+ Reply to Thread



  1. #23901
    Zombiefied Zealot
    Majestic ruler of scavengers
     
    TonyVato's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online

    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Member #
    17503
    Location
    Las Vegas
    Posts
    1,696
    Threads
    10
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 95
    Given: 72
    Victor Crowley - Ugghhhh! I fell asleep halfway through. What a disappointment for this series.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  2. #23902
    Zombiefied Zealot
    damn status bar...my entries
    are too long for you:dislike:
     
    IrishG3nt's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    08-25-2022

    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Member #
    15736
    Location
    Holiday, FL
    Posts
    9,506
    Threads
    58
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 303
    Given: 255
    Gamer IDs

    Gamertag IrishMobsta13
    Quote Originally Posted by TonyVato View Post
    Victor Crowley - Ugghhhh! I fell asleep halfway through. What a disappointment for this series.
    I hate to agree with ya here because I love the series so much but it really was WEEAAKK. Some pretty cool kills though.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    The UHM Clown

    “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe

  3. #23903
    Rotting Zealot
    This user has no status.
     
    Lon of the Dead's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    16 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Member #
    19471
    Location
    Louisville, KY
    Posts
    1,469
    Threads
    7
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 265
    Given: 101
    Continuing my re-evaluation of some of those old Italian cannibal flicks, I sat down last night with the most notorious of them, Cannibal Holocaust (1980). Saw it once, thirty years ago, and thought it was reprehensible. And I've spent the last thirty years throwing shade at it and dismissing it as utter garbage any time it's come up in conversation. However, after recently seeing Eaten Alive! and re-watching Make Them Die Slowly, Holocaust actually doesn't seem as bad in comparison.

    Now, I've always thought it was well-filmed and Robert Kerman left a favorable impression on me as an actor. For me the biggest faults were, of course, the inexcusable and sadistic animal slaughter, and the fact that for the last half of the film, wherein Kerman reviews the found footage, you're stuck watching the obliteration of four characters you couldn't possibly care less about. Their deaths would have had impact if you gave a shit about a single one of them. But you don't, which makes their drawn-out deaths the definition of gratuitous, not to mention a chore to sit through. So that aspect didn't change for me. Another which remains unaffected is the so-called "social commentary." Upon first viewing this movie, I felt -- and after this viewing, still feel -- that aspect was slapped on by Deodato in a lazy attempt to to justify his callous treatment of his actors, the locals, and the wildlife. The social commentary is token at best, and feels like it.

    But now with these other cannibal flicks fresh in my head to compare it to, certain aspects don't seem as bad. The animal slaughter, while always unjustifiable in a work of fiction, is actually tame compared to the even more repellent use of same in Make Them Die Slowly. MTDS also features even worse characterizations than the asshole documentarians in Holocaust. Kerman, who appears in all three of these flicks, is at his most effective in Holocaust. And Holocaust's writing and story are tighter and more logical as well. Eaten Alive! more or less falls in between the two; it's not as outright hateful and mean-spirited as MTDS, but not as polished or narratively sturdy as Holocaust.

    Is this to say I now think Cannibal Holocaust is a good movie? No. In comparison, is it less of a turd than Eaten Alive! and Make Them Die Slowly? I think so. But a lesser turd is still a turd, and it takes more than one effective performance and some pretty cinematography to make a movie good. 4/10

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Last edited by Lon of the Dead; 02-16-2018 at 06:54 AM.

  4. #23904
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Children of the Living Dead, 2001. 7/10


    ''They smell like hell!''




    Abbott Hayes! <3




    I don't understands why everyone hates this movie. I see similarities in other low budget films that people adore. I liked it and glad I bought this.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  5. #23905
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Dead Shack, 2017. 7/10



    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  6. #23906
    Zombiefied Zealot
    The Ancient One
     

    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    11-18-2023

    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Member #
    2567
    Location
    Upstate New York
    Age
    67
    Posts
    5,322
    Threads
    13
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 286
    Given: 328
    Bornless Ones- without a doubt to some degree this was a rip off of Evil Dead.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Like, so many people out there were trying to track this down. And it just...got delivered on a tweet. What the hell.

    "The individual's rights will be protected only so long as they don't conflict with the state."






    “Watch your thoughts, they become words;
    watch your words, they become actions;
    watch your actions, they become habits;
    watch your habits, they become character;
    watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

  7. #23907
    Zombiefied Zealot
    The Ancient One
     

    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    11-18-2023

    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Member #
    2567
    Location
    Upstate New York
    Age
    67
    Posts
    5,322
    Threads
    13
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 286
    Given: 328
    Devil in the Dark - don't bother

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Like, so many people out there were trying to track this down. And it just...got delivered on a tweet. What the hell.

    "The individual's rights will be protected only so long as they don't conflict with the state."






    “Watch your thoughts, they become words;
    watch your words, they become actions;
    watch your actions, they become habits;
    watch your habits, they become character;
    watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

  8. #23908
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Family Possessions, 2016. 8/10



    I love Tommy Faircloth films! He has a certain style that you can tell that these are his movies. Great characters, fun dialog and for me it feels like you are in his little world.

    I really enjoyed Dollface and Crinoline head, this film may be my favorite.

    It has Mark Patton from NoES 2 and Felissa Rose from Sleeepaway Camp




    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  9. #23909
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Hellraiser: Judgement, 2017. 8/10





    This film was awesome. It doesn't need the 'Hellraiser' tag because it could be a stand alone feature. Yes Pinhead is in here but it really didn't matter. This felt 'undergroundish' in some ways. The storyline was meh. I figured it out early in the film, but thats alright. I loved the 'house' where the 'judgement' lived. Loved all the characters especially The Surgeon. I wanted to post more pictures but those who have not seen it, I want you to see them when you watch it.

    The director,Gary J. Tunnicliffe is an FX and make up artist. No wonder everything looked ridiculously awesome. I'm gonna buy this film.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  10. #23910
    Rotting Zealot
    This user has no status.
     
    Lon of the Dead's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    16 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Member #
    19471
    Location
    Louisville, KY
    Posts
    1,469
    Threads
    7
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 265
    Given: 101
    Quote Originally Posted by woodenheart View Post
    I love Tommy Faircloth films! He has a certain style that you can tell that these are his movies. Great characters, fun dialog and for me it feels like you are in his little world.

    I really enjoyed Dollface and Crinoline head, this film may be my favorite.

    It has Mark Patton from NoES 2 and Felissa Rose from Sleeepaway Camp

    ]
    Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I didn't even know Faircloth was still around. I've only seen a couple of his movies (Crinoline Head, which I ordered from the back of Fangoria back in '97 and still have today, and Generation Ax) but I consider myself a fan. I'll have to check this one out.

    1 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  11. #23911
    Rotting Zealot
    This user has no status.
     
    Queenchrysalis1973's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    08-11-2019

    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Member #
    19261
    Location
    Canterlot
    Age
    50
    Posts
    496
    Threads
    2
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 14
    Given: 0
    Cult of Chucky

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  12. #23912
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Blackcoats Daughter, 2015 {2017 Release} 10/10





    This is becoming one of my favorite films. Each time I watch it it becomes better and
    better and I'm finding new things.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  13. #23913
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Quote Originally Posted by Lon of the Dead View Post
    Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I didn't even know Faircloth was still around. I've only seen a couple of his movies (Crinoline Head, which I ordered from the back of Fangoria back in '97 and still have today, and Generation Ax) but I consider myself a fan. I'll have to check this one out.
    Did you know he made Dollface {Crinoline Head 2}?

    I haven't seen his short The Cabin nor Generation Ax. I need to. : )

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  14. #23914
    Rotting Zealot
    This user has no status.
     
    Lon of the Dead's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    16 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Member #
    19471
    Location
    Louisville, KY
    Posts
    1,469
    Threads
    7
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 265
    Given: 101
    I hadn't heard of Dollface until I looked Faircloth up on IMBD immediately after seeing your post above regarding Family Possessions. Generation Ax wasn't just the last movie I'd seen of his, it was the last movie I was aware he'd made. Anything he's done since is totally new to me. I'll be sure to add Dollface to my get list as well.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  15. #23915
    Rotting Zealot
    This user has no status.
     
    Lon of the Dead's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    16 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Member #
    19471
    Location
    Louisville, KY
    Posts
    1,469
    Threads
    7
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 265
    Given: 101
    It Stains the Sand Red (2017). About a woman trekking through the desert with a tenacious zombie on her tail. Starts off shaky but gets incrementally better as it rolls along -- until the tacked on final moment, which begs the question...

    Spoiler...
    Where the hell did all those zombies suddenly come from?


    Brittany Allen is (mostly) good in the lead and it's her performance which helps carry the flick during some slow spots -- and during those moments when the writer has her character make some pretty boneheaded decisions. Overall, nothing to write home about, but it has its moments. 5/10

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Last edited by Lon of the Dead; 02-19-2018 at 04:55 AM.

  16. #23916
    Zombiefied Zealot
    The Ancient One
     

    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    11-18-2023

    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Member #
    2567
    Location
    Upstate New York
    Age
    67
    Posts
    5,322
    Threads
    13
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 286
    Given: 328
    Besetment

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Like, so many people out there were trying to track this down. And it just...got delivered on a tweet. What the hell.

    "The individual's rights will be protected only so long as they don't conflict with the state."






    “Watch your thoughts, they become words;
    watch your words, they become actions;
    watch your actions, they become habits;
    watch your habits, they become character;
    watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

  17. #23917
    Deadbeat posting at dawn
    病気の
     
    woodenheart's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    14 Hours Ago

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Member #
    11593
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16,592
    Threads
    401
    My Mood
    Dead
    Add woodenheart on Facebook
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 360
    Given: 167
    Red Eye, 2017. 7,5/10





    Great indie film full of gore and sickness and the characters are horror movie fans! One of the dudes wore a Headless tee shirt. Great FX. Saw alot of FB friends in the 'Special Thanks' credits.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  18. #23918
    Zombiefied Zealot
    "You should give in,you
    should surrender to that
    feeling you had the first time
    you ever looked into his
    eyes" - Corey Cunningham.
     
    DarkSuperman's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    3 Days Ago

    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Member #
    19456
    Location
    Centralia, Pennsylvania
    Age
    36
    Posts
    1,322
    Threads
    35
    My Mood
    Goofy
    Follow DarkSuperman On Twitter Add DarkSuperman on Facebook
    Visit DarkSuperman's Youtube Channel
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 67
    Given: 44
    Gamer IDs

    PSN ID DarkSuperman87
    The Conjuring 7/10

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Dr. Sam Loomis: I prayed that he would burn in hell. But in my heart, I knew that hell would not have him.

  19. #23919
    Zombiefied Zealot
    damn status bar...my entries
    are too long for you:dislike:
     
    IrishG3nt's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    08-25-2022

    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Member #
    15736
    Location
    Holiday, FL
    Posts
    9,506
    Threads
    58
    My Mood
    Amused
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 303
    Given: 255
    Gamer IDs

    Gamertag IrishMobsta13
    forgot how much I loved this movie!


    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    The UHM Clown

    “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe

  20. #23920
    Zombiefied Zealot
    Hate the voices.
     
    The Mutilated's Avatar
    Status
    Offline
    Last Online
    1 Day Ago

    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Member #
    19394
    Posts
    1,809
    Threads
    12
    My Mood
    Angelic
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 266
    Given: 355
    Hellraiser Judgement

    It wasn't great, but it was allright - I enjoyed it more than I expected to. I think there is enough creativity there to give a solid 6/10.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Last edited by The Mutilated; 02-19-2018 at 09:42 AM.
    I can feel your blood
    dripping on my skin
    I can taste your flesh
    All I need is death.

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1196 of 1377 FirstFirst ... 1966961096114611761187118811891190119111921193119411951196119711981199120012011202120312041205121612461296 ... LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •