Chain Letter -

Of all the recent bad horror movies I've reviewed here that are somehow getting sequels, Chain Letter is probably the most deserving of a sequel. I decided to watch because I saw Brad Dourif and Keith David in the credits. Both no strangers to horror movies. Keith David is good as usual as a detective hunting whoever is killing the high schoolers. None of the teenagers in this movie are really unlikable. Which is a good thing. They do fit the standard categories but it does feel more natural since they are at a school and not in the woods. So you expect to have a cheerleader type, book type, athlete, geek, etc. And they break the one of the horror tropes with one notable character at the end which is a good thing. By the way, the ending requires you to remember the opening scene and pay attention.

The town setting is pretty good. They could have added a few more establishing shots. But it works and felt like an actual town. But there are some things that don't make sense in the movie. Some you could pass off as budget issues, not enough thought in the plot, or horror tropes. But there is a good movie here that with a few changes could be even better. It does feel like a torture porn movie at times. Some horrible death scenes and the pretty girls get it too. But I think the idea is a good one. People failing to pass on chain letters and dying. With modern phones / tablets, people connected with all their contacts / address books, GPS, backup saving of location tagged images that most aren't aware of. I think the idea is scary in a who is next kind of way. But honestly, I don't even open emails from unknown senders let alone receive spam. So I'm safe from the killer of this movie.

I was pleasantly surprised by it. It definitely got the generic and boring taste of Ouija out of my mouth.

I agree with you on All Cheerleaders Die and The Den; I have not seen the other ones and I need to check them out.

I agree with you on Torment. I really enjoyed The Strangers but this one seemed to lack quite a bit. I watched it out of boredom.

I still want to see Viral even though no one seems to give it very good ratings. I didn't hear anything good about the first two either but I ended up liking both of them.

Awesome! I really want to see this and I love movies that involve mazes.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 2014. 6/10

Pretty good movie. The CGI brought the film down for me. There wasn't over the top gore scenes so why not do practical.

Horns, 2013. 8/10

I want a treehouse.. : )


Exists, 2014. 7/10

Pretty good film about Bigfoot, when you got to see him, it was awesome. I still love Willow Creek a bit more but they are totally different films.

Extraterrestrial, 2014. 6/10

Alien goo : )

Yeah Ouija looked pretty generic. I'm surprised it got a wide theater release and will probably win the box office this week.

I'm not surprised at all. The theatre was FILLED with screaming and crying teenagers. This is the last PG-13 horror movie I see in theaters... except for Insidious: Chapter 3, of course.

Speaking of which, that trailer was pretty fucking scary for Insidious: Chapter 3. I can't wait for it!

PG-13 movies seem to be the new horror craze

The Expendables 3 (2014)
Worst and most boring one in the series.
What a waste of money and talent.
With that cast and budget I'd make such an awesome movie.

PG-13 movies in general are the craze. Young teens are a big part of the audience and it's a safer way for studios to make money. As a result a lot of films get toned down and are sometimes ruined in the process.

Some horror works fine PG-13 but others it takes something away. Horror has trends and the PG-13 ones seem to be the current one.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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I really liked this. It was exactly what i was expecting from a Michael Bay ninja turtles movie. Hilarious, a lot of fun and plenty of action. I don't get peoples complaints that the turtles weren't in it enough. They were in the whole damn movie. Were people really upset about the bit of buildup they did with April in the beginning before they showed the turtles? I like build up in movies, not too much but just enough to set up the movie. I feel like a lot of the complaints were from 90's kids angry that it wasn't the turtles they knew and loved but i'm a 90's kid and i thought it was great. They did look like turtles on steroids but it was still a lot better than the hideous puppet suits from the originals.

8/10


Extraterrestrial
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I wouldn't say i had high hopes for this but there isn't enough creepy alien movies that take place on Earth so i was a little excited for this. It's not bad. I like that they showed the alien although i was surprised they went with such a traditional look. Figured they might change it up and try and be creative. Still it worked and they definitely played the aliens up well. It had a few flaws though. The acting wasn't the best nor was the writing. The guy who played Seth seemed to be reading from the big book of cliches. Also the ending was a total mess.

SPOILERS
So the aliens let the couple go because of the power of their love? Then were treated to a fake out sappy ending complete with the worst love song i've ever heard just to give us a dumb cover up story and think all will be forgiven because they throw in an X-Files reference?
END OF SPOILERS

It's not the best but it's not bad. Worth a watch at least.

6/10

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Mad Monster Party

It just wouldn't be Halloween without them
:halloween:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870612/?ref_=nv_sr_1

"As Above, So Below"

-At least a 9/10. Phenomenal horror film. Good casting, great spooky sets and cinematography. Pretty well-written story and jump-scares. Very awesome film overall. My only issue with it was the very ending.. Still decent, just not what I would've expected. Definitely worth the watch! Highly recommended.

Cold In July, 2014. 8/10.

Don Johnson is still amazing!

I thought the scariest part of the movie was sort of in the middle when they hear the telephone start ringing. That was some good tension.

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7/10

The Good Son
 

Just another killer child movie. That is all.

D

Love The Nightmare Before Christmas!! I watch it at Christmas time ::embarrassment::

It looks good and it's on my Netflix list!! I was amused when they put Don Johnson as the sheriff in the From Dusk til Dawn tv series. I still like him too!!!!

True but I still enjoy it!! I give it a B rating.

Housebound, 2014. 8/10

Great NZ horror/comedy.. : )

The Borderlands (2013)
Didn't like it but didn't hate it either.
The bad: it's slow and few things happen.
The good: cast was alright, loved the locations and scenery, the whole idea was quite original and the ending kinda clever.

I actually like that one. Macaulay Culkin did a great job and seeing this as a kid after seeing him in the Home Alone movies really made it better.

I thought him being in Home Alone and then this made it worse. Everyone thought he was "cute" (I guess) in the 90's when Home Alone first came out, and he was in a bunch of other family movies as well. Seeing him kill a dog, cause a 10 car pile up, and almost drown his sister isn't really something a young and innocent kid should be playing. Had it been another child actor who wasn't well known and could act, it wouldn't have been as bad. I understand that it's more shocking when an actor who usually plays the good guy suddenly portrays someone completely evil, but for a child, it's different.

To me it just added to the shock factor of it. Maybe he didn't want to keep playing innocent little kid roles. Not that it really worked out well for him for his future career.

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

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Produced by Bryan Singer, this isn't spectacular but a pretty entertaining FF flick & one of the "best", in compare to others that came out in this year's Halloween season! Jill Larson, the actress on the lead quite convincingly nailed her part as a creepy-old lady who allegedly suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. I think her brief appearance on Shutter Island (2010) was one of the reasons in getting this role of Deborah Logan. The final showdown at the cave was fun & crazy. Overall, nothing much new or too great but a good watch though.

Sad, I'm sure our friend Angra would love it if it came out in a regular format, other than being a found footage flick.

>>: B+

Yea, i watched the trailer a couple of days ago. That was enough for me.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
Lame sequel. Couldn't care for the characters, the cheesy predictable story and the bland action.

The Orphan Killer, 2011. 9/10

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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

Decent, well structured found footage film. Characters act realistically for a change too. Not ground breaking but worth the watch.

6 Films to Keep You Awake (2006)
 

Haven't seen this Spanish Masters of Horror before. So downloaded the whole bunch couple of months back and saved it for this Halloween month. Overall, all were quite well made & damn good for TV; sad...they didn't continue it for more seasons.

The Christmas Tale

Made by Paco Plaza (one of the directors of REC series), this one is pretty fun & entertaining. The kids' gang kind of reminded me of The Goonies, liked their character diversity.

>>: B+

A Real Friend

Though not sure about the ending but still Loved it! Pretty sweet & beautiful story. Glad to see Leatherface out of his old Texas farmhouse, here befriending with a cute little girl in an urban set up.

>>: B

Blame

Directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (The House that Screamed, Who Can Kill a Child?), it offers a decent story but turned out not as interesting or exciting as I though it'd be at the beginning.

>>: C+

Spectre

After Blame, this is another 'weak' entry (in compare to others in the bunch). Good story but nothing much new...an old man returning to his home. When he was a teenager, he fell in love and had an affair with a middle-aged 'MALENA'; the problem was everyone in the village thought she was a 'witch'.

>>: B-

To Let

A great intense psycho-thriller from Jaume Balagueró (director of Sleep Tight & another creator of REC series) and looks like he has become a master of 'Apartment-Horror'!

>>: B+

The Baby's Room

Made by Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, The Last Circus), this is the best one! This pretty interesting Twilight Zone-ish tale centers on a newlywed couple and their first born who just moved into an old "haunted" house and soon strange things start showing up on the baby's audio and video monitors.

>>: A-

The Conspiracy (2012)
Hmm, wasn't really bad but when it was done I was like "Meh...".
D+

All Cheerleaders Die (2014)
Not great, but better than average.
C+

Wolfcop (2014)
My kinda movie. Almost felt like I was watching an 80's movie.
B+

I watched The Baby's Room while my child was upstairs with his monitor on. the was no one else in the house..That is the way to watch that film :-)

I am a big fan of what I have seen of Álex de la Iglesia's work.

Annabelle----meh....seen it all before.

though the doll was creepy looking as hell....like who in their right mind would even buy that thing.

If they went with the original rag doll look for Annabelle, it would have been SO much scarier in my opinion.

Women.

Housebound (2014)
B+
Smart and clever movie. Not really horror, not really comedy so a black comedy I guess.

Død snø 2 (2014)
A+
Loved it.
Looking forward to a possible sequel but it will hard to top this one.
If you still have to see it, make sure to watch the scene after the end credits.
If you have already seen the movie but didn't see the scene, it goes like this
"Nazi medic finds and picks up nazi commander's head, his eyes open, screen goes black."

Race War; The Remake

oof. this one has a limited market. Fans of absurd Z-grade cinema may enjoy though!

Race War; The Remake Review

hey...Mothy flew back

Welcome Back Mothman

Exists

another pretty good FF movie....and believe me...I'm not a big fan of FF movies.

also might fall into the best Bigfoot movie....not that that's too hard to accomplish

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2784512/?ref_=nv_sr_1

"Zombeavers" - a film about Zombie-beavers! Obviously.

Okay, so this is not for everyone.. But if you enjoy laughing at stupid movies that make fun of themselves, is this ever the film for you! I have been waiting for this film for several months and found this hilarious and entertaining. It met my expectations, and exceeded them. I love that they used puppets instead of poor CGI, acting was better than some I've seen and the script was rather vulgar and humorous. I don't think I've ever laughed this hard at a horror movie before. Definitely worth the watch, if you can appreciate it for what it is.. Zombie Beavers man! Just watch it so you can say you did :P

That's good to hear. Been looking forward to this one.
Where did you get to see it btw?

Edit: Nevermind, just noticed it's online =) Thanks for mentioning you've seen it though.
Didn't see the movie on the site I use for checking out new online release.

Ive got this to watch, think i might give it a go 2nite