tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938199500511590102024-03-05T15:21:55.306-08:00The Crypt Dwellers ScrollA new blog about all things horror.You'll Never Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584124583059061886noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-70022092265246183462013-06-29T16:37:00.002-07:002013-06-29T16:37:23.302-07:00White Zombie<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well Hello! Remember the guys who blogged about horror movies and reviewed them and posted about it and then disappeared for a long time? WELL They still haven't surfaced, but in the meantime here's what I thought about the 1932 classic <i style="font-weight: bold;">"White Zombie". </i>Starring none other then the malevolent <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bela Lugosi. </i>Considering this movie is so old and has probably been reviewed more then 100 times, this is going to more of a revisiting of this movie. Mind you, it's getting a fresh look, because until yesterday, I hadn't seen it before. </div>
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So for those of you who either don't remember this movie, or who haven't seen it before, let me bring you up to speed. "Madeleine" and "Neil" a young and naive couple who are madly in love with each other, travel down to Haiti to get married. An acquaintance of theirs "Monsieur Beaumont" has invited them to come and stay at his plantation during the festivities, although within a few minutes into this movie, we realize that he has other plans in store. "Monsieur Beaumont" also fancies the lovely "Madeleine" and wishes to whisk her away from her fiance and to marry him instead. Although because she is madly in love with her fiance, the jealous "Beaumont" turns to an evil witch doctor <i style="font-weight: bold;">(Lugosi)</i> who goes by the name of "Murder Legendre" to use his dark magics to zombify "Madeleine" so that she may comply to whatever "Beaumont" desires........ You know what? I think this same premise was on an episode of "Passions" once before...... Anyways moving on!</div>
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Old classic horror movies are an art form through and through. I personally love these movies, because they are not the kind of horror movies we have come to know today. They are more mysterious and weird. The thing I like about these movies, is that they really draw on the creative imagination, to take leaps and bounds wherever they want and they can get away with it, because it's done in such a way that you just believe it. I mean of course it's fiction, but they leave lasting impressions that no other horror movie today can. I can go see a movie like "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity" </i>or <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Scream" </i>and you know what it's about and you can give a general description to someone, if you're trying to tell them to see it, but describing certain scenes and atmosphere's in these movies I find are often quickly forgotten and you have to watch them again to re immerse yourself in it, so that you may go back and see those scenes. With classic horror movies such as "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Dracula", "Frankenstein", "Creature from the Black Lagoon" </i>etc. They are so iconic that you think about them and "Poof" you can see the scene where the unsuspecting "Renfield" is walking through the "Counts" castle for the first time and you see the giant spider crawling up the wall as "Renfield" shrieks! You remember the angry mob of villagers hunt down "Frankenstein", after the misunderstood monster accidentally kills the little girl, by tossing her in the river. </div>
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Part of what makes these movies so great, is not only the film makers, but the iconic actors playing the roles and how after so many times playing them, they become known for it. What we refer to as "type casting". Now type casting can sometimes get a bad reputation because it almost seems insulting to actors, because directors and film makers make it out to believe that they can only perform these roles and anything else just seems laughable. While this statement is true to some degree, the part about type casting I like is the fact that, these actors perform these parts so well that, yeah of course the film makers are going to call upon them again and again, because they don't trust anyone else to do a better job. On the Blu ray version of this movie, there is a 6 minute interview with <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bela Lugosi </i>( Cool right?) and he actually does touch on this subject. I'll see if I can find it on youtube and post it later on here.</div>
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Sorry that went on a little longer then I was anticipating! Anyways back to White Zombie</div>
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One of the things right off the bat I liked about this movie is that it goes into the main story pretty much within the first 3 minutes. The 2 newly weds to be, are traveling by stage coach to the plantation and as they make their way down the road, there is a ceremony taking place in the middle of the street. The coach driver talks about how there's been a number of grave robbings that have been happening recently and how it is becoming quite an issue. From this moment, you get an idea of the disturbing ominous presence that this movie draws to.</div>
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Another thing I like about this movie and something I find that separates these classic horror movies from newer ones, is the lack of mechanical audio. What I mean by this is that there are some scenes, where a character will be investigating a strange noise, or stumbles upon some weird clue and as he's searching, the movie is pretty much dead silent, except for the natural sounds. There's no atmosphere or theme building music. You know like when in <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Jaws" </i>when the shark approaches, there's the traditional theme playing. With this there is not really much of that. There's a scene where "Neil" is searching a room for clues and all you hear is the creaking of the door, or the shuffling of papers. No ominous track, building in the background as he gets closer to the evil discovery. This same white noise atmosphere is also used in the scenes in which "Murder Legendre" uses his dark penetrating gaze to cast his spell on his victims. The camera zooms in a la "Dracula" style on his eyes, but the rest is silence. This of course being said when themed music is used, it is placed very well and adds the right amount of tension when it needs to.</div>
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This isn't the kind of zombie movie you think it is, which is another reason why I like it. Sure there are zombies but the whole movie isn't about how a whole bunch of them are on a rampage and about some stupid T virus or some stupid bullshit. "Murder Legendre" has the ability to cast a dark cloud over these people's minds and therefore they become zombies, because their mind is trapped under his spell. Yes it does sound a little hokey, but it's the 1930's, they can do whatever the fuck they want. The acting in this movie is pretty meh aside from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bela's </i>performance obviously, though there is something that I will criticize about that in just a sec.</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Bela Lugosi </i>is in my mind, the best iconic horror actor ever. That being said, I think he played <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Dracula" </i>so many times, that any other character he plays...... turns out pretty much like <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Dracula"</i>. From the zooming close up of his eyes, to the mannerisms he displays. Not to mention, for a large part of the movie, he's wearing a cape......I'm pretty sure it actually is his vampire cape too. Who says you can't share clothing and props in different movies? I have seen some of his other movies too and can pretty much stand by that this is true for the most part. Even if you watch the movie "<b><i>Ed Wood", Martin Landau</i> </b>who really does <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lugosi </i>justice in that movie, yet shows that his persona in general is pretty much <b>"</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Dracula" </i>all the time.</div>
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One of the other things about this movie that really did have me challenge my attention span, was about 25 mins in or so, after "Madeleine" has been taken under her dark spell. "Neil" is confronting another character in this movie who I swear is "Van Helsing" but isn't. This part of the movie, they are arguing about what has happened and trying to figure a plan to stop it. This goes on for about 10 or 15 mins and it's PAINFULLY slow. I knew the movie would pick up eventually, because this is a common occurrence in old horror movies, but while it's taking place, you can't help but want to go for a walk or something and then come back once it is back on track.</div>
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Aside from that, the only other thing that is technically bad about this movie, is the editing between scenes is done kind of poorly at times, so you can see where they actually would have cut at the end of one scene and then picked up the continuation in another. This doesn't happen all the time and when it does it's not so bad that it ruins the movie, in fact some people may not even notice it at all. Honestly it's an old movie and they probably had a pretty tiny budget, so I wouldn't really insult it too much. </div>
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I do definitely recommend seeing this movie, especially if you like classic horror and or are a <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lugosi </i>fan. I recommend getting the remastered blu ray version of this film. It's only $22 on amazon and it comes with the original raw version of the film as well, in case you want to really see the original. Also this version has a 6 minute intimate interview with <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bela Lugosi </i>which is really worth checking out. If you find yourself wanting to see it, but don't want to pay to see it, the full film is on youtube and you can also find the interview there as well. I'm a collector though, so I have to have the actual hard copy. To each his or her own. I'd definitely call this a cult film, so not everyone will like it, but again if you like old horror movies and especially <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lugosi </i>then CHECK EM OUT YA PUKES! *erm* sorry my inner Don Cherry was kicking in there.</div>
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So after a long unplanned break we are back here at the scroll to bring you <i style="font-weight: bold;">Drew Goddard's "The Cabin in the Woods". Drew </i>is the writer of <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Cloverfield" </i>but that is not what he's known for. His best known work would be in collaboration with the other writer of this movie, writer and tv legend <i style="font-weight: bold;">Joss Whedon. ( "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, The Avengers"). </i>Together for the last ten years, these two have collaborated in story telling and bringing to life real good classic horror through "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Buffy" </i>and "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Angel". </i>Do they manage to pull it off in this movie as well? Lets find out.</div>
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The plot for this movie is unique and at the same time not. It starts off with 5 college students who venture out to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway of fun and tomfoolery but, then are set upon by creatures of the supernatural after speaking Latin words from a demonic book. Sound familiar? Well what if I told you that this plot is being orchestrated by another? The horror that these 5 friends come across is being instigated by what I can only describe as an evil corporate film company, who's intentions are to create horror as a way to appease an even greater evil from destroying the world.</div>
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I'll start by saying, that I'm a huge <i style="font-weight: bold;">Joss </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Drew </i>fan, so let me be as impartial as I can. What I think I really liked right off the bat, is the fact that this is and isn't your typical "cabin in the woods" movie at the same time. The idea for the story is not something you'd probably think of right away and as for horror movies it's pretty original and yet mixed in with some familiarity at the same time. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Joss </i>tends to reuse a lot of his actors and this is something that if you're familiar with his works, you'll notice quite prominently. For myself being a fan of his, I look for those certain actors and try to compare their performance to their prior projects to see if they are showing their A game or not, for the most part they do, whether in small, or in large. For this movie you got to witness actress <i style="font-weight: bold;">Amy Acker (Angel, Dollhouse)</i>, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Lenk( Buffy, Angel) </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Fran Kranz(Dollhouse). Fran </i>was the only one who had a major character role in this movie, playing the "stoner". However his character seems to be the smartest of them all and is the only who ends up discovering the hidden agenda in this movie.<br />
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I liked his character because he showed some dynamics and from the beginning to the end of the movie, his character is probably the only one who has some evolution. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Amy </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Tom </i>have relatively smaller roles, however when they are on screen, they make it count.<br />
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The violence in this movie is quite aplenty. Especially towards the second half of it, its an all out monster attack, which is really cool. I'd definitely say I like the second half a lot more, between the story development and the violence, it definitely shines. The movie is also quite horrific, not necessarily scary, but you see a lot of twisted demonic horror throughout.<br />
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First and foremost, for the type of movie it was I definitely think it could have used more gore. It's violent yes, but it's not disgusting. There is one scene when they are in the lobby and there is an all out bloodbath that takes place, however it's not very long and is the only real good demonstration of gore. I know part of that has to do with the fact that <i style="font-weight: bold;">Joss </i>isn't really into gore and going over the top. Although I think for this movie it would have benefited. I also wasn't the biggest fan of the ending. For all that was happening in the second half of the movie and how it seemed to just flow really well. The ending seems to fall a little flat in my mind and I think it could have done a lot better.<br />
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If you're a fan of either <i style="font-weight: bold;">Buffy,Angel, Firefly or Dollhouse </i>then you'll definitely like this movie. This movie takes the best parts of all 4 and implements them in this movie. I think you added all those shows together, you'd just about end up with this. Also if you like "cabin in the woods" like horror movies such as "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Evil Dead and Army of Darkness" </i>You will most likely like this movie as well. Especially considering that's what its really poking fun of. Also I definitely recommend if you like this movie, you should check out those 4 shows I mentioned above and those 2 movies there, as they are all equally fucking awesome.<br />
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Whether it had been in theatres or on video, this movie is definitely worth checking out. Again it's like your stereotypical horror movie, but then again it's not, so you will definitely get a surprise out of it. If you can see this movie for its twisted story more so then its gore then you'll definitely like this movie. If you do end up liking this movie then as I said before I do highly recommend you check out their other projects, as you'll really get some good quality horror.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><i>In the spirit of this theme "The Cabin in the Woods" gets 3.5/5 cabins in the woods.</i></span></span><br />
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Fresh off the grills, we have <i style="font-weight: bold;">Scott Stewart's "Dark Skies"</i>. This film stars <i style="font-weight: bold;">Keri Russell(Felicity,The Americans) </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Josh Hamilton (Some bit parts in movies)</i>. It was released February 22nd 2013 and is going to be battling for horror movie of the year. Does it make a good splash? Well we'll see.</div>
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The plot centres around the Barrett family. Their suburban lifestyle gets turned topsy turvey as they are visited by otherworldly beings who's intentions are unknown but, escalate to a disturbing and terrifying end. Or so it's suppose to be.</div>
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It's basically <i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity </i>meets <i style="font-weight: bold;">Signs</i>. Honestly if you watched those 2 movies together, you'd get this movie.</div>
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Well I have never really seen <i style="font-weight: bold;">Keri Russell </i>act before but I have to say she does a really good job. The acting in general for this movie was really good even the small part for <i style="font-weight: bold;">J.K. Simmons</i> was top notch. I also really liked the cinematography in this film. They did a really good job with the editing and the scene transitions. It really helped with the atmosphere, especially when it would go from being really light and calm, to when the mood would get dark and suspenseful. It was a very good blend and served its purpose well.</div>
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Like with <i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity </i>this movie also does a good job of keeping you in suspense. I guess the formula is pretty much tried, tested and true.<br />
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The biggest problem I had with this movie is that it did not introduce anything new to the genre. This movie borrows way too many elements from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Signs and Paranormal Activity </i>and I thought for most of the movie it was <i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity 5</i> UNTIL THE ALIENS! Fuck that was so bad. The aliens look like <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman" </i>it's fucking stupid. I think part of it has to do with the fact that I don't think aliens would actually look like the stereotypical big head, small body type figure, but I thought it was dumb and that was the turning point to where I thought, this movie can fuck right off because all it needs now is <i style="font-weight: bold;">Mel Gibson</i> and it's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Signs</i>.<br />
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Pfff I don't know? Maybe come up with an original story? Something that isn't borrowed. Also I would have taken the whole alien thing out, cause that's retarded as shit. If you absolutely have to have them in there, I would make them look like the aliens from <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Alien" </i>at least then it would be more horrific and not fucking stupid, well it might still be stupid but at least it would have been more violent.<br />
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I wanted to like this movie a lot more, from the trailers I saw, it had lots of promise, even if they just copied <i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity </i>I'd still probably like it more then the direction they took it. If you have nothing better to do then you could see this, mind you it's definitely a netflix selection or an online streamer, you don't want to pay to see this in theatres or on video.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dark Skies does a lot of things right. It's not the scariest movie I have ever seen, but it leaves me with hope for the genre as a whole and it also showed me that this oft used formula (The paranormal activity formula) can still work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I found this movie did really well was build tension. As I have said in previous reviews, one of the true keys to horror is <i>Don't show the creature.</i> By not seeing what is menacing the family, they allow our imaginations to run wild. They also use atmospheric effects (Birds crashing into the house, lights going out, fuzzy cameras) to convey what might be going on. Yes, you have seen this before, but the reason you keep seeing it is that it works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also liked the story in general. Alien's are more in this reviewers taste, so the idea of an invasion and of a plot by the grays wanting to abduct and study really goes a long way for me. They didn't check all their facts and left out some info, but if it was for the sake of running time then this movie does not suffer for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly I liked the casting choice of Keri Russell. I haven't seen her do anything post Felicity, but she was good her and I enjoyed watching her on the screen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I didn't like is how quickly Keri Russell's character was willing to accept her new found reality. The way she comes to the realization of what is happening seems to be out of scope with her already established character. She then spends too much time trying to convince her skeptical husband. What finally makes him believe is a little frustrating however as if what had already gone down wasn't enough to make him believe anything. I guess what I am trying to say is based on the way this movie presented itself, the culprits here could have been ghosts just as easily as Aliens.</span><br />
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The plot centres around the main character Vince, who is haunted by visions of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Slenderman</i>, everywhere he goes, his reality alters and before you know it, this terrifying figure is coming after Vince.</div>
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I liked a lot about this film. It's only got 9 minutes to get it's point across and it most certainly does. You need a story that is going to be something you can understand, but at the same time, doesn't need much development so that it can through the general arch(intro,plot, conflict, etc) This story does that, it's easy to understand and its not too complicated so that it needs more then the time it has. I also thought this film was terrifying. Now given this won't be scary to everyone, some people may not be bothered by this at all. Also this is only on youtube, so for it to scare you, you'll probably want it on full screen, volume up at full and in a dark room. Sounds corny right? Would it be any different if you saw it in a movie theatre? </div>
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The effects used in this film I thought were also well done, like the picture above, it makes it look as if the Slenderman has tentacles, but when seeing him stand in the doorway he doesn't. It's kind of like one those "You see what you want to see" type of images. Once again these guys had $10,000 to use on this film and with the editing and the effects and the general filmography, it's done very well.</div>
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The only thing that I thought was a little less effective and it's not so much that I didn't like it, but I think it hinders the scariness a bit, is how clear the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman" </i>appears. In both the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman" </i>film and also in <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Marble Hornets"</i> When you see the figure, he's for the most part distorted and not so clearly seen. I find this makes the scary effect more emphasized, because you can't clearly make out what you're afraid of. You can tell pretty decently but its still not clear. In this film you see the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman" </i>perfectly, his features and more importantly his blank face. He's still pretty fucking creepy but, because you can see him a lot clearer, it loses some of the effect that your imagination does to fill in the rest.</div>
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All 3 of them are very similar and portray the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman"</i> pretty much the same way. The differences that set them apart however I find are important. In "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Marble Hornets"</i> the figure is referred to as the "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Operator"</i> and he doesn't kidnap and devour children. He is a figure that randomly shows up and usually stops the main character in his path from being able to uncover the mysteries that surround. As if he were a guard, guarding the door to the answers they seek. He is used more as an instrument if you will. </div>
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In the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman" </i>film, he is exactly as what the mythos portrays him as. A mysterious figure who devours children. The main idea of that movie, is to play out what the internet meme makes of him.</div>
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In <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Proxy"</i> He is the same character as in the film above, except the story has a slightly different take on him, one which I find almost kind of blends both "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Marble Hornets" </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Slenderman"</i> together, but at the same time is different. With different movie creators, you get different ideas and that is the most important thing, that sets them apart. I'd say in this one, there is much influence used, but still as a fresh look.</div>
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This film is definitely worth checking out. It's only 9 minutes so what have you got to lose? Could they have made it any longer then 9 minutes? I'm sure they could have, but they may have needed a larger budget for what they were doing. Also given what the story was, it would have needed to be more developed. So when you take that into account, sure it could have been longer, but would it have been as good? Maybe yes, maybe no. If you're truly a horror fan, you should see this.</div>
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The internet is a powerful tool. One use I like in particular is it's ability to spread urban legends faster and more creatively than ever before.<br />
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The Slender Man movie is derived straight from the internet meme with what seems to be a few new tweaks thrown in. In this version, a tall being with no face steals children to feed some kind of energy I suppose, but it requires a human to feed the children to him. Three different stories make up the arc here and they all eventually intersect to make for a creepy climax!<br />
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Personally, I liked that the film made references to the internet meme as well as adding some new lore into the mythos. They could have gone ahead and try to go completely different for the reason of the Slender Man's existence but they kept the primary parts in tact. I also liked that this film seemed to draw reference from other existing material.<br />
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The distorted camera, the handycam use, the sudden appearances all here and it keeps the creepiness to a high. I don't think this film would work as well if it was done with conventional cameras.<br />
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The audio, while true to what it might sound like on a handy cam leaves a little to be desired. There were parts that I could not hear very well or the audio fluctuated. While again this is true to what it would actually sound like, this is also a movie and was somewhat frustrating.<br />
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I also didn't like that there wasn't much explanation as to who anyone was. The characters were given the most basic of outlines and their story lines all end abruptly. The makers may not wanted to have drawn things out or given unnecessary back stories - but it's kind of hard to care about what happens to these characters. I wouldn't say it's a huge problem though.<br />
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The concept of the Slender Man scares me a fare deal, in fact, it's one of the only things I find scary in a movie or otherwise sense.<br />
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Seeing as this movie is free, the main thing I want to convey is this movie wasn't a waste of my time one bit. I really enjoyed the package they have put together and as a big fan of the Slender Man I don't feel as if they've ruined anything.<br />
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<br />You'll Never Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584124583059061886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-22768964137453273232013-02-11T18:33:00.000-08:002013-02-11T18:33:16.004-08:00Final Destination 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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So for those of you who missed the 2000's, lived under a box, or maybe were too young for these types of movies, the plot is essentially this. A Young girl has a premonition about her death in a major freak car accident on a highway involving several others as well. She ends up saving their lives by preventing the accident only to find that if it's your time to go, then it's your time to go. Death will find you..... Spooky eh? Well not really.</div>
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I know right? We're always talking about people with too much time on their hands and how that goes hand in hand with bad movies. In this situation I fell victim to that. If you like any of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Final Destination" </i>movies then you won't have a problem with this, also if you like movies that tend to leave you laughing at how fucking stupid they are, then once again, this one gets a nod.</div>
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Well some of the death scenes, though stupid can be at times pretty funny, especially the few moments just before leading up to them. A.J. Cook is also really hot. There is some entertainment to be had in the movie. This film is also made here in Vancouver and it does a good job of showing off how beautiful the landscapes of BC are. So I have to give it a thumbs up for it making here look good.</div>
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Oh it's total garbage, the acting is terrible, its not suspenseful at all, because everything that is about to happen you can see it coming. There's no sex scenes, there's nothing scary here. Actually wait that's not true, what is scary is how accurate they depict people who drive here, as shown in the big giant car crash in the beginning. That is a bit scary. Everything about the movie was just so predictable that it just doesn't have any effect. Plus I mean the main premise is because they cheat death, now death is coming after them one by one? How stupid is that. I can just picture death from <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Family Guy"</i> coming after these guys and going "Well you see guys, you were suppose to die in this big ass car crash but, because you didn't, well you've upset the balance of life and death and well I don't get paid very much for this gig so I have to collect whenever I can." Just garbage.<br />
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Why yes there is in fact!Don't make it so fucking predictable! Also if you're going to make a series of 5 movies of this, at least put some more effort into the acting and not make it seem like such a big steamy dump.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit;">Werner Herzog describes this movie himself as <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">"a horror film without the blood, chainsaws and gore, but with a strange, anonymous fear creeping up in you." </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">I feel that this is definitely an apt description. Now here is what is important about this film. This is a collaboration between <b>David Lynch </b>and <b>Werner Herzog. </b>It just so happens that in my world, this is the kind of duo that I could only dream of. What I watched in this films 90 minute run time was something I've felt that i've seen quite a few times and at the same time never before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Pretty straightforward, two homicide detectives get a call to check out a murder scene. They are told within about 2 minutes who did it and where he is. It seems a son has stabbed his mother with a sword. What follows for the rest of the film is the unraveling of the crime and why it was </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">committed</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19.1875px;">It's definitely the usual bunch, but they all turn in good performances. The use of Grace Zabriskie is where I see another Lynch influence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19.1875px;">I was really struggling with how this movie could have such mixed reviews. 6's and 5's are the order of the day when it comes to this film. Looking back, It kind of goes along with how Werner Herzog has always been. If you get it, you get it - if you don't, you don't. He quite frankly doesn't care. I can at least say that the last time I was moved by a film like I was this one, was <b>Fitzcarraldo, </b>another Herzog masterwork.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19.1875px;">I could honestly make this review pages and pages long by dissecting certain scenes that I thought were amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19.1875px;">The main thing I want to leave anyone reading this with is that this film was more like an experience than a film. It held my attention and wouldn't let it go. It hasn't even left my head since watching it. If you're a fan and you haven't watch this yet, you must. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19.1875px;">If you aren't, maybe it's worth a shot too - it might open you up to a whole new realm of film</span><br />
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Here we have our final review of Random Netflix Week <i style="font-weight: bold;">Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin's "Area 407". </i>This movie has 2 directors?! No wonder it sucks, but we'll get to that in a sec. This movie was released in 2012 and was never a blip on the radar screen, for good reason.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Well after surviving a plane crash in the middle of nowhere, a group of people must find a way to get help and back into town. Meanwhile one of the other filmmakers must have had a brain fart because he was like " Well lets make it so they have to escape from a............. Wait for it.................. Wait for it......... A FUCKING DINOSAUR! Are you serious?! Well I suppose this is definitely a horror movie alright, I'm scared to give this movie anymore of my time.</span></div>
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Clearly. It's basically 90 minutes of little girls screaming. I thought I was going to go deaf! The chic in the picture up there, is the most annoying fucking brat, you learn to hate her right off the bat. The characters are all forgettable, except for this bitches whining of course. I wasn't a fan of the fact it was filmed via handheld camera either. Don't get me wrong I like movies like that, but this one I didn't know was going to be that way and I wasn't in the mood for it, not too mention its quite disorienting at times. </div>
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It looks like someone took the poopiness of "<b><i>Jurassic Park 2"</i></b> and the disorienting camera of <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Cloverfield"</i> mashed them together and added a plane crash. Oh wait don't forget the military cover up. </div>
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Anyone who is afraid of crashing in a plane and then having to escape dinosaurs. </div>
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The best part of this movie is the end, too bad it takes 89 minutes to get there!</div>
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Anyone who just survived a plane crash.</div>
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Anyone who is not listed in the above.</div>
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Instead of having these people survive a plane crash and run from dinosaurs, I would have made them survive a dinosaur crash and then have to run away from airplanes. Then for no reason it turns into space porn.</div>
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Netflix Week, gets 2/5 in terms of good movies to bad ones. If you don't know what you're watching I'd say those are the odds you will find a good movie to watch on Netflix.</div>
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Sometimes going into films with really, and I mean really low expectations pays off, sometimes it doesn't. I'm thrilled to say that "The Pact" far exceeded any expectations that I could of had.<br />
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Annie's mother has died. Soon after, a force has entered her house and is causing her to be quite frightened. Annie's sister Nicole and her cousin Liz also go missing. Annie goes on a quest to find out what happened that is both mysterious and supernatural.</div>
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#1 - the film left some loose ends with Annie's sister and cousin. If they said what happened to them I certainly didn't catch it. I guess it's safe to assume they are murdered, but it could have used to clarity.</div>
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This 1988 horror picture stars <i><b>Lance Henriksen.("Alien, Mass Effect") </b></i>I almost think that their is some inspiration from <i><b>"Alien"</b></i> used in this, but more on that in a bit.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think if I was a kid watching this, I'd be pret<span style="font-size: small;">ty freaked out. It's not really jump out of your seat scary, but more like gru<span style="font-size: small;">esome scary, if that makes sense. I guess one of the things I notice about a lot of horror movies from the late 70'<span style="font-size: small;">s and <span style="font-size: small;">80's is<span style="font-size: small;"> that violence to children is a fairly common formula. Which I think doesn't make it scary per<span style="font-size: small;"> say but, more like shoc<span style="font-size: small;">king.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Newborn Alien/Human halfbreed>>>>>>>>>^<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well aside from the fact that Pump<span style="font-size: small;">kinhead does kind of look like an alien, he is pretty well put together and I don't know who was either controlling that thing or wearing a suit, but it looks pretty d<span style="font-size: small;">amn realistic. <span style="font-size: small;">Something you don't see much nowa<span style="font-size: small;">days because people cheap out and use CGI.......Bastards. I also <span style="font-size: small;">like <i><span style="font-size: small;">Harley</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">. He<span style="font-size: small;">'s <span style="font-size: small;">kind of one of those tragic heroes, where you feel bad for<span style="font-size: small;"> him in the beg<span style="font-size: small;">inning but<span style="font-size: small;"> as the movie progresses, so does his character and you see him sp<span style="font-size: small;">iral downward into darkness. <span style="font-size: small;">The acting in this movie is not too bad either, a<span style="font-size: small;">side f<span style="font-size: small;">rom <span style="font-size: small;">one of the encounters he has with the witch woman. It's a bit on the la<span style="font-size: small;">ug<span style="font-size: small;">hable side because its pretty bad. This movie ha<span style="font-size: small;">s classic horror written all over it, its <span style="font-size: small;">a bit of a tried<span style="font-size: small;">, tested and true formula for the most part. <span style="font-size: small;"><u>Come up </u><span style="font-size: small;"><u>with an</u><span style="font-size: small;"><u> </u><span style="font-size: small;"><u>interesting plot, add in some stuff that just makes it go over the to</u>p</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <u><span style="font-size: small;">add in some personality and good characters, but don't try to justify too much, because after all it is a horror movie and not </span></u><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>"Pearl Harbour". </b></i>.........Thos<span style="font-size: small;">e who don't pick up on th<span style="font-size: small;">at sarcasm<span style="font-size: small;">, shame on you!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well like I said, the one scene where <i>Harley </i>meets with the wit<span style="font-size: small;">ch woman, is </span></span>pretty bad. Th<span style="font-size: small;">e other part of this movie that I <span style="font-size: small;">d<span style="font-size: small;">idn't like was that it felt a little rushed. The point from where the son dies and then Pumpkinhead's rampage ta<span style="font-size: small;">kes place, was <span style="font-size: small;">really quick. Which helps with the intensity and<span style="font-size: small;"> keeping you drawn in, but makes the story seem like they didn't flesh it out enough.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyone who's a fan of any creature feature from the <span style="font-size: small;">70's and 80's<span style="font-size: small;">. Fans of <i><b>John Carpenter<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></i><span style="font-size: small;">films. Also if you like <i><b><span style="font-size: small;">"Al<span style="font-size: small;">ien" </span></span></b></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">but maybe want something <span style="font-size: small;">a little different. Th<span style="font-size: small;">is movie is hard not to like, i<span style="font-size: small;">n one deg<span style="font-size: small;">ree or another.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Random Netflix week continues! Today we feature <b>Rites Of Spring. </b>More after the jump.</div>
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Well... Two movies are going on at the same time. From what I can gather, some people are in financial trouble and feel it's in their best interest to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy man to solve their financial woes. At the same time, two women are abducted from outside of a bar and brought to a barn to be food for a creature that looks like a reject out of the mummy. The two movies eventually smash into one another and blood and guts are your reward.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Who am I and why am in this movie?"</span></div>
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<b><u>Sounds pretty cliche, and it is!</u></b></div>
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There is nothing new here what-so-ever. This film borrows elements from all it's "successful" predecessors and manages to combine them into something that should be able to keep your attention for it's 80 minute running time.</div>
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"<span style="font-size: x-small;">My last paycheck bounced while filming this thing"</span></div>
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I definitely want to mention the running time again. This plays like a quick movie which is for the most part to it's advantage.</div>
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I also actually liked the gore where there was some. This movie doesn't try to hide the fact that it was a budget film destined for the bargain bin and the basements of Netflix. The blood looks fine and is used often enough. The film does have more cut-aways than I would like from the violence, but again, I think that would be due to budget concerns and I would not fault the movie for that.</div>
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The way the A and B plot come together is almost laughable. One character escapes the monster and runs into all the other characters much to their surprise!</div>
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I figure something must of happened where two different movies were being shot, one of the actors accidentally ran onto the other set and the director who happened to be directing both movies said "eh, fuck it, lets go with it!" and thus the movie was born.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Praying to the corn god that this movie will be sucessful</span></div>
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They kind of explain what the hell is going on. I mean, they need the blood for girls I guess for some creature that gets hungry? They need to protect the corn? Some old man is deranged and keeps his son in a nest and lets him run loose once a year in spring?</div>
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We start off Random Netflix Week with <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Creature(2011)". </i>This movie is pretty much almost everything you'd think it is. A group of friends traveling down in the Bayou hear an old folk legend about a mysterious half man, half alligator (It's essentially the swamp version of bigfoot) that stalks the area in search of victims to feed on and a mate to quell his cold heart. The only notable actor in this movie is <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sid Haig("House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects".) </i>He plays pretty much the kind of character you would expect, for those of you who have seen those other 2 movies.</div>
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Good looking women, boobs, some okay violence. The filming and cinematography of this movie is actually pretty good.</div>
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Well part of the problem that makes this movie so bad, is that there is a lot going on. If it was more like <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Lake Placid"</i> and less like the movie it is then maybe it might have given it a little bit more. I won't give away any spoilers just incase anyone watches this, but there's this incestuous side story to it, which just throws a wrench in the whole movie. I also think if the director did his homework a little bit more and maybe watched <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Creature From the Black Lagoon" </i>it could have worked a lot better. Oh well.</div>
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Under the Rotted Fleshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955724125922339645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-23441170171184745302013-01-26T18:47:00.001-08:002013-01-26T18:47:17.943-08:00Random Netflix Week!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Welcome back fellow Acolytes of horror. Today we have <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bradley Parker's "Chernobyl Diaries". </i>This film was released in May of 2012, so its still relatively recent. This story was drawn up and produced by <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Paranormal Activity's" Oren Peli </i>and like his paranormal counterpart this movie has a very familiar feel to it.</div>
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This movie is worth seeing. Unfortunately it is not on the Canadian netflix, so you will have to either stream it somewhere else or pick it up on dvd/blu ray. My copy was only $15 so if you got nothing better to get for that much, then it might be worth it. If you like the "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Paranormal Activity" </i>series alone, this will be worth it for you. Also if you are a fan of "<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Descent" </i>then you should also like this.</div>
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Under the Rotted Fleshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955724125922339645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-49293487987624419032013-01-20T18:07:00.001-08:002013-01-20T18:07:51.503-08:00Movie Review: Mama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For some reason that is never explained, two little girls dad goes completely insane, murders a few people, abducts is daughters and takes them out to a place he hasn't decided yet. On his way because he is busy getting mad at his daughter, he crashes his car and takes them to an abandoned cabin. As is standard, they are not alone. The girls are recovered years later but their protector "Mama" may not have left them.<br />
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Happy to say it's not bad. I feel like this movie was making an honest attempt to be a little bit different. The movie wasn't able to pull it off completely, but it tried hard and it's gonna get some points for that.<br />
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One success of this movie is something I have made reference to before. They don't show what you are supposed to be afraid of, at least not fully. One clever technique was having one of the girls not wearing her glasses and us looking through her eyes at Mama. Doing this allows our imaginations to run a little bit more wild, at least in the short term.<br />
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First and foremost, I REALLY did not like Jessica Chastain. I actually thought she was going to be a static character in this movie, which would have been extremely aggravating, she does eventually go through a change, but it's really late in the movie and isn't very effective. I'm not sure who's to blame for this though.<br />
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For the imagery and the fairly decent acting, this is a movie that is somewhat easy to recommend. It's not terrifying by any means, but it has some decent scares. Rather than rely only on jump scares - the movie does well to set up a good atmosphere and build up some tense scenes.<br />
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<br />You'll Never Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584124583059061886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-5375867463341406052013-01-18T08:00:00.000-08:002013-01-18T08:00:12.336-08:00Nazi Horror Finale: Nazi's at the center of the earth (Video Review)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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[Commentary / You'll Never See] - Well here is our first video review. Please keep in mind this was all for fun, it was put together in about an hour and obviously poorly edited. We just wanted to have some fun, hope you watch it!</div>
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Welcome back to Nazi horror week here at the scroll. We give you our 4th movie of the week <i style="font-weight: bold;">David Bradley's "They Saved Hitler's Brain". </i>I tell you its a real big shame they won't be able to save mine after watching this scheise! But more on that in a moment. I think you can tell simply by the photo above that this movie is absolutely ridiculous. So this movie was made in 1963 and much like <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Outpost: Black Sun". </i>It stars a bunch of people you couldn't give 2 shits about.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">So apparently if you read the back of the dvd box it says the plot is about how Hitler had a hidden agenda to maintain his life by preserving his brain, or well actually his entire head. Also he plots to release a deadly nerve gas which will wipe out all the allies and win the war. </span><br />
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Fucking terrible that's how! First of all I've seen movies from the 1930's that look better then this malarkey. This movie is 1963 and the version I watched was remastered too. I'd hate to see the original version cause I bet it looks even worse. there's a car chase scene in the movie which was done so bad, the camera is zooming in and out and moving around, I thought I was going to puke! Not every part of the filmography was bad but most of it was.<br />
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Yes! Ok the first 45 mins was about these 2 investigators or reporters or whatever they were and they were looking for some top secret plans, supposedly I think it was suppose to be the plans detailing what Hitler had done, but they don't mention that and the Nazi's you see in the first part of the movie look like mobsters! I thought it was like a gangster movie or something. So after that it shifts to the actual movie with a completely different set of characters then who started off in the movie. It kind of reminded me of an <i style="font-weight: bold;">Ed Wood </i>movie except, he actually keeps me interested and his movies were so bad they are entertaining. Honestly you could fast forward through the first 45 mins and watch from there and it would be better, but unfortunately not by much.<br />
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Well aside from everything and how boring this movie was, the parts where they get to having Hitler's head in the movie almost made me fall out of my chair. So his head is sitting on top of what looks to be an easy bake oven or the bat computer, you can decide. He's got this glass dish over top and all you see him doing is rolling his eyes around making these stupid looks and OH OH OH! When he does speak, he sounds like one of those Nazi troops from Wolfenstein! "Schooschtofl!" I think they might have even used that voice for those characters.<br />
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I like <i style="font-weight: bold;">Ed Wood </i>movies, but I just couldn't get into this. It had some neat classic horror music in it which was cool and I think they were trying to go for a an old 30's style horror movie, but this thing just flops.</div>
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Well thats because you have. As well know, at this point the cabin in the woods movie had been done to death, and it wasn't till the actual movie "Cabin In the Woods" that it was flipped on it's head. The beginning of this movie is a complete choir to watch. Of noticeable blandness is that the beginning clearly looks like it was shot for the new MTV generation - featuring quick edits and non-sense snowmobile jumps. I was honestly very worried from the get-go, it seemed even more pointless than the usual cabin in the woods flick.</div>
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Not quite half-way through the movie the set-up (revealing whats going to happen) is provided but some grumpy old man. The movie did not get good at this point either and my worry continued. The set-up seemed like an OK idea, but it really never explains whats about to happen that well.</div>
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For a movie that was clearly shot for a low budget, they did a pretty good job. There are times when you can see more of a mannequin being used, but it doesn't hurt the film as by the point this is happening, it realizes just how absurd it is and has hopefully gotten the viewer to buy into the circus. There is plenty of blood and guts to be seen, so for you gore hounds, you will likely have plenty to enjoy - you just have to sit through a boring build-up to get to it.</div>
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<br />You'll Never Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584124583059061886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-59849712472306899682013-01-15T23:21:00.000-08:002013-01-15T23:21:54.983-08:00Outpost: Black Sun<div style="text-align: center;">
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We're back with our second Nazi horror flick, <b><i>Steve Barker's "Outpost: Black Sun".</i></b></div>
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This movie is the sequel to <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Outpost". </i>A movie which starred <i>Ray Stevenson(Punisher, Thor)</i>. This movie however stars a bunch of people you don't know. Luckily in this movie it doesn't really matter.<br />
The movie starts off initially with the main character Lena, who's in search of and old evil Nazi by the name of Klausener. Klausener has discovered a new technology that will create a race of immortal Nazi super soldiers and with them will bring about the 4th Reich. For some reason she's the only one who knows about this and we're not sure why.<br />
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The fight scenes in this movie are actually pretty decent and are pretty tense.<br />
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For a movie that is made in 2012, there isn't really much use of CGI, at least NOT THAT I COULD SEE!(I'll explain this more). The Nazi zombies look like they are wearing makeup and not computer generated. I always appreciate when film makers do that, I'm so sick of movies where CGI is so easily seen because it just seems like a cheap way to make a movie and make it less natural.<br />
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This movie looks like it had a decent sized budget because the effects used in it don't look cheap and they do look rather good.<br />
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There's a scene in the movie that looked like a nod to Raiders of the Lost Ark near the end, that was pretty neat and the effects were cool.<br />
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The biggest problem I had with this movie is that visually its so dark. Seriously I might as well have been watching it wearing a blindfold, because you can't see shit and it only gets progressively worse.<br />
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The acting in this movie went from not too bad to progressively shit, especially the main character Lena. She was really annoying every line she had was "What about Klausener?", "Where's Klausener?" "How do I find Klausener?". Klausener this, Klausener that. Seriously really repetitive and irritating. Some of the dramatic parts in the acting weren't bad but, there were just parts that were stupid.<br />
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If you like <i style="font-weight: bold;">Resident Evil, Dawn of the Dead. </i>Then this movie will probably cater to you.<br />
Its a decent movie if you find you are kind of looking to kill an hour and a half, it will at least keep you entertained if nothing else.<br />
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This movie had really good potential. Like I had said before, from how it was filmed and the effects used, the cinematography aspect of it was actually quite decent, but the lighting really messed it up. If they managed to edit that more and fix that problem I bet this movie would have been much better. Also I didn't have any expectations for the actors because they weren't anyone I knew, but I think if the writing would have been more developed they would have done better as well. Would I recommend this movie? Well I wouldn't mind doing so, but I'd be afraid of being badgered afterwards because they complained about not being able to see it, so read this review first and if the idea appeals to you, then by all means have at er.<br />
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Under the Rotted Fleshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955724125922339645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-6203209038482643352013-01-14T08:00:00.000-08:002013-01-14T17:10:02.017-08:00Nazi Horror Week: Shock Waves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to <b>Nazi Horror Week.</b> This week we will be featuring nothing but reviews of movies that have Nazi's in them in some form. </div>
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During WW2, Peter Cushing was put in charge of a group of genetically modified uber Nazi's who were unfeeling and very violent. To nobody's surprise (except maybe his) they were uncontrollable. Towards the end of the war he took them offshore to escape the allies likely capturing them and revealing the secret. The orders never come and he sinks the boat and takes a self imposed exile on an island. The film revolves around their unexplained return to get their violence fix that the zombie nazi's have missed being stuck at the bottom of the ocean</div>
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You would never find my explanation at the back of the box, but yes - that is the main idea.</div>
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Despite how I make it sound, I would actually have to give this a big yes. The main thing I have to talk about here is the two "main" actors they likely shelled out for, Peter Cushing and John Carradine. They are both used very little, but their minimal screen presence is felt and not a single scene is wasted.</div>
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My biggest complaint would be the other actors. Of particular note is Jack Davidson who plays Norman, and let me tell you, this guy is a real Norman. His character is so whiny and so annoying and his lines are delivered so forcibly, it's a wonder they didn't force this guy to stay on the boat. </div>
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<br />You'll Never Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584124583059061886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-39128360548076783342013-01-11T22:05:00.001-08:002013-01-11T22:05:57.778-08:00They Live<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well before we get to Nazi horror week, we thought we'd deliver on a real classic. <i style="font-weight: bold;">John Carpenter's "They Live". </i>This 1988 film stars <b>"Rowdy" Roddy Piper </b>and <b>Keith David(</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Requiem for a Dream, The Thing). </i>This movie is all about exposing the gruesome underbelly of the government and society for its truly disfigured face. Roddy Piper's character who in the credits is listed simply as "Nada" is a hard working average joe who like a lot of people wants to earn a decent living. After coming upon some mystic sunglasses he puts them on to discover the veil which has been cast over society and the ugly side underneath it all. The world is not how we see it. Not all human beings are human.</div>
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Now I'm a huge John Carpenter fan, but this is the very first time I've seen this movie so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The one thing I've always liked about Carpenter's films is that his intro's are usually not explained, so there is usually a bunch of events that happen at the beginning of the film but you're left wondering "Why? How? WTF?". Now for those of you who need to know every detail, everything explained then you may not like that, but if you can just sit back and watch this movie for what it is then you should enjoy it.</div>
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This movie is packed with action, from the beginning of the movie right to the very end, it's actually more of an action movie I'd say then Horror, but the two mix very well.</div>
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The acting isn't spectacular but for what this movie is, you won't hate it. The script writing makes the acting a little bit better. Nada isn't a big talker but when he does its the kind of cheesy one liners that make these movies enjoyable. Does anyone remember Duke Nukem?</div>
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John Carpenter does his own music for all of his movies, in this movie its a jazzy blues style and it suits the movie pretty well, especially while....... Chewing bubblegum and kicking ass.</div>
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Keith David's character of Frank isn't really necessary, I mean yeah he kicks ass alongside Roddy Piper but the two of them are so similar and so he's a bit lost.</div>
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The special effects in this movie are decent, but some of the aliens in the film just look so outrageously fake that its laughable. You can tell one of them is wearing a mask because when he starts speaking the mouth doesn't move but the jawline behind the mask does. You can also tell some of them are dummies, when they get shot they don't look real and look more like puppets on strings.</div>
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The one female character played by Meg Foster in this movie is also pretty useless. There is no romance in this movie whatsoever and who she turns out to be in the end has you scratching your head,</div>
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Any fan of John Carpenter should like this movie, in particular those who like <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Assault on Precinct 13". </i>This movie relates closest to that one and the style is very similar. Also if you're a fan of 80's action films then this will be a nice addition to your collection.</div>
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I give this movie <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">3/5 Duke Nukem's </span></div>
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Under the Rotted Fleshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955724125922339645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793819950051159010.post-66227794472729943802013-01-10T20:16:00.002-08:002013-01-10T20:16:31.133-08:00Nazi Horror Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Next week will see the launch of our next full theme of reviews: Nazi's in horror.<br />
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We will be reviewing new movies as well as a couple of classics.<br />
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"Sometimes dead is better"<br />
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That has to be one of my favorite lines in any horror movie ever made.<br />
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Rather than review this movie, I mostly just wanted to spend some time talking about how I think this movie is seriously underrated.<br />
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<b>Whats so good about this movie?</b><br />
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All right! <b>The plot</b> for one is, in my opinion, excellent! Now, i'm pretty up to date about how Stephen King even scared himself by writing this book - as a person who does not have a child I can't really relate. I would imagine for those who do though, that this movie takes on a whole new meaning with the idea of losing your child and there being nothing you can do to stop it.<br />
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Overall though, the idea of putting something in the ground and having it come back not quite the way you put it in was a great device and something I found drove the movie (and the book quite well)<br />
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I also found the idea of Victor Pascow coming back and trying to help the family both interesting and a bit freaky.<br />
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<b>The Acting </b>(for the most part) is quite good as well. Surprisingly the lead actors leave a bit to be desired, but I will never be able to say enough good words about how completely awesome Fred Gwynne is in this movie. I can't read the book without hearing him talk, and he conveys all the fear and the "friendly neighbor" attitude that this character is supposed to.<br />
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Special mention goes to Church, the cat. Obviously the editing department had a big role in what he had to do, but the cat was cuddly and lovable at one point, and a complete monster the next - very well done and I haven't seen a cat that enjoyable except for the movie Hocus Pocus.<br />
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<b>The Pacing </b>in this movie seems quite brisk as well, and that is definitely in a good way. The book did tend to drag at certain points, and the movie (written by Stephen King) did away with any of the filler that would have taken away from the flow. This movie always ends before I want it to.<br />
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Just one thing really, and this is only a half complaint. And thats the ending with Gage. Now I don't actually think there is a convincing way that this could have been done to make it seem completely over the top like a circus, but thats why this is only a half complaint.<br />
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What I would have attempted myself though is to take the Jaws approach and maybe not show Gage. This would have given it more of a Black Christmas vibe and left what Gage looked like up the viewer, which might have been much creepier.<br />
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Pretty good. Like I said before, the movie cuts out some of the parts that did not need to be there, although the movie could have benefited from the digging up Gage's body part (too morbid?) and the lengthier funeral part of Gage (too long?) but thats just my opinion. Considering I saw the movie before I read the book, I was pleasantly surprised with how much other stuff was in the book to keep me going. I'm not sure why they had to change the whole Norma situation in the movie, but it does not suffer because of it.<br />
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Maybe it's because I really like cats, maybe it's because I like Herman Munster out of make-up, but this is one movie I can't recommend highly enough. Now that this movie is out on blu-ray, (and it looks damn good too), now would be the time to either re-visit, or watch for the first time.<br />
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