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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: The Haunting in Connecticut Movie Count: 13 TV Ep. Count: 3 Other Count: 2 Time Started: 5:30 Plot:Based on a chilling true story, Lionsgate's THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now unspeakable terror awaits, when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the powerful dark forces of the supernatural, returns to unleash a new kind of horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family. My Thoughts:I been waiting to see this movie every since I heard it was being made. This movie is based on a "True Story"... and I have the documentary on this case on DVD as it was one of the Pilot movies for the TV series A Haunting. The story is very good. So hoping it transferred to movie well. I wanted to not have too high of hopes going into this one... but I am afraid I failed at that. I have heard both good and bad about this movie... and thankfully I have to agree with those that liked it. Sure some of the stuff I seen in many ghost stories... but there was also stuff I seen in this movie for the very first time. There was a couple things that did bother me about the story. But over all I really enjoyed this one. The actor playing the ill son looked very familiar to me... but I just couldn't place where I knew him from... so after the movie I checked his filmography. Turns out I knew him from 2 different shows. He played Beaver on Veronica Mars and he also played Bart Allen (The Flash) on a couple episodes of Smallville. I would recommend this movie to anyone that enjoys ghost stories. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: May 9, 2008 | | Posts: 467 |
| | Posted: | | | | Shaun of the Dead Regions All Released: 9/22/2009 Widescreen 2.35 There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch...and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it's up to slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal Ed (Nick Frost) to save their friends and family from becoming the next entrée. Novelist Stephen King gushes Shaun of the Dead is "a 10 on the fun meter and destined to be a cult classic" and Newsweek calls it "a bloody hoot!" It's a screamingly hilarious zomedy that will have you dying with laughter. What I say:I had a blast watching this. Lot of Fun and some good Laughs. If you want a zombie movie that will give you some laughs from being actually funny this is the one to watch. Movies Watched: 1. Zombie Hunter Rika: Unrated Limited Edition  2. Pathology  3. Joyride 4. The Last Man on Earth 5. 30 Days of Night 6. Dark Ride: After Dark Horrorfest  7. Shaun of the Dead |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Black Sunday Movie Count: 14 TV Ep. Count: 3 Other Count: 2 Time Started: 8am Plot:Mario Bava’s 1960 directorial debut stands alone as one of the most influential and startling chillers of all time. British actress Barbara Steele became an international icon in this über-gothic fever dream pulsing with stunning cinematography and landmark special effects — both by Bava himself — in which the conventional trappings of the horror genre were indelibly impaled upon perverse sexuality and graphic sadism. It remains a masterpiece of the macabre that changed the face of cinema forever. This presentation of Bava’s uncut and uncensored International Version features the original Italian score and English dubbing. My Thoughts:This is a movie that was given to me by our good friend Roger. I have heard a lot of good things about this movie in the past and been wanting to see it for a long time now. You don't know how disappointed I was when this movie arrived the day after my abstaining from horror began. That means it was sitting on my unwatched shelf for 3 whole months before I was allowed to finally watch it. Barbara Steele has a great presence in this movie. It is no wonder she became as famous as she has. I absolutely loved the scene in the beginning of the movie with the mask. While I did enjoy this movie... I feel it lost a little something as it went on. The middle/end portions off the movie just didn't hold up to the beginning. Not that it is a bad movie... I am glad I finally got to see this one... and glad it was added to my collection. My Rating: 3/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns Movie Count: 14 TV Ep. Count: 6 Other Count: 2 Time Started: 11am Plot:ATTACK OF THE JACK-O-LANTERNSEvery Halloween, Lee and Tabby scare the daylights out of their pals. So this year, four of them plot to out-spook their spookers. It's a good plan, except that now everyone's in for a Halloween scare! VAMPIRE BREATHOne night, Freddy and Cara Renfield discover a secret door in their house leading to an underground cavern - and a shocking discovery. Turns out they live with bats. Vampire bats! LET'S GET INVISIBLEMax and Noah discover a mysterious mirror that holds the power to make them invisible! But when they start to experiment with it, they find that they can't always control the effect...and that this very spooky mirror is not what it appears - or disappears - to be! My Thoughts:ATTACK OF THE JACK-O-LANTERNSThis is a cute little Halloween themed episode. And I liked the ending twist... was fun VAMPIRE BREATHBeing a Vampire fan as I am... I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It is a fun little story for all. LET'S GET INVISIBLEThis is my least favorite of the episodes on this disc. I would say it is fair at best. It barely kept my interest. Even my teen (early teens) daughter felt this one was only average. My Rating:ATTACK OF THE JACK-O-LANTERNS: 3/5 VAMPIRE BREATH: 4/5 LET'S GET INVISIBLE: 2.5/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: May 9, 2008 | | Posts: 467 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sick Girl All Regions Released: 8/25/2009 Anamorphic 1.78 Young Izzy (Leslie Andrews) is a girl with issues. Her parents may be dead. Her older brother is fighting in Iraq and she's raising her younger brother, Kevin, all by herself. Things are tough but, with the help of her motorcycle-riding friend Barney, she deals with her situation the best she can. Unfortunately, Izzy isn't exactly stable... and her way of dealing with life's problems includes finding people to torture and kill in the barn near the family home! When a trio of bullies picks on her brother Kevin at school, all hell breaks loose. The two that die are the lucky ones... This sick and twisted independent film from director Eben McGarr is filled with black humor, excellent performances and shocking scenes of extreme gore. SICK GIRL is "low budget cinema at its best" (IMDB.COM) and will have horror fans laughing and screaming with delight! Also watch for Stephen (FRIGHT NIGHT) Geoffreys, returning to the horror genre after a 19 year absence. What I Say:Well... The best I can describe this is few days in the life of a sociopath. For the most part the acting is sub par but Leslie Andrews as Izzy I found very good. She gave me the "OMG, This girl is nuts and going to kill me" feeling. Much blood in a number of scenes. A scene of one of the victims having his manhood decapitated and Izzy using it as a toy left me cringing on my couch. Over all this gets a middle of the road grade from me. If not for the fact I found Leslie Andrew' performance interesting would probably be on the low side. It was one of those movies that I kept watching just to see what Izzy did next despite everything else. Movies So far: 1. Zombie Hunter Rika: Unrated Limited Edition 2. Pathology 3. Joyride 4. The Last Man on Earth 5. 30 Days of Night 6. Dark Ride: After Dark Horrorfest 7. Shaun of the Dead 8. Sick Girl | | | | Last edited: by tkinnen |
| | Registered: May 1, 2008 |  Posts: 503 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Title: Black Sunday
Movie Count: 14
TV Ep. Count: 3
Other Count: 2
Time Started: 8am
Plot:
Mario Bava’s 1960 directorial debut stands alone as one of the most influential and startling chillers of all time. British actress Barbara Steele became an international icon in this über-gothic fever dream pulsing with stunning cinematography and landmark special effects — both by Bava himself — in which the conventional trappings of the horror genre were indelibly impaled upon perverse sexuality and graphic sadism. It remains a masterpiece of the macabre that changed the face of cinema forever. This presentation of Bava’s uncut and uncensored International Version features the original Italian score and English dubbing.
My Thoughts:
This is a movie that was given to me by our good friend Roger. I have heard a lot of good things about this movie in the past and been wanting to see it for a long time now. You don't know how disappointed I was when this movie arrived the day after my abstaining from horror began. That means it was sitting on my unwatched shelf for 3 whole months before I was allowed to finally watch it. Barbara Steele has a great presence in this movie. It is no wonder she became as famous as she has. I absolutely loved the scene in the beginning of the movie with the mask. While I did enjoy this movie... I feel it lost a little something as it went on. The middle/end portions off the movie just didn't hold up to the beginning. Not that it is a bad movie... I am glad I finally got to see this one... and glad it was added to my collection.
My Rating: 3/5 I love this film Pete, and watched it this year as part of my marathon too.  | | | DVD
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Creepshow Movie Count: 15 TV Ep. Count: 6 Other Count: 2 Time Started: 4pm Plot:Two macabre masters — writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero — conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave for Father's Day cake. A meteor's ooze makes everything...grow. A professor selects his wife as a snack for a crated creature. A scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror. A malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia becomes the prey of a cockroach army. Add the spirited performances of a fine cast (Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, E.G. Marshal and King himself) and the ghoulish makeup wizardry of Tom Savini. Let the Creepshow begin! My Thoughts:This is one of my favorite anthology movies. Sure... some of it is right silly but... even so for the most part all the segments are just fun to watch. I think my favorite segment was the one where "A scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror."... this was the one where Leslie Neilson buried the couple to their necks in the sand on the beach... waiting for the high tide to come. That one then followed closely by the "crated creature" Fluffy. My least favorite has to be the last segment... the one about the bugs. I mean it was ok... just nothing special. But of course I enjoyed all the segments. Normally it is the wrap around story that loses my attention. But this is one of the few that I actually enjoy. My Rating: 4.5/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: May 1, 2008 | | Posts: 503 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tkinnen: Quote:
Sick Girl All Regions Released: 8/25/2009 Anamorphic 1.78
What They Say:
Young Izzy (Leslie Andrews) is a girl with issues. Her parents may be dead. Her older brother is fighting in Iraq and she's raising her younger brother, Kevin, all by herself. Things are tough but, with the help of her motorcycle-riding friend Barney, she deals with her situation the best she can. Unfortunately, Izzy isn't exactly stable... and her way of dealing with life's problems includes finding people to torture and kill in the barn near the family home! When a trio of bullies picks on her brother Kevin at school, all hell breaks loose. The two that die are the lucky ones...
This sick and twisted independent film from director Eben McGarr is filled with black humor, excellent performances and shocking scenes of extreme gore. SICK GIRL is "low budget cinema at its best" (IMDB.COM) and will have horror fans laughing and screaming with delight! Also watch for Stephen (FRIGHT NIGHT) Geoffreys, returning to the horror genre after a 19 year absence.
What I Say:
Well... The best I can describe this is few days in the life of a sociopath. For the most part the acting is sub par but Leslie Andrews as Izzy I found very good. She gave me the "OMG, This girl is nuts and going to kill me" feeling. Much blood in a number of scenes. A scene of one of the victims having his manhood decapitated and Izzy using it as a toy left me cringing on my couch. Over all this gets a middle of the road grade from me. If not for the fact I found Leslie Andrew' performance interesting would probably be on the low side. It was one of those movies that I kept watching just to see what Izzy did next despite everything else.
Movies So far:
1. Zombie Hunter Rika: Unrated Limited Edition
2. Pathology
3. Joyride
4. The Last Man on Earth
5. 30 Days of Night
6. Dark Ride: After Dark Horrorfest
7. Shaun of the Dead
8. Sick Girl I enjoyed Sick Girl to an extent, but I thought it got lost a bit in the middle. | | | DVD
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Laid to Rest: Unrated Director's Cut Movie Count: 16 TV Ep. Count: 6 Other Count: 2 Time Started: 7pm Plot:Bobbi Sue Luther (Night of the Demons 09), Kevin Gage (HEAT), Lena Headey (300,THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES), Johnathon Schaech (QUARANTINE) and Thomas Dekker (THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) star in the slasher shocker that takes the 'killer-in-a-mask' movie and rips it a whole new future: A young woman (Luther) wakes up inside a locked casket with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But once she escapes, The Girl will quickly learn that she – and everyone she comes in contact wtih – is being pursued by ChromeSkull, an unstoppable maniac armed with a metal skull mask, a shoulder-mounted video camera, and a ferocious appetite for slaugher. Sean Whalen (MEN IN BLACK), Lucas Till (HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE) and Richard Lynch (ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN) co-star in this unflinching vision of graphic carnage from writer/director/FX master Robert Hall, featuring music by Suicidal Tendencies. My Thoughts:OK... what to say about this movie. It is one I got off of Walmart's Halloween display the other day. It was a complete blind buy... I never even seen the trailer before buying this movie. I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. The killer wore a skull mask that was made of chrome. It looked pretty cool! There was a familiar face in this movie. Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) is in this one. Laid to Rest is pretty heavy on the gore. So if you do not like gory movies I suggest staying away from this one. There is a nice selection of extras on this disc as well. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: 100 Years of Horror: The Complete Collection Movie Count: 16 TV Ep. Count: 6 Other Count: 4 Time Started: 9:15pm Plot:This frightfully fascinating five-DVD set chronicles the history of movie horror from earliest experimental chillers through the unforgettable "golden age of movie monsters" and on through today's graphic horror films in 26 horrific, half-hour shows. Hosted by Christopher Lee, the screen's legendary King of Horror, the series features appearances by Robert De Niro, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hugh Hefner, Charlton Heston, Kenneth Branagh, Joe Dante, and many more. Also featured are rare interviews with Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Claude Rains. Included as a special bonus are never-before-seen interviews with the friends and families of the legendary names of horror such as Bela Lugosi, Jr.; Boris Karloff's daughter, Sarah Karloff; Claude Rains' daughter, Jessica Rains, and more. The collection also includes chilling scenes from such classics as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers as well as more recent chillers such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Halloween, Poltergeist and The Haunting. Plus home movies from the sets of horror classics, outtakes, screen tests, previously "lost" films, and other exciting surprises. Easily the most interesting and informative horror chronology ever assembled. FRANKENSTEIN'S FRIENDSKArloff's career was defined by his sympathetic portrayal of "the monster," but others took on thjis challenging roll over the years. This fascinating installment tells the story behind Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly's timeless tale. BARON FRANKENSTEINHammer Films "reanimated" the Frankenstein franchise in the 1950s with it's terrifying team of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as doctor and "patient." Take a look at how this classic story changedin the '50s, '60s - and beyond. My Thoughts:Both these short documentaries were very interesting. There was a few movies that looked like fun mentioned. Though I couldn't believe some of the things they put the name Frankenstein on! Christopher Lee did a great job hosting this one. And I was even surprised to see Hugh Hefner on here talking about horror movies. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) Movie Count: 3 In a dark, twisted, nightmarish realm, a deranged doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of murders in a small community, while one man tries valiantly to stop their crimes. But where does reality end and insanity begin? First, the restoration is absolutely wonderful for this silent film. The color tinting is something to marvel at. It does a lot for the atmosphere of the film, supporting the wonderfully deranged Expressionist sets and the absolutely creepy score. The music in Cabinet creeped me out more than anything in quite some time. The ambiguous ending caps off this innovative artistic film. Highly recommended if you like silent films. Worth seeing for anyone who's interested in early horror films or incredible set design. Verdict: 4/5 (an excellent film) | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| | Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Posts: 31 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, I'll join you all but I may not beat your records.  From Dusk Till Dawn Movie Count: 1 Always a favorite, Hey it's got Selma Heyek in it!   War of the Worlds Movie Count: 2 I always watch this in October. It's a lot better than the Tom Cruse version even if I have it too.  Gangs of the Dead Movie Count: 3 Not a great movie, watch it once and then forget about it. |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | |  A touching story that will tear your heart out about a boy and his zombie. Thanks to Zomcom, the zombies need to feed has been quelled thanks to an electronic collar and zombies can be made to be productive servants of the community including performing chores around the house. As long as the red lights are lit, the zombie is calm and able to take direction - but when the lights turn off, watch out! Not the typical non-stop munching gore fest that one comes to expect from zombie movies, but there are still plenty of neck munching, entrail pulling fun. 6.5/10 |
| | Registered: May 1, 2008 | | Posts: 503 |
| | | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Fright Night Movie Count: 17 TV Ep. Count: 6 Other Count: 4 Time Started: 12pm Plot:Meet Jerry Dandridge. He's sweet, sexy, and he likes to sleep in late. You might think he's the perfect neighbor. But before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap, there's just one thing you should know. Jerry prefers his drinks warm, red -- and straight from the jugular! It's FRIGHT NIGHT, a horrific howl starring Chris Sarandon as the seductive vampire and William Ragsdale as the frantic teenager struggling to keep Jerry's deadly fangs out of his neck. Only 17-year-old Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) knows Jerry's bloodcurdling secret. When Charley can't get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley and his sweetheart Amy (Amanda Bearse) from the wrathful bloodsucker's toothy embrace? If you love being scared, FRIGHT NIGHT will give you the nightmare of your life! My Thoughts:Time to fall back on one of my favorites. No it is not the scariest Vampire movie out there... but for some reason I think it is a lot of fun... and I never tire of it. Of course the fact that Roddy McDowall is in it is a help. Also Amanda Bearse (the neighbor in Married... With Children) is in it as well... looking rather young which is surprising since the movie is only 2 years older then the series is. I think Chris Sarandon did a good job at bringing the classic idea of the vampire to this movie. but at the same time thought Stephen Geoffreys (Evil Ed) did a great job for a fun vampire that gave us a few laughs. I must admit though... I have always been disappointed in Amanda Bearse's look as a vampire... first I didn't care for her with that long red wig on... then I despised the look of the "Monster" version of her Vampire. Oh well... the way I see it is if that is all I have to complain about... then so what... I will enjoy this movie for years to come. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 681 |
| | Posted: | | | | Pete, may I suggest: one full night dedicated to episodes of "Thomas the Tank Engine" and another to "Teletubbies". I'm sure you would enjoy the forthcoming horror flicks all the more  | | | Mika
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