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423,492 | 2,248,099 | 471,030 | 4 | Dismal drama lacking in excitement | Despite being British myself , I have to say I'm not a big fan of our modern film industry , and films like this are the reason why . Ever since the release of Trainspotting , it seems everyone wants to focus on the ' gritty ' side of the country with ' realistic ' films like this and it's a real shame because , like t... |
422,224 | 2,248,099 | 95,952 | 4 | Tedious and boring ! What happened Mr Deodato ? ! | Well , I was hoping I'd heard wrong about this film as I'm a big fan of Ruggero Deodato and really didn't want to see him slip up ; but unfortunately , this Giallo-styled supernatural load of nonsense is just as bad as I'd been lead to believe it would be - and that's pretty terrible ! The plot doesn't work at all , as... |
422,049 | 2,248,099 | 74,540 | 4 | Just as bad as it's reputation suggests ! | There are two types of bad films : bad films that are fun and somehow end up being good , and bad films that are no fun and only manage to be crap . Given the plot line , this bad film really should have belonged to the former group ; but somehow it doesn't manage it and ends up being a part of the latter . Quite how a... |
423,260 | 2,248,099 | 299,988 | 4 | Direct to video nasty ( and that's not a good thing ! ) | Here we have a sequel to a classic cult film , made almost two decades after the original . Guess what ? It's rubbish . Oh yes , obviously someone had a bright idea to make a sequel to a well known film in the hope that it would emulate the original's cable TV success in the dreary direct to video market . Trouble is ,... |
423,079 | 2,248,099 | 57,280 | 4 | Not great Gothic horror | Terror in the Crypt certainly seems like a great film on paper - it's stemmed from the classic novel " Carmilla " by Sheridan Le Fanu and the screenplay is by none other than Ernesto Gastaldi ; the man responsible for a number of great Giallo films in the seventies . Adding to the writing credits is the fact that the f... |
421,815 | 2,248,099 | 83,291 | 4 | Unbelievably stupid exploitation crap | This film has earned its cult reputation due to the fact that it's ridiculous - and as you might expect , this reputation isn't exactly unfounded . Mad Foxes is just as ridiculous as it's meant to be and then some . . . however , while I enjoy a good silly flick , the inconstancies and illogical nature of the film don'... |
423,154 | 2,248,099 | 133,046 | 4 | Dull , clichéd mess | Going into Teaching Mrs Tingle , all I wanted was a fun , enjoyable teen comedy that would entertain me for it's running time . Despite a rather good first half hour , the film quickly subsides into a dull , clichéd mess that's about as entertaining as pulling out your eyelashes with pliers . Rusty pliers , at that . '... |
422,764 | 2,248,099 | 420,294 | 4 | Nothing on the original , or the remake . | I'm in the minority of serious horror fans since I'm one of the few that enjoyed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre . While it didn't touch the original , Marcus Nispel's opus represented a decent slice of modern horror for it's keenness towards violence and torture , and the fetid atmosphere in which most of th... |
423,732 | 2,248,099 | 339,147 | 4 | Hit the highway , instead of seeing this film | My interest in seeing Highwaymen stems from the fact that it was directed by Robert Harmon ; the same man behind what is probably the best road thriller ever made , ' The Hitcher ' . Any hopes of this being as good as the 1986 film are quashed immediately , however , as an early scene that sees a number of cars smash i... |
422,095 | 2,248,099 | 90,327 | 4 | Completely underwhelming and derivative tedium | Kevin Tenney , the man behind the fun eighties cult horror ' Night of the Demons ' is also the man behind this film ; an undeveloped , yet overlong supernatural inspired horror flick . The idea of a Ouija board is certainly an intriguing one , and since there aren't a great deal of films that make said item their main ... |
422,753 | 2,248,099 | 74,845 | 4 | Bad , even for a Jaws rip-off ! | This film starts off by thanking the underwater directorial team for risking their lives for the making of it . I sincerely hope that this is just some sort of ploy and not actually the case , as Mako : The Jaws of Death is definitely not a film that anyone should even consider risking their life over . In 1975 , Steve... |
422,306 | 2,248,099 | 82,677 | 4 | I wish I'd Look ( er ) ed somewhere else | Thinking about it , I'm not a very big fan of Michael Crichton . Westworld is a good film , but Coma was disappointing ; and this film , Looker , isn't up to much at all . The early scenes and music indicate that the film is going to be another trashy eighties thriller , which is fine by me ; but suddenly the film slow... |
422,099 | 2,248,099 | 74,829 | 4 | Tedious and dull exploitation nonsense | This film ends with a speech in which the narrator tells us the fates of two of the lead characters and that the names of people and places have been changed . . . before telling us that relation to actual people and events are purely coincidental . This ending line actually sums up everything that has gone before it ;... |
422,199 | 2,248,099 | 94,620 | 4 | Shameless cash-in , but gory enough to be fun | You know going into a film like this that it's going to be a complete waste of time . . . but Zombi 3 wasn't bad , and even though it's obvious that this instalment of the ' Zombi ' series is even more a cash in than the last one , I knew I'd be happy if I just enjoyed watching it . As you might expect , the plot doesn... |
423,214 | 2,248,099 | 82,467 | 4 | Grade F slasher ! | I've got to say that I'm not a massive fan of Troma films . Granted , I've only seen three of them ( or four including this one ) , but two ( Blood Sucking Freaks and Mothers ' Day ) are widely reputed to be the best , which leads me to believe that all the others aren't worth seeing . That would certainly seem to be t... |
423,103 | 2,248,099 | 300,222 | 4 | Misty Mundae , Darian Caine and a man wrapped in bog roll , in someone's garage | I can't say I'm all that experienced in misty Mundae flicks having seen only a handful , but it's obvious that this was made on a shoestring , and while it might have been respectable that the filmmakers were able to make a Tomb Raider rip-off inside a garage , it isn't because it's completely obvious that this is what... |
423,894 | 2,248,099 | 71,647 | 4 | Badly plotted Sci-Fi mess | The only reason I saw this film was due a mistake . I mistook the UK title , Deranged , for the 1974 Ed Gein flick . I was hoping this would be one of those great ' happy accidents ' , but unfortunately ; it wasn't . Peter Fonda's Sci-Fi adventure has a good premise , but the plot fails to capitalise on it due to the f... |
423,700 | 2,248,099 | 106,450 | 4 | The first , second and third stages are all a choking sound | Body Melt is basically what it appears to be ; just a big pile of gore . Australia isn't a nation instantly recognised for a lot of hit horror films ( despite one or two successes ) , and this one really shows why - as aside from all the blood and guts , there is nothing at all to recommend it for ; and anyone that doe... |
423,905 | 2,248,099 | 257,076 | 4 | S . W . A . T . a load of rubbish | You cant go into a film like S . W . A . T . with anything resembling high expectations ; but you can go in expecting to be entertained - and this film doesn't even deliver on that implied promise . Sure , it has all the explosive action sequences you will have come to expect from this sort of tosh , but because the ch... |
423,658 | 2,248,099 | 82,818 | 4 | Trashy slasher rubbish with some nice gore | Despite the lurid title , " Nightmare in a Damaged Brain " , this infamous Video Nasty is a rather unappealing experience . The film is poorly produced and largely unoriginal , thus meaning that the only reason left to bother watching it is that it was a part of the DPP horror fan's shopping list back in the eighties .... |
422,272 | 2,248,099 | 443,632 | 4 | Boring , predictable and forgettable | This film annoyed me . I have to admit that a thriller doesn't necessarily have to do anything special for me to enjoy it ; and I tend to like any movie that offers entertainment value regardless of how good it actually is . This film had all the resources and star power to become an above average thrill ride , but ins... |
423,500 | 2,248,099 | 350,774 | 4 | Lame horror & unfunny comedy . . . no thanks . | Why is it that all these new zombie films have to have a thick layer of comedy messing up the horror ? I know that this is categorised as a ' horror comedy ' , but personally ; I don't want the zombies to suddenly erupt into a dancing scene just when the film's starting to get going . There have been quite a lot of zom... |
422,440 | 2,248,099 | 71,212 | 4 | The Exorcism of Rosemary's Baby ? Rosemary's Exorcist Baby ? ? | Beyond the Door is more than just merely an Exorcist rip-off ! Director Ovidio G . Assonitis built a career on ripping off popular horror films , and so not content with merely ripping off William Friedkin's 1973 classic , Assonitis opted to throw in some Rosemary's Baby and what we end up with is a dual rip off , taki... |
423,839 | 2,248,099 | 369,918 | 4 | Too complex for it's own good with a silly twist - thank god for the gore ! | Well , shallow Ground delivers a fairly original take on a very mundane horror film idea ; but unfortunately , it doesn't come off that well as the plot is delivered in a very confusing way and as the film isn't all that interesting - working out exactly what's going becomes more of a chore than anything else . Directo... |
422,747 | 2,248,099 | 67,511 | 4 | One of the most boring Giallo's ever made ! | Everything I'd read about this film prior to seeing it pointed to it being rubbish , but after reading the plot description ; I figured that it might actually be OK . However , I was wrong . The plot sounds like Cold Eyes of Fear could be a gritty cross between the Giallo and the slew of ' house ' films ( e . g . House... |
423,145 | 2,248,099 | 261,575 | 4 | BLOODLESS Voyage ! | Obviously , you can't go into a completely obscure and very cheap film like this and expect anything other than crap ; but even though crap is exactly what I got , I still have to say that I'm a little bit disappointed . Maybe it's because the plot has the potential to be good ; I mean , it doesn't get much more claust... |
422,671 | 2,248,099 | 95,175 | 4 | Nothing to see here ! | I didn't expect much going into this film , and it's a really good job that I didn't because Red Monks really doesn't deliver ! The film offers little that you can't get from several better devils / exploitation flicks . The film has Lucio Fulci's name attached to it since the great director has a producers credit ; bu... |
423,600 | 2,248,099 | 63,595 | 4 | Disappointing effort from HG Lewis | Herschell Gordon Lewis earned the title ' The Godfather of Gore ' for his gory horror films , and as something of a fan of the schlock director ; I like to see Herschell doing what he does best . She-Devils on Wheels generally doesn't get a good word said about it even among Lewis ' own fans , and that's hardly surpris... |
423,119 | 2,248,099 | 478,216 | 4 | The Slayer meets The Evil Dead and both are ripped off ! | In 1982 , a little film called ' The Slayer ' was released . It was basically an eighties slasher ; except it was ( slightly ) more intelligent than the usual fodder as rather than just having the characters at the isolated retreat where the film takes place being picked off one by one ; there was a bit of psychologica... |
422,040 | 2,248,099 | 235,686 | 4 | Overlong and dull porno ! | Well , since it's called Porno Holocaust and directed by Joe D'Amato , I went into this film expecting sleaze . . . and while I somewhat got it , Porno Holocaust was a massive disappointment as it's just so damned BORING . The title suggests that the film will feature porn , and that's not wrong - Porno Holocaust is pr... |
423,093 | 2,248,099 | 75,334 | 4 | A huge Hammer misfire | Over the years , Hammer studios have provided us with some true classics within the horror genre . However , if this is the only Hammer film you've ever seen , then you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise . All the things that make Hammer horror great are absent from this movie ; it lacks charm , originality and it is... |
422,667 | 2,248,099 | 66,757 | 4 | Dull Satanic Euro horror nonsense | I'm a big fan of Euro horror and went into this one hoping for something along the lines of Sergio Martino's excellent paranoid Giallo All the Colours of the Dark , and came out of it severely disappointed . The plot focuses on Hilda Torres , a woman who decides to infiltrate a strange cult when her sister goes missing... |
422,554 | 2,248,099 | 417,686 | 4 | One good idea is scuppered by poor execution | This film actually works from a fairly original idea - I've never seen nymphs that were thrown out of heaven in a horror movie before anyway . However , the way that it executes this idea isn't original in the slightest ; we follow a bunch of kids that , for some reason decide to go on a trip into the forest . The fact... |
422,414 | 2,248,099 | 273,517 | 4 | Just as dull as it's title | There has been something of a revival of the horror genre over the past few years , and already this decade has been a whole lot better for horror than the mediocre decade that was the 1990's . However , there's still a core of rubbish horror films being made - namely , dull ghost stories . Backed up by the wave of acc... |
422,234 | 2,248,099 | 118,643 | 5 | Walken is back ! . . . in a rather mundane sequel | The first Prophecy wasn't a bad film , but whether or not it deserved a sequel is debatable . So far , it has actually received four sequels - but this is the only one that I've seen . Overall , this film isn't good enough to warrant me bothering with any more follow-ups , but it provides a decent enough hour and twent... |
422,772 | 2,248,099 | 70,444 | 5 | Mostly boring seventies thriller | Being a big fan of British horror and seventies horror , I went into this film with marginally high expectations ; but unfortunately , Night Watch is just too similar to any number of other films , and since the plot isn't really carried off with any panache , the film doesn't have enough about it to make much of an im... |
422,245 | 2,248,099 | 382,628 | 5 | The dark water is back . . . and it's still not very interesting | My TV guide said that this film " simply doesn't have the suspense of the original " . I was hoping that would be true , but unfortunately this film largely has the same amount of suspense as the original ; and that is not much . However , I would say that this film bucks a remake trend somewhat , as it is a more invol... |
422,538 | 2,248,099 | 66,160 | 5 | Just a shadow of other fairytale horror films | The first thing I noticed about this film was the completely inane dialogue , and unfortunately ; there is a streak of ineptitude running throughout Werewolf Shadow , and this is a shame as without it ; this film actually isn't bad at all . The principle positive element is without doubt the atmosphere , as León Klimov... |
422,117 | 2,248,099 | 95,719 | 5 | A silly waste of film stock | The 1980's were a breeding ground for this sort of horror film - cheap , tacky and devoid of anything even resembling a point or an intellect . However , many of these films are fun , easy viewing and although they aren't exceptional in any way , they're a nice waste of time . The Nest is a film that fits that bill pre... |
421,954 | 2,248,099 | 66,132 | 5 | Not as macabre ( or as good ) as Danse Macabre | For some reason , Italian maestro Antonio Margheriti felt the need to remake his masterpiece ' Danse Macabre ' almost a decade on ; and personally , I can't see a single good reason for doing so . The original worked mainly through its atmosphere rather than its plot , and this was put across well through the stunning ... |
422,242 | 2,248,099 | 91,369 | 5 | Lacklustre fairytale that could have been better considering the people involved | I must admit that I was never a big fan of kid's movies even when I was kid and as an adult , I'm especially not a big fan of them of them now . This of course begs the question of why did I watch this movie ? Anyway , what we basically have here is a children's fantasy about a mythical goblin world , directed by Muppe... |
423,597 | 2,248,099 | 87,998 | 5 | Cheap and cheerful Alien rip-off | During the eighties there were more bona fide cult classics released than one could shake a stick at , and while this film has all the makings of being a cult classic ; for my money , it's just a cheap Alien rip-off that makes good use of a small budget in some ways , but didn't do much for me . The most notable thing ... |
423,209 | 2,248,099 | 171,089 | 5 | Women's prisons in Brazil are sleazier than most ! | Well I've got to say that I do enjoy a good slice of sleaze ; but I also like there to be some sort of narrative to keep my interest , and this film lacks that ; which leaves it feeling rather shallow and pointless . As the title suggests , Bare Behind Bars is another one of those ' women in prison ' films , and the fa... |
423,952 | 2,248,099 | 70,531 | 5 | Good ideas , but dull execution | This odd little Sci-Fi film takes the common ' when animals attack ' horror theme , but instead of making them giant or an animal that usually attacks humans , this time it's just ants that are the focus . Of course , the idea of ants attacking humans had already been done two decades earlier with the classic monster m... |
423,494 | 2,248,099 | 83,550 | 5 | Indians turn in their graves at the poor film-making going on in the house above them ! | The Amityville Horror is considered a classic in some circles ; I don't know why ; to me it was merely just another haunted house horror flick , and a rather dull one at that . Amityville 2 has addressed the problem of its predecessor being dull by packing in plenty of violence and demonic horror , but it's really just... |
422,293 | 2,248,099 | 61,411 | 5 | Not even nearly as good as it's title | This sixties flick has all the right ingredients to be another horror treat . We've got Peter Cushing , a ridiculously silly plot line , the Hammer Horror style and even the right sort of title , which by including the words ' blood ' , ' beast ' and ' terror ' , leaves you to assume that there's going to be some enter... |
423,743 | 2,248,099 | 70,655 | 5 | Snore and doze seems more likely | Despite all the bad things I'd heard about this film , I decided to go right ahead and watch it anyway as both the titles ( Scream and Die , and even better , The House That Vanished ) sounded interesting and director José Ramón Larraz did make one of the best lesbian vampire movies of all time with the excellent Vampy... |
423,008 | 2,248,099 | 225,481 | 5 | The lack of originality spoils the fun | I'm a big fan of zombie movies , but this low budget fan-made stuff doesn't tend to appeal much . It's not that I don't enjoy the splatter , it's that recycled ideas can only go so far before you're completely watching someone else's film ; albeit regurgitated . The Dead Hate the Living isn't a complete dead loss , and... |
422,728 | 2,248,099 | 91,544 | 5 | Leave your brain at the door , but this could have been a lot worse | Troma aren't exactly well known for high quality horror films , and this one fits the bill pretty well in the quality stakes ; but it's actually more childish than the usual gory Troma output . The film is something of a spoof of the monster movie genre and , as the title suggests , focuses on the childhood fear of a m... |
423,027 | 2,248,099 | 77,930 | 5 | Flowers that are not exactly blazing ! | The Polizi genre is generally best known for it's entertainment value ; and it is with that in mind that I say that I'm not surprised that Blazing Flowers is not one of the best known films in the genre ; and the reason for that is down to the fact that the film is really rather boring . The plot itself is sleazy enoug... |
423,862 | 2,248,099 | 70,195 | 5 | Dreary horror comedy | Well . . . despite the fact that many people find this film funny , I really can't say it did much at all for me . I found The House in Nightmare Park to be derivative , unimaginative and really rather boring - Frankie Howerd in the lead role didn't do much for me either . Horror films ( and horror comedies ) about a f... |
423,995 | 2,248,099 | 171,512 | 5 | Disappointing ' Demons ' style " homage " to Black Sunday | Like almost every other late eighties Italian horror film with a plot that even slightly has anything to do with demons ; this film is labelled as a part of the ' Demons ' series , started by Lamberto Bava in 1985 . This ' series ' is very hard to keep up with once you get past the first ( and only official ) sequel . ... |
423,913 | 2,248,099 | 70,222 | 5 | Could have bee ( n ) better | Well , I wasn't expecting anything more than a ' fun B-movie thriller ' from Invasion of the Bee Girls , and I didn't get anything more . I can certainly think of more fun ways to spend ninety minutes of my time too , but on the plus side - as this sort of film goes , this one isn't a terrible example . Insects are som... |
423,729 | 2,248,099 | 105,459 | 5 | Awful British accents in a silly lost nineties flick | Split Second is one of those nineties films that was forgotten five minutes after it was released ; and upon discovering the film , I've got to say that I can understand why this film was forgotten . Split Second isn't a particularly ' bad ' film ; but it's not very good either . The plot and execution are reminiscent ... |
422,359 | 2,248,099 | 78,067 | 5 | Lead character and audience in comas | Patrick gets off to a good start as we watch a young kid kill his mother and her lover ; but the influence of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho ends there as the rest of the film is as dull as dishwater . The film's main gimmick stems from its central character ; obviously named Patrick . He's grown up from having ... |
423,795 | 2,248,099 | 95,270 | 5 | Nice style but that's about it ! | Hairspray marks something of a departure for director John Waters ; a man best known for his ' bad taste ' pictures such as Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble . The film still features Waters ' style , but the bad taste is massively toned down and the whole feel of the movie could be described as ' John Waters Lite ' . ... |
423,062 | 2,248,099 | 83,801 | 5 | Enjoyable , but disappointing considering the source material | James Herbert is a great horror writer , and The Rats ; the first in a trilogy of rodent-infested horror stories , is surely one of his finest works . However , Herbert seems to suffer from an even more severe case of the same affliction that haunts Stephen King when it comes to movies ; and that is that his work never... |
421,973 | 2,248,099 | 91,446 | 5 | Dirty and nasty , but lacks staying power | Despite the fact that it was clearly shot on a micro-budget and received an incognito release , Johan Vandewoestijne's Lucker has received cult status thanks to its legendary gore sequences . However , the gore scenes are either lacking in blood and / or completely ridiculous in their execution , and by putting the foc... |
422,606 | 2,248,099 | 95,344 | 5 | Flat remake | This film is a remake of the 1965 William Castle classic of the same title . It was made for TV , although that's not such a big problem on paper as the plot is very simple and there's not a lot of room for bloodshed anyway . The film also features a distinctly eighties style , which firmly puts the story in the time i... |
422,615 | 2,248,099 | 83,767 | 5 | This horror omnibus ain't up to much | Stephen King's films don't often translate to the silver screen well , and pretty much everything that Romero has touched outside of his famous ' Dead ' trilogy and the brilliant cult gem ; Martin hasn't been up to much - and Creepshow does nothing to change either of these facts . Creepshow is another horror omnibus s... |
422,922 | 2,248,099 | 91,829 | 5 | No wonder Clive Barker wasn't pleased . . . | There is a scene in this movie in which someone screams " He is god ! " , and then we cut to a shot of a big guy in a ridiculous rubber mask . That pretty much sums Rawhead Rex up , as the movie is so completely ridiculous that the audience is never allowed to take it seriously . However , believe it or not ; horror fa... |
423,876 | 2,248,099 | 83,156 | 5 | Franco's very own slasher flick ! | Bloody Moon sees prolific sleaze director Jess Franco take advantage of the slasher movement that was becoming increasingly popular in the United States around the time that this film was released . Being a European film , the film has a sort of Giallo feel around it , although it's clear that the intention was to draw... |
421,809 | 2,248,099 | 289,879 | 5 | It's Not Such a Wonderful Life | I must say that I was surprised , after seeing this movie , to come to it's page on this website to be met with a barrage of largely positive reviews . While I can certainly see the attraction of this movie ; the fact is , it simply isn't very good . The version of The Butterfly Effect that I saw was the largely more l... |
423,108 | 2,248,099 | 109,550 | 5 | Looks nice , but the lack of plot ensures boredom ! | I've been looking forward to seeing Dark Waters for ages , and with that in mind ; I have to say that the film is a huge disappointment . The film is definitely style over substance , and it would seem that director Mariano Baino ( a man with only one film credit ) was happy to have it that way as Dark Waters features ... |
423,863 | 2,248,099 | 60,716 | 5 | Mostly lacklustre Italian Gothic horror | I was really expecting something pretty good from The Embalmer . . . but unfortunately all I got was a dreary horror flick with a couple of good ideas and a complete lack of suspense . The film was apparently inspired by Edgar Wallace , who was the inspiration for a lot of the German " Krimi " style of film-making . No... |
423,446 | 2,248,099 | 64,611 | 5 | A lesser " Django " movie | This film was made in the same year as ' Django the Bastard ' , with the same director and the same actor in the title role . A Noose for Django feels a lot like an afterthought , and I wouldn't be surprised to find that is the case . This film doesn't benefit from as good a storyline as the aforementioned Spaghetti we... |
422,322 | 2,248,099 | 87,472 | 5 | Uninspiring eighties slasher | Eighties slashers aren't exactly known for being brilliant , and brilliant this film is not . The Initiation takes in all the common themes of the slasher ; dumb teens , vicious murders , an uninspiring plot line etc etc , and it mostly takes place in a shopping mall , a la Dawn of the Dead . The worst thing about this... |
423,191 | 2,248,099 | 290,002 | 5 | It's not bad , but it's hardly brilliant either | This redundant and superfluous sequel to 2000's Meet the Parents is an enjoyable , if not overly brilliant , piece of fluff . Of course , cinema could have done without this production , but since it's been made and I enjoyed the first one , I figured I'd enjoy this one too . However , simply put ; this film isn't as g... |
421,743 | 2,248,099 | 286,594 | 5 | I am feeling sleepy . . . | After a promising start that sees our hero look into a female patient's mind whilst she is under hypnosis , this psycho-drama quickly degenerates into the realms of familiarity and becomes a rather turgid and dull thriller . The story follows that of Michael Strother ( Goran Visnjic ) , a hypnotist that can also read m... |
423,893 | 2,248,099 | 74,472 | 5 | Emanuelle gets her revenge , alright ! | Prolific sleaze maestro , Joe D'Amato , directed this flick before the sexy Laura Gemser became the star of the series , and for that reason ; we have Rosemarie Lindt , from cult flicks such as Salon Kitty and Who Saw Her Die , taking the lead role . This puts the film on the back foot from the beginning , as Lindt doe... |
423,305 | 2,248,099 | 83,019 | 5 | More food for thought as the Samaritan Jess Franco continues to show the horror of women's prisons . . . ho hum | Even though it's not a real word , the title pretty much sums this one up completely . Sadomania is yet another exploitation ' women in prison ' film from the insatiable Jess Franco . I certainly don't have a problem with this sort of film in theory ; I mean , who wouldn't want to see a bunch of naked lesbians having s... |
423,640 | 2,248,099 | 65,669 | 5 | Calling it ' The Dullwich Horror ' would be too easy . . . | The writings of the great H . P . Lovecraft have lead to some truly great films , but unfortunately his stories aren't always enough to carry a film through , and despite the fact that this film features all the elements of a successful Lovecraft adaptation - The Dunwich Horror is a sadly lacklustre movie . It has to b... |
423,078 | 2,248,099 | 435,653 | 5 | I Spit on Your Grave . . . Dancers | Well , this film is often regarded as one of the better entries in the ' Eight Films to Die For ' sets ; but I wasn't very impressed with it . Sure , it has a handful of good points ; but unfortunately the film is not particularly original or interesting and that ultimately condemns it . The film does feature a starrin... |
422,793 | 2,248,099 | 96,073 | 5 | Another film about the end of the world | When it comes to religious horror films where a female takes the lead role ; there are two contenders , namely The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby . The Seventh Sign is bound to be compared to those two masterpieces often , and it will lose out every time . This Demi Moore vehicle isn't essentially a bad film ; but it doe... |
422,492 | 2,248,099 | 299,658 | 5 | A dazzling , if lacking , musical experience | You will notice , whenever Chicago is mentioned , that the title ' best picture ' is never far away . It's almost as if people are trying to convince themselves that this really DID deserve said accolade . However , while this film certainly does not deserve to be called the best picture of 2002 , and is the weakest fi... |
422,336 | 2,248,099 | 104,549 | 5 | Boring thriller , not an underrated classic or hidden gem ! | Jennifer Eight seems to often get described as a ' sleeper ' - and I agree with that description , although not for the same reason . This film is not a hidden gem ; the reason it hasn't matured with a good reputation is simple ; for a thriller , there's just not enough excitement . Bruce Robinson's film is very well m... |
423,963 | 2,248,099 | 82,951 | 5 | Man in a gas-mask murders some teenagers | As slashers go , this actually isn't a bad one . . . but then again , it's not all that good either . Like most slashers , this one isn't much different to the rest of the pack , but at least there's some nasty gore on hand to ensure that it isn't a complete dead loss . The film features a gas-mask wearing man going ro... |
422,450 | 2,248,099 | 276,816 | 5 | Another ghost story | Below is a film of two halves . On the one hand , it's a very well directed movie , with some brilliant horror sequences , camera angles and a claustrophobic atmosphere that will make many horror fans foam at the mouth . However , on the other hand it's just another lame ghost story that unfortunately lacks both the in... |
421,822 | 2,248,099 | 408,790 | 5 | Good enough for a single viewing | I'm actually quite surprised . After all the terrible things I'd heard about Flightplan , I was expecting a really horrible film - yet , in truth , while this film isn't exactly brilliant , it's entertaining enough and certainly not the bad film that many critics are leading people to believe it is . The plot is played... |
422,545 | 2,248,099 | 210,484 | 5 | Weird trashy sex flick | Something Weird sure does release some weird stuff , and this film is certainly some weird stuff . The films plays out something like a cross between a noir flick and an exploitation film focuses squarely on one man . John Steele is a salesman in New York who becomes dismayed by life and ends up going on a sex spree wh... |
422,773 | 2,248,099 | 109,297 | 5 | Blink , and you'll miss the good parts . | The main reason I saw this film was not because I thought the plot sounded interesting , or even because of the fact that it stars the beautiful Madeleine Stowe ; the reason I saw it is purely down to the fact that I remembered seeing posters for it in the video store when I was a kid . With such a nonchalant viewing r... |
423,441 | 2,248,099 | 78,405 | 5 | If only the murderer had more tools . . . | I don't like slashers where the murderer only uses one murder weapon , so the premise behind The Toolbox Murders sounded great to me - a psychopath with a whole box full of weapons to do his slicing and dicing with ! The opening sequence , which sees a young woman butchered with a drill , gives way to an even better sc... |
423,511 | 2,248,099 | 69,678 | 5 | Stagy trash film , didn't do much for me . | Well , I have to say that ' Tis a Pity She's a Whore wasn't exactly what I was expecting . Given the title , and the fact that it was made in Italy during the 1970's , I was expecting something a lot more sleazy and bloody than this ! The film is based on a stage play by John Ford , and this is always obvious as it's a... |
422,908 | 2,248,099 | 87,247 | 5 | Less than successful crime flick from Abel Ferrara | Abel Ferrara is one of the kings of gritty , urban cinema , and he's made some good stuff with flicks like Ms 45 , King of New York and Bad Lieutenant ; but when he gets it wrong , it's often disastrous ; shown by boring films such as Cat Chaser and The Funeral , and unfortunately ; Fear City is another not completely ... |
422,304 | 2,248,099 | 113,552 | 5 | Nicholas Cage is hilarious in ridiculous crime caper | You want to know the best joke I've heard lately ? The Kiss of Death remake . Despite having great source material to work from ( that being Henry Hathaway's 1947 original ) , Barbet Schroeder's film might as well have been a comedy , as the level of incompetence on display really is mind blowing . The film features a ... |
422,285 | 2,248,099 | 74,501 | 5 | Disappointing D'Amato sleaze | When Laura Gemser and Joe D'Amato team up to make a movie ; you can bet that no matter what the movie is about or what character Gemser is playing that some of the alternate titles will include the word ' Emanuelle ' . And this film is no exception , as it got branded with the unimaginative title ' Emmanuelle Goes Japa... |
421,902 | 2,248,099 | 360,486 | 5 | Don't expect this to be another A-quality comic book flick . . . | Much like the halfbreeds of it's plot , Constantine treacherously treads a thin line between a divide . The film isn't dark or deep enough to be considered along the same lines as the likes of Batman Begins , and at the same time it's not camp or over the top enough to be considered a ' fun ' comic book flick . This is... |
422,669 | 2,248,099 | 490,076 | 5 | The seventies style is a plus but doesn't save the film from boredom | I didn't go into this film with any real expectations - most of the reviews I'd read were good but as any veteran of this site will know , the first reviews submitted for any film don't tend to be very reliable ! It turns out that is the case here too , as despite a couple of good ideas ; this is nothing more than anot... |
422,210 | 2,248,099 | 57,302 | 5 | Torturous Tomb of Torture | One of the reasons I am a fan of Italian horror is for films like this ; though this particular example is not one of the better ones . The film is directed by Antonio Boccaci and also doubles up as his only directing credit ; which isn't really surprising as despite having a recipe for success to work with , he doesn'... |
423,579 | 2,248,099 | 64,949 | 5 | All that was left in the tank after The Oblong Box | After the excellent adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's ' The Oblong Box ' earlier in 1969 , director Gordon Hessler would team up again , in the same year , with horror legend's Vincent Price and Christopher Lee for this second feature . This time , fellow legend Peter Cushing joins the already impressive line up , which ... |
423,748 | 2,248,099 | 69,792 | 5 | Mosrly dull blaxpolitation flick | I can't say I'm a fan of " Blaxploitation " films , and indeed this one is one of my very few forays into the genres . It didn't change my opinion much either ; what we have here is basically a crime thriller along the same lines as Scarface , except most of the main players are black . The film appealed to me mainly b... |
422,581 | 2,248,099 | 265,029 | 5 | Decent throwaway entertainment | John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones are Gwen Harrison and Eddie Thomas ; a pair of actors that are collectively known as " America's Sweethearts " , due to how well loved they are by their adoring public . However , all is not as rosy as it once was for America's favourite couple , as she has taken a Spanish lover , w... |
421,879 | 2,248,099 | 69,789 | 5 | Rape and revenge on a shoestring budget | No matter how you look at it , Black Alley Cats is junk . Even for this type of film ; this is still below par in the quality department and not everything can be blamed on the low budget . The film is extremely obscure ( apparently only seeing the light of the day in the form of a Something Weird VHS some years ago ) ... |
423,346 | 2,248,099 | 83,296 | 5 | Worth watching if you're in hospital and there isn't anything else on | The basic premise of Visiting Hours is that an unsuccessful serial killer decides to finish off the job at the hospital where his victim is being treated . There is about enough plot there to make a good TV episode or short film , but somehow Jean-Claude Lord's film has been stretched to an hour and forty five minutes ... |
423,131 | 2,248,099 | 155,975 | 5 | Useless Remake | The end credits proudly proclaim " In the memory of Alfred Hitchcock " , but anyone who sees this will know that the great cinema master was rolling around in his grave back in 1998 . The film is , basically , a frame for frame copy of the first . However , it never gets over it's outstanding question ; " why ? " . Why... |
422,871 | 2,248,099 | 104,808 | 5 | Third time unlucky for Matt Cordell | The first Maniac Cop film is one of the supreme trash classics from the eighties ; and its sequel , the imaginatively titled ' Maniac Cop 2 ' is about as good as a sequel could have been . However , in true sequel fashion ; this third outing is extremely poor . The film is subtitled ' Badge of Silence ' , but ' Bride o... |
421,728 | 2,248,099 | 117,942 | 5 | Twisters smaller , lower quality , brother . | At one point in the movie , Bruce Campbell is told that he is not god . Realism aside , however ; for a TV movie , this isn't too bad . It loses out to it's bigger budget 1996 big brother ; Twister on just about every front , but there is still reason enough for this movie to warrant your time . Bruce Campbell is the m... |
424,006 | 2,248,099 | 222,368 | 5 | Some good ideas , but dull plotting spoils it | Well , after reading all the good reviews ; some of which coming from reviewers that I often agree with , I was really looking forward to seeing The Nameless . After having sat down and watched it , however , I'm really disappointed . The film is not really ' bad ' , but it's not very good either and that's a shame con... |
422,543 | 2,248,099 | 64,073 | 5 | Interesting for Fulci fans but that's about it ! | Lucio Fulci . Just hearing the name will make most cult cinema fans think of blood and gore - and for good reason since the great director was responsible for some of the best gory highlights ever made , and for that reason ; he's just about the last director you would expect to make a period drama . Fulci did have a v... |
422,127 | 2,248,099 | 79,156 | 5 | This lake ain't placid ! | A year after The Mountain of the Cannibal God , Sergio Martino decided to go back into the jungle - although instead of bloodthirsty cannibals , this time he brought with him a ridiculous looking fake crocodile ! The influence from this film obviously came primarily from Steven Spielberg's Jaws ( which was a big hit am... |
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