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406,451 | 2,020,269 | 757,061 | 9 | Disturbing , passionate and gruesome ! | Wow ! If you're about to watch " Imprint " , you should prepare for sixty of the most intense and horrific minutes of your life , as Takashi Miike's contribution to the " Masters of Horror " - franchise is , in one word , perplexing ! I have yet to see the director's acclaimed masterpiece " Audition " but , until then ... |
404,533 | 2,020,269 | 454,841 | 9 | The Hills are Alive with the Sounds of . . . SLAUGHTER ! ! | I dislike the nowadays and boisterous remakes of classic horror movies as much as the next person but , ever since the news came that an update of " The Hills Have Eyes " was in talks , I had great expectations towards it . There are reasons for this rather enthusiast anticipation , actually . Unlike " The Texas Chains... |
405,012 | 2,020,269 | 87,430 | 9 | Takes you on a magic " giallo " carpet flight . | What we have here is another sublime yet criminally neglected giallo-highlight that urgently deserves to be out there on DVD along with the big boys ! Once you witness how amazingly compelling and suspenseful this film is , you too will probably wonder why the hell it is still so unknown and incredibly difficult to pur... |
405,304 | 2,020,269 | 83,111 | 9 | Thought Vietnam was rough ? Wait until you visit the Cajun Swamps ! | Thank the heavens for John Boorman ! If it hadn't been for his classic " Deliverance " , we never would have had the stream of gritty and relentless " Backwoods " action & horror movies . Most of them are just a cheap excuse to make fun of stereotypical rednecks and depict gratuitous violence , but some are truly great... |
406,155 | 2,020,269 | 74,486 | 9 | The twisted world of David Lynch | I'm always a bit worried when I'm about to express my love towards this movie by the genius director David Lynch . . . I figure it's the perfect indicator for psychiatrists to claim that you're completely nuts : ) But what the heck , they're a lot of nutballs on this website , so I can speak my mind freely . Indeed , I... |
404,672 | 2,020,269 | 880,243 | 9 | Requiem for an organized crime network ? | Following the huge success of the first series , mostly in its native country Belgium but on the international export market as well , a second series of " Matroesjkas " was inevitable . Most of the story lines were even readily written when the first series still aired on TV , for that matter . But still , the last th... |
406,335 | 2,020,269 | 60,841 | 9 | Highly recommended Suspense zombie film | When we think about zombie films , first titles that come to mind are George A . Romero's trilogy , the Return of the living dead series and maybe Peter Jackson's Braindead . All good films off course but this 1966 film should definitely be on this " top of mind " list . It contains all ingredients off the ideal horror... |
404,717 | 2,020,269 | 74,451 | 9 | Fear . . . but mostly beauty , seduction and complexity ! | Paolo Cavara may not be the most famous horror director of Italy , but he certainly deserves the endless respect of true genre fans for the movies he made in the Mondo Cane-series and ? his TWO genuine Gialli masterpieces ! " The Black Belly of the Tarantula " is generally considered to be a classic in the genre , but ... |
406,132 | 2,020,269 | 57,078 | 9 | Mario Bava : I worship thee ! | Irresistible and genuine Gothic scares , combined with atmospheric camera-work and breath-taking scenery ? Welcome to yet another visual masterpiece directed by the greatest horror genius of all time : Mario Bava ! " The Whip and the Body " isn't the man's most mentioned achievement , it's not even in my personal Bava-... |
404,992 | 2,020,269 | 64,747 | 9 | A very versatile tale of terror | We have all kind of barbarities featuring in this dark and moody tale . Only the wicked pen of Edgar Allen Poe could have come up with a tale that blends voodoo , body snatching , medical experiments , brotherly betrayal and a taste of what most likely is the worst imaginable nightmare : being buried alive ! Set in the... |
405,114 | 2,020,269 | 378,194 | 9 | Tarantino's Triumph : Volume Two | Rarely known a movie I've been looking forward to so much than Q . T's resumption of the Kill Bill saga . I , as well as millions of others film-freaks , awaited Uma Thurman's further adventures with wicked anticipation . And of course ? Tarantino didn't disappoint . Volume two is a completely different movie than volu... |
406,130 | 2,020,269 | 95,904 | 9 | Fantastic 80's gem , scandalously and inexplicably forgotten over the years ! | What we have here is a compelling piece of low budget horror with a relatively original premise , a cast that is filled with familiar faces AND one of the most convincing filming locations in the history of horror films . So . . . could anyone please tell me why this movie is so utterly underrated ? ? ? " Prison " is t... |
404,437 | 2,020,269 | 65,854 | 9 | House of authentic , ingenious horror ! | ( SPOILERS included ) This film surely is the best Amicus production I've seen so far ( even though I still have quite a few to check out ) . The House that Dripped Blood is a horror-omnibus ? an anthology that contains four uncanny stories involving the tenants of a vicious , hellish house in the British countryside .... |
405,723 | 2,020,269 | 64,888 | 9 | Naughty Girls go to Boarding School Hell ! | Ever since I beheld a masterpiece called " Quién Puede Matar A Un Niño " ( " Who Can Kill a Child ? " ) , I've been on a constant lookout for THIS Spanish gem that also spawned from the clearly gifted mind of writer / director Narciso Ibáñez-Serrador . Thanks to the help of a good friend , I'm now the proud owner of th... |
405,999 | 2,020,269 | 69,818 | 9 | Tough characters , rough action ? Brilliant Italian cinema ! | The other reviewers are right . It may be an incredibly statement to make , especially since there are so many classic and legendary milestone titles in the genre , but " The Boss " may very well be one of the greatest mafia films ever made ! This movie is strictly 100 % hardcore-to-the-bone excitement , with ultra-sad... |
404,337 | 2,020,269 | 420,251 | 9 | Masters of Asian Horror ! | I'm always very cautious when people refer to the genuine brilliance of Asian horror productions ( as I've been let down one too many times ) , but in the case of " Three ? Extremes " every single word of praise is more than justified ! This movie is bound to make an everlasting impression on you , and most likely that... |
405,402 | 2,020,269 | 819,765 | 9 | Dark , gritty , raw and very VERY disturbing ! | It's remarkable and quite praiseworthy how writers and directors continue to make great movies out of one of the oldest and most ( over ) used story lines in cinema ! " Dog Bite Dog " is basically not much more than just the simple story of an lone copper obsessively chasing a brilliant criminal , only Pou-Soi Cheang d... |
406,094 | 2,020,269 | 69,840 | 9 | Quintessential 70's exploitation ! | The Candy Snatchers perfectly embodies why so many fans of the horror & cult genre worship the 70's decade ! This is a hard-boiled and intense film , with a shocking and totally unpredictable storyline , utterly deranged characters and it literally doesn't take the slightest notice of political correctness and / or h... |
406,540 | 2,020,269 | 66,040 | 9 | Satan Likes ' em Wayward . . . and Jailbait ! | I was part of an extremely fortunate bunch of people who got to see this rare gem of euro-cult cinema on the big screen ; moreover inside an authentic old-fashioned grindhouse type of theater where the walls threaten to fall down at any given moment and the equipment has surely seen better days already . I can assure y... |
405,099 | 2,020,269 | 71,507 | 9 | If you're into kinky exploitation , go on a date with Flavia ! | Flavia the Heretic is an undeniable work of art and probably my number one recommendation to state that the euro-exploitation cinema is severely underrated and not to be ignored . This is an intelligent and complex film , beautifully realized and ? surprise ? pretty damn accurate ! This is more than just meaningless sl... |
405,456 | 2,020,269 | 71,508 | 9 | Trash class ! | I sincerely doubt that Mary Shelley would have appreciated this sensationally weird interpretation of her classic story but , unless you're the reincarnation of her spirit , you're guaranteed to enjoy this " Flesh for Frankenstein " a hell of a lot ! Released right before the also highly recommended " Bloof for Dracula... |
404,690 | 2,020,269 | 71,535 | 9 | She'll eat your heart out ! | When the screaming stops ? ! ? The screaming NEVER stops , baby ! This sadly obscure and obviously cheap-produced gem is an authentic Spanish exploitation highlight and it's about time it gets the appreciation of real horror fans it deserves ! Even though more than 30 years overdue , director Amando de Ossorio finally ... |
405,755 | 2,020,269 | 106,220 | 9 | More eccentric and ingenious morbidity ? YAY ! | You definitely can't reproach this sequel of being an uninspired , repetitive copy of the original ! The entire family and their lovely extravagant behavior returns , but the situations in ? Values ' are of a much wider range . The family comes into contact with the outside world in this film , which results in an even... |
406,623 | 2,020,269 | 74,806 | 9 | The Little Girl Who'll Creep the Hell out of you ! | Since ages I wanted to see this film and it was worth every single nail that I've bitten off whilst waiting for the DVD to arrive at my place ! If you're looking for a genuinely macabre thriller , like they could only make them in the lewd 70's , " The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane " is my number one recommendati... |
406,060 | 2,020,269 | 110,005 | 9 | The absolute opposite of Bad Taste ! | Despite being a huge fan of Peter Jackson's splatter-classics " Bad Taste " and " Braindead " , this ultra-stylish and distinguished period drama felt like a welcome surprise and it more than clearly indicated how Jackson is an extremely versatile filmmaker , rather than just a sick puppy with an unhealthy interest in ... |
404,289 | 2,020,269 | 79,128 | 9 | The Evictors is as brilliant as it is obscure . . . = VERY ! | I'm a big fan of Charles B . Pierce's movies and particularly admire the efforts he did in the field of horror . His movies are extremely low-budgeted , always incredibly hard to come across on VHS or DVD-R and they seemingly always appear to be inspired by true events , no matter how unlikely they may sound . " Legend... |
405,035 | 2,020,269 | 55,304 | 9 | A nearly perfect horror film | Roger Corman's " Pit and the Pendulum " is simply put one of the greatest genre efforts ever made ! This is horror in its purest form with a compelling screenplay , a constant high-tension level and sublime acting performances by a very devoted cast . Roger Corman and Richard Matheson brilliantly continue their ode to ... |
405,926 | 2,020,269 | 71,431 | 9 | Stylish , but regretfully overlooked zombie fun ! | Corpses who seem to have risen from their graves infest an isolated piece of countryside and walk among the living again ? Shortsighted and prejudiced critics might easily refer to this as another gem that tries to pick in on the success of George A . Romero's classic ' Night of the Living Dead ' . On top of that , ' L... |
405,930 | 2,020,269 | 51,542 | 9 | Boris Karloff : Man with a Mission | ( Small plot spoilers ) ' Pain and the knife are inseparable ' is an often-heard line in this film , referring to the fact that surgeons until late in the 19th century had to perform their operations without anesthetics . The always-amazing Boris Karloff plays Dr . Thomas Bolton , a humanitarian medic determined to fin... |
405,884 | 2,020,269 | 67,084 | 9 | Impeccable giallo . Well , . . . almost ! | Boy oh boy , the early 70's must have been such dangerous times for young & beautiful Italian girls ? At least judging by the amount of giallo-thrillers that were released during this period ! Behind every tree in every park , at every school gate and during every modeling show , there were always black-gloved killers ... |
405,309 | 2,020,269 | 40,068 | 9 | They did the Mash ! They did the MONSTER Mash ! | My first , and considering my preferences in cinema , most anticipated acquaintance with the fine gentlemen Bud Abbott and Lou Costello certainly didn't disappoint . Quite the contrary , " A & C Meet Frankenstein " is a terrific horror-comedy , and we all know how rarely one ever comes across of those ! Comedy ( the ki... |
404,451 | 2,020,269 | 71,628 | 9 | Pleasantly deranged sexploitation ! | The not exactly subtle director Pete Walker triumphs here with a very decent sexploitation gem about a well-hidden prison , serving to re-educate naughty young girls and ruled by an elderly couple . They ( he's a judge , she's an ex-warden who resigned due to her share in a suspicious suicide case ) found the British l... |
404,841 | 2,020,269 | 362,393 | 9 | Fascinating portrait of a beloved cinema HERO ! | Being a big , . . . HUGE fan of the late Vincent Price , I caught myself staring at this biography with my eyes and mouth wide open most of the time ! This amazing cinema icon , theater legend and family man lived such a rich & well-filled life and remains , years after his death , worshiped by his relatives ( naturall... |
404,458 | 2,020,269 | 74,967 | 9 | Badham County Has a Farm . . . Ee-I-Ee-I-Ooo | Usually I try and avoid watching TV-movies because I keep thinking they hold back on shocking content and grisly images , but lately I've encountered several titles that actually proved my way of thinking is entirely incorrect and even quite shallow . " Nightmare in Badham County " is one of them examples , because the... |
406,492 | 2,020,269 | 51,706 | 9 | Dr . Boris and Mr . Karloff ! | The fabulous BBC couldn't possibly start the new year 2006 better than by showing this little known but surprisingly gripping 50's chiller . " Grip of the Strangler " is excellent ( but scandalously underrated ) with one of Karloff's most impeccable performances and a gloomy Victorian atmosphere . The screenplay is a e... |
405,458 | 2,020,269 | 60,315 | 9 | Paint your wagon . . . . RED WITH BLOOD ! | Sergio Corbucci's " Django " , as well as his " The Great Silence " are two massively underrated spaghetti-westerns that co-founded the genre , along with Sergio Leone's Dollars-trilogy . Okay , this no " Once Upon a Time in the West " when it comes to atmosphere or plotting , but it is a magnificently mounted action r... |
404,529 | 2,020,269 | 78,908 | 9 | The Dwarfs of Wrath . . . | Another brilliant early David Cronenberg horror film , subtly stuffed with sexual obsessions and social criticism as it was also the case in " Shivers " and " Rabid " , only the idea of this film is even more original and the tension is more overwhelming . " The Brood " quite often is a genuinely terrifying horror-high... |
404,849 | 2,020,269 | 408,236 | 9 | How would you like your throat cut , sir ? | The films of Tim Burton are always a gift from the heavens ( the mediocre " Planet of the Apes " being the one notable exception ) , especially for horror fanatics , since they always strike a happy medium between mainstream production values and availability and yet always revolve on sinister topics . And if there eve... |
405,597 | 2,020,269 | 71,233 | 9 | Great , beautiful and artistic . . . TRASH ! | This very free and rather deranged interpretation of Bram Stoker's legendary Dracula tale by Paul Morrissey is one of the best independent vampire stories I've seen so far . The sheer brilliance of this film completely lies in the characterization of the bloodsucking count . Dracula no longer is a vile and overruling m... |
405,553 | 2,020,269 | 67,446 | 9 | Plot twist to the left , red herring to the right ? . Giallo Giallo Giallo ! ! ! | Back in the early seventies , during the absolute most glorious years for the Giallo sub genre , I guess it must have been some sort of intense and obsessive competition between the eminent Italian directors to come up with the most exaggeratedly convoluted plots . These movies distinguish themselves from the other sub... |
406,588 | 2,020,269 | 395,584 | 9 | Rob Zombie takes his grisly show on the road ! | The last thing you could possibly say about Rob Zombie is that his horror visions are limited and / or that he too easily exploits the remotely successful premise of his directorial debut . Hell no , the successor of the nasty " House of 1 . 000 Corpses " is an entirely different , but certainly no less shocking type o... |
406,174 | 2,020,269 | 67,541 | 9 | Sweet Home Bundanyabba , where the skies are grim . | Outback is unlike any other film ever made and quite impossible to categorize . If the movie taught me anything at all , it's that the Aussies can drink seriously hard and loads of it . They even drink till they pass out and then immediately open another can when they come to their senses again . I thought only Belgi... |
405,186 | 2,020,269 | 71,318 | 9 | Big Brother ; the post-nuclear apocalypse edition . | One of the most successful ( and equally irritating ) TV-formats of recent years is Big Brother , in which a bunch of people , complete strangers to each other , are put together in an isolated location and become forced to get along and accomplish ordeals together . Apparently this concept isn't so new or innovating a... |
406,302 | 2,020,269 | 64,437 | 9 | I now pronounce you maniacs and wife . You may KILL the bride . | Undoubtedly some of the most disturbing and effectively petrifying accomplishments in the genres of horror and thrillers are movies that are based on true events and / or real-life serial killers . But then still there's another important distinction to be made , namely between films that are loosely inspired on true e... |
405,691 | 2,020,269 | 51,994 | 9 | Our Hearts Will Go On For This Version As Well ? | Roy Ward Baker's ( what a truly great but sadly underrated director this was ? ) version of the Titanic catastrophe is unquestionably one of the most astounding and technically superior adventure movies of the cinematic black and white era , but I reckon it will become very difficult to recommend it to nowadays audienc... |
406,112 | 2,020,269 | 75,342 | 9 | Terrific film shamefully ignored over the years ! | The town ? is an early triumph in the serial-killer section of the horror genre , handling about a small American town terrorized by a masked murderer shortly after the end of World War II . Actually based on true events , the maniac picks out his victims on Lovers Lanes and shoots them without mercy . This important... |
405,672 | 2,020,269 | 95,159 | 9 | The Kevin Kline Show ! | Brief and simple : this movie is terrific entertainment ! With its uniquely eccentric characters and delightfully absurd storyline , ' A Fish Called Wanda " unquestionably is one of the funniest films ever made . The exhilarating screenplay works on so many level ( a diamond heist gone wrong , Brits vs . Americans , ro... |
405,785 | 2,020,269 | 63,729 | 9 | Twisted . . . and Brilliant ! | Clearly this production stepped on some sensitive toes around the time of its release , as it opens with two separate statements ? one spoken and one written ? assuring us there's absolutely no scientifically proved evidence that there might be a link between Mongolism and criminal behavior . It's of course a very prov... |
406,435 | 2,020,269 | 361,862 | 9 | I . . . can't . . . get . . . . no . . . sleep ! | Well , in his impressive and and literally exhausting film " The Mashinist " , Brad Anderson certainly showed us what we DON'T ever want to become : insomniacs ! Pitiful Trevor Reznik hasn't slept in a whole year , he's not much more than skin and bones and he has to write down memo notes on yellow post-its and stick t... |
405,217 | 2,020,269 | 36,733 | 9 | ALMOST as brilliant as its predecessor | Lewton's sequel to the almighty " Cat People " is a mesmerizing and elegant fantasy , but it is by no means a horror film . It's a touching drama and a perceptive social portrait that makes a great study on loneliness and creating an alternate dreamworld . In this case : a young girl that hasn't got much contact with h... |
406,197 | 2,020,269 | 462,485 | 10 | Troma is Back ! Gorier , trashier and more demented than ever ! | The last genuine Troma class-sick got released almost a decade ago already ( " Terror Firmer " ) , but " Poultrygeist " was definitely worth waiting for all these years ! Lloyd Kaufman and C° truly surpassed themselves with this over-the-top gooey , absurd , chaotic and unbelievably entertaining splatter-flick that eas... |
404,510 | 2,020,269 | 39,080 | 10 | Peter Lorre shines in brilliant Scotland Yard mystery | The Verdict is an absolutely absorbing and ingenious locked-room murder mystery , complete with sheer performances and irresistible gothic atmosphere . Set in London , near the end of the 19th century this intelligent movie handles about a seemly insolvable murder . Superintendent Grodman hunts down the murderer of the... |
406,713 | 2,020,269 | 1,029,234 | 10 | Experience the Pain ! | I often wonder how much further the horror genre can and will evolve in terms of sadism and the portrayal of ultra-explicit violence . Especially the youngest generation of French directors appear to be involved in some sort of sport competition where each one aspires to surpass the other when it comes to showing sheer... |
404,873 | 2,020,269 | 26,138 | 10 | Is it possible to improve on perfection ? ? | When I first saw Frankenstein ( 1931 ) , I was amazed . It was one of the greatest stories I ever saw and it impressed me on so many levels . I honestly didn't think I would ever see such a great phenomenon again . Well , I should reconsider that . The sequel is even more magical , more impressive and more perfect . Th... |
405,726 | 2,020,269 | 112,682 | 10 | The Lost City of Cinema-Gold ! | The City of Lost Children is unquestionably one of the most imaginative and exceptional films of the entire 90's decade and it pretty much represents an entire sub genre all by itself ! It's a dark and often disturbing fairy-tale , but nevertheless magical and child-friendly . Since this is a film by Marc Caro & Jean... |
406,487 | 2,020,269 | 83,907 | 10 | A movie everyone should respect ! | A few nights ago , a couple of friends and myself watched The Evil Dead again . It was like the 68th viewing for me ( I think . . . lost count somewhere around 50 ) but it still only means one thing to me : PARTY ! ! Many feeling can occur when watching this delicious masterpiece by Sam Raimi . You can either adore it ... |
405,714 | 2,020,269 | 60,955 | 10 | How , how ? HOW can this film not be listed among the greatest classics ? ! ? | As much as I love cinema , it can be such a hypocrite business . Take Seconds for example ? it easily could have been one of the greatest sci-fi classics of all time , but instead it flopped and got terribly ignored over the years . Why ? You tell me ! ! Probably audiences weren't ready for it yet back in 1966 , which ... |
404,732 | 2,020,269 | 95,483 | 10 | Hasta La Vista , Baby OH BABY ! | Wow ! Phew ! This has never happened to me before ? I've never been in love as much as I'm in love with Lady Terminator . Ours is a marriage made in heaven and I swear I'll love her till the end of times . She's quite the lady , all right , but she's also so much more . She's the duchess of sleaze , the queen of exploi... |
406,692 | 2,020,269 | 91,630 | 10 | Zombies , exploding heads . . . and a date to the prom . | If you like a decent horror film complete with old fashioned make-up effects , you will LOVE this this film . If you like to have a good laugh and some gore when you watch a horror film , you will LOVE this film . . . If you like a combination of both , you will have the time of your life ! This film by Fred Dekker eas... |
404,747 | 2,020,269 | 95,294 | 10 | Evil grows on to its path . . . | Hellbound is the fascinating and almost excellent sequel to the greatest horror story ever written : Hellraiser by Clive Barker . This movie is a must see if you enjoyed the first one ( and I can't imagine you haven't ) . Hellbound is a logical continuing of the saga and begins almost immediately where the first one le... |
404,601 | 2,020,269 | 91,446 | 10 | I love the smell of rotting corpses in the morning ? | Some people have seriously sick and twisted world perspectives ! ! The beautiful country of Belgium ( where yours truly lives ) is terribly small and " Lucker " is the ONLY sicko-cult gem that was ever made here . Yet , I had to move heaven and earth in order to finally obtain a copy ! Eventually , I had to contact wri... |
405,767 | 2,020,269 | 60,701 | 10 | Zzzensational ! Zublime ! Franco's masterwork . | Dr . Z . senior , as he's marvelously depicted on the DVD-cover with an outrageous hair-style and funky goggles , has the chance to act mildly diabolical for exactly 15 minutes and then he banally dies from an ordinary heart-attack . Why picture HIS mug on all the posters and ? even more importantly - why refer to the ... |
406,517 | 2,020,269 | 109,506 | 10 | Morbid , saddening , beautiful , haunting . . . | This is the film that'll of course always be related with the tragic death of a talented young actor on the verge of his cinematic breakthrough , but , sadly enough , we also have to acknowledge that it probably never would have been so successful in case this horrible accident wouldn't have occurred , and this regardl... |
406,337 | 2,020,269 | 100,814 | 10 | Giant Worms . . . great fun ! ! | Perfection , Nevada is a very small desert town with a population of 14 people . The two handymen in town , Valentine McKee and Earl Basset , do annoying jobs for everybody and they are sick of it . They decide to move to the bigger town , Bixby . When they're finally set to leave , a lot of strange things seem to happ... |
405,988 | 2,020,269 | 74,287 | 10 | Unhinged giallo masterpiece | Pupi Avati's " La Casa dalle Finestre che ridona " is a one-of-a-kind terror experience and even the most trained horror fanatic will fairly admit that he or she never saw anything like it before . Right from the stylishly cruel opening credits , in which a hoarse male voice talks undetermined yet eerie lines , you jus... |
404,695 | 2,020,269 | 60,794 | 10 | Brilliant and mesmerizing Gothic horror | I consider it my own personal mission to make the world aware that Mario Bava was the greatest horror director of all times and . . . with brilliant movies like this " Operazione Paura " . . . it can't be too difficult to fulfill that mission . This Gothic masterpiece easily ranks high among the most beautiful horror m... |
406,700 | 2,020,269 | 57,012 | 10 | A must see ! ! ! out of | Who else than Stanley Kubrick could take a serious subject like the cold war and tell the story like a comedy ? ? ? He proves his genius in this film more like in any other film of his . It's the story about one general ( with the very appropriate name Jack D . Ripper ) gone mad and he launches an attack on Russia all ... |
404,244 | 2,020,269 | 52,811 | 10 | We make no apologies to the dead . . . . It is all true | With this seemly arrogant but honest message showing on the screen , the film opens at a dark Edinburgh cemetery where two vicious figures lift a cadaver from its grave . . . " The Flesh and the Fiends " tells the true story of William Burke and William Hare , corpse-suppliers to the ambitious surgeon and university pr... |
406,599 | 2,020,269 | 57,128 | 10 | Brilliant horror ! | Frankly , I don't really care whether the screenplay of " The Haunted Palace " is based on a H . P Lovecraft-story , simply carrying an Edgar Allan Poe title . . . or based on an Edgar Allan Poe poem , heavily influenced by H . P Lovecraft's short story . Both these legendary horror authors were genius and an amalgamat... |
406,641 | 2,020,269 | 22,100 | 10 | M = Milestone . . . Mesmerizing . . . Masterpiece ! | Fritz Lang's second absolute landmark ( after the equally brilliant but completely different ' Metropolis ' ) and also his first opportunity to work with the wonders of sound . And boy , did he ever deliver a great piece of work ! Like the M ( for murderer ) is marked on Peter Lorre's coat , the film M ( for masterpiec... |
404,305 | 2,020,269 | 64,904 | 10 | Mario Bava , reinventing the giallo ! | Man , I love Mario Bava's work ! Every film I've seen of his is a pure masterpiece in my eyes and a complete cinematic ? orgasm ' ! Hatchet for the Honeymoon is somewhat different compared to most of his other movies and perhaps even his most accessible film . Hatchet handles about a more common horror theme ( namely a... |
405,297 | 2,020,269 | 87,075 | 10 | More magical than Merlin , Grimmer than the Grimmest Grimm fairy-tale ? | Don't you just love it when you re-watch a childhood favorite and it turns out the film still has the exact same mesmerizing and enchanting effect on you that it had all those years ago ? More than usually , it's the other way around . The movies you loved as a child too often become disappointing when seen through adu... |
405,138 | 2,020,269 | 90,315 | 10 | Unique . Beautiful . Moving . | When The Wind Blows is an animated movie , adapted from the marvelous repertoire of Raymond Briggs , about an unexceptional retired couple who are about to live through a hugely exceptional event . Undoubtedly you've seen many terrific animated movies before . Most likely you've also watched many great dramas dealing... |
405,671 | 2,020,269 | 64,116 | 10 | A feast for eyes and ears ! Leone's film is a timeless masterpiece ! | THIS is perhaps the greatest film ever made . A passionately penned down portrait revolving on the downfall of the West-era . Brilliantly filmed , with careful attention for the smallest detail and performed by gifted actors and actresses in not so obvious roles . Straight from the slow and clammy opening credits seque... |
406,236 | 2,020,269 | 36,261 | 10 | Beautiful . . . One of the greatest stories ever told . | It doesn't happen very often , but I was touched by this film . It's not the first adaptation of the story that I've seen , but it sure is one of the best . In fact , only the silent version starring Lon Chaney beat this version . That version is of course an absolute masterpiece , but I easily dare to say this is one ... |
405,008 | 2,020,269 | 90,197 | 10 | Deeply disturbing Spanish masterpiece | The only word that spontaneously comes to mind when briefly describing Agustí Villaronga's " In a Glass Cage " is ? WOW ! This is definitely one of the most intense and harrowing European films ever made . You're most likely to find it in the horror-sections of specialized cult stores / catalogs , but it's SO much more... |
406,333 | 2,020,269 | 109,707 | 10 | A masterpiece about failure | It's truly ironic that Tim Burton was able to make such a great masterpiece out of the life story of Edward D . Wood Jr . The least you can say is that his life wasn't . What makes this film so great is that Burton never makes fun of Ed Wood . His way of film-making , his lifestyle and his vision of things are always s... |
404,428 | 2,020,269 | 67,429 | 10 | Masterpiece ! | No less than Quentin Tarantino referred to " Milano Calibro . 9 " as the absolute greatest Italian film-noir ever made , and who the hell are we to question that statement ? This truly is one of the most grippingly fascinating and shockingly straightforward crime portraits ever filmed and I wouldn't hesitate for one se... |
406,293 | 2,020,269 | 71,275 | 10 | The other ( and far more sadistic ) side of Mario Bava | Mario Bava , my personal favorite director of all time and generally speaking one of the best in the field of horror and cult cinema ever , surprises his foes and even more so his friends with this hugely atypical and shockingly nihilistic accomplishment in directing . Personally , I'm truly intrigued to find out what ... |
405,914 | 2,020,269 | 67,386 | 10 | Review of Kümel's brilliant re-edited , post-Cannes version . | Harry Kümel's ambitious & courageous film version of Jean Ray's complex novel was offered one big chance to prove itself internationally and to instantly become a genre classic at the annual Cannes Film Festival in 1972 . Sadly enough , the shown version ? which later got rejected by the director ? didn't impress any a... |
405,025 | 2,020,269 | 78,935 | 10 | Shock horror and inhuman thrills . . . ' The Green Inferno ' is the place to be ! | You've got horror . . . and then you've HORROR with a capital H ! And cannibal holocaust surely belongs in this last category . It's a misunderstood masterpiece that yet has to find an equal . Unlike the savage and schlock title leads you to believe , there's much more to discover in this film than just gore , bad dubb... |
406,300 | 2,020,269 | 75,152 | 10 | Armed to the Teeth and Hardcore to the Bone ! | Rome Armed to the Teeth actually just confirmed something I already knew , but it was a more than welcome reminder . Umberto Lenzi was a genius ( or better , IS a genius as he's still alive only no longer active for obvious reasons ) and with this film he delivered another high-speed , adrenalin-rushing , mega-violen... |
405,587 | 2,020,269 | 71,408 | 10 | You can say that again ! . . . DeR @ nG ? d ! ! | Oh yeah ! This is what us genre fans like to call a REAL horror film ! " Deranged " is shocking , insensitive , cold-hearted and features a ' you - don't - like - it - go - to - hell' - honesty you can't possibly walk away from ! This is the pretty damn factual , and therefore hugely disturbing , reconstruction of the ... |
404,949 | 2,020,269 | 82,694 | 10 | If You Want to Run Cool , You Got to Run ? on Heavy , Heavy Fuel . | Let's be fairly blunt but nevertheless reasonable here : anyone with a minimum level of testosterone and / or adrenalin pumping through his / her body ( male or female , I'm not discriminating anyone here ) simply must concur with the statement that " Mad Max 2 : The Road Warrior " is one of the coolest and most specta... |
404,294 | 2,020,269 | 55,830 | 10 | Absolutely brilliant . . . Beyond comparison ! ! ! | First and foremost , I'd wish to share in all haughty that I had the honor of seeing this film ? in its original form ? on the big screen ! They showed it during a festival of overlooked and highly influential cult / horror films . A sub-genre in which this film surely belongs . It's one of the greatest films I ever sa... |
404,304 | 2,020,269 | 52,077 | 10 | It's a plan all right ? A plan for perfect entertainment ! ! | What are all these people moaning about ? I've rarely had more fun while watching a movie as I had with Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space . Besides , most criticism goes out to the lousy scenery and the goofy decors . Well excuse Mr . Wood for not disposing over a huge budget or funds ! He did what he could and sure , ... |
405,706 | 2,020,269 | 55,894 | 10 | Half awful , half brilliant . . . but a total B-classic ! | ( Minor basic plot spoilers included in the review ) Day of the Triffids is a unique movie-experience and it became one of my personal favorites right from the first viewing . This film actually is a cinematic mystery to itself since you can't figure out how to rate it : trash or terrific ? Watching the Day of the Trif... |
405,508 | 2,020,269 | 70,917 | 10 | Quite possibly the most unique film ever made ! | Over a period of less than two days , I saw the Wicker Man three times . The original theatrical version once and the director's cut twice ! Believe all the praising on this one . It really is one of the most stunning films that were ever unleashed upon the world . Unique is the most appropriate word that comes to mind... |
406,051 | 2,020,269 | 90,756 | 10 | BRIL-LI-ANT ! ! ! | Say hello to what is perhaps Lynch's greatest achievement so far . And , with a career like his , that sure does mean something . Every film he made is a remarkable and valuable asset to cinema - masterpieces in their own kind - and Blue Velvet is the absolute highlight for sure . Blue Velvet is the representation of t... |
405,433 | 2,020,269 | 36,613 | 10 | Brilliant comedy like they could only make it in the old days | Arsenic and Old Lace is the most important contender for the funniest movie ever made ! ! Every single aspect and element in this movie is just perfect . And I'm NOT exaggerating . . . If I have to rate all the different elements of cinema separately , I would rate them all . Acting , directing , plot , location , dial... |
405,667 | 2,020,269 | 75,462 | 10 | Deeply disturbing horror masterpiece ! | It literally took me YEARS purchasing this movie and , now that I finally own it , it's still difficult to follow as it is an exclusively Spanish version . Still , every effort I ever took for finding it was worthy , as this is a magnificent piece of horror cinema and easily one of the most disturbing films I ever behe... |
405,727 | 2,020,269 | 139,768 | 10 | Too Brilliant for Belgian TV ! | I can only concur with my fellow reviewers ( and compatriots ! ) and re-establish that " Buiten de Zone " is an absolutely brilliant comedy series and actually way too good according to our country's usual standards ! Anyone who ever saw this show , even if it's only one single episode , knows what nearly dying with la... |
450,605 | 2,093,818 | 116,707 | 1 | Well , if singing cockroaches and an endless stream of toilet humor is your thing , you might enjoy the film . . . | . . . of course , that might also mean you need extensive therapy . At least if you're over the age of seven . This film is an odd one . It's about a guy who moves into an apartment dominated by thousands upon thousands of cockroaches . I checked the director's entire filmography , and it seems like everything he does ... |
450,502 | 2,093,818 | 116,723 | 1 | You have been found guilty on the charge of being a dreadful movie , and are hereby condemned to obscurity and widespread , justified hatred | If this is not heavily featured on every list of " what not to watch " , it should only be because those keeping that particular list are not aware of its existence , which , as long as that remains so , is the acceptable alternative . I'm not kidding you , this is a bad " movie " . Joseph Meeker returns from the dead ... |
450,368 | 2,093,818 | 93,220 | 1 | Even though you might think the first set a fittingly low standard for the franchise , nothing can prepare you for just how bad this film is . . . | You learn everything new everyday . Had I never watched this film , I wouldn't have known the following ; apparently , cavemen had perfectly sharpened and rounded metal knives and wore make-up ; apparently , newborn pterodactyl ( whatever the plural form of that word is ) have feathers ; apparently , if you called an e... |
449,894 | 2,093,818 | 173,886 | 1 | I'm not sure what I was expecting . . . | . . . but it must have been more than what I got . I know this is a children's film , but that doesn't mean it has to be bad ( certainly not this bad ) . I don't recall when I last watched such a poorly produced film . . . if I ever have . The plot is nonsensical babble . The pacing is non-existent . The characters are... |
449,771 | 2,093,818 | 130,156 | 1 | Humiliating and mocking one of the single greatest comedy series since the invention of movies ( especially as far as those of Danish origin go ) | I suppose there are ways in which this could have worked . The final film could have an irony towards the trademarks of the old ones . The somewhat invariable plot structure of the original series could be gently poked fun at . Most likely , of course , no movie should have been made in this series after the two-part e... |
450,640 | 2,093,818 | 118,589 | 1 | Awful , in every possible sense of the word | Mariah Carey . The woman . The singer . The pop-tart ( like the pun ? You know , Pop as in pop music , and tart , as in . . . eh , forget it ) . Her face is attractive , her body is desirable , her smile is blinding and her voice is annoying , loud and reminds me of sonar , or dog whistles . She's made a name for herse... |
450,438 | 2,093,818 | 116,606 | 1 | Even Sarah Jessica Parker's charm couldn't save this stillborn romantic comedy | This is one of the better examples of how Hollywood have lost their edge , and how easy it is to make a romantic comedy . The plot is uninspired , the acting is unimpressive , the characters are poorly written and uninteresting , and the pacing is just awful . It goes too far for laughs , that never actually come . Ben... |
450,979 | 2,093,818 | 122,603 | 1 | At best , good for a laugh | Hollywood produces extreme amounts of films ; many of these films aren't great . Some of them are exceptionally bad . Every once in a great while , a film comes around that is so awful , so horribly , poorly , badly done , that everyone who knows of its mere existence loathes it . This is one of those films . The premi... |
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