Halloween 2015
All of the horror movies watched this wonderful and glorious month.
Opinions may contain spoilers, but nothing major.
I never seem to watch the movies I plan to watch, usually replacing quality with cheese.
Opinions may contain spoilers, but nothing major.
I never seem to watch the movies I plan to watch, usually replacing quality with cheese.
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- DirectorMichael GornickStarsGeorge KennedyLois ChilesDomenick JohnThree macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.Low budget is apparent in lesser cast, shorter length and spookiness on screen. First story is weakest, last story is best. Stories were very predictable or well known already. Not so great overall.
- DirectorJohn HarrisonStarsDebbie HarryMatthew LawrenceChristian SlaterTo stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.Much better. Higher budget with better actors. The stories were all gruesome and unpredictable. Lotsa dark fun.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsAnton YelchinColin FarrellDavid Tennant"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?First watch. Liked it a lot right up until Jerry the vampire turned into the Terminator. Tense first half gives way to an explosive and silly second half. Horror movies should not have happy endings where everything is all right again. Horror movies should have proud but scarred survivors who live but are never the same again.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.Less violent and more overtly sexual than later film. In this film, the hero is the guy that nobody believes. In the remake, the hero is the exfriend? of the guy that nobody believes. The vampire has become a terrorist? This original was a horror movie aimed at horror movie fans that became widely popular. The remake aims to be widely popular first, horror movie second.
Old beats new, easily. - DirectorJon KnautzStarsAaron AshmoreCindy SampsonMeghan HeffernTwo female journalists and a photographer travel to Europe to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances, only to find themselves embroiled in a struggle against a kind of evil they never expected.Very very predictable. Not very scary. I did not know that southern Ontario looked like Poland. Lack of Polish subtitles meant that 1/4 of dialogue was lost. Boo.
- DirectorChristopher MacBrideStarsAaron PooleJames GilbertIan AndersonA documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.Smarter and more engaging but ultimately disappointing. If you believe in conspiracies then this might be scary. Any movie about a conspiracy (in the 70's or post 911) tends to follow the same plot. Odd that a Canadian movie would have such an American based plot. Not for the overly intelligent or those literate in modern human history.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsWil WheatonClaude AkinsMalcolm DanareWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.Holy cheese Batman! Should have saved for Cheesefest. I love the crazy mix of redneck and Italian exploitation with a dash of 80's synth. So much shirtless Wesley. I never realized how much I would enjoy watching a cute blonde little girl getting attacked by ...
- DirectorStan WinstonStarsLance HenriksenJeff EastJohn D'AquinoAfter a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.Best part was crazy witch woman. Monster looked like the love child of Alien and E.T.. Lance Henrickson was a very poor parent. Could have used better characters. It was okay, I guess.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunPaween PurijitpanyaYongyoot ThongkongtoonStarsManeerat Kham-uanWitawat SinglampongApinya Sakuljaroensuk4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about this new stranger that she is attracted to. "Tit For Tat" spun a tale of black magic and vengeance for a school kid that had been bullied by a school gang. "In The Middle" - a group of friends faced one of their worst camping trip after water kayaking accident. The final segment "Last Fright" takes horror to new heights with a psychological thriller that involves a stewardess flying solo in a cabin with a dead body.Pretty enjoyable. It was a real test to keep up with the subtitles but the stories were pretty scary. The characters in one story SPOIL a whole bunch of famous movies, jerks.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunVisute PoolvoralaksPaween PurijitpanyaStarsJirayu La-ongmaneeRay MacDonaldChumphorn ThepphithakHorror anthology consisting of five segments by acclaimed Thai directors. Segments involve a criminal seeking refuge, a haunted hospital, haunted truck passengers, a car dealer's dark discovery, and an ill actress portraying a ghost.Fast paced sequel is smart and probably a little better than first movie. A happy movie find.
- DirectorMichael DuganStarsMarjoe GortnerBobbie BreseeNorman BurtonA 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.Oh my, what a rather bad movie. Lead actress is nice looking and gets naked but not too emotive. Surprisingly gory. Ludicrous to try and make a Hollywood cemetery at noon on a sunny day look haunted and scary.
- DirectorBruce PittmanStarsLisa SchrageMichael IronsideWendy LyonThirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.I liked it, trust me, it looks like Canadian high school in the 80's. Much better than first film, no disco! Good FX for the day, good acting and characters. A killer than made sense, kinda, although you could tell they were hoping to create a new Freddy or Jason. Every movie should start with a Little Richard song.
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsTom TryonGloria TalbottPeter BaldwinAliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.The things that define an "American" male in 1958 were 1. Drinking Alcohol 2. Getting women pregnant. 3. Partying and fooling around on your wife. These were the things that gave away the not "aliens", but "monsters" from space.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRalph BatesMartine BeswickGerald SimA Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.Interesting plot. Combines Burke & Hare, Jack the Ripper, and Jeckyll & Hyde. Ahead of it's time in it's transgender issue heavy plot. Pretty good.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.Saw on Bluray, looked really great. Pretty creepy, nothing is explained too much, which is good. Low budget but good unresolved ending. Pretty good.
- DirectorRichard BlackburnStarsLesley TaplinCheryl SmithWilliam WhittonA young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.I love Rainbeaux Smith but she was too old to play a 13! year old. Low budget lets down ambitious story with uneven makeup between scenes and the movie could have been a bit longer, there was a lot of plot. Not so great.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia MonrealeA young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.Holy spike through the head Batman! Creepy atmosphere, very unexpected moments of horrific gore, great music, surreal plot, some very hungry spiders, blind people with spooky eyes! It's nuts but it works. Very good indeed.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollPaolo MalcoAnia PieroniA New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.Pales in comparison, less spooky, scary, and crazy than the Beyond. The world's cutest white boy stumbled through a whole mess of gore that surely must have warped his little actor mind. Freudstein? sounds like a bad name to base your movie around. And... it's the House IN the Cemetery.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellJohn PhillipsDavid BuckIn 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.The first Hammer Mummy movie was great, the second Mummy movie was a boring romance. Lots and lots of boring talking to set up the plot. The Mummy looked okay, and actually killed some people. Story was boring, and not engaging. Very stodgy and not scary. No villain. Shot entirely indoors. Ugh.
- DirectorSeth HoltMichael CarrerasStarsAndrew KeirValerie LeonJames VilliersAn archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl and strange things start to happen.Better, you could almost hear the producer yelling for more blood and more female skin. I could actually tell that it was supposed to be a HORROR movie. There is no old fashioned Mummy, just a sexy woman in a sexy Phaorohnic outfit who is very well preserved. Not great but better than previous two Mummy movies.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsVincent PricePeter LorreBoris KarloffDishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.Pretty good. Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone stole the show. Vincent Price is the villain/fool.
- 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.I can't watch this without thinking about Scary Movie, Epic Movie and others that have taken this idea and beaten it into the ground. I know it was really funny once, but now it seems boring and juvenile. Maybe I didn't expect big penis jokes in a "classic".
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeFrank BrañaThe co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.Another nominee for worst movie police force ever. There is a killer cutting up pretty white coeds on campus in BOSTON and C George can't spare any officers!? Plot is both predictable and insanely stupid. How many chainsaws can one big city lunatic find. Some fun kills. Linda Day George as a former tennis star with big hair and lotsa makeup. Dumb, but european and okay.
- DirectorLew LehmanStarsSammy SnydersJeannie EliasSonja SmitsA solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.They do not make movies like this anymore. Out there movie about a socially unlucky, and hormone fueled kid and the fun he has with a pit and some hungry new friends. I freakin' loved it. Good ending. Recommended for lover's of the cult and weird and anyone who wasn't a popular child.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsCristina MarsillachIan CharlesonUrbano BarberiniA young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.rewatch on bluray. What energy and imagination! plus great music and visuals. The eye! I loved all the music, last great Argento?
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsGiovanni GuidelliDebora CaprioglioStanko MolnarLoosely based on Black Sunday (1960), a group of skiers get lost in the mountains, and come across the snowy tomb of a centuries-old witch. They accidentally awaken the witch's vengeful spirit, who then proceeds to possess them one by one.Aka Demons 5
Euro skiers fall into a chasm and find a witch, a priest and some forgotten church/gate?
Dumb but entertaining, an obvious homage/ripoff of Black Sunday. Hard to root for rich skiers but fairly watchable overall. - DirectorLucio FulciStarsJack HedleyAlmanta SuskaHoward RossA burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.Ah, New York back in the day, when Italians traveled 1000's of miles to set their movies in the Big Apple's legendary 'atmosphere'. Some good killing and many scenic shots. Duck voiced killer got tiresome.
- DirectorJames JusticeUmberto LenziStarsNicolas De TothSarah BuxtonRawley ValverdeAfter the execution of a motorcycle gang leader convicted of murder, a helmeted biker goes on a killing spree during spring break in Florida.The young cast were uniformly bad but +1 for dragging John Saxon by the neck behind a car! Killer drives a custom motorcycle with a built in electric chair! They killed the annoying friend fairly quickly! A bit better than expected.
- DirectorJohn FasanoStarsJohn MartinKen SwoffordSal VivianoDemons hypnotize the general public by posing as a rock and roll band.I don't know how I could be disappointed by a movie rated 4.1, but I was. Looked and sounded okay but plot, script and special effects were quite bad. The ending made no sense. No thirty year old teenagers please. Not a cult classic.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJared MartinLara LambertiUlli ReinthalerThe spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.I expected sleazy, cheesy and violence. I got surprisingly little. Pretty boring and plot made little sense. Why would a girl in a coma turn green? Beware the snailssssssss!
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsLucio FulciBrett HalseyRia De SimoneA horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.That's more like it. A crazy plot that take some crazy twists, much violence, and a real ending. Lucio Fulci looks like he should be from some place like Wisconsin or Manitoba, not Italy.
- DirectorArmando CrispinoStarsAlex CordSamantha EggarJohn MarleyA photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.Very giallo-like horror? movie. It was doing well as a horror movie with an adultery subplot but then not so good as it finished as an almost traditional giallo. Overall okay.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.Karen Black was very good. Third story with the little monster on the cover is the best, with an original ending! The second story was really dated cuz it was about a woman with gasp... split personality disorder.
- DirectorBruce PittmanStarsLisa SchrageMichael IronsideWendy LyonThirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.I liked it, trust me, it looks like Canadian high school in the 80's. Much better than first film, no disco! Good FX for the day, good acting and characters. A killer than made sense more or less, although you could tell they were hoping to create a new Freddy or Jason. Every movie should start with a Little Richard song.
- DirectorRon OliverPeter R. SimpsonStarsTim ConlonCynthia PrestonDavid StrattonThe malevolent spirit of Mary Lou Maloney returns to Hamilton High, where she manipulates a naive male student into helping her wreak havoc on the school.The movie looked good and was well acted, but the plot made two mistakes. Some times they veered too far into comedy. The whole last ten minutes was a big mistake and the ending was terrible. Still better than first movie though.