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Post by someoldguy on Dec 14, 2019 19:37:11 GMT -5
Treevenge (Short Film) www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/full-film-online-treevenge/It's not Psycho Santa you should fear, it's the Christmas Trees! Believe me, their bite is worse than their bark. Definitely carniferous! I don't think I wood be going out on a limb when I say that when it comes to Yule Log terror this short film boughs to no one. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 14, 2019 20:27:16 GMT -5
Jennifer Eight(1992)
Serial Killer of Blind Women running amok in the Pacific Northwest. During the Holiday season, starting Andy Garcia and
Uma Thurman
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 14, 2019 21:11:22 GMT -5
Jennifer Eight(1992) Serial Killer of Blind Women running amok in the Pacific Northwest. During the Holiday season, starting Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman This seems to be one of those love it or hate it movies. Roger Ebert hated it which means I would probably like it. Although serial killer movies are generally not my thing. EDIT: However Uma Thurman and Andy Garcia together sounds interesting. |
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 15, 2019 12:52:17 GMT -5
Silent Night, Bloody Night 1972 Not to be confused with the Silent Night Deadly Night franchise. Low budget slasher but still fairly well done. Complex mystery plot but all the clues are there and it all gets tied together. Moderate amount of blood but this is more about why the killings rather than the killings themselves. Decent body count. Some spooky flashbacks done in sepia. John Carradine does an eccentric supporting role, his specialty in later years. Free on tubi, YT and ... wait for it ... Wikipedia! Never copyrighted, the movie is public domain and the Wiki article has a link to the complete movie. An early example of the Sex = Death slasher movie meme.  |
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 15, 2019 14:19:05 GMT -5
Of course there is a Christmas-themed ghost story movie that has nothing to do with Dickens! I don’t know why it took so long to think of it.
Curse of the Cat People 1944
This sequel to the very creepy (sorry) Cat People of 1942 is only vaguely related to the first movie. The curse of becoming a killer black panther when emotionally aroused is what afflicted the woman in Cat People. But she died at the end of that movie. Well, guess what? She is back as a ghost and is relieved of the curse. Much nicer now, she becomes the not-so-imaginary friend of her husband’s very young daughter, the only one who can see her.
The threat to the young girl comes from a very disturbed human and her salvation is supernaturally arranged. No blood or violence. Other than that human threat, the biggest scare is the snowstorm. But there is a lot more genuine Christmas spirit (oops, another pun) than one would expect to find in a movie with a title like this one.
Although it bombed when first released – mainly because of the studio mandated misleading title and ad campaign - it is of sufficient merit and has enough of a following that you have to pay to see it online.
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 15, 2019 18:58:04 GMT -5
Christmas Evil (1980)
Also watched...
Eastern Promises (2007)
The Lookout (2007)
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 15, 2019 19:34:48 GMT -5
Christmas Evil (1980) Also watched... Eastern Promises (2007) The Lookout (2007) I loved Christmas Evil, especially that unexpected but totally right ending. Crime movies, eh? But from what I have seen, not your ordinary crime movies. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 15, 2019 22:16:08 GMT -5
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 16, 2019 10:57:16 GMT -5
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) I did not 'get it' the first time around, but it was intriguing enough to watch it twice. Nicely put together. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 16, 2019 19:21:06 GMT -5
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) I did not 'get it' the first time around, but it was intriguing enough to watch it twice. Nicely put together. The Bridge collapse near the end was well executed. Plus I liked seeing Richard Gere and Laura Linney together onscreen again. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 16, 2019 23:41:51 GMT -5
A Simple Plan (1999)
Three guys find a bag of money, in a plane that crashed in the woods.
Things go horribly wrong. Criminally underrated thriller IMHO.
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 17, 2019 11:35:11 GMT -5
A Simple Plan (1999) Three guys find a bag of money, in a plane that crashed in the woods. Things go horribly wrong. Criminally underrated thriller IMHO. Great movie, that! Everyone performs very well, all held together by the Raimi magic directorial touch. A good complex winter's tale. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Dec 17, 2019 20:09:10 GMT -5
A Simple Plan (1999) Three guys find a bag of money, in a plane that crashed in the woods. Things go horribly wrong. Criminally underrated thriller IMHO. Great movie, that! Everyone performs very well, all held together by the Raimi magic directorial touch. A good complex winter's tale. For me, this is Raimi's best film. Never Talk To Strangers (1995) Trashy erotic thriller, a guilty pleasure of mine. |
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 17, 2019 21:24:39 GMT -5
Deadly Games 1989
Before Home Alone there was this Christmas Eve tale of an unwelcome murderous intruder - dressed as Santa Claus no less! - and how the young boy handled him. Make no mistake, this is no cute Macaulay Culkin vehicle. This is a horror story.
French with English subtitles. Available on Shudder.
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Post by someoldguy on Dec 17, 2019 21:47:36 GMT -5
Great movie, that! Everyone performs very well, all held together by the Raimi magic directorial touch. A good complex winter's tale. For me, this is Raimi's best film. Never Talk To Strangers (1995) Trashy erotic thriller, a guilty pleasure of mine. Most of Raimi's directorial stuff is horror / sci-fi genre. I was happy to see he could do 'straight' movies that well. Sam's brother Ted sometimes showed up in Sam's stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIGk9PATvsI understand that Rebecca De Mornay does a sex scene in Never Talk To Strangers, worth watching? |
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