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366,050 | 3,109,237 | 68,611 | 8 | Bob's your uncle . | I didn't realize that Frenzy was so divisive among Hitchcock fans . As with the last Hitchcock movie I watched , The Trouble with Harry , Frenzy seems to have more than its fair share of critics . The criticism of both movies seems to derive from a similar source ? Hitch deviated from what people expected . I'm not sur... |
366,344 | 3,109,237 | 56,062 | 8 | I drink to you , and to the American Army . | Hell is for Heroes is the story of a squad of six men who have been asked to hold a line usually occupied by an entire company . It's as gritty and realistic as you'll find in an older black and white WWII movie . It's not filled with sentimentality or overly patriotic speeches or soldiers on leave and in love . It's a... |
366,857 | 3,109,237 | 308,379 | 8 | Moving and Creepy | Dark Water is a truly unique film in that it worked on two different levels with me . First , it worked as a horror movie . No , it's not pee-your-pants scary with buckets of blood . Instead it's just plain old creepy with lots of spooky atmosphere . Even though much of the horror lurks at the periphery , it's a consta... |
366,520 | 3,109,237 | 99,763 | 8 | Yeah . I killed my mama . | Movies like Henry : Portrait of a Serial Killer really test my assertion that I base my ratings and opinions more on entertainment value than anything else . Was I entertained by Henry ? Well , not if you're using the traditional definition of the word . I can't imagine that anyone would find the all too realistic hand... |
366,700 | 3,109,237 | 69,073 | 8 | MMMMM - Edwige | - I've now seen this movie twice and I enjoyed it even more this time . It's a fairly standard , straightforward giallo ? a series of murders in an apartment building committed by a gloved , black-cloaked figure . There are no shortage of suspects and the police are unable to do much other than find stamps for their co... |
366,086 | 3,109,237 | 430,950 | 8 | A wonderful " making of " feature | Conan Unchained : The Making of Conan is an interesting look back , almost 20 years later , at probably the best Sword and Sorcerer movie ever made ? Conan the Barbarian . Maybe it has something to do with my almost fanboy kind of love for the subject matter , but this is one of the more entertaining " making of " docu... |
366,347 | 3,109,237 | 24,968 | 8 | Murder not very good joke - quite unfunny . | I've been a Charlie Chan fan since the early 70s when , as a 9 year old , I can remember watching the movies on the Late Show . While I can find something to enjoy in every one of these films , Charlie Chan in London is one of my favorites of the series . In this one , Chan is in a race against time as he's only got th... |
366,437 | 3,109,237 | 66,863 | 8 | Criminally Underrated | Every great once in a while , you stumble upon a movie that exceeds even your wildest expectations . Given the IMDb rating of 4 . 0 , I wasn't really expecting much with The Brotherhood of Satan . I hoped that at a minimum it might be cheesy fun like The Devil's Rain or any of the other early 70s similarly themed Satan... |
366,392 | 3,109,237 | 68,954 | 8 | Go , Joe , Go | - The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe is easily one of the best Spaghetti Western / Kung Fu movies I've ever seen . Wait a minute . . . it's the only Spaghetti Western / Kung Fu movie I've ever seen . It's a strange mix of genres that actually works . - Joe is a Chinese immigrant in the Old West . All Joe wants is a job... |
366,865 | 3,109,237 | 57,443 | 8 | Classic Bava | - Nora Davis ( Leticia Roman ) is a young woman hoping to have a wonderful vacation in Italy . Within 24 hours of her arrival , she is almost mistakenly arrested for drug smuggling , the aunt she is staying with dies , she has her purse stolen , and she witnesses a murder . But the police can find no body and no signs ... |
366,391 | 3,109,237 | 59,646 | 8 | An Early Winner from Polanski | - Repulsion is the very dark story of one girl's decent into the depths of mental illness . She seems the kind of girl who has it all - a job , a sister who cares for her , beauty , and men dropping at her feet . But because of sexual repression and other psychosis , none of that really matters . When left alone for a ... |
366,220 | 3,109,237 | 57,465 | 8 | Shockingly Good | I had heard good things about The Sadist , but to be honest , I was skeptical . I haven't seen everything listed on Arch Hall , Jr . ' s filmography , but I've been less than impressed with what I have seen . Like a lot of other people , I am shocked by just how good The Sadist truly is . It's a wonderfully sick and tw... |
366,634 | 3,109,237 | 77,681 | 8 | Craven's Best | - A fairly typical family is traveling through the desert when their car runs off the road and breaks an axle . They find themselves stranded in an isolated , hot , and dry area near some rock-strewn , menacing looking hills . As it would happen , the hills are home to an equally menacing looking band of cannibals . Th... |
366,062 | 3,109,237 | 54,099 | 8 | The definition of atmosphere | Mill of the Stone Women is the story of a researcher named Hans who is finishing a book on the famous sculptor Professor Wahl and his carousel . The carousel features wax representations of women being tortured and killed in a variety of sadistic and inventive ways . A meeting with the Professor's beautiful , seductive... |
366,018 | 3,109,237 | 51,937 | 8 | Another Mexican horror winner ! | Another Mexican horror winner ! Until just recently , I doubt I could have named more than a half dozen Mexican horror films that didn't feature a masked wrestler . As I'm quickly discovering , Mexican horror has much more to offer ? especially for fans of Gothic horror . Films like The Black Pit of Dr . M appear to be... |
365,946 | 3,109,237 | 118,655 | 9 | Yeah , baby , yeah | I remember being terribly excited when Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery was first released . I couldn't wait to see it . And for one of the few times in my life , a movie not only lived-up to the hype , but actually exceeded my expectations . At the time , I considered it a real winner and would have most l... |
366,432 | 3,109,237 | 65,148 | 9 | My Favorite Fulci | Lucio Fulci may be best known for his zombie splatter-fests and that's a shame because he's really so much more than that . If you see the name Fulci and expect a gore-fest , you'll be disappointed . This one is even more bloodless than his other Gialli . But if you want a solid Italian thriller , you've discovered a r... |
366,786 | 3,109,237 | 21,884 | 9 | Crazy , am I ? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not . | Revisiting Frankenstein is always a wonderful experience . I watch it today with the same enthusiasm and awe I did nearly 35 years ago . Everything about the film is so perfect . Acting , direction , cinematography , set design , plot , dialogue , special effects , etc . are top notch . And although each of these areas... |
366,466 | 3,109,237 | 37,008 | 9 | I can't believe it took me 41 years to see this movie | - Considering all of the movies I've watched in my life , it's amazing I had never seen Laura . The film mixes an interesting story , excellent cinematography , solid acting , and characters you're not likely to forget to create a bona fide classic . I'm not an expert , but Laura is certainly one of the best examples o... |
366,550 | 3,109,237 | 235,198 | 9 | A Masterpiece | - Every once in a great while , you stumble upon a movie that you immediately know is a masterpiece . I had read what other people had written about Audition , but didn't really believe all the hype . Surely it couldn't be as good as people claimed . After seeing Audition for the first time , I simply cannot get the fi... |
366,642 | 3,109,237 | 39,420 | 9 | In my opinion , you are the most obstinate young woman I have ever met . | Delightful is the best word I can think of to describe The Ghost and Mrs . Muir . It's got everything ? drama , comedy , romance , fantasy , good acting , solid direction , interesting cinematography , a beautiful score , atmosphere , nice sets , and a well-written script . It's taken me a while to finally get around t... |
366,677 | 3,109,237 | 202,489 | 9 | I've waited over 30 years to see this | Finally ! After 30 some odd years , I finally got the chance to see The Hardy Boys : The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure in its entirety . In the early 70s , one of the local UHF channels ran repeats of the Mickey Mouse Club from the 50s . Included was the daily serial The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure . For what... |
366,092 | 3,109,237 | 70,291 | 9 | Give me a glass of water and a couple of lesbians . | A week ago , I had never heard of The Last of Sheila . Now I consider it one of my all time favorite movies . Going through a plot as twisted and intricate as this one seems impossible without giving away too much . Part of the fun I had with it came from knowing next to nothing about the plot before I sat down to give... |
366,886 | 3,109,237 | 63,350 | 9 | It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder . | As a horror fan , I'm often asked my opinion on what the scariest movie of all time is . I always give the same answer ? Night of the Living Dead . There is no movie that fills me with more of a sense of unease , literally has the hair on the back of my neck standing on end , and causes me to actually look in the dark ... |
366,370 | 3,109,237 | 68,416 | 9 | Poor Solange | A group of friends from an all-girls school are being brutally murdered . The girls seem to be connected through Suspicion naturally falls on one of the teachers who had an affair with one of the girls . Even though his innocence is proved , he works to solve the case . The only real clue he has is a mysterious girl na... |
365,974 | 3,109,237 | 41,268 | 9 | I shoulda grabbed you by the neck , I shoulda kicked your teeth in . | Wow ! Criss Cross was a blind purchase for me . I really had never read much about it until I decided to give it a try . While I was hoping to be entertained , I wasn't expecting to enjoy it this much . Burt Lancaster has never been a favorite of mine . In fact , other than The Killers , I can't think of another role o... |
366,118 | 3,109,237 | 60,794 | 9 | One of Bava's Best | This is a true Gothic masterpiece from the Italian genius , Mario Bava . Kill , Baby . . . Kill ! is downright creepy , with loads of atmosphere . Some of the visuals in the film are amazing - the repeating room , the spiral staircase , the scene shot from the swing , etc . Most of the scenes are done in a wash of colo... |
366,597 | 3,109,237 | 62,467 | 9 | Fantastic | - A lot has happened to Susy Hendrix in the past year - she lost her sight in an auto accident , she got married , and now her husband has unknowingly brought home a doll full of heroin . Three men will do whatever it takes to get the doll . At first they try to trick her . When this doesn't work , they resort to viole... |
366,454 | 3,109,237 | 60,841 | 9 | Hammer should have made more zombie films | The basic story : Sir James Forbes ( André Morell } and his daughter Sylvia ( Diane Clare } visit a doctor friend and his wife to help with some strange goings-on in town . Sir James soon suspects supernatural forces are at work . After the doctor's wife dies of a strange illness , Sir James and the doctor spend the ni... |
366,763 | 3,109,237 | 516,899 | 9 | One of the series ' best | A series of otherwise unrelated murders have a few things in common . Namely , the perpetrator in each instance appears to be unstoppable . Neither bullets nor doors slow him down . Steed and Mrs . Peel are called in to investigate and soon find the genius behind a technology company is central to all the murders . But... |
366,186 | 3,109,237 | 435,625 | 9 | Hey , there's something down here . . . | Sometimes I feel like I'm a couple of years behind everyone else . I had read the reviews from my online " friends " , but for whatever reason , I had a hard time believing what they were writing about The Descent . I thought there was no way it could be that good ! Well , they were right and I was wrong because The De... |
366,375 | 3,109,237 | 475,144 | 9 | Fascinating | When there's something I enjoy as much as the Val Lewton movies , I simply cannot get enough information . Shadows in the Dark : The Val Lewton Legacy is a fascinating look at the man and his work . The documentary covers everything from Lewton's arrival in America as a child to his early work for David O . Selznick to... |
366,554 | 3,109,237 | 71,853 | 9 | One of the funniest movies ever made | - Very few films can make me laugh out loud after I've seen them a dozen or so times . Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of the exceptions . I can't help myself . Even though I know most of the movie by heart , I still laugh . The bits with the French guards at the castle , the Black Knight , the " Burn the Witch ... |
366,691 | 3,109,237 | 71,840 | 9 | Milian is Brilliant | - Given my limited experience with Italian crime / cop films , this is easily the best I've seen . Tomas Milian is Giulio Sacchi , a small time crook with big time dreams . He shows no hesitation or remorse when it comes to killing . He will kill anyone who he thinks is in his way . He even kills a policeman for the ch... |
366,221 | 3,109,237 | 24,184 | 9 | I think we'll start with a reign of terror . | People tend to use the word " classic " too freely . I can't help but laugh when I hear some of the movies that people call " classics " . The term gets thrown around so much that it often looses some of its importance and real meaning . I try to reserve " classic " to a select group of films that I believe have achiev... |
366,725 | 3,109,237 | 37,691 | 9 | Another winner from Preminger | Stella ( Linda Darnell ) is the kind of woman men fall for . And Eric Stanton ( Dana Andrews ) has fallen very hard . Unfortunately for Eric , Stella wants two things that he cannot immediately give her ? a ring and money . Eric hatches an elaborate plan to come up with both through wooing , marrying , and stealing fro... |
366,838 | 3,109,237 | 62,861 | 9 | Cool | - Mario Bava may be best known for the horror films he directed , but he wasn't limited to just one genre . He dabbled in science-fiction , westerns , comedies , and peplums . That brings us to this , his " spy " film . And what a film it is ! - If you didn't know that Bava directed Danger Diabolik and you caught parts... |
366,280 | 3,109,237 | 26,029 | 9 | What are The 39 Steps ? | What a wonderful film ! In this early effort , Alfred Hitchcock shows why he would one day become arguably the greatest director ever . You want mystery ? The 39 Steps has got it . You want comedy ? The 39 Steps has got it . You want intrigue ? The 39 Steps has got it . You want a little romance ? The 39 Steps has got ... |
366,419 | 3,109,237 | 64,888 | 9 | A true masterpiece | I'm kicking myself ? Why in the world did I wait so long to watch this movie ? The House That Screamed ( or La Residencia which I think I prefer ) is a film right up my alley . The movie tells the story of a boarding school owned by Mme . Fourneau . She runs the place with an iron fist . A new student , Theresa , has h... |
366,307 | 3,109,237 | 58,606 | 9 | This has gone well beyond the boundaries of prudence and good taste . | Spider Baby is an almost perfect blend of black comedy and horror . The movie is just so bizarre that it must be seen to be believed . The basic story : Lon Chaney Jr . plays Bruno , the chauffeur and " caretaker " for the Merrye family . The Merrye's suffer from a rare disease that causes each member of the family to ... |
366,026 | 3,109,237 | 25,878 | 9 | Now a Manhattan you always shake to fox-trot time , a Bronx to two-step time , a dry martini you always shake to waltz time . | With The Thin Man , William Powell and Myrna Loy created what may be the perfect on-screen couple ? Nick and Nora Charles . The two work flawlessly with one another . Their witty quips and playful banter seem so natural . I know that real people don't exactly talk like they do , but it just seems so effortless . Nick a... |
366,889 | 3,109,237 | 55,128 | 9 | An effective , creepy tale | Just when you get all smug and begin thinking there are no really good Gothic horrors left to be seen , someone comes along and releases a film on DVD that challenges your mistaken notions of having seen it all . That's the case with Casa Negra's recent release of The Curse of the Crying Woman . It's got everything a f... |
366,644 | 3,109,237 | 43,132 | 9 | Amazingly well made | At first glance , it would seem natural to compare Where the Sidewalk Ends with Laura . Both have noirish qualities , both were directed by Otto Preminger , and both star Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney . But that's where most of the comparisons end . Laura dealt with posh , sophisticated people with means who just happe... |
366,312 | 3,109,237 | 52,905 | 9 | Do as the legend tells and avoid the moor when the forces of darkness are exalted . | From what I understand , The Hound of the Baskervilles was to be the first in a series of Sherlock Holmes films from Hammer Film Productions . For whatever reason , the film didn't do what Hammer was expecting and they decided to scrap any further Holmes movies . Too bad , because I really enjoy this version of the fam... |
366,899 | 3,109,237 | 76,584 | 9 | Badass form start to finish | For my 1 , 000th user-comment on IMDb , I wanted to write about something that I not only enjoyed , but something that summed up or represented my feelings about and tastes in movies . You know , something that has my name written all over it . I considered a number of films ? some bad ? some good - but in the end , I ... |
366,582 | 3,109,237 | 31,951 | 9 | One doesn't easily forget , Herr Baron , an arm torn out by the roots . | When Baron Wolf von Frankenstein ( Basil Rathbone ) arrives to take over his father's estate , the locals immediately begin to fear for the worst . Wolf's father created a monster that terrorized the community and the townsfolk want no more of that . Wolf assures everyone that he has no intentions of creating a monster... |
366,022 | 3,109,237 | 27,260 | 9 | Come on , let's get something to eat . I'm thirsty . | Nora's cousin Selma asks Nick to help her find her missing husband , Robert Landis . In short order , Nick and Nora spot the husband in a nightclub with another woman . Before you can say Asta , Robert is dead . Instead of a missing husband , Nick's got a murder case to solve . And there are plenty of suspects , each w... |
365,914 | 3,109,237 | 60,196 | 9 | When you have to shoot , shoot , don't talk . | I know some movie fans who consider The Good , the Bad and the Ugly the best movie ever made . While I don't even think it's the best thing Sergio Leone made , it's a solid Spaghetti Western that has all but transcended the sub-genre . There are images , such as Clint Eastwood in the poncho , and music , like the main ... |
366,890 | 3,109,237 | 51,554 | 9 | I am Dracula and I welcome you to my house . | When Hammer began their horror cycle in the 50s , they were smart to begin with what are essentially remakes of two of Universal's most well known and successful films ? Frankenstein and Dracula . Hammer may have started the ball rolling with The Curse of Frankenstein , but to me , Hammer's second , The Horror of Dracu... |
366,361 | 3,109,237 | 74,937 | 9 | Room filled with empty people . | There are three movies that , for whatever reason , I have watched literally 100s of times . Murder By Death is one of the three movies . The great thing is that I never get tired of it . It never gets old with me . The comedy is as fresh today as it was in 1976 when I saw Murder By Death in the theater . I think the m... |
365,967 | 3,109,237 | 73,582 | 9 | Argento : The Master of the Giallo | During a demonstration of her psychic ability , a woman senses the presence of a killer in the audience . Later that night , she is attacked and brutally murdered in her apartment . Marcus Daly ( David Hemmings ) witnesses the murder of the psychic and goes to the apartment to help / investigate . He later tells the po... |
366,476 | 3,109,237 | 23,027 | 9 | I was gonna get a flat bottom but the girl at the boat house didn't have one . | While I enjoy almost everything the Marx Brothers made ( Love Happy being the exception ) , Horse Feathers is a particularly good example of their comedy . The plot , such as it is , has Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff ( Groucho ) becoming the president of Huxley College . Being more interested in football than academi... |
366,636 | 3,109,237 | 119,396 | 9 | Pam Grier = Awesome | - Jackie Brown ( Pam Grier ) is a flight attendant who gets busted when returning from Mexico with cash and cocaine . She works out a deal with the police to help them catch her boss , Ordell Robbie ( Samuel L . Jackson ) in return from her freedom . Ordell has $500 , 000 in Mexico that Jackie is to bring to him . But ... |
366,832 | 3,109,237 | 60,315 | 9 | You can clean up the mess , but don't touch my coffin . | Django is the film that turned me on to Spaghetti Westerns beyond those made by Sergio Leone . From the moment I saw Franco Nero dragging that coffin through the mud , I was a fan . And it's lost nothing regardless of how many times I see it . Django is ultra-cool , ultra-violent , and way over-the-top . What the film ... |
366,821 | 3,109,237 | 84,787 | 9 | And it's gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better ! | - A helicopter chases a husky across the frozen landscape of Antarctica . The two Norwegians chasing the dog seem intent on killing it . The dog makes a bee-line for the American science station in what appears to be an attempt to seek safety . But is that really the dog's purpose ? The Americans discover the dog's tru... |
366,259 | 3,109,237 | 71,249 | 9 | Peckinpah and Oates - A Winning Team | From IMDb , " A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement - - ' Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia ! ' Two of the bounty-hunters thus dispatched encounter a local piano-player in their hunt for information . The piano-player does a little investigating on his own and finds ... |
365,935 | 3,109,237 | 84,777 | 9 | Another example of Argento's genius | - Plot : ( As written on IMDb ) Tenebre follows a writer who arrives to Rome only to find somebody is using his novels as the inspiration ( and , occasionally , the means ) of committing murder . As the death toll mounts the police are ever baffled , and the writer becomes more closely linked to the case than is comfor... |
366,564 | 3,109,237 | 616,904 | 9 | One of the best | Desiring to learn the secrets of Dr . Quest's latest invention , the para-power ray gun , Dr . Zin sends a robot spy to check it out . Dr . Zin's unmanned ship lands near the Quest compound . Upon investigation , Dr . Quest and Race find a mysterious orb . They place it in a storage building for latter examination and ... |
366,813 | 3,109,237 | 1,143,231 | 9 | Nothing says " Merry Christmas " like the rat-chewed body of Santa Claus ! | What an excellent way to kick-off the Holiday Season ! The wife and I have been making our way through the first three seasons of Bones and so far , " The Santa in the Slush " just might be one of my favorite episodes . In this one , Booth and Brennan are called in to investigate the death of a man they later identify ... |
366,641 | 3,109,237 | 78,935 | 9 | Today people want sensationalism ; the more you rape their senses the happier they are . | Going into a film like Cannibal Holocaust , it's difficult to know what to expect . Anyone who has any interest has read all the hype ? the most disturbing movie ever made , banned in 60 countries , real animal killings , director Ruggero Deodato had to go to court to prove the human killings weren't real , etc . What ... |
366,311 | 3,109,237 | 31,448 | 9 | Mr . Holmes , you're the one man in all England who can help me . | Of the half dozen or so different takes on The Hound of the Baskervilles that I've seen , this one is my favorite - just barely edging out the Hammer film from 1959 . Why ? There are a number of reasons I could cite . 1 . Acting ? The 1939 version of the Hound of the Baskervilles has to have one of the strongest casts ... |
366,393 | 3,109,237 | 395,584 | 9 | What's the matter , kid ? Don't ya like clowns ? | - These days , it takes something that I think is going to be really special to get me to go to the theater . From everything I had heard and read , The Devil's Rejects seemed like that kind of movie . Plus , I'm one of those who loved Rob Zombie's first movie , House of 1000 Corpses . So I went in with high expectatio... |
366,820 | 3,109,237 | 330,950 | 9 | Very Interesting | If you are a fan of the movie Suspiria , you absolutely owe it to yourself to get hold of AB's three disc limited edition . Not only does it include the movie ( I believe it's the same transfer used on the single disc edition ) , the soundtrack and this documentary are part of the package . The documentary is wonderful... |
366,329 | 3,109,237 | 751,479 | 9 | Heaven and Hell | Having just been crucified by Roman soldiers , Xena and Gabrielle find themselves surrounded by angels and headed to Heaven . But before they can arrive , they are attacked by demons from Hell lead by their nemesis Callisto . While Xena makes it safely to Heaven , Gabrielle is taken to the depths of Hell . For Xena , s... |
366,469 | 3,109,237 | 751,441 | 9 | One of my favorite episodes | Not having seen " A Day in the Life " since it initially aired in 1997 , I was happy to finally see it again recently as I waded through the Season 2 DVD set . Looking around the internet , this episode appears to be either one of the most loved or most hated episodes depending on which side of the fence you fall . The... |
366,605 | 3,109,237 | 77,413 | 9 | Oh ! Never have I seen such a reptile in a first class cabin ! | Growing up , I was a huge fan of Agatha Christie's books . I would read and reread everyone I could get my hands on . I remember being terribly excited when Death on the Nile was released in 1978 . The movie quickly became a favorite of mine that I've watched literally hundreds of times over the years without ever grow... |
366,012 | 3,109,237 | 52,216 | 9 | I loved it ! | Two weeks ago , I had never even heard of Big Deal on Madonna Street . Now I consider it one of the very best , most enjoyable films I've ever seen . I loved it ! The movie is essentially a spoof of the many Italian ( and I like to think other European ) heist films so common in the 1950s . Director Mario Monicelli and... |
366,109 | 3,109,237 | 57,603 | 9 | Another wonderful Bava film | Black Sabbath is an anthology from the Italian horror master , Mario Bava . Throughout the film , his trademark use of lighting and unique camera work are evident . Truly impressive . The first story , " The Telephone " , is a basic thriller and , IMO , the weakest of the three stories . Most everything that happens is... |
365,953 | 3,109,237 | 40,506 | 9 | The wind blows so hard the ocean gets up on its hind legs and walks right across the land . | There may be other Bogart / Huston collaborations that are better known and it may not be the first movie people think of when Bogart / Bacall are mentioned , but Key Largo is a fine movie in its own right . Bogart is an Army Captain visiting the wife and father of one of the dead soldiers who served under him . The wi... |
366,369 | 3,109,237 | 34,398 | 9 | You think I don't know the difference between a wolf and a man ? | The Wolf Man is one of the most iconic figures of horror . Volumes have been written on Lon Chaney's Larry Talbot , so there's not much more for me to add . I'll just say that I find Talbot's attitude toward his fate in The Wolf Man refreshing . It's not until the later sequels that I find Talbot's continued and repeat... |
366,797 | 3,109,237 | 46,451 | 9 | A true masterpiece | I feel so inadequate even attempting to discuss this movie . But I'll give it a try . For those who haven't seen Touchez pas au grisbi , it's the story of an aging gangster named Max ( played to perfection by Jean Gabin ) . With the help of his partner Riton ( also played to perfection by René Dary ) , Max has just pul... |
366,635 | 3,109,237 | 75,666 | 9 | Disturbing | - After the death of her parents , a girl , Justine ( Susana Kamini ) , arrives at a convent hoping to find a new life . She immediately meets Alucarda ( Tina Romero ) . Before long , Alucarda professes her love for Justine and wants to seal their friendship with a blood oath . But the spot the girls select to perform ... |
366,692 | 3,109,237 | 44,121 | 9 | An intellectual carrot . The mind boggles . | - On the surface , The Thing from Another World ( The Thing for short ) would appear to be just another of the hundreds of sci-fi / horror films that flooded the market in the 50s . The basic story of the discovery of a UFO near the North Pole with an inhabitant frozen in a block of ice sounds typical for the period . ... |
365,956 | 3,109,237 | 23,245 | 9 | He went for a little walk ! | - Throughout the great length of his career , Boris Karloff played a number of horror cinema's most memorable characters . But I've always been of the opinion that his work in Universal's The Mummy is his best . - The story in The Mummy is , in many respects , almost identical to Universal's earlier Dracula movie . Exc... |
366,751 | 3,109,237 | 23,293 | 9 | They used to bring their women here - brazen , lolling creatures in silks and satins . | With a classic like The Old Dark House , it's all but impossible to come up with something new and unique to say about the film that hasn't already been said a thousand times . I won't even try . Instead , I'll focus on a few of the things that make the film so special to me . First , it's the acting and the characters... |
366,207 | 3,109,237 | 36,376 | 9 | D - r - a - c . . . | Even though I consider myself a classic horror fan ( and a fan of the classic Universal horror movies in particular ) , I readily admit that Dracula ( 1931 ) is not among my favorites . In fact , I prefer almost all of the Dracula sequels to the original . And , I consider Son of Dracula the best of the bunch . Why ? I... |
366,541 | 3,109,237 | 59,170 | 10 | The point is of no return and you've reached it ! | If you take a look around the internet at all the reviews for Faster , Pussycat ! Kill ! Kill ! you'll undoubtedly see the movie examined from every conceivable angle . You'll see some very learned people going on and on about female empowerment or the impotency of man or other similar topics . Don't worry ? I'm not go... |
365,937 | 3,109,237 | 63,032 | 10 | Perfection | - I know a lot of people do not agree with me , but other than Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West , this is , IMO , the finest Spaghetti Western ever made . I have now seen this movie on three different occasions and each time I am struck by the power of the final scene . - The Great Silence is the story of a ... |
366,653 | 3,109,237 | 63,442 | 10 | It's a mad house . A mad house . | I have always found it easier to write about the junky , cheesy movies I watch than it is to write about why a certain movie works flawlessly with me . I find that I enjoy my favorite movies for personal reasons that are difficult to put into words . For me , Planet of the Apes is one of those flawless movies . Everyth... |
366,506 | 3,109,237 | 72,271 | 10 | You could have dinner with us . . . | The plot of The Texas Chainsaw massacre is actually quite simple ? A group of young people are traveling across Texas to visit a family grave-site before making their way to a concert . They run into a hitch-hiker and decide to give him a lift . Bad idea ! It no time at all , they realize how crazy their new passenger ... |
365,985 | 3,109,237 | 385,004 | 10 | Just call me Wind . | Sometimes after watching a movie , I'm at a complete loss for words . Sometimes there's just so much I want to write that I'm afraid to even attempt it for fear of leaving things out or not expressing my thoughts as clearly as I would like . That's the case with House of Flying Daggers . The movie is so . . . well , th... |
366,046 | 3,109,237 | 74,287 | 10 | Superb ! ! ! | The House with Laughing Windows is about as close to perfection as I've seen . The movie filled me with an uneasy sense of dread like few movies are capable . The story involves an artist , hired to restore a painting in a church . The more he learns about the paining and the original artist , he becomes obsessed with ... |
366,848 | 3,109,237 | 76,786 | 10 | Argento's Masterpiece | - From IMDb : " A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school . As she arrives , the camera turns to another young woman , who appears to be fleeing from the school . She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature . Meanwhile , the young American is trying... |
366,301 | 3,109,237 | 24,188 | 10 | Brilliant performance by Laughton | For those unfamiliar , Island of Lost Souls ( 1933 ) is the earliest and easily the superior version of H . G . Wells ' Dr . Moreau . This is a beautifully filmed movie that still supplies the creepy moments almost 70 years after being made . The basic story : A man rescued at sea is dropped off at an uncharted island ... |
366,360 | 3,109,237 | 50,766 | 10 | It's in the trees ! It's coming ! | Being a fan of classic horror , I'm almost embarrassed to admit that this was my first viewing of Night of the Demon as it is very nearly the perfect horror film . It's got everything I could ask for . Instead of going into detail on everything that works , I'll give the laundry list of highlights : an interesting prem... |
366,426 | 3,109,237 | 837,340 | 10 | One of the coolest Jonny Quest episodes | The Quests pay a visit to Dr . Ashida , an old friend of Dr . Benton Quest's . Dr . Ashida has been doing research with the Tobura lizard . As a result of his research , he has been able to grow the lizards into 14 ' man-eating dragons . And if Dr . Ashida and his dragons weren't enough , the Quest Team will have to de... |
366,175 | 3,109,237 | 46,876 | 10 | We didn't come here to fight monsters , we're not equipped for it . | A group of scientists heads up an Amazonian river in search of the fossilized remains of an unknown link between man and aquatic life . But the team of researchers gets more than they bargained for when they encounter a living example of their prehistoric Gill-Man . After a member of their party is killed , the group d... |
366,659 | 3,109,237 | 46,911 | 10 | Movies don't get much better than this | - I've seen Les Diaboliques with its very high rating on IMDb for a few years . But I thought to myself , it can't be that good - it's French . I finally gave it a chance . How wrong was I ? I've never been more happy with a blind purchase in my life . - Michel Delasalle ( Paul Meurisse ) is the headmaster of an all-bo... |
366,334 | 3,109,237 | 57,730 | 10 | My favorite cartoon | Back in the 60s , I was convinced that " Jonny Quest " was the single greatest cartoon ever created . It was something special . It had a more adult feel to it and , therefore , to my 5 year old mind , that made it more real . Watching today , I realize how wrong my notions of reality were , but there's no denying a mo... |
366,740 | 3,109,237 | 70,917 | 10 | It's much too dangerous to jump through fire with their clothes on . | I'll try to keep this short as I've always found it difficult to write about a movie I genuinely love . Give me a bad movie and I'll write for days , but with a brilliant film like The Wicker Man , I'm at a loss for words . If it's possible , I enjoy The Wicker Man more and more with each successive viewing . I notice ... |
366,249 | 3,109,237 | 26,663 | 10 | I have conquered science ! Why can't I conquer love ? | Renowned surgeon Dr . Gogol ( Peter Lorre ) is madly obsessed with an actress named Yvonne Orlac . The feeling , however , is not mutual as Yvonne is married to a pianist named Stephen . When Stephen's gifted and talented hands are crushed in a train wreck , Yvonne begrudgingly seeks Gogol's assistance to save her husb... |
366,724 | 3,109,237 | 56,197 | 10 | John has a long mustache . | I've lost count of the number of times I've watched The Longest Day . In my opinion , it's one of the best , most enjoyable films I've ever seen and it rests firmly in my top 25 . I look forward to revisiting it each chance I get . What do I like about The Longest Day ? Almost everything . I know the film has its share... |
513,721 | 3,223,254 | 1,029,241 | 1 | A One Note Song of Self Indulgence | VINYAN ( apparently meaning ' drifting souls ' ) is a film that calls for stamina and courage just to sit through it . The story is so meager , related by an ill-composed , repetitive script ( Oliver Blackburn and director Fabrice Du Welz ) , that the only reason to not turn off the DVD after the first 10 minutes is th... |
513,027 | 3,223,254 | 371,675 | 1 | An Unfortunate Display of Opportunism | Anytime the urge rises to be entertained with an escapist film the top of the list becomes one of the Asian martial arts films , films of stunning beauty , breathtaking choreography , handsome actors , and enough legend to make the storyline fascinating , e . g . ' The House of Flying Daggers ' . This pathetic film is ... |
513,503 | 3,223,254 | 360,486 | 1 | Yet Another Animated Comic Book Creature | The trailer for CONSTANTINE made it looking vaguely intriguing : majestic wingspan lifting above Gabriel's head , murky derring-do in the streets of Los Angeles , the presence of Tilda Swinton ( always involved - until now - in interesting dramatic films ) , Rachel Weisz , Djimon Hounsou , and yes , Keanu Reeves . So w... |
513,665 | 3,223,254 | 457,090 | 1 | Yes , it really is that bad . . . . | Sad to see films like this mess get the backing of the studios when little films of far greater significance and value lie in languor . This story ( bad guys in a foreign country get close to atomic capabilities that would threaten the world until one turnaround soldier man saves the day and the globe ) has been told s... |
513,217 | 3,223,254 | 462,187 | 1 | Somewhere in this Film there must be a Reason for Making It | AWAY ( A ) WAKE is a very low budget little film directed by Morgan Jon Fox who also wrote the semblance of a script with Suzi Crashcourse , his cinematographer . As in his previous film BLUE CITRUS HEARTS Fox , a film school drop-out , seems to be developing a style and while that style worked fairly well with BLUE CI... |
512,719 | 3,223,254 | 446,667 | 2 | An Embarrassingly Poor Film | CHE as written , directed , and produced by Josh Evans is an amateurish attempt to present the life of one of the more interesting revolutionary figures of the 20th century - Ernesto ' Che ' Guevarade la Serna , the Argentinean physician who searched for meaning in his view of the world and joined Fidel Castro in overt... |
513,302 | 3,223,254 | 790,741 | 2 | Hiding Riddles in Plain Sight | THE RIDDLE was written and directed by Brendan Foley in what appears to be an attempt to pull the mysteries of the Charles Dickens ' novels into a contemporary story , but that attempt is thwarted by electing to use the two periods of time format in which the ' riddle ' is unraveled . Despite a cast of well-known actor... |
513,404 | 3,223,254 | 338,337 | 2 | Dull , Duller , Dullest | Formula : take an OK story snippet that involves enough sci-fi buzzing sounds and light effects , give it to John Woo with a huge production budget , add Ben Affleck , Uma Thurman , Aaron Eckhart , Paul Giamatti , Colm Feore , Michael C . Hall ( each of whom is far superior to the tacky script and tired body shenanigan... |
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