Recent viewings

[JaseSF]

The early episodes of Thriller were definitely more crime oriented and I'd say there's a few duds in there too but overall I agree they were still solidly done. I'd compare these early shows much more to Alfred Hitchcock Presents but later there were some startlingly good (sometimes southern) gothic style horror stories done on the series too especially in some episodes starring host Boris Karloff. Also keep a look out for a lot of familiar faces.

[bob]

3/5

I found this to be incredibly strange, I liked it but it's not one of my favorites

[Couchtr26]

3/5

I found this to be incredibly strange, I liked it but it's not one of my favorites

Yeah, Rashomon has an odd feeling in the way it was filmed.  You like it but it has something that just makes you feel it could have been better. 

Don't Torture a Duckling - actually, not much of a fan of giallo style movies.  However, this one is rather intriguing.  I didn't like the way things were fed to you as to who it might be amongst the people.  However, it had a nice amount of tension for me and the ending was one of the most enjoyable movie endings I have seen in a while. 

[bob]

I'm not a fan of war films, but I have this a shot. It was done really well, one of better war films I've ever seen. While I didn't like it, everything about the film was incredibly real: the attitudes of the soldiers, horrors of war, etc.

4/5

[indianasmith]

A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE - would be, for instance, having to watch this film without the ability to fast forward.  It features a young blonde alcoholic named Sara trying to recuperate from her marriage to a notorious serial killer and actually have a relationship with a charming, normal guy from her AA group.  But hubby has busted out of prison and has other plans . . .

If you can stay awake for them.  Lordy, this film was slow, boring, and generally awful. Avoid if at all possible

[Vik]

Alien: Ressurection
Eh, it was okay.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
It's hard to describe how badly I hate this film.

[FatFreddysCat]

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

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Sequel to the '92 classic has Candyman stalking New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Not as good as the first movie but worth a look.

[Rev. Powell]

NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE & BLUE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN HORROR MOVIE (2009): Lance Henriksen narrates this survey of a century of American anxieties and how they are reflected in our horror movies. The movie features clips from more than 200 movies (!) in about 90 minutes, so there's not much time for any deep analysis; it's more a chance for fans to fondly remember some of their scariest nightmares.  3.5/5.

AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE (2010):  This follow-up of sorts to NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE provides a history of (non-horror) exploitation films in the U.S.  Compared to NIGHTMARES, this shorter documentary covers its shallower subject in greater depth (if that makes sense). 3.5/5.

[bob]

I liked the scenrio of this movie more then anything else about Roman Holliday
4/5

[Pilgermann]

The Manipulator (1971) - This was terrible.  Mickey Rooney plays a derange makeup man, filmmaker or something and he's imprisoned a woman who I think is an actress played by Luana Anders.  Basically the whole movie is Rooney menacing her and acting like a psycho by babbling about a bunch of crap.  It's kind of amusing for a while but gets old pretty quickly, and the director decided that including lots of poor and badly placed "avant garde" scenes would enhance things, but it annoyed me to death.  Since it was kind of amusing at times and I love Luana Anders I'll give it a generous 4/10.

[claws]

The Funhouse (1981) Blu-ray (Region B)

Tobe Hooper's underrated classic doesn't really shine and sparkle on Blu-ray, though it is a tiny step above DVD quality. Image is rather soft with only a few fine detail moments. Always loved the score though. Such great atmospheric music. 4.5/5

The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982) Blu-ray

Fun and at times cheesy slasher with a few nasty kills. A million miles away from reference quality but it still looks solid in HD. 3.75/5

[JaseSF]

Housesitter (1992): Following a one night stand with Gwen Phillips (Goldie Hawn), a struggling architect named Newton Davis (Steve Martin) discovers that extraordinary con artist Gwen has moved into the huge house he's built in his small hometown; originally for him and his lifelong girlfriend Becky Metcalf (Dana Delaney) until she said no to his marriage proposal; and Gwen is now posing as his wife. Only thing is this phony life with Gwen may in fact be better than his actual everyday life.

Now this wasn't quite as funny as I'd hoped it was be. Still it was a decent enough romantic drama and works better in that regard than it does as a comedy although it does have some amusing moments here and there with Hawn proving very likable in the lead despite her lying ways and Martin seeming a bit of a misguided cad who doesn't recognize a good thing when it's right in front of him. Donald Moffat and Julie Harris provide great support here as Newton's decent and lovable small town all-around good folks. Richard B. Sull and Laurel Cronin also are surprisingly good as the street people who later pose as Gwen's parents. Overall this was an enjoyable enough bit of escapist fluff. *** out of ***** stars

Trapped in Paradise (1994): Bill Firpo (Nicolas Cage) wants to go straight and clean up his life only his criminal brothers, the ever-scheming Dave (Jon Lovitz) and the kleptomaniac Alvin (Dana Carvey) work to lead him astray eventually guiding them to a little low security bank in the small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, a target they know even Bill won't be able to resist. After robbing the bank, the brothers' escape ends up being interrupted by a snow storm and they soon wind up back amongst the people of Paradise who show them overwhelmingly kindness at every step especially the kindly bank president Clifford Anderson (Donald Moffat) and his wife Hattie (Angela Paton) not knowing that the trio actually robbed the bank.

Overall me and my girlfriend liked this. It was at times quite funny even though our lead comedy trio of Cage, Lovitz and Carvey don't always work quite as well in their roles as one might have liked although they were actually better than I expected they could be in this type of movie. There's also quite a number of smaller comedy subplots which get a tad confusing at times although they're pretty amusing too when they work. Also the romantic subplot seemed a little tacked on but did seem kind of necessary as Bill seeks redemption. Yeah this was a mixed bag. At times, it's surprisingly funny yet it never quite works as well overall to make it a true comedy classic. Still I'd give it *** out of ***** stars.

[bob]

simply outstanding

[Psycho Circus]

Hell Night (1981)

Linda Blair takes her amazing boobage in an abandoned mansion on pledge night with two goofball guys and some blonde chick with an unbelievably hot English accent. They have to stay the whole night so that they can't join Sigma-Digma-Delta-Yo-Gabba-Gabba. Some other sorority & fraternity a***oles try and spook them before some crazy old dude and his deformed son turn up to batter everyone to a pulp, because the owner of the house killed his family 12 years prior and is still believed to be roaming the property with his only surviving child....and they're p**sed!

I haven't seen this film in years and I couldn't remember it, but I'd say it's definitely up there with all the other top 80s horror flicks. There's a few far fetched parts, some parts that you can see coming a mile off, but also a few bits that are slightly unique and original. On par with Halloween, The Funhouse and Friday 13th in my opinion. 4/5

[indianasmith]

One of my all time favorites!  I watched this movie more times than I can count when I was younger.