One of the better recent futuristic movies IMO. I liked that girl, whoever she was.

And the bar scene is hilarious.

"oh him? he's in the can"

"HE'S IN A CAN? OH MY GOD!"

Scarlett Johansson, very good actress imo.

from dusk till dawn 2

i forgot ....

Sunday night I watched My Favorite Martian (Disney)

elizabeth hurley AND daryl hannah in the same Disney movie ?

nice !

Michael

How is that?

I just rented Wolf Creek....doesnt look too bad, despite some bad reviews around here. Off to watch it now.

Good atmosphere, great acting.

Did they pull it off right?

...I never really decided.

You'll appreciate the acting, Return.

Doctor X (1932)

Wow! I TiVOd this a couple days ago off TCM only because Fay Wray was in it. (I love her, think she's gorgeous). Turned out to be a GREAT movie, pretty creepy with some humorous elements mixed in.

Awesome classic, you guys should check it out.

Wolf Creek


*HUGE SPOILERS, PLEASE STOP READING IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THIS YET!!*

I'll admit that I had pretty high expectations for this one, and surprisingly enough it didn't let me down at all. Even better than I was expecting to be honest. Though the plot was the classic slasher plot about a car breaking down in the middle of nowhere, there were some very surprising twists and turns. McLean took the typical formula for these flicks and followed it for awhile to lure the viewer into a false sense of security, meaning making us think we know what's about to happen. Then he takes the formula, drops it on the ground, and proceeds to mercilessly pound the crap out of it. For example, it's not very often in this kind of film to see the main girl turned into "a head on a stick" so close to the end. That death was pretty cool, by the way, and totally unexpected. The actors were all very believable, I like how we had half to movie to get to know them before the carnage began. As for John Jaratt...Id rather see a character like Mick over another Myers clone any day. Totally insane, but still believable and well-acted. The really liked the tiered ending...how just when you though one of them was getting away BANG there's Mick. The crucifixion of Ben, as well as his eventual escape, was a harrowing, brutal, and all-around great scene. Overall, this was a great horror flick. Though it certainly owes a lot to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I really enjoyed it.

8.5/10

the dark hours - good, well acted canadian psychological thriller

SPOILERS AGAIN




i don't remember, but we don't actually "see" it do we ? if so, then i must've watched a completely different version altogether.

I just saw Hostel tonight. It is very gory and has lots of T & A. I really enjoyed it. It even has a cameo by a very famous Japanese Horror master. I can see the influence he had on this director. If you like gore and suspense, then check it out.

The Vagrant
Midnight Cowboy

Fun with Dick & Jane
I thought it was an entertaining comedy, definitely worth seeing.

Hostel
I was so excited... I think I set my expectations a bit high. I wanted to be disturbed and have to turn away, but I just didn't get that. I still loved the movie though... I look forward to Hostel 2, but hope there's a few less breasts.

Did you notice the "love making" music was from the Wicker Man?

STILL MORE WOLF CREEK SPOILERS



We got to see most of it in the version I saw...he attacked her from behind in the car, started explaining about the "head on a stick", we see him stab her again and run the knife up he spine. Then she just falls over and stares straight into the eyes of her killer...

Unrated?

ah yes... ok, he just stabs her and then explains what he's going to do to her. fucking sick. and that look in her eyes is unforgettable. really good movie.

Watched "Zombie Flesh Eaters" last night - Love that eyeball scene

the one with Bill Paxton ?

crazy movie if so ...

Scary Movie 4

Not good...

All the good stuff is in the commercials and trailers...Doctor Phil/Shaq Saw, Tom Cruise on Oprah...other than that there isn't many good things to say about the latest and by far worst of the series.

The biggest problem I had was that most of the jokes went on far too long and were overdone, also in my opinion there were too many jokes where someone hit their head on something or was hit by having something thrown at them. There are more laughs than the ones I mentioned but they're few and far between. There's one scene in particular that was so ridiculously bad I probably would've walked out if I hadn't been with friends.

Out of a 10 I'll go ahead and give it a 4 and if you wanna see 2 of those points worth just go and watch the trailers. Having said all that, I think it could fall into the 'So bad it's funny' category for some. So if you've got the 8 bucks and 90 minutes or so to spare, use the experience on another film and wait a couple months to rent this one.

^ Thanks for the tip/review. It does look like it'd have lots of throw-stuff-at-people jokes...=/ damn I wish my assumption wasn't correct. :mad:

Anyways, last movie seen,

"Infection" it's a foreign one about these doctors who make a mistake during malpractice on a patient and the patient dies so they hide the body, and the next night this woman comes to the hospital late at night with strange symptoms, and after she dies, one by one of the doctors are getting the same symptoms.

Is it any good though:confused:

Hostel

This was alright but I couldn't shake the fact that it seemed like a Saw ripoff. The acting was fine and the gore was pretty gruesome but the first half of the movie was basically unneccesary. It doesn't take 40 minutes to show that these are 3 horny teens backpacking across Europe.

It was pretty good, but I didn't find it to be a classic or anything...

B-





28 Days Later

I've always liked the artistry in this film. The scene when he walks out of the hospital and London is silent still is one of my favorites shots. It's a cool fresh take on the zombie genre, but it could have used some more gore. Most of it was either alluded to, distant or just off screen, but the actings good. All in all I enjoyed it.

B

:D

That very one.

Of course

Watched 3 Extremes last night...Pretty good....I liked 'Cut' the most

Austin could you PM me about that one scene you almost walked out of SM4 because of?

If all goes as planned, which it rarely does, I'll be watching "Stay" and "Last Woman on Earth" tonight...

So far so good...


Last Woman on Earth


Ive been working my way through the "50 Horror Classics" boxset for quite some time. I decided to start with Last Man on Earth as soon as I got the box, then finish with Last Woman on Earth once Id watched to other 49. Today was the end of that era, I finally watched Last Woman on Earth, and though it wasnt amazing or anything, it was still worth the wait. The actors dont give the best performances, but they definatly have their moments. Even though he is portrayed as the "bad guy", I really liked and felt sorry for Antony Carbone's character. Robert Towne didnt write the greatest script for this, but his character was pretty well acted. As for the "last woman" herself, she was beautiful and farly talented. The plot was nothing new and drug in places, but it held my interest for the most part. Despite popular opinion, I really liked the ending, one of the highlights of the film. All in all I recomend checking this out. Not alot of action, but it's usually interesting.

7/10

Amazing, I actually got through both films I planned to watch tonight...


Stay


I guess this was a decent enough film, but it was far from perfect. It was very well acted, especially on Gosling's part. He almost reminded me of Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko. MacGreggor was pretty good as well, but not nearly as good as he has been in the past. The plot was OK, I guess, but the director ruined any surprises it may have had in store. To avoid spoilers I'll just say this: Some very obvious and intrusive symbolism, as well as the way the camera showed certain people/objects, revealed much of the outcome long before it should have. For that reason I was pretty disappointed with the ending, though there were some great visuals. Last but not least, I wish that they would have focused more on MacGreggor's character near the end. We see a lot of him, but I wish they could have gone more into what he was thinking and feeling. To sum up, I guess this one's worth renting, but I wouldn't spend too much on it.

5.5/10

Hostel- 5/5

FINALLY!!! I'M OUT OF MY MOVIE SLUMP!!! God, do I feel good! Hostel finally broke my slump, and did way much more than that. It caught my attention from the beginning, grabbing me tightly by the balls and not letting go until the end credits! And that's a compliment! I expected Hostel to be good, but not 5 star good. Man, was I proved wrong! With some nice gory delight and Eli Roth's best so far, Hostel has it all and more! I loved it!

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis- 3/5

Now, I have never seen the original Return of the Living Dead. Nor did I see any of the sequels (until now, of course). Yes, I know. It's sad. But this shit happens sometimes. That's a part of the movie life that I live in. I've still got some classics I need to watch for the first time. But, as for tonight, I watched a low-budget sequel. And a pretty entertaining one to say the least. Necropolis did have a gym bag full of bad flaws. Such as the tronixide (I think that's what it was called) turning the humans (and animals) into zombies was dumb. A lot of the backstory (which I will not give away) was dumb as hell, and the ending was too comical to be mentioned (though I just did). But, I couldn't help but enjoy myself watching a bunch of dumb teens shooting the holy hell out of some brain-craved zombies. Oh, and of course, watching some teens get their bloody death. And speaking of blood, there was enough here to boot to make any bloodhound like me happy. Overall, Necropolis was enjoyable at most.

Eraserhead
Ok, it didn't help that I was pretty tired when I started watching this movie. Ok, "pretty tired" doesn't cover it, I was exhausted. But I was excited about finally seeing this movie. Unfortunately, tiredness outweighed the excitement, and I had to stop the movie most of the way through to have a quick (2 or 3 hour) nap. Here's how out of it I was: With the DVD player screensaver still on, I half-way woke up 40 minutes after I stopped the movie and sat up waiting for something to happen, because I'd forgotten I stopped the movie. Normally, that would be a criticism of the movie for being boring, but in this case it's my own dumb fault for watching the movie when I should've been sleeping. But even through all that, the movie was cool and messed up in all the right ways.
4/5

Yellow Jacket 3/5 for Necropolis? Your're on your own there. However I'm righ with you on Hostel. So we just happened to watch the same movies at the same time. No point, I'm just saying is all.

I have the 50 Classics boxset too and I'm currently working my way through it. I decided to start with the oldest films and work forward to the most modern. Kinda like my own personal evolution of the classic horror film kinda study or somethin. Anyways between my Netflix and planning a wedding Ive been pretty busy so I've only gotten through about the first 6 or 7 films on there so far. (Pretty much all the silent ones + White Zombie)

My favorite silent film was Hunchback. I thought it was hilarious. I cant wait until I have time to get to the rest of them though. I've seen a few that I know are good (Last Man on Earth, NotLD) but the rest I am eager to get to.

Once I do, my mini reviews will be posted here. (But if you have interest in reading any of the mini reviews I already wrote for the ones I watched, click the link in my sig.)

Austin...I personally think the first scary movie was the only one I'm remotely consider watching again. The follow-up sequels have sucked so far (haven't seen 4 myself), as did "date movie".

I started watching Neil Geimens "MirrorMask"...tripped out...thus far I'd reccomend it, visually very strange...

There's some really great movies in there, have fun.

The House by the Cemetary - Lucio Fulci classic. Lots of blood and gore to please any gorehound. Typical Italian horror genre cheese, but quality none the less 8/10