Weekend Viewings

Had a three day weekend this week and took some time to watch some flicks.

Friday The 13th (1980) - I've seen this a million times, yet just had to watch it on IFC Friday night. Even after all of this time, and so many viewings, it still remains a highly entertaining film. I've always been a big fan of the Jason franchise, much more so than the Freddy/M. Myers films. Great to see this film again. 8/10

My Bloody Valentine (1981) - What a surprise this flick was! IFC showed it after Friday The 13th and I couldn't be more happy that I watched it. The film is about a small mining town called Valentine's Bluff. Twenty years before the film takes place, there was an accident at the local mine. Nobody knew about it because they were all at the annual Valentine's Day dance. Only one man survived the accident, and the next year he went through the town commiting horrible murders on the locals. He swore that if they ever had another Valentine's day dance that he would slaughter more.

So, the film picks up in Feburary twenty years later as the town has pretty much forgotten about the murders, and are planning a Valentine's Day dance. Obviously, the bodies start piling up and the local youngsters don't heed the warnings and hold a Valentine's Day dance in the mine.

For being one of the various rip-offs of F13, it's actually quite good. The film, although by the numbers, does have it's own mood and a creepy killer. The kills in the film are decent, but felt lacking to me. The whole film, I felt there was a much darker overtone that just wasn't present in the kills. This apparently was true. After I researched the film a bit, I found out it was heavily cut by the studio at the time of release, and that the DVD copy currently available is also cut.

I wouldn't mind owning this film but two things are keeping me from doing so - Terrible cover art that has nothing to do with the film, and the fact that the DVD is also cut.

Overall: 8.5/10

Amazon Women On The Moon (1987) - I first saw this film on cable around 94/95 (well before on screen programming), and had no idea what I was watching. I posted it on here a few years ago and Burgomaster finally let me in on the title. I received it in the mail along with Dead Next Door and Skinned Alive yesterday from Deepdiscountdvd.com and watched it last night.

The film is basically a mixture of skits/commercials/50s SF spoof. The film overall is quite funny and is just as good as I remember it ten years ago. The humor in the film is pretty random but usually hits it's mark.

One of the funniest scenes is where a man is watching an Ebert & Roeper type show. They are blasting a college flick called Frat Slobs (an obvious nod to Landis' own Animal House) and then they start to review the guy watching them. They lambast him for being a bore and such. Hilarious stuff.

Overall, the film isn't too bad. It pokes fun at much of the pop culture at the time, and some of it is still relevant today (Video Pirates). It's worth a rental, if only due to a lack of special features. 7/10

Next week, I should have some reviews in for the other films that I received from DeepDiscountDVD.com. I should have reviews for: Dead Next Door, Skinned Alive, Demon Summer, Midnight Skater, and Something To Scream About.