shadokitty

My house has been freezing the past couple days. A cold snap on the weather here, and Sunday, our furnace went out. I've been wearing a jacket and huddling under blankets while I watch my challenge viewing. Luckily the repairman called back today, and he said he planned to be out sometime today.

WillieMLF

Almost caught up on the thread. Congrats to the two winners: Undeadcow and cwileyy!

That bonus question sure was a challenge.

From the poster, what was the movie with the dude in the 'court jester's' shirt? He is dead center of the upper end of poster. He was begin attacked by the Phantasm sphere.

coyoteblue

That's an ozploitation movie called Harlequin (Dark Forces) (1980)

TheBigDave

And you can stream it at Shudder:

https://www.shudder.com/watch/harleq...rces/2445661/1

Dick Laurent

I was entertained by last night's subset pick, Deathgasm, but for the love-of-all-that's-Holy, can we PLEASE stop splashing blood on the camera! It's such a tired effect now. And it's gotten to the point that instead of being a neat gimmick (actually I never really liked it to begin with) it now pulls me out of the film and shows me a big sign reading: "You're watching a movie"

And also my belated congrats to the winners!

pacaway

A local independent theater is showing this at midnight on Oct 29th. Can't wait.

Julie Walker

Last night I viewed Ozone(1993) on Youtube. It's from J.R. Bookwater, the director of The Dead Next Door. It's a movie I've been meaning to see for years since reading about it in Fangoria back in the day. It's not great, but is well made in terms of camera work and editing/pacing so it doesn't drag. For the budget, it's definitely well done since it was made for under $5,000 according to imdb.com. It has some gross out moments, and some really bad video effects, but that's to be expected from this shot on video production.

Now if only I could locate copies of Leif Jonker's Darkness and Scooter Mcraes Shatter Dead, which were also plastered all over Fangoria back then. I've heard Shatter Dead is supposed to be terrible. But the premise is interesting, and sounds like it has potential for a remake.

WillieMLF

Man! The new Olive blu for The Return of Dracula is on sale at BestBuy. Someone mentioned it earlier and I really liked it. Ordered the blu as well.

That spider scene in Spookies was pretty good, but the story was just so so for me.

WillieMLF

We've got a few film series in town, and one usually really comes through for Halloween. This year they are showing Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!....

Spiderbite

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies (2016) - Better than I expected (I went in with REALLY low expectations) but still feel comfortable telling anyone considering watching it to skip it. If you want to watch a decent mash-up of history and horror, rent Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter instead. P&P&Z starts with a wink in its eye and has some fun, especially once one of the Dr. Whos shows up. But it soon begins to take itself seriously and that is when the story falls apart and the viewer loses interest. If tongue had been kept in cheek the entire movie, it might have succeeded.

Undeadcow

One of my 'pet peeves' is the ridiculous over the top drug use - in Exeter, for example, they have a table of drugs and list 6-7 types they're doing. I can understand casual drinking but some of the 'we're all so stoned it's ridiculous' stuff is sometimes harder to believe than the supernatural elements. In the Friday the 13th movie when they stop everything to celebrate finding a marijuana crop on the forest... exaggerated drug use as a plot device is such a lazy shameless 'development' that it makes me cringe every time. I wish marijuana, alcohol, etc weren't such a staple of the genre because while there's debate-ably nothing wrong with it's use in real life the drug emphasis doesn't add anything to the plot in most cases. It would be comical if the characters stopped for a coffee break mid-movie...

Exeter is actually a mediocre enough film (actually better than I expected) with dizzying strange twists and plays more like a slasher whodunit than a possession movie but wow do they expect you to tolerate this odd drug stuff for the first half.

Chad

Caught The Woman Who Came Back from 1945 last night. Very atmospheric and felt like a Val Lewton film, which I'm guessing was an influence. Reminded me of City of the Dead with Christopher Lee. Surprised it doesn't get more recognition.

It's streaming on Prime and just over an hour.

Blood Rage was a hoot. Loved the synth score. I've also got Hidden in the to watch pile from the Duffer Brothers, so .

The latter. And in The Descent...

numbercrunch

For those of you that like Axe (1974) id recommend Warlock Moon. A 70s slasher film made at same time as TCM and it has alot of similarities to TCM and Axe. The DVD has a Joe Bob Briggs commentary track

Undeadcow

Don't Blink (2014), on Netflix, reminds me that horror movies need more 'WTF' strangeness and mystery sometimes. It's an ok film with much that is not immediately explained and some surreal elements - maybe cryptic to a fault but I found it refreshing after 'axe' theme day which mostly consisted of slashers and gore for me.

Whiskey Warfield

I highly recommend Giant from the Unknown (1958).

Just kidding, it's the shits. Gigantic undead Spanish conquistador kills people because reasons? Rated P.U.

shadokitty

I like cheap B movies, but even I should stay away from that one?

Undeadcow

It's interesting how many movies just have 'good guy' out to kill the 'bad guy' in staged self defense. Classic films like Frankenstein where a mob tries to lynch the monster seem so tongue-in-cheek (rarely do viewers seem to side with the mob) to where now 70%+ of the time it's expected the bad guy dies (even if he comes back).

I think it's be much more interesting if the villain was arrested or faces some other barrier to his murderous rampage. For example, I think the most interesting Friday the 13th ending is the one where , it's much more atmospheric and eerie.

Some films seem to compel this weird justification for the violent demise of the 'monster' to a fault.

pacaway

I was watching some Scream season two episodes yesterday and in one some of the cast mentioned that they were on their way to see Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Pretty funny. They obviously wanted to make sure and see the subset pick.

Chad

Saw: The Complete Movie Collection is currently $9.46 at Amazon.

Mine's still sitting unopened on the shelf collecting dust for the past 2½ years. Never made it past the third one, and don't really feel the urge to open it.

Indy24LA

I just got my best birthday horror movie haul ever (The Thing, Salem's Lot, It, Return of the Living Dead, Shallows, Chopping Mall, Pet Sematary, Zombieland, The Wolfman Legacy, Purge 3 and Under the Cherry Moon). I am set for the rest of the week!

DaveyJoe

Pieces (1982)

Juan Piquer Simon's gory slasher opens with a little boy putting together a puzzle of a nude woman. His mother catches him and punishes him for looking at smut. So the boy reacts how any child would in such a situation: he chops up his mother with an axe and tricks the authorities into believing he was a witness in a home invasion. 40 years later, somebody is murdering college girls with a chainsaw and keeping certain body parts as trophies. I'm a fan of 80s slashers, but this was my first time viewing this, and it was pretty entertaining.

Christopher George plays a detective trying to solve the murders, and his wife, Linda George, plays a tennis star-slash-cop who goes undercover at the campus , but her fantastic legs make her a direct target of the killer. Nobody's going to argue that Pieces is a great film, but it's definitely fun for slasher fans, featuring good kills, hot babes, and an effective who-dunnit feel. Everybody is a suspect, and I managed to pick up on a clue about halfway through the movie and successfully guess the killer, but the film still got me with a surprise scare at the end. For some reason the detectives end up relying heavily on a Don Juan college student who keeps finding himself at the center of the murder scenes. I mean, it's very weird how often they let him hang out during the investigation, but nobody's watching Pieces for verisimilitude.





Deathgasm (2015)

I'm not a fan of heavy metal, and the poster didn't do much to excite me, so I was surprised how much I enjoyed this comedy/horror flick from New Zealand. It's not as good as last year's What We Do in the Shadows, but I'm really enjoying the movies/shows coming from New Zealand recently. Heavily inspired by the Evil Dead films, Deathgasm features a nerdy metal band who inadvertently summon a horde of demons by playing an unholy song known as The Black Hymn. Chaos ensues, and it's up to the members of Deathgasm to save New Zealand, and the world, from an evil cult who wants to summon the demon Aeloth.

Quirky, funny, and even a little heart-warming, this film is very entertaining, and when the demons start attacking, the film does not skimp on the gore. Our heroes have to improvise their weapons, drill bits on the end of a guitar, dual-wielding chainsaws, and in a pinch, even a big, black rubber dildo is used as a weapon to fight the demonic forces. There's a beautiful kiwi love interest for eye candy, and at one point, even a demon penis is on display if you're into that sort of thing.

SterlingBen

I did not say that at all Trevor! I am not Spiderbite!

This was my review:

Darkgod

Congrats to the winners.... that bing said. I had my first scare.

Leaving work, I see a cat in the parking lot. Try to call it to me, but nothing. As i walk past my jeep, which had a window down I say... hope he doesn't go in the jeep. Leave work around 11pm... and about to open my door when the cat jumps out... i screamed, I am man enough to admit it.

Trevor

I'm sorry, have no idea what I did there. Big time multi-quote fail. I'll fix it when I'm more awake. 4-5 hours a night is killing me, but there are too many movies!

ViewAskewbian

Couple of horror/comedies from the 80s up tonight:

Killer Party (1986)
The Midnight Hour (1985)