(BP) Posted January 3 Posted January 3 The user reviews on Shudder for both of Mackay’s 2024 films are very normal and not insane. 2
Curt McGirt Posted January 5 Posted January 5 DAAAAAAAAMN! Somebody made a comic-style rendition of the new Count Orlok and it's a banger. Spoiler 3
Curt McGirt Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Oh man. I was harping on that old talking point of mine of the Cinefantastique magazine reviews of genre films being terrible, and check out this howler. I'll just write it out verbatim. Quote HALLOWEEN (insert cast and crew) A stony-faced butcher-knife wacko terrorizes an oblivious glut of high school stereotypes in a Chicago suburb on Hallowe'en. Prowling around in a stolen car and wearing a Leatherface style rubber mask, he is totally unnoticed by the blockhead police and boring populace. Michael Myers, you see, was locked up at age 6 for knifing his sister, and now has become the earthly manifestation of the "boogeyman", apparently invisible to all but his victims at stabbing time. Carpenter limply exploits All Hallows Eve as almost an afterthought, deleting character motivation or plot comprehensibility in favor of the standard stalk-and-scare. His leaden direction of the murder scenes hampers his already ridiculous story. Viewers aren't even tricked, much less treated. Dave Schow (No, it's not THAT Dave Schow, the one who wrote The Crow.) Yes my friends, that is what CFQ, in 1979, thought about Halloween. 1
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 On 1/5/2025 at 1:42 AM, Curt McGirt said: DAAAAAAAAMN! Somebody made a comic-style rendition of the new Count Orlok and it's a banger. Hide contents Kinda looks like Pac 3
Curt McGirt Posted January 7 Posted January 7 (edited) This is the actual Max Schreck! Wow. EDIT: Oh god, I have to add this. Spoiler Edited January 7 by Curt McGirt
J.T. Posted January 9 Posted January 9 So, Nosferatu was really good. So happy to have a proper adaptation of Dracula without sexy vampires. 2
RIPPA Posted January 9 Posted January 9 https://youtu.be/Qr_kX0D3DNA?si=nMjoU7UQQ3ZtAFqI That is the trailer for Companion Written and directed by Drew Hancock (“My Dead Ex,” “Suburgatory”) Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid Trailer gives away A LOT Also probably NSFW due to blood 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Looks pretty funny. We know Gizmo is good at the horror comedy so that should work well (I really hope this isn't a sign of him getting typecast, though).
zendragon Posted January 9 Posted January 9 1 hour ago, J.T. said: So, Nosferatu was really good. So happy to have a proper adaptation of Dracula without sexy vampires. speak for yourself 1 2
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 5 hours ago, J.T. said: So, Nosferatu was really good. So happy to have a proper adaptation of Dracula without sexy vampires. My reply in full: 4
(BP) Posted January 9 Posted January 9 I would argue that based on the boom in human/monster romance fiction in the past decade, Nosferatu is definitely doing it for somebody out there. 2
odessasteps Posted January 9 Posted January 9 29 minutes ago, (BP) said: I would argue that based on the boom in human/monster romance fiction in the past decade, Nosferatu is definitely doing it for somebody out there. That's an academic paper id like to read. 2
Curt McGirt Posted January 10 Posted January 10 She was so horny she Spoiler PULLED OFF A MURDER-SUICIDE WITH THE VAMPIRE . So yeah, that movie is still really really really about sex.
Curt McGirt Posted January 13 Posted January 13 *sigh* Here we go again... remake time. As if the TV show wasn't enough.
zendragon Posted January 13 Posted January 13 I've seen The recent remake and something like part 8 on scfi (which sucked but the actual Hellraisers where pretty cool)
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Part 8 would be Hellworld which is honestly my favorite of the sequels (and if you catch me in the right mood I'd say my favorite period but I'm not a big fan of the original) even though it originally started as a non-Hellraiser movie. 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 15 Posted January 15 They're putting The Substance back in theaters since Demi won the Golden Globe
Technico Support Posted January 15 Posted January 15 (edited) On 1/14/2025 at 12:20 PM, RazorbladeKiss87 said: Part 8 would be Hellworld which is honestly my favorite of the sequels (and if you catch me in the right mood I'd say my favorite period but I'm not a big fan of the original) even though it originally started as a non-Hellraiser movie. Is there a list somewhere of movies that started off as their own thing but were rewritten and repurposed as a sequel or for existing IP? I want to say Ocean’s 12 is an example of that but yeah, I find that shit fascinating. Edited January 15 by Technico Support 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 16 Posted January 16 https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/newsletter/products/tobe-hooper-and-wayne-bell-the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-ost-lp?mc_cid=af7d6285ae&mc_eid=db9738ab7e Here's that awesome Texas Chainsaw OST 1
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 4 hours ago, Technico Support said: Is there a list somewhere of movies that started off as their own thing but were rewritten and repurposed as a sequel or for existing IP? I want to say Ocean’s 12 is an example of that but yeah, I find that shit fascinating. I think Cracked had a list once. It's honestly a topic someone could easily write a fun book about. Better than another "Movies that never got made" book. EDIT: https://collider.com/movies-not-originally-conceived-as-sequels/ Here's one. Didn't know that about Saw II Edited January 16 by RazorbladeKiss87 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 18 Posted January 18 (edited) Scream (Shout) Factory has their own channel on the Dish streamers and, thankfully, it's 100% uncensored! So I just got to see a hell of a double-bill in Evilspeak and Cannibal Apocalypse. Evilspeak I've never gotten around to seeing all these years even though it's uber-Satanic and features good ol' Clint Howard in the lead. The story is, Clint is a put-upon, bullied student at a Christian military school whos parents died in a car wreck. Said school was built by, or in tribute to (or something) a Satanic priest who was chased out of Spain by the Inquisition (why they didn't just torture and murder him and his followers instead of banishing them in the pre-credits is beyond me). His grave and his cool sword and his books of devilry are all buried in the basement behind a brick wall, and guess who discovers them? All the kids and teachers in this movie are assholes and after treating Clint like shit the whole movie he gets some pretty brutal revenge, including an invasion of flesh-eating pigs! Cheap but sweet gore effects abound. This was really fun and has a bunch of early digital stuff like you would find in '80s "computer" movies -- apparently there's a ghost in the machine that helps Clint along in his spell-casting. Richard Moll is the evil Father Esteban, so seeing a Satanic Bailiff Bull Shannon is cool too. Now, Cannibal Apocalypse (AKA Cannibals in the Streets, Apocalypse Domani, Invasion of the Flesh Hunters; boy those are some SICK titles) is one of my favorite Italian splatter flicks. It's a cannibal picture but in the vein of The Crazies or I Drink Your Blood or something, not a jungle flick with live animal murder. It's also kind of an action picture as well. John Saxon is an Army sergeant who saves two of his men captured by the Viet Cong. When they get back to the states both guys are thrown in the nut ward because they were chowing down on a VC victim in the holding pit while the sarge has a normal life. They let out one of them, the great Giovanni Lombardo Radice/John Morghen* playing a guy named Charles Bukowski (?!). He's supposedly cured but still has the CANNIBAL VIRUS that he's gonna spread by chewing on a bunch of people. There's a battle in a flea market where he ends up pissing on a can of tear gas to put it out (Saxon: "You just gotta piss on it, Charlie." Radice: "Yeah... PISS ON IT." ) then they all go on the run to break out the other dude (who is crazy angry and yells and mugs constantly) and go on an eatin' spree! John Saxon runs through the whole film looking on in distaste with the whole proceedings, and really hated it in real life as much as Antonio Margheriti did directing it. But you my friend, you will enjoy seeing Johnny Radice gnaw through a gas station attendant's leg with an electric hand saw, yes you will, and the redneck police chief cursing at everyone you will enjoy too, yes you will. The less said about the weird Lolita moment with the neighbor girl early in the film the better, but otherwise, this is a blast. * From The Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead, House by the Edge of the Park, Cannibal Ferox, Stagefright, etc. Edited January 18 by Curt McGirt 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Another Margheriti (or Anthony Dawson, if you want) special is on now: Killer Fish from '79. With Margot Hemingway, Karen Black and LEE MAJORS~! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql64xOgB8zA&ab_channel=Mr80sMovies
Curt McGirt Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Man not only does Cannibal Apocalypse has all those titles, they all have killer posters! Spoiler NOW! That's What I Call Poster Art
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