Recent viewings

[Killer Bees]

Sleepy Hollow
I'm not a huge fan of Tim Burton's movies.  He's pretty hit and miss and in my book. And although I love Johnny Depp, he seemed to be overacting a little.  Christina RIcci was quite emotionless like she was on a sedative or something.  But Miranda Richardson was delightfully wicked as only she can be.  And kudos and much karma to the ever wonderful Christopher Walken as the bad guy.  Overall the story was okay but it's not one I would watch again.

Coneheads.
A classic that I haven't watched for a while.  We don't get Saturday Night Live here, so it was a long time before I found out that this was originally an SNL sketch.  Not a fan of Chris Farley, all that jerking of his head he does is annoying.  But he played his pat well.

Jeepers Creepers 2
Love this franchise.  I'm hoping they'll make another one maybe set in the past but I don't know if that will happen.  And even watching the special features making of didn't deter me from feeling scared when I saw Jonathan Beck in the Creeper make up.

Kelly's Heroes.
One of the few war movies I can tolerate.  Great performances all round by a stellar cast.

In The Mouth of Madness
I happened upon this gem whilst shopping one day.  We are huge Carpenter fans in our house and when I saw his name plus Sam Neill on the one box and the miniscule price of $10 I took a chance, sight unseen.  Brilliantly acted by all concerned, great story and I would have been happy paying double the money for this great find.  I was VERY pleased with myself for buying this one.

Viewings coming up in the next few days:

Ginger Snaps 2
Rosemary's Baby
Hoodwinked
Cube 2 Hypercube

Haven't seen any of these movies before.  Should be awesome

[Oldskool138]

In The Mouth of Madness
I happened upon this gem whilst shopping one day.  We are huge Carpenter fans in our house and when I saw his name plus Sam Neill on the one box and the miniscule price of $10 I took a chance, sight unseen.  Brilliantly acted by all concerned, great story and I would have been happy paying double the money for this great find.  I was VERY pleased with myself for buying this one.

I'm a big fan of horror movies (duh) and this movie actually gave me the chills when I first saw it.  It still creeps me out when I watch it today.  I think it's because they never really explain everything and show you just enough of the evil to creep you out and let your mind fill in the blanks.

It is far and away the best Lovecraft homage movie out there and, IMO, Carpenter's last great horror movie...And you gotta love the Charlton Heston cameo for no reason.

[Torgo]

The 1st Ginger Snaps flick is awesome.

The 2nd one is merely good but the 3rd one is a train wreck IMO.

[CheezeFlixz]

The 1st Ginger Snaps flick is awesome.

The 2nd one is merely good but the 3rd one is a train wreck IMO.

I almost ... ALMOST bought the 2nd one today. I looked at it and looked at it, and opted to buy the Batman - The Movie (Adam West/Burt Ward) and Might Joe Young (the original one) instead.

[Sister Grace]

I watched Shadow Puppets the other day..the props were mediocre except for the deprevation chamber looked kinda realistic..the story was easy to figure out like within twenty minutes, the only thing different was the nerd didn't meet his end right away and for once tony todd wasn't the bad guy. Don't buy this, don't rent this, maybe watch it if you have to choose between it and dr phil...maybe..

[asimpson2006]

That teen couple must have been an easy sell to be in the movie.  I can see the director now: "I'll give you ten bucks to sit in a car and make out."  Teens: "Okay."

Even Dr. Forrester and Tv's Frank from MST3K apologized for making Joel watch it.  Twice an apology came out.

See, this is why I am bitter.  Most people are familiar with "Manos" due to MST3K.  I am familiar with "Manos" sans any sort of comedy buffer between me and the film.  The effect of "Manos" on your average human being...is not pleasant to watch.

I first saw Manos (like most other people) on MST3K but a couple of years after that a mom & pop video store was going out of business and I got an actual uncut VHS copy of the movie itself for only a dollar.

I can only imagine someone watching this first without the MST3K treatment. I was able to place the jokes in my head so seeing it afterwards was of a waste.

I watched it first without the MST3K treatment.  I bought the DVD earlier this year for real cheap, and decided I need a bad movie to end the work week on.

Watched Casino Royale (2006) last night.  That was one of the best James Bond films every made.

[HappyGilmore]

That teen couple must have been an easy sell to be in the movie.  I can see the director now: "I'll give you ten bucks to sit in a car and make out."  Teens: "Okay."

Even Dr. Forrester and Tv's Frank from MST3K apologized for making Joel watch it.  Twice an apology came out.

See, this is why I am bitter.  Most people are familiar with "Manos" due to MST3K.  I am familiar with "Manos" sans any sort of comedy buffer between me and the film.  The effect of "Manos" on your average human being...is not pleasant to watch.

MST3K helped open the floodgates for me.  The movies they had on, some at least, I do actually like without them ripping on it.  For all of it's flaws, I still do like the movie.  Well, at least the Torgo character.  Beyond that, it's brutal.  For me at least.

For me, I probably wouldn't be watching half the movies I do without things like MST3K, USA Up ALL Night, or MonsterVision.

[asimpson2006]

That teen couple must have been an easy sell to be in the movie.  I can see the director now: "I'll give you ten bucks to sit in a car and make out."  Teens: "Okay."

Even Dr. Forrester and Tv's Frank from MST3K apologized for making Joel watch it.  Twice an apology came out.

See, this is why I am bitter.  Most people are familiar with "Manos" due to MST3K.  I am familiar with "Manos" sans any sort of comedy buffer between me and the film.  The effect of "Manos" on your average human being...is not pleasant to watch.

MST3K helped open the floodgates for me.  The movies they had on, some at least, I do actually like without them ripping on it.  For all of it's flaws, I still do like the movie.  Well, at least the Torgo character.  Beyond that, it's brutal.  For me at least.

For me, I probably wouldn't be watching half the movies I do without things like MST3K, USA Up ALL Night, or MonsterVision.

A former co worker opened the flood gates for me, and that's how I got into B movies.

[HappyGilmore]

That teen couple must have been an easy sell to be in the movie.  I can see the director now: "I'll give you ten bucks to sit in a car and make out."  Teens: "Okay."

Even Dr. Forrester and Tv's Frank from MST3K apologized for making Joel watch it.  Twice an apology came out.

See, this is why I am bitter.  Most people are familiar with "Manos" due to MST3K.  I am familiar with "Manos" sans any sort of comedy buffer between me and the film.  The effect of "Manos" on your average human being...is not pleasant to watch.

MST3K helped open the floodgates for me.  The movies they had on, some at least, I do actually like without them ripping on it.  For all of it's flaws, I still do like the movie.  Well, at least the Torgo character.  Beyond that, it's brutal.  For me at least.

For me, I probably wouldn't be watching half the movies I do without things like MST3K, USA Up ALL Night, or MonsterVision.

A former co worker opened the flood gates for me, and that's how I got into B movies.

I showed Cannibal! The Musical to a friend of mine, who went to school for psychology.  He began to question my sanity.  I was at an uncle's and he saw it.  He was like, "Get this crap out of the dvd player.  It's not even a 'b' movie, it's like, an L level movie."

[Jack]

Watched Shapeshifter again last night, for about the fourth time.  It's one of my favorite Alien type movies, about a creature locked in a prison, chasing the convicts and the really, really sexy guard babe around.  Very good performances by the cast, good setting, and just a fun watch every time.

[HappyGilmore]

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut- ***.  Great movie.  I liked the fact that they kinda went after the MPAA, and the line about "horrible senseless violence is okay, but naughty language is a no-no" part.  Besides, what's better than an R-Rated animated musical?  Especially when it targets parents who'd rather blame the media for their messed up kids, then look in the mirrors and point the finger at themselves.

[Killer Bees]

I watched Hoodwinked (animation) last night.  Very funny.  The animation was pretty clunky compared to what we're used to with movies like Shrek and Monsters Inc, etc.  It reminded me a little of Jimmy Neutron in texture.

But someone should tell Jim Belushi that he can't do a German accent and shouldn't really bother trying.  I"m sure they could have found somebody else to do a better job for the Woodsman's voice, even if it meant going with an unknown voice actor.  But that's really the only bad thing I can say about it.

My fave character was the mountain goat with the detachable horns.  He had me in hysterics and he totally stole the whole show.

Also watched Cube 2: Hypercube.  I loved the first one and was looking forward to this one.  I"m pleased to say I wasn't disappointed.  The story moved along quickly and even with the weird time dilation aspect it made sense.  Definitely a purchase to keep the first movie company on my shelf.

Tomorrow night I will be watching Rosemary's Baby with Mia Farrow.  I keep hearing about what a horror masterpiece it is, so I thought I'd try it out.  I just hope it's as good as everyone raves.  It's got a huge reputation to live up to.

What did you all think of it?

[HappyGilmore]

Coneheads.
A classic that I haven't watched for a while.  We don't get Saturday Night Live here, so it was a long time before I found out that this was originally an SNL sketch.  Not a fan of Chris Farley, all that jerking of his head he does is annoying.  But he played his pat well.

Coneheads- classic.  I wasn't alive during that era of SNL, but have seen a few of the Conehead sketches through syndication.  I grew up with SNL during the late '80s and '90s cast, like Mike Myers, Adam Sandler etc.

Of the SNL related movies, I'd probably put Coneheads at number 3, which is decent considering there's been like, 15 movies or so based off their sketches.  Only two I'd put ahead of it are Wayne's World and Blues Brothers.

Good selection. 

[Rev. Powell]

Offered for free on my cable systems "On Demand" channel:

THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL (1952):  A director, an actress and a writer tell three bitter stories in flashback about a cutthroat Hollywood producer (Kirk Douglas).  Some of the individual scenes are perfectly done, but the whole seems less than the sum of its parts.  Though Douglas gets pretty nasty at times, its more a character study than a savage Hollywood satire.  Lana Turner (as a slutty, boozy, unmotivated actress) and Douglas each get a chance for some Oscar-quality hysterics (though Turner mysteriously wasn't even nominated, and Gloria Grahame won best supporting actress instead for a cartoonish role as a Southern belle).  Not much for B-movie fans to chew on, but is a cool homage to Val Lewton when Kirk is paying his dues cranking out horror movies on the studios B-unit.  4 out of 5.  LESSON LEARNED: Lana Turner's mood can change a sunny cloudless day in LA into a hurricane within minutes.

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966):  The camera follows the rise and fall of an insurgent leader in Algiers, fighting a secret war against the French occupation.  Shot in a neorealist, pseudo-documentary style, this pic is full of cold-blooded assassinations, street shootouts, riots, terrorist bombings and torture scenes, and is consistently fascinating to watch.  More sympathetic to the rebels than the occupiers, but shows the warts of both sides.  It's full of eerie parallels to Iraq, and the Pentagon actually screened the film for some of its top brass as a lesson in "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas".  5 out of 5.  LESSON LEARNED:  The lesson of this film may well be unlearnable.

[Torgo]

HATCHET  (unrated version)  *** out of ****
Genuinely funny characters, lots of boobies, gloriously over-the-top & gory kill scenes and Kane Hodder as the monster being his usual bad @ss self.  Not original in any way and takes a bit too long to get going but once it does it's really cool old school style horror.  Worth a look for people wanting to see old school gore effects without any CGI with none of that quick MTV style cutting either.