By curious coincidence, Spun, Scream Factory is about to release a bunch of Romero's stuff on blu-ray, including Monkey Shines.
By curious coincidence, Spun, Scream Factory is about to release a bunch of Romero's stuff on blu-ray, including Monkey Shines.
New Years Evil too!Quoting Irish (view post)
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Oh, I suppose I didn't mention my take on this. Romero's The Crazies = dull and plodding. Remake = exciting and well-made.Quoting MadMan (view post)
The mere fact that I can remember the ending to his story quite vividly, while completely forgetting the entirety of Argento's is telling, I think.Quoting Rowland (view post)
I've pre-ordered almost every Scream Factory release coming out over the next 3 months.
These guys are amazing.
HEre are the next few releases.
86. Lake Placid July 8, 2014
87 Deadly Eyes July 15, 2014
88 Ginger Snaps July 22, 2014
89 Phantom of the Paradise August 5, 2014
90 Without Warning August 5, 2014
91 Motel Hell August 12, 2014
92 Leviathan August 19, 2014
93 The Legend of Hell House August 26, 2014
94 Pumpkinhead September 9, 2014
95 The Battery September 16, 2014
96 Halloween All being released on September 23, 2014
97 Halloween II
98 Halloween III: Season of the Witch
99 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
100 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
101 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
102 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
103 Halloween: Resurrection
104 Halloween
105 Halloween II
106 Nightbreed: The Director's Cut September 30, 2014
107 Hemlock Grove: The Complete First Season October 7, 2014
108 Tales from the Crypt October 14, 2014
109 Vault of Horror -N/A
110 Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings October 21, 2014
111 The Squad October 21, 2014
Pretty much. Beautiful transfers, great extras, awesome packaging.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
I love that most if the covers are reversible - you can have the new artwork, or flip it and your BluRay cover is now the original poster.
Carpenter, Cronenberg, Landis. Interviewed by Mick Garris, circa 1982.
Two of my favorite horror anthologies, packaged together. Oh yes, it WILL be mine. I hope they eventually release From Beyond the Grave.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
I will watch that Nightbreed Director's Cut. I saw that in the theater and even then I knew it had been edited all to hell.
Opinions on Stakeland?
Didn't like it. Suffered from Moronic Character Syndrome.Quoting Irish (view post)
I thought it was pretty bad, but I'd be willing to give it another go after really liking Mickle's following film, We Are What We Are. I recall the lead being a charisma vacuum burdened with broodingly existential narration that he couldn't sell, lost within a sea of broadly and unconvincingly sketched post-apocalyptic cliches. Most of all, I remember rolling my eyes a lot, thinking that it was just really lame. The long take with the helicopter was a genuinely successful moment however, and some of the effects work and atmosphere keep it watchable.Quoting Irish (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
My review: http://wp.me/pRBID-1rQ
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Shoulda listened to you guys. I struggled to get through that. Only stuck with it because, after We Are What We Are and Cold in July, I trusted Mickle.
But this movie is just a slog. Rowland was right on with everything he said. It's like they wanted to do an action horror thing and lacked the budget. The staging of all the mini-set pieces is just terrible. The story is unimaginative. The characters thinly drawn. The VO tries to cover up gaps in the plot, and communicates things we should be seeing on screen, not hearing on the soundtrack. Awful.
I liked it enough to buy it. The ending is a bit mushy but overall I love the tone.Quoting Irish (view post)
I think we had a thread for it here somewhere.
What about it hit for you?Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Well we hadn't seen very many modern vampire movies when this came out. Daybreakers was another I kinda liked.Quoting Irish (view post)
My thoughts in the thread.
Gotcha. I think it makes for tough viewing now. This movie came out a year after The Road and the same year that The Walking Dead debuted. It feels redundant and unnecessary, especially as it has no new angles on the material. (One of the more curious aspects were the "vampires," who more or less functioned as Crazies/Zombies/Ragers).
Although: I do think it's interesting that all three of Mickle's movies center around family, family relationships, and the very idea of family.
Well I'm now that guy who loved Zombie (1979). Its not better than Dawn (78) but I dug the ending and I liked the mix of nightmares and gore.
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I love Fulci's Zombie. It's probably Fulci's most solid production from that era.
One of my favorite moments in the film was when the shark and the zombie fought. Only Fulci could get away with a scene that is utterly ridiculous yet also highly entertaining.
My planned Horrorfest 2014 complete list (I've already viewed the first two):
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