You seem to have a tendency to find films hilarious when they're not. It wasn't the best movie, pretty mediocre actually, but there was nothing in it that made me laugh.

What other movies have I found "hilarious" when they're not? A few of my friends also watched it, and they thought it was hilariously bad too.

Fortress, 1992. 8/10

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Must I bring up the great Drag Me To Hell debate? Your friends sound annoying like a group of idiot teenagers making fun of a movie at the theater to seem cool.

I thought that movie was funny for the right reasons.

And just because my friends thought a movie was unintentionally funny doesn't make them "a group of idiot teenagers making fun of a movie at a theatre to seem cool". I'm sorry I don't agree with everything you say, your highness.

Its not about agreeing or disagreeing. Its about laughing at something that can't be construed as funny. Its about being immature instead of just liking or disliking a movie for the right reasons.

Who says it can't be construed as funny? Quite a few people think The Exorcist is a laugh riot. You're criticizing my comment with ad hominem arguments based on unfounded assumptions about my personality.

No I just think its immature to sit and laugh at a movie and find it stupid and funny instead of just appreciating it or disliking it for being badly done or acted badly or whatever.

Your comments make me think of people who specifically find things to complain about, pick apart movies, and go on message boards and talk about how much it sucked and criticize it while nitpicking the hell out of it because they think it makes them smart or creative. You have a YouTube channel reacting to movies. How is that creative? I don't mean to be a dick but its what people have become. What this new generation is comprised of mostly. Uncreative bitter assholes who would rather trash things and find fault in everything to better themselves instead of finding beauty in the world.

I want to add that I'm not defending the movie itself, I found it mediocre. I simply abhor this immature arrogant behavior and feel it will be the downfall of cinema. Their will be no film left after everyone hates everything.

With that I think I'm done here.

So can I just not find a movie funny for the wrong reasons and criticize the film because of that aspect? I like most movies I watch; I don't try to nitpick at them, but if I notice a flaw, I'll bring it up. If I came across as arrogant and immature, it was unintentional, and I'm truly sorry, but I feel that you're being hostile towards one man's honest opinion. The point of criticism is not to hate on everything, but to allow cinema to evolve by showing filmmakers what they should not be doing in the future.

Somebody doesn't like Ed Wood flicks...

I just saw Intersteller and I really liked it, not as much as some people (I thought it was a bit slow) but I'd say it's easily one of the best movies I've seen this year.

Good, I've wanting to see this for awhile. Plus, I would pretty much watch Sarah reading the Constitution.

I had plans to see it, but I never got around to seeing it... I've been looking forward to Interstellar for a while now.

I was really surprised by it. After it was over, I almost wanted to watch it again. That's a guaranteed DVD buy for me.

I don't tend to go for films like this -- "back from mental institution, strange things happen at home".

I'm not going to see this. Would you tell me what were the "surprising revelations and shocking conclusion"?

I'll put it in white.

Su-mi had multiple personality disorder, and the stepmother and her sister were her other personalities. Almost the entire movie was a hallucination. The sister was dead the whole time, and the stepmother wasn't actually there until almost the end of the movie.

The Maze Runner (2014)
C+
Little bit better than I expected.
Everything else is quite typical and predictable for a movie like this.

Asmodexia (2014)
B+
"Five days in the lives of an exorcist (Eloy Palma) and his granddaughter (Alba), working in the Barcelona area."
Not your average exorcism flick. Quite original and better than I expected.
I recommend it.

I just read that is the first full length movie from this director/writer so I'm keeping an eye on him.

Some late mini reviews of movies that I watched during the Halloween month. It was a first for everything except for Hellraiser and Halloween H20. I put all the Hellraiser movies here since they start in the 80s and continue up to almost now.


Hellraiser -

I didn't remember as much of this movie as I thought. I did remember the Cenobite with the teeth. He's just a freaky character. This movie is crazy. The practical effects are impressive and the ending way out there. It reminded me of The Golden Child. I read the wiki on Hellraiser and the notes about the book. I think I might read the book as the movie doesn't make it clear why Frank is looking for that cube puzzle. It's kind of funny that if the wiki is correct and he's looking for wild sex and these Cenobites show up, that's messed up. Kind of like the ultimate form of what might happen if you go looking for hookers or those "To Catch a Predator" episodes when the weirdos show up looking for underage girls and find the reporter and cops. It's funny how they call them "predators." Like they are The Predator but they are just a bunch of sick people.

Anyway, this is the only movie in the series I saw before and it got me excited for the rest this time around. It's one of those don't get involved with the wrong woman type of stories. I look forward to the remake now because if Clive Barker is doing it, there shouldn't be a major problem. It could be awesome using someone who would be a modern day Frank. Have him cheating, lying, stealing, committing crimes, etc. Bring in the wild stuff you can find online without even trying. The remake could be crazy good. The idea that a guy that's not all there or under the influence could think that there is a box that could open up new fantasies. It's like hearing about a new drug or the real existence of a lamp that grants three wishes. It's sounds crazy but what's the harm in trying?

I don't see the remake turning out to be a Platinum Dunes type of remake. But I do believe that the original is the best in the series after watching almost all of the movies. There is something in the look and feel of the movie that makes it an old school horror movie. A gritty realism to it. Very classic. The soundtrack is good too. I'm listening to it as I type these reviews. I like Ashley Laurence as the daughter. She's very pretty. Her style in the movie is very 80s and familiar. But I can't place it. Overall I like this one a lot. It's a real dark horror movie.

Hellraiser 2 -

I didn't like this one as much as the first. And after watching all of them, either here or really with Hellrasier 3 is where the series starts a downward slide. I thought this sequel pushed the horror fantasy a bit more. The hospital was way too dirty. I something that I didn't like about the original. And the ending twist with the new Cenobite wasn't that good. I do think the story of the puzzle box lends itself to many other stories. But perhaps these stories should be like Friday the 13th type stories. What happens when people break the rules or go too far, in the example of Hellraiser, which lead to Pinhead showing up. But l like the continuation with Kirsty Cotton. She's a character that you are attached to from the minute you see her in the first movie.


Hellraiser 3 -

Here's where things go bad. The lead actress is one of the women from Star Trek Deep Space Nine. I thought she was fine in that TV show. But her acting here seems more like model who just became an actress. Maybe that's kind of what it's supposed to be though. As her apartment seems pretty luxurious for someone who isn't getting that many news stories. Also, I had to look up the date of this movie. I don't watch the news much but when I used to at times I realized that something was wrong with it. That the lower networks usually had more women leg shots. It's funny that it's mentioned here and the movie is from the early 90s.

I will say that the sex while smoking a cigarette scene is just so seedy awesome that it's cool. And what Pinhead does to that club crowd at one time tops anything from Jason, Freddy, or Michael Myers. But then it's also out of character even though they kind of give a reason for it. Yet Pinhead to me isn't really a slasher type character. He's a punishment character. Similar to Jason in a sense but darker. Once Pinhead and his gang shows up there should be no escape if you've gone down that route. And in this movie the humanizing and slasher stuff seemed to get away from the original intent of the first movie. And the new Cenobites just like in Part 2 were lame.


Hellraiser 4 -

It seems like Pinhead beat Jason to space. I didn't really like this one much. It was cool seeing the origin of the puzzle box and how the story continued. But yet more new uninspired Cenobites and a surprising conclusion made this one seem a bit like a cash grab sequel.


Hellraiser 5 -

I was surprised that this one has no reference to Part 4. I guess it's supposed to be in the time between. But the movie feels like a 90s serial killer B movie right down to the ending credits music. Which isn't bad but just goes to the whole feel of the movie. At one point it got so crazy that I felt like I was watching a David Lynch movie. The movie has one of those ending twists I talked about in a review from a month or so ago but it's ok here because we are dealing with demons. Yet still it's a odd movie coming after Part 4. You would think they would have gone for a full reboot.


Hellraiser 6 -

This movie has one of the better twists that I've seen. I thought I was ahead of the movie and was upset through the majority of it. The movie felt like a repeat of Part 5 too just with a different tone and from the perspective of an office worker instead of cop. The main character also somehow lives in a rundown apartment with high end or replicas of high end furniture. Go figure. But I did like this one because of the return of a main character from the first two movies.


Hellraiser 7 -

I didn't get the ending to this one or how the one character was doing what he was doing using the puzzle box. It was kind of sad though because at least you care about the main character and her journey. I read on the wiki that this movie and the previous two were turned into Hellraiser movies. That they weren't originally written as Hellraiser movies. I guess that's ok as long as you make a good reason for Pinhead to be in the movie. Part 6 wasn't that bad. But with this one, it doesn't have a good explanation for what's happening. Or how Pinhead allowed it to happen. The ending didn't make much sense either.


Hellraiser 8 -

Easily the worst of the series. I wanted to like it too but the twist is terrible. So is the storytelling. I saw a few reviews mentioning how bad this one is. But I thought maybe they were wrong. But they aren't. The Hellraiser videogame is bad too. I think if you don't have the budget or creativity to design something resembling a computer interface or videogame that's supposed to be popular you probably shouldn't even try. Totally unbelievable.


Hellraiser 9 -

I didn't see this one. It's not up on Comcast. From what I understand it's crap and the guy who played Pinhead in every other movie declined to be in this one. I watched the trailer and it looks to be the lowest quality one. Maybe I'll check it out one day. But I'm not going to go out of my way to see it.

Hellraiser Thoughts -

Overall, I like Pinhead and the idea of the puzzle box. The first movie is the one to see. Perhaps Part 2 and 6 if you are curious about some of the sequels. But the others, unless you like horror movies and the Cenobites, can be missed. I will say that these are dark horror movies and not much fun like a Friday the 13th, Halloween, or some Nightmare on Elm Street movies. I can see how Hellraiser movies would be for a different sort of crowd. I searched for real life Hellraiser clubs even though I read somewhere that Clive Barker was just influenced by S&M clubs. It would be kind of cool if there was a Hellraiser cube styled club out there. Not the full on S&M as I find the whole girl in leather mask with piercings everywhere kind of odd. But something like that building at the end of Part 3 and in Part 4.

Another thing, I had a few strange sexual dreams after seeing these movies. I remember meeting the devil in one. He was masquerading as a social worker / helper type. I was looking for some place to live. It was cold and snowing in a rundown area, a few blocks outside of a big city. I remembered that he offered me a one bedroom in an apartment building. It was weird that this white rectangular building was around all these so so or abandoned homes. There was a nightclub with beautiful women at bottom of the building. That was the plus. I said no. It's kind of funny that I turned him down because I was thinking that all my stuff wouldn't fit in a one bedroom apartment.

As I walked away I remember seeing the blue and red flashing lights of the club and hearing the hum of loud music and thump of bass. In the windows I saw many beautiful women but they seemed sad not that I was walking away but that they were trapped there. Like they were cursed to live repeating the same life of club hookups and sleeping during the day forever. Thinking about it now the building was in the shape of an "L" with the apartments being the main "|" part and the lower level and club being the "_" part. Very weird.

Also, for the Halloween month Sideshow Toys released this Pinhead statue for order. I know there are puzzle box props out there too. But like a Freddy statue, I can never see myself owning this.


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Halloween H20 -

I think this is an ok movie if you like Halloween 2 or the idea that Laurie and Michael are related. The feel and tone of the movie is definitely different from the original Halloween. Michael even moves and fights differently. But I like the setting and boarding High School campus. It does seem too influenced from Scream at times. The humor killing in the opening in particular. For some reason I had a problem with the killing of the kids in this movie vs. the original. It didn't seem like they broke any rules. Perhaps they came off as younger than the kids in the original as well. This movie should have been the end of the series. It seems like they wrote it to end the series too. It's not a bad ending either.

A week or so after watching this one, I had a dream with I think a mixture of Laurie and Jamie Lee Curtis. I'm not sure. But sadly I had multiple dreams during it that when I tried to separate them afterwards I lost the details of the one with Laurie.

I saw the movie some time ago and I think he mentioned it to the woman when they were talking. She was looking at the dirty pictures and I think he said something like "It's never enough..." or "Always more and more."
Something among those lines.
I only saw the first 3 movies and I haven't read any of the books so I know it has to be in one of the movies.

What We Do In the Shadows 2014

9/10! What a great film. Super witty and clever. Excellent actors, committed to their roles. I thought this was refreshing and fun and I loved every minute of it. Viago was awesome, but Peter was my favourite character. Definitely recommend!!

"Lord of Tears" 5/10

Too artsy for my taste, but it sure had atmosphere from start to finish all thanks to an amazing score. Also had 1 creepy scene in the bathroom.




"Calvaire" 8/10

Really good and intense french horror flick.

Thaks for the recs, DeadbeatAtDawn.




"In My Skin" 5/10

Another frenchy. A story about extreme self mutilation. Too bad a really, really boring story was wrapped around the first one, which was quite gross.

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9/10

Though I am always watching horror movies I haven't yet seen, I often re-watch films I have enjoyed in the past also. Here are a couple reviews of movies I have seen before and watched again recently.

The Loved Ones 2009

8/10. Clever writing. Brilliant casting! The "princess" character is one of my favourite horror movie villains; surprised that a teenage girl could be so maniacal. The film has a couple of very good cringe-worthy gore scenes and a fantastic ending that wraps up this twisted story nicely. I will watch this many times again.

Rubber 2010

7.5/10. Who wouldn't love a movie about a psychokinetic tire on a homicidal rampage? This one is not for everyone. It kinda does the movie-within-a-movie thing and is sometimes difficult to follow. It's also very slow-moving at times, and doesn't contain the best, or even a lot of dialogue. I purely enjoy the concept of this tire killing people.. I think it's bizarre and hilarious and I really like it.

Maniac 2012

8/10. One of my recent favourites. Elijah Wood does a stellar job of playing a serial killer, scalping women in the night and patching up mannequins in the day in this POV-style slasher. Super gory, intense movie with a lot of edge. I especially enjoyed one scene in particular, that pays homage to the original 1980 version. I felt the ending could have been stronger, but still very much enjoyed this experience overall.

I wasn't too impressed with Maniac, but slasher movies in general aren't really my taste.

It wasn't incredible. I was impressed with Elijah Wood, and I really liked the point-of-view camera style. I was also impressed with the one scene where they make a clear nod to the original (basically re-creating the cover/poster of the original film), which I also really enjoyed.

Have you seen "Open Windows" with Elijah Wood yet? I have yet to see it but it's on my list. It doesn't have the best reviews, but I'm hoping Elijah will deliver a strong performance. This one also uses a unique camera style where the majority of the film is shot using webcams.

He's also in an upcoming horror film called, "Cooties" that I'm pretty excited about.

I think Elijah Wood did a great job in the role as well. I just found the movie rather boring.

I haven't seen Open Windows, but I saw the trailer, and it looked good. I also read about Cooties, which looks interesting as well.

Have you seen Grand Piano? It's really good and intense, although there are a couple unrealistic parts.

The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
B+
Liked this a lot more than the first one.
The script was better and so were the jokes.
Wouldn't mind another sequel.

Tusk (2014)
B-
The mix of comedy and horror/drama was a bit of a miss imo.
Cast did a fine job.
Story wasn't what I expected but it wasn't really bad. Just felt there was something missing.
Overal quite original and worth a watch.

The Descent: Part 2
 

Not as engrossing as the original, but it was just as scary, thrilling, and fun as the first one. My biggest complaint was the ending, which I felt was unnecessary.

9/10

"Tusk" 7-8/10

Probably the best performance I've yet seen from Justin Long. Too bad it got downgraded halfway through the movie. Also Haley Joel Osment did good and I would've prefered seeing more of him and less of Johnny Depp who came out of nowhere and didn't really fit into the story.

On IMDB Tusk is described as a horror/comedy, but in the end it was just really sad.
But the first half was good.



"The Salvation" 6/10

Classic western about revenge, revenge and more revenge.

A not very original story that you've probably seen at least twice before. If this movie had been 20 years older I'm certain Clint Eastwood would've had the lead role.

And here's a drinking game for ya. Drink everytime you hear a new accent. :D

I want to see The Loved Ones.

Rubber......not my thing. I thought it was terrible.

Maniac.....I thought Elijah Wood was incredible! I want to see more of him in these type of roles. I knew he was going to be great with "dark" characters when I watched him in Sin City.

"All Hallows' Eve" 6/10

Decent halloween anthology.

247°F (2011)

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Low-budget flick on a group of people trapped inside a sauna trying to escape. Seriously, that's the plot. Skip.

That one was terrible

7500
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This wasn't very good. I don't mind occasionally having characters contain cliched personality traits but introducing them using those traits makes them a cliche. Terrible dialogue, uninteresting characters, an incredibly slow and boring story with a reveal that you won't even care about by the time you get there.
3/10

THE CRAFT (1996)-Really like this one about modern day Witchcraft with kudos going to Fairuza Balk who delivers full throttle. ****

What is?

The Babadook
 

"The Babadook" is a crazy, scary, metaphor-rich, and beautifully creepy psychological horror-drama. The ambiguities, amazing cinematography, and subtle imagery make the movie so terrifying, rather than the jump-scare fest it could have been. The house itself is so dark and morbid, which perfectly reflects the somber tone of the film. The acting from both Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman (a very talented young actor) was outstanding and made the tension between mother and son so realistic. This movie will mostly appeal to the horror buff due to its slow pace, but I give it my highest recommendation.

10/10

Wrong Turn 6 (2014)

Wtf was I thinking??!! I might as well had watched a redneck hillbilly porno!! :shocked:

D

Venom (2005)

I found it to be an interesting story and I recognized some of the actors. I'm surprised that there was not a sequel made.

B

Really glad you liked it. Such an amazing movie