Djinn (2008)
Not the worst film you ever saw, but certainly inept in many ways. Caught this on DVD for the what the hell effect. An evil Djinn steal a girl and her husband travels the desert to the North Sea to...
View Article"Cropsey" ( 2009 )
Hi gang ... this is a well-known flick that has been kicking around awhile but didn't see much in the way of thread activity for it. Sid posted a news item for it and it's positively mentioned in the...
View ArticleRepo - The Genetic Opera
Hi ho,Couldn't find an existing thread about this film.Last weekend, I attended a traveling roadshow of The Devil's Carnival:Read More
View ArticlePsycho Beach Party
What are some opinions about it? Partly because it has such a "homage" quality to it, there's really no way on earth I COULDN'T like it (even though of course it's based mainly on Gidget and not the...
View ArticleSIN CITY doesn't hold up well
(1) Though some of the original Frank Miller SINS are a little on the weak side, IMO even the weak ones are never less than entertaining. The first story, THE HARD GOODBYE, is a pitch perfect update...
View ArticleThose fleeting cameos in remakes ...
I've noticed recently how heartfelt cameos by stars who were in the originals of remakes don't seem to have worked out very well. On the one hand there are the effective cameos -- Kevin McCarthy in...
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Reel Steel (2011)
I haven't seen this one yet, but it's now on my Netflix list. However, I'm a bit skeptical about the basic premise, which sta...Read More
View ArticleWhat Lies Beneath: Zemeckis, Pfeiffer, Ford, Ghosts (2000)
If we have another thread for this film, I absolutely can't find it. I have to say that this is a strong scary film - my nieces were terrified when they saw it a few years ago. The general story:...
View ArticleX-Men (2000)
I got all three films for three buck each and I revisited the first (I still have not seen any of the others.) Frankly, even looking for a thread was a bit difficult as they all share the X-Men title...
View ArticleShadow of the Vampire (2000)
Saw this film a while back. Great to see what it might have been like during the making of Nosferatu. I say might in italics as the film is not 100% accurate, still it is enjoyable to watch. John...
View ArticleNightmare Man(2007)
This independent film is one neat little horror opus. Tiffany Shepis and Blythe Metz star in this tale of a woman on the run from a demon that may or may not be all in her mind. Is her husband trying...
View ArticleMy Sister's Keeper (2009)
Not sure that everyone will agree this is science fiction, but it is. The parents of a child with cancer either clone or genetically engineer an additional child to use for spare parts for the first....
View ArticleThe Entrance (2006)
Lame, unintelligible movie that might have made a neat episode of Tales From The Darkside, but stretched to feature length (even if a short one) does not work. There is one moment of tension, but that...
View Article"Night Wolf" ( 2010 )
A not-bad direct-to-vid deal about a reunited group of friends and family holed up on the family estate with ... something. Stars Tom Felton of Harry Pothead fame doing something kinda Malfoyish: Pot...
View ArticleYour LEAST FAVORITE horror films since 2000
This is kind of a reaction to the "favorite horror films since 2000" thread, but I'd like to know: If you could warn humanity away from three horror films that have come out in the past 12 years,...
View ArticleDark Shadows 2012 - What Went Wrong? What Went Right?
I had a chance to see Dark Shadows again last night. I can't help but think what a missed opportunity this was. The talent was there, the budget was there....so why wasn't it better? What went Right?...
View ArticleBrotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf Been entranced with this film since it came out. So hard to describe it to people... It's part Jaws and Hound of the Baskervilles. It's got period court intrigue, romance,...
View ArticleMax Knight, Ultra Spy ('00)
I guess it belongs here (it's listed as direct-to-video). I guess it's probably similar to the MATRIX movies (which I've never seen), and maybe a little similar to TRON, except with a lot of...
View ArticleApocalypto
I just saw this for the first time, and it's a great movie. The reports of "savage brutality" put me off seeing it in theaters, along with Mel Gibson's infamous drunken rants, and the religious...
View ArticleTHE GREY (2012)
Watched this 2011 Liam Neeson film on Netflix streaming and thought it was very good, though it reminded me a lot of THE EDGE (with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin).Plot: After their plane crashes in...
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