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cheebacheeba 04-30-2009 12:57 AM

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The baseball scene is my favorite part
The part with Warren?

Have you...have you seen mah baseball?

missmacabre 04-30-2009 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba (Post 803628)
The part with Warren?

Have you...have you seen mah baseball?

hahaha yes well that's definitely a step up from Twilight.

roseyred 04-30-2009 01:00 AM

Lol theres something about mary is a good movie :D

psycho d 04-30-2009 06:55 AM

Exorcist III. i did not like this movie the first time i saw it. Gave it another run. i thought the photography was well done, but the acting kinda wavered from good to cheezy. Still, it was better than i remembered, and that one scene (not a spoiler) in the hospital still registers as one of the most creepy scenes ever. Over all pretty good. Ashe.
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Angra 04-30-2009 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by psycho d (Post 803655)
Still, it was better than i remembered, and that one scene (not a spoiler) in the hospital still registers as one of the most creepy scenes ever.
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If it only had more of those kinda scenes, this could've been a praised horror movie. Instead we've got a very bad horror movie with a few good ideas here and there.

Angra 04-30-2009 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by psycho d (Post 803413)
They Wait (2007). This was a surprisingly great supernatural/horror flick. Pretty creepy, great story, acting was pretty good, especially the kid. Felt like an American/Asian hybrid. Ashe.
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"They Wait" 6-7/10


Had some good scares which compensated the rather poor cgi.

My only big problem with it was the anticlimatic ending. Not much happened there.

neverending 04-30-2009 12:44 PM

Cutter's Way.

Odd little drama with John Heard & Jeff Bridges. Not entirely sure what I think of it yet...

psycho d 04-30-2009 01:59 PM

Pale Rider. Most enjoyable Eastwood western; as noted before, a hint of the supernatural in this flick. Ashe.
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nightmare_of _death 04-30-2009 09:05 PM

L: Change the World

psycho d 04-30-2009 09:41 PM

A Tale of Two Sisters. The cinamatography was amazing in how it was soaked in such rich colors. The acting was solid and the direction was great. The story was pretty decent.

***Spoiler alert***

In all due respect, i started to get a little lost towards the end, which was likely due to the reading of subtitles and not the movie. This became especially troubling when i could not figure out who was supposed to have been dead for so long. i also thought that there could have been more to the story than just a severe case of schizophrenia/personality disorder. Kudos in the way they tidied up the story in the end, and how they left the two potential creatures (under the sink and in a cabinet i think) without explanation. i just think that the storied could have relied less heavily on a mental disorder and could have been built up a little in some other way. Just my opinion and i'm sure many will not agree with me but hey, to each his own. Ashe.
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stacilayne 04-30-2009 10:36 PM

The Great Train Robbery, directed by the late Michael Crichton, from 1979. Great acting from Connery, Sutherland, and Down... but a bit slow at over two hours long.

neverending 05-01-2009 12:43 AM

Dark Floors

A real stinker.

I don't even want to bother to go into any more detail than that.

Roderick Usher 05-01-2009 09:40 AM

Laid to Rest

The gore is great, the kills are fun and Chrome Skull looks fantastic, but unlikable characters and weak dialog drag this film down.

I really wanted to like it, but couldn't.
4/10

urgeok2 05-01-2009 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 803858)
Laid to Rest

The gore is great, the kills are fun and Chrome Skull looks fantastic, but unlikable characters and weak dialog drag this film down.

I really wanted to like it, but couldn't.
4/10

thats a shame .. because Hall's lightning bug was dialogue driven and quite good.

Hall showed some of Laid to Rest at the Rue Morgue deal last year - the gore looked pretty cool.


i'm hoping to like this one

ferretchucker 05-01-2009 11:33 AM

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

A very good film with some nice twists and turns. It isn't too condescending but still delivers the message well.

roshiq 05-01-2009 03:01 PM

The Butterfly Effect Trilogy
 
The Butterfly Effect (2004)

>>: B+

The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

>>: C-

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelation (2009)

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A mystery thriller with a predictable twist which is at least better than the 2nd part.

>>: C+

zwoti 05-01-2009 04:11 PM

cold prey: resurection

cheebacheeba 05-01-2009 04:44 PM

Dead Snow
Humourous...pretty generic storyline, nice scenery, "ok" effects, had atmosphere going on pretty well before the bad guys showed up, some alright fight and survival (for a while) scenes, and an Arnie impersonation that made me laugh.
A fun film but not exactly a thing of greatness, if you like things like shoot em up, this is pretty much the zombie equivalent.

psycho d 05-01-2009 05:22 PM

Shaun of the Dead. This flick is about as enjoyable as dessert before dinner. Loved it. Ashe.
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bloody_ribcut 05-01-2009 05:25 PM

Last of the Dogmen

good movie, has its sad parts and action. all acting is superb.

roseyred 05-02-2009 03:19 AM

Eating Raoul (1982) All i can say is LOL. A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant. The woman becomes a role playing hooker while the man waits in the shadows to hit the ignorant men coming to have sex with his lady with a frying pan (thats right a frying pan) one hit to the noggin and these guys are out for life. I definatly recommend this movie if you wanna watch something thats so bad its great lol.

psycho d 05-02-2009 05:58 AM

Mother of Tears. Decent story that gets to the goods rather quickly, just enough gore, a soundtrack reminiscent of Christianity gone bad, and enough T n' A to make for a perfectly good horror flick. One scene was actually pretty disgusting towards the end. Ashe.
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SamCostello 05-02-2009 08:03 AM

Timecrimes - a Spanish movie about time travel and divergent timelines in which multiple versions of a man try to kill each other to become the only one of them. Interesting, pretty fun stuff.

Sam

Posher778 05-02-2009 03:20 PM

Pumpkinhead- 8/10


This is one flick that always gives me chills. The demon is just too human acting, scares me everytime. I love him :D

rubenmania 05-02-2009 06:03 PM

Alien Raiders (2008) good movie

review http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...122#post804122

_____V_____ 05-02-2009 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zwoti (Post 803920)
cold prey: resurection

Liked it in comparison to the original?

roshiq 05-03-2009 12:29 AM

Stephen King's Cat's Eye (1985)

Disappointed to see the Quitters, Inc.'s adaptation...one of my favorite stories of King.:(

>>: C+

Posher778 05-03-2009 02:18 AM

The Gates of Hell- 4/10

I don't want to hear ANY shit about it either. I've given Fulci many a chance to prove himself as a director. The movies i've seen all turn up retarded and bland. I've watched enough of them too... He can do gore well, but that's about it. Especially with the ending to this movie... What the fuck?

missmacabre 05-03-2009 02:36 AM

The Four Feathers (2002) gets better the more often I watch it. Neverending, I looked everywhere for the 1939 version and had no luck what-so-ever.

psycho d 05-03-2009 06:49 AM

Memories of Murder. As i was expecting a psycho-thriller bloodfest, i was disappointed (at first) with this flick. (Expectations only lead to pain and misery.) Anyway, this turned out to be a great detective drama as well as a great exposition of how frustration leads men towards poor choices, thereby furthering that frustration. Ashe.
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cheebacheeba 05-03-2009 10:04 AM

The adventures of baron munchausen
Well, I quite liked this one just a tad more when I was a kid, and I'd have to say it's something of a great kids, or, "family" comedy/fantasy flick. Pretty funny, still an entertaining watch.

13 Ghosts - I like this one...don't find it that scary, or much at all, but I really like a lot of the visual aspects of this one. Wouldn't mind checking out more like it. Anyone noticed that the gear machine thingy in it strongly resembles Lions Gate films opening sequence? (or likewise)

Life Force.
I'm all for weird movies...but this one I honestly found a bit boring.
The effects and makeup were very good for their time, and sure there's a set of nice tits walking around most of the film. I appreciated the alternative take on "vampires" but I found the storyline a little hard to follow in terms of how the bodyjumping/memory retention worked, and the whole story just, didn't do a whole lot for me.

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massacre man 05-03-2009 11:38 AM

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And your thoughts?

_____V_____ 05-03-2009 11:46 AM

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And your thoughts?

Pretty solid entertainer.

Deviates from the Origins story slightly but thats to develop the characters a bit more for the sake of the script, IMO. All other X-Men characters are cameos really...just included for the sake of being included. Gambit had next to nothing to do on-screen - no thievery antics, no accent, Deadpool was routine, Silverfox comes and goes in the space of 20-odd minutes...too many characters within the last 35-40 minutes, and very little to do.

Its a story centered on Logan and Victor, thats about it. Best parts of the movie are when Victor is around. Liev Schrieber is pretty good, and his chemistry with Hugh Jackman is what makes this movie enjoyable. To be summed in a single line - its basically an extension of the dream sequences which Logan had in X2: X-Men United.

I d give it 3.5 out of 5.

missmacabre 05-03-2009 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 804300)
Pretty solid entertainer.

Deviates from the Origins story slightly but thats to develop the characters a bit more for the sake of the script, IMO. All other X-Men characters are cameos really...just included for the sake of being included. Gambit had next to nothing to do on-screen - no thievery antics, no accent, Deadpool was routine, Silverfox comes and goes in the space of 20-odd minutes...too many characters within the last 35-40 minutes, and very little to do.

Its a story centered on Logan and Victor, thats about it. Best parts of the movie are when Victor is around. Liev Schrieber is pretty good, and his chemistry with Hugh Jackman is what makes this movie enjoyable. To be summed in a single line - its basically an extension of the dream sequences which Logan had in X2: X-Men United.

I d give it 3.5 out of 5.

Gambit had no accent!? Now that is disappointing. I knewww they were going to ruin Gambit if they put him in a movie. And they did a bad deadpool too? i thought they would at least do that right with the Civil War comics being popular. I'm gonna stick to X-men comics and skip this one for sure.

cheebacheeba 05-03-2009 06:14 PM

Actually, I watched a bit of X3 the other night after having seen wolverine...seriously, when you compare where better the character was portrayed, the xmen films have it by far.
and yeah...deadpool wasn't even deadpool, any fan of the character will hate all but about the first 5 minutes of the character.
The Sabretooth/Logan thing was alright, but things happened there that just wouldn't.

The_Return 05-03-2009 07:20 PM

Search for Beauty (1934)

Not a lot to say about this one really...it was solid, but nothing overly special. Worth seeing for its historical value by showing just how much skin and sex Hollywood could get away with in the pre-code era - it's ultra tame by today's standards, but holy shit this is racy for 1934 - beyond that it's fairly run of the mill. The actors range from good to mediocre, and the script has moments of being both incredibly witty and equally clunky.

No major flaws, but not much to make it stand out either.

psycho d 05-03-2009 07:30 PM

The Eye (2002). i liked this movie, but was not really scary. Just a good story that pretty well put together about the supernatural.. Ashe.
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_____V_____ 05-04-2009 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba (Post 804349)
Actually, I watched a bit of X3 the other night after having seen wolverine...seriously, when you compare where better the character was portrayed, the xmen films have it by far.
and yeah...deadpool wasn't even deadpool, any fan of the character will hate all but about the first 5 minutes of the character.
The Sabretooth/Logan thing was alright, but things happened there that just wouldn't.

(***POSSIBLE HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD***)

Which ending did you see?

Mine was Weapon XI's hand coming out of the wreckage and reaching for his head.

(***END OF SPOILERS***)

scouse mac 05-04-2009 03:12 AM

Cold Prey

Very good slasher/stalker flick. Set in a remote mountain lodge somewhere in Norway, five snowboarders seek refuge after an accident and find they are not alone.
Its a standard set up but it looks fantastic. The performances are solid and tension is well maintained. Worth watching



The Ruins

Wasnt expecting too much but was pleasantly surprised. Six people in Mexico visit a remote (that word again) Mayan ruin and start to explore the site. Suddenly they run into some local villagers who quarantine them in the ruins. They soon learn why!
Not an average horror film, nice bit of paranoia and there are a couple of brutal set pieces which are well worth putting the DVD player on slo-mo. Its different enough to be interesting and the actors are capable enough with a well paced story.


The Night of the Living Dead (1990)

We've all seen it and know how good it is.


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