pay off. It's a really dull film. The only thing going for it is leading lady Ashley Greene, who is very hot, outside of that don't waste your time.

Ditto, found it pretty mediocre too. I thought the twist would be she used to work for that gang once...anyway, I don't mind home invasion flicks but yeah...when see films like Purge & this gets rave reviews it just becomes quite frustrating. Here are few recent but better home invasion flicks that you can check out...
1. Sleep Tight [2011] (not totally a Home invasion flick, more of psycho-thriller from Spain. Loved it!),
2. Kidnapped [2010] (A Spanish one & I liked it)
3. In Their Skin (2012)
4. In Their Sleep [2010] (A French Home invasion film...it was kinda creepy & atmospheric at the beginning but the ending was a disappointment)

Creepshow 3 (2006) Abysmal. Avoid.

I'll have to check those out, thanks Roshiq

Not a fan of home invasion horror.

The Dark Hours is the only one i really liked, all thanks to the twist in the end.

Well there is always the originator of the genre, Desperate Hours and must be seen Fight for your Life :-)

Love Fight for your Life, great flick ::cool::

I just finished watching High Tension. I didn't know a lot about it going in so the ending did take me by surprise. Some amazing kills in this one, and some very gripping moments. I like the saturated look of the movie and the score too. Pretty brutal film. If I hadn't seen some of the other French extremity films I would probably have been more traumatized, but after Interiors, Martyrs, and Frontiers, High Tension was all that bad. However, by any other standards than French horror, this movie is fucking brutal.

Kill the Irishman (2011)
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Entertaining enough biopic about 70's Irish Mobster, Danny Greene. Watched as part of my 'Irish' double bill for Paddy's Day.

Oldboy (2013): You know what I’m gonna say, the Korean version is much MUCH better, but I really liked Sharlto Copley in this one. Such a different character from “District 9”, I’m going to have to check out his other roles.

Almost Human (2013): Really tried to like this one, but I just couldn’t get into it. Reminded me a bit of “Dreamcatcher”, which I didn’t care for either.

Yeah I couldn't even finish that one

Oldboy (2013)

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An unnecessary & crappy remake but Elizabeth Olsen looked pretty good.

>>: C-

Watche Paco Plaza's (Rec,2&3) Second Name. Based on the Ramsey Campbell novel. If you like Nameless and Rosemary's Baby this may be for you. I enjoyed this one. Slower pacing but very effective as it unfolds. Makes me want to go back and re watch Nameless.

IT (1990)

Buck Wild (2013)

"4 friends go on a hunting vacation (in Texas?) and then stuff happens."

Nice horror/comedy.
I'd say the less you know about this movie before you watch it, the better.
It wasn't great but better than average, nice effects, good amound of blood,...



SPOILER
-The creature from the beginning reminded me a lot of the rat-monkey from Braindead/Dead Alive. And the zombies/infected showed human behaviour. Also a bit of a similarity -

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014)

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>>: C-

The Battery (2012)

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A funny indie road-drama with the backdrop of zombie apocalypse. But the final act could have been 10 to 15 minutes shorter; nevertheless, found the ending kinda unsatisfactory, as if they weren't sure how to put an end to the story.

>>: B

Vittra aka Wither (2012)

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Fairly inspired but kinda lame Swedish version of THE EVIL DEAD. The only decent & impressive part of the movie was its gore effects and the thing it lacks mostly was an effective background music, mainly which was needed for the deadities' activity.

>>: C+

The Caller 7/10

Currently on Netflix.

Fairly slick and quick moving film based on a cool idea. If you haven't seen it, and would like to, best experience is to just play it without reading anything about it (like I did). Good acting, sharp simple sets, effective directing.


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New lady move into a new apt, gets call by crazy older woman... from the past, who has the power to chance the present. This is a concept that's difficult to keep suspension of disbelief intact, but I think the director does a good job keeping things moving to the end. Plays a bit like a Twilight Zone ep in that way.
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I just tried to watch Romero's Diary of the Dead. I hadn't seen it yet. I made it about 40 minutes in. I just couldn't take it. Bad performances, and a lot of the lacking performances had to do with Romero himself. Poorly executed for a found footage movie, everything felt planned and staged, and there was none of the spontaneous feeling that the better found footage movies have. That dialogue would have been impossible to pull off with any naturalism, so it's hard to pin the blame on the actors. Found footage works best with a lot of improvisation, and none of that occurred here. If you want to state some message about human nature, it helps if your characters make somewhat realistic decisions. Otherwise no one is going to be able to relate to the characters, and your message will ring hollow. The social commentary felt so forced, because the character's actions were implausible. The characters continually had to tell the audience what to take from the movie with a leaden voice-over and heavy-handed speeches. Romero totally miscalculated the approach in his approach to found footage movies.

Jeepers Creepers
Better than I remembered. Good, not great.

Jeepers Creepers 2
Not as bad as I expected.

Read there's a 3rd part in the works.
Maybe they finally get it right this time.

The Mist (2007)...thought this movie was ok..7/10

Boo (2005)...Great movie guys,Its about a handful of college students get trapped in a haunted hospital on halloween night. 8/10

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"Imaginaerum" 8-9/10


Been waiting for this movie for many years now, so I was very surprised to discover it actually came out in 2012.

A dark fantasy musical written by Tuomas Holopainen from the band Nightwish, with an amazing score by Nightwish and song sequences that looks like beautifully made music videoes. It's a visually stunning, surreal and poetic story, but yet simple enough for people to be able to connect all the dots. Think "Re-cycle" but without the horror, add a few short songs and a fucked up version of "The Snowman" and you have half of Imaginaerum.

Could almost be a instant classic.

Highly, highly, highly recommended.

The Dirties

"Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking."

Boring with a cheap, shitty ending.

I recently watched....
Night Of The Living Dead-90's version.

I wanted to re-watch it again, it was good but the original will always be the best! ::cool::

Snowpiercer (2013)

First half was alright. After that I kinda lost attention.
Ending was quite meh.

I saw the 90s version of NOTD many years ago. Comparing the two, I thought the 90's version was so completely inferior, it mad me hate it. To me, it lost all the elements from the original that made the original so good - the documentarian niche, the creepy echo music, the battle, distrust, racial overtones, and love and humanity of the very real characters.

Starred Up (2013)

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Just saw this yesterday - fantastic gritty British Drama about a volatile, violent 19 year old offender who is transfered to a new prison. It is similar in ways to Bronson but without the stylised presentation. This one is more raw and realistic (a bit like SCUM in that respect).

Jack O'Connell is amazing in the lead - I loved him in Eden Lake, where he also played a vicious little thug. He was also in the recent 300 film. Honestly, check this one out and thank me later..

I didn't hate the 90' NOTLD, but of course it was far inferior to the original, for the reasons you stated, although I think 'love and humanity of the very real characters' is a bit of a stretch to describe the original. One mistake the remake made is toughening up Barbara. Some people complain about how brittle Barbara is in the original, but I think that serves the story and atmosphere perfectly. She is a nervous wreck, and her hysteria gives the movie almost a sense of panic, an edge because it makes the situation all the more fragile. Plus her screaming is great. One of the great scenes of horror is Barbara screaming as the zombies take her away.

'Atlantic Rim' (2013)

Plot: monsters vs robots (sound familiar)

Phantoms Review: Truly awful rip off of 'Pacific Rim' (produced by The Asylum , of course), terrible on every level, FX, acting, plot, action , it's a complete waste of time.

I prefer the stronger Barbara from the remake, but agree that as a whole the movie isn't better than the original. It's good though. I actually think it's a darn good remake as far as remakes go, and the effects are excellent. Tom Savini did well in his full-length directorial debut.

I agree with Sculpt that certain social themes were lost in the original, such as racism, but times had significantly changed between 1968 and 1990. The original was perhaps the first black hero in a feature film, while in 1990, African American culture was reaching new heights in popularity, both in music and film. In 1968, Romero was commenting on Vietnam, which was a distant memory in 1990, when there was no equivalent controversy. If Tom Savini wanted to make a statement in 1990, it would have probably had to be about political correctness or Saddam's oil fields. I'm glad he didn't attempt that. :)

I so want to see this.

It's with the Barbara and Ben characters that I mention the love of humanity. Because Barbara is so weak, that, even though she's a stranger (& white), Ben protects her with his life. He becomes what he has to be to protect her. Among the group he's stuck with, he has to assume the role of leader. There's a selfish dude Karl, who would just assume let Ben get killed at the earliest convenience; but Ben needs to use everyone. Protecting Barbara is at the heart of protecting our loved ones. It's the heart and backbone of the film. I don't recall really caring about any characters in the 90 version.
I may give the 90 version a second look.

Awww... I really enjoyed that one. The sibling arguments cracked me up and there were a couple of parts that made me cringe even in a second viewing... Plus the "twist" gave me a WHOLE lot of appreciation for the movie...



SPOIERS


LOVE the kickass chick shift!!

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"13 Sins" 8-9/10


Now that's entertainment.

Story:
"A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last."

A high paced thriller, both suspenseful and hilarious at the same time. Had a couple of scenes that were a little far fetched, but except for that minor detail this movie did everything right. No dull moments.
Never seen the guy playing the lead before, but he was great.

Could easilly become a franchise.

Holy Ghost People (2013)

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>>: B

Dark House (2014)

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Agree with Angra; there were clear King, Koontz or even, to some extent, Clive Barker inspirations in the plot line & characters. So you can guess, the story had a great potential to become something really cool but frustratingly it didn't live up that expectations as a whole. The most disappointing part was they didn't explore that house at all, I just didn't get why nobody ever even just went & checked out the upstairs?! I was expecting a Lovecraftian showdown at the end with some creepy-weird monsters popping out from the dark corners of the house but that never happened. I think it was all because of budgetary issues, all those 'angels & demons' in human forms also never think of revealing themselves even when they were fighting with each other.

It's sad, when a film like this with such interesting premise turns out this way & a probably cool devilish villain never get a chance to show up.

>>: B-

Also the min characters psychic gift. Why did he have it? Was it just to make him more interesting? It didn't come in handy at any time in the movie. He did't even bothered to tell his friend who would die in war maybe not to join the army. ::roll eyes:: A real pal.

So this is like a remake of the thai film from a few years back? Seems pretty similar.
Might have to take a look.



I just got through "Dark Shadows"...Maybe it's an alright homage to the original series or some such, but personally I found it just, droll and boring.
Few of the bitsof dialogue gave me a chuckle, but it was bereft of any kind of atmosphere, something Burton used to be able to muster.
I could deal with never seeing this again.

Divergent

Not bad. I know nothing about the story, so had low expectations. Kind of a mash-up of Hunger Games and Logan's Run.