Recent Viewings, Part 2

[indianasmith]

THE LIGHTHOUSE - A tale of horror, madness, and paranoia featuring only two characters - played by Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson - stranded by storms in a remote lighthouse.  How much of what ensues is real, and how much is a product of isolation and paranoia (fueled by LOTS of whiskey!), is left up to the viewer.  A bit overlong but still a masterful work.  And, imaginary or not, the mermaid is HOT.  4.5/5

[FatFreddysCat]

"Clinton Road" (2019)
Another cheap horror movie based on the supposedly-haunted country road in New Jersey. A group of annoying twenty-somethings pay a visit to Clinton Road hoping to find out what happened to their friend who disappeared there a year earlier. You can probably guess how well that turns out for them.

This is now the second "Clinton Road" movie I've seen (the other being the godawful "The Lake on Clinton Road") and they've both been terrible. I happen to live in the town where Clinton Road is located (West Milford, NJ) and at least this flick tried to tie some of the local legends into the story (unlike the other movie, which was just standard haunted-house crap) but it's a poorly written and acted, mostly incomprehensible mess. 

You're 0 for 2 on the Clinton Road legend, Hollywood. Please don't go for 3. AVOID.

[Rev. Powell]

MST3K: ROBOT HOLOCAUST: A bunch of post-apocalyptic weirdos go after "the Dark One" in a feature that rips off ALIEN, STAR WARS, CONAN, MAD MAX, and probably others. This is a Season 1 episode, so it's kind of ragged (especially the forgettable sketches), but the movie is hilarious and it's one of the more watchable Season 1 episodes (in fact, it may be my favorite). One of the few MST3Ks I had yet to see. 3/5.

[VenomX73]

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

30th time watching, I love this movie.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Cannibal Ferox" (aka "Make Them Die Slowly," 1981)
A New York anthropologist and her team must form an alliance with a pair of cocaine smugglers in order to escape from a tribe of p**sed-off, flesh-eating primitives deep in the Amazon jungle.
Murder, mayhem, mutilations, castrations, and (unfortunately real) scenes of animal cruelty abound in this notorious sleaze fest from Umberto "Nightmare City" Lenzi that was supposedly "Banned in 31 Countries," if the film's posters were to be believed.
I've seen my share of flicks like this yet I still felt like I needed a shower when it was over.

[Trevor]

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

30th time watching, I love this movie.

"Open the cupboard door: there's not mush room inside!" 

[VenomX73]

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

30th time watching, I love this movie.

"Open the cupboard door: there's not mush room inside!" 

youre a 'funguy'! 

[chefzombie]

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

30th time watching, I love this movie.

you love this too? how cool!

[VenomX73]

Yep, I love this movie 

[lester1/2jr]

Panic in the Streets -  I liked earlier, crazier Richard Widmark a little better than he is here, playing a cop, but this suddenly apropros noir is worth seeing anyway. Some sort of vessel that sometimes brings illegal things into some exotic port somewhere is infested with rats. This leads to what we used to call The Plague. Plague is like when someone s**ts in the pool: you can't just clean it up and go about your business. Society comes to a screeching halt. Unfortunately, modern times being what they are, people are reluctant to pay it all any mind, especially if they are involved in neferious activities somewhat related to said ship.

The most memorable aspect of this film is definitely Jack Palance.



He plays one of the crook bosses in whatever weird universe this is. He is like Fu Manchu or something. Whenever he's on the screen you just think evil. Elia kazan directs this not amazingly great but very watcheable artifact

4/5

[chefzombie]

Yep, I love this movie 

a favored quote in my house.." and then....I ATE THEM!!! " 

[Rev. Powell]

TERROR FIRMER (1999): A serial killer picks off members of a film crew making a Troma-style movie (the movie-within-the-movie stars the Toxic Avenger and is directed by a blind Lloyd Kaufman). A cavalcade of goofy costumes and blood, poop, urine, vomit, and rape jokes; like most Troma movies, it confuses being busy and offensive with being witty. I know people's opinions on Troma vary widely, but generally, I can't stand them. Your mileage may vary. 2.5/5.

[Rev. Powell]

YOU'RE TELLING ME! (1934): W.C. Fields is Sam Bisbee, a hard-luck inventor who gets his daughter married into a snooty high society family through the intervention of a European princess. It's not the most memorable plot, but Fields is at the height of his physical comedy here, beginning with a five-minute sequence of him returning home stumbling-drunk and ending with a virtuoso ten-minute routine where he tries to hit a golf ball. 3.5/5.

[Alex]

Yep, I love this movie 

a favored quote in my house.." and then....I ATE THEM!!! " 

Watched this for the first time last night.

[indianasmith]

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS   My wife decided to work till after 7 on what was supposed to be our night at home together, so I watched this one again.  I am actually quite fond of this movie!