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405,865 | 2,020,269 | 308,152 | 7 | It's new , clever and well made . Give it a chance ! | Dead End is a good film to prove that the horror genre is NOT dead and that there are still young directors who approach the genre with the right attitude . The plot is nowhere near groundbreaking or astonishing , but yet you couldn't care less about that . The directors-duo ( Andrea and Canepa ? French guys ) put thei... |
405,148 | 2,020,269 | 70,355 | 7 | Slightly " Cleaner " Harry ? | Dirty Harry was a revolutionary early 70's action movie that instantly caught the attention of cinema-loving ( and hating ) audiences because of its no-nonsense attitude , excessive depiction of violence and thoroughly nihilistic atmosphere . " Magnum Force " , the first sequel in the fairly long-running series and r... |
404,583 | 2,020,269 | 206,314 | 7 | Psycho Trucker , Qu'est Que C'est ? | Dare we admit it ? Yes , we do ? John Dahl's " Road Kill " is the greatest road-horror movie since " The Hitcher " and , purely talking in terms of psychopathic truckers , finally a worthy successor for Steven Spielberg's early 70's paranoid thriller " Duel " . The similarities in plot between this film and " Duel " ar... |
406,716 | 2,020,269 | 1,139,797 | 7 | You are twelve , forever going on thirteen , baby it's time to drink ? blood | Let the Right one in was one of my most anticipated viewings at the most recent Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films , mainly due to the incredibly praising reviews all over the internet and the truckload of awards and recognitions this Swedish production already received since it first hit the global fes... |
404,875 | 2,020,269 | 112,922 | 7 | Biggest " pleasant surprise " in years . . . | I had never heard of this before , I didn't read reviews or thoughts or anything about this movie and I didn't even read the small texts on the cover of the box . . . This could have gone very wrong but instead of that it became 100 minutes of pure fun . So , now I'll do my best to recommend it to as many other people ... |
405,109 | 2,020,269 | 1,010,012 | 7 | Beware of Flying Voodoo Heads ! | Could it be the return of genuine Cat III madness ? When I first heard about this film it certainly sounded like it , considering the involvement of director Herman Yau ( " Ebola Syndrome " , " The Untold Story " ) and the listing of several themes & keywords that are customary for this sub genre's certification . Afte... |
404,260 | 2,020,269 | 87,594 | 7 | Vietnam at its most Violent & Exploitative ! | Mr . Antonio Margheriti , the uncrowned KING of Italian rip-offs , and his dynamic duo of charismatic actors David Steiner and John Steiner ( though the latter only in a small role this time ) strike again with this raw and excessively violent war-exploitation flick . Clearly inspired by the success of " The Deer Hunte... |
405,497 | 2,020,269 | 66,518 | 7 | Who wouldn't love these vampires ? ? ? | Where would the horror field be if it weren't for the legendary Hammer Studios ? With their constant creativity and new variations on the general topic of vampirism they delivered some of the most important genre-films ever . Roy Ward Baker's film the Vampire Lovers is one of the most essential movies Hammer ever relea... |
405,452 | 2,020,269 | 65,553 | 7 | Swinging Bava ! | Mario Bava himself repeatedly stated that this is the worst film he was ever involved in , so luckily enough there still are some loyal and naive fan-boys ( like myself ) to reassure the public that " 5 Dolls for an August Moon " nonetheless remains a worthy purchase and definitely better than your average horror / mys... |
404,683 | 2,020,269 | 74,356 | 7 | Sober & tense Bigfoot-adventure ? . With lots of rednecks ! | It's nice to see that " Creature from Black Lake " has quite a few loyal fans around this website . Nice because , even though it's not exactly a good film , it's undoubtedly a charming and spirited piece of 70's low budget film-making . The creators of this film UNOBTRUSIVELY cash in on the contemporary trend of Bigfo... |
405,251 | 2,020,269 | 289,879 | 7 | Good film , surprisingly raw and obscure ! | Although the twisted premise of " The Butterfly Effect " definitely sounded like my cup of tea , I was reluctant to go and see it right away , simply because I feared that the film would revolve too much on the popular teen-idol Aston Kutcher and also because it was very likely that sentiment and feel-good twists would... |
404,979 | 2,020,269 | 175,526 | 7 | SEX is all that matters ! | Maybe I should start by saying I'm not the biggest slasher fan around here . Sure I can appreciate the classics like Halloween and the original Friday the 13th but they were never top of my list . And the post-Scream era has blown it all . Since this movie , everybody thinks they can make a horror film . The only thing... |
404,471 | 2,020,269 | 96,144 | 7 | On the contrary ! The more beautiful , the sweeter they die ! | It's always nice to come across a worthwhile Italian Giallo that was made in the 1980's , because this wondrously unique sub genre of horror is almost automatically & irreversibly linked to the 1970's , more particularly the earlier years of that decade . During that period there were approximately a dozen of great fil... |
406,481 | 2,020,269 | 100,740 | 7 | Very entertaining and well made short horror stories | SPOILERS will follow . . . I remember the early 80's horror series on which this movie is based on . It was a dumb and corny series , to be honest . In fact , the TV-station in my country stopped broadcasting it after only a few episodes due to a lack of interest of the viewers . I've done some research considering its... |
405,174 | 2,020,269 | 83,144 | 7 | Genuinely unsettling Aussie-thriller ! | 747-airliner crashes just outside a little town but of the 400 people aboard , one man ( the pilot ) miraculously walks out of the disaster alive ? Even more so , he walks out completely unharmed ! Does this basic premise sound familiar to anyone ? No , it's not M . Night Shyamalan's overrated blockbuster " Unbreakable... |
404,917 | 2,020,269 | 109,550 | 7 | Island of the Burning Nuns | If you already think the title of this user-comment is weird , just wait until you see the rest of the movie ! Mariano Baino's " Dark Waters " is an old-fashioned creepy chiller and perhaps even the most underrated horror film of the last three decades . It's definitely the best Italian horror film of the nineties , al... |
405,793 | 2,020,269 | 303,361 | 7 | This girl BITES ! ! | ( small spoilers coming up ) Any fellas here who tend to get lonely ? Can't get a date on Saturday nights ? Well , there is one girl that'll gladly awaits you . . . Take a look at this film and see what May has got to offer you . It's a delightful little movie that got overlooked at the 2002 box office , like so many o... |
405,461 | 2,020,269 | 100,827 | 7 | Good . . . but not as good as I hoped . | Italian horror maestro Dario Argento and American zombie-daddy George A . Romero combining their forces and taking on the masterful Edgar Allan Poe oeuvre . . . This SHOULD have resulted in a perplexing project that tops every horror fan's favorite list ! Oh well , maybe it's not the triumph everybody ( or me exclusive... |
404,357 | 2,020,269 | 69,994 | 7 | The jolliest bunch of lunatics this side of the nuthouse ! | I personally have a soft spot for horror films that are set in hospitals and asylums so I had a good feeling about watching this " Don't Look in the Basement " , even though its reputation is doubtful . Well , turned out I was right ! This is great , trashy entertainment with a couple of efficient shocks and delightful... |
404,441 | 2,020,269 | 69,995 | 7 | SUPERnatural ! | First establishment : don't even consider watching this film when you're tired and / or trying to conquer sleep ? because you'll lose . The terror in Don't Look Now is strictly psychological and whether it's a masterpiece or not all depends on the viewer's state of mind . It could become one of the most superbly chilli... |
404,541 | 2,020,269 | 492,912 | 7 | It's Alive ! ! It's Alive ! ! ! . . . x50 ! | Two young men , isolated up in the mountains , performing bizarre and questionable experiments on each other ? No , it isn't an early sequel to " Brokeback Mountain " but a new & clever independent horror film that I hope will be regarded as a minor cult gem within a couple of years ! The screenplay of " Subject Two " ... |
404,740 | 2,020,269 | 83,133 | 7 | Predates " Scary Movie " with nearly 20 years AND it's funnier ! | Student Bodies is already a fairly good and successful cinematic satire , but it even gets better when realizing the film actually got released in 1981 . In other words , when the trend of prototypical 80's high school slashers still had to be launched properly , this movie already parodied all of its trademarks ! Th... |
405,315 | 2,020,269 | 69,979 | 7 | Awesome little film , but we demand a proper DVD release ! | Although I'm grateful this obscure gem of 70's Italian exploitation cinema features in the recently released " Grindhouse Experience " box set , and although it's also available on disc under the misleading and stupid alternate title " Escape from Death Row " , I honestly think it deserves a proper and luxurious DVD ed... |
404,868 | 2,020,269 | 104,511 | 7 | Vampired to the Mob | It's about time John Landis delivered a worthy follow-up to " An American Werewolf in London " ! That particular classic was one of the only films ever to successfully blend gross horror situations with likable black humor . " Innocent Blood " does the same , albeit less impressively . The crime-congested streets of Pi... |
404,284 | 2,020,269 | 70,078 | 7 | Beware the Pleasances ! | In good old Amicus-Anthology tradition , debuting director Kevin Connor presents a nice variety of three just above average horror stories and one really terrific one . " From Beyond the Grave " certainly wasn't the production studio's best omnibus effort ( that honor goes to either " Asylum " or " The House that Dripp... |
405,144 | 2,020,269 | 65,720 | 7 | Fascinating , but can't explain why . . . | Figures in a Landscape is definitely one of the weirdest and most unclassifiable movies I've encountered lately , and at the same time it's pretty difficult to explain why that is . Some movies are weird because they increasingly overpower the viewer with substantial twists and / or stylistic gimmicks , but still the... |
405,960 | 2,020,269 | 96,046 | 7 | They sure serve their purpose ! Scary ! ! | Hello , what do we have here ? Could this be a genuinely CREEPY 80's horror flick that somehow became forgotten over the years due to the genre's offer-overload ? It sure looks like it , since " Scarecrows " is a truly atmospheric and well-made film with the exact right proportions of suspense and bloody make-up effect... |
405,214 | 2,020,269 | 91,671 | 7 | Underrated horror omnibus | From a Whisper to a Scream is a very lively and surprisingly entertaining horror anthology that got neglected in the congested horror offer of the eighties . That's quite a shame because this little sickie film has several things going for it , like for example one of the very last performances of the legendary Vince... |
406,414 | 2,020,269 | 381,966 | 7 | Run from the creep Lola , RUN ! | Creep is a new horror film that , without a doubt , will please many genre fans simply because it's so down to the point and unscrupulous ! It has many genuine shock-moments , a whole lot of repulsive gore-sequences and a rare claustrophobic tension . What it hasn't got is logic and a solid plot but , to tell you the... |
404,783 | 2,020,269 | 364,725 | 7 | Go Team Slapstick ! | Once every few years , you're presented to a slapstick comedy so hilarious you instantly forget how LOW this form of entertainment actually is . I can't give a scientific explanation to state how come it's funny to see someone ( preferably wearing glasses ) getting hit in the face by a ball ? it just is . Dodgeball is ... |
404,496 | 2,020,269 | 56,983 | 7 | The Haunted and the Hunted | The Haunted and the Hunted is an appropriate and much more meaningful a . k . a for Coppola's sublime debut , focusing on a cursed and tormented Irish family . The plot is grim and creative and seemly starts out as a psychological portrait about a family reuniting in the parental castle to have a memorial ceremony in... |
404,321 | 2,020,269 | 65,738 | 7 | Frankenstein must be worshiped ! ! | Hooray ! Here's another entry in the highly amusing Hammer Frankenstein franchise . Don't ever ask me to pick a ' best ' or even favorite in this series because I instantly love every episode I can get my dirty little hands on : ) And this fifth chapter is a true highlight as it has our Baron Frankenstein more and more... |
405,182 | 2,020,269 | 104,568 | 7 | One bride for seven brothers ! | De Johnsons is a rare Dutch horror gem and actually a lot better than the negative-minded reviews around here suggest . It has an original and oddly compelling storyline , involving anthropology myths , incest and teenage-sexuality . The complex and ambitious script tells the story of seven portentous brothers that h... |
405,943 | 2,020,269 | 82,951 | 7 | On the prowl . . . with Tom Savini | Like a true horrorfreak , I get a kick out of hunting down all the films for which Tom Savini did the make-up . ' Friday the 13th ' and ' Dawn of the Dead ' are the obvious ones , but the real treats can be found in the overlooked early 80's slasher section . ' Maniac ' and ' Nightmare in a Damaged Brain ' are perfect ... |
406,727 | 2,020,269 | 64,727 | 7 | Bloodthirstier than Dracula ! | The Bloody Judge is unquestionably one of Jess Franco's finest accomplishments , and there are several elements that contributed to this . First of all , Christopher Lee depicts another unforgettably mean-spirited and frightening horror protagonist . This doesn't always guarantee a great movie , mind you , as Franco ... |
406,220 | 2,020,269 | 57,155 | 7 | Guide me to my tomb , daddy . . . | The opening sequences show both titles ( " Horror " and " The Blancheville Monster " ) neatly after each other , as if the distributors couldn't really decide which of the two was better and / or more appropriate . They should have just called it " The Blancheville Horror " . . . Problem solved ! Anyway , that was tota... |
404,845 | 2,020,269 | 64,819 | 7 | Faster and Far More Furious ! | Pit Stop feels like an amalgamation between modern day racing flicks " The Fast and the Furious " and " Days of Thunder " , only this Jack Hill film is way , way ? WAY cooler , of course . Perhaps the aforementioned movies benefice from higher budgets , greater names in the cast and far more impressive ( to teenage a... |
406,462 | 2,020,269 | 765,487 | 7 | NOT your usual type of uninspired remake ! | What a totally crazy ( yet highly admirable ) ambition to remake a Herschell Gordon Lewis film and actually add story depth , detailed character drawings , mystery and an atmosphere of morbidity ! But it works . At least , ? partially it works . Horror fanatics familiar with Lewis ' oeuvre know that his films are enter... |
405,806 | 2,020,269 | 95,925 | 7 | Revenge is a dish served with pumpkins . | Generally considered to be a minor classic in the tremendous 80's horror offer , " Pumpkinhead " mostly benefices from Lance Henriksen's strong lead performance , the solid direction job by Stan Winston and the compelling atmosphere that ideally balances between harrowing drama and exciting horror . It may take a littl... |
405,379 | 2,020,269 | 206,634 | 7 | Sweet Child in Time ? . Will You See the Light ? | Various highly acclaimed and respected sources of criticism refer to " Children of Men " as the absolute greatest Sci-Fi movie since " Blade Runner " . I can't really disagree with that , since I never was a big supporter of this particular classic , but still " Children of Men " isn't the unhinged new masterpiece ever... |
405,081 | 2,020,269 | 78,437 | 7 | Bunch of SAVAGES ! ! ! | A four-headed team clumsily ends up stuck in a jungle . Pretty soon , two of them die ( rather clumsy again ) while savage aborigines are chasing the other two males . The duo depletes one last time when one of them disappears during a wild-river flow ? does it have to be said ? clumsy ! The supposedly last cannibal tr... |
406,043 | 2,020,269 | 117,883 | 7 | Very smart and promising debut ( spoilers included ) | Back in 2001 ? after seeing ? The Others ' ? the entire world cried out that Alejandro Amenábar was the new standard in suspense-cinema . Too true actually , but in my opinion he already deserved this title in 1996 , when Tésis was released . This slick chiller was brought out rather anonymous , but it managed to work ... |
404,535 | 2,020,269 | 427,591 | 7 | Sick , disturbing and utterly repulsive ! | It's pretty much unquestionable that " Neighborhood Watch " is a terrible and absolutely worthless movie but , just in case Graeme Whifler's only intention was to go beyond all the known boundaries of gore and sickness , it might be called a huge success after all . This is one messed up production and most of the film... |
404,455 | 2,020,269 | 74,540 | 7 | No Movie Challenge is Big enough for director B . I . G ! | Go figure ! I have a strange and inexplicable fascination for the repertoire of writer / director Bert I . Gordon even though the man never made one truly good or even half decent film throughout his whole career . One thing's for sure , though ? ALL of his movies are guaranteed entertainment ; especially when he's mes... |
405,206 | 2,020,269 | 83,336 | 7 | Sharp teeth and an intelligent screenplay ! | Wolfen ? not wolves , like a terrifically spiritual Edward James Olmos explains it to us ? is a truly inspired and solid horror film that belongs to the best genre-achievements of the 80's . Terrifically set in the pauperized wastelands of New York , where an ancient terror unconquerably reigns . Only when someone of p... |
406,512 | 2,020,269 | 78,343 | 7 | Go twisted sister , GO ! | Why on earth are most comments on this " Killer Nun " so exaggeratedly harsh ? It's certainly true that this film differs immensely from all the other Nunsploitation-movies made previously , with a story that doesn't involve Satan-worshiping nuns for once and a remarkably lesser amount of graphic sex , but that doesn't... |
405,264 | 2,020,269 | 100,581 | 7 | Michele Soavi : Italian horror prodigy ! | Soavi's third film credited as a director simply is a unique experience . It's a complex and demanding horror adventure , handling about a young German schoolteacher ( Kelly Curtis ) who becomes dangerously involved with a satanic sect led by veteran-actor Herbert Lom . The screenplay ( co-written by Dario Argento ) of... |
405,021 | 2,020,269 | 95,984 | 7 | It's creepy Miller Time ! | Retribution is odd and unusual 80's horror , but it's often very scary and you got to admire how director Guy Magar breaks with all the dreadful clichés and stereotypes that marked the decade . The filming locations are hideous , the violence is raw & explicit and the characters are extremely anti-Hollywood . Especia... |
406,084 | 2,020,269 | 74,523 | 7 | He Sucks his own C ? ! ! ! | What's the first thing on any man's mind when he's freshly released from prison ? Sex , of course ! But what about the second , and third , and fourth ? Most people would say a decent meal or a proper job , but in the case of ultimately perverted freak Rocky De Sade it's exclusively sex ; the sicker the better . Alex d... |
404,850 | 2,020,269 | 117,966 | 7 | Yaaah Yayayayaaaa ! Yayayayayaya ! Ya ! Ya ! Yayayayayayayayaya ! ( Zuni for worthy sequel ) | Twenty years after the original " Trilogy of Terror " , starring the one and only horror queen Karen Black , Dan Curtis revives his concept of presenting three unrelated macabre stories with the same actress in the lead role each time . And you know what ? It's actually a pretty decent movie and one major class above t... |
406,200 | 2,020,269 | 454,932 | 7 | Lucky & Angela : a versatile dream-team ! | May surely was one of the most impressive & remarkable debuts in the horror genre ever , the short but masterful Masters of Horror episode " Sick Girl " definitely proved that they weren't just a one-hit-wonder and now , with " Roman " , Angela Bettis and Lucky McKee make it clear that they're here to stay ! Even tho... |
405,312 | 2,020,269 | 64,949 | 7 | See it for the names ; Love it for the convoluted plot & witty Brit-humor ! | Three of the greatest horror icons of ALL time receive top-billing ( in a different and much larger font than the rest of the opening credits ) , yet after approximately 45 minutes into the film , Vincent Price and Christopher Lee only just walked nonchalantly & briefly through the screen and Peter Cushing has already ... |
405,989 | 2,020,269 | 60,548 | 7 | Peter Cushing vs . the creepy crawlers | Island of Terror is decent British horror capable of providing its audience with some genuine frights despite of the wacky premise . It caught my attention especially because it was directed by Terence Fisher and stars Peter Cushing . These two worked together in making the finest films for the Hammer studios , like mo... |
405,809 | 2,020,269 | 126,642 | 7 | Absolutely repulsive & grim horror short | This " portrait " of a serial killer is extremely short , but nevertheless long & detailed enough to make your stomach turn inside out ! Jim Van Bebber ( " The Manson Family " ) and Mark Gillespie introduce a fictional cannibalistic psychopath who spends his days grinding and devouring raw animals he picked up from the... |
405,048 | 2,020,269 | 74,740 | 7 | Djangoooooooo ! I mean , . . . KEOMAAAAAAAA ! | Sublimely paced and spectacular spaghetti western , albeit mildly unoriginal and a little too much relying on the powerful charisma of veteran gunslinger-hero Franco Nero . Precisely as in " Django " , the Italian western classic that made him legendary , Nero stars as a silent and rather introvert hero who single-hand... |
404,575 | 2,020,269 | 397,101 | 7 | Hoodoo ! ! Whodunit ! ! | In case you haven't seen " The Skeleton Key " yet , be very careful when reading any reviews . . . The less you hear , read or even know about this film the better , because I assure that you don't want to pick up any spoilers about this surprisingly original and ingenious horror-story . " The Skeleton Key " is an old-... |
404,809 | 2,020,269 | 83,296 | 7 | Is there a doctor in the hospital ? | Michael Ironside certainly wasn't the type of guy you wanted to add to your list of enemies back in the early 80's ! He spontaneously caused people's heads to explode in " Scanners " and he's an even bigger monster here in " Visiting Hours " , as he gives image to a reticent yet malevolent & misogynistic killer who can... |
404,830 | 2,020,269 | 57,226 | 7 | Fangs Wide Shut | I can't help it , but the most fundamental pivot sequences in " Kiss of the Vampire " somewhat reminded me of Stanley Kubrick's much more recent " Eyes Wide Shut " . The story of this shamefully underrated Hammer effort revolves on young newlyweds Gerald and Marianne who are slowly lured into a highly secluded society ... |
405,462 | 2,020,269 | 52,901 | 7 | Fiendish Fun ! | Horror of the Black Museum is incredibly dated , unimportant and overly silly but it remains great fun to watch and watch it again . The opening sequence is delicious and definitely the best part of the entire movie . It involves the supposedly third strange and random murder in the London region and shows a poor wom... |
405,272 | 2,020,269 | 95,871 | 7 | Impressive psychological horror | Pin is a shamelessly ignored 80's chiller that urgently deserves more attention . Without exaggerating , you can safely say that this is one of the most mesmerizing and emotion-provoking films of a decade where genre fanatics were only out to get cheap thrills and see bloody violence . Psychologically speaking , this i... |
405,855 | 2,020,269 | 1,109,478 | 7 | Gritty Survival horror with marvelous filming locations . | With France undoubtedly being THE best horror-producing country at the moment ( points of reference include : " Inside " , " Frontier ( s ) " , " Them " and " High Tension " ) , this brand new movie was high on my must-see priority list as soon as I noticed it was programmed at the annual Fantastic Film Festival in my ... |
405,265 | 2,020,269 | 94,701 | 7 | Very good thriller with loads of blood ( small spoilers ) | Originality isn't really Bad Dreams ' biggest trump but it sure is an ideal film in case you're looking for a few scares and / or chilling entertainment . The plot involves a spiritual sect with a textbook leader type that performed a mass suicide ritual in the 70's . One girl survived and she awakes from her coma 13 y... |
406,525 | 2,020,269 | 94,713 | 7 | Where the hell is Lassie when you need him ? | Bizarre but truly original French thriller / black comedy that is strangely scary and disturbing even though you damn well know that the premise is pure and far-fetched fiction . The titular ' character ' is a cool-looking bull terrier whose thoughts and impressions we follow throughout the entire movie . Baxter's life... |
404,425 | 2,020,269 | 71,517 | 7 | My kind of Avenging Angel . . . | My first real acquaintance with the reigning duchess of Blaxploitation cinema , and I'm literally overwhelmed with feelings and sentiments . First and foremost : love ! I'm in love with Pam Grier already and I have yet to see the predecessor ( and supposedly even superior ) " Coffy " . Secondly , I'm truly furious at m... |
406,664 | 2,020,269 | 82,592 | 7 | Dawn of the Redneck Dead ! | Well , sadly , I can't help but feeling a little bit disappointed after my much , much , MUCH-anticipated viewing of " Just Before Dawn " . Jeff Lieberman is a terrific filmmaker and he can undoubtedly do great things with a tiny budget , but I nevertheless expected to see a far more sadistic and gruesome early 80's sl... |
405,781 | 2,020,269 | 36,348 | 7 | This is fascinating stuff , my dear Watson ! | S . H . Faces Death is another splendidly directed adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal writings . Doyle's hero Holmes , for whom even the most complex murder-motives appear to be obvious , this time helps his loyal sidekick Watson when a series of murders terrorizes the convalescent home where he does vol... |
405,400 | 2,020,269 | 473,514 | 7 | Impressive no-budget horror | Mulberry Street is basically just another forgettable and mediocre creature-feature flick , but I'm rewarding it with at least two extra points because director Jim Mickle and his enthusiast cast & crew clearly went through several harsh ordeals before they could finish their ambitious project . Mickle came to introd... |
404,599 | 2,020,269 | 71,439 | 7 | Dr . Franco strikes again ! | You can say a lot of things about director Jess Franco ( including negative things , mind you ) but most of all , I'd like to think of him as a very clever filmmaker who always damn well knew where there was some easy money to earn ! If there ever was a popular trend or franchise in horror cinema , you can bet your bot... |
404,839 | 2,020,269 | 79,207 | 7 | Sickening , totally incompetent , an absolute insult to good taste . . . And yet I'm SO glad to have seen it ! | Honesty and openness are characteristics that you rarely ever come across in the horror genre . Doesn't it frequently happen that you purchase a title that loudly promotes itself as " the ultimate experience in pure terror " whereas , in reality , it's just another dull and totally unoriginal thriller that wasted both ... |
406,251 | 2,020,269 | 67,119 | 7 | Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's HOT ! | I might have missed out on the first fifteen minutes of " Fright " because the only thing that repeatedly went on in my head was : " Why the bloody hell didn't I ever had a babysitter as stunningly gorgeous as Susan George ? ? ? " The unearthly beautiful star of " Straw Dogs " and " Dirty Mary Crazy Larry " walks throu... |
406,569 | 2,020,269 | 284,978 | 7 | The Spy who Cybered Me ! | It's actually a good thing Sean Connery retired as James Bond , as I'm sure he wouldn't be able to keep up in the nowadays spying-business , where fast cars have been replaced with hi-tech brainwashing techniques and gorgeous women are considered to be less sexy than advanced computer equipment . " Cypher " is a pretty... |
406,307 | 2,020,269 | 214,711 | 7 | Wow ! Heavy , devastating stuff | General Massacre is an ultra-weird film that received some extra attention from me since it's a Belgian-American co-production . With me being Belgian and this being a very rare cult gem ? this was an absolute must see . The film describes itself best as a mixture between an anti-war protest film and the psychologica... |
405,158 | 2,020,269 | 90,293 | 7 | Warning : objects in your DVD-player are SCARIER than they appear ! | Warning Sign looks like another ordinary and routine 80's horror / Sci-Fi movie , but actually it's quite a lot better than that ! The professionally written screenplay , realistic make-up effects and stellar performances from a great cast make this one of the most underrated " science-projects-gone-bad " films ever ... |
405,078 | 2,020,269 | 79,271 | 7 | General Patton in Pornoland . . . | I'm not a big fan of Paul Schrader , but I really dug this film ! Personally , I think ' Hardcore ' is Schrader's best film , as it successfully mixes effective social drama with compelling tension . George C . Scott is truly magnificent as the hardworking , Midwesterner Jake Van Dorn who individually searches for his ... |
404,944 | 2,020,269 | 64,208 | 7 | Two separate horses , to be quite exact . . . | With a downright celestial title like " Death Rides a Horse " , geeky fan-boys of late 60's / early 70's Spaghetti Westerns ? like myself ? are already tempted to reward the film with a high rating before it even properly begins ! Like another reviewer already pointed out : only the Italians can come up with such a glo... |
406,720 | 2,020,269 | 844,708 | 7 | Respectable remake | Regardless of your own personal opinions and sentiments , there are just certain movies you simply have to acknowledge as genuine milestones for the commotion they caused upon their release , the trends they launched in contemporary cinema and even the whole generations of younger writers / directors they influenced . ... |
404,885 | 2,020,269 | 109,838 | 7 | Get your freak on , Get'cha , get'cha , get'cha freak on ! | Freaked is pretty abnormal slapstick ; an exercise in bad taste and definitely not intended for all audiences to see . Only if you have high tolerance for vulgar pranks , over-the-top performances & effects and really dumb situations , you might end up liking ? probably LOVING this junk . This type of " humor " , as ... |
406,470 | 2,020,269 | 848,557 | 7 | Still the Master of Cinematic Death , even after 40 years ! | Regardless of what your personal thoughts and opinions are towards " Diary of the Dead " , meaning whether you think it's a great film or just another failure in the already over-saturated horror sub genre of zombie films , everyone ought to express his / her respect and admiration to George A . Romero . I am aware tha... |
405,209 | 2,020,269 | 71,650 | 7 | Thorne's reign of sex and sadistic violence ? | Dyanne is the blouse-bursting prototype of a cult siren here in the Ilsa Series ? ' She wolf of the SS ' is a shocking ( at times downright nauseating ) exploitation tale , set in Nazi Camp 9 during Hitler's Third Reich-period . Ilsa is a perverted Nazi-officer with an insatiable sex hunger and a gruesome torture-fetis... |
404,312 | 2,020,269 | 117,658 | 7 | Perhaps a bit less impressive than some of Argento's previous work ? but still far above average ! | ( Minor plot spoilers coming up ) The Stendal Syndrome was widely announced as the director's return to the sub-genre that made him famous . The irresistible Italian Giallo ! Yet , in my humble opinion , we had to wait till 2001 ? with Sleepless ? before we saw a truly new Giallo of his . Nonetheless , The Stendal Synd... |
406,252 | 2,020,269 | 48,696 | 7 | Along with " Them " , THE granddaddy of all mutated monsters ! | Classic 50's monster mayhem , directed by the always-reliable Jack Arnold ( " Creature from the Black Lagoon " , " The Incredibly Shrinking Man " ) and revolving on a ? duh ? giant tarantula on the loose in the Arizona desert . The critter grew to an enormous size because two overly obsessive scientists thought it woul... |
406,207 | 2,020,269 | 113,690 | 7 | Hocus-Pocus horror ! | Clive Barker comes with an extremely morbid and sinister tale that almost entirely takes place in the mysterious world of magicians , illusionists and sorcerers . Indeed a very unique setting that just awaits an exquisite horror film ! One thing you have to hand to Barker . like none other author , he has the talent to... |
404,527 | 2,020,269 | 366,292 | 7 | Leave your last words after the beep . . . | One Missed Call is an intense and surprisingly splatter-free thriller by Takashi Miike , creator of frenzy flicks such as " Ichi ? The Killer " and " MPD Psycho " . The film is involving and compelling right from the first minutes , as it introduces a group of identifiable young friends . Whilst in the bathroom , a g... |
406,616 | 2,020,269 | 36,104 | 7 | Beautiful darkness ! | Perhaps not as mysteriously beautiful as " Cat People " or not as nightmarish as " The Body Snatcher " , but still this Val Lewton production equally is a solid horror milestone that should be viewed by everyone who wants to learn about the roots of atmospheric horror . The screenplay , adapted from the Woolich novel "... |
406,536 | 2,020,269 | 55,505 | 7 | Deadly Hammer mind-games on the Riviera ! | Multiple reviews , and even the BBC announcement voice-over , are stating that " Taste of Fear " is arguably one of the greatest films Hammer Studios ever brought forward . This is quite a challenging enunciation , as Hammer were responsible for an incredibly long list of genre classics , varying from old-fashioned mon... |
405,130 | 2,020,269 | 486,544 | 7 | Prepare for a TRUE Shock-Experience ! | Strong stomachs and nerves of steel are required in order to sit through this " shockomentary " revolving on the crimes and confessions of Albert Fish ; sadomasochist , cannibal and undoubtedly the most perverted serial child-killer in the history of the United States . The documentary opens with the extended analysis ... |
404,256 | 2,020,269 | 785,533 | 7 | Poe-tic Madness ! | I don't know ( nor care ) how much research went prior to writing the teleplay for " The Black Cat " and neither do I know to what extent the little details about Edgar Allan Poe's private life are truthful . Basically I just assume that it was Start Gordon's intention to illustrate how creative brilliance and mental m... |
406,015 | 2,020,269 | 71,256 | 7 | Dead in the Water . . . ( um , in a GOOD way ! ) | Despite being slightly ( just slightly ) disappointed by this third offering , I simply can't bring myself to rate any of the Blind Dead films any lower than . Call me biased if you must , but these are eyeless Templar zombies we're talking about here ! It's only the greatest , most inventive euro-exploitation idea of ... |
406,372 | 2,020,269 | 106,449 | 7 | Horror Anthology for Insiders | Movie-buffs ( and perhaps horror fanatics in particular ) are strange and unpredictable beings , aren't they ? Most of the time we're extremely skeptical and criticize ambitious new projects , yet sometimes we're easily pleased and highly enthusiast about something that is completely derivative , mundane and unoriginal... |
405,360 | 2,020,269 | 71,282 | 7 | Carmageddon , Aussie-style ! | This truly odd and eccentric black comedy is especially worth checking out in order to notice how drastically Peter Weir's filming style changed from dared and out-of-the-ordinary cult in the 1970's to dull and politically correct rubbish in the 1980's , 1990's and 2000's . No matter how popular and acclaimed films lik... |
406,636 | 2,020,269 | 71,276 | 7 | Captain Cool ! ! ! | CAPTAIN KRONOS : VAMPIRE HUNTER ? . Be honest , isn't this one of the most powerful and macho sounding film titles you've ever heard ? Well , I think it is and it gives an extra status to this great film . Kronos certainly is one of the best Hammer productions and they accomplished this even without casting Peter Cushi... |
405,546 | 2,020,269 | 129,332 | 7 | A story to chill the bones . . . | I love cinema . I mean , I truly LOVE cinema but sometimes you have the face the fact that it can be a pretty hypocrite business from time to time . Especially since the last ten years , everybody complains that there aren't any good horror movies being made . Only uninspired Scream clones and rip-off's . But that is a... |
405,532 | 2,020,269 | 131,449 | 7 | Never been kissed ? . . . Keep it that way . | Susan , the young daughter of a hard-working mortician , has a strange passion for giant spiders , more particularly tarantulas , and engages her hairy friends to get rid of unpleasant persons in her life , like her own mother who plotted to kill her father anyway . By the time she's an attractive teenager , her passio... |
405,370 | 2,020,269 | 71,186 | 7 | Bad Bad Bad Bad Boy ! | Bad Ronald enjoys quite an impressive cult reputation , despite " only " being a low-budgeted and made-for-TV film from the early 70's , so I simply had to check it out to see what all the fuzz is about . I can't deny " Bad Ronald " has something irresistibly special ! The atmosphere is thoroughly unsettling and Scot... |
405,229 | 2,020,269 | 67,333 | 7 | Yup , it's a Winner after all | Although I have yet to see a fairly large part of his repertoire , to me the name Michael Winner is synonym with uncompromising violence , sleaze and vulgarity . At least , that's the impression movies like the " Death Wish " - trilogy , " The Mechanic " and " Scream for Help " always rose . That's why it was so surpri... |
404,810 | 2,020,269 | 595,622 | 7 | Crazy Hammer Tale | The second installment in Hammer's House of Horror is a silly and predictable story , but it nonetheless breathes a sinister atmosphere and the ending is quite shocking ! The plot centers on a female journalist who goes " undercover " in a brand new weight reducing aiding group to investigate their supposedly unorthodo... |
406,082 | 2,020,269 | 106,308 | 7 | Bruce Campbell kicks medieval butt in the last part of this GREAT franchise . | Well , one thing you can't possibly say about Sam Raimi's " Evil Dead " trilogy would be that it's dull or repetitive ! The series went from hardcore horror ( " The Evil Dead " ) to splatter comedy ( " Evil Dead 2 " ) and this final entry is almost pure slapstick with only an occasional flash of gore . Bruce Campbell ,... |
406,560 | 2,020,269 | 82,744 | 7 | Look Ma , I caught us some jailbait ! | Thoroughly unoriginal , primitive and nasty , yet compelling and strangely unsettling , " Midnight " truly is the masterwork of novelist John A . Russo . The co-writer of the legendary horror classic " Night of the Living Dead " always somewhat stood in the shadow of George A . Romero , but " Midnight " is his very own... |
406,059 | 2,020,269 | 75,161 | 7 | The Land Never Changes , The Sea is Never the Same . . . | Ever since her husband passed away , the introvert but endearing widow Anne Osborne ( Sarah Miles ) raises her son Jonathan by herself . Life isn't easy , as Anne feels lonely and clearly needs male affection while her son dangerously gets hooked on the mildly unsettling ideas of a fellow school boy who proclaims to el... |
405,156 | 2,020,269 | 71,413 | 7 | Creepy Kids in the Hall ! | Over the years , many writers as well as filmmakers discovered that seemly innocent and cherubic looking children make extra-creepy horror villains ! Demonic kids almost form an entire sub genre of horror by themselves ! There usually is an explanation for their abnormal and murderous behavior , though . Either it's th... |
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