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    Very nice creepy stuff. Especially when you consider that its 40 years old and as we know the music that was used in ye olden horror Is pretty bland and focused more on atmosphere(but not the right atmosphere) The simple light tunes used here to this day still ARE creepy and unsettling.





    The music is good for the film, but it's even older than the film. Remember the budget was around 100K. George used public domain library music, that had been featured in several other low budget films before.

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    Actually he spent I think it was 5k on some music from 'teenagers from outer space' for the movie. To be honest the music he purchased worked better in NOTLD than it did in teenagers from outer space.

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    It was also in a flick called Hideous Sun demon. It's a library catlog of music that's been sampled in several b movies. Including cheapo teenagers from space.


    And according to wiki it's been used in Redzone cuba and The Killer shrews (aka attack of the bath-mat covered dogs) among others.



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    Really? Kick ass Chop, I always enjoy learning new bits of film trivia. Will have tonights review up in a few.

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    Dracula

    Tonights review is 'bram stokers' Dracula, by Coppola.

    PLOT
    Count Dracula relocates from Transylvania to England and causes terror. However Dracula is a tragic character who is misunderstood and all he wants is love, which ultimately makes this horror film a horror romance thats well...pretty stupid.

    6/10

    SCRIPT
    Well I have to say I really dont like this movies script. Because when it uses the source material it's actually really cool. The scenes where the characters are writing in their journals, and sending letters to others, thats directly from the novel, and it adds a lot to the movie.

    What pisses me off is that there's a level of high retardadion(I might say 'gamma retardation) in this movie based on the fact it's all about sex and Dracula's 'tragic love'. Dracula goes from evil geriatric to Cassanova. Now I can understand some of the changes from the novel to the film.

    My sister is an avid reader and told me that in the novel the characters are all flatter than a squirrel on a highway. Dracula is just 'a stupid beast' in the novel that people kind of talk about according to her.

    But having a creature of evil being a tragic figure is one of my pet peeves, unless theres a grand story behind it all, which in this case there isnt.

    It's funny though, in this film there isnt much development of anyone but the Count himself. Mina Harker goes through a transformation of faithful innocent fiancee to nymphomaniac vampire jail bait, as a matter of fact all the vampires in the film are pretty big on fucking the life out of things.

    That's...more unsettling than scary really. to be honest character wise there isn't much more to tell, eveyrone blends in the background.

    The films anti climactic ending is lackluster and quite frankly a cop out I felt. it just stops and there isnt any resolution what so ever.

    5/10

    ACTING
    I'm a big fan of Gary Oldman, he's a damn fine actor and is amazingly versitale...But he was really a hammy count. I just didnt buy him as this evil old codger so much as a 'devious dipshit' who had a 300 year old boner. Bela Lugosi will always be the perfect Dracula cinematic incarnation.

    Keanu Reeves as Johnathan Harker, it's not a terrible performance, But Reeves wasnt right for the part.

    Same with Wynona Rider as Mina Harker.

    I was very dissapointed by Anthony Hopkins as van Helsing. He was kind of all over the place and too over the top for me to really

    The one performance I absolutelly detested was Tom Waits as Renfeild. Utterly repulsive and obnoxious character that just makes me cringe. Not to mention a bland 'i'm crazy' performance. I loved dwight Fry's perfect portrayle of Renfeild in the 1931 film.

    Sadie Frost as Lucy the tramp and nympho vampire....yeah, remember when I said this film is all about sex? bingo.

    6/10

    MUSIC
    I felt it was pretty over dramatic, but it was very atmospheric and was pretty cool as well. I felt it was too good for this movie a few times too.

    8/10

    EDITING
    the pacing in the film feels..well kind of off. Everytime it picks up it slows down, back to Translyvania with Johnathan Harker trying to escape, or a renfeild scene, or more sex scenes. I kind of wanted more atmosphere and emotional invetsmen tin characters, guess I was asking for too much.

    6/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    Very nice, lots of wonderful artsyness thats very visually appealing to the eyes, the look and tone are really something. I just wish the rest of the film could match this.

    9/10

    DIRECTION
    Coppola's visuals are great. His control over some of the performances is questionable, the weak ending is a rip off, and some of the casting is prettty iffy. This film is by no means aclassic or coppolas best work, but its still pretty good and its one of those movies you should at leats see once. for the visuals and atmosphere if anything.

    7/10

    FUN FACTOR
    If you want soft core porn/horror, go for it. If you want a tale of terror that will catch your attention and give you a dark twisted tale, you'll have to look elsehwere. the film is kind of a chore to watch.

    4/10

    CHEESE!
    well, the cheese goes against another film. A tragic figure of evil with an undead ding `dong that just wants some loving after 300 years and he finds a reincarnation of his dead girlfriend and decides to relocate to be with her.

    Yeah, I call this movie 'coincidences 2: the final fucking' where stupid peopel do stupid things while fighting an evil vampire who is also dumber than a Bush family reunion.

    -8/10

    OVERALL

    43/90= an 'F'.

    I wanted to like this film and have watched it three times now, but it just didnt do anything for me. If it wasnt abotu people fucking eachother all the damn time and actually was about an truly evil vampire bastard and not a love sick pussy maybe we would have had something here.

    but we dditn, adn so this is review no.3 ending.....wait for it......now.

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    yeah I missed the review tonight, been a busy day and I'm really tired. Will do 2 reviews tomorrow, one of which will be 'the monster squad'

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelba View Post
    You appear not to care for a great deal of the movies you are reviewing.
    Cant love everything, if I did I'd be...well Gore. Besides thats why i'm reviewing the 'monster squad'

    PLOT
    Dracula is going to rule with world with an army of...himself and six other monsters. Well it's a pretty hammpy plot, but this being a film aimed more for the younger audiences I cant really bitch it out for that.Theres a lot of creativity in this film.

    7/10

    SCRIPT
    The script really shines, the kids feel like kids, there are a lot of times when the film gets serious and dark. But theres a lot of humor in the movie thats just gold, 'Wolfmans got nards', 'groundhog day pt 12', and the naked photo of one kids sister.

    My only real problem was how worthless the gillman and mummy were. The Gillman just didnt do much of anything and only got one scene to himself. He also got put down faster than 'old yeller'.

    The mummy on the other hand, was THE most worthless fucking thing in the entire picture.Had no abilities to speak of and just wandered around like a decreped old man looking for pennies on the ground. It was fucking pathetic and to this day I still have issues with it.

    Dracula as a villain didnt quite work here as he didnt do much and wasnt very organized. If you're going to take over the world then you at least need a plan or an army of undead idiots in tripple digits.

    However a lot of suttle touches in this movie kept me from giving it any lower than a 7. Scary German guy being a holocaust survivor, the strong opening scene, and the wolfman debate.

    7/10

    ACTING
    Tom Noonan as Frankensteins monster is fantastic, hes truly tapped into the gentle nature of the character. Not since the Karloff Lake scene from the original 1931 movie has anyone ever done this.

    Duncan Regeher as Dracula, its nto a bad performance but he's more nasty than evil. Being more of a kids film I can understand this. But I wanted 'more'. I did however like that not once in this movie does Dracula blink.

    The mummy, fuck it, the wolfman is nice and monsterous. Jon Gries is great as the wolfman when he's human, Leonardo Cimino as scary German guy is fantastic. He's got a very gentle demenor and has a nice touch of class.

    The kids in this film, are really great. Even though some of the supporting kids characters dont do much, what they get to do is memorable and charming. As a whole they all perform quite well and are belivable.

    8/10

    MUSIC
    Well its 80's music, so its pretty gawdy and it can get stuck in your head really easily. To the point where it can hurt. The atmospheric music thats used in the movie is really good I felt, not too overdramatic and compliments the feel of the movie.But the 80's music is gonna gouge out a few points.

    6/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    This movie has a pretty nice look. When it gets dark and gothic its at it's best I felt. The gothic areas have a lush feel to them that I really found grand. I kind of wanted more of that in the film....though I will admit, to this day I still want these kids tree house.

    the nice dark shadowy lighting in alot of scenes is also a plus.

    8/10

    EDITING
    The films pacing is good, but it's a little too fast making the film feel a lot shorter than it is. thats my only real complaint in terms of editing.

    7/10

    DIRECTION
    Dekker's direction is pretty well handled, he knows how to keep things pretty light even when they get dark, and the performances he got out of the kids was really fantastic. Though I would have liked more artysfartsyness to it.

    I just wish the movie was longer and had more of a resolution to it...and th e mummy wasnt so worthless. lol

    7/10

    FUN FACTOR
    This movie is all about fun, yes its got a lot of dark subject matter and some mild gore. But its pretty light for the most part, the climax when the army shows up is all kinds of silly.
    But its that sillyness that really makes the movie more fun to watch.

    9/10

    CHEESE
    The cheese works well with this movie. Its got charm, its fun, and the kids have a lot of fun lines. even though the mummy is worthless and the gillman isnt exactly anything special. Its all good.

    9/10


    68/90= 'C'

    Not the strongest of movies, but it IS fun, has some clever in jokes to the horror genre, and the film is a cutl classic. I highly reccomend seeing it if you havent. its just that much fun.

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    A C for a film with the line "So long Band-aid Breath!"??

    That is the greatest insult you could say to a mummy.

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    A C for a film with the line "So long Band-aid Breath!"??

    That is the greatest insult you could say to a mummy.

    Would 'toilet paper pimp' be acompliment then?

    the Thing

    This is pretty much THE perfect horror movie gents and gentles. See it, love it, worship it.

    PLOT
    Upon discovering a crashed UFO an american rewsearch station in the antarctic bring a frozen mutated body into their camp. The body thaws, the thing takes over and trouble begins from there.

    The same plot as the original 1950s film, but a shape shifting monster in place of a 'carrot' works. But its what the characters in the film do to try to survive this monster as well as what the monster does to survive that make this gem glisten.

    8/10

    SCRIPT
    Some of the creepiest shit ever written and one of the most interesting takes on a monster in cinema. Least I think so.

    While this movie doesnt have a whole lot of character development, what it does have is a bunch of guys trapped in a horrifying situation who have to try to out think something they don't understand, and thats where they shine.

    The films climax and ending is really superb. It's not a happy ending, but its a memorable one.

    9/10

    ACTING
    Kurt Russell's performance in this movie is really great, hell there is not one performance in this movie that can be nit picked. But Russell and Keith David stand out from the rest in terms of presence and character. both Macready and Childs have a lot of strength to them that really just makes you focus on them more than anyone else.

    10/10

    MUSIC
    Creepy forboding atmospheric tunes will crawl under your skin and compliment this films look and feel without flaw. A feat which isnt rarely done. Its a pleasure tto come accross a movie that has a soundtrack tha tfits it like a glove.

    10/10

    EFFECTS
    Rob Botin and Stan Winston did something so fucking amazing with this film with all the monster designs and creature effects I cannot praise them enough. Especially when these effects are almost 20 years old they hold their ground to this day, in an age of digital magic.

    10/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    Fucking wonderful, this movie has a solitary feel and look to it, as well as an impending sense of doom. I love the monster shots ,the dim lighting, and the feeling of emptiness.

    However at the same time, the feeling of emptiness can make you feel empty and depressed when the movie ends. I deduct one point for that as much as I love this movie, I hate how I feel when it ends. Miserable and depressed.

    9/10

    EDITING
    While I think the pacing could have improved a little, thats aminor grief. the slow build up of suspence is soemthign every horror fan should bow down too. The solitary look and feel of this movie is balanced by the pacing.

    9/10

    DIRECTION
    Carpenter back when he WAS horror. His direction here is SO fucking good its hard to belive he's become such a shell in the last 20 years. This is a film of legend in my opinion.

    10/10

    FUN FACTOR
    While not the most fun to wacth as its kind of slow, thats not entirely a bad thing. it's scary. Its actually a pretty fucking intense film when you fully realize how dangerous the thing itself is. When I say it isnt fun to watch, I don't mean its boring I mean it can litterally make your skin crawl.

    That can take out some of the fun when you're a 27 year old film student who doesnt get scared by anything

    7/10

    CHEESE
    This film is just pure originality, being that its a remake says highly of what Carpenter and co were able to do. This isnt really a cheesy film at all to be honest. It's brutal, thought provoking and creepy.

    I'm not sure how to rate it based on that. Its not cheezy in a good or bad way, it's just good. so I'll give it the full 10 points as a bonus for being such a masterpeice.

    10/10

    Overall, 92/100= 'A'

    'Nuff said.

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    Halloween(1978)

    PLOT
    Michael Myers mudrers his sister at age ten, years later he escapes from an asylum ands proceeds to start killing again.

    Not the most original stalker/slasher film plot, but it has some very nice supernatural forshadowing elements.

    7/10

    SCRIPT
    Well, there isnt too much to a lot of the characters in the movie. They're pretty simple, but they do feel like real people. Laurie a bookworm, Annie a smart ass, and Linda the free living cheeleader(slut).

    Dr.Loomis does seem kind of crazy and paranoid which actually makes his character more interesting and adds to the movies ending.

    I do kind of wish the films pacing wasnt too slow in some areas though. Not all tha much really occurs in the film until the last 15 minutes. Yeah it adds a lot to the suspence, but I felt more could have been done. Maybe an extra kill or two.

    7/10

    ACTING
    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode is really great, she does a damn fine performance. Donald Pleasence as Dr.Loomis really is the heart of the movie. P.J Soles is way too charming for the character she plays.

    As before the most of actors in this film all feel like real people, and thats really a nice touch to the film.

    8/10

    MUSIC
    The classic creepy halloween theme, it doesnt get any better than this.

    10/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    While there arent too many artsy or dutch shots that I really dig, the lighting and tone of the film feels like halloween night at times, its voyeuristic shots have a nice stalker feel, and the supernaturalish shots of Michael moving around and dissapearing are good stuff.

    8/10

    EDITING
    Well my only real gripe is that the film is a little on the slow side. for everything that it is its really great and all, but I would have liked it to pick up the pace a little.

    7/10

    DIRECTION
    Bakc when Carpenter was on top of his game he was a damn fine director with all kinds of talent to spare and damn fine ideas. His direction of Halloween has a Hitchcockian feel to it. And thats never a bad thing.

    9/10

    FUN FACTOR
    even though its a little slow and doesnt have real violence or any squeamish scenes, its got soem nice t and A realistic characters, nice suspence and a wodnerful climax. Its a fun film to watch.

    9/10

    CHEESE
    The cheese does kind of work against this movie some. But that comes from this movie setting slasher standards, horny teens, dissapearing killer, escaped mental patient.

    costs it some points.

    6/10


    Overall: 71/90= 'B'

    Watch 'Halloween' on Halloween. It's got a nice nostalgic feeling for those of us who enjoy the feeling. And if you havent seen it, see it. Not the remake.

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    the mummy(1932)

    the original Karloff film, dark, noirish and kind of slow, but this is the original mummy film that had a much more solid idea of what the monster is.

    PLOT
    A mummy is discovered by an archeologist and it turns out to be cursed priest Imhotep, who wants to ressurect his woman for whom he was mummified for thousands of years ago.

    Not an original plot at all really, granted yes this is an almost 80 year old movie and it set the standard, but its still pretty...small.

    7/10

    SCRIPT
    Well its a 1930's script and there isnt much character to be foudn here, there arent any action scene so rmajor special effects to speak of either, and how the mummy is destroyed is really pathetically hammy.

    BUT, the fact the the mummy isnt a pussifed shambling zombie or in you face warlock that controlls the elements is where the interesting feature is.

    This mummy is more like a ghost ina lot of ways, he's also very crerebral, and does his best to manipulate people while using little bits of sorcery from the shadows.

    that alone earns the script a decent score.

    7/10

    ACTING
    Nothing but Karloff here. Hes the only one worth paying attention to in this film as he's the only one with any real screen prescence here. the obnoxiously pretentious 1930's screen acting from the supporting cast is pretty bland. Focus on Boris people. theres a reaons he's a horror icon.

    I give the acting an eight, only because of Karloff.

    8/10

    MUSIC
    Very little music is used in this movie, back in the 30's they didnt use all that much music. I only recall a little in the begining and the ending credits. Soem atmospheric music would have been good in this film.

    3/10

    EDITING
    Early attempts at suspence were futile, 'all your time are belong to us'...Yeah this film is almost criminally slow at times. There are LOTS of talking scenes, its the scenes with the supporting cast that are the slow and obnoxious ones.

    Even thogh the film only runs at 73 minutes long, it feels longer as well, not much occurs.

    4/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    It feels like you're ina museum really, well with heavy mood lighting.the film has a strong emphasis on shadows, which is kidn of cool. but ultimatelyl when no tmuch goes on its hard to say it makes much of an impact.

    4/10

    DIRECTING
    Karl Freunds direction is artistic and has soem very night lighting and a smidge of atmosphere, but after almost 80 years its lost a lot of its luster.

    6/10

    FUN FACTOR
    It's not that fun of a film to watch, it feels long though its short, its got a weaker than Clinton ending, and i woudl have liked to see th emumym do more.

    5/10

    CHEESE
    The cheese is not this movies friend. the ending is a complete cop out and again, not all that much occurs story wise. It kind of parralells 1931's 'Dracula' too.

    - 8/10

    Overall: 33/ 90 = 'F'

    It's not a terrible film, its got an interesting premise of as creature thats very under developted. Worth seeing once just to say you did.

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    House of Haunted Hill

    the original, not the crapfets remake.

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    An eccentric millionaire invite sguests to survive 1 night at a haunted house. If they make it they get 10K, when people start dying things dont quite work otu so well. its a cute plot I really was starting to dig it too. Unfortunatelyl the films way to short to really indulge your 'sweet tooth'
    7/10

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    While not a terrible script it does have a pretty good story. But unfortunatelyl you really dont get any real character development in th emovie, while there are some nice plot twists to wet your appetite on this little candy coated adventure, it needed a lot more to it. A lot of the characters are background fodder, but Fredric Loren has an interesting atmosphere about him, and Annabelle Loren is a nice cold bitch too.

    But you're really watchign this to watch Vincent price mroe than anything.

    7/10

    ACTING
    Vincent Price in his glory is wonderful as a smarmy millionaire, Carol Ohmart as annabelle Loren is a nice cold performance, ELisha Cook Jr as Watson prichard...yeah. He delivers a clueless performance thats all exposition. Hes th ehistorian of all the horrors of the house and whiel its kind of interesting, I would have rathered Price himself have been telling these tales.

    Everyone else in the film does their part as standing in the background lookign horrifed and scared is important. but not noteworthy.

    8/10

    EDITING
    the movies got a VERY nice even pace, but its only 75 minutes long. Really way to damn short and not enough happens in the film I felt. Its got a good plot and a nice story but it needed to have more happen.

    7/10

    MUSIC
    For the life of me I cant really recall much in the way of music as I can sound atmosphere, like wind blowing through windows.

    4/10

    CINEAMTOGROPHY
    Soem nice dark noi-ish shots in this movie as well as great camera angles mix up and create a very interesting, but brief litte film.

    8/10

    DIRECTION
    William castle, the gimmick director did a really good job on this film. Nice even pacing, an atmosphere of mystery and a nice plot twist at the end. Still I would have loved to see them explore more of the mansion and have more going on as well.

    8/10

    FUN FACTOR
    100% fun here, simple, little silly and cheesy, but fun.

    10/10

    CHEESE
    Good cheese too, but I'm removing one point for ELisha Cook.jrs last line of the movie. it just..well watch it and you'll see.

    8/10

    67/90 = 'C'

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    'the Brute man'

    PLOT
    A man disfigured by a college science experiment goes ona killing spree, taking the lives of those he holds responsible for his disfigurement. Should have started with the screenwriter. what could have been a goofdplot ends up as...mold.

    3/10

    SCRIPT
    Z Grade shit here folks, which is why this movie was on MST3k. There is no character development, hell there arent any characters other than the brute man and the blind pianist. there are just people who talk and give out exposition as well as remorseless acts of stupidity based on this script.

    The 'resolution' in the end features THE most pathetic attempt at justifying why the killer is so bad. thank god for Mike and the bots.

    2/10

    ACTING
    Pathetic sloppy stilted wooden performances plaugue this attempt at noir, the only performance that has any real feelign is from Rondo Hatton AKA, the brute man. He's not a bad actor and has a few nice tender scenes, but it's hard to watch him in this role.
    If you see this film you'll see a man with a face like an Easter Island statue, this isnt make up. the poor guy was disfigured in real life due to expose to to mustard gas in WW1.
    A movie was made around his disfigurement, and it bombed. Hatton actually died due to complications from the deasease that ruined his features.

    The majority of the cast gives a performance that Shatner would be embarrased about.

    2/10

    MUSIC
    There is nice gentle music for the tender scenes that does its best to add a 'beauty and the beast' element in th efilm. but the rest of th emusic is out of place and kind of shoddy.

    4/10

    EDITING
    pacing pacing pacing, none of it here. This is a slow film where not much happens but exposition. Ther eis also horrible re-use of a few shots in some scenes in the movie that stands out like a gay man at a texas chili cook off.
    2/10

    CINEMATOGROPHY
    A half decent attempt at Noir, but its so dark you cant make out whats going on ina few scnes. Not to mention that they claim the killler in the film is 'large heavy set man' when in several scenes you can tell Hatton is only about 5'7 when actors over 6 ft tall are present.

    5/10

    DIRECTION
    Pathetic,a harmless movie, but pathetic none the less. This film was destined to be MST3k material.

    2/10

    FUN FACTOR
    It's kind of fun, ina z-grade sense. But theres nothing to this film. It try's its hand at suspence and horror and fails miserabley.

    5/10

    CHEESE
    You better bet this earns a negative ten of ten cheese wise.

    -10/10


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    the 'incredible melting man'

    Just be glad you havent seen the movie. Here's another example of a Z grade film that tires to bundle horror, drama, and comedy and fails in every way. Expect a score so negative, the overly judgemental crowd is gonna stop by and take notes.

    Ok well as a fan of MST3k I've seen a lot of bad horror films that were all a lot of fun. this isnt one of them, in fact this is the worst fucking peice of shit movie I've seen. Yes 'Manos' and 'werewolf' were rotten, but this is ona level of pure incompetence,.

    Cant just review good movies, got to review bad ones too.

    PLOT
    An ass-tronaught survives extreme radiation from Saturn and his body is turned into beef jerky, and then gravy pudding. The only way for him to not melt is to eat people and a 'crack team' is sent out to find him and stop his killing spree. if they dont nasa will send more astronaughts to Saturn. By the way this is a military secret experiment.

    This isnt a plot, this is a 'what if?' conversation gone wrong.

    1/10

    SCRIPT
    No character development, terrible dialogue, horrible concept, and to make it worse this movie was made in the 70's. The fact the movie switches gears from being blandly serious to astoundly retarded with a 'sub plot of humor' to ligthen what can only be called a depressingly malnurished tone of uninterestingness. This script is like used toilet paper, needs to be flushed and fast.

    1/10

    ACTING
    There is not one credible performance in this movie at all. There arent any people or dramatic situations in this movie worth noting and neither are there performaces worth watching.

    The lead actor is the most annoying crap I've seen since Devon Aoki, and at least shes got tits.

    1/10

    MUSIC
    70' s music, and not the good kind. Hammy weird shit that just needs to be taken off life support. Thats right, no points what so fucking ever.

    0/10

    MAKE UP
    The only thing worth noting is Rick baker did the make up for the film and the effects don't suck. but the film sucks so hard you dont give a fuck.

    6/10

    EDITING
    Can something fucking happen now? Do we need to have flash backs and characters talk about whats already happened ten times over? And when something happens can it not suck? Not with this script.

    0/10

    DIRECTION
    This director needs to suffer for this movie. I demand he suffer for this sack of shit. I want his nuts stapled to his fucking forhead.

    0/10

    FUN FACTOR
    I've had more fun with diarrhea, the type that makes your ass feel liek its burning.
    0/10

    CHEESE
    It fucking hurts, cheese is suppossed to be good for you, but this fucking hurt. Its like passing a kidney stone bad.

    -10/10

    Overall

    -1/90, this has got to be hands down the most pathetic film made. This is a movie so Bad, that Uwe Boll 'movies' can be given a favorable comparisson.

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    I have not even seen the last two movies you reviewed, show off some of your more positive reviews that are more mainstream.

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    Frankenstein(1931)

    Can do, just wanted to get some really bad movies in the mix.

    PLOT
    Mad Scientist Henry Frankenstein creates a living man from the bodies of the dead.Things go downhill from there, the man has a derranged brain and kills people while Frankenstein is forced to confront his creation.

    Good plot, unfortunatelly the film doesnt really share much with the novel it's based on.

    7/10

    SCRIPT
    The script isnt bad, but it suffers from shortness. The film is only a little over 70 minutes and thats really damn short for a movie. There isnt too much character development to speak of unfortunatelly, but the characters in th efilm mak eup for that.

    Fritz the hunchback is a nasty little man, Frankenstein is a man obsessed with creation, and the monster himself is really something special. The best scene hands down is the lake scene with the little girl.

    the rest of the characters in the film are pretty much exposition and background make up.

    8/10

    ACTING
    Dwight fry as Fritz the Hunchback set the standard for evil hunchbacked servants, Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein really does an outstanding job as a man obsessed. His line 'It's alive, it's alive!' is so fucking well said.

    Boris Karloff as the Monster, No one has ever put on the monster make up before and matched his prescence and performance. The clostest ever to Karloff is Tom Noonan's in 'the monster squad'.

    The film is almost 80 years old and his performance is still great.

    8/10

    MAKE UP
    Jack Peirces Monster make up is good stuff. The flat top head is a little silly yes, but it does leave you with an interesting impression. The bizaare look of the monster will always be fondly remembered.

    8/10

    EDITING
    A lot of talking scenes that arent bad, but in the case with lots of 30s and 40's films, not much happens in this movie. The pacing is pretty slow and I wanted to see the monster doing more than skulking.

    But thats just me.

    6/10

    CINEMATROGROPHY
    One of the first dark gothic films ever made on cinema it appears very soft a little campy now, but it has a lot of charm as well. There's enough dark and soft lighting in this film to give it a more serious look than a silly one.

    7/10

    DIRECTION
    James Whale does an outstanding job here, unlike in 'bride of Franksenstein' this film is very serious and has is pretty dark. Granted you dont see the monster murder anyone as it usually cuts away.

    8/10

    FUN FACTOR
    Loads of fun, yes its slow and short, but its a good time.

    8/10

    CHEESE
    Its cheesy yes but thats not bad. I do wish th emovie was 15 minute slonger at the least though. There is much more that could have been explored about the monster. Still its a good time.

    7/10

    OVERALL

    67/90= a 'C'

    I remember the first time I saw the movie, I was about 12 years old and it was a grand experience seeing the monster, the burning wind mill and the hanging hunchback, all this on halloween night if I recall.

    Good memories.

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    The Incredible Melting Man is not a 1/90 :finger3:


    The Incredible Melting Man is awesome :argue:

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelba View Post
    The Incredible Melting Man is not a 1/90 :finger3:


    The Incredible Melting Man is awesome :argue:
    You're right its not a 1/90, i gave it a -1/90.

    YOu actually see that peice of shit and liked it Steelba? Do elaborate

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