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Post by someoldguy on Mar 10, 2020 19:45:39 GMT -5
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Saw this about 25 years ago and noticed that it was on Shudder, decided to check it out again. A good watch even if you know what's coming. Made me want to see if I still have those old Lovecraft books somewhere in the many boxes of books I packed when I retired and moved and never fully unpacked. Not that it is just a Lovecraft story. It goes beyond the story. Literally. (Pun intended)
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 12, 2020 10:40:47 GMT -5
Got through Season 2 of Whitechapel. Not as good as the first season, as silverbullet had already commented, but not bad either. Since the twins were seen as being involved almost from the beginning, I had the feeling that maybe they were not the real thing. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Mar 12, 2020 10:59:04 GMT -5
Got through Season 2 of Whitechapel. Not as good as the first season, as silverbullet had already commented, but not bad either. Since the twins were seen as being involved almost from the beginning, I had the feeling that maybe they were not the real thing.
The whole twist/ big reveal was a mess.
Plus some of the Guest Actors for this season were quite annoying.
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 12, 2020 12:48:22 GMT -5
Got through Season 2 of Whitechapel. Not as good as the first season, as silverbullet had already commented, but not bad either. Since the twins were seen as being involved almost from the beginning, I had the feeling that maybe they were not the real thing.
The whole twist/ big reveal was a mess.
Plus some of the Guest Actors for this season were quite annoying. Apparently in the next season they have six episodes of about 45 minutes each but arranged into three cases. A shorter duration (90 minutes) for each case sounds like a good idea. The single case 135 minute second season was IMO dragging on a bit. That is longer than the great majority of movies. It was OK in Season 1 because we were still getting to know the characters and they were getting to know each other. Plus it was a better story, the Ripper and all. |
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 12, 2020 16:37:06 GMT -5
Abominable (2006) Not your Dreamworks yeti. This beast is nasty.  Good setup for a monster movie that does not require any deep thought. Guy in wheelchair out in the country sees through his binoculars a group of young sexy girls in the next house threatened by huge hairy beast. Loaded with overacting which fits the mood of the movie just fine. Matt McCoy, who I think has played just about every kind of character, is good enough at this that you want to forgive his excesses. Good body count, pretty good gore. A bit of nudity. Creature look is OK if not terrific. Predictable ending. Comes down to wheelchair guy saves Final Girl before cops finally show up. And then... Remember the end of Harry and the Hendersons? This is not your Amblin Bigfoot, either. Not a bad way to waste an hour and a half. Just go with the flow and don't examine the plot too closely. On Prime and Tubi. The guy in a wheelchair with binoculars might make you think of Rear Window. But when he sees the creature or sees bad things happen, the other guy who is with him part of the time always comes to the window too late to see anything. I could not help but think of Gladys in the old Bewitched TV series.  |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Mar 13, 2020 9:24:28 GMT -5
The whole twist/ big reveal was a mess.
Plus some of the Guest Actors for this season were quite annoying. Apparently in the next season they have six episodes of about 45 minutes each but arranged into three cases. A shorter duration (90 minutes) for each case sounds like a good idea. The single case 135 minute second season was IMO dragging on a bit. That is longer than the great majority of movies. It was OK in Season 1 because we were still getting to know the characters and they were getting to know each other. Plus it was a better story, the Ripper and all. In hindsight, I think they should've stuck with S1 format. With that said, this is one UK show I'd to see come back with the original cast. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Mar 13, 2020 9:42:25 GMT -5
Abominable (2006) Not your Dreamworks yeti. This beast is nasty. Good setup for a monster movie that does not require any deep thought. Guy in wheelchair out in the country sees through his binoculars a group of young sexy girls in the next house threatened by huge hairy beast. Loaded with overacting which fits the mood of the movie just fine. Matt McCoy, who I think has played just about every kind of character, is good enough at this that you want to forgive his excesses. Good body count, pretty good gore. A bit of nudity. Creature look is OK if not terrific. Predictable ending. Comes down to wheelchair guy saves Final Girl before cops finally show up. And then... Remember the end of Harry and the Hendersons? This is not your Amblin Bigfoot, either. Not a bad way to waste an hour and a half. Just go with the flow and don't examine the plot too closely. On Prime and Tubi. The guy in a wheelchair with binoculars might make you think of Rear Window. But when he sees the creature or sees bad things happen, the other guy who is with him part of the time always comes to the window too late to see anything. I could not help but think of Gladys in the old Bewitched TV series. Wonder what happened Ryan Schifrin? Liked seeing Horror Vets in this one, like Dee Wallace and Jeffrey Combs. Plus Ryan's father composed the score ,Lalo Schifrin. |
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 13, 2020 10:56:42 GMT -5
Wonder what happened Ryan Schifrin? Liked seeing Horror Vets in this one, like Dee Wallace and Jeffrey Combs. Plus Ryan's father composed the score ,Lalo Schifrin. According to IMDb, Ryan Schifrin has not done anything since 2015, when he wrote and directed a segment for Tales of Halloween, and not a whole lot before that. As you know, Schifrin wrote and directed Abominable (2006) and did a brief cameo in the gas station. Happily, Dee Wallace remains very busy as does Jeffrey Combs. And I loved horror movie vet Lance Henriksen in Abominable. Love that Darwin Award story! |
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 13, 2020 13:49:24 GMT -5
The Return of Dracula (1958) This hit theaters shortly before Horror of Dracula. 'Return' is a low budget B+W film that is pretty good. 'Modern day' (1958) setting. Vampire hunters are on Dracula's trail in the Old Country so he moves to California under an assumed identity, that of the European cousin of a family, having killed the real cousin. He makes one girl into a vampire and has the hots for a second one, in the good old Dracula movie tradition. Francis Lederer, with his vaguely East European accent (born in Czechoslovakia), does a good sophisticated Dracula in the Lugosi tradition but without any hamminess. The rest of the acting is OK but no better, the norm for 1950s low budget. Almost no gore. But when the other girl vampire is killed, there is a brief color shot of the stake going in and red blood shooting out. A very similar shot would be seen a bit later in Horror of Dracula. Since the two productions overlapped in time and were done in different countries, it does not seem to be plagiarism but simultaneous invention. (A color shot involving blood in the midst of a B+W movie would later be used in The Tingler.) Drac's death scene is similar to that in Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968), a decade later.
The dramatic Dies Irae theme employed in 'Return' would later be used during the opening credits of The Shining.
Overall rather good for old style horror.
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 13, 2020 15:37:41 GMT -5
The Vampire (1957) Scientist accidentally takes pills made from vampire bat blood and turns into a bloodsucker. Acting and dialog – meh. Creature look really sucks. Plot predictable. You sort of know what the movie is going to be like when the opening is a kid on a bicycle with a sign reading… …delivering a box of bats to a scientist in his home lab. This is from Gramercy Pictures as was The Return of Dracula, although that was a much better movie. Oddly both movies have a number of 1957 Fords of various types and one 1957 Mercury in them. The 1955 Ford police car does not count. Cops liked it because it was fast. “Nothin’ will outrun my V8 Ford” www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjrQWU2EcsA |
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Post by ArcLight on Mar 13, 2020 16:00:43 GMT -5
Friday the 13th (1980)
I'm sure I'll sneak in a few others in the series before the day is out, I'm just really hoping this post manages to stay on the 13th page of this thread.
I guess if I'd seen Halloween in theaters Michael would be my favorite slasher, but I missed that one the first time around.
Jason, of course, isn't actually in this first of the F13th series, but I still dig it, particularly Tom Savini's effects work and Harry Manfredini's classic score.
Too bad the whole rights kerfluffle killed further development on the PC game.
Anyways, here's to you, Jason, ya big lug!!
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Post by silverbullet63 on Mar 13, 2020 17:52:18 GMT -5
The Vampire (1957) Scientist accidentally takes pills made from vampire bat blood and turns into a bloodsucker. Acting and dialog – meh. Creature look really sucks. Plot predictable. You sort of know what the movie is going to be like when the opening is a kid on a bicycle with a sign reading… …delivering a box of bats to a scientist in his home lab. This is from Gramercy Pictures as was The Return of Dracula, although that was a much better movie. Oddly both movies have a number of 1957 Fords of various types and one 1957 Mercury in them. The 1955 Ford police car does not count. Cops liked it because it was fast. “Nothin’ will outrun my V8 Ford” www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjrQWU2EcsA This one is a guilty pleasure. The musical score is so Overdramatic. The first scene when the Nurse was chased by the Creature was well done. |
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Post by silverbullet63 on Mar 13, 2020 18:00:51 GMT -5
Quarantine 2 : Terminal (2011)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Friday the 13th : The Final Chapter (1984)
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 13, 2020 18:15:42 GMT -5
Friday the 13th (1980) I'm sure I'll sneak in a few others in the series before the day is out, I'm just really hoping this post manages to stay on the 13th page of this thread. I guess if I'd seen Halloween in theaters Michael would be my favorite slasher, but I missed that one the first time around. Jason, of course, isn't actually in this first of the F13th series, but I still dig it, particularly Tom Savini's effects work and Harry Manfredini's classic score. Too bad the whole rights kerfluffle killed further development on the PC game. Anyways, here's to you, Jason, ya big lug!! Your post will stay on page 13. Threads get added to at the end. That is, when this page is full newer posts will go to page 14 and so on. It is Recent Posts that gets added to at the beginning. The young Jason is in the original Friday the 13th. Jason the 'monster' makes a very brief cameo in the canoe dream sequence near the end but it is not Jason as he will be in the sequels. Kerfluffle is a good name for a kitten. |
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Post by someoldguy on Mar 13, 2020 18:25:29 GMT -5
This one is a guilty pleasure. The musical score is so Overdramatic. The first scene when the Nurse was chased by the Creature was well done. We never find out what happens to Nuggets the cat, last seen at the bottom of the pit at the beginning of the movie, where at the end Dracula gets the point |
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