Red Mosquito

The Hitcher is one ill be watching soon this month.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Revisited A Nightmare on Elm Street last night. I really thought it would click this time but nope, I actually liked it less than ever. Craven just wasn't a very good filmmaker, IMO. Once Nancy starts setting up Home Alone-style traps for Freddy toward the end it deflates any hope that was left of the movie working for me.

I'm a little surprised by this but not entirely. I enjoy a majority of his work but there are times where I feel his writing is the stronger part of the scenario. Different strokes.

Given that I watch so few films as it is these days I will not be renewing Shudder at the end of the month. Twenty days to pick-off a few from my list:

Spoiler: show

All the Colors of Giallo (documentary)
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Black Christmas
Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker
Castle Freak
Death Game
Donnie Darko
Habit
It Follows
Late Night with the Devil
Lust for a Vampire
Lux Aeterna
NEKRomantic
Possession
So Sweet So Perverse
Spring
Terrified (Shudder original)
The Babadook
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Church
The Dark and the Wicked
The Stone Tape
The House of the Devil
Tromeo & Juliet
Vamp
Yummy (Shudder Original)

I also want to see the original Black Christmas and Possesion.

oasisfan35 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Revisited A Nightmare on Elm Street last night. I really thought it would click this time but nope, I actually liked it less than ever. Craven just wasn't a very good filmmaker, IMO. Once Nancy starts setting up Home Alone-style traps for Freddy toward the end it deflates any hope that was left of the movie working for me.

I'm a little surprised by this but not entirely. I enjoy a majority of his work but there are times where I feel his writing is the stronger part of the scenario. Different strokes.

Given that I watch so few films as it is these days I will not be renewing Shudder at the end of the month. Twenty days to pick-off a few from my list:

Spoiler: show

All the Colors of Giallo (documentary)
Attachment
Black Christmas
Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker
Castle Freak
Death Game
Donnie Darko
Habit
It Follows
Late Night with the Devil
Lust for a Vampire
Lux Aeterna
NEKRomantic
Possession
So Sweet So Perverse
Spring
Terrified (Shudder original)
The Babadook
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Church
The Dark and the Wicked
The Stone Tape
The House of the Devil
Tromeo & Juliet
Vamp
Yummy (Shudder Original)

He’s just very frustrating to me. Lots of good ideas and lots of good moments but I don’t think he has the directorial talent or vision to pull off entire movies, generally speaking. I would say Scream is his only entirely successful film that I’ve seen.

My favorites off your list:

Black Christmas (original, I assume)
The House of the Devil
The Church
It Follows
Possession

I was pretty let down by Death Game and thought its cheaper forerunner, Little Miss Innocence, was much more interesting. So was Knock Knock, for that matter.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Revisited A Nightmare on Elm Street last night. I really thought it would click this time but nope, I actually liked it less than ever. Craven just wasn't a very good filmmaker, IMO. Once Nancy starts setting up Home Alone-style traps for Freddy toward the end it deflates any hope that was left of the movie working for me.

I'm a little surprised by this but not entirely. I enjoy a majority of his work but there are times where I feel his writing is the stronger part of the scenario. Different strokes.

Given that I watch so few films as it is these days I will not be renewing Shudder at the end of the month. Twenty days to pick-off a few from my list:

Spoiler: show

All the Colors of Giallo (documentary)
Attachment
Black Christmas
Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker
Castle Freak
Death Game
Donnie Darko
Habit
It Follows
Late Night with the Devil
Lust for a Vampire
Lux Aeterna
NEKRomantic
Possession
So Sweet So Perverse
Spring
Terrified (Shudder original)
The Babadook
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Church
The Dark and the Wicked
The Stone Tape
The House of the Devil
Tromeo & Juliet
Vamp
Yummy (Shudder Original)

He’s just very frustrating to me. Lots of good ideas and lots of good moments but I don’t think he has the directorial talent or vision to pull off entire movies, generally speaking. I would say Scream is his only entirely successful film that I’ve seen.

My favorites off your list:

Black Christmas (original, I assume)
The House of the Devil
The Church
It Follows
Possession

I was pretty let down by Death Game and thought its cheaper forerunner, Little Miss Innocence, was much more interesting. So was Knock Knock, for that matter.

I feel like Scream was almost lightning in a bottle with him, Williamson and modern society... helluva cast too.

Two votes for Black Christmas (it is the original) and Possession, will try to get those in after Tromeo & Juliet.

annual Scream Factory sale is happening - some pretty good deals. I picked up The Devil Rides Out, Pumpkinhead, Children of the Damned, Quartermass and the Pit, Plague of the Zombies, Ravenous, and the Howling for under 100 bucks.

"Daddy's Head" was really great

oh yeah i really wanna see that one

Loved Terrifier 3

VinylGuy wrote:oh yeah i really wanna see that one

my biggest surprise of the year, because honestly I thought the trailer looked bad, then the movie really wasn't

bart wrote:annual Scream Factory sale is happening - some pretty good deals. I picked up The Devil Rides Out, Pumpkinhead, Children of the Damned, Quartermass and the Pit, Plague of the Zombies, Ravenous, and the Howling for under 100 bucks.

I just put in a $50 order -

RoboCop 2
Ravenous
Q: The Winged Serpent
Quatermass And The Pit
DarkMan

So many based Ravenous enjoyers.

bart wrote:Loved Terrifier 3

dude thats good news! reviews are good, and i know the movie seems to be very fucked up.

Also, its on the top of the box office!!

What a win.

Ello Sailor wrote:So many based Ravenous enjoyers.

I haven't seen it since highschool, but I remember loving it

VinylGuy wrote:

bart wrote:Loved Terrifier 3

dude thats good news! reviews are good, and i know the movie seems to be very fucked up.

I'd like to watch the second one. it's on Amazon prime, but it has ads for some reason and I don't do ads.

VinylGuy wrote:

bart wrote:Loved Terrifier 3

dude thats good news! reviews are good, and i know the movie seems to be very fucked up.

I won't spoil anything but it does go way beyond either of the first two in some ways. I personally didn't think there was anything quite as gnarly as the bedroom scene in 2, but it's close. Part of that was probably due to how much comedy there is in this one, helps to undercut the nastiness a bit (but just a bit).

And tommy I think Shudder and Screambox still both have free trial deals if you haven't had them before, you could catch 2 that way since it's on both.

bart wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

bart wrote:Loved Terrifier 3

dude thats good news! reviews are good, and i know the movie seems to be very fucked up.

I won't spoil anything but it does go way beyond either of the first two in some ways. I personally didn't think there was anything quite as gnarly as the bedroom scene in 2, but it's close. Part of that was probably due to how much comedy there is in this one, helps to undercut the nastiness a bit (but just a bit).

And tommy I think Shudder and Screambox still both have free trial deals if you haven't had them before, you could catch 2 that way since it's on both.

Thanks, just signed up for the screambox trial

Abigail. It wasn't scary but kind of fun. My wife really liked it.

bart wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

bart wrote:Loved Terrifier 3

dude thats good news! reviews are good, and i know the movie seems to be very fucked up.

I won't spoil anything but it does go way beyond either of the first two in some ways. I personally didn't think there was anything quite as gnarly as the bedroom scene in 2, but it's close. Part of that was probably due to how much comedy there is in this one, helps to undercut the nastiness a bit (but just a bit).

And tommy I think Shudder and Screambox still both have free trial deals if you haven't had them before, you could catch 2 that way since it's on both.

cool review. Interesting to know this one have some comedy bits.