6th Annual Nic and Mitch's Halloween/Horror Film Bonanza!!! 2019
This year we decided that we would do a theme of dolls, but settled on the fact that each of us get to pick our top horror films of all time/horror films we're intrigued by and want to see again. These are mostly made up of films we've watched for the first time during the Bonanza, but some can be from outside this time frame.
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- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsBill SkarsgårdJaeden MartellFinn WolfhardIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.9.27.19
We are kicking off the Bonanza with one of mine choices. We just saw Chapter 2 in theaters with my mom and...well...it was a conclusion...a very long conclusion. It wasn't nearly as good as this film was, but hey...this film is hard to beat.
I remember when we first saw this in theaters, we were a little hung over which I think contributed to the heart palpitations, but I still firmly believe it was because this film was genuinely scary...if not scary...really, really creepy.
Poor Georgie is afraid of the basement...he's got no idea what's coming. It's almost sad in a way, but very foreboding.
It's kind of fun to watch this film while it's raining. The same weather. This film just has a little more whimsy because of the children I think. You lose that when you get to the adults.
Enter Pennywise. He's by far the best iteration...sorry, Tim Curry. His eyes, beyond the drifting...really highlight him as almost an apex predator. His face can me smiling, but you know he'll kill you. The graphic nature of Georgie losing his arm I think is not only extremely off-putting, but sets the tone for the entire film. It's unsettling.
The casting of the children are pitch perfect. You couldn't ask for a better cast. Oh Stanley...it's hard to see him after watching Chapter 2. This film also really capitalized on the 80's nostalgia wave.
It's weird to think that Richie is attracted to Eddie...that's something that's never really hinted at in this film and I will say, was a little jarring in Chapter 2. If anything, I thought Stanley was the Queer kid.
It's also really difficult to see the transformation from kid Ben to adult (hot) Ben. The scene with Bill's dad is just really weird. The finality that his father has about his son is very off-putting.
Also the character of Henry Bowers is much better in the first film as opposed to the second one. Chapter 2 makes Bowers feel as a tagged on character with no real arc which was sad because of how he's so well utilized in the first film.
The score is by far better utilized in this film. The flute in Stanley's scene it actually pretty awesome. Eddie's mom is fucking crazy bizarre! I'm really upset she's not in Chapter 2.
The rails on the covered bridge are actually much more meaningful now that I've seen Chapter 2. I'm really surprised they didn't continue the weird adults in Chapter 2 as that was one interesting factor in this film.
Mr. Keen, the pharmacist is on par with being as creepy as Pennywise...without a doubt. I don't know actually who I would be more afraid of meeting in a dark alley.
I guess I never heard or paid attention to the television in Beverly's home talking about going down into the sewers.
I think in this film there are just a lot more menacing things than Pennywise himself. Sure, he's the big bad boogieman, but there's the Bowers Gang, the pharmacist, and Beverly's father, and Eddie's mom, and all the other adults which make it feels like the Loser's club is so isolated and on their own which isn't necessarily the case in Chapter 2.
You have to admit that the bathroom scene with Beverly is by far not only creepy, but slightly hilarious. The blood is brilliant! I love how the adults can't see it...does make it harder to justify what the adult kids see in Chapter 2.
I really shouldn't be constantly comparing this to Chapter 2, but it's really difficult after watching the final film not to so please, future me (because I'm the only one that reads these) forgive me.
The basement scene, where Pennywise uses Georgie's body, runs after Bill, and (especially) slides back into the water is truly a creepy scene.
Oh...the projector scene...this is by the far the scariest scene in either film. I forgot the Richie hasn't seen Pennywise yet but pretty much everyone else has. I love how he's huge with the rows of teeth grasping for the Losers. It's one of the best scenes in the franchise.
It's shocking how quickly after that scene they all ride over to the well house and just walk in like they haven't seen a huge clown with razor-sharp teeth just try to attack them.
The clown scene with Richie is also a really great scene as well. I love the nod to the original Pennywise who's right out in the open there.
The way Pennywise attacks Eddie in the house is also a really brilliant way of trying to scare the shit of a child.
There's something about the camera work when Pennywise is attacking that I don't really remember being replicated in Chapter 2 which I think is super effective. The way everything shakes. It's really a great choice.
Stan holding up at the door...so much foreshadowing there. I'd really love to get a prequel of the family who lived at the well house 27 or 54 years earlier...that'd make it either 1962 or 1935...not sure which I would pick.
Pennywise doing his dance...I remember in the movie theater scared the shit out of me. It's the way the fame moves, but his face doesn't. My heart was beating so fast.
I'm a little disappointed in the deadlights. I thought they were supposed to instantly kill you but instead they just hypnotize you I guess.
I was disappointed in how Pennywise was killed in Chapter 2, but after watching this again...I guess I can see it. I mean, as long as you aren't scared he can't kill you.
All in all this is probably the definitive It movie for at least the next 25 years (and counting). Too bad nobody snagged Bill Skarsgaard for the Joker roll first. He would have been amazing. - DirectorChuck RussellStarsShawnee SmithKevin DillonDonovan Leitch Jr.A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.9.27.19
I'm not going to look at the previous notes I have on this one. Long story short we tried to watch this film a few years back and we had some stupid ass friend drama and we really couldn't focus on it. All I remember is that I stated that it deserved a rewatch...so...that's what we're doing..sans stupid ass friend drama...so let's begin!
Okay...empty town with a kitty...but hey, the fountain still works! Never mind, they're all the the high school football game. What kind of football field are they on? My grass is greener than that...which isn't saying much.
Mitchell thought the really campy (dirt) biker was Ethan Hawke...maybe a busted Ethan Hawke. WTF...why would a homeless man pour out the beer before collecting the can? That's just bad writing.
The rush of all those high schoolers after the game...better get ready! Now all of a sudden the town is chalked full of people. Very subtle...very subtle...I almost couldn't catch that the director was putting an emphasis on the football game. Wonder if that'll come up in the future.
Am I supposed to like the cop? He's nice, but also a douche at the same time?
So the town doesn't get snow? Plot device for killing the blob with ice making machines? I guess the topic of climate change was a thing back in the 80s.
Who is this homeless man? Oh, he gets to see the landing of the blob with the latest 80s visual effects.
Creepy priest...have to have a creepy priest...I'm sure the priest is disappointed he's not using them on him...
Is there a list of movies which feature an old man in the woods who 'discovers' something?
Love the blob to jello transition. Paul is not what you'd consider a "hottie" by today's standard...not sure he was by the 80s standard.
This movie is fairly light-hearted which I can appreciate as horror movies nowadays mostly have to be super depressing and very somber.
Let's run after a man who tried to hack his arm off!
Mitchell's right...this does ooze (get it) a very Twin Peaks kind of vibe.
Why are these kids staying at the hospital? No one cares...the police clearly aren't coming...why are they sitting and filling out paperwork?
Pretty good half homeless man effect. Oh! Paul gets it! Who would have thought! His face peeling off was pretty good.
Paul's friend is definitely a Brett Kavanaugh who needs to die with his trunk bar setup...the eggbeaters...lol...hilarious.
The blob is definitely a feminist...other than the fact that it collapsed that poor girl's face.
The Blob...brought to you by The Thing!
You should listen to your mother when she says that the cops will have the whole (you know, the vicious murders) thing sorted out by the morning. Just go to sleep.
The blob looks like the goo from Ghostbusters 2.
Didn't see the licking thing coming...in all honesty.
Okay...the cook getting sucked into the drain and then the blob exploding out was pretty cool.
Oh...go figure...the blob doesn't like the cold...who would have guessed that...
Herb's gone! And what's her face just got blobbed in the telephone booth. Actually a pretty cool effect!
Kitties eating jam! The jam and jelly references are abound in this one!
Oh the government! It's like ET landed.
A movie within a movie! Not going to lie...this film is terribly cheesy, but it's got some really great special effects. Hobbs on the ceiling is pretty great.
I'm about to have a stroke over the strobe lights in the movie theater.
It's a twist! It wasn't a meteor! It as stupid American scientists growing bacteria in a satellite. I can dig it!
This sewer scene is totally riffing off of Aliens...with not a terrible effect, if I might say so. Oh! The blob got the little brother's friend! Great!
Chew on that slimeball...hahahaha....
The Reverend is on fire!
The snowmaker makes a second appearance in the film? Who would have though!?!?!
The deputy breaking in half was pretty sweet!
Wow...the bitch is really playing into the final woman trope...giving me Sigourney Weaver realness...
What a rush!
Creepy priest becomes even creepier evangelical....with one eye...
So this movie I initially rated as a 6...but it's going to be elevated to a 7. It gets .5 star for the extra cheesiness I didn't appreciate the first time...another .5 for the amazing special effects...and bonus points for the terribly cheesy 80's anthem that plays during the credits.
- DirectorJohn R. LeonettiStarsWard HortonAnnabelle WallisAlfre WoodardA couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.9.28.19 NEW
First doll-themed film in our lineup. We're just watching it in order to get to the sequels. This one didn't do as well critically, but the others seem to have legs and were better received.
Who gets that kind of a creepy ass doll for anyone on their birthday? It's all beaten up with a busted face. Doesn't make any sense.
Oh dear god, please don't ever name your baby girl Phyllis...that particular retro name won't boomerang back any time soon.
Charlie Manson reference...I get exhausted with all the Manson references as of late. Ugh....
Dumbass husband...being all 1960s with his wife...
That's a really dangerous crib. It looks like something you'd put in your garden. I love how they don't know the sex of the baby, but yet have a ton of dolls lining the walls of the room. Mixed messages.
Even a new Annabelle looks like she's ready to carve your face up. However, she goes great with all the other creepy dolls who get to inspire nightmares on that poor child.
Some shit just went down at the next door neighbors house. Let's have the pregnant lady go out in the night after hearing a scream. Calls the cops!
Who's the bitch trying to get the dolls? Oh shit...this just got Manson all over! Can't she do anything to help her husband? What kind of shock is she in? I'm super shocked that they stabbed a preggos lady.
Oh, it was their daughter.
The area they stabbed her and where her wound is are two totally different things. Now I guess the husband will remember to lock the doors.
He spent a lot of money on that doll just to be throwing that shit away. That's gotta be a sucky feeling.
This film is okay...I'm just not sure where it's going. The characters are just okay. It started off with a good enough inciting opening. So are you telling me that the doll wasn't possessed until the chick killed herself???? Because she looked really possessed when they first got her.
This poor woman is not having the best of luck in her pregnancy. That jiffy popcorn didn't work out. She needs a vacation or some shit. This is giving me a little Rosemary's baby...that is until she popped it out.
I kind of like their new place in Pasadena.
ALFRE WOODARD!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!
That creepy lady just won't stop. Is that Annabelle or is the doll Annabelle? This is a little confusing to say the least.
Kids in the apartment are drawing some really bizarre drawings. Why is the doll always sitting in the chair? It's like she's a retired serial killer doll who's just rocking in her chair...watching the world pass by. lol.
I do like the song she's playing on the record player. Don't go near the window! Get the kid and get the hell out! Talk about a gust of wind! Oh the little girl turning into the chick was actually pretty good. Meh, but okay.
So far, in terms of doll horror movies, this one isn't really cutting it. I want some movement in my doll and right now...as it stands...Annabelle the doll is just the vessel for Annabelle the killer to use to stay in the real world after her suicide. I'm all for doll possession, but it just being a passive vessel for your spirit isn't what I had in mind.
Oh! The devil makes an appearance! Why in the world she went to look at what was crying is beyond me. Motherly instincts or not. They do a good job on the devil's fingers...kinda digging those when you get a chance to see it.
What is Alfre Woodard even doing in this film? It's like they tease the one true talent that they have...but she comes and goes randomly. This is a waste. And oh, so now she knows everything about everything related to demonology. Why doesn't the couple from the original trilogy, The Conjuring, team up with Alfre Woodard! Talk about kicking (ghost) ass and taking names!
Baby-buggy rolling away...Ghostbusters 2 called...they want their scene back. We all knew the baby wasn't going to get mowed over.
Finally! Annabelle moves! Just she only just stands up and levitates. Okay...I guess...
I love how the priest just blindly accepts that it's a demon without even questioning anyone's sanity. Like he's been in this business long enough he can look a doll and go, yep...that's possessed all right.
Put it in the backseat...like that's going to work out just fine. Aaaaannnnndddd....he's dead.
Oh no! Wait! The priest is alive!
I love also how the husband also just blindly accepts that his wife is telling the truth that a demonically possessed doll is trying to take her. It's weird it's not trying to take the baby, but her. I mean it goes against the grain...but it's just a meh...kind of a plot point.
At least she has Alfre Woodard in the house to protect her. That's who I would want with me if I'm being demonically haunted.
OMG...now all of a sudden Alfre Woodard is the person who takes the mom's place? That was a very...very quick decision. I really do question the decision-making abilities of some of these characters. And now, the baby is back in it's terrible crib.
Six months later...blahhhh....
In conclusion, this film had a lot of potential that is ultimately eclipsed by all the wrong directions that it takes. The doll is misused, the characters are flimsy, their decision-making is suspect, Alfre Woodard is horribly under utilized, and it's frankly just not scary at all. Even the jump scenes I didn't jump at. At least we got through the worst one which, in a trilogy, it's nice to be able to get past the worst one first. - DirectorLars KlevbergStarsTim MathesonBen DaonZahra AndersonA mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.9.28.19 NEW
This just came out for rent and we've been wanting to see it! Just so happened that I looked. It'll be really difficult to top the original...or the original series at all...but let's see how far it can go.
I do like seeing the old Orion opening.
The tech spin...I will say that I'm not incredibly in love with the whole possession thing from the original...but it's made it so endearing that throughout the years...that I'm hesitant when it comes to giving it the tech gone wrong experience.
So a sweatshop workers who lived on the streets and doesn't speak English...knows enough to imprint a new code all in English in ten seconds before jumping out of the building...that's plausible.
Wow, some real ginger hatred. Aubrey Plaza...I love you...please don't disappoint! I love you too much for that!
Plaza doesn't seem old enough to have a kid that old. They look like sister and brother...she'd had to have had him at like age 13...which is a whole other story.
Old vs. new models...lots of talk surrounding that. I didn't think about Chucky having a newer model to contend with. Does this idea have legs? We'll see.
The doll appearance is definitely a divergence from the original...I don't know at this point whether I like it. I hate to say it, but even Mark Hamill doesn't stand a chance against the original voice actor, Brad Dourif.
I don't know whether they're going for a more doll-like appearance, but the real-life look and animatronics of the original are still amazingly brilliant.
Chucky's eyes...I'm sure that'll be a thing upcoming. Trying to kill the cat. Freaking out the boyfriend...who probably will die but this film has established him being so terrible that he should die.
Fat boy's going to die...this is almost ensured.
They all laugh at mayhem like it's hilarious while Chucky goes all apeshit in his head...gettin' them red eyes....pullin' a knife. He's just trying to make Andy happy.
The cat's the first to go. Andy's going to clean up his friend's work. Okay, Chucky playing the cat's meowing was fucking creepy.
I'm not sure quite yet of what to make of Plaza's mother figure.
OMG the terrible boyfriend has another family! He needs to die. I will say that though it wasn't a great death scene...it was a little campy which is slightly in the spirit of what the originals became.
The guy's face is hanging up and the kid just sort of freaks out like he's going to get caught cheating on homework.
Sure, get the other kids involved in the murder plot. The whole getting caught up with his mother and giving the head to his neighbor was humorous to a degree.
Wow...all those kids hid a murder, then killed a doll and just was like...hey, let's not talk about this to anyone because we can do that...we're kids...lol....
Of course, the garbage guy in the apartment knows how to bring a state-of-the-art doll back to life and fix him up.
I really like the detective and his mother...I really hope they don't die. But they probably will...at least the mother.
Chucky is basically Tony Stark with that thing in his chest.
He got hit in the balls with a knife from below! That hurts! He's going to get a table saw to the groin...and it's gruesome...that's for sure.
Oh the detective's mother died, but it was by far the best death scene so far! She went out like a trooper!
Really sad to see the detective die...I can't but observe that both the only black people in this film are killed....hmmmmm....the launch of the model 2 is an interesting way of launching an army of Chucky's...but see, the original franchise already did that...and I think they did it a whole lot better...I get the whole consumerism angle...but still...this just isn't the same.
I do really like the kid and I think aging him up doesn't quite have the same gravity...but it works because of the acting chops of the kid.
Plaza has so far when an underwhelming mother who should have known better more than a few times.
That's it? That's how it ends...supposedly, I know...but really? That was fairly anti-climatic.
Oh! The detective is still alive! Plaza gets the final kill. I mean..meh...but somewhat better than leaving it where it was.
Of course, Plaza and the detective get a little hint, hint, wink, wink....
Hmmm...I guess it's not terrible...the kills are underwhelming...the plot is just about what you'd expect from taking Child's Play in a 'different direction'...which really isn't a different direction in the sense that they did away with the curve ball of possession for the copy and paste of a tech gone wrong angle. Not the best...but I guess, if hard pressed, not the worst either. However, it was somewhat disappointing. - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.10.4.19
For some reason I gave this a 7 and I'm not sure why. It's been quite a while so let's see if it deserves a different rating.
I forgot that it opens in Iraq. I guess I quite forget how this movie all comes about. So is the demon an Iraqi?
OMG! This director made Boys in the Band! One of my favorite LGBTQ movies of all time! Wow...similar themes...people being huge bitches to one another. At least in this film she says it to the person's face.
Old dude found a relic and now he isn't looking so good. He's going to need more than one of those tiny pills to help him.
It's interesting that this film, which in my mind is largely a Catholic affair, starts out in a predominantly Muslim country. I wonder what the film is trying to say with that...it's one to ponder.
That's a very interesting and weird kind of prologue to this film. Now we're in Georgetown though, so it'll only get scarier. Very dread-inducing though, that first half.
Oh god, the actress who plays the mother in this film plays the mother from A Requiem for a Dream...I instantly groan just having to think about that movie. Poor woman...she has to go through this and then also Requiem. Someone needs to give his woman some compensation.
I forgot she's an actress. What in the world is this film their shooting about? Some kind of college demonstration about human rights? They're still angrily shouting after the director says 'that's a wrap'.
Cue the famous music for this film! It sounds like John Carpenter must have been informed by this score a little...it reminds me the Halloween theme just a touch.
The little girl...what did she end up doing after this? Such a huge performance, and I'm not sure if she did anything after this.
I love the scene between the father and the homeless former alter boy. That stare the homeless guy gives definitely says he knows more about what being an altar boy actually means...if YOU know what I mean. And the father just gives him a look and walks away. That's religion for you!
It's a Ouija board! My mother is pissed! Of course she'll blame it all on the board. They're such a happy mother/daughter duo. Of course something will go terribly, horribly wrong. However, she's basically telling her daughter that Burt is a booty call because she gets "lonely".
Can priest drink? So priest can drink but they can't fuck?
Why is she going up in the attic with a candle? She's going to burn the entire house down with all the dry, dusty shit. That candle ain't natural.
What the fuck happened to that statue?!?!? I don't remember that!!! Fucked up.
That's heart-wrenching...to put his own mother in the looney bin. I don't remember any of this. So he's a boxer? There are boxing pictures and then he does...well...box...but he's a priest? I'm really confused...is he a boxing priest? What in the world is going on.
A nazi and a pufter get into a fight. That's a pretty good party if you ask me.
The priest on the piano is definitely giving me repressed homosexual...I mean, he wants heaven to be a big show with him as the headliner.
I'm sure for its time, a little girl peeing on the floor was a big deal. The transition to her being possessed was pretty quick. When did she go to the doctor and get diagnosed with 'nerves'? If that's the case...you can basically diagnosed me with the same condition.
Oh damn...someone put too many quarters in the bed. That thing really rocks.
I thought that priests lived in the church? He lives in a really tiny ass apartment. I guess I just don't understand.
You see a flash of the demon! Only for a second. Kind of looks like the joker...not going to lie.
What are they doing to her throat? Jesus, that's a huge needle! All this and she's actually just demonically possessed. They're going through the throat to get to the brain? I don't get this either. Why didn't they sedate her? Why would you leave someone awake for that shit?
OMG! This scene really is quite impressive. She bitch slaps the doctor and then asks to get fucked all while getting a huge slap herself. The voice she takes on really is rather creepy. This definitely isn't anything psychological or physical.
No wonder the kid goes haywire...after all those damn tests.
The old guy, who we thought was slightly homosexual was Burke? They guy who the mom was sleeping with? Wow...
I don't remember her grabbing the psychiatrist by the balls...she's something to be reckoned with that's for sure.
So he's a boxing, psychiatrist priest that lives in a tiny apartment and put his mother in the looney bin....okay...this is one of the most pathetic characters you get to meet.
She's in a room 12 doctors in a room...you'd think one of them would be like...that shit's a demon...go get yourself a priest! You would think someone would have at least mentioned this...AND THEY DO!!! Finally, someone suggests this shit. However, they think it's just a force of suggestion...
So now they think that Burke died from falling out the window of Reagan's room? I thought he died at the foot of some stairs farther away....hmm...this film can be slightly confusing as to what it's trying to say at times.
If British doctor's didn't ask what's this fungus, we wouldn't have penicillin, would we? lol...
OMG....the crucifix scene! That's even shocking even for today's standards. I mean, stabbing her vagina with a cross and then rubbing her mother's face in it and screaming "lick me, lick me". OMG...I had a party once with some kids from elementary school. Mom rented us a bunch of horror movies...it was like the Blair Witch Project, Candyman, and The Exorcist. We all laughed at the other films...but definitely not at that scene. We turned it off.
Oh...she don't look so good. I thought the projectile vomiting last longer. Maybe that's just from all the various homages that take their lead from this film. You'd think that if someone vomited bright green stuff someone would go...that shit ain't right.
I guess I didn't realize that this movie is pretty much a mother trying to get an exorcism, but everyone going...nope, it must be psychological or physical...and then the last thirty minutes is most likely the actual exorcism.
OMG...all of my fucking extra notes got erased! This is bullshit. Long story short...it deserves an 8...Max got the shaft...the pussy boxing, psychiatrist priest finally ponied up...
Super upset that all my additional notes before the exorcism got erased. I guess I'll make sure from now on that I save my shit often. Ugh. This post got exorcised....but not in a good way. - DirectorJoe DanteStarsDee WallacePatrick MacneeDennis DuganAfter a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.10.4.19
Okay, so let's hope I don't lose all my fucking notes on this film. Ugh. I'm still pissed at that shit. ARG!
DEE WALLACE!!! A true Scream Queen in her own right! Cujo...Critters...oh...just great in her own right!
So I always tend to confuse this film with American Werewolf in London and I think I did that this year. I don't remember this film...pretty much at all...so maybe a rewatch wasn't the best thing in the world...
I do really like how it starts off almost as though they're trying to catch a serial killer. It definitely starts off with an inciting incident.
Going to the back of a porno store is never a good idea. Trust me, I have experience with it on a dare. That shit will scar you for life.
Eddie's lips totally don't sync up with his mouth so it makes it a little hard to take him seriously.
Of course she can't scream. That kid just starts shooting immediately. How does she not remember what happened to her?!?!? That's pretty unforgettable!!!
Cujo makes an appearance! She really shuts his ass down tho!
This film does take into consideration a story about a woman who's working through a trauma that she's went through. This is especially rare in early 1980.
Her husband looks like a 70's porn star.
The 'doc' is up to something...but I have no idea as to why.
I'm looking for my wife.
Why?
LOL.
Is this like the last serving hippie colony in the nation? Who is the super old man that can't chew? So many questions!
Desensitization is clearly a thing for people in the morgue with the sandwich next to the brains. Eddie's gone! He didn't get up and walk out on his own...or did he?!?!?!?!
In 80s horror movies there is always an exorbitant about of fog in the wilderness with a full moon that's about five miles from the Earth's surface. In all honesty, I've never understood why people in 80s horror films can't survive in the wilderness...it's easy to see almost anything coming at you.
Why is there circus music in the background of these guys trying to hunt???? It makes absolutely no sense.
She's been in therapy for five minutes and now she remembers everything...lol...Jesus Christ. What do you see Karen?
They're rewriting the laws of werewolves...now they're just shapeshifters. They can transform whenever they want to. I don't know how I feel about it.
Marsha cook that rabbit up real good for yah...that guy is a totally creeper. He should probably know he's in for it. I'm sure he's so shocked she stuck her tongue in his face.
SO MUCH FOG!!!!
That werewolf did a good job of...well...really scratching him. It might as well be a werecat.
So now he's eating meat. Of course. Cuz he's a werewolf. Clearly. Dee Wallace, get the fuck out of there!
WE GOT BUSH PEOPLE!!! This could have been the opening scene to a porno.
I never noticed the cartoon action as Bill and Marsha transition into werewolves. Wow...they clearly did not have an adequate budget for this film.
What is up with the really playful organ music that's trying to be serious about the revelations...lol...are they trying to be intentionally funny? I can't quite tell.
How much did the fog guy get paid during this film?I hope he could retire after this...because honestly...it must have been a 24/7 job. Even the fog guy from The Fog was probably like, shit...I can't even do that well with fog. That's my expert opinion on the subject.
You have to admit even with all the hilarious camp, the animatronics for the werewolves were pretty cool...and one of the best designs...at least top 5...
For Eddie...they choose that actor? He's mostly in comedy...ugh...I totally forgot about that. Interesting transformation though...okay...top 5 transformations...I love the fingers...very Nosferatu...but better....
There just so happens to be a vat of acid (after the special effects guys tell you they're finished with the werewolf) you can throw on him and run out.
I'm glad they can close some doors and use their weak little bodies to hold back a pack of werewolves.
I think I gave this an 8 because I was in the right mood as well as the special effects...but after rewatch...I'm not sure this deserves that..it's definitely a solid 7 though...it looks like there was a reversal of fortune tonight for the films we watched.
The car exploding...that's hilarious...nothing actually happened to it. Can these werewolves not get through glass? Seriously...it's about time they figured out they can break it.
She went to the porno place and got so shaken...she can't hardly talk...she goes through a colony of werewolves...and she's totally fine.
Dee Wallace better stay a human...cuz she really is extremely ugly as a werewolf.
And we end with a hamburger.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincorFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.10.5.19
Mitchell and I vehemently disagree regarding which is better I or II. I'm very much in the II camp. However, he absolutely loves this film. We'll give it a rewatch and see what we think. This was on his list while II was on my list.
You can tell this is a film cheaply made. I will admit that even right out of film school, Sam Raimi can make a cheap film not feel that way.
If they wanted seclusion they got it. I don't know how anyone even manages to build a cabin that far out in the middle of nowhere. There's not even a gravel road up to it. It wreaks of death.
I'm sorry, but there is absolutely no way on God's green Earth that this cabin would ever remotely have electricity. Nope don't buy it.
Party down, yeah!
These poor kids...just saw her Michigan State shirt. Not only do they mostly all get murdered in a cabin out in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee...they all had to travel through Indiana to get there. I'm surprised they all weren't already traumatized. Talk about the worst vacation ever!
Sam Raimi really wanted us to get the lay of the land with the rotating shot of literally the entire basement.
I wonder if Bruce Campbell is okay with the fact that one movie dominated his entire career for all of his life? I mean, it's definitely been a steady paycheck but it's been the ONLY paycheck.
Scott needs to die already. If he laughs again, so help me...
I love how these characters are largely superficial. We honestly know next to nothing about these characters. It just jumps into the Dead pretty much. I wonder if that was a choice or they didn't have enough money to give them backstories.
The way she looks sideways at Ash while she's trying to get the box from his hand is just bizarre. She has a look on her face like if he wakes up he'll beat her or something. Kind of a hilarious mismatch if you ask me.
I love how this bitch gets scared and walks out in the the forest in her night robe with no shoes and then tries to confront 'whoever' is out there. That's the opposite of a sane and logical choice. Needs to die 10/10.
Oh the tree rape scene. Highly controversial and something that II does lack to the same degree as this film. You honestly aren't expecting where this goes. The fucking branch shoots into her like a goddamn bullet. I'm surprised she didn't die just do to the impact. In all honesty, I'm not upset to lose the graphic tree rape scene. It's gratuitous for its own sake. You hear this more than once, but...II did it better.
You heard the guy on the tapes! Dismember her ass and be done with it. I hear that this film was made for only $300,000 but the effects and makeup are really good.
Oh! Right in the ankle! Ash just lays under those ply boards like he's stuck which is obviously not true.
I love how she can just go soundly off to sleep like that while her friend is clearly possessed and locked in the cellar.
How have so many other people been terrorized...but Scott's there just like...heyawk, heyawk. He doesn't seem to be too concerned that his girlfriend's been kidnapped. He needs to get it and get it soon!
His girlfriend is getting revenge on all those terrible laughing fits he gets into!
Why is Ash always stuck under something that's fallen on him?!?!?!?
OMG...the scream is absolutely hilarious. Scotty ain't laughin' right now! Did the chick literally sleep through that entire fight scene?
I forgot how big of a pussy Ash is in this first movie. Scotty is definitely an asshole...finally he leaves so he can be killed. In all honesty, he does get the most pathetic of endings for a character and he also doesn't become a deadite which is interesting. Why him? What's so special...or I guess unspecial...about Scott?
Punch him in the goddamn wounds...that'll get him to talk!
Oh, the bitch in the cellar is Ash's sister? I never realized that before.
Smoke on the moon literally at all times.
I do appreciate the deadites in the sense that they had a very interesting take on possession that we hadn't previously scene with the more humorous...sometimes strong, but sometimes weak...kind of person possessed.
The basement scene tries to go over the top with the blood...shut up, Linda...
Linda is a hard one to kill, that's for sure. Oh! Scotty gets back in the game! OMG the amount of...idk...liquid that comes out of Scotty when Ash pulls out the stick is absolutely great!
I'm not totally hating all the stop motion animation that takes place at the very end. I understand what it was doing and I still think it somewhat holds up after all these years. - DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.10.5.19
By far one of the best things that have come out of our Halloween/Horror Film Bonanza! I have been waiting to give this one a rewatch. I just remember the utter disturbing quality that this film had. It was good, but it was highly disturbing. You could never get away with making this film today. It was definitely a product of its time.
I can't believe this film is only a few minutes over an hour. I don't remember it being that quick of a film.
My heart breaks for some of these people, but at this time the circus was the only way for them to make a living. It provided them with income, but the abuse they took was far too much.
Oh! The small people and their sordid relationship make for an oddly interesting backstory within this film.
Cleopatra lady is a real bitch. She needs to die. How can you be so mean to that lovely little lady!
I forgot the scene where the two men stumble upon the circus people playing in the forest. That woman who owns the circus is a fucking saint for helping those who couldn't help themselves.
The duo who heckle the half-man half-women is actually pretty funny.
These circus actors have extremely complicated lives and relationships that are put on display in this film. Between the philandering Hans, to the barbarous giant man, to the terrible Cleopatra woman.
The clown ain't laughing and has quite a delay in his responses.
I forgot about the love triangle between the Peacock, the strong man, and Hans.
Wow...the scene with Hans rubbing Cleopatra while she and the others laugh silently is incredibly saddening.
I never saw the half-man balancing on the bed post with just one hand. He must have had a ton of upper body strength.
Sometimes I feel really bad that I'm even watching this film or that I really do kind of like it. I feel like I'm not supposed to like it or this film shouldn't even be a thing you can watch. But I think it's important and highlights something that America shouldn't be proud of.
You know, I think that the lady who left the giant man should really consider the clown...he's so good with the "children"...Frozo isn't a terrible guy after all.
The bathtub gag is actually still pretty funny in this movie. Not going to lie.
Freida is by far my favorite...and probably most tragic character of this entire film. All she wants is for Hans to be happy...this breaks my heart a little.
Hans is rich?!?!?!? I totally forgot about that. Poor Frieda...she's baring her soul to Cleopatra and she's just getting shut down.
This movie cuts pretty quickly to the marriage feast. This scene is so tragic...Cuckoo...ugh...that hurts my heart as well. And poor Frieda...why is she even at this? Cleopatra is literally just dissing her husband the entire time she's having this dinner.
She ain't going to drink out of that...and this is probably very special for the rest of them, letting someone else into the inner circle. Only to be spilled upon and shouted at.
They're watching. They're all watching.
I do love that the little people actually turn around and get revenge!
The scene where all the circus freaks come after Hercules and Cleopatra is truly terrifying and very disturbing in its own right.
How in the hell did they turn Cleopatra into a chicken?!?!?!? - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydCon artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.10.6.19
Unofficial Entry - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.10.6.19
Unofficial Entry - DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsAnthony LaPagliaSamara LeeMiranda OttoTwelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.10.10.19 NEW
We're falling behind in our Film Bonanza so we have to start watching some during the week if we're going to finish it all. I thought watching a doll themed movie would be a good idea so we can get our personal picks out of the way. Let's hope this movie is much better than the first. The first was "just" okay...I guess. I'm guessing by the title of this movie that it's a sort of prequel. We'll see.
I just don't know who in the world...I don't care if you're from the 1900s or today...that damn doll's face is just too creepy for any child to actually want it and not be up every night with nightmares. I don't get it.
Interesting shot moving over the church roof and down to the church doors. Hopefully this means that this movie will have some good direction.
Well, she didn't last long. I didn't really see that one coming. I'm mean who's going to get haunted? Oh, the girls school 12 years later...an orphanage angle...okay, I can dig that.
Where is this girl's school? It looks like the outback of Australia...do they live in the middle of the fucking desert?
1955...I love that they're clapping for her while she's using the chair like she's the one that moving it with her mind or something. lol. When she gets up there where did everyone go? It's like she stopped on the other side of the house. It was dead quiet.
The dumbwaiter clearly isn't dumb when trying to cause someone to have a heart attack.
So is the little girl going to be a good ghost? She seems rather chummy with the crippled girl. Nice of her to bring the crutch over.
Nosy bitch is going to die!
This movie is already better than the first...but one criticism I have is that we don't get enough development of the little girl who dies to really understand the spirit of her character. That may be a choice they use so you're unsure...but I would have liked a little more background before they killed her.
Yeah, whatever the crippled girl is doing she needs to cut it out...oops...too late...HERE'S ANNABELLE!!! You can't lock that bitch up in a closet no more! She gonna get you!
Oh! She finally decided to move! And move she does! Okay, the sheet reveal was a little creepy...not going to lie. Pretty okay...pretty okay...
Makes you wonder what the hell happened for them to lock the doll up like that.
You know when you make up stories under sheets about people that are still alive and in your house...you're gonna die...right? They know that...they have to know that.
What is up with Mrs. Mullins? How in the world did she get crippled? Also, why in the world would her daughter not end up in heaven? That's a pretty heavy statement to make.
Yeah...you definitely shouldn't throw balls at Annabelle. That's probably not the best thing to do. I am still rather disappointed in the fact that Annabelle doesn't move int he same way a Chucky would. Not sure why I feel that way, but I still do.
OMG! What is that thing?!?! Mom called the line..."your soul". When she's get catapulted out of the seat it's like she just flies into space. OMG! She's gotta be possessed at this point. Cue Linda Blair!
At least the little girl let go of the ball gun. Normally in movies they get dragged along with it. Well, those black foot marks aren't probably a good thing. Oh and of course they're under the bed. That's not scary. So is this demon trying to get someone to possess Annabelle? Is that what's happening? I'm confused as to how Annabelle even gets possessed. Does the demon possess her first and then gets someone else to? What's going on here?
Oh...crippled bitch is in trouble. Not like demons to walk around in broad daylight so that shit has got to be strong. Little dead girl just fucking vomited right into the crippled bitches mouth! That's fucking disgusting!
Are people just know figuring out something is wrong in this house? Seriously...it took this long.
By far the most disgusting part was the father's fingers being broken. He died without much development or real sympathy.
When I throw a demonically possessed doll down a well, I peer really intently into it in hopes that it's been finally killed and totally not expecting to be sucked into the bowls of the wells.
Oh...so they tried to seek out their little girl from the beyond and got duped by the demon to enter the doll. NOW it makes sense. They demon was using the name and the parents all along.
Cool transformation from dead little girl to demon. Not going to lie.
Why do they give the doll a chair to sit in while they lock it up in the closet?
Well Mrs. Mullins lasted long enough to give us the backstory of Annabelle before being torn a part.
Now there's a scarecrow? Go! Get the fuck out of there!
Now I kinda want to see the scarecrow come alive. It sort of feels a little Goosebumps-ish at this point...a demon doll...a scarecrow...come on. The nosy bitch is finally going to die.
This little girl doesn't know which way she's going on this bellhop. Definitely not to Mrs. Mullins room that's for sure.
The nun clinches it in the end! That was a pretty good play if I do say so myself. I don't' know whether it's working out at the moment with all the shit flying around the room. She might have just pissed the demon off even more.
Of course after the big climax now the police show up. So the little girl broke out? Does that mean the demon got what he wanted? If so, then why is the doll still haunted? Shouldn't the crippled girl be haunted? What does this mean by now?
Just a doll...LOL...which one of you gets this? LOL.
Not going to lie...the tie between this one and the first one was pretty cool in how they added additional layers to the first movie. This is a much better film...but I guess that doesn't necessarily say a whole lot compared to the rating I gave the first one. - DirectorChuck RussellStarsHeather LangenkampRobert EnglundCraig WassonA psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.10.11.19
Won't lie...when it comes to slasher franchises, Freddy is not terribly high on my list. However, there are a few gems...such as one thru three, New Nightmare, and Freddy vs. Jason. This actually, surprisingly wasn't my pick for this evening.
I forgot that this opens with an Edgar Allen Poe quote.
What is she making? The house on Elm Street? Obviously she's trying really hard to stay awake....downing powdered coffee and diet Coke.
Mom's kinda a horndog bitch. Your kid's telling you she's having nightmares and you're too busy trying to get some to really care.
This movie really just launches right into it. How in the world did the girl get the damn bike down the stairs so fast? Dream logic, man...dream logic...just like now this house is huge and has quick sand for floors.
I hope they don't think the audience believes that's a girl in her arms when it's sooo a doll.
A dream within a dream...never saw that coming. It is interesting how the dream made her cut herself in real life. It's different from some of the other kills in the sense that what's going on in the dream is actually what happens in real life...they just can't see it. This dream made her actually cut herself even though it appeared that Freddy was the one doing it.
Mom again is yet again being a total douche. Ruining her night of getting some action because of an irritating incident of her seemingly attempting to kill herself. What an ungrateful child.
I completely forgot that Nancy is back! Nancy really is the best about this franchise. I did like the male scream queen in the second, and I wish Patricia Arquette would have come back.
Another spectral nun. They should of have a spin off of her...lol...
When does the mother die? She can't be bothered by mental health experts asking questions in order to help her daughter. She's got to get downtown to turn a few tricks.
Why doesn't she just stay in her bed? I will say the Freddy snake/worm thing is definitely a really cool visual effect and I like how Freddy and Nancy meet again.
Oh great, now it's my dick that's killing me...that's a hilarious line! LOL.
Now he's a puppet...that's pretty gross not going to lie. They do a great job with the effects on this film. Why would he make all that noise to just bring them back to his room to watch him fall? Why wouldn't they try to run up there and get him?
Someone needs to let Kincaid run this show. He seems like the only realistic person in the crazy bin.
I love the television scene. Probably one of the best balances of being scary and funny. In subsequent films they take the funny way too far and end up just blunting the impact of Freddy as a whole.
Zsa Zsa Gabour was an interesting choice to have on the television. I wonder how much they had to pay her just to use that? Welcome to Prime Time, Bitch! How does anyone think she did that herself? She off the ground by quite a few feet.
How didn't she see the nun? It clearly wasn't a dream and she was standing like four feet away from him. I guess she must be a spirit.
Oh, I get it! These kids are all the remnants of the last of the Elm Street kids whose parents murdered him. Now they all have special powers and form the Power Rangers to defeat the evil Rita...er...I mean Freddy.
I feel like Joey is only like 15 so that's definitely molestation which he certainly doesn't care about. You know...any impure thoughts or sex ultimately results in expected death.
Of course what falls out of his obligatory box of office stuff just happens to be a photo of him with the two kids that supposedly killed themselves. For that to happen he must be dreaming.
Freddy's backstory...a girl was raped a hundred times...the bastard son a hundred maniacs. Not going to lie...it's an intriguing premise but this adds in his mother, Amanda Krueger...so we immediately need to know more about her.
This is more of a direct sequel to the original film than 2 is. Nancy...her father...who is a drunk now apparently...adds to the fallout that took place over the first film. Not bad.
Oh...the actress who plays Nancy has such a flat delivery...
Let's go kick the mother fuckers ass all over dreamland...oh Kincaid, you're probably the best character out of all of them.
Is the whole drug stuff maybe a little too taboo at this point? Especially since her arms having gaping holes in them? I will say it's a little difficult to like that scene and it's probably one of the more cringe-worthy ones.
What is up with wizard cape? It's way too hilarious to be taken seriously. I love how the girl gets an elaborate death, but the crippled guy just gets stuck in the body.
At least the black guy didn't die right away. That's always nice when they save him for the last.
The heads within Freddy's torso were really cool and actually had quite a lot of detail in them. Again, this film does a really excellent job with the special effects. Most if not all of them still hold up to this day. Impressive.
The stop motion on Freddy's skeleton is really good too, up until he like cheers after he clubs both the guys. That was a little too corny.
The father scene where he glitters in is a little cheesy.
So Kincaid doesn't die! I totally forgot about that.
I also forgot that the spectral nun turns about to be Freddy's mother. - DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.10.11.19
I'm a little nervous about watching this film because I remember that I loved it so much the first time I saw it. Hopefully it still lives up to the hype from the first time.
All skeletons from from India. Who knew!
Why do you hang corpses with hooks going straight into their heads? That doesn't make any sense.
Punkers...gotta love 80's punkers who are disposable in a horror movie.
Is this movie trying to link itself to Night of the Living Dead? This is probably one of the loosest sequels ever. They take a very tenuous strand from the original film and then tie it to this movie. I really don't see it. I think this movie works better as a stand alone film.
Well, you know the army...lol..these things are made by the army! LOL....
Well, he's a sour puss...where do you get lamb chops for lunch? For an army general, he sure does live in a really nice house even if his job is crap.
I like it...it's a statement.
I love how there is a graveyard right next to the place where they make a living selling corpses. Coincident? I think not.
I love how matter of fact they all are discussing accepting that fact that it's a reanimated dead body and they have to kill it.
Not going to lie...this movie didn't get my exact attention because I had such bad heartburn that I legit thought I was having a heart attack. Needless to say, it lived up to the first watch. If anything, it's hilarious but also has characters you can root for. Ernie is my favorite. - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.10.12.19
Surprisingly this is Mitchell's pick, but I absolutely love this film! This is exactly what Dracula SHOULD be. Even though it was influenced by a German ripoff...it's somehow a superior film. You can't beat the first one, but this one definitely comes close. I would say it builds upon the original is amazing ways.
I love the atmosphere the Herzog builds throughout the opening shots with the shriveled corpses of adults and babies. This is juxtaposed to after Lucy wakes up and you get a really soothing shots with the town and a kitten playing with a locket.
Renfield in this is really great! I don't know who that actor is, but he plays crazy with those eyes and constant nervous laughter. Does Renfield already know about Dracula (which by the way, I think they should of stuck with Count Orlock)? With that blood comment it seems like he already knows.
Lucy's really good at foreshadowing...almost a little too much with her inner deadly fear comment. I'm surprised he doesn't already get the hint with how heavy she drops shit.
He's really traveling pretty light. There's no bedroll or even a backpack? Is Dracula's castle just a few hours drive? He better hope there are lots of places to stop off.
Well, that's clearly a very welcoming community. It's like he's a rock star. He's also really unpleasant, demanding his supper ASAP. They treat him so nicely and he treats them like that?
It's an interesting idea...the idea of the ghost castle. That this vampire has the ability to make people see things and feel things which are not there so much so that he can make them believe it is reality.
At least the travel is through insanely beautiful scenery. From the mountains to traipsing through rocky rivers. I'm not sure how he thought a horse or a buggy would be able to get up there, but maybe he decided to take the scenic tour.
What is that insanely bright flood light behind him when he's walking at night? It's hilarious as though we're supposed to believe that's what exactly?
Herzog really does a nice job of utilizing that really old circular framing. It calls back to the original in many ways.
Oh...Klaus Kinski...he does probably the best job out of them all in playing "Dracula/Orlock". I absolutely love how he speaks, his look, and especially his nails.
That's a really weird glass and an even weirder pour. I love how he looks at him throughout him eating. He almost has some Pennywise looking eyes.
That's a pretty overt coo-coo clock he's got there.
While he's writing Lucy, does he not see the bats clearly hanging in the window and maybe wonder why bats would be comfortable just hanging outside his window...sleeping...waiting for him to go to bed at night. Apparently not.
Herzog is definitely good at recreating the scenes from the original Nosferatu. Especially when Dracula comes to visit Johnathan in his room.
There seems to be a psychic connection that Dracula can tap into...that Lucy is definitely very close to. That's an interesting take.
Where is Van Helsing in all of this? I'm not quite sure that he makes an appearance in this film. Which, isn't necessarily a terrible thing. He's more of a deliverer of information in the original book anyway.
Again, Herzog has a way to paying homage to the original film by his eerie renditions of exact shots which are beautiful while disturbing.
There is something absolutely amazing and much more so, whimsical in nature. It really is quite amazing. Not going to lie.
I love how whne Dracula comes into Lucy's room she makes all the faces of someone screaming without actually screaming. He just politely excuses himself from coming into her bedroom in the dead of night. She's so emo. Lucy is literally a hardcore emo.
If everyone is dying from the supposed plague, why are they carrying the bodies around and why is everyone still in the town. You would have thought that everyone would have headed for the hills at this point.
I'm sorry, but the Van Helsing actor in this film looks like a real creeper. I don't know who I would be more frightened to see in a dark alley...him or Dracula.
I love how Dracula runs through the court yard, almost like he's enjoying himself, hunched over with his hands flailing about. It's actually quite comedic.
Why are they all dancing? I guess it almost feels like a death hysteria of sorts. They all feel like htey're going to die so why not go out with a bang. I kind of admire the town for that. They all think they'll be dead soon so why not have one big party!
Lucy is way more of a feminine badass in this film. She's like warning everyone from the moment this damn movie starts and then realizes only she can end this shit, so she gets her gear and she goes to town.
The last scene of this film is truly amazing. She basically lures him to her. The way he quietly moans while over her. The sexuality that oozes from this scene. Not sure what is with the bat that gets interspersed throughout the movie. Is there a rhyme or reason behind it? I haven't figured it out yet.
She duped him. He's been drinking all night...now he's going to die. I like the crooked way in which he walks to the window. It's a little pathetic in how he writhes on the floor...but otherwise it's not a terrible ending. Is Lucy dead? I guess I forgot about that. I find it odd how the vampire doesn't turn into dust or anything like that. It takes Van Helsing going back again with a hammer and stake to get him. So, does that mean that daylight doesn't really kill him? I'm really confused by that part. Does he just want to make sure that he's really dead?
The little back and forth regarding Van Helsing's arrest is quite hilarious in it's own right. I like how they set up Johnathan to take up the mantel of Dracula.
Who's the guy on the horse in the desert? I don't get that part. Who is he? What's it symbolize? It does end on a little bit of a confusing mark. - DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo KierThe filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.10.12.19
Unofficial Entry
Mitchell is upset that I'm using an official entry slot for an unofficial entry but I really want to watch it after watching Nosferatu, the Vampyre! - DirectorGary DaubermanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMckenna GraceWhile babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.10.17.19 NEW
So yesterday was crazy. My brother called to say my basement was flooding and I left my laptop at work to race over and help. So they came back to my mother's house and we all sat down to watch this after fighting over this and The Exorcist III.
So, again with my controversial movie taste I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this film was, by far, my favorite Annabelle movie. I loved the haunted house aspect of it and the fact that the Warrens make appearances throughout the film.
Bobby's got balls! He's by far so sweet and so adorable it's almost disgusting. I loved how he's the one that gets attacked by the werewolf and then ends up saving Judy. Why he didn't run with her to the front door I'll never know.
Daniella was an okay character. I thought she'd end up being more malevolent than she actually was. She just wanted to see her daddy. That I can't empathize with.
One of the creepiest scenes by far was when Mary Ellen raises up the flashlight on the Ferryman and as she gets to his face, the coins drop to the floor.
For the third movie, I was only slightly impressed (still impressed nonetheless) with the scare factor in this movie. I was a little disappointed no one died, but I also like all the characters (I mean, really there is only four of them) enough that I didn't want anyone to die. I thought Bobby was a goner several times, but he stuck it out. Good for him. He got the girl.
I was a little confused by the amount of spirits coming out of the woodwork, however. I mean did Annabelle release them all? Do you simply just have to touch things for them to be released?
All in all, this was a film I was expecting, by all account, to go meh...and I honestly didn't. I really did like it. This will be probably one of the shorter reviews because I left my computer at work. However, just because it's one of the shortest I really did like it. The haunted house, the league of demons, the Warrens, and the likable cast of characters was good enough for me. Amazingly enough, it offsets the fact that no one ever actually dies. A pleasant surprise. Definitely worth a rewatch. - DirectorWilliam Peter BlattyStarsGeorge C. ScottEd FlandersBrad DourifA police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.10.18.19 NEW
Tanner demanded we watch this film just because his boss cornered him for like 45 minutes and gave him a rundown of why this film is absolutely amazing. Apparently the second film doesn't have anything to do with the first so we can ignore it. We'll see if this has any chops at all.
George C. Scott is giving me a really weird ass vibe. For an actor of his caliber, I'm surprised he's in this film.
The monologue about the carp in the bathwater is just really bizarre, but only made more bizarre by Scott's delivery. It's like he's trying really hard to freak out the priest.
Okay, the little old lady's voice is fucking creepy as fuck. Okay, that was fucking genuinely creepy, I will admit that much.
What the fuck is going on in his dream sequence? Fabio? Small people? I'm so sorry you were murdered? In such a nonchalant way? What the hell is happening? They have swing music in heaven?
The flasher in the psych ward...what is going on in this movie? The look on his face is just priceless.
It's just pies and anchovies...well, that's old people for you!
This is either a horror film or a really depressing movie about dementia.
So is this about a possessed dead serial killer? I'm struggling to find a connection to demons. I'm sure there is but it hasn't popped up yet.
Well, that's a big fucking pair of garden shears. That won't pop back up to kill someone any time soon ;-)
Possession? Who cares. I got scholarship issues.
I really fucking hope that the little old lady is the vicious serial killer. I really kind of want this film to devolve into a slasher film with a little bitty and a huge ass pair of shears.
This doctor who is chain-smoking cowboy killers, has esoteric shit, and a painting of himself in his own office will surely die. On this, you can't count on it.
So Father Karass lived? How did people not noticed he was alive? Well, this certainly is a turn of events for this movie. Apparently he's got to be the one possessed. Where's Brad Dourif in all this?
How did he turn into Brad Dourif? Why is he singing like a small boy? What the fuck is going on? Seriously.
That was the weirdest punch in a film I think I've seen.
How does this man have a daughter that young? Is his wife like thirty years his junior or something?
I think the nun of Amy...
So the serial killer happened to possess the body of Father Karass. Got it.
This film certainly is really talky. There's just so much talking and not a lot of anything else.
The little old lady crawling on the ceiling was a little creepy. Even if you could tell that it was clearly a man in a mask.
What's going on? Who's the possessed? It's really difficult to tell in this movie.
Yeah, so...I see what it was trying to do...but it fell pretty short of doing what it should have or needed to do. My mom doesn't even think I should be writing about this. lol. - DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsPaul Le MatWilliam HickeyIrene MiraclePsychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets.10.18.19 NEW
So I'm a little shocked that I haven't seen this before. I might have seen bits and pieces, but not an entire viewing. We're winding down our doll-themed movies. It's been...er...interesting to say the least.
Um, that old man looks really super suggestively at that doll.
There are bird noises when a doll hits its head? Clearly this film isn't trying to take itself too seriously.
How very inconspicuous. How would anyone suspect two guys who are dressed the same and look the same in the hotel. They couldn't possibly be assassins or anything.
They didn't waste anytime getting straight to the puppets.
That one puppet man, seriously...for not having lungs he does some heavy breathing running through that hotel.
This clearly no Toy Story situation because they aren't afraid to just come out and show everyone they're real.
I feel for the poor little old man. What did he do to get a hit out on him?
What's up with the really weird looking dude who's not supposed to look weird, but he just gives that vibe off. Where did the leeches come from? Where did they go?
This psychic is shit...she's literally not even trying. But the guy...the guy is just hilariously uninterested in this reading. So she's a bad pyschic that's actually a psychic?
We went from California, to Connecticut, to New York in about 10 minutes. This really moves quickly.
Dana, the White Witch...that sounds real ominous.
I just stopped on this one because it was not even a B-movie. It's sleazy with an incoherent plot, middling special effects, and terrible (and I mean terrible) acting. Why Mitchell wasted our time with this I'll never know.
So far the doll-theme isn't working out. We only have one left, Dolls. Which apparently was an inspiration for this film. That doesn't make me confident. - DirectorAri AsterStarsToni ColletteMilly ShapiroGabriel ByrneA grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.10.19.19 NEW
So Mitchell says this film was the last true horror film he's seen besides Us. We'll see if it lives up to the hype. I'm surprised my mother has already seen this. I wouldn't think this was her kind of movie. Must have watched it when Tanner was here.
I like how it starts with zooming in on the doll house which turns into a real room. It gives it an air of being surreal.
What's wrong with the girl's face? It looks like she's deformed or something.
Their house is absolutely amazing. It's like this rustic, craftsmen mansion. I'm really digging it.
Oh that image of her mother in the corner was unsettling.
Something is up with the little girl. I'm guessing she's possessed or something. And what's up with her and candy bars. OMG, she's cutting the bird's head off?
So Toni Colette had a fucked up family life. So her father killed himself by starving, her mother breast fed her own baby, and then her brother had schizophrenia yelled at her of trying to put people in him, and then hanged himself. Yeah...I'm surprised she's even functioning.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL?!?!?!? Does she have some kind of tick with that weird clicking noise she makes with her mouth?
Why would you let your little girl go to a party with her older brother. I know that it's a good way for him not to drink...but that's setting her up to be bullied or something.
The picture of Toni Colette behind the figure in the door frame was very unsettling. Why in the world would she take so much painstaking time and effort into recreating some rather traumatizing times in her life?
Well, that's one way to open up someone's air way. Jesus. I honestly thought she'd be more of a Linda Blair figure by ending with her levitating and projectile vomiting all over the place. Who knows, maybe she still will. Didn't really see that coming.
He went home? How high do you have to be? Are you serious? That's going to be a rude awakening come tomorrow.
Wasn't expecting them to show you her severed head. That was gross.
Miss Lydia is in this! I have a hard time seeing her as anything other than a villain.
This movie does a really good job of messing with you in terms of perspective. I really enjoy that.
There's always this undercurrent of a beat that's going on. Sometimes you can't hear it and other times you can, but it seems to always be there. It's an interesting take, but I think I like it.
Okay, this is actually one of the most fucked up families you can imagine. She almost burned her children alive. Now she's making a model of the accident. Jesus.
All I get is that face on your face!
Yeah, Toni Colette needed an Oscar nomination out of this thing. She got robbed. She got fucking robbed.
Okay, Miss Lydia has got something going on. She's not right. Also, who names their kid Louie? That's a terrible name, even by today's standards.
OMG...that's a fucked up dream sequence. Really, one of the better dream within a dream sequences that I've seen. It doesn't make you roll your eyes at the end of it.
Shes going to get everyone to do a seance. This will work out just great, I'm sure.
Poor Steve. I mean, he seems to be the most well-adjusted out of them all. Poor guy. I guess he didn't know what he was marrying into. He's gone along with everything, opened up to new experiences, and tried to play the mediator. However, he's just far enough removed that he's definitely going to die.
How does he even function? How is he in school? I will say, I really like the cinematography and the transitions can be especially good.
I'm really interested to see if the sleep walking plays a larger part in this or if it's just sort of a means to an end for several scenes.
So Miss Lydia knew her mother! They're a cult! They're a cult and they want Peter!!!
Peter just busted his nose on his desk. What the hell is happening to all of them?
This isn't going to go down the way you think (or want it to). Something bad is going to happen.
I had to fully invest in the ending to really get a grip on what the fuck was going on..but needless to say...FFFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKK.
Mitchell was right. This film, by far, is one of the scariest films I've seen in a really, really long time. I appreciate that they don't have the way overused jump scares. The scares they do use are worked for emotionally...and boy do they pay off. Definitely worth a rewatch. Probably one of the best horror films I've seen in a long, long time. - DirectorAlan RafkinStarsDon KnottsJoan StaleyLiam RedmondA timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.10.19.19
This is a "Must-Watch" and has been for several years. I'm not going to write about it because it's been written about ad nauseam. However, it's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. See all other years for notes. - DirectorJeremy DysonAndy NymanStarsSamuel BottomleyDeborah WastellAmy DoyleAfter receiving a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions, skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a terrifying trip.10.23.19 NEW
Going in blind on this one. I thought Mitchell was talking about this film when he said it was one of the best he'd seen in like ten years. Come to find out he was talking about Hereditary and has never seen it. I'm just really hoping it's not gory. It's got Martin Freeman though, so that's something. I like him. Apparently it's a bunch of vignettes.
Is this a British film? What's up with the psychic? Of course he was a total fraud...really? Speaking as though you're the boy? Cringe-worthy.
I'm sorry, but either that guy just looks fake, but that's the worst old makeup job that I've seen in a really long time.
Interesting idea of turning the subject on its head and instead of shedding light on the phony nature of ghosts, that actually it's doing the world a huge disservice by trying to disprove it.
So the movie is structured by cases? It's an interesting premise, if a little too television-esque for me. It can be a rather tiring trope.
Where is everyone at the bar? Is the guy he's speaking to the bartender because they were literally no one in there.
This guy has some serious issues he needs to deal with...and a ghost wouldn't be top priority. This man needs some strong psychological help.
Jump scare.
Why isn't he taking the damn radio? That's so stupid. It's the 21st century...we know they're cordless. And why on earth would you put on the creepiest song you could find ton the radio before you leave your area?
Why are they guarding a clearly dilapidated mental ward? Who does that? Even with the lights on who in the world would want a night shift at a clearly haunted insane asylum. Even with the lights on it's creepy as fuck.
Okay...the bed thing was pretty creepy. Definitely a rapid de-escalation of events however.
Well, the first case ended super abruptly. It got good just as it stopped. And then on top of that, it ended on a rather confusing note.
Next case clearly involved a serial killer, super creepy boy.
What the fuck did he hit? Was that a were-goat? It looked like a were-goat.
Getting a strong Evil Dead vibe from whatever the were-goat running up the to car is.
Martin Freeman has a really nice home. That's about all I can say so far. Not going to lie...not entirely sold on this film and we're more than half way though. It seems like it has some really good half ideas if you know what I mean.
How is there another staircase inside of a room? How elaborate is this house?
So I stopped writing because there wasn't much to add. The verdict is...not scary, but with a lot of half good ideas that were sacrificed for the sake of a "gotcha" ending the nicely wrap all the stories together. It largely didn't work and felt forced and highly tagged on. - DirectorFred DekkerStarsAndre GowerRobby KigerStephen MachtA group of young monster fanatics attempts to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.10.23.19
This is another "Must Watch" so it's been written about extensively. Ready previous entries to gain insight. Suffice it to say, it's fucking amazing. - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsWesley SnipesKris KristoffersonRon PerlmanBlade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.10.24.19
Unofficial Entry. Didn't feel like writing tonight. - DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.10.24.19
Unofficial Entry - DirectorSam RaimiStarsAlison LohmanJustin LongRuth LivierA loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.10.25.19
This is one of my mother's favorite movies and while we're staying with her, we might as well let her see it so I added it to my list. She loves the playful absurdity that the movie has, even thought she's pretty lukewarm to Raimi's early works. I'll be interested what she has to stay after she watched Evil Dead 2 and how it compares to the original Evil Dead.
Mom giggles when the girl rolls into the parking
lot. The anticipation is killing her to get to that scene.
Make the woman grab the men's lunches. That isn't sexist at all. The manager's probably thinking she should just be grateful that he even gave her an interview.
Even the mom is sexist. Wow, those guys are huge dicks. She's being forced to evict an old woman in order to show she can do a "man's job". I guess I never saw all the sexist overtones in this film.
In all honesty, what exactly was the old lady expecting? She had a 50/50 shot and being unsuccessful was probably going to result in being humiliated.
Who knew how scary a handkerchief could be. Bitch is in the backseat! Go for the stapler! Mom is going crazy with laughter.
This poor woman gets her hair ripped out all the time in this movie. She really has just terrible luck throughout this entire film. But damn can that old woman take a beating.
She munches on her fucking face. That's disgusting and hilarious.
Isn't overkill to like get into a knockdown, drag out fight with her? Couldn't see have just ripped the button off and been done with it? That's a super scorned woman...that's for sure.
Did you play with a Ouija board? Maybe this is where mom gets her overprotective nature on Ouija boards.
I love how the demon spirits in this movie invisibly kick the shit out of humans. Raimi's demons know how to throw a hard punch. It's impactful (no pun intended) while being slightly hilarious all at the same time.
That's way too much blood to come out of one's nose at just a high velocity. She's most likely go into a coma and die from blood loss. Seriously, it's gross and hilarious.
I do love how the feet shadows extend to arms and try to snatch her. It's refreshing to see day horror. So many time sit all has to take place in the dark.
This is scene is exactly why Lex hates this movie. She won't watch it most likely because of the sacrificing of the kitty. Why does she have to hold the night like that? She's acting like she's a serial killer of small, precious kitties.
I did what you said, I killed that little kitty!
I would say that the scene with the old lady in the attic is probably one of the best. Her arm goes all the way down her throat. Who has an anvil just hanging up in their attic? I guess it worked out in the end, but her eyes popping out! That's hilarious.
The lady from the beginning comes back for revenge...and $10,000???? She's trying to kill two birds with one stone...honey's gotta hustle.
The goat calling her a whore...lol. The weird dance he does on the table...what the hell?
What is this house? This is some Biltmore shit.
Literally, if that one guy would have just done his job with a steady hand they could have killed the goat and this all would have been done and over with.
Why is the Asian guy so worried about his dad finding out he gave a document to another bank? Why does he think the she has like direct access to his father? He's really worried about it.
She needs to cut her hair incredibly short. That should have been the first thing she should have done.
It's interesting that even though this film is largely hilarious for its absurdity, the ending of the film and the overall message of this film is that the Llamia will get you...and even though she's a really, super nice scream queen...she will still die at the end. Not many films can pull that off or get away with it.
Poor Justin Long has got to be traumatized by all that.
Why didn't they make a sequel to this? - DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsBrian CoxEmile HirschOphelia LovibondA father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.10.25.19 NEW
This is Mitchell's pick. No one has seen it before. I'm just saying...it better be good. We all know what other people picking movies they've never seen can do (*cough, cough*...The Exorcist III...*cough, cough*).
We start off with an inciting incident...terrible murder of like four people or something. A massacre has definitely taken place. No wait, it's like five people? A body in the basement. Oh, scary...they were trying to break out!?!?!?
How do you know what the Notebook is about if you fell asleep five minutes in, Brian Cox? Inconsistencies!!!! What's he hiding!?!?!?!
That's a terrible wall color for a morgue...just saying. I mean, I understand if they think they'll be getting blood everywhere...but in the hallways? They're already dead.
It couldn't be a creepier place for a morgue if you tried. The house looks pretty rundown for an actual business. And it feels like it's in the middle of nowhere. That's not a recipe for some kind of horror to happen...
The first body was good enough! Why the second one? It's face is clearly caved in! Please don't make us look at it.
Pretty good joke, Brian Cox...pretty good joke.
That's terrible wallpaper in the elevator. Apparently, son doesn't want to follow in daddy's footsteps. I don't know. I think being a coroner, or whatever they are (funeral home people)...wouldn't be so bad. I mean, if you can get over it...it would keep you on your feet.
Why in the world would you have a cat in the morgue? I don't think that's sanitary or up to code.
Kind of an interesting start...a mystery...trying to figure out what happened to her. Lots of confounding things happening with her body.
Continuing with the creepy mysteries...and not going to lie, Brian Cox is the best person for the job to deliver these lines.
She should be mangled...but she looks porcelain and pristine.
And now the paranormal shit begins.
Poor Stanley...this has not been a good night for cats. At least they didn't intentionally kill this cat and they're generally upset at the loss of him.
A flower in her stomach? It just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
This is when you know shit is going down. If you find an old cloth with symbolism on it in someone's stomach...let's assume that it's demonic in some way and get the fuck out. Just one man's opinion.
Of course, let's bring on the obligatory storm.
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!? HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH DOES SHE HAVE TATTOOS ON THE INSIDE OF HER SKIN?!?!?!?!?!
Where did all the bodies go?!?!? How do you not have a staircase that goes into the house itself?
Hearing bells? Yeah, let's get closer to the fucking door...even better, let's look under the door.
Brian has got a nasty wound. I hope he lives. I really like him.
What's in the shower? Why wouldn't you say something. Oh shit!!!!
OMG! His father accidentally killed his girlfriend!!! No!!!!! That's got to be a hard one to swallow.
I like that this is a family-centered film though...with the backstory of their family. Brian Cox isn't doing so hot. Apparently, mom wasn't too happy. She killed herself? He's being really hard on himself.
So she's killing people and nearly killing them so lets cut her brain out.
SHE'S NOT DEAD!!!!! NOW SHE'S A WITCH?!?!?! WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!?!
Little bit too much of exposition at the end...but I'm a little confused. She's dead, but can feel everything. She's using them to enact a ritual? She's trying to make them feel what she feels?
What's happening? I like the long shots of Brian Cox's face.
OMG! SHE'S DOING TO HIM WHAT THEY DID TO HER AND REVERSING IT FROM HER BODY.
Oh no...they're going to kill him too. Yep, they did.
So she wasn't a witch...but by going through the witch trials she became a witch? Is that the story?
Yet again, another film where all the leading characters die.
Don't listen to that song!
One of my favorite new horror films that I've seen this year! Very impressed! Definitely worth a rewatch. - DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.10.26.19
Tonight we are watching, in my opinion, the far superior Evil Dead film. This is what the original wanted to be. This film has the wherewith all to at least to give some exposition on the Necronomicon so we at least are aware of what it is and does.
I forgot they get rid of the friends. I'm not absolutely sad about it. They were mostly baggage anyway.
They also made Ash funnier, with more of a personality, and more of a 'hero-type'.
The flashback to the actual professor who found it is also new. They definitely give the Necronomicon more definition and more of the story.
This film definitely also accelerates the beginning by getting them to the cabin almost immediately.
I love how he kills her almost immediately and then just like that, cuts her head off, buries her, and puts a stake in the ground. How very efficient of him.
There's the Evil Dead fog we all know and love.
I also love the fact that they start to have more fun with the camera perspective. The camera has to start looking around to see if he can find Ash. That's pretty funny.
The stop motion animation of his dead girlfriend is one of the most absurd and hilarious moments. It's not bad, but it's certainly not good as well. I love when she's sort of shouts and jumps off into nowhere.
LOL...then when she bangs his head against the boarded up window.
This film, overall, is much faster, more condensed, knows what scenes worked, knows atmosphere works, and went full throttle with it. It's a much more assured film.
This film jumps from one great scene to the next too quickly to really even by able to write about.
I forgot that this is also how he gets the chainsaw hand which becomes a pretty iconic part of the rest of the franchise.
I honestly don't remember the two other people who come to the cabin. I really don't remember what their function is.
I also love the little noises that his hand makes...it's like there's a little gremlin possessing his hand.
The over the top blood coming out of the walls is just one more reason by this is a superior film. The whole hand scene is brilliant. The deer and everything else in the house laughing at him is brilliant.
The woman in the cellar is by far a much better...well, woman in the cellar...come to Henrietta...you can kinda see the refinement evolution that Sam Raimi took between this film and Drag Me to Hell. There are quite a lot of similarities.
I really do like this Ash versus the first one. He takes on a heroic role that was really missing from the first one.
I've written so extensively about this film int he past I find it hard to come up with anything original to say.
It's an interesting twist when Ash becomes a deadite in the end and tries to kill everyone. It's something that definitely wasn't in the first.
I love that hillbilly. He's definitely got the short end of the stick. He's been hit, punched, stabbed, etc. I'm surprised he's still alive.
I guess I never realized that if Henrietta can get his entire body down into the cellar, why can't she get out?
I will grant the first film the fact that it started all of this, but this film expanded on the idea in so many ways and built the universe.
Groovy.
All in all, I continue to love this film way more than the first. I think any sequel that can be even more original..and do what this film does...I mean, it's a remake as well as a sequel with great, new ideas and yet it still manages to be far superior. It should have never been as good as it is and it never should have made audiences not question it's logic.
I mean, it literally ends with him going back to the medieval era...and everyone's like, okay...I'll buy it. He clearly knew he was making a sequel to this film. - DirectorMario BavaStarsClaudine AugerLuigi PistilliClaudio CamasoThe murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.10.26.19 NEW
So Mitchell gushes about this film all the time and how it basically started the slasher films of the 70's and 80's. We'll see how amazing this movie actually is.
So far a lot of water and a lot of moving of the camera around to get location shots. A little disorienting.
That's a really nice place this broad has...I bet it's not handicap accessible though. She seems really forlorn, at least that's what her face and the music is giving me.
She didn't last long. Not going to lie, so far I'm intrigued, at least, by the cinematography.
So we see the guy who's killing people? Is our slasher an elderly man in a nice suit? That's...oh...so frightening!!!
Poor lady's just dangling there.
The killer becomes the killed! And he lies right below whoever she is. Where did he go in the last shot? He wasn't there at the end of that shot! Is it just a fluke, or does it mean something? We'll hopefully find out later.
This movie is dubbed, and that's a hilarious addition in and of itself.
We're getting a lesson in Swankas...which is apparently a thing.
This guy has a very impressive necklace on. Is that how people say goodbye in Italy? If that's the case, I'm going to get me an Italian husband.
The guy with the net looks like a busted up Nicolas Cage with an Italian flare. No one else agrees with me, but when he runs he looks like an Italian, busted up Nicolas Cage.
All these Italian bitches in the car are totally ready to be murdered. Brunhilde needs to get a little bit longer dress. She doesn't even have sexy underwear...it's kinda dumpy.
This music is all over the place. The tonal shifts are often dramatic and don't really belong.
That's a creepy peeper looking at all of them with that super small cornea.
That one guy's hair is super tragic. That might be the scariest thing out of this movie. It's like an afro-mullet type of style that should be considered tragic in any era.
They're so nonchalantly happy about breaking and entering into someone else's home. When will the German girl, Brunhilde get the "ax" so-to-speak. She's ripe for the pluckin'.
The count went for her cutter, but sadly, as she runs there is no bush. I was hoping for some big, thick, 70's bush from this film. Again, I feel like this music is giving me jungle vibes with all the drums.
That's a very sexy death for Brunhilde.
Attrocious hair guy is dead now. The bodies start hitting the floor pretty quickly. Not going to lie, the makeup effects are pretty good...for their time. I mean, it's still pretty cheesy, but good for its time.
What's up with the blurry fading in and out shots???
Oh, definitely Friday the 13th took this scene...and in all honesty it's no done terribly.
Simon must have something to do with this. Losing interest...something about an inheritance. A bunch of stupid people dead so far. Weird busted up Nicolas Cage and the Wiccan bitch are together.
Bath tub full of dead people. Check.
I feel like at least everyone still alive has killed someone at this point. Is it just me?
Yeah, I don't really get what's going on in this film. The countess's daughter and husband are the ones killing everyone?
Backstory...something...ugh...this film needs to be finished. Not loving this film at all. A few interesting death scenes. That's about as much as you can derive from this film which is a touch convoluted, weird, oddly scored, but with some interesting cinematography shots...won't lie about that.
Largely forgettable.
Accept for the end! I called it! Everyone killed each other and the kids that were left in the trailer got the last laugh. Jesus. What was this film? - DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.10.26.19
This was a movie watched during the "Great Internet Crisis of 2019" so I couldn't write my normal thoughts on this film. However, I probably wouldn't have written a lot because I'm actually really confused as to why this isn't a "Must Watch" film. I normally watch it every year anyway. Long story short: Mel Brooks is genius, Gene Wilder is a god, Marty Feldman is hilarious...and the whole picture is by far one of the best comedies EVER!!! - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Honestly, not going to lie...this how ritual of writing during a film is becoming increasingly daunting...especially after you realize that after six years of this...we tend to watch the same damn films quite a bit. I think I might have to rethink this moving forward.
That said, this is the grand-daddy that started it all...in terms of slashers. From the score, to the story, to the acting, to the very characters...it's amazing.
You also forget how hot Anthony Perkins was in this film. I mean...he's really hot...which wouldn't make a person feel awkward about the whole other "mother" personality at all... - DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsBette MidlerSarah Jessica ParkerKathy NajimyA teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.10.30.19
Yet another "Must Watch". All you need to know is...Bette Midler. That's all. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.10.31.19
The big daddy of the "Must Watch" list. There is truly nothing left to say that hasn't already been said about this film. If Psycho is the grand daddy of the slasher films, this is the justifiable heir to that title. Michael Myers is hands down one of the best, if not the best slasher in all of slasherdom. - DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJamie Lee CurtisJudy GreerAndi MatichakLaurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.10.31.19