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423,220 | 2,248,099 | 187,512 | 5 | A visionary and metaphoric time-capsule | To the untrained eye ; Slap Her , She's French is just another pointless teen comedy ( albeit it , one with a title that is more snappy than most ) , but to the more astute eye ; this film is a metaphor for the current state of international affairs . A portrait of the western world and it's relationship with it's east... |
422,863 | 2,248,099 | 79,104 | 5 | Crime , drama and plenty of sex scenes | The Emanuelle series is basically made up of two types of film ; ' official ' entries ( as official as an Italian rip-off of a French porn series can be ) and random Laura Gemser films that were re-titled ' Emanuelle ' to help them sell . Emanuelle : Queen of Sados , is one of the latter . The film is something of a cr... |
423,701 | 2,248,099 | 79,135 | 5 | More erotic vampire trash from Jean Rollin | Jean Rollin is famous for his ' erotic ' vampire movies , and for me Fascination is the fifth that I've seen . The four previous ones have disappointed me , and even though Fascination is generally reputed to be one of his best ; it disappointed me also . I have noticed that the French director is better at directing z... |
422,604 | 2,248,099 | 94,627 | 5 | Axe murderer on the loose | Well I'm not a big fan of slasher flicks and the reason for that is mostly because they're all too similar . This film didn't do anything to change my opinion of slashers or like the genre any more than I did before seeing it ; but as a strictly by the book slash-fest , it's not too bad and I have seen worse . The film... |
422,091 | 2,248,099 | 74,875 | 5 | Social commentary wasted in a lacklustre film | Massacre at Central High is one of the earlier exploitation / slasher films to feature a school full of thirty-something's getting bumped off , but that's not to say it's a cut above the rest of the genre . The film stands apart from others like it because it features a social commentary to go along with the bloodshed ... |
422,303 | 2,248,099 | 94,597 | 5 | The poor man's eighties horror film ( the same poor man who spent all his money phoning up silly horoscope lines ) | Eighties horror tends to vary ; it can be either trashy and great or trashy and trash , and unfortunately this film belongs more in the latter category . But that's not to say it's all bad ! Freddy Krueger himself , Robert Englund directs a film about an outsider getting their revenge , in the style of films like Carri... |
421,913 | 2,248,099 | 36,261 | 5 | Not the best version of this classic tale | The Phantom of the Opera is one of the greatest horror stories ever written . No wait , scratch that understatement ; it's one of the greatest stories ever written , period . The Gothic setting of the story mixed with the tragedy of it's lead and the heartbreak of his lust for the young opera singer combine to make a v... |
422,444 | 2,248,099 | 421,593 | 5 | Disappointing and boring horror | What we have here is a concoction obviously based on the classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story and taking a bit of influence from Frankenstein . It actually reminded me a lot of the modern horror classic Re-Animator ; although anyone expecting anything as gory / entertaining as that film will likely be very disappointed ... |
422,145 | 2,248,099 | 839,880 | 5 | The 13th to Last Lakeside Massacre on the Left | Lake Dead is clearly a rip off of much better films such as The Last House on the Left and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ; but to be honest some of my favourite films are rip offs of those films so I wasn't too worried going into it . That was until I realised that most of my favourite rip offs ( films like The House on ... |
423,656 | 2,248,099 | 408,345 | 5 | Nothing you haven't seen a million times before | In this film , Mary Lynn Rajskub plays exactly the same character that she came to fame with in the hit show 24 , and that is very fitting in a film that sees everyone in roles that they've been in before and a script that features a load of events that have happened in films many times before . The plot is the age-old... |
421,667 | 2,248,099 | 82,559 | 5 | Hilariously inept zombie bloodbath ! | Hell of the Living Dead is yet another film that attempts to rip off both Dawn of the Dead and Cannibal Holocaust and mould it into one film . Make no mistake , what director Bruno Mattei has created here is nothing short of a complete mess ; but as far as entertainment value goes , it certainly does its job and even t... |
423,653 | 2,248,099 | 67,236 | 5 | Just as silly as it's title , but not as easy to like | The title of this film is one of the most ludicrously lurid in the whole Giallo sub-genre , and that gives the viewer the right impression of this film . Some Giallo's strive for artistic merit , while others are more than happy to depict graphic , violent murders and make the sleaze and trashiness the main ingredient ... |
423,236 | 2,248,099 | 51,682 | 5 | Not up to the high standard set by Casa Negra so far . | Well , this is the fifth release I've seen from Casa Negra , and the other four were all excellent ; those being The Curse of the Crying Woman , The Witch's Mirror , The Black Pit of Dr M and Brainiac . . . and while this film isn't terrible , it pales in comparison to those four as there isn't a great deal of imaginat... |
423,980 | 2,248,099 | 64,188 | 5 | Disappointing Hammer thriller | Hammer studios were obviously most famous for their horror flicks , but they did produce some work in other genres ; and the thriller genre was one of their strongest outside horror , especially during the sixties with films such as Paranoiac and A Taste of Fear . I had rather high hopes for this one going into it desp... |
421,932 | 2,248,099 | 71,256 | 5 | The third Blinddead film doesn't live up to expectations | I went into this third showing of Amando de Ossorio's Blinddead series with relatively high hopes after seeing the first two films ; but unfortunately , these high hopes weren't met . I love the way that the director has decided to relocate the series away from the small community seen in the first two films , and whil... |
423,897 | 2,248,099 | 106,449 | 5 | An omnibus without much merit | What we have here is a made for TV omnibus horror film . If that doesn't fill you full of confidence , the fact that the trio of tales are directed by highly successful horror directors John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper might , although I cant say it did for me as I don't rate either of these two as highly as many . The t... |
423,749 | 2,248,099 | 109,723 | 5 | Vampires have never been so boring . . . | Martin Kemp is probably best known , acting wise , for his role in gangster flick The Krays , and British soap opera Eastenders , and that is a fact that he should be thankful for ; as no one would like to be remembered for a film like this . Embrace of the Vampire is a non-event of massive proportions , as the unorigi... |
423,072 | 2,248,099 | 244,167 | 5 | Above average Rollin | I've seen a handful of Jean Rollin films , and the only ones I liked were his zombie flicks The Living Dead Girl and The Grapes of Death ; which is pretty ironic when you consider that ninety percent of his filmography is made up of lesbian vampire films . Well I must be a glutton for punishment having seen this film a... |
421,683 | 2,248,099 | 408,236 | 5 | Visually stunning , shame about the singing . | I know a little about " Sweeny Todd " , but I haven't seen any other films / TV Shows or read any books based on the legend , which makes this my first experience with it ; and I'm highly disappointed . The disappointment grows further because this story and Tim Burton's directorial style are clearly a match made in he... |
423,150 | 2,248,099 | 71,282 | 5 | Style over substance - but the style is good ! | Before Peter Weir went on to make ' A ' class films such as The Dead Poets Society and Witness , he had a rather unsuccessful stint as a B-movie cult flick director . Despite the fact that he's become better known for his critically acclaimed films , his lesser cult films show much more imagination and are far more fun... |
421,824 | 2,248,099 | 354,623 | 5 | Slightly better than you might expect . . . but still dross at the end of the day | Going into Hellworld and complaining about having seen a bad movie is like sticking your hand in the oven and complaining about being burnt . This doesn't change the fact that this is a bad movie ; but if you go in with the right expectations , there's more fun than you might expect to have with it . The plot line is t... |
421,899 | 2,248,099 | 67,396 | 5 | More of a " spooky mystery " than a Giallo | Murder Mansion is reputedly a Giallo , but I would call it more of a lacklustre mystery film . There are certainly elements of Giallo here , but it never really feels like that is what directors Francisco Lara Polop and Pedro Lazaga intended , and indeed the film is more Scooby Doo than black gloves and leather . Murde... |
422,621 | 2,248,099 | 408,306 | 5 | Simple thriller dressed up in impressive technical details | It's been eight years now since Steven Spielberg picked up a ' Best Director ' Oscar for Saving Private Ryan , and a massive thirteen since he snagged ' Best Picture ' with Schindler's List . I'm sure that Spielberg had these things in mind when he decided to take on Munich ; as it becomes obvious while viewing this fi... |
422,810 | 2,248,099 | 131,449 | 5 | Largelly lacklustre Carrie clone | I would guess that this uninspiring little film was probably inspired by Stephen King's book ' Carrie ' , and possibly even Brian De Palma's film adaptation , as while this film was released in the same year ; I'm sure that there was more than enough time to write the script and make the film with what was left of it .... |
422,409 | 2,248,099 | 192,071 | 5 | Should have been better | Get Over It tells the heartbreaking story of a young man , dumped by his one true love . Ben Foster is said young man , and man ; is he put through it . The poor lad first has to go through the horrors of being dumped , and not just by anyone ; but by his high school sweetheart , and his pain doesn't stop there ; salt ... |
422,557 | 2,248,099 | 161,492 | 5 | This Dentist 2 is a lot like the film that spawned it | Even though Brian Yuzna's 1996 ( almost ) hit , The Dentist was a pretty good psychopath flick that excellently capitalised on the fact that dentistry is a much feared profession ; what we really didn't need was a sequel . It's safe to say that this film is pretty pointless ; but to its credit , it's not real bad . Per... |
423,867 | 2,248,099 | 109,809 | 5 | Dull zombie tedium | Well , you can't expect anything original from a film like this , so I didn't . I just wanted a fun zombie flick that would entertain me for its duration and nothing more . Did I get it ? No , because Flesheater features a serious lack of interesting scenes , and the way that it plays out with barely a lick of humour m... |
422,864 | 2,248,099 | 131,510 | 5 | Yet another Italian Exorcist rip-off | After the release of The Exorcist in 1973 ; ripping that film off became so popular in Italy that " the Exorcist rip off " almost became a genre . It turns out that Italian filmmakers were still at it six years later and Rings of Darkness is one of the later rip offs . It seems that director Pier Carpi was not happy ju... |
422,791 | 2,248,099 | 82,748 | 5 | Bad , even for an eighties slasher | This is one odious movie . The dialogues are terrible , the delivery is even worse , the cinematography is poor in the extreme and the film is about as original as any other serial killer flick from the eighties . You may be wondering why this film isn't rubbish , then ; and if you are , you're wondering up the wrong t... |
422,295 | 2,248,099 | 395,585 | 5 | My Little Eye Saw Cube already | If you want an idea of what House of 9 is like - just imagine Cube , mixed with a little bit of Saw and My Little Eye ; sprinkled with a thick coating of horrid , forced British accents that couldn't sound more ridiculous if the Queen herself was putting her voice to every character . As if the mess you're no doubt ima... |
421,690 | 2,248,099 | 88,000 | 6 | Lacking , even for this sort of movie | One sub-genre that was popular in the decade of kitsch ; the 1980's , was teen comedy . This is a good or a bad thing depending on which side of the fence you're on , but whatever side ; this isn't a particularly good example . As a big hater of Animal House , me writing this review begs the question " why did you both... |
422,314 | 2,248,099 | 73,820 | 6 | Decent , but hardly great anthology | Trilogy of Terror features the original idea of having all three stories lead by the same actress . The actress in question is Karen Black , and while I've never been a big fan of hers ; she is good in horror films , and she definitely does well here playing a range of different roles . Black is , however , the best th... |
421,754 | 2,248,099 | 365,137 | 6 | Robert Louis Stevenson would be proud ! . . . . or not . | I got my introduction to Seduction Cinema a couple of weeks ago with the decent ' Sin Sisters ' , and while it was a long way both from being brilliant and from the hardcore pornography I'm used to ; it was just about good enough to warrant seeing another . Dr Jekyll and Mistress Hyde is very much along the same lines ... |
423,285 | 2,248,099 | 462,482 | 6 | Mundane re-run of Two Thousand Maniacs , less the gore | Population 436 was a point of interest for me because of its main plot line . The idea behind the film is definitely intriguing , and I've got to say that I did want to discover the mystery behind the film ; but the plot is also the film's biggest problem . Writer Michael Kingston seems too content to let the film simp... |
421,839 | 2,248,099 | 70,417 | 6 | Pretty standard Giallo fare , but still a decent watch | Spanish Giallo's don't tend to be as good as the bona fide Italian ones , and this film supports that fact . The top of the range Spanish Giallo's include the likes of A Dragonfly for Each Corpse and Seven Murders for Scotland Yard ( both starring prolific Spanish horror star Paul Naschy ) , but The Killer Wore Gloves ... |
422,217 | 2,248,099 | 66,080 | 6 | Unfortunately disappointing movie , based on a good idea | British drama The Mind of Mr . Soames hasn't exactly gone down well in the annals of cinematic history ; given the fact that it has been pretty much forgotten since its release almost forty years ago . I'm not surprised really ; despite an interesting premise , the film is not all that memorable and the idea is not han... |
421,753 | 2,248,099 | 65,072 | 6 | Unfortunately , just a taste of excitement | What we have here is a sort of crossover between a spy thriller and a Giallo . Both the film's titles - ' A Taste of Excitement ' and the over the top ' Who Would Want to Kill a Girl Like You ' would lend themselves excellently to a stylish Italian thriller , so it's not surprising that the film is a lot like a Giallo ... |
421,943 | 2,248,099 | 105,128 | 6 | Better than a lot of horror sequels . . . | As sequels to decent eighties horror films go , it has to be said that Pet Semetary 2 is a rather good one . The film , of course , has nothing to do with Stephen King , but the sequel has retained the director of the original , Mary Lambert . For this film , the action has shifted in tone ; from brooding and mysteriou... |
423,705 | 2,248,099 | 73,836 | 6 | Takes too much influence from Last House on the Left , and doesn't do well with it | You'll probably never see a review of this film that doesn't make reference to Wes Craven's classic ' The Last House on the Left ' , and there's a good reason for that ; as this film has basically the exact ( and I mean EXACT ) same plot , only instead of a couple of young girls being raped , beaten and humiliated in t... |
422,155 | 2,248,099 | 218,088 | 6 | Worthwhile Mexican zombie flick | This fairly unknown Mexican zombie movie may not be the most original horror film ever to be released , and clearly takes a lot of influence from many successful American movies in the same vein ; but in it's own right , this is an extremely fun little romp that I'm sure wont be a disappointment to most people with an ... |
422,143 | 2,248,099 | 167,350 | 6 | Rosemary's ( extra-terrestrial ) Baby | Rosemary's Baby meets Alien , Brian Yuzna style ! Actually , this is a surprisingly restrained effort from the man behind such gory classics as Bride of Re-Animator and The Dentist , though we do still get some nasty styled gore . The film is rather well put together and the acting is not bad ; the only real criticism ... |
423,936 | 2,248,099 | 87,981 | 6 | Decent creature feature | Razorback marks one of Australia's only successful forays into the horror genre , but it's certainly not without it's critics . It's negative reaction isn't unfounded , as Razorback is badly acted , has a trite script , utilises any number of clichés and has an overall ' deja vu ' sort of feeling ; but in spite of this... |
421,794 | 2,248,099 | 493,452 | 6 | Dumb and cliché-ridden . . . the Netherlands ' successful attempt at making a slasher ! | Well , Sl8n8 isn't exactly original horror ; but it does a good job of taking the common slasher clichés and moulding a fun and gory little horror film out of them . The film reminded me a lot of the direct to video crap-fest " Curse of the Forty-Niner " as it features supernatural themes , a mine and some dumb teenage... |
423,332 | 2,248,099 | 365,265 | 6 | A disappointing third act for the sisters | The first two Ginger Snaps films set themselves apart from many other horror movies because they mixed the elements of the werewolf legend with a coming of age story and the result was an original take on the classic tale . For this prequel , we go back to the beginning of the story , and the action has moved to 19th c... |
423,403 | 2,248,099 | 337,921 | 6 | Aren't mobile phones BRILLIANT ? | Aren't mobile phones brilliant ? I mean , there's just so much you can do with them . You can ring people , text people , play games , connect to other devices via bluetooth , send pictures and videos to people , solve crimes . . . yes , that's right ! The latest mobile function is the ability to solve crimes . Not dir... |
421,763 | 2,248,099 | 56,565 | 6 | Not enough plot to fill the running time | The Tell-Tale Heart is one of the best known of Edgar Allen Poe's works ; and I was surprised that I had not seen a film based on it . The original story is just a short story , and while there have been many versions of this tale committed to screen ; most of them are only shorts themselves ; thus making this film one... |
421,931 | 2,248,099 | 38,937 | 6 | Nothing special but worth a look for fans of Vincent Price | Every Vincent Price film is a must see for me ; being a big fan of the classic horror actor . Shock often flies under the radar compared to some of Price's better known work , and that is fair - as this film really isn't all that good . Shock runs for 69 minutes , and that's hardly surprising as there really isn't a lo... |
422,868 | 2,248,099 | 1,029,234 | 6 | Some good ideas ; but unfortunately not carried off well | Martyrs is the latest in a long line of gory French horror films that have included the likes of Switchblade Romance , Sheitan and Inside . Martyrs certainly aims high and tries its best at getting there ; but unfortunately the film fails in spite of the heavy gore and several attempts to shock the viewer . The central... |
422,647 | 2,248,099 | 814,685 | 6 | The Paris Chainsaw Massacre | France has really been setting the horror genre on fire these last few years with several excellent genre entries ; and it's for that reason that I went into this film with very high expectations . In fairness to it , my expectations were probably a little too high ; although I think it has to be said that Frontiere ( ... |
422,940 | 2,248,099 | 65,206 | 6 | Sorry , but I don't really care what happened to Aunt Alice . . . | I went into this film with fairly high expectations given all that I'd heard about it , but the simple fact is that What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice did little for me . Given the fact that the title is an obvious rip-off of Robert Altman's 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane , I was expecting this to be more of a... |
423,229 | 2,248,099 | 78,300 | 6 | Sordid and sleazy . . . but not really up to much | Well , it's safe to say that The Curse of Ursula isn't the greatest Giallo ever made , but there's plenty of sex and sleaze , and the whole thing is at least enjoyable . The Curse of Ursula came rather late on in the Giallo cycle - in fact , it had pretty much dried up by the time this film came along , and as such ; i... |
423,498 | 2,248,099 | 70,593 | 6 | Weird mix of a crime flick and Frankenstein-style horror | What we have here is an example of what happens when a crime film meets horror - it's a bungled heist , and the result is not jail time or dead gang members , but a transplanted head ! Yep , that's the premise of Juan Fortuny's weird little horror film that features the talents of the ever-popular Paul Naschy as the lu... |
422,558 | 2,248,099 | 91,223 | 6 | Comedy that isn't hilarious and horror that isn't frightening | Eighties horror cinema produced a lot horror comedies , and House is one of the most quintessentially eighties films that I've seen . That , however , doesn't mean it's one of the best . The film fuses horror with comedy , but in doing so ; doesn't manage to spearhead either one . The film is amusing , but never hilari... |
422,945 | 2,248,099 | 73,871 | 6 | Sleazy and nasty . . . but not very good . | Well , it's safe to say that Reflections in Black isn't the most interesting example of the Giallo genre , but it has more than its fair share of sleaze and the short running time ensures that the film doesn't really have time to run of steam . One of the most nauseating things about this film is the cinematography . D... |
422,854 | 2,248,099 | 70,634 | 6 | A mediocre offering with a good finale | This offering in Hammer Horror's Dracula series is often touted to be a lesser one , and for good reason ; but all in all , I still enjoyed it . The film has a contemporary setting , with most of it taking place in and around a high-rise apartment block . This sets it apart from most of the rest of the Dracula series a... |
423,311 | 2,248,099 | 70,624 | 6 | Interesting short film from the Hellraiser creator | Salome is one of two short films that horror writer Clive Barker directed before he went on to make the cult classic ' Hellraiser ' . While you cant go into a short film expecting the likes of Hellraiser , Clive Barker does deliver an interesting spectacle with this film and , like many director's pre-hit short films ,... |
422,355 | 2,248,099 | 78,224 | 6 | Fulci's disappointing final western | Lucio Fulci will probably always be best known for his gory zombie movies ; but he also directed some of the best films in the Giallo genre as well as a few other gems elsewhere . Fulci only directed three films in the popular Spaghetti Western genre ; and I for one am thankful for that as it was clearly not his strong... |
422,534 | 2,248,099 | 91,539 | 6 | Not too sleazy by genre standards | Even though I don't consider myself a very big fan of the bizarre nunsploitation genre , I do often find myself watching them . I still haven't seen a true masterpiece of the genre ; but while this one isn't that Holy Grail either , it's slightly more professionally done than the majority of its ilk , and may even appe... |
422,254 | 2,248,099 | 285,728 | 6 | Focuses on the man more than his crimes | Despite being one of the better known American serial killers , I have to admit that I don't know too much about Jeffrey Dahmer ; but I have been reliably informed by someone who I saw this film with that the events depicted in it are fairly accurate . The film focuses on the crimes committed by Jeffrey Dahmer , but cl... |
422,985 | 2,248,099 | 400,525 | 6 | Shame about the first two thirds | The Ice Harvest received an incognito release , and that's fitting - because this is a very incognito film . The last time someone put a crime comedy on ice , the resulting film was Fargo ; but don't be expecting anything even close to the quality of the Coen Brothers ' film here . The film reunites Pushing Tin stars J... |
423,635 | 2,248,099 | 87,803 | 6 | Cold and lifeless vision of the future | I have to admit that I've not read George Orwell's original novel ' 1984 ' ; but everyone knows the story and many elements of it have made their way into popular culture . Since I've not read the book ; I can't comment on whether or not this film version is faithful to the literature , but apparently this is one of th... |
422,600 | 2,248,099 | 1,204,979 | 6 | Better than expected . . . but still rather silly and dull | The original Vacancy was a rather simple but also rather effective and well done little horror film ; and while it certainly wasn't brilliant , I did at least enjoy it . I do have to say that I never really thought the film needed a follow-up , and after finding out that Vacancy 2 would be a direct to video release , I... |
422,740 | 2,248,099 | 77,889 | 6 | Nice acting and direction , but lacking in some important areas | The ventriloquist dummy is a popular horror prop ; ever since Dead of Night in 1945 , the ventriloquist dummy has popped up in a number of films ; and Magic is one of the most classy and high quality . However , it's not necessarily one of the best ; as while the acting is good and Richard Attenborough manages to creat... |
423,333 | 2,248,099 | 330,691 | 6 | Hugely disappointing thriller from Argento | Dario Argento is my all time favourite director . Upon the release of this film , I choose to try and ignore the negative comments surrounding it as much as possible , mostly because I didn't want them to be true . Although the film isn't as bad as I thought it could be judging from the comments I've heard , it's not v... |
422,781 | 2,248,099 | 338,337 | 6 | A miss from John Woo | This is decent popcorn fare , but I cant help feeling it could have been great had it been handled better via a better script , a better lead star and more coherency with the plot . The story is a fairly original and intelligent one , which is based on a short story by Phillip K . Dick , the brains behind the stories t... |
422,957 | 2,248,099 | 70,229 | 6 | One of the less notable made for TV seventies horror flicks | I've found , after seeing a dozen or so of them , that made for TV seventies horror flicks are generally good for seventy minutes of entertainment . This one looked really good considering the comments about it , so I hoped that I'd be in for one of the better ones ; however , that wasn't the case . It's not that this ... |
421,924 | 2,248,099 | 105,428 | 6 | Rubbish , but in an entertaining way | By 1992 , pretty much everything that Stephen King had ever even breathed on had been adapted to the screen already , so filmmakers had to start raiding King's catalogue of unpublished stories . One of them came across a story called ' Sleepwalkers ' , and obviously thought it would be a good one to adapt . I don't rea... |
423,982 | 2,248,099 | 66,420 | 6 | Well made , but disappointing thriller | Pins you to the edge of your seat is the tagline for this film , and while that could be aptly applied to many thrillers ; it certainly doesn't suit this one ! John Hough's Eyewitness has the basis for a decent story ( even if it's not all that original ) but it's never capitalised on properly and , for the first two... |
422,357 | 2,248,099 | 122,629 | 6 | Some good ideas in a rather dull film | This film is often considered to be a rip off of The Omen and / or Rosemary's Baby ; however , I think it's unfair to label it as such as while it does focus on similar themes and both films may well have been an influence ; if you were to consider this film a rip off , then you'd pretty much have to consider every fil... |
423,620 | 2,248,099 | 206,154 | 6 | Bizarre and atmospheric lesbian flick | It might have its problems , but at the very least , The Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is memorable for the fact that it's so damn strange ! Director Bruno Gantillon succeeds in creating a surreal , dreamlike atmosphere ; which bodes very well with the fantasy styled plot . As the title suggests , the backbone of this ... |
423,779 | 2,248,099 | 95,444 | 6 | A bunch of aliens clowning around | When it comes to silly movies , they don't get much sillier than this one . The title says it all , and its clear going into a movie called ' Killer Klowns from Outer Space ' that you're not exactly going to be in for a serious ride . To be honest , I can't say I was overly enthused with this Sci-Fi spoof , but it's no... |
423,189 | 2,248,099 | 160,399 | 6 | Decent , if lacking , Sci-Fi thriller | Philip K . Dick novels have had quite a good history with regards to movie adaptations . Blade Runner is a classic , while Minority Report and Total Recall were both good examples of film-making also . However , Paycheck wasn't exactly a great piece of film-making , and neither is this film . While Imposter , like Payc... |
423,417 | 2,248,099 | 95,454 | 6 | Decent enough witchcraft yarn | Well , I didn't go into this film expecting anything great ; I was really just hoping for a decent timewaster along the same lines as Wes Craven made for TV opus ' Summer of Fear ' , and that's more or less what I got ; though it cant be said that this film isn't as good as Craven's . The film is a mix of two very basi... |
422,555 | 2,248,099 | 122,685 | 6 | Nonsense isn't always a bad thing | Most people that see this film use the word ' nonsense ' to describe it and it's not hard to see why . The Reincarnation of Isabel utilises the age-old horror plot line of a witch being brought back to life ; but unlike other films of it's ilk , this one jumps straight in at the reincarnation stage ; thus forsaking any... |
423,315 | 2,248,099 | 66,380 | 6 | Lesbianism ( with a hint of vampires ) | From the title - ' Vampyros Lesbos ' - it isn't very hard to deduce what this movie is about . If you're hoping for vampirism and lesbian in equal doses , however , you're in for a disappointment as it quickly becomes clear what Jess Franco's intentions were with this movie . . . and they went to make a horror film . T... |
423,496 | 2,248,099 | 65,424 | 6 | Interesting enough low budget seventies exploitation | It must have been hard to imagine in 1973 that the director of this low budget shock flick would go on to make one of the very best crime films of the nineties with LA Confidential , but indeed that was the case . Anyway , this was his first attempt at directing , and it's a rather lukewarm film . I never go into films... |
423,734 | 2,248,099 | 21,577 | 6 | A lot like Un Chien Andalou | L'Age D'or is French surrealist director Luis Bunuel's second film , and is often paired with his early surreal short Un Chien Andalou . The film is basically more of the same ; with a load of seemingly unrelated shots being mismatched together , only this time there's something of a story at the core - that being the ... |
422,777 | 2,248,099 | 83,807 | 6 | Debbie might have had fun , but I didn't . | The original Debbie Does Dallas is somewhat considered a classic in it's own right ; it's one of the entry level porn films , and I would assume that most teenage boys will have discussed it at some point or other in their school career ; but the same cant be said for Debbie Does Dallas 2 , or at least I don't think it... |
423,566 | 2,248,099 | 74,113 | 6 | More hardcore than Lewis Carroll intended . . . | This film is a musical hardcore porn version of Lewis Carroll's classic story ' Alice in Wonderland ' , and so as you can probably imagine , it's a little bit strange ! That being said , Carroll's Wonderland is ripe for fusing with a ' sexual awakening ' plot line , and really I'm surprised it took until 1976 for someo... |
422,368 | 2,248,099 | 368,891 | 6 | Decent high concept movie | Jerry Bruckheimer and his ' high concept ' movies never push any cinematic boundaries and don't exactly give your brain a workout , but they can be respected in their own right as they often provide two hours of entertainment , and that's what you get for your money with this film ; National Treasure . The film stars N... |
422,073 | 2,248,099 | 87,594 | 6 | Italian Vietnam movie rip-off | The Last Hunter is Italian director Antonio Margheriti's take on the Vietnam flick - and as you would expect , it goes straight for the jugular and removes all the soul searching stuff found in films like Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter and the result is . . . entertaining , but underwhelming . Any depth is replaced... |
421,783 | 2,248,099 | 112,896 | 6 | Could have been better . . . but still , not too bad . . . | Mel Brooks is a writer-director that I don't rate . Often with his movies , it seems that he can do better ; but he continually falls into the childish humour trap , and it spoils everything . Take this movie for example ; a spoof of Dracula . Bram Stoker's classic story is ripe for having fun made of it , and while Br... |
422,081 | 2,248,099 | 65,553 | 6 | Bava has done better | Mario Bava is a great horror film director , but this is not one of his best works . The plot of this movie is along similar lines to that of one of his masterpiece's , " Bay of Blood " , in that it revolves around money and a murderer . It follows the story of a wealthy industrialist that invites some of his friends t... |
423,460 | 2,248,099 | 65,555 | 6 | Pre-Dirty Harry , but still a lesser Italian crime film | I've been watching a lot of these Italian cop flicks recently , but unfortunately ; Violent City isn't one of the best . The film was released before Dirty Harry ( unlike the rest of the genre ) , so it does deserve some credit for originality . That's not to say it's bad by any means , but this Charles Bronson vehicle... |
422,526 | 2,248,099 | 83,192 | 6 | Marginally successful haunted house TV flick | Considering it's both a TV movie and a haunted house movie , it has to be said that This House Possessed really is rather good ; although only on its own terms . The plot follows the story of a burnt out writer and singer of awful pop songs as he moves into a modern computerised house with his live-in nurse and later g... |
423,095 | 2,248,099 | 303,397 | 6 | An interesting idea | This film , that received an incognito release back in 2001 , isn't actually as good as it's minor cult following would suggest . That's not to say that it isn't good , however ; it's refreshing to see something a little different and although the film is flawed , it does succeed for that reason . The story follows a r... |
423,924 | 2,248,099 | 69,994 | 6 | Not as bad as you might expect | This film kicks off as I thought it would go on , in that a mental patient slays his doctor with the business end of an axe . However , considering that was included on the Video Nasty list in the 80's , it isn't very gory . I fully understand and agree with the idea that buckets of gore does not make a movie great , b... |
422,866 | 2,248,099 | 427,848 | 6 | Low budget women and zombies in prison | The Women in Prison genre was once saturated by the sleazy films of the likes of Jess Franco and Joe D'Amato ; but has all but died out since then and all we are left is the residue ; which includes Shadow : Dead Riot . The film is something of a coming together of the aforementioned Women in Prison genre and the zombi... |
422,925 | 2,248,099 | 69,956 | 6 | Ivan Rassimov dances with savages in Umberto Lenzi's kick-start to the cannibal sub-genre ! | Umberto Lenzi was a diverse director , having made Giallo films , Italian crime films and some of the most notorious cannibal flicks , not to mention a whole host of other films with various sub-genres of horror . Deep River Savages is the film that is often given credit for kicking off the whole cannibal tradition , a... |
423,626 | 2,248,099 | 74,258 | 6 | Home improvement , horror style ! | I've heard a variety of things about this film ; from it being a classic to it being ' dull and boring ' . I've never been a big fan of haunted house movies ; stuff like Amityville and Poltergeist bored me to tears , and I can't really think of a single one that I really enjoyed . I have to say that I am siding more wi... |
423,181 | 2,248,099 | 470,705 | 6 | Interesting , but highly flawed | William Friedkin started his career with a bang , directing films such as The French Connection and , more importantly , The Exorcist ; but since then has done very little of note . Bug , an adaptation of a play by Tracy Letts , is his return to the horror genre . . . and it's been hit by mixed reviews . That's not sur... |
421,933 | 2,248,099 | 56,875 | 6 | Some very weird religious rites in HG Lewis ' splatter " masterpiece " ! | Herschell Gordon Lewis has a lot of things to be proud of himself for with regards to this film . Aside from being the oldest film on the BBFC's " Video Nasty " list , Blood Feast is also the film most often credited as " the first splatter flick ever made " . Technically , the movie doesn't have a lot in it's favour ,... |
423,991 | 2,248,099 | 96,251 | 6 | Manic Japanese nonsense | This film's audience appears to be split into two camps ; those who thought it was great , and those who thought it was nonsense . I've got to say I didn't hate the film ; but I'm fitting in more to the latter camp . The film doesn't have a plot exactly ; it's more of a premise and involves a man who sticks metal to hi... |
422,932 | 2,248,099 | 109,424 | 6 | Shallow and hard to connect with . Nice camera work though | Chungking Express is a film that was nearly lost until Quentin Tarantino and his Rolling Thunder productions company brought it to the attention of the American mainstream . . . but seriously , he shouldn't have bothered . Wong Kar-Wai's film is an aesthetic treat - it looks nice , sounds nice , I dare say it would eve... |
422,707 | 2,248,099 | 197,857 | 6 | Sick and sleazy exploitation flick | This bizarre slice of " Drive-In " cinema takes obvious influence from films such as Psycho , and handles the graphic and unsettling themes of incest , rape , torture and necrophilia . The film wallows in its sadistic nature , and it's rather unsurprising that Schoolgirls in Chains has suffered banning in several count... |
423,164 | 2,248,099 | 96,046 | 6 | Low key , but creepy little horror flick | Scarecrows shows what you can do with a very flimsy plot line and a low budget . Rather than concentrate on characters or story , the film leans more towards aesthetics ; as the tale is portrayed within a very creepy atmosphere , and the central monsters of the title capitalise well on their natural scare factor . Like... |
422,467 | 2,248,099 | 74,455 | 6 | Decent piece of trash | Back in the day , there was a film director that had a penchant for making films about the most unbelievably cool things imaginable . After making a film about CHAINSAWS in 1974 , Director Tobe Hooper would go on to make a movie using another hardly used , yet immense , horror asset ; crocodiles ! Retaining the mental ... |
423,262 | 2,248,099 | 364,725 | 6 | Makes for an entertaining hour and a half | Films starring Ben Stiller tend to be funny , and that's what this is . You cant go into a film like Dodgeball expecting much more than a good time and a few laughs - so the fact that it's no masterpiece won't disappoint , and the fact that it delivers exactly what you want it to ensures this further . Dodgeball is at ... |
422,640 | 2,248,099 | 60,877 | 6 | Great cast in a cheesy sixties sci-fi | Queen of Blood is a low budget sci-fi flick that is often seen as an inspiration for the classic ' Alien ' . Whether or not the film was an influence I don't know ; although the two films do share some similarities . The film actually reminded me of a sub-par episode of Star Trek ; yet in spite of that , there are some... |
422,865 | 2,248,099 | 810,823 | 6 | Not bad . . . could have been better | I went into this film with some hope as the plot certainly sounded like it could be a springboard for a good , and largely original horror film . As it turns out , the film is somewhat original and it's fairly interesting ; but its not all that well handled and what we end up with could be described as a near miss . On... |
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