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I for one loved Housebound - it's got a quirky From Dusk Til Dawn vibe. It's offbeat, but definitely in a good way. <3

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Pod (2015) - A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.

There's really nothing better to watch on a Tuesday night than a cheap Netflix horror flick. Clocking in at a relatively short 76 minutes, I decided to go with this movie. The movie poster makes it look like an alien abduction movie which can be fun even if a bit frustrating at times. (Very few alien abduction films have satisfying endings, unfortunately). This movie was flawed, very flawed. First, it's chaotic to the point that you don't know what the hell is going on. Normally I don't mind chaos in a movie, but this movie doesn't really make sense already and they never stop and explain sh!t which gets frustrating. Second, the characters are all awful and you want truly want them to die. They argue, the acting is atrocious, no one is particularly likeable, and the dialogue seems forced. Third and most importantly, what the hell is a pod?! Is it something to do with aliens or a government experiment gone horrifically wrong??? Very confusing film, and seeing as I hated the characters, I don't want to rewatch it to make more sense out of it.

I was tempted to give this a 3/10 for its ill plot and characters, but it has a particularly suspenseful and tense basement scene that did give me the creeps. Plus, it didn't really waste my time much with its short runtime. So, I took the nice route and gave it a 5/10. Watch at your own risk.

Banshee Chapter (2013) - Journalist Anne Roland explores the disturbing links behind her friend's sudden disappearance, an ominous government research chemical, and a disturbing radio broadcast of unknown origin.

This movie has been on my watch list for a long time. It's another one of those "Government experiments gone wrong" type of films where a bright young journalist wants to uncover the truth but uncovers bounties of horror instead. The plot really isn't the problem here as much as the constant flashbacks are. It's almost a film that tries to be found footage without actually being found footage, though the flashbacks are footage from test subjects being experimented on. Unfortunately, I really feel they insert flashbacks in just to pad the runtime and clocking in at typical feature length of 1hr+27mins, I think that was the case here. It's not really a spectacular movie, but the leading chick was hot and there were actually numerous creepy moments to be found in this one. Very ominous tone and add in creepy children voices on the radio reminiscent of the music from Sinister, you're going to be left with a lot of dread in watching this one. That Nevada desert scene was my favorite of the film. You'll know it when you see it.

I originally gave this a 5/10 because those footage flashbacks were obnoxious, but I may bump it up to 6/10 for working on at least some creepy level.

The Reef (2010) - A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

This was apparently based on a true story, but I haven't really looked it up to see how true that is. I'm not sure about anyone else, but one of my greatest fears is of being shipwrecked or lost out at sea. Hell, even Titanic gave me goosebumps as the boat was sinking. So, the fear of the sea makes this particular brand of horror a favorite of mine to watch. I was also in the mood for a killer animal flick, and no one really does modern killer-animal flicks better than Australia. This director did the immensely-effective Black Water (2007) which is perhaps the best croc flick out there. What I especially liked about this movie was that the plot was paper thin, but it was a thrill-ride from start to finish. The characters were likeable enough, no one was overly obnoxious, and you really can't help but fear for them once the shark makes its presence known. The director really goes out of the way to place you in the spot of the characters, feeling absolutely helpless against ocean's greatest predator. And I think he succeeded, much like how he succeeded with Black Water.

Highly recommend. 8/10

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Final Exam (1981)

Favorite Quote
"I'm still happy! It's just that I'm depressed."
-Janet

I'm actually shocked I never watched this. I thought I had seen all the great 80s slashers <3 This one had a lot of good, most of which outweighed the bad.

The Good: There's really great character development. Despite having a cast of 6 or 7 main characters you're supposed to care about, enough time is spent fleshing them out so you actually feel something when most of them inevitably die. The camaraderie between Courtney, Lisa and Janet was really well done and believable. The two heads of the frat are very easy to hate, which was needed as you never felt much of a connection to the killer since he had no personality to him (killers that are mute with no mask and no pay off are a bummer for me). It also did well in the suspense aspect, there were a few moments that surprised me in a good way and the final chase scene was really well done. Also, there's a good bit of humor spread throughout, but in more of a Scream sort of way instead of like Seed of Chucky or something. A couple of the boys were cute too <3

The Bad: A little too much corny acting for my taste. The couple scenes between Courtney and Radish were very uncomfortable to watch for me, since the actor who plays Radish has a really strange way of delivering his lines. Also, the deaths weren't too creative. There's like one death that isn't the result of a stabbing, which is a little too skewed for me. Like I mentioned above, not being able to really hate the killer made the movie a little less fun for me, he just seemed like a normal dude killing randomly and didn't even have the decency to put on a scary mask.

The Verdict: 6/10. Solid, but had a little too much lacking to score any higher.

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Hey Dan I think I'll check out The Reef sometime this week. I've known about it for a while. Your review sounds good. Do you post these on the movie's review page on here?

Have you seen an Australian shark movie called Bait? It was pretty decent. It's about people at an underground supermarket that gets hit by a tsunami which washes sharks inland trapping them. I enjoyed the suspense.

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Garrett, I'm glad you're one of the ones who liked this movie for its good qualities rather than a simpleton detractor who bashes it for being a cheap Halloween knock-off. I was kind of worried recommending it because I know Halloween is your favorite horror movie. Final Exam does do a lot of things wrong, but what it does right is very good. I remember liking the cast and just the college atmosphere - it's very believable. And that final chase honestly rivals Friday the 13th: Part II as the best of the golden slasher era.

And Neil, I definitely have Bait on my list. When I was looking through killer-animal movies, it came up and I noticed that it had Sharni Vinson in it. Though I'm unsure of just how big her role is in this movie, I loved her in You're Next and have never seen her in anything else. So, I definitely plan to check it out in due time.

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amg Dan, is Part II your favorite Friday the 13th as well?

I saw THE VVITCH yesterday. Very confusing movie overall, might require a second viewing.

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Yeah I had high hopes for it because I love movies about witchcraft and folklore and things of that nature, but everything in The Witch was just too vague or something. When it actually ended I was like "wait, that was it?" lol.

The Blair Witch Project did it much better. It was also sort of a "slow burner" with creepy moments sprinkled throughout, but much more imaginative and atmospheric. I also loved that the filmmakers created the whole legend and released books and documentaries about the mythology of the Blair Witch to supplement the film.

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amg Dan, is Part II your favorite Friday the 13th as well?

I loved the second one. I don't know if I would necessarily call it my favorite of the franchise, but the Jason/Ginny chase was very well done. I loved the part where she pissed her pants when she's trapped under the bed with the rat... I'd probably do the same.

The Blair Witch Project I loved those opening interviews the best. The mother/toddler was hilarious... "IT'S ALRIGHT, INGRID. I'M JUST TELLING A SCARY STORY BUT IT'S NOT TRUE! (mouths It's True to the camera)." lolol I almost wonder if the little girl was actually truly scared in that scene. I know some of the people they interviewed didn't know they were being interviewed for a movie. Everything about this film was so ominous and foreboding, possibly because at the time nobody knew for sure if it was real or not. The acting was also surprisingly well-done for a film of this nature, as well.

No word on when I'm going to see The Witch. Kari hasn't gotten in touch with me.

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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) - Dr. Caligari's somnambulist, Cesare, and his deadly predictions.

An undisputed classic, perhaps the mother of all classics... and undoubtedly one of the first-ever horror films ever? I felt in the mood for something old, like ancient old. I'm not going to sit here and say that I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish like some poser, but it's always a bit amusing how much horror has changed throughout time. The sets were interestingly crafted - almost like created for a theatrical production (not a silent film), but charming nonetheless. It even had a decent twist, by early 20th-century standards of course. I liked Nosferatu better by a long shot, but I can see why this is considered to be so timeless. 6/10

Joshua (2007) - The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua (Kogan), an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.

I never knew that Esther in Orphan wasn't Vera Farmiga's first run-in with an evil child. She had an evil son in this one, and an evil son he was. I was recommended this one strongly by a fellow horror fan who actually sympathized with Joshua in this, but I disagreed with him. It's a very well-made movie that almost feels like the evil spawn of The Good Son and Orphan, with some Lifetime elements mixed in. You really felt fear for the helpless newborn and the parents whose sanity unraveled over the course of the movie as Joshua becomes more evil and the baby becomes more terrified, but the ending felt majorly incomplete to me. 8/10, could've strove for more but settled for less. Good nonetheless.

Scarecrow (2013) - Six high school kids come face to face with an evil entity as they serve their detention before the town scarecrow festival.

On its face, this is your typical slasher. You have your typical bodycount consisting of obnoxious students, a well-meaning teacher, and a Mary Sue final girl, all isolated out in the country with no cell phone reception when a monster rears its ugly face and tries to kill them all, one by one. This wouldn't get a second look by most since the slasher formula is played straighter than a line here. While it's generic, this can almost be seen as a throwback in some capacity. And, for a TV movie, it's really not too bad and actually gets quite bloody... I've seen worse slashers and this doesn't even come close. Yeah, the entire premise was a bit dumb and the backstory wasn't really well-explained as I would've liked, but I thought the monster looked kinda cool and nightmare-ish. The CGI effects were also surprisingly not as horrendous as they could've been (ScyFy, I know how you roll). 6/10 - A film for slasher fans' eyes ONLY.

Le notti del terrore (1981) (aka Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror) – A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby...

I’m not going to bullsh!t you, this was *beep* terrible. Yet, I absolutely loved it from start to finish: The terrible acting, the awkward dialogue, the unnecessary nudity, you name it. Even the horrific dubbing ~ since you know that this is an Italian film and there must be dubbing ~ had its odd charms to it... as most of them from this time do. The undead looked laughable at first, but they were excellent marksman (O_O) and knew how to use a scythe effectively. What a ridiculous scene that was, but the entire movie was a hawt mess to start with so it still works in the grand scheme. These undead may have moved slower than hell, but once they caught a victim, they ate them in rather gruesome ways and no detail is left out. The film definitely earns its “video nasty” reputation along with Anthropophagus and Absurd, but if you appreciate zombie flicks from an earlier time like I do, then you may like this despite it's blatant flaws. 7/10 – A very entertaining, so-bad-its-good affair. Shower and church highly recommended afterwards.

I have a few more reviews to post, but I've run out of time.

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I'm surprised how far behind I've fallen on this, granted life has kept me at bay and I haven't worked "Write Daily Movie Review on IMDb" into my routine just yet. Here goes:


Spring (2014) – A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

I put this off for the longest time because this seemed more like a romance movie with horror elements, and for the most part this is exactly what it was. I expected the story to be: Boy meets girl, girl turns out to be some weird zombie thing, yet boy still loves girl… happily never after? Luckily, I was wrong about a few things that I wish to keep secret for those who may check this out. The success of this film lies in the fact that both of the characters were likeable enough to reel you into the story. You totally buy into the romance and when things get nasty, you’re invested enough in the characters to get through the gross bits. Also, this was just an all-around beautiful film to watch in terms of the scenery and visuals… I expected as such given its title, but it was good. It was very good. 9/10 – Highly recommended.

Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) - The giant, man-eating Graboids are back and even deadlier than before, terrorizing the inhabitants of a South African wildlife reserve as they attack from below-and above.

The Tremors franchise is one of my favorites. The second one disappointed massively, but there was a good story to the third and fourth films despite how cheap they looked by comparison. The characters were always the strong point with this franchise anyway. This film had decent effects but a weaker story, sadly. The franchise isn't aging well, and sadly I kinda feel they jumped the shark even more than when they started calling one of the monsters "ass-blasters". This one did try though, but something in the back of my mind misses when graboids were actually treated as formidable, scary subterranean predators in the first and not just mere nuisances.

House of Dust (2013) - College students exploring an abandoned insane asylum accidentally shatter canisters holding the cremains of former mental patients. Inhaling the dusty ash filling the air, they're soon possessed by the souls once held within them. One is a convicted serial killer from 1950.

Given the sypnosis, the IMDb rating, and the movie poster, I really wasn't expecting too much with this one much like I never expect much from any slasher. Still, sometimes even the most exploitative and tasteless slashers can be fun. This one had a decent idea but was just too forgettable to leave any sort of impression. And it wasn't really even really a slasher, IIRC. 4/10

Good Neighbours (2010) - Victor is new to Montreal and attempts to make friends with the wheelchair-bound Spencer and the cat-loving Louise, but everybody is on edge with a serial killer terrorizing the neighborhood.

I was in the mood for a thriller, and as I watched this, I couldn't help but be reminded of a recent one ~ The Gift (2015) ~ that got widespread acclaim upon its release. For a movie that was released back in 2009, this one has everything that that one had and more. While The Gift somewhat underwhelmed me, this one definitely has horror elements in it. I wish I could elaborate on what I liked about this film, but that would make this quick review too spoiled. 7/10

Die Die Delta Pi (2013) - In the 1980's, a group of sorority girls pull a prank on a fellow Sister out of envy, which results in her being burned to death. But did she really die, or is she still seeking revenge?

Let it be known: If even *I* rate something a 2/10, it *beep* EARNS it. It's junk like this that makes me angry that I'm addicted to horror films.

Raze (2013) - Raze, a horror/action film, focuses on two abducted women & 50 other women who are forced to fight each other using their bare hands.

This is a rather mean-spirited flick all around, definitely one of the nastier ones that Netflix has to offer. I'd almost put it on the same level as The Seasoning House, but at least this one doesn't delve into rape and such. If you dig kickass women and movies that would piss off raging feminists, then this may be for you. My main issues with this movie though are that the premise seems flimsy at best and the antagonists just don't seem threatening enough. 6/10

Hollow Man II (2006) - A Seattle detective and a biologist are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue.

The first Hollow Man was a great modern sci-fi/slasher flick with amazing effects, but this one is perhaps one of the cheapest unnecessary sequels ever. Absolutely no fun to be had here and only recommended for raging completists like myself. 5/10

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

I'll conclude this round of reviews with the most recent horror release in theaters. The first Cloverfield was so terribly disappointing for me that I wasn't really gungho to see this (in-name-only?) sequel of sorts, but Shay recommended it to me so off I went to see it in theater. Off topic, but I was literally the ONLY one in the theater when I saw this... I went with no one and no one else was there to see the movie. First time that that's ever happened. Anyway, the movie on the whole works so much better as a thriller. I won't say that it was as good as the reviews are making it out to be, but it was a welcomed change from the disaster spectacle of the first one, and better yet, no unbelievable found footage. John Goodman was the star performer here, but even Mary Elizabeth Winstead who normally annoys me with her Mary-Sue like performances of horror past did a serviceable job as our distressed protagonist.

As for the ending... *spoilers below*
It seemed too ripped off from The Thing prequel, and I'm just not speaking of the fact that Winstead played both protagonists. I really didn't care much for it outside some of the creepiness the locale had to offer. They should've stuck with the thriller-mystery angle they were going for and left the monsters out of the formula. It just seemed tacked on to please the fans of the first film, which was disappointing because Goodman and his character deserved a worthy send off but he didn't get one.

Overall, this was a 7/10 and I suspect the IMDb rating will slowly descend to this in time. It had over 8.0 when I went to see it, but it's down to 7.8 now but it's hanging in there nonetheless. I don't think this is for fans of the first one, but it is for fans of thrillers/mysteries in general.

That's it for now.

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OMG I love Tremors!!!! Lol well the first, the others were awfullll. I have never seen the 5th, should I? Lol just to close it out. What was the one Burt got eaten? He actually got eaten and it was emotional like I was stunned they actually killed off Burt but then of course, they track it somehow and *beep* dig him out was utterly ridiculous and annoying.

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They were ridiculous, but of the good variety. I even liked the fourth one because it was more of a period piece than anything, which was all good by me. The fifth one seems to be cut from that cloth as well, but the characters were all pretty forgettable and Jamie Kennedy (bless his heart) didn't really add much to it though on paper he seems tailor-made for this franchise.

Maybe my frustration with the fifth one was that it's too much of the same. Some franchises that have gotten too lost in comedy eventually returned to darker roots eventually... case in point, A Nightmare on Elm Street with "New Nightmare" and Child's Play with "Curse of Chucky". I really hope that this franchise does that sometime down the road because there hasn't been a really legit *good* one since the first.

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Lol the first is just so hilariously great. That idiot Nestor who gets on top of the tyre and the chemistry between Val and Earl was brilliant from start the finish lol theopening scene "stampeeeeede, stampede, Earl! Get out the way, get out the way!!"

I think I will see the 5th just to finish it up, assuming there isn't a 6th one made but I'll go into it expecting very little and maybe it'll be better than I expect.

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YESSSSS, I heard that Kevin Bacon was interested in returning to the franchise but I'm not sure how true that is or not. That entire cast was perfect and the graboids were actually taken seriously and meant business.

You might as well see the fifth one, especially if you're a completest. The movie did have somewhat of a similar slasher-vibe in the early goings that harkened back to the tone of the first one, but they threw it all away pretty quickly. I even appreciated that Burt made a random mention of Heather (Reba<3) during the movie which was a surprise.

If Bacon was interested in returning, I wonder how likely a Tremors reunion would be...

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I think Miguel was in the 2nd one but died? or was it the third? Then Melvin made a random appearance. Are they at least under the ground it the 5th? Not a fan of ass blasters or anything else. Lol that scene "broke into the wrong god damn rec room, didn;t you you bastaaaard" was epic, just shooting the hell out of it.

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Basically, this was the first film to switch locations from Perfection, NV, to South Africa where a new deadlier breed of graboids/ass-blasters are wrecking havoc on the locals.

Spoilers on the nature of the species below... you have been warned:
The graboids can jump out of the ground to devour prey, and their snake-like tongues can detach from the host.

There aren't a lot of shriekers in this, if any.

Ass-blasters are back. I recall there being a kitchen scene that reminded me of the one from Jurassic Park. They're more monstrous in this than in the third one, but ridiculous all the same.


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Final Exam is SO underrated.

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Dan needs his own horror movies based online discussion show. You could wear a Freddy mask and call it "Fun with Freddy", a tip to the the Big Bang Theory

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I'd love to have my own horror vlog where I review movies and stuff, but I'm too self-conscious and I'd probably bore myself with it. lol

Anyway, here are some recent reviews...


Messiah of Evil (1973) - A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.

This is a lesser-known gem from the early 70s, easily the best era of horror movies. I watched it on Amazon Prime with abysmal quality, but once the movie got going, it just oozed dread throughout. If I am remembering right, a girl's father goes missing, so she goes to his town where an evil force is overtaking the residents. The residents are almost like mindless zombies, but they aren't really? Whatever they were, they will hunt you down in a grocery store or at the movies and the result is always the same: Death. I recall a scene where our protagonist sees shadows of the deranged townsfolk in the skylights of her father's home and the entire imagery of said scene was so incredibly nightmarish. The theme song to this was also pretty haunting stuff, as well. I intend to shell out for the BluRay of this eventually - the quality is so much better from the images that I've seen. Highly recommend to those who appreciate the older stuff. 7/10

Eyes of a Stranger (1981) - A reporter suspects a creepy neighbor, who lives in the high-rise building across from hers, is a serial killer terrorizing the Miami area.

A thriller-turned-slasher from the golden age. If I am understanding this right, I guess this was originally penned as a thriller, but due to the success of Friday the 13th, this one was reworked to incorporate elements of the slasher subgenre...? Despite its glaring shortcomings (mostly wasting a young Jennifer Jason Leigh until it was time for her to fulfill her final girl duties), the story works very well and was interesting. We weren't conditioned to really care about any of the victims sadly, but I found that shower scene so effective. I can see why this is easily forgotten amongst its slasher brothers/sisters, but the story is unique enough from its siblings to warrant a watch. 6/10

Dark Skies (2013) - As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.

This one has sat on my watchlist since I first got Netflix, which was about two years ago. Sometimes when I sit down to watch a Netflix movie though, I have "spring cleaning" in mind and that's what this view was... I was merely getting it off my watch list. As much as love aggressive extraterrestrials that will outright kills you like the xenomorphs, the blob, or the predators, I just cannot get into these kind of gray aliens that will abduct you and are impossible to escape. The movie does try to educate you on certain types of alien abductions, but I am never left with a feeling of satisfaction once these types of abduction movies conclude. It was nice to see Keri Russell again (you know, the 90s beauty who played the titular Felicity on the WB show - she's why I wanted to see this really), but you get from this movie exactly what you expect to get from any alien-abduction flick. Meh.

The Woman (2011) - When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

Yes, I finally watched it. I didn't even know that it was a straight-up sequel to the mean-spirited Offspring from two years prior until shortly before I watched it. While Offspring felt cheap at times, this one was very well made for the most part though there are still disturbing elements peppered throughout that harken back to the original. Aside from some of its odd kookiness (what the hell was up with the soundtrack of this movie?), this movie had superb acting from its principle cast. Pollyanna McIntosh never fails to impress, but the actors playing the family also did a stellar job as well. It wasn't perfect though... my two biggest complaints are that the actress playing the concerned teacher seemed a bit miscast and there was a plot element at the end (the feral girl who killed said teacher) that didn't seem well explained at all. It was still a twisted tale of female empowerment that can only be recommended to people who like movies like I Spit On Your Grave, which also paints men as evil perverts and females as revenge-driven psychopaths.

Bait (2012) - A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with 12-foot Great White Sharks.

I also watched this one as well, Neil. From what I had read, this was definitely a B-movie so I went into it with that frame of mind. The CGI was downright laughable at the start, but luckily it never looks that fake again for the rest of the movie. Sharni Vinson drew me to this movie, but she's sadly kind of wasted in this film, merely acting only as the hero's arm candy. Xavier Samuel is rather cute and puts on his best Chief Brody performance and Julian McMahon was actually halfway likeable in this movie. Overall, this was pretty clichéd even for B-movie standards, but there's no real harm in watching it so long as you don't expect anything original to come from it.
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Some quick words on some others that I've seen...

Ferocious Planet (2011) - Terrible ScyFy movie. And I love ScyFy trash usually.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) - It was unique enough and at least it wasn't played like a comedy though it easily could've gone that route, but it just seemed off. And why is Guy Pearce so dumb yet so good to look at in this? Ugh...
Dead & Breakfast (2004) - Comedy-slasher-action galore, I felt like it succeeded for the most part. I really enjoyed this one.
The Forsaken (2001) - I somehow missed this one back when it came out in the early 2000s... did it come and go without much fanfare, or was I just sitting under a rock at this time?? Either way, it featured the types of sexualized vampires I don't dig much though there was a lot of homoeroticism. Or maybe that was mostly wishful thinking on my part.
The Faculty (1998) - The Scream of monster flicks. <3 I always really loved this one and always enjoy revisiting it.
The Forest (1982) - No, not the recent one that was released, but rather the forgotten paranormal-slasher from the early 80s. I watched the horrendous-quality Prime version, but I intend to watch it on YouTube where I recently discovered it was in better quality. It's got a loveable, corny charm to it.
Last Passenger (2013) - A British thriller that actually invests in its characters... I 'spring-cleaned' this one off my Netflix list as well, but I actually enjoyed this one... until the end, anyway. Not explaining why stuff happens is not always okay, sorry to say.
Age of Ice (2014) - Downright terrible. Avoid at all costs.
Gone Girl (2014) - Definitely worthy of its praise. Rosamund Pike impressed me as a psychopath in Return to Sender (another I Spit On Your Grave knockoff), but Miranda Wells has nothing on Amy Dunne.
Night of the Demon (1980) - A really weird, obscure Bigfoot movie. It's forgettable for the most part, except for the fact that this Bigfoot is a rapist. O_O
The Breed (2001) - It was just average at best. Some vampires are good and some vampires are evil, point made.

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The Faculty is definitely the Scream of monster/alien films <3. Like there's zero chance it gets made without the sucsess of Scream. It even has one of those Scream covers that were all the rage in the late 90's and early 2000's.

The Forsaken definitely did NOT get a lot of coverage when it came out. I don't even remember it hitting theaters, but wiki claims it did (it did pretty poorly though). I do remember seeing it in the video store all the time though back around 2002/2003. It's an ok movie.

BTW, I really like Eyes of a Stranger, and The Forest is alright.

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I saw The Forsaken in theatres!! What a treat to be one of the few. There was like 5 people there on it's first Saturday day time showing.

I need to catch up with this thread but I wanted to comment on The Forsaken.

I couldn't get into Let Us Prey :(

The Final Girls was awesome though. 7/10

I currently have Deliver Us From Evil. I thought something else was #1 lol I was all wtfing when I got it.

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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I won't feel so bad mentioning that I was by myself at The Forsaken, now that I read Dan watched 10 CL by himself. I just didn't have anyone to go with and really wanted to go. Everyone was like "wut movie? I've never heard of that"

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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The Final Girls was hilarious. "Why does he hate my boobs? Cuz they're not big?" I actually think it was probably one of the best, most original films of last year.

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I loved The Final Girls as well. Such a good ride <3 Kristin Chenoweth <3

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I have that in my queue!!!

Have you seen green inferno? just bought it from wal mart and will prob watch tonight after i get home

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No but I've heard mostly good things about The Green Inferno. Let us know what you think!

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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See, I really like Eli Roth's films. A lot of his older stuff had a lot of weird and sometimes juvenile humor that turns plenty of people off. For instance, Cabin Fever had the weird "PANCAKES!" scene and there was plenty of that in his Hostel films as well. While some of that immaturity is sparingly sprinkled in The Green Inferno, I really honestly feel that it's got less of it than in his other works. It was on my watch list for a long time until they finally released it last year. I really liked it and hope you do as well, Kevin.

The only film that Roth has made that I just really did not like at all was Hostel: Part II, which is overrated to the high skies.

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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Hostel II had the hottie from Harry Potter though!

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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hostel 2 disturbed me with the whole bathtub scene.

White lightening+Black Hammer

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yah gurl that was too much...

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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hostel 2 disturbed me with the whole bathtub scene.

Same! I dunno why but that's the only scene in either of the first two that unsettled me. I suppose you can place yourself in that position, totally exposed and powerless to stop it, this person slashing away at your back, gave me the creeps lol.

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Christina's House (2000) - The teenager Christina, her younger brother Bobby, and their father James Tarling moves to a rented house in a small town in Washington to be close to Christina's mother Joanne, who is interned in an asylum. The house is being repaired by Howie Rhodes and Christina has a boy friend, the bad boy Eddy Duncan. While in the house, Christina hears noises and has a permanent feeling that another person lives there...

Poor Christina... she has a creepy dad who comes onto her, her mother's bananas, her brother torments her, her friends are dropping like flies, and her boyfriend wants to go all the way. What's a virgin to do? I very much doubt anyone else really knows about this weird drama/slasher/thriller from 2000, but if you do know it, I'd be very impressed. I actually first caught this on Lifetime Movie Network in the early 2000s and always really enjoyed watching it when it was on. Despite it's silliness in structure (and lack of imagination with kills), this movie is chock full of good moments. I decided to actually buy the film upon seeing it for cheap on Amazon, and wow... Allison Lange actually got naked for this???! I never knew that. Since this was my first time seeing it on video rather than TV, seeing nipslips and more "gory-fied" scenes was a complete shock to me on this viewing. Brendan Fehr and Brad Rowe also bring a great edge to their characters, as well. As long as you don't expect anything too much, this can be a pretty fun little flick... creepy but harmless. 7/10 easily.

Quickie reviews coming up.

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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Oh YEAH, Dan is back! Lol.

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The Conspiracy (2012) - I was kind of hoping I'd be left with an uneasy feeling the way I usually am if a found-footage film is done right, but I wasn't a huge fan. It wasn't terrible like 90% of FF films, but it wasn't all that it's cracked up to be either. 6/10

Stalled (2013) - Spring-cleaned it off my Netflix watchlist. Comedy-horror involving zombies never quite appealed (Dead-Alive did that well enough), but it was alright I guess. Cheap entertainment. 6/10

The Traveler (2010) - I'm not really a Val Kilmer fan, but this movie was okay. The plot is very similar to that of the latter-made 'Let Us Prey'. It was fun seeing a bunch of asswipes getting their just dessert, but the movie could have been much better. 5/10

Manhunter (1986) - Being a big fan of 'The Silence of the Lambs', I kind of felt coming into this one I wasn't going to love it as much. And I didn't. I only watched this because I missed catching it on Netflix and it was about to leave Amazon Prime so I watched it the day or two before they took it down. 6/10

Red State (2011) - Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' was so bizarre but effective that I decided to check this out as well. I started out as a normal 'youths find themselves in peril', but then it got all weirdly preachy and then all hell breaks loose. It was just too far out for me to really enjoy or like... :\ 5/10

Uncut (2009) - Talk about a terrible film. This is what happens when found footage slasher is done in one continuous take: ALL the kills will happen off-screen. Pointless. 2/10

Straw Dogs (2011) - James Marsden The first one is a classic basically, but it was a classic that I didn't really enjoy much. This remake, however, relishes the story's dark aspects, which peeved critics apparently. I'm glad this one went the horror route, however. This will be an unpopular opinion, but I preferred this much more than its dated original. 9/10

Kill (2011) - This movie sucked so bad. 2/10

Pandorum (2009) - I came across a $5 bluray of this and am glad I did. This is a pretty awesome space-mystery. 7/10

Dead Within (2014) - This was a zombie movie, but without any zombie action. It involved a wife being trapped in a house for an hour and a half as her husband went out fighting zombies to get supplied to bring home. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame. Spring-cleaning at its finest. Why do I do this to myself??? 4/10

Wreckage (2010) - It's a middleroad slasher, honestly. Nothing really stands out about it, except maybe that it has a badass male lead as opposed to the normal ingénue-turned-badass who normally acts as the final girl. These characters were still idiots, though... they had a choice between walking 4 miles to civilization/safety or walking 1 mile to a deserted/unsafe dump. Guess which option they chose? 6/10

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After Midnight (1989) - Of most cheesy horror anthologies, this one is right up there with 'Trapped Ashes.' Though I wouldn't call this THAT cheesy. The shorts in this were all actually pretty good. The first one involved a couple getting roadsided and having to go to a creepy, deserted mansion for help.... this one was by far the cheesiest of the three. The next one upped the ante a bit by having a group of girls get hunted by a pack of feral canines. Finally, the most sophisticated of the shorts starred Marg Helgenberger as a midnight phone operator getting harassed by a creepy caller. This one probably could've passed as its own movie, honestly. The wraparound was alright, as well though it left less of an impression. Very underrated anthology film and highly recommended. 7/10

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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We want scores out of 10!!

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Edited post.

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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Red State was frustrating af. I wanted to knock so many people's teeth out in that movie.

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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Dan, I'm surprised you were so lukewarm on Red State. I know many of the characters were beyond disgusting and awful, but that was kinda the point (seriously this movie is truly a horror movie). Also I remember being kinda surprised when the three younger guys were all killed off before the film even had an ending.

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I think that's what kind of put me off about it, Shred. It was like he was going for a Hitchcock sort of twist with that move (ala Psycho), and from that point that all three main guys were dead John Goodman kind of became the main protagonist but he was never in any real danger anyway so I couldn't have really bothered to care enough I guess. On the bright side, I kind of knew what I was in for since it was Kevin Smith film and his films rarely ever follow normal conventions. Besides, a 5/10 from me is basically my rating for "movies that I'm glad I saw once but won't ever seek out again." It's only when a movie gets less than that that it really starts annoying me.

The theme was a bit ick but I can handle that, most times anyway. Red State wasn't as unpleasant about homosexuals as Undocumented (2010) was about illegal immigrants. Now THAT movie I found rather unpleasant to sit thru...

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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Hush (2016)

Favorite Quote
"Maddie, please see me."
-Sarah (It's my favorite because it's heart wrenching.)

The Good: The premise is very good. It's actually what made me want to watch it. Something about a deaf, mute woman in a The Strangers-esque situation intrigued me. The early scenes in the movie that build the plot were amazing. It made me love Sarah & Maddie so much and it made me actually root for both of them. I like a horror movie that makes you so sad when a character inevitably dies (because everyone can't survive) and this one achieved that. I loved a scene closer to the end involving Maddie thinking through all the possible endings and when she writes "Do it coward" to the killer on the window in her own blood <3. It's a really fun ride and it had me hooked the entire time.

The Bad: The awesome mask the killer wears was very under utilized. He takes it off like not even a quarter way through. Also, I think they could've done a little more interesting things with regard to Maddie being deaf but I suppose they didn't want the whole thing to be wrapped around that.

The Verdict: 8/10. Love! Already seen it 3 times (once because I forced my mom to watch it) and I'm sure I'll be forcing it on my sister-in-law as well. I highly recommend it!

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Hush <3 I agree with basically everything you said. My favorite part of the movie was when she was trying to get wifi access on her computer and she realized she would need her dead friend's wifi password. The stalker, who had just taken her phone, also looked to see if she would have access and saw the password prompt and when she looked at him thru the window helplessly and he looked at her, the facial expression of the mask just fit the arrogance that killer no doubt had perfectly. That mask seriously should've been left on for the entire movie.

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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Wow, Hush sounds good!!! Is it on Netflix?

How do you describe a feeling? I've only ever dreamt of this.

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It is, indeed! :)

I think A_Supreme is #Dantastic ~ Alaina

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I washed Hush a few weeks ago! I agree it was really good.

Melissa: Is there an F5?
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You gotta watch it Tyler <3

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Is Hush anything like Wait Until Dark (with a deaf woman instead of a blind woman)?

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They're somewhat similar, Shred. I just watched Wait Until Dark last night, oddly enough.

The running idea of a lead protagonist with a handicap being harassed in their home is very much present in both, but I think that's where the similarities end.

Wait Until Dark, though surprisingly classified on here as a horror first and foremost, seems more fitting to be called a crime thriller than anything.

Hush goes more of a 'Strangers' route with it. And it's much more violent, not surprising given that it was made in the present and not the 60s.

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A few more reviews from a few of the 80s films I've seen recently:


Scarecrows (1988) - [/I]Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to land in Mexico. When they land the plane, they find themselves in a cemetery full of evil scarecrows.[/I]

I truly loved this movie when I first saw it, and upon finding the DVD for a relatively cheap price on Amazon, I bought it and rewatched it. It was just as good on the second view. One thing that always befalls most slashers in the genre is that it's the usual group of dumbass teens getting their asses into trouble. I find that even when a movie changes it up and makes the group of teens a group of, say, military bank robbers, the movie is already infinitely better already because you don't have to deal with the typical *beep* teen behavior. That aside, the scarecrows are so eerie in this one; not only will they manipulate you and get inside your head, but they will dismember you ever-so-violently, stuff your body with straw and money, and use your parts for their own. Killer scarecrows sound cheesy as all hell on paper, but it never even borders a cheesy level for a second.... the costumes were that well done. I honestly can't speak enough good about this one, really... for what it was, it's a well-produced horror film that deserves to be considered a classic. It's definitely a step above most slasher films in both atmosphere and characters, anyway. Highly recommended. 8/10

Night Warning (1982) - An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Obscure movie of the day. I had to watch a crappy copy of it on YouTube, because it was literally no where to be found on Amazon or Netflix... I sure in hell wasn't about to pay $40-some-odd bucks for the obscure DVD, amusingly titled 'Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker'. Some classify it as a slasher given it's release during the craze back in the 80's, but I'd probably say it was more a thriller with slasher elements, much in the same line as 'Eyes of a Stranger' and 'He Knows You're Alone'. There's a lot of weird creepy incestual subtext and, beware, homophobia to be found in this one, but times were different so its important to keep it in context. I think its overall message about homosexuality is a positive one nonetheless, and the crazy killer (read the sypnosis) in this one is one for the books. I kind of wish it would've been more of a mystery but it seriously isn't hidden that the aunt was trouble. She seemed so sweet at the start, but her character transformation from the start to finish of the movie was astonishing. I enjoyed this well enough and hope that it gets a proper - and more affordable - release someday because I'd love to see this one all cleaned up. 7/10

Without Warning (1980) - An alien creature stalks human prey.

I saw this on YouTube as well, in all its blu-ray glory. So, if you want a good solid early 80's monster flick, watch it now before it disappears because it'll be tough (or expensive) to find otherwise. Not to mention that YouTube does take stuff down eventually so might as well catch it now when it's free. Anyway, I really enjoyed this one as well... maybe I'm just really easy to please, or just really enjoy these 80's horror movies. I admit that the movie definitely comes with its fair share of cheese, but if you accept that and roll with it, there's a few creepy scenes in this, a few being rather reminiscent of John Carpenter's 'The Fog' but with an Alien as opposed to Ghosts. The final girl of this movie is also so vastly underrated... the movie doesn't take on too much of a slasher tone sadly, but you know that she's the one to root for from the getgo and she makes a likeable heroine of the story. The film sadly doesn't show some of the death scenes which is rather curious, but I think it was well-established from the first few how the Alien kills people so might as well save the time. Maybe I'm just grateful that the Alien kills people instead of simply abducting them like what happens in 90% of other extraterrestrial films. Despite it's glaring shortcomings, I'd give this one a 7/10 though I might be being a tad bit too generous. Oh well, I still would recommend this to anybody who likes strange, sometimes campy, but no-doubt atmospheric horrors of the time period, like 'The Fog'.
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NIGHT WARNING! I love that movie. So, so underrated, and Dan I do believe it did get a proper dvd release from Code Red, and it had a commentary and stuff and various other bonus features. You probably have to get it off their website, but I hate when Code Red releases stuff because they seem to release stuff on dvd more than blu ray, and their stuff goes out of print SO fast. I saw a crappy version of it on YouTube as well btw.
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