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405,544 | 2,020,269 | 100,369 | 8 | Different kind of horror . . . but in a good way . | I really enjoyed watching this movie and I wish to recommend to as many people as possible . But maybe biased because I'm a huge fan of director Stuart Gordon . I have yet to see a movie of his that doesn't fully lives up to my expectations . From Re-Animator over Dolls to Castle Freak . . . they all belong to my favor... |
406,054 | 2,020,269 | 245,545 | 8 | Neighbors ? Everybody needs good neighbors ! ! | I have very high expectations for all four episodes in Dario Argento's TV-suspense series called " Door into Darkness " , and the first installment certainly delivered already ! " The Neighbor " , directed by Argento's good friend Luigi Cozzi ( " Contamination " ) , is a good old-fashioned and suspenseful chiller that'... |
405,893 | 2,020,269 | 222,054 | 8 | Sigh ? Childhood memories ! | Roughly translated as ' Fearless John ' , this is a 100 % Belgian production . Based on a wonderful book and turned into a rather well made and imaginative animated film in 1984 . Around that time ( and long afterwards ) this local figure was more popular than international action heroes like Superman or Batman . I cle... |
405,692 | 2,020,269 | 884,328 | 8 | There's something in the mist and it ain't gorillas ! | Whenever writer / director Frank Darabont takes on the repertoire of success-author Stephen King , you can rest assured a good movie will come out of it . Just look at the rating and prestige ( especially around this website ) of the previous collaborations " The Shawshank Redemption " and " The Green Mile " . But hey ... |
405,371 | 2,020,269 | 87,092 | 8 | From zero to hero in 72 miles | It's truly incomprehensible how some rubbishy movies are so popular and easily available whilst , at the same time , there still are such wonderful gems out there that sadly remain obscure and undiscovered . I doubt many people have ever heard of " Death Run " ( a . k . a " Courage " and " Raw Courage " ) . I hadn't he... |
405,789 | 2,020,269 | 57,242 | 8 | We repeat ? This is not an exercise ! | When the nuclear alarm goes off in a secluded countryside grade and high school , all the children are sent home because the alarm supposedly indicates that a bomb attack is eminent within an hour of time . All through the journey home , and even long after that for certain children , it remains unclear whether the ala... |
405,899 | 2,020,269 | 52,905 | 8 | Stylish storytelling ! The absolute best Doyle adaptation ! ! | Out of all the attempts to turn Arthur Conan Doyle's classic fable into a movie , this Hammer version certainly is the best one ! Doyle would be proud of this version , I'm sure . The film really breathes the atmosphere like Doyle intended it and it even stands as one of the greatest Hammer productions in general . Unl... |
406,343 | 2,020,269 | 69,838 | 8 | Ding Dingelong Ding-Dong ? You're dead ! | The Bell From Hell sadly suffers from a couple of incredibly badly dubbed DVD-versions that carelessly got dropped on the market somehow . Personally , I owned a version that I tried to watch FOUR times , but never got past the opening 15 minutes because I couldn't understand one iota of what the characters were mumb... |
406,034 | 2,020,269 | 473,492 | 8 | HELL perfectly epitomizes the atmosphere of the film . | Ah , the cinematic industry of my beloved home country ? I'm usually very skeptical when it comes Belgian movies , because for some reason the writers and directors in this nation always exaggerate immensely when it comes to building up atmosphere . Either the films become so over-the-top dramatic that the story become... |
406,570 | 2,020,269 | 67,176 | 8 | Jacqueline The Ripper ! | Particularly all the sour people , who continuously claim that the Hammer Studio ran out of inspiration and professionalism during the early 1970's , should view " Hands of the Rippers " , as this is still a highly inventive and marvelously put together period piece . The basic premise of this film is perhaps one of th... |
404,808 | 2,020,269 | 166,331 | 8 | A Nightmarish Trip ! | I really like where the Hammer House of Horror series is going , as the quality level increases with every episode I watch ! The first one ? " Witching Time " was nothing spectacular but still fun to watch , number two ? " The Thirteenth Reunion " ? already featured the more typically Hammer trademarks and suspense and... |
406,607 | 2,020,269 | 79,156 | 8 | River of the Alligator God | Much more than the obvious Italian Jaws rip-off this appears to be , " Big Alligator River " is like a well-scripted and ambitious jungle-exploitation classic . The film was directed by Sergio Martino ? an eminent filmmaker in the Italian horror field ? and on many different levels it's almost like a sequel to his earl... |
404,296 | 2,020,269 | 14,142 | 8 | Beautiful ? but I hope you have a wide attention span ! | This early version of the legendary story is ( so far ) the oldest film I've ever seen . Personally , I find it fascinating to purchase movies made before my grandparents were even born . The entire concept of cinema as a form of art is scarcely out of the egg it all still looks so grotesque . I did learn something fro... |
404,650 | 2,020,269 | 125,308 | 8 | Next Picturesque Stop on the Road Map : Baker Country , USA ! | Aw , why did they opt for " Trapped " to be the official title , whereas " Baker County , USA " is such a unique and wondrously ominous title for a movie handling about psychopathic Tennessee rednecks ! There are about fifty movies called " Trapped " ! There's one with security-trained Dobermans keeping a guy inside a ... |
405,924 | 2,020,269 | 71,523 | 8 | Quite deranged . . . rather great ! | It's ' granny goes gaga ' in this genuinely creepy bone-chiller , surprisingly well directed by Peter Walker and penned down by David McGillivray . The power of this ' Frightmare ' simply lies in its primitive goal to shock and to disturb the viewer by showing the disastrous fade of poor , innocent victims . small spoi... |
406,490 | 2,020,269 | 86,979 | 8 | Say hello to the best debut in cinema . . . EVER ! | If you would think Scorsese , Coppola or Stone are the greatest living directors . . . you're wrong . Sure they're good but when it comes to pure talent . . . The Coen Brothers pale them all . Every single film they've produced is a masterpiece and this debut of them says all about their genius . Marty ( Dan Hedaya ) o... |
406,076 | 2,020,269 | 94,651 | 8 | Good , good very good ! And ? it's Dutch ! ? ! | This movie opens with what probably is the best and most atmospheric thriller-sequence ever filmed in the Netherlands ! While the credits are shown , a serial killers swims through the canals of Amsterdam , viciously lurking at potential victims that moor by the quayside . This scene is simply terrific and it somewhat ... |
405,725 | 2,020,269 | 417,148 | 8 | Awesome fun ? on a Plane ! | Despite the totally ridiculous title - which pretty much summarizes the entire movie ? and the shameless presentation of literally every single cliché and stereotype in the horror movie business , " Snakes on a Plane " actually is a pretty unique film . Why ? Because it finally is a summer blockbuster that completely l... |
404,837 | 2,020,269 | 67,321 | 8 | Morbid Science Requires a Woman's Touch ? | Much rather than the trashy and exploitative cash-in it's reputed to be , " Lady Frankenstein " is , in fact , a remarkably impressive and very ingenious variation on the legendary Mary Shelley story ! It all may look silly , and of course it is sometimes , but Mel Welles ' film contains a lot more style and dazzling G... |
405,682 | 2,020,269 | 90,200 | 8 | Rough , nasty and entertaining Mexican exploitation | Not an easy puppy to come across , but this " Treasure of the Amazon " surely is warmly recommended viewing for every fan of trash , pulp or the glorious exploitation cinema . I was lucky enough to catch it on a national TV channel , during a cult-themed night . This is a Mexican take on the extremely popular jungle ad... |
405,155 | 2,020,269 | 55,456 | 8 | Hey there , sssssssssssssssssssexy ! | Fans of atmospheric and story-driven 60's horror all over the world should urgently combine forces and catapult " The Snake Woman " out of oblivion and into the list of favorites ! Despite the compelling storyline and an acclaimed director in the credits ( Sidney J . Furie ) , this early 60's chiller incomprehensibly g... |
404,698 | 2,020,269 | 51,622 | 8 | Thizzzz izzzz exzzzzellent zzzztuff ! | Never thought that a movie involving people chasing a fly for half of the time could be so fascinating ! " The Fly " is a genuine horror / sci-fi classic and fundamental viewing for everyone who was ever interested in either of these ( or both , of course ) genres . The whole premise of this milestone is silly and incr... |
405,908 | 2,020,269 | 426,459 | 8 | Let the Feastivities begin ! | After nearly having abandoned all hope to ever state it , the time is now finally here ! Ladies and gentlemen , please welcome something entirely new and original : FEAST . This really great and immeasurably entertaining film directed by John Gulager exclusively thrives on one brilliant idea , namely it's the first and... |
404,587 | 2,020,269 | 74,942 | 8 | . . . And We Would All Go Down Together | Wow ! Can you say ? disturbing ! ? ! With " My Friends Need Killing " , the undeservedly mocked director Paul Leder ( " I Dismember Mama " , " Ape " ) delivers one of the cheapest but also one of the all-time grittiest and most confronting post-Vietnam thriller / drama portraits ever ! Like its own subject matter , thi... |
405,466 | 2,020,269 | 74,920 | 8 | Welcome to the morbid Dollhouse ! | Apparently there are more export products coming from Switzerland than just fancy watches , pocketknives and cuckoo clocks ! For instance this harrowing and severely devastating exploitation gem , which undoubtedly WILL affect you in some way . Superficially , " Mosquito The Rapist " appears to be another load of sick-... |
405,676 | 2,020,269 | 71,675 | 8 | Great freakshow ! ! | Larry Cohen's low-budget gem still remains one of the most outrageous cult treasures from the early seventies . " It's Alive " is original , amusing and surprisingly suspenseful despite of its unlikely and absurd premise . The elaboration of the idea might be a little weak to make this pass for a controversial and / or... |
405,014 | 2,020,269 | 74,971 | 8 | Murder and Mayhem in the family ! | Roger Corman apparently isn't the only director who can do Edgar Allen Poe adaptations , even though he undoubtedly remains the reigning king thanks to his SEVEN masterful films during the early 60's starring Vincent Price . The least you can say about this movie is that it's a likable effort . If you compare the oeuvr... |
405,267 | 2,020,269 | 82,533 | 8 | You can't tame what's meant to be wild ! | Joe Dante's The Howling is a superb film handling about the coolest creatures in the horror field : Werewolves ! ! Unfortunately , this sub-genre isn't really packed with masterpieces so that's an extra reason to particularly praise this one . Plot , screenplay and acting are terrific ! The Howling contains several ver... |
406,609 | 2,020,269 | 404,032 | 8 | Court-horror ! | Ironically enough , " The Excorcism of Emily Rose " got released in my country ( Belgium ) synchronously with another similar , real-life lawsuit . A self-acclaimed exorcist has to justify the death of a young girl after performing inhuman rituals and fatal exorcism tricks . It's weird having seen this movie and then f... |
404,859 | 2,020,269 | 71,569 | 8 | Sends you on a nostalgic and otherworldly voyage of your own ? | I vividly remember reading and listening to the tales of the courageous " Sinbad the Sailor " as a child , but for some reason I never watched any of the acclaimed movies until now . Well , to be entirely honest , it's mainly the work and involvement of special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen what makes the Sinbad movie... |
404,746 | 2,020,269 | 75,005 | 8 | Enter the horror Hall of Fame . . . | Warning : Some things written directly below this can be seen as SPOILERS ! ! ! The Omen is a great movie about the best and scariest possible topic ever . This movie really proves that horror is the most powerful genre in cinema . . . it contains the creepiest thriller moments and a good amount of touching drama . A h... |
404,554 | 2,020,269 | 324,197 | 8 | Brilliant director ! | Multi-talented director Michael Haneke delivers another staggering and ultimately disturbing film , only the shocks are of a completely different kind than the ones in " Funny Games " or " Benny's Videos " . This is a dark and very depressing drama in which Haneke investigates how different types of people would respon... |
406,176 | 2,020,269 | 67,224 | 8 | Ain't No Party Like Hackman's Hunting Party ! | Why this film is still so obscure and unknown goes beyond my ? admittedly limited ? comprehension . It has a good plot , albeit obviously a response to " The Wild Bunch " and basically just another ( western ) interpretation of the legendary classic " The Most Dangerous Game " , the cast is excellent with both Gene Hac... |
405,527 | 2,020,269 | 90,145 | 8 | A tenement , a dirty street . . . now look your head's bowed in defeat | review title lyrics : Marc Almond ? The Days of Pearly Spencer " Tenement " is hostile , mean-spirited exploitation in which the cheapness of production is only surpassed by the brutality in tone . Also known as " Slaughter in the South Bronx " , this nasty movie perfectly lives up to his reputation of shocking urban h... |
404,999 | 2,020,269 | 465,670 | 8 | Welcome to the Wildnerness ; we got fun & games ! | Call us uncivilized savages if you must , but who honestly doesn't enjoy raw and barbaric adventure-movies in which the blood and violence literally bursts from the screen ? In case you were thrilled by movies like " Battle Royale " , " Blood Camp Thatcher " or even the more classic milestone " The Most Dangerous Game ... |
405,399 | 2,020,269 | 289,477 | 8 | Duck ? and Cover ; German style ! | This downright hilarious horror / comedy short instantly reminded me of those OTT and laugh-out-loud propaganda films , clumsily disguised as educational videos , featuring in satire shows like " The Simpsons " and " South Park " , where people ? and preferably children ? are informed about the dangers of all kinds of ... |
405,154 | 2,020,269 | 67,434 | 8 | My Complex & Sadist Killer ! | Anyone who ever saw " My Dear Killer " is most likely to agree when I claim that it's nearly impossible to find another horror film with a more convoluted plot ! I never thought I'd say this , but this movie almost exaggerates with the constant adding of new twists and complexity ! " My Dear Killer " , which is a giall... |
405,608 | 2,020,269 | 374,102 | 8 | Oh ! The Water Out There is Frightful ! ! | Hmm . . . I usually attempt to include some witty lines or jokes in my user comments , but I'm a little reluctant this time , as there's really nothing even remotely comical about the events in " Open Water " . Inspired by a saddening true story , this ultra low-budget production depicts the strange disappearance of a ... |
406,033 | 2,020,269 | 1,028,528 | 8 | The Road to Hell is paved with awesome QT dialogs ! | For the first time in my life , I actually regret not being an American citizen . Why ? Because only in the U . S of A . you could see " Death Proof " as it was initially intended by the genius filmmaker Quentin Tarantino ; namely as a more or less short ( + / - 75 min . ) segment in a double-feature tribute to the lon... |
404,942 | 2,020,269 | 67,361 | 8 | Director Fulci in a chameleon's skin . . . | The more you see of Fulci's work , especially his older films , the more you have to acknowledge that this man was a very versatile filmmaker who deserves to be remembered for a lot more than just his gory zombie-movies ! After having seen the stylish crime drama " One on top of the Other " , followed by this wonderful... |
406,589 | 2,020,269 | 67,384 | 8 | Complex but overall " paralyzing " giallo ! | Aldo Lado's directorial debut is a mixed bag of confusion and greatly innovating ideas but , eventually , it's the director's ingeniousness that triumphs , and he makes this " Short Night of the Glass Dolls " a must-see experience for Italian horror fans , more particularly the admirers of typical gialli . Lado's intel... |
406,738 | 2,020,269 | 36,027 | 8 | Not your usual brain-eating corpses . . . and that's a good thing ! | First of all : PLEASE don't let the misleading , rather silly sounding title discourage you ! I walked with a Zombie is another brilliant result of the collaborations between producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur . Released one year after the simply astonishing movie ' Cat People ' , this is yet another int... |
405,664 | 2,020,269 | 67,341 | 8 | Let's make Jessica immortal ! ! | Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a uniquely grim and atmospheric low-budget horror production that'll still give you goosebumps , even though it's a good 30 years old . The movie was obviously inspired by George A . Romero's " Night of the Living Dead " ( actually , which horror made after 1968 wasn't ? ? ) but it's d... |
406,384 | 2,020,269 | 71,222 | 8 | It's the season to be sadist . . . fallalalla lala la la ! | Considering the time it was released , this ' Black Christmas ' must be regarded as slightly more important than your average slasher in which gorgeous sorority babes are being exterminated . Black Christmas is a trendsetter , opening the gates for Michael Myerses and Jason Vorheeses who'll only be popular several year... |
405,210 | 2,020,269 | 78,916 | 8 | One of the nastiest highlights ever made ! | Murder , mayhem and mutilation ? shown in all its pride and glory ! Buio Omega a . k . a Buried Alive a . k . a Beyond the Darkness is a finger-licking and ultra-gory sleazefest . D'Amato's film certainly is a landmark in the Italian shlock / sick cinema as it contains some of the grossest and explicit nauseating seque... |
404,578 | 2,020,269 | 339,291 | 8 | A series of wonderfully sinister events ! | Please , don't make the same mistake as me and my girlfriend and postpone your viewing of " Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events " simple because it looks too much like a children's film . Although younger audiences may be the priority target group , this film definitely isn't childish and actually a lot sca... |
405,863 | 2,020,269 | 71,391 | 8 | Ah , the mentally insane . . . you gotta love ' em ! | ( Small SPOILERS ) It's such a shame that this film wasn't produced by the Hammer studios ( or Amicus ? or maybe Tigon ) , because if that were the case , it probably wouldn't be so underrated and overlooked as it is now . Dark Places has suspense , a professional director , a great cast and ? especially ? a truly cool... |
405,334 | 2,020,269 | 82,700 | 8 | Cruelty is on the menu ! ! | There aren't that many horror movies about cannibalism ( at least not compared to other sub-genres like murdering maniacs or vampires or zombies ) but the ones out there enjoy a world wide status of being very controversial . Especially this movie is , along with Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust , the perfect representatio... |
404,493 | 2,020,269 | 60,097 | 8 | Two degrees of Barbara Steele in a marvelous Gothic tale | Fans of the ravishing goddess Barbara Steele will immediately rank " Nightmare Castle " among their favorites , simply because she plays a lovely double-role . And , either blond or brunette , Barbara remains the most gorgeous actress who ever lived ! But , luckily enough , " Nightmare Castle " is more than just a one-... |
404,248 | 2,020,269 | 35,937 | 8 | Creepy craftsman-ship ! | Perhaps not as mesmerizing as " Cat People " or as disturbing as " The Body Snatcher " , but this still definitely is a genuinely creepy golden oldie horror gem like only the great Val Lewton could produce them back in the 1940's . This dark and atmospheric chiller takes us aboard a giant ship in order to examine the m... |
405,054 | 2,020,269 | 71,402 | 8 | Paul Kersey : Architect & Arse-Kicker ! | Death Wish has always been one of the easiest movie-targets for critics to bash , because it's overly violent , gratuitously explicit and ? supposedly - the whole movie is nothing more than a promotional campaign to encourage more people to buy a gun and protect their loved ones and personal belongings . Perhaps the ... |
405,403 | 2,020,269 | 67,488 | 8 | The Lord Works in Mysteriously Disturbing Ways ? | This unimaginably obscure gem of horror perfectly epitomizes why I , and surely many regular members of this website with me , absolutely worship the 70's decade ! " The Night God Screamed " is genuinely creepy without there being much of a budget for make-up effects , the concept is very original and I even daresay un... |
405,962 | 2,020,269 | 86,610 | 8 | eXTRaOrdinary Sci-Fi fodder . . . | Nasty , cheap and very UN-British " Alien " - rip off from the UK , oddly compelling and containing a handful of powerful and memorable sh ( l ) ock-sequences . The film certainly doesn't cut back on the gory and grim images , making it look a lot more like typical drive-in junk instead of an English horror achievement... |
405,116 | 2,020,269 | 67,500 | 8 | A true Spanish exploitation highlight ! | I absolutely love ? love ? LOVE these seventies eurohorror-flicks ! And Amando De Ossorio's Tomb of the Blind Dead is one of the purest efforts this sub-genre brought forward ? You may expect foxy ladies , raw cinematography , creepy musical guidance and some slightly perverted undertones . The basic plot involves a cr... |
406,400 | 2,020,269 | 82,813 | 8 | Finally ! An obscure video-nasty worthy of its reputation ! | The notorious " video-nasties " formed a rather ambiguous milestone period in the horror genre . From one viewpoint , still now it's an excellent checklist for horror fans to use and track down as many rare flicks as possible with a questionable reputation . On the other hand , however , this exact same list contains w... |
405,132 | 2,020,269 | 82,775 | 8 | He's a Role Model to us All ! | Let Mr . No Legs be a source of inspiration for all of us . Not because he's a relentless one-man killing squad , of course , but because he's the living proof that you can still chase your dreams and realize your ambitions even if you're physically disabled ? Yeah right , enough with this rubbish ! " The Amazing Mr . ... |
404,235 | 2,020,269 | 82,776 | 8 | High-Caliber cult ! | Neneh Cherry already specifically stated in a song that this is a woman's world , so who are we to argue with that ? Women RULE this world , whether they carry around . 45 caliber guns or not ? Infamous cult movie director Abel Ferrara's interpretation of feminism revolves on a mute and seemly defenseless young beauty ... |
405,566 | 2,020,269 | 79,641 | 8 | Klaus Kinski . . . Bringer of DOOM ! | The first thing that should be made clear to every cinema-fan who considers watching Herzog's " Nosferatu " is to AVOID all language-dubbed versions ! To see the formidable Klaus Kinski is always a great pleasure , but to hear him talk in a dubbed voice is just downright atrocious and almost a crime against nature ! No... |
406,707 | 2,020,269 | 82,054 | 8 | Who's Your ( Step - ) Daddy ? | Yes , I am aware of the fact the rather vulgar and tasteless subject line entirely misfits the overall tone of this film , but when else am I going to have the chance to use this clichéd saying in a review ? " Stepfather " is a provocative and mildly controversial " Lolita " - themed drama , but with a healthy sense of... |
406,719 | 2,020,269 | 1,033,483 | 8 | Thou Shall Respect thy Wife ? Or Else ! | Unless I'm mistaken , which actually happens quite often I must admit , this is one of the only Moroccan horror movies ever made ; and that little trivia fact alone should be more than enough reason for genre fans to check it out ! Considering the practically non-existent horror reputation of Morocco , it's fairly norm... |
406,261 | 2,020,269 | 75,382 | 8 | Going Up the Country , Got to get some Kicks ! | This baby fully represents my personal favorite kind of cult cinema ! Released in the early 70's , obscure and almost completely untraceable , opening to the tunes of a moody and excessively outdated crooner's song whilst picturesque images of the peaceful countryside accompany the opening credits and ? last but not le... |
405,775 | 2,020,269 | 95,125 | 8 | Faceless , topless , tasteless . . . In Franco-world , Less means MORE ! | Jess Franco's " Faceless " is late 80's euro-exploitation with the typical storyline of early 60's euro-exploitation ! Namely , a celebrated surgeon who kidnaps and kills beautiful women in order to restore the beauty of his own sister who's face got horribly deformed in a very banal acid-accident . Franco , among othe... |
406,071 | 2,020,269 | 17,136 | 8 | So old ? and yet so futuristic ! | Fritz Lang's groundbreaking landmark remains one of the biggest mysteries in the world of cinema . How can a movie that'll soon turn 80 years old still look so disturbingly futuristic ? ? The screenplay by Thea Von Harbou is still very haunting and courageously assails social issues that are of all ages . The world has... |
404,716 | 2,020,269 | 75,352 | 8 | Garbage Can takes the trash out ! | The opening sequence already demonstrates that director Umberto Lenzi disposes of a playful and curious sense of humor . When the film starts , you're most likely to grab the DVD-box again to reassure you're watching the right movie , as it opens with a typical Spaghetti Western scene showing a gang of Cowboys riding o... |
406,415 | 2,020,269 | 385,993 | 8 | Great , great , GREAT ! Hooray for rancid exploitation ! | Paul Naschy , star of an innumerable amount of Spanish exploitation classics ( including the " Hombre-Lobo " cycle ) returns in this wondrously bizarre and imaginative film that premiered at the International Festival of Fantasy Films . I'm pretty convinced that " Rojo Sangre " won't be very successful and that's a dam... |
404,642 | 2,020,269 | 55,927 | 8 | Their love is like bad medicine . . . | Some of cinema's most fascinating & involving court dramas are inspired by notorious historical cases , and Robert Lynn's masterful Indie-production " Dr . Crippen " is definitely no exception . The factual case of Hawley Harvey Crippen was one of the most talked-about events back in 1910 , because he was the first per... |
406,316 | 2,020,269 | 66,612 | 8 | Awesome , mega-cool Spaghetti Western ! | Vamos A Matar , Compañeros is another terrific and indescribably entertaining Spaghetti-western from the talented hands and brains of Sergio Corbucci ( " Django " , " The Great Silence " ) . Damn , what a fun movie this was ! This film amazingly pairs two of the coolest and most brilliant contemporary Italian acting ... |
404,954 | 2,020,269 | 386,005 | 8 | Lifestyles of the Rich and Gamers | It's almost tragic to establish that in Hollywood Jackie Chan exclusively gets cast to appear in lame action-comedies ( like " The Tuxedo " and " Rush Hour " ) , whilst in his home country of Hong Kong he's at least righteously offered to play serious roles and to be a genuine hard-fighting icon of action movies . " Ne... |
404,836 | 2,020,269 | 86,288 | 8 | Dark & gritty giallo ; sadly forgotten . | The last film by underrated director Alberto De Martino ( " The Antichrist " , " The Killer is on the Phone " ) is a truly suspenseful but incomprehensibly neglected giallo , containing pretty much all the trademarks that makes this Italian horror sub genre so magnificent and addictive to the fans . There are some very... |
404,922 | 2,020,269 | 377,091 | 8 | Kids can be so cruel . . . | Mean Creek is a captivating and powerful drama , surprisingly well-acted and genuinely movie WITHOUT turning to cheap sentiment and pointless moralizing . The often heard comparison with modest 80's masterpiece " Stand by Me " is reliable and well-earned , because Jacob Aaron Estes ' long feature debut story regularl... |
406,621 | 2,020,269 | 90,644 | 8 | Spanish Horror Sale ! Two for the price of one . | Bigas Luna's " Anguish " is a uniquely curious and creatively constructed Spanish horror film that'll unquestionably impress you a lot more than the average routine and dull 80's ( American ) slasher picture . Luna presents an odd film-within-film structure and , surprisingly enough , both segments contain equal amount... |
404,462 | 2,020,269 | 47,834 | 9 | Politics through pigs | Finally , after many years of searching I now had the opportunity of re-watching one of the movies that had the most impact on me during my childhood . I saw this animated classic in elementary school , but I guess our teacher at that time didn't have a clue about the film's actual content , as I mainly remember the si... |
404,720 | 2,020,269 | 303,927 | 9 | Not Mexi-Trash ? Spanish greatness ! | My sincerest apologies to the other reviewer , but " Dr . Curry " is clearly a Spanish production instead of a Mexican one and it certainly isn't trash ! Quite the contrary , this is a very stylish and experimental short-movie that involved quite a lot of talented Spanish filmmakers both in front and behind the camera ... |
406,369 | 2,020,269 | 112,887 | 9 | Welcome on the road to Hell ! ! This is Araki's world | The opening credits claim this is a ' heterosexual ' movie by Gregg Araki ? Now that statement is still open for discussion . Something that isn't open of discussion is the fact Araki created one of the meanest , most good-looking pieces of trash of the 90's ! Imagine yourself a lesser-hyped version of ' Natural Born K... |
406,119 | 2,020,269 | 338,095 | 9 | Voulez Vous Tuer Avec Moi ? | I vividly remember being there during the theater-release of this film in 2003 , here in the French speaking part of Belgium , but it took another two years ( until it was unleashed upon on the American market ) before " Haute Tension " became the gigantic cult bomb it is today . Well , better late than never because ,... |
405,754 | 2,020,269 | 101,272 | 9 | Black > blackest > THE ADDAMS FAMILY ! | Sadly , I never actively witnessed the legendary TV-series starring John Astin as the original Gomez Addams . I'm from a younger generation so I only heard about its brilliancy by the massive cult-followings . I am a big fan of the concept of sarcastic black comedy , however , and therefore I was very much looking forw... |
404,658 | 2,020,269 | 264,430 | 9 | Proud to be Belgian . . . and SCUM ! | No , this isn't the porno-version of Bob Clark's legendary 70's slasher , but an extremely twisted and rather sick-spirited Belgian short movie that will cover ten of the craziest minutes in your entire life ! Writer / director Pieter Van Hees surely has a demented world perspective , as he messes with pretty much all ... |
405,125 | 2,020,269 | 95,728 | 9 | Sergio Stivaletti is a Genius ! | Spider Labyrinth is a strange and slow but engaging Giallo-type thriller that doesn't have any big names involved in the production ( except maybe ? if you're an insider ? special effects wizard Sergio Stivaletti ) but it nevertheless stands as one of the greatest undiscovered gems of late 80's Italian horror cinema ... |
404,846 | 2,020,269 | 73,778 | 9 | Bad Girls , You Are Beautiful ! | Switchblade Sisters is one of the most awesome and amusingly incompetent trash / gangsploitation movies ever made ; only back in the period when it got released nobody ever intended to make a bad film , of course . Personally , I enjoyed the privilege of seeing this film in a genuine grindhouse theater and with no le... |
405,677 | 2,020,269 | 65,143 | 9 | Brilliant early Argento | The first film that fully credits Dario Argento as the sole director turned out a compelling murder-mystery , stylishly completed with an excellent score , sublime photography and gripping moments of suspense . In other words , an authentic giallo like only a real Italian master can deliver them ! As it is common stand... |
405,215 | 2,020,269 | 78,087 | 9 | Delightful product of the rancid 70's ! | Who else than Roger Corman could have been responsible for a Jaws rip-off that widely surpasses the original when it comes to brutality , shamelessness and exploitative gore ? " Piranha " is a very engaging and often gross film , filled with tongue-in-cheek humor and very rich on cult aspects . Joe Dante's directing is... |
405,891 | 2,020,269 | 56,347 | 9 | Bravo ! ! Standing ovation , even . | Considering they had already successfully reprocessed the three most legendary horror tales by the time the 1950's were over ( Dracula , Frankenstein and the Mummy ) , it's was pretty much inevitable that the British Hammer Studios would also attempt at making their own version of " The Phantom of the Opera " . Persona... |
404,328 | 2,020,269 | 118,528 | 9 | Gives a whole new meaning to the word ' remake ' | This TV-movie is truly remarkable . It's a remake of an undeniable classic , and that word usually brings tears to your eyes . Remakes normally are a lame excuse used by uninspired directors to make more money out of a good idea . You know the drill of the average remake : bigger , louder and as less tribute to the ori... |
404,476 | 2,020,269 | 21,884 | 9 | Monster movie Numero Uno | God , how much I wanted to be there back in 1931 when this film got released . The hype of it , the horror . . . that would have been amazing . It's over 70 years old now and it still remains the strongest , most powerful monster film ever made . This film means a lot to me , but it especially means respect ! Respect f... |
405,489 | 2,020,269 | 26,174 | 9 | Heroic swashbucklers and ferocious cannonade ! | Nearly 80 years old and ' Captain Blood ' still is one of the greatest sea-adventures ever made . It initially served as an appropriate answer to ' Mutiny on the Bounty ' , also released in 1935 and starring Clark Gable . This film launched the terrific career of Errol Flynn , who only appeared uncredited in other film... |
404,778 | 2,020,269 | 248,752 | 9 | Outstanding comedy for people with no morals | Denis Leary , the greatest stand-up comedian in the history of stand-up comedy ( of course , in the humble opinion of yours truly ) delivers his best work with this No Cure For Cancer show . This is an unscrupulous spitfire of criticism on topics that no other normal person dares to process . The opening announcement s... |
404,854 | 2,020,269 | 757,750 | 9 | Brothers against Evil : Traditional , Flesh & Blood Hillbillies | Demons follow a strict pattern , ghosts want revenge ? People are just crazy ! This piece of dialog , which is an actual quote taken from the show , is the best possible summarization of this fifteenth episode in the magnificent show " Supernatural " . So far , this is the only installment that doesn't live up to the... |
405,805 | 2,020,269 | 61,429 | 9 | Quality level on par with Leone ! | I realize it's quite a challenging promise , but Damiano Damiani's spaghetti western " A Bullet for the General " can easily compete with the best works of eminent Italian directors such as Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci . It's a superbly scripted and amazingly fascinating adventure with class-A acting performances a... |
405,098 | 2,020,269 | 39,302 | 9 | Run Humphrey ! RUUUUN ! ! | Probably the least famous film that pairs Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ( next to " To have and have not " , " Key Largo " and ? of course ? " The Big Sleep " ) but still a very powerful film-noir and a feast for all senses . " Dark Passage " is an adaptation of the glorious David Goodis novel in which a man , wron... |
405,451 | 2,020,269 | 66,412 | 9 | Giallo essentials ! | The true golden years for Italian giallo-cinema only lasted less than a decade ( approximately from 1965 to 1975 ) and after that it was only the acclaimed director Dario Argento who sporadically managed to deliver a good old-fashioned Italian murder mystery . Yet in this relatively short period , several directors wer... |
406,482 | 2,020,269 | 264,616 | 9 | The Demons are among us . . . | Seeing that this movie was made in 2001 , it gives you a great feeling . . . pure talking cinema , that is . Namely , that it's still possible to make a terrific supernatural thriller with a great story . We've only seen bloody slashers since 1996 without even an attempt to tell a story . In that point of view , Frailt... |
404,935 | 2,020,269 | 56,606 | 9 | Vincent Price is the KING . . . of agony ! | In between basing no less than seven movies on the wondrously macabre writings of author Edgar Allan Poe , the mega-versatile cinema wizard Roger Corman also found the the time to adapt a famous William Shakespeare play and turn it into an effectively creepy and atmospheric 60's chiller . The greatest actor who ever wa... |
405,903 | 2,020,269 | 910,548 | 9 | I ate his PENIS ? with some Fava-beans and a nice Chianti | Well , here you have it . . . The most grueling , sickening , disturbing , controversial , unbelievable and shocking horror movie EVER made , and yet it's all real . " Cannibal " is the ideal motion picture to state that the hard facts of reality will always surpass fiction . If this film had simply sprung from the ima... |
405,536 | 2,020,269 | 78,062 | 9 | America is a utopia ! Milwaukee doesn't even exist ! ! | The Clonus Horror quickly developed a cult and underdog reputation because there's an ongoing lawsuit between the makers of this low-budget Sci-Fi gem and Dreamworks / Michael Bay , who " stole " the concept for their massively budgeted film " The Island " . Personally I haven't seen " The Island " , too mainstream f... |
406,223 | 2,020,269 | 61,074 | 9 | Fulci's AWESOME Django cash-in ! | Lucio Fulci was an awesome human being and still pretty much a deity in my crazy little world ! Mainly for his gore flicks and giallos , but here he proves that even westerns can be a specialty of his . " Four of the Apocalypse " isn't really that impressive , but his unofficial contribution / cash-in to the Django ser... |
406,477 | 2,020,269 | 65,491 | 9 | The bloody and inhumanly cruel hunt for witchery ! | Bloody hell ! ! ! I tell you , I'm used to seeing rough and cruel horror films but I assure you this one is really hard to watch at times ! You can either take that as a recommendation or as a warning ! Mark of the Devil portrays the rites of witchfinding near Austria / Germany in the 17th century . Honorable men who'r... |
405,562 | 2,020,269 | 70,393 | 9 | Extremely Violent , Very Professional ! | There are good cops , there are bad cops ? and then there also are awesomely barbaric Italian cops ! Back in the early 70's , when the best scoring films in Hollywood were raw & violent crime-thrillers like " Dirty Harry " and " The French Connection " , the Italian film industry immediately attempted to cash in on thi... |
406,699 | 2,020,269 | 264,508 | 9 | Thank God they still make good horror ! ! | I'm sure many horror-lovers will agree with me when I say that the genre has seen better days . It started with one slasher film named Scream and it all went down the hill from there . That's why I'm glad to see Stuart Gordon is still active in this field . His films based on stories by H . P Lovecraft has given us som... |
404,370 | 2,020,269 | 69,920 | 9 | Giallo Magnifico ! ! ! | Gorgeous girls and gruesome horror . . . . that's pretty much all this " Carnal Violence " has got to offer . But let this just be all I was expecting and hoping to see ! Sergio Martino's milestone giallo is a prime example of everything this brilliant Italian horror sub genre represents and everything the fans adore s... |
404,381 | 2,020,269 | 454,839 | 9 | Torn , beaten and broken beyond repair ! | Broken is one of the most intense , disturbing and grueling low-budget horror films of the past two decades , especially because the female protagonists in the story ( who're subjected to endless torture and all possible types of humiliation ) aren't granted a single moment of hope or salvation throughout the entire ... |
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