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Horror movies
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I saw Steven King's "The Mist" last night. Being a big SK fan, I thought that the movie was ok, it had the typical build-up, mysterious goings-on and such but the ending? Argh god how freaking depressing!!
^ I don't know why he decided to go with that for an ending either. It seemed like a typical Steven King movie until that last scene.
Yeah, it was a drag. Had it had the usual Steven King ending, I would have liked it better. That was a little rough
I picked up "Rogue" (Australian) from the director of "Wolf Creek" starring the beautiful Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek),
and thought this was an excellent movie!
It's about a killer crocodile, but nothing like the comedic "Lake Placid". The story/plot was good, and there weren't any ridiculus horror cliche's. The croc wasn't too large to be construed is as much a "monster", but rather as an exceptionally large anomaly with interesting facts given regarding crocs. It's shot in Australia with breathtaking scenery, and wildlife.
It also has a "Making Of" featurette that was pretty interesting about the heat they had to endure during shooting, and the real wildlife. The director said the real stars of the movie was the scenery, and wildlife of Australia.
and thought this was an excellent movie!
It's about a killer crocodile, but nothing like the comedic "Lake Placid". The story/plot was good, and there weren't any ridiculus horror cliche's. The croc wasn't too large to be construed is as much a "monster", but rather as an exceptionally large anomaly with interesting facts given regarding crocs. It's shot in Australia with breathtaking scenery, and wildlife.
It also has a "Making Of" featurette that was pretty interesting about the heat they had to endure during shooting, and the real wildlife. The director said the real stars of the movie was the scenery, and wildlife of Australia.
I also watched "Broken". I heard it was worse than "Saw" so naturally I had to see it.
It has a few good gross-outs, and an unexpected ending, but seemed slow moving, and not very exciting - almost boring. I was no match for "Saw" ... any of them.
It has a few good gross-outs, and an unexpected ending, but seemed slow moving, and not very exciting - almost boring. I was no match for "Saw" ... any of them.
I watched it last night and really, I liked it. It was....different. I get tired of the predictable and run-of-the-mill flicks you see so much of these days.
Hitchcock and Stephen King managed to pull it off with a little class when they did cameos, but QT should stay behind the camera where he belongs.
You can say that again.
Ha! Found American Psycho in the $5 bin at Walmart. It's one of those that I've been meaning to pick up but never have.
On tap.
On tap.
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Saw "Imprint" last night. It was....weird...It seems like it should be a bad movie for a lot of reasons, but there was something that held it together- maybe it was the storytelling.
Lo-fi? I totally disagree. That stuff was very well produced.
As far as HBO goes, they really have no interest in horror. Proven by the pop culture soap "True Blood".
Yeah, they changed the ending from the book. Reviews and interviews stated SK liked what the director was doing with his story and approved the new ending. Dunno, I thought the original ending was better.
I watched Bloodthirst - Legend of the Chupacabras and A Sound of Thunder over the weekend. A Sound of Thunder is more of a SciFi thing, sort of along the lines of Butterfly Effect but taken back 65 million years. Wasn't bad. Not great, but not bad.
Bloodthirst, on the other hand....Hahahahahahaaaa.....Cough cough. Heh. Wow. This thing had to have been filmed with a video camera (not the jerky digital vid type, either). Parts of it even looked like clips off the six o'clock news. B Movie? It can only dream of such a rating.
Bloodthirst, on the other hand....Hahahahahahaaaa.....Cough cough. Heh. Wow. This thing had to have been filmed with a video camera (not the jerky digital vid type, either). Parts of it even looked like clips off the six o'clock news. B Movie? It can only dream of such a rating.
forgot to mention I watched Cemetary Man again this weekend... great film, but Anna Falchi just steals it completely. She's unbelievable. 
BIG score sir! A "must see" for any horror/Bale fan. Please comment after viewing.
Bad movie, yes. It was some of the subject matter that made it too....I guess I'll go with "racy" for American audiences. The story was good, I guess I just tire of the "needle gag" we see in some of Miike's films.
Not trying to sound like the king of all film production here but, I've heard the comment "after-school horror special" come up more than once.
forgot to mention I watched Cemetary Man again this weekend... great film, but Anna Falchi just steals it completely. She's unbelievable.
+1 on Cemetery Man. Good movie, good story, and Anna Falchi....
we are in agreement, sir.
A tribute to the shallow excess that was the '80s.
Bale did a great job with the character -- sort of a cross between Gordon Gecko and Eddie Gein -- and for the most part the film was great. It flew a bit off course at the end (the exploding police cars I could have done without), but other than that it was riveting.
But did any of it really happen?
Hmmm.
Finally saw Martyrs and Let The Right One In this weekend. Martyrs was odd and I really liked it's uniqueness. Some plot points were hard to believe and I grew tired of the at-times excessive brutality but overall thumbs up. Interesting ending.
Let The Right One In was really good. I liked how the movie was generally quiet, moody if not emotional but peppered with violent scenes. The photography was phenomenal. You don't get such high quality framing even in big budget movies. Intense GCI wasn't necessary to make a movie that was interesting to look at throughout.
Last and least, in hopes of getting a zombie fix I saw Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis. I hate myself a little bit for renting that one.
Let The Right One In was really good. I liked how the movie was generally quiet, moody if not emotional but peppered with violent scenes. The photography was phenomenal. You don't get such high quality framing even in big budget movies. Intense GCI wasn't necessary to make a movie that was interesting to look at throughout.
Last and least, in hopes of getting a zombie fix I saw Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis. I hate myself a little bit for renting that one.
loved the movie... i'm not big on horror films at all. but just loved this one... except the climactic scene in the church with the barbed wire.. it was cool and different but just didnt work for me
the shaking camera thing (in reference to cloverfield) works for me if done right.. i loved it in cloverfield.. but thats about it..
i hate when a camera cuts around too much like in fast paced action or fight sequences.. to me that is far worse than a shaky camera
I'm going to watch it through again this evening and see if there are any indications that it's just a fantasy.
Sounds good - has good reviews. Does it have english as an audio option? Blockbuster?
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