Finally sat down with the wife to watch Scream 5. She's a Scream fanatic whereas I only really liked the first one.
Holy dog shit this movie was bad. Every single character was unlikeable. You could tell the writers were self inserting over that whole fucking screed with the mulatto about fans loving the original movies, etc. Courtney Coxes plastic surgery fucked face should have been the Ghostface mask this time around.
Also holy shit that twist was garbage. Fucking reddit, really? I don't have enough bad things to say about this movie. I pirated it and I still want my money back.
Also holy shit that twist was garbage. Fucking reddit, really? I don't have enough bad things to say about this movie. I pirated it and I still want my money back.
That's one very tiny silver lining in what is a completely unnecessary movie. I knew when they announced it, it would be shit but I wasn't prepared for just how shit it was. And this is a "passing of the torch" movie so they're going to fucking make more.
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Another fan-edit of part 3. This is the 2nd fan-edit of this one that I've seen. The first one simply added the workprint footage to the unrated DVD. If you can get past the Grindhouse filter for the footage I recommend it. I like that the guy brought back the teaser trailer footage and the new music feels appropriate because he's trying to elevate the tone of the entire movie to those last 20 or so minutes in the Theatrical/Unrated cut. There's a really fun scene in the movie where Ken Foree faces off against Viggo Mortensen and sets him on fire "You're toast, fuck!" and the music is perfect. From that point onwards, the movie has an anarchic tone closer to the tone of part 2. I have two qualms with this edit in that it removes the dark original ending and going with the more generic audience pleasing Theatrical/Unrated cut ending. It also removes the shot where the little girl jumps on Leatherface's lap all giddy after murdering the guy on the meathook and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
I am part 3 defender and will continue to be one. Joe Bob Briggs is wrong about this and I can only assume that he likes part 4 just to be nice to Kim Henkel.
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Then there's Sodomy. Which is a Maniac fan-edit of I Spit On Your Grave parts 1 and 3. Part 2 is a spin off with a similar plot but 3 features the return of the Jennifer character from part 1. I didn't like any of the films from the remake series and the editor tries but sometimes you just can't make a purse from a sow's ear. Especially the CGI crows. Did she just summon the crows? Is she a crow whisperer? Did the screenwriter or director accidentally mix in their pages from a Crow sequel/remake into the script for this movie? I think what kills it is the pacing. Even when the first movie (remake) is cut down to just under an hour it still drags and the whole found footage angle just doesn't work. Even the revenge/torture, which has a good setup, just goes on and on and on. Keep in mind that this is coming from a guy who loves the original and loves Martyrs. If I'm saying your torture scenes are going on for way too long then that should say something.
I do like the idea in part 3 that she goes so far into revenge that she completely loses her humanity. It's a good idea in a shit film.
The Cursed AKA Eight for Silver.
Aside from the trailer playing before Jackass Forever this one got no advertising. I completely forgot it debuted last Friday and had to watch it after work before it would be gone from theaters by this Friday. I assume it will be on VOD by next week at this rate. Why did the distributors even bother to put it in theaters if they weren't going to advertise and it was only going to play for a week? Tax write off?
Anyway, it's from the same director of Cashback that got some attention back around 2006 and the marketing completely misleads what that movie is about. It's essentially a coming of age/hangout movie. But the advertising, well, look at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_7
The advertising and plot description makes you think it's a movie about a guy who can stop time or at least fantasizes about stopping time and strips women to draw them. When in actuality that aspect makes up maybe 5 minutes of the movie and it started as a short film. Personally, I think it was just an excuse to have someone's fetish on screen as I found it to be a pretty unremarkable film. And no, Harvey Weinstein did not produce this movie or the short film.
Back to The Cursed:
Very good werewolf film. Without spoiling too much I thought it was fantastic. Great gore and cinematography while doing some things a little bit differently compared to your typical werewolf flick.
I liked the design of the werewolf even though it looked a lot like a hairless cat but with a human-ish face.
In fact, I'd place it in the upper echelon of wolf flicks like American Werewolf in London, Dog Soldiers, Bad Moon, and of Course Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf AKA Stirba: Werewolf Bitch. 9/10 flick.
Returning to Severin Films, I'm almost intrigued by their folk horror film boxset - even though I already have a couple of the films on their list.
It includes Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched a folk horror documentary, various short films including an animated version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow narrated by John Carradine, commentaries, interviews, the documentary's soundtrack, an audio reading (with musical score) of Arthur Machen's The White People by Linda Hayden who played Angel Blake in The Blood On Satan's Claw, as well as a book that delves into the 19 feature films in the set and folk horror overall. It's "only" a couple of hundred dollars.
I watched Lake Mungo with my girlfriend.
It's a very emotional type of horror movie about the ghost of a daughter haunting a family.
Allow me to put this into perspective. It's stylized as a documentary you'd see on TV, and my girlfriend who walks in about 20 minutes in thought it was legitimate. Very well done and I'd recommend it.
I watched Saint Maude the other day as well. A religious themed horror movie that was very refreshing in that Maude is a devout religious woman who's flawed, yet likeable. It's a movie about how obsession with religion can actually fuck you up. The ending was also hilarious in a "holy shit they did that" kinda way.
I discovered this straight to video flick based on the box art.
Very fun cheesy low budget comedy horror with an interesting premise. Two serial killers fall in love and bump off random people. Vinegar Syndrome put this out on Blu and I'd recommend it as a cozy afternoon B flick.
I started watching a show named From. Three episodes so far. It's very... Stephen King meets Lost. In a good way.
Plot is simple, people are stuck in a village they can't get out of, at night monsters come and they have to try to survive, and once in a while people from the outside drive in but can't drive out and they have no idea why.
Gore is intense, acting is nice, it's not the greatest but if you're a fan of horror and want something new right now it's definitely worth a watch.
After watching the horrible Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I watched Halloween 2007 (the Rob Zombie one) and found it significantly better than I remember it being. It's a little too slick and Zach Snydery for a horror movie especially since the original was more grounded but I enjoyed it.
After watching the horrible Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I watched Halloween 2007 (the Rob Zombie one) and found it significantly better than I remember it being. It's a little too slick and Zach Snydery for a horror movie especially since the original was more grounded but I enjoyed it.
I'm not surprised that the Netflix TCM is so bad that it makes the Rob Zombie Halloweens look good in comparison. While I have a pedoflix sub because my wife wants it, I always avoid everything they self produce after Castlevania. I did like Bright though.
I started watching a show named From. Three episodes so far. It's very... Stephen King meets Lost. In a good way.
Plot is simple, people are stuck in a village they can't get out of, at night monsters come and they have to try to survive, and once in a while people from the outside drive in but can't drive out and they have no idea why.
Gore is intense, acting is nice, it's not the greatest but if you're a fan of horror and want something new right now it's definitely worth a watch.
I'm not much of a fan of Eli Roth, but I don't totally dislike the guy, but I credit the success of Hostel and Saw that ushered in the new age of gore that we're still seeing today in mainstream horror. I somehow never saw Turistas so going to rectify that.
I started watching a show named From. Three episodes so far. It's very... Stephen King meets Lost. In a good way.
Plot is simple, people are stuck in a village they can't get out of, at night monsters come and they have to try to survive, and once in a while people from the outside drive in but can't drive out and they have no idea why.
Gore is intense, acting is nice, it's not the greatest but if you're a fan of horror and want something new right now it's definitely worth a watch.
I watched Digging Up The Marrow and found it thoroughly entertaining. I usually avoid found footage or comedy horror like the plague but this was done different. Adam Greene never disappoints.
Very good werewolf film. Without spoiling too much I thought it was fantastic. Great gore and cinematography while doing some things a little bit differently compared to your typical werewolf flick.
I liked the design of the werewolf even though it looked a lot like a hairless cat but with a human-ish face.
In fact, I'd place it in the upper echelon of wolf flicks like American Werewolf in London, Dog Soldiers, Bad Moon, and of Course Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf AKA Stirba: Werewolf Bitch. 9/10 flick.
At least it sounds better than the similarly titled Wes Craven werewolf film that got butchered by Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
On the subject of werewolf flicks, I saw Werewolves Within not too long ago and, personally, I found it to be as bad as some of the later Howling installments. I didn't find most of the characters likable or it all that funny. Plus when the second act beings, you kind of know who will be revealed as the werewolf. Meanwhile the creature design, which is pretty basic due to the budget, isn't fully shown until the last five minutes. Finally I find the fact that this hold the hightest-rated scores for a film based on a video game on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic to be disingenuous since the only thing it shares with the source material is the title and there is a werewolf among the cast. Then again that argument could be used for a number of video games adapted to film.
At least it sounds better than the similarly titled Wes Craven werewolf film that got butchered by Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
On the subject of werewolf flicks, I saw Werewolves Within not too long ago and, personally, I found it to be as bad as some of the later Howling installments. I didn't find most of the characters likable or it all that funny. Plus when the second act beings, you kind of know who will be revealed as the werewolf. Meanwhile the creature design, which is pretty basic due to the budget, isn't fully shown until the last five minutes. Finally I find the fact that this hold the hightest-rated scores for a film based on a video game on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic to be disingenuous since the only thing it shares with the source material is the title and there is a werewolf among the cast. Then again that argument could be used for a number of video games adapted to film.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the Wes Craven Cursed but so has most people. The BTS of that one is interesting where half the film was re-shot and given the PG-13 treatment.
You're saying Werewolves Within is Howling sequel bad but just how bad? Howling 2 bad? Howling 3, 4, and 5 bad? Howling 6 bad which isn't really bad but not great but not really mediocre but a film with interesting ideas and set pieces? Or Howling 7: New Moon Rising AKA the country musical one levels of bad?
You're saying Werewolves Within is Howling sequel bad but just how bad? Howling 2 bad? Howling 3, 4, and 5 bad? Howling 6 bad which isn't really bad but not great but not really mediocre but a film with interesting ideas and set pieces? Or Howling 7: New Moon Rising AKA the country musical one levels of bad?
I would say Howling 5 bad since what I remember with that movie was also a lack of seeing the werewolf on screen and it too has a "who is the werewolf" plot.
Yeah I think the show has a lot of potential three episodes in, it's bleak as fuck and doesn't pull it's punches, it really does feel like pretty much anyone can die which is a nice change of pace.
I saw the first episode of From. I thought it was pretty good but I can see the resemblance to Lost in that the writing is very frustrating because people don't act like people. You know basic, every day, common sense things people would ask in such a situation like monsters being outside and trying to get in like: "What is going on? What is happening? What are you doing?" And so on and so forth. Those kind of things and that can work in a show like Twin Peaks where the world is established as being odd and the people in the town are quirky while there's something beneath the surface.
I call this "bad writing." Maybe I'll watch episode two. We'll see.
I call bullshit that a town surrounded by monsters where they're in some kind of loop or voodoo or whatever that prevents them from leaving and they'll just carry on with their lives. No. Maybe the show establishes why they're trying to carry on but I hate "mystery box" bullshit like that, trying to setup "why are they like that?" And then explain it later. No. Explain it now and now I care. It's just bad and lazy writing to set something up and hoping to explain it later. In fact, it would be more interesting if the townsfolk acted like real people would in a situation like this: have they figured out a way to escape? If not and they've accepted their fate then what stops them from just saying "fuck it" and do whatever? Commit to lawlessness and Lord of the Flies bullshit you know, like The Mist? Maybe they've explored trying to haggle with the monsters and offer up sacrifices? I'm just spitballing ideas here.
I fucking hate Lost along with J. J. Abrams and that faggot who ruined Prometheus and Watchmen.
