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422,284 | 2,248,099 | 74,902 | 8 | Dark and well made Italian cop flick | Director Mario Caiano is not one of the better known Italian directors ; but he's certainly one of the most underrated and has proved himself more than capable of delivering the goods on a number of occasions with films such as Calling All Police Cars , Night of the Doomed , and this film . The Polizi genre is best kno... |
423,761 | 2,248,099 | 64,208 | 8 | Excellent revenge fuelled western ! | Death Rides a Horse clearly follows on the tail of Sergio Leone's masterpiece Dollars Trilogy as both the style and execution of it are very similar ; but there is more than enough here to ensure that the film both stands on it's own and stands out as one of the better of the many , many Spaghetti Westerns to come out ... |
421,978 | 2,248,099 | 90,197 | 8 | Weighty film , and as dark as they come | In a Glass Cage isn't an easy film to get on with , as despite the fact that it doesn't contain a lot of blood and gore , the film is horrifying thanks to the power of suggestion and the implications of its characters actions . The film takes in themes of the horrors of war as well the implications of child molestation... |
423,866 | 2,248,099 | 443,706 | 8 | Well done true crime flick | David Fincher really made his mark 12 years ago with the excellent ' Seven ' . Since then , however , he's been disappointing - Fight Club was massively overrated , while The Game and Panic Room were both merely decent thrillers - but it would seem that Fincher is ( nearly ) back to his best with Zodiac - a sprawling e... |
421,665 | 2,248,099 | 82,479 | 8 | If you want gore , you'll find it here ! | Anthropophagus is one of the few films on the Video Nasty list that is still banned in Britain in its uncut form to this day ; and that really isn't surprising . While the film only features two heavy scenes of extreme violence , these two alone are good enough reason for the BBFC to get its scissors out and Joe D'Amat... |
422,157 | 2,248,099 | 848,557 | 8 | A change in style results in another excellent Romero zombie movie ! | I was once a big fan of zombie movies ; but then I saw a spate of dreary , cheap and trashy modern ones and my love for the genre dwindled . But you can trust the man responsible for creating the modern zombie film to come back and make a great zombie movie ; and in 2004 , Romero did just that with Land of the Dead . R... |
423,355 | 2,248,099 | 51,622 | 8 | An absolute classic tale of science gone wrong ! | What an absolute classic film ! The Fly works from the offset because of the presence of an intriguing mystery , and from there we move on to a classic tale of suspense and mad science . The film is based on a story by George Langelaan , and follows the terrifying idea of an experiment going horribly wrong for the bril... |
422,683 | 2,248,099 | 60,380 | 8 | Spectacular follow-up to At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul ! | As most people reading this will already know , This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse is Coffin Joe's follow-up to the excellent At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul , and as good as the first film was ; for my money , this one is even better ! The legendary Brazilian comic book character may be cheesy , and José Mojica Mar... |
423,935 | 2,248,099 | 71,675 | 8 | Great camp B-movie fun | Larry Cohen has made a name for himself for producing offbeat horror movies , and this story of a killer deformed baby certainly belongs in his filmography . It's Alive is a huge highlight of the horror genre , and one that doesn't get the praise that it deserves . The film is notable amongst other films of similar plo... |
423,848 | 2,248,099 | 74,975 | 8 | An amazingly violent and brilliantly entertaining seventies film ! | For fans of seventies exploitation flicks , Northville Cemetery Massacre is a must ! The film is typically thin on plot , but this isn't important as directors William Dear and Thomas L . Dyke have ensured that the film is packed with the important stuff - that being gunfire and tons of blood ! The film appears to take... |
423,173 | 2,248,099 | 74,952 | 8 | Plenty of violent action in Lenzi's masterpiece cop drama ! | Umberto Lenzi tried his hand at just about every popular type of film in Italy during the sixties , seventies and eighties , and while he has some very nice entries on his list of directorial credits ; it has to be said that he isn't the best director to try his hand at the likes of Giallo , zombie and cannibal movies ... |
421,835 | 2,248,099 | 64,186 | 8 | One of Lenzi's best Giallo's ! | Umberto Lenzi Giallo's range in quality from sublime to trash , but his earlier genre entries tended to be the best ; and So Sweet . . . So Perverse is certainly at the higher end of Lenzi's Giallo achievements . One of the trademarks of Giallo is a high dosage of sex scenes ; but despite the fact that this film has th... |
423,926 | 2,248,099 | 44,876 | 8 | Classic Ealing Gem | The Man in the White Suit is one of those delightful comedies that Ealing studies made so well in the 40's and 50's . The plot of this one follows a man that invents a cloth that neither gets dirty nor breaks . Of course , this is a huge breakthrough in the world of textiles . However , things are not that simple as th... |
422,404 | 2,248,099 | 67,227 | 8 | Realistic and hateful ; an excellent portrayal of depression | The Merchant of Four Seasons is a film about a lack of love . The film starts off with the main character ; Hans Epp , returning from a spell in the foreign legion . He returns to his mother , not to be told how much she loves him , or how much she's missed him ; but to be told that he is worthless and , even worse , t... |
423,259 | 2,248,099 | 324,216 | 8 | Probably the best of the modern day horror remakes | Yes , it's pointless . Yes , the original didn't need an update and yes , this isn't as good as the classic film that spawned it . . . but , to be honest , I really like it anyway . One of the reasons that you can't remake a film like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre effectively is because it's the influence , not the film ... |
422,158 | 2,248,099 | 90,145 | 8 | Nasty exploitative trash classic | Tenement may clearly be a very cheap production , but this is excellently masked by the thoroughly mean exploitative style . The film is along the same lines as urban exploitation such as Assault on Precinct 13 and The Warriors and is similar in style to both also ; although the film actually reminded me a lot of the L... |
423,331 | 2,248,099 | 60,315 | 8 | Lovely little Leone tribute ! | As soon as the familiar Spaghetti Western tones hit , you know you're going to be in for a treat and that's what this film certainly is . Franco Nero plays the character that would eventually become synonymous with his name ; the mythical Django . The story takes more than it's fair share of influence from Sergio Leone... |
422,209 | 2,248,099 | 67,429 | 8 | Excellent Italian crime thriller ! | Films like Milano Calibro 9 are the reason I watch this sort of film . After trudging through so many disappointing Italian thrillers , it's always great when you find a diamond in the rough - and that's exactly what this well crafted little gem is . The film is a thriller bordering on the ' Polizia ' style of films th... |
421,886 | 2,248,099 | 64,323 | 8 | An excellent showcase of suspense cinema ! | Claude Chabrol is sometimes known as ' The French Hitchcock ' , and while the two didn't exactly make the same type of thriller ; it's easy to see where the comparisons come from , and both of these great directors are masters of their crafts ! This is only the third Chabrol film I've seen , but once again I'm extremel... |
421,890 | 2,248,099 | 90,567 | 8 | Interesting thriller from John Frankenheimer | Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard , 52 Pick Up is a thriller based on blackmail and murder . The film is directed by John Frankenheimer , who previously made his mark on the thriller genre with the likes of The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds . 52 Pick Up doesn't exactly stand alongside those films as part of Franken... |
422,839 | 2,248,099 | 71,233 | 8 | Great and very original take on the classic vampire tale | Blood for Dracula definitely takes the prize for the most odd take on the classic story that I've ever seen . Not that I'm saying that in a bad way , however ; not at all , it's most definitely a good thing ! Director Paul Morrissey has created a horror movie that is camp to the point that it pokes fun at the European ... |
422,626 | 2,248,099 | 75,029 | 8 | Eastwood doing what Eastwood does best | John Wayne fans may well disagree , but if you ask me ; Clint Eastwood has no equal when it comes to westerns . His mere presence ensures that the film will be well worth seeing , and like all his previous and later westerns ; that statement is true of The Outlaw Josey Whales also . Not that this film is an Eastwood pe... |
422,735 | 2,248,099 | 67,446 | 8 | Slightly flawed - but only slightly ! | Luciano Ercoli is famous for making three Giallo films ; two of which are among the best that the genre has to offer , and along with The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion , Death Walks on High Heels is among the best of the director's films . It would be fair to level criticism at this film , as it is slightl... |
423,211 | 2,248,099 | 404,390 | 8 | Easily one of the best thrillers of the decade ! | I've got to admit that I didn't have very high hopes going into this film , but to my surprise ; Running Scared turned out to be one of the most inventive and most entertaining modern thrillers that I've seen in YEARS . While the plot is highly unlikely and relies on coincidences at just about every turn , it's great f... |
423,334 | 2,248,099 | 20,629 | 8 | A detailed and thought-provoking account of war | Before watching this epic masterpiece , I never quite understood what it is that makes people want to fight a war that was started by some politician , and after watching this film ; I'm even more baffled . With it's ambiguous portrait of war , All Quiet on the Western Front never actually condemns ( nor condones ) the... |
422,041 | 2,248,099 | 1,028,528 | 8 | A well done homage to seventies Grindhouse cinema | Well , I have to say that I wasn't at all impressed when I found out that the Weinstein's had decided to chop ' Grindhouse ' in half for the UK release , and at one point I wasn't even going to make a trip to the cinema to see each individual part . . . but then Death Proof got it's release and I ended up having to be ... |
422,623 | 2,248,099 | 40,367 | 8 | A typical Wilder film - one where everything works ! | Nobody has an understanding of American cinema quite like the great Billy Wilder , and even though this isn't his strongest effort ; Wilder still makes sure it works . Billy Wilder is a name commonly associated with American cinema , but this film takes place in Germany . The film is both a romantic comedy and a nod to... |
423,136 | 2,248,099 | 129,332 | 8 | Delicious black comedy horror movie ! | Ravenous does for cannibalism what Near Dark did for vampirism ; in that it features a character that gets drawn into something they don't want to be a part of against their will . The film , aside from being an excellent horror movie , is also a metaphor of Benjamin Franklin's proverb ; " Eat to live , don't live to e... |
422,460 | 2,248,099 | 67,361 | 8 | First rate Fulci | When people think of Lucio Fulci , it's always his gorier and largely incoherent efforts that spring to mind . Films like Zombie Flesh-Eaters and The Beyond , which are most definitely good films if you like that sort of thing ( as I certainly do ! ) ; but they don't adequately portray the man's talent . If you want to... |
421,818 | 2,248,099 | 71,186 | 8 | Made for TV cult classic ! | On the face of it , Bad Ronald doesn't look like it has much going for it , but despite some silly plot devices and the fact that it was made for TV back in the seventies ; this is actually a very decent little cult gem . The film capitalises on the idea of creepy old houses being haunted ; only this time the house at ... |
422,591 | 2,248,099 | 64,276 | 8 | The American Dream / Nightmare | Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider is often cited as being an all time classic , and while I don't think this is a great film in terms of technical brilliance , it sums up the era it was made and the tongue in cheek , cynical take on the ' American dream ' is both potent and well done . This film is very much a product of the ... |
423,419 | 2,248,099 | 75,115 | 8 | At the top end of Polizi genre ! | Colt 38 Special Squad does pretty much everything you would want an Italian crime flick to do - and it does it in style ! Like many of the best Polizi flicks , this one takes most of it's influence from Don Siegel's masterpiece Dirty Harry , with the weapon used by Clint Eastwood's disgruntled copper obviously being th... |
422,401 | 2,248,099 | 55,630 | 8 | Just another masterful movie from the master of masterful movies | Akira Kurosawa's tribute to the western is a marvelous piece of cinema . Toshirô Mifune stars as a ronin ( samurai without a master ) that goes to a small town , which is divided by two gangs of criminals . While there , he decides to play one off against the other in order to defeat both gangs . Yojimbo lacks the dept... |
421,971 | 2,248,099 | 64,300 | 8 | Good western action | Five Man Army may not be as epic or as groundbreaking as other Spaghetti Western films , but it's a lot of fun to watch and overall , provides a good slice of western action . My main reason for tracking down and seeing this film is due to the fact that it was co-scripted by Italian horror maestro and one of the men be... |
422,820 | 2,248,099 | 369,702 | 8 | Great drama that doesn't get swamped by fake sentiment | This sort of movie isn't my thing at all . Normally these dramas are draped in fake sentiment and it leaves me feeling very queasy to say the least . However , I found myself with high hopes for this one because it's directed by one of today's best new directors ; Alejandro Amenábar , and after seeing his debut ; Tesis... |
423,091 | 2,248,099 | 44,741 | 8 | Complex and thought-provoking masterpiece | Ikiru is a film about life . Constantly complex and thought-provoking , although simple at the same time ; it tells a story about life's limits , how we perceive life and the fact that life is short and not to be wasted . Our hero is Kanji Watanabe , the most unlikely ' hero ' of all time . He works in a dreary city of... |
423,422 | 2,248,099 | 75,152 | 8 | Another great crime flick from the great Umberto Lenzi ! | If you ask me , Umberto Lenzi is the king of Italian crime flicks ; the director worked in a lot of different genres , and while he has certainly had a lot of success with Giallo and zombie flicks , it's clear after seeing films such as Free Hand for a Tough Cop and the pinnacle of the genre , Almost Human , that crime... |
423,817 | 2,248,099 | 71,408 | 8 | Deranged indeed ! | Deranged is an adaptation of the same story that inspired such horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Psycho and Silence of the Lambs , among others . It's the story of deranged psychotic Edward Gein , only in this film the story is a lot closer to how it actually happened than in any of the classics that it ... |
422,889 | 2,248,099 | 157,503 | 8 | Intelligent , witty and biting dark satire | Drop Dead Gorgeous is a film about a teenage beauty pageant . As you might expect ; it features plenty of young girls in skimpy outfits , dancing , singing and all that crap . However , unlike a lot of films of the same ilk ; here , hidden behind a facade of teen beauty and all the other trademarks of the teen comedy g... |
423,501 | 2,248,099 | 82,700 | 8 | Amazingly grisly and sure to delight fans of the extreme side of cinema ! | If someone told me a house was haunted , I'd probably go in . If I found a tape recording that might have the ability to awaken ancient evil ; I'd probably play it , and if there were a music box that supposedly could open the gates of hell , I'd probably mess around with it . But , I would never , ever , under any cir... |
422,845 | 2,248,099 | 121,765 | 8 | Nothing on the originals , but still a good film | I am a life-long Star Wars fan , but there's no denying that the long awaited prequel , The Phantom Menace , wasn't exactly a great movie . Lucas went wrong with that film because rather than retaining the style of the original trilogy , he was too keen to make the movie friendly to new audiences , and more specificall... |
422,961 | 2,248,099 | 71,398 | 8 | Rarely seen but well worth tracking down ! | Deadly Strangers takes a rather familiar horror film situation as it's base ; that being the idea of someone hitching a lift with a stranger . This is a classic horror film situation because of all the danger it presents and has lead to many classic films . With this film , director Sidney Hayers clearly did not have v... |
421,670 | 2,248,099 | 60,097 | 8 | Lushly Gothic visuals , a great score and Barbara Steele . . . . what more could you want from an Italian horror film ? | My main reason for seeing this film was the fact that it's on the Redemption label . Redemption films are often not all that good , but they have great cult value and are usually worth seeking out . Of course , Barbara Steele offered up another reason for watching - but still , my expectations for this film weren't ver... |
421,716 | 2,248,099 | 64,505 | 8 | A cultural masterpiece | The Italian Job is one of the best-loved British classics ever made . Most people in my home country of Britain have seen the film many times ( most of those times spent drinking tea and speaking like the queen , of course ) , but there's more than enough for audiences from other countries to like about this delightful... |
421,781 | 2,248,099 | 67,500 | 8 | Creepy exploitation classic ! | Despite a slow start , Amando de Ossorio's Tombs of the Blinddead soon picks up and morphs into the exploitation highlight that you were no doubt expecting going into it . Naturally , it's full of plot holes and dubious character decisions ; but it doesn't matter , because it's Ossorio's story surrounding the knights ,... |
422,717 | 2,248,099 | 443,496 | 8 | Excellent story of a man walking the streets at night | I wasn't really sure what to expect of this film going into it ; it sounded nothing like the gory horror movies that Stuart Gordon made his name with , and I had little faith for him branching out after seeing the disappointing King of the Ants . Edmond is a simple thriller ; just focusing on one man and if I had to co... |
422,048 | 2,248,099 | 486,822 | 8 | Does justice to Hitchcock's Rear Window - an excellent modern thriller ! | Like most serious horror fans , I'm not pleased by the way that the genre is being flooded by too many remakes ! A modern re-imaging of Alfred Hitchcock's classic ' Rear Window ' therefore didn't seem too promising on paper , but director D . J . Caruso has done an excellent job with this film ! It takes all the things... |
421,918 | 2,248,099 | 49,006 | 8 | Last but by no means least for Lang ! | For his final Hollywood film , Fritz Lang decided to expose the pitfalls of capital punishment for circumstantial evidence . For this film , Lang has kept it simple ; with the entire movie focusing on the central premise and not a lot of anything else going on . Filmmakers can sometimes saturate a film with lots of sub... |
421,792 | 2,248,099 | 71,331 | 8 | Fun Italian crime thriller | The whole Polizi sub-genre owes itself mainly to the release of Don Siegel's classic cop flick Dirty Harry , but this one breaks the rules a little as it takes more influence from gambling classics such as The Cincinnati Kid and The Sting . The Polizi trademarks - things such as fistfights and car chases , still featur... |
422,976 | 2,248,099 | 67,487 | 8 | A fabulous slice of Euro Gothic ! | Emilio Miraglia's crossover between Gothic horror and Italy's finest cinematic export , the Giallo , really is a delightful film for the fan of cult horror . While the movie is certainly no masterpiece , the story moves well and the imagery on display and imagination on the part of the director that is shown throughout... |
422,661 | 2,248,099 | 67,486 | 8 | Excellent psychological thriller | The Road Builder is sadly not very well known , and that's a shame because this psychological thriller is a real gem and would certainly benefit from being more widely seen . The film is based on a book by Joy Cowley , although there were apparently some changes made to the story ( I don't know what since I've not read... |
422,760 | 2,248,099 | 75,324 | 8 | Great fantasy porno ! | It would seem that there is more to porn flicks than merely sex , as many of the best examples of the genre blend in other themes , and the resulting film is often more erotic . Through the Looking Glass is surely one of the best ' themed ' porno movies from the seventies , and this film manages to blend in a strong fa... |
421,668 | 2,248,099 | 120,890 | 8 | Seductive , slick and sexy ; great entertainment ! | Wild Things is a fantastic example of what can be achieved by not worrying about substance and having a film play for straight entertainment value . Here we have a film that takes elements such as beautiful stars , beautiful locations and a bucket load of plot twists and blends it all into a highly enjoyable film exper... |
422,403 | 2,248,099 | 120,888 | 8 | Great entertainment with a lot of heart | A little known fact about me is that I'm a big fan of fluffy romantic comedies . Why wouldn't you want to spend 90 minutes or so watching a film ; laughing and ultimately feeling good at the end of it ? I don't consider fluffy romance films to be at the absolute top of cinema , but they're good fun , and therefore get ... |
421,956 | 2,248,099 | 90,852 | 8 | Hilarious John Cleese farce | Anything featuring the immense talents of John Cleese is automatically worth seeing , and this eighties comedy is certainly no exception . Aside from the great john Cleese , this film benefits from a great number of other positives , including a finely worked script ; that manages to stay realistic and down to Earth de... |
422,524 | 2,248,099 | 86,410 | 8 | Dirty and sleazy tale of madness | Tales of Ordinary Madness is the first film to be based on a book by Charles Bukowski and focuses on the story of one man as he descends into a life of loose women and alcohol . I have not read the book that this is based on so I don't know how it compares to the source material ; but as a movie , it's very good and I ... |
423,493 | 2,248,099 | 59,764 | 8 | An excellent Holmes mystery ! | I'm a big fan of the original Universal Sherlock Holmes series and while there have been attempts by other studios to make films based on the classic character by Arthur Conan Doyle , only Hammer Horror's take on The Hound of the Baskervilles has come close to touching the majesty of Universal's films . However , for m... |
423,833 | 2,248,099 | 75,376 | 8 | Up there with the best of Meyer's work ! | It's clear from the outset that Up ! is going to be in extremely bad taste - and the rest of the film certainly doesn't disappoint ! This film was made later in Meyer's career and is more along the lines of Supervixens and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens rather than Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Vixen - and ... |
421,735 | 2,248,099 | 55,894 | 8 | Brilliant and inventive sci-fi kitsch | Day of the Triffids is a delightful sci-fi horror movie from the sixties , and it will be a sure-fire hit with fans of this sort of cinema . The film stands halfway between a serious disaster movie ( although it's definitely one that is much more ingenious than most actual disaster movies ) and a silly B-movie complete... |
422,255 | 2,248,099 | 105,636 | 8 | Violent and thoroughly entertaining thriller | I really had no idea what to expect going into Trespass having never heard of it before catching it on TV - but having seen Bill Paxton's name flash up on screen , and having that followed up by The Warrior's director Walter Hill ensured that I would be watching it anyway . And I'm really glad I stuck with it because T... |
422,328 | 2,248,099 | 95,125 | 8 | More trash and sleaze from Jess Franco ! | Prolific director Jess Franco made a lot of crap during his career , but in his filmography there are several hidden gems - and Faceless is definitely one of them ! True to Franco's style , the film is trashy and sleazy throughout , but it's the eighties atmosphere that sets this film apart from the majority of Franco'... |
423,942 | 2,248,099 | 117,060 | 8 | Slick and stylish action flick | Based on the TV show of the same name , Brian De Palma's stylish thriller stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt ; a James Bond-esquire secret agent working for a certain section of the government . As the title suggests , many of the scenarios in the film are extremely unlikely ; but then again , the film wouldn't be living u... |
422,686 | 2,248,099 | 40,636 | 8 | Entertaining film noir documentary | Jules Dassin really made his mark on film noir in the mid-fifties with the fantastic Rififi , but he made this film some years earlier ; and it's not bad ! The Naked City is a semi-documentary take on the investigation of crime within an urban metropolis . The documentary elements are secondary to the central theme ; a... |
422,643 | 2,248,099 | 385,993 | 8 | Weird and compelling - an excellent swan song for Naschy's career ! | Paul Naschy is certainly a big contender for Spain's biggest ever horror star ; with a great deal of cult films under his belt , most notably his " Homo Lobo " series . However , since the seventies his fame has dwindled somewhat ; but on the evidence of this film , his acting and writing talent certainly hasn't ! Rojo... |
423,827 | 2,248,099 | 413,300 | 8 | Spider-Man swings back in style ! | Well , I've been looking forward to this movie ever since I walked out of Spider-Man 2 , and despite all the bad things I've heard about it - Spider-Man 3 certainly didn't disappoint ! Sure , you could spend all day picking faults with the film if you really wanted to , but what's the point ? The first two films set th... |
422,527 | 2,248,099 | 63,501 | 8 | Probably the second best western of 1966 ! | In 1966 , Lee Van Cleef was a part of the greatest western of all time ; he also made this film . Naturally , The Big Gundown has nothing on Sergio Leone's masterpiece The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ; but it's still a more than decent little western that will surely satisfy anyone who considers themselves a Spaghetti ... |
422,436 | 2,248,099 | 63,729 | 8 | Slightly misguided , but still works well as a psycho thriller | Twisted Nerve doesn't seem to have a great reputation , and while the film ( like its lead character ) certainly does have some problems , I enjoyed this one in spite of them . The main problem people seem to have with this film ( so much so that the filmmakers actually had to tack on an apology before the film starts ... |
423,578 | 2,248,099 | 59,846 | 8 | Excellent Krimi thriller ! | I've only just really started getting into the Krimi genre and most of the ones I have seen so far have been the later entries which were in colour . As such , one of the things I like most about this type of film is the wacky colour schemes ; yet although The Sinister Monk is shot in black and white and thus doesn't f... |
422,475 | 2,248,099 | 361,862 | 8 | Dark and gritty - a great film ! | In the middle of the mass of blockbusters , dumbed down horror movies and samey Indie dramas ; it's nice to see that some filmmakers still feel the need to push the bar and deliver something different . The Machinist is a deeply dark and disturbing movie that sees Christian Bale as a worker in an industrial factory . I... |
422,582 | 2,248,099 | 365,748 | 8 | An original and refreshing fusion of two genres | In 2003 , Britain tried it's hand at the zombie film ; and failed , with the frankly miserable ' 28 Days Later . . . ' . Then the zombie sub-genre was given another film in 2004 ; the hugely disappointing remake of the classic ' Dawn of the Dead ' , and both of these things were leading me think that this parody of the... |
422,445 | 2,248,099 | 71,150 | 8 | Ripping off The Exorcist - Alberto De Martino shows us how it's done ! | I've only seen a handful of Italian Exorcist rip-offs ; but I've seen enough to know that this type of film generally isn't very high quality . The same can't be said for Alberto De Martino's The Antichrist , however , which is so far in front of all the other Exorcist rip-offs that I've seen that you could just about ... |
422,578 | 2,248,099 | 55,966 | 8 | A solid Mexican horror flick | The Witch's Mirror is a film that mixes numerous horror ideas into one incoherent , but brilliantly fun little film . The Witch's Mirror is directed by Chano Urueta , who also made the completely bizarre Brainiac in 1962 . It's clear that Urueta has an eye for visuals and isn't too bothered about telling a story , as b... |
423,397 | 2,248,099 | 86,320 | 8 | One of the better ' lower-key ' slashers | Sleepaway Camp is one of the most clear-cut cases of Friday the 13th mimicry in all of horror cinema . It's so clear cut because it's so shameless - we have a holiday camp , a murderer on the rampage because of something that happened at the start of the film , a completely unlikely killer etc etc ; yet despite all thi... |
422,023 | 2,248,099 | 734,603 | 9 | Fear of the unknown ; the most frightening of all | Every time I see The Twilight Zone , I become more and more impressed with it ! Nothing in the Dark is a story about the most frightening thing known to man ; the unknown . The themes of mortality and fear are well felt in a story of an old woman who forces herself to remain in her small tin shack . She remains there t... |
423,744 | 2,248,099 | 83,677 | 9 | A true seventies exploitation classic ! | I do love a good sleazy seventies crime flick , and Bonnie's Kids is certainly a very good sleazy seventies crime flick ! The main reason this film works so well is because everything about it is absolutely spot on - writer-director Arthur Marks creates a real gritty and sleazy atmosphere that fits his plot brilliantly... |
422,431 | 2,248,099 | 70,453 | 9 | Another brooding and intriguing film from Claude Chabrol ! | I was very surprised upon reading some of the comments for this film after having seen it - not only is this not a lesser Chabrol movie or a non-entertaining one , for my money its Chabrol at his subtle and intriguing best , and no doubt up there with the likes of The Unfaithful Wife and Le Boucher ! The plot is not pa... |
422,180 | 2,248,099 | 95,647 | 9 | Excellent thriller with a profound message | Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning is a surprisingly good police thriller that mixes the intrigue and mystery of a police investigation with a commentary on American culture in the 1960's , and said people's attitudes towards racism . It's rare for a film to combine these elements properly , and many have failed at it ,... |
423,309 | 2,248,099 | 83,658 | 9 | Beautiful , atmospheric , thought-provoking . | Based on a novel by Philip K . Dick , this futuristic urban Sci-Fi film is a masterpiece indeed . Director Ridley Scott has managed to turn Dick's story into a dark and complex film-noir styled mystery , that packs as much punch on an aesthetic level as it does on an emotional and substantial one . It's clear throughou... |
423,094 | 2,248,099 | 316,654 | 9 | Majestic movie making in every respect | In 1981 , Sam Raimi unleashed himself ( and Bruce Campbell ) onto the film world with his first masterpiece ; The Evil Dead . Since then , Raimi has gone on to make many films , and hasn't disappointed with a single one . And that more than includes this one . It has become a common opinion among certain people that mo... |
423,567 | 2,248,099 | 294,658 | 9 | The crème de la crème of adult cinema ! | Sensational Janine is a high quality , plot-driven porn film ; and it stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of the genre . ' High Quality ' is not a term usually associated with adult films ; but it can certainly be applied here as this film is extremely well made and that's one of the things that help it s... |
422,797 | 2,248,099 | 734,676 | 9 | The most frightening episode of The Twlight Zone ? | This episode of The Twilight Zone is somewhat different to most of the rest ; as instead of being a bizarre tale ; it's based more on human morals , and is also something that could very easily happen . " The Shelter " follows a street , where only one person has a bomb shelter . After nuclear war is threatened ; the s... |
421,994 | 2,248,099 | 73,778 | 9 | A true Grindhouse classic ! | Switchblade Sisters is an undoubtedly silly and unrealistic slice of Grindhouse exploitation , but it's also an absolute blast and a real must see for any fan of cult cinema ! The film will likely get compared with later but better known gang flick ' The Warriors ' and I suppose you could determine Switchblade Sisters ... |
423,427 | 2,248,099 | 73,768 | 9 | Hilarious and great fun - a masterpiece from Russ Meyer ! | Russ Meyer sure did know how to deliver an amazingly good time , and Supervixens is without doubt one of his very finest hours ! Like all Russ Meyer films , this one is completely over the top and every bit an epic , as Meyer crams in a ton of sex , violence and ample chested girls into the sprawling and often hilariou... |
422,892 | 2,248,099 | 95,705 | 9 | Incredibly funny comedy | What makes The Naked Gun so funny is it's small moments ; things like when Leslie Nielson knocks a fisherman of the pier when parking his car , when he and Priscilla Presley come out of a movie laughing , only for the audience to see that the movie they just left was ' Platoon ' , the part at the baseball game where a ... |
422,878 | 2,248,099 | 21,884 | 9 | An amazing achievement for horror cinema | Along with Tod Browning's Dracula , Frankenstein was one of the films that launched Universal as a major horror studio ; and even now , over seven decades since its release ; James Whale's cinematic interpretation of Mary Shelly's classic novel is still an outstanding expose of horror . The film is famous for several t... |
423,010 | 2,248,099 | 87,909 | 9 | The Lady of the Flies vs Argento's twisted horror imagination ! | Opinions on Phenomena are divided amongst Argento fans . It's not quite a love it or hate it film , but rather a like it or dislike it one . There's enough of Argento here to ensure that his fans will enjoy it , but it also marks a change of pace for him . While his previous films focused mainly on the mystery in the p... |
422,648 | 2,248,099 | 337,961 | 9 | Highly original French horror . . . though not for all tastes | In My Skin certainly has some problems ; but one of these problems isn't originality , and while things such as a lack of a true plot formula and explanation for the central character's actions may put some viewers off , the film deserves huge credit for stepping out of the mainstream and delivering something a little ... |
422,104 | 2,248,099 | 26,138 | 9 | Awesome in every respect | From the glorious start all the way down to the frenzied climax , James Whale's sequel to his huge hit ' Frankenstein ' delivers the goods and more than deserves the status it's earned as one of the greatest films ever made . In classic sequel style , Whale has taken everything that made the first film a success and ad... |
423,234 | 2,248,099 | 337,978 | 9 | A belated sequel that certainly doesn't disappoint ! | I have to say , I'm not usually a big fan of belated sequels to films made years ago - but I have to make an exception here as Die Hard 4 offers an amazingly good time and is surely the best of the sequels - possibly even the best Die Hard film period ! The film is almost completely made up of relentless and heart pump... |
422,804 | 2,248,099 | 91,209 | 9 | A truly first rate thrill-ride ! | It's hard to believe upon seeing The Hitcher that the film never saw the inside of the cinemas . It was video rental that got this film known , and thank god it did because The Hitcher is a truly first rate thriller ! The film doesn't waste time with intricate plot details or explaining character motivations ; instead ... |
423,457 | 2,248,099 | 39,017 | 9 | Vastly underrated entry in the classic Sherlock Holmes series | You gotta love the classic Sherlock Holmes films - and I certainly do ! To be honest , I wasn't expecting all that much out of Terror by Night - it's not often mentioned alongside the best of the series , and I'm not really sure what the reason for that is . Set aboard a speeding train , Terror by Night breathes a clau... |
423,163 | 2,248,099 | 112,643 | 9 | An absolutely GREAT tale of terror ! | I've got to say , I'm surprised . After all that I'd heard about this film , I really wasn't expecting it to be very good ; but Stuart Gordon has once again proved his worth as a horror director with this excellent tale of terror ! Castle Freak sees a great director doing what he does best . Gordon's love for HP Lovecr... |
422,027 | 2,248,099 | 734,580 | 9 | Prime episode of the show ! | It's a Good Life is one of the best known episodes of The Twilight Zone - and for good reason , as it's easily one of the best episodes of the classic TV show . Of course , the great parody that The Simpsons did of it contributes to its well-known status , but there's far more here than merely a base for a ' Treehouse ... |
422,106 | 2,248,099 | 95,583 | 9 | Cult camp class ! | To be honest , I absolutely love trash like this ! Maniac Cop is a film that clearly isn't too caught up with trying to establish itself alongside the more professional efforts of the horror genre , and instead simply revels in it's B-movie status . This gives the film free reign to do whatever it wants to do , as it d... |
423,429 | 2,248,099 | 56,687 | 9 | Excellent classic horror | The sixties were responsible for many of the classic horror films that are still highly revered today ; and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ? is certainly one of them . Playing out with all the tenacity of the American classics of the golden era of Hollywood cinema ; the film is a resounding classic all the way . And w... |
423,981 | 2,248,099 | 66,318 | 9 | Brilliantly realised commentary on the darker side of human nature - Chabrol's masterpiece ! | Of all the great films that Claude Chabrol made ; The Breach is one of the most often praised , and that is not surprising at all as this film sees the great French director at the absolute top of his game and deserves every good word said about it ! As ever with Chabrol , what we have here is a film that thrills on th... |
422,122 | 2,248,099 | 217,843 | 9 | An excellent Mexican thriller ! | As you can probably work out from the title , Terror and Black Lace is Mexico's answer to Italy's popular Giallo export , and it's a damn good answer too ! As this film is head and shoulders above many of the ( many ) Giallo's I've seen , and even stands up among the best of the films to come out of Italy ; and that is... |
423,784 | 2,248,099 | 39,420 | 9 | Great performances in an excellent fantasy film | The Ghost and Mrs Muir reunited the Dragonwyck lead actress Gene Tierney , and its director Joseph L . Mankiewicz for an even better film . The Ghost and Mrs Muir , while a little pretentious at times , stands out as one of the finest romance films of Hollywood's golden period , and an interesting and entertaining fant... |
423,002 | 2,248,099 | 70,290 | 9 | Hugely underrated and very fun little flick | After his initial success with the offbeat Harold and Maude , cult director Hal Ashby would go on to make this fine film . The story of The Last Detail follows two navy men who must transport a young navy man to a prison on the other side of the United States . The young man is going to prison for eight years due to hi... |
421,756 | 2,248,099 | 206,314 | 9 | Killer mix of Dual and The Hitcher ! | Well , I didn't have very high hopes for this one given how many thrillers these days aren't up to much - but to my absolute surprise , Roadkill is full to the brim with tension and manages to succeed admirably in spite of the fact that it borrows heavily from classic films such as Duel and The Hitcher . Yes , it would... |
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