Your mom did good! That's probably something I'd do for my kids. ::cool::

Watching "You're Next" right now.

Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

First of all, this one has nothing to do with the Leprechaun series starring Warwick Davis. You can expect something different.

+The cast/acting is better than what you expect from movies like this.
+Same goes for how it was filmed and such.
+I liked the locations

-Lots of horror clichés
-Besides typical dumb decisions some things didn't make sense.
-For an Origins movie there wasn't enough origin. I would have loved more depth.
-Wasted potential. Could've been an interesting movie if they took another direction (maybe a Lovecraftian one) and exploited the origins and history more.

You're Next
 

7/10

Holy crap, was I surprised by how much I'd love this movie! This is one of the most entertaining horror movies I've ever seen. It's smart, bloody, and darkly funny, too. The biggest problem was the acting from nearly everyone (except the main girl, who was pretty good), and the excess shaky cam. However, when it wasn't shaky cam, the shots looked beautiful.

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"Into the Storm" 6/10


You would've thought with such amazing cgi and effects this would be one helluva disaster movie. Sadly it also contained a bunch of annoying cliché characters you just wanted to see get blown away in all kinds of creative ways. But nooo..
Also, the camera work was all over the place. We get cell phone recordings, hand-held cameras and surveillance camera recordings to make it oh so authentic. Altho I could swear a few of the shots was made with a normal camera. It's just a mess and i'm not even sure they saved a lot of money doing it this way, which is a shame, coz shot normal this movie could have been a lot better than "Twister". In the end it wasn't. Still woth a watch tho.



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"Leprechaun: Origins" 3/10

I'm pretty sure the creators had no idea what a leprechaun looks like, coz this bland turd had nothing to do with the former movies or the little bearded fellow in the green clothes. Instead we get 4 young people you couldn't give a rats ass about running around in a forrest from one cabin to the next, trying to escape some kind of monster (I refuse to call it a leprechaun). It's genric, it's boring and i couldn't wait till it was over.

Horrible insult to a franchise that isn't even that good.

The Truth about Emanuel
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Interesting movie that held my interest throughout. The acting is really good and you really feel for the characters. Loses points for being too artsy for me and for having a very misleading title

6/10

Could easily have been a horror movie with one single change.

Personally i likes it a lot, mostly due to the two main characters/actors.

Yeah it really could've. The actors were great and really made the movie. I just kept waiting for them to reveal her secret only to realize its more of a metaphorical secret. I kinda felt cheated. Plus all the water scenes were too artsy for me. Its just not my thing.

Going to see As Above/So Below this weekend ::cool::

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8/10

Needful Things (1993)
One of my favorite Stephen King horror movies.
I think it's highly underrated. Story, locations, cast,...
Don't have anything bad to say about this movie.

How's it compared to the first one?
I'm a fan of the series but I didn't really like the movie. Too mainstream and too much romance.

Definitely post that one. Really want to know how it is

I like almost every found footage movie I watch (and I'm especially afraid of caves::EEK!::), so I'll probably like it :P

Isn't it pretty much the same story as "Catacombs"?

Nevertheless i'm gonna watch it.

I don't like all found footage but I do when its used well

Never seen Catacombs

Then you're lucky. There's another one coming up a people trapped in a pyramid.
It's called... Pyramid.

Yes.
Didn't know the movie so I looked it up and it's almost the same.
Might explain the feeling of deja vu when I first read about As Above/So Below.

Pretty average much liek the first one - neither were nearly as good as the series.

The Rover (2014)
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Another Ozzie Crime film from the director of Animal Kingdom . This time it is set after the breakdown of society - Guy Pearce plays a man hunting down some outlaws who have stolen his car. Though not as good as AK, this slow burning thriller is well acted and shot, if a little illogical at times. The guy from Twilight is better than expected.

Id say its just as good as the first one.

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8/10

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3/10. By far the worst in the series (the only bad one imo). Everything about it was wrong, bad cast, bad acting, bad story, and having Busta Rhymes in it spoilt it even more!

Scream Park -- 4/10; It has a nice concept (I think they it stole from one of King's recent novels), but stylistically, it is blander than oatmeal.
When Mikey takes it from Busta: the worst moment in the series. ::sad::

Yep it definitely was! I think they need to make another one just so Michael can hunt down Busta Rhymes and slaughter him!!

May want to watch the original now to wash off the bad smell. :halloween:

H20 is definitely my favorite Halloween sequel with Halloween 4 at second.

As Above So Below

I really am not a fan of "found footage" style movies but I thought this was one was ok. I guess what saved it for me is that it reminded me of a sort of modern Indiana Jones type flick (which it could have been had it been a movie and not a mockumentary). It didn't feel like a horror flick though, despite some suspenseful moments, I guess all the silly jump scares lumps into that category though. Great use of sound during one moment though... really dug that.

I was reading a bunch of reviews, and the negative reviews mostly focused on the "shaky camerawork".

It's a found footage movie. What the fuck do you think you're gonna watch?

Amityville Dollhouse -- 7.5/10; As one of the best Amityville entries, Dollhouse is slow going through the first half, but its second half brings some deliciously silly horror in the vein of House '86. The zombie father reminds me of Big Ben.

The ground, then the back of the person in front of the cameraman, then the ground again, then something indiscernible to the right, then the ground once more.

Yeah, if you go in knowing it's a "found footage" film you can't complain that the camerawork is all over the place. Now if you said that about Transformers or that third Bourne flick you might have a valid complaint.

Watching Pitch Black right now

The Descent
 

10/10

By far the scariest movie I've ever seen. I love how it combines jump scares, pure tension, and claustrophobia. I found the ending quite nihilistic (I watched the UK cut), but it was overall an amazing film.

[QUOTE=Damn Heathen;976810]Amityville Dollhouse -- 7.5/10; As one of the best Amityville entries, Dollhouse is slow going through the first half, but its second half brings some deliciously silly horror in the vein of House '86. The zombie father reminds me of Big Ben.


Damn, I recently watched all the Amityville sequels that I could get a hold of and posted on here. It was a blast. I remember thinking this one ^^^, while it had "Amityville" in the title, never mentioned it once throughout the whole movie. That's true about the Big Ben connection.

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead -- 9.5/10; Honestly, I didn't care much for Dead Snow, what with all the dirty tight action shots spoiling some decent gore effects. And while there are a few of those here, the director has really honed his style enough to make the gore shine through (perhaps his work on Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters did him some good). If you like Dead Alive or the Hatchet series, you may well consider this a godsend.

Good flick, but Pt. 2 has more bite and less soap-opera nonsense.

Terrifying. ::smile::

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Off to go eat then see As Above/So Below. :danger:

Spooky. Really, really spooky.

Vanessa Redgrave's narration adds to the gloomy, foreboding and terrifying atmosphere of this 80-minute, low-budget, mono-act effort. Aaron Poole did a decent job, but could have been better. The effects were top-notch and in the end, the questions the film leaves you with, provide answers on their own.

A slow-burner, but a definite recommendation.


* * * ½

I started to watch this but turned it off. Glad I read this. Will definitely give it a second chance.

As Above/So Below
 

4/5

It's far scarier than most other found footage movies (save [REC]) and better than most recent horror movies. It's pretty well acted, the shaky cam isn't unbearable, and it has a pretty interesting story and a great ending.

SCOOBY DOO! FRANKEN CREEPY 2014. Animated

Got this in with my granddaughter tonight. Lots of fun for the "big" kids, too.

Totally agree! This is a pretty good spooky flick! LOVED Vanessa Redgrave's fantastic voice over, it worked beautifully. I'd specially like to recommend it to the old school horror lovers i.e. NE, Hammy, Newb & Ferox.

Never Cry Werewolf -- 5/10; This poor man's Fright Night is not quite as bad as most reviewers have declared, but there is some truly awful acting and CGI on display.
I liked The Goblin King, so I'll check this out.
I found very little in the way of the old school here, outside of the story. The director, who clearly knows how to set up and run a shot, overdirects his story. I love his style, but he needs more to chew.