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Handman said:

Watched a ton of Hammer Horror in the past week. The best of what I saw was The Curse of Frankenstein. The worst, The Mummy’s Shroud, which I napped through for a good ten minutes. Frankenstein Created Woman was surprisingly not terrible, in fact I enjoyed it a lot.

I fully support these statements.
The Curse of Frankenstein is great!
“Perhaps you’d better start from the beginning…”

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Tumbbad!
Perhaps the best horror feature ever-made in India. Every aspect of production is top notch, especially, cinematography, music, effects and the performances. Give it a watch. It is about the depths of geed to which men can stoop and the horrors and possibilities of redemption.

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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009) - A slight but enjoyable slice of early Chazelle operating mostly in a documentary style quite different than what I’m used to from him. Nothing special, but good. B-

First Man (2018) - Interestingly returns to the verite style of Chazelle’s first feature, to great effect. More than anything, this is a study of a great yet inscrutable man’s psychology, and thusly the film takes on a seemingly inscrutable approach to it’s own storytelling. We get what are truly something like glimpses of human moments, here and there throughout Armstrong’s life. Small things, but powerful; and all of them of course mixed in with some of the most intense and nerve wracking flight sequences ever put on film. The result is a fusion that feels equal parts chaotic and orderly, intense and quiet. A unique blend that, for me, works perfectly. Most biopics seem content with artificially and superficially touching on big melodramatic scenes to try to make you emotional. First Man actually wants you to come to experience such moments naturally. Mission accomplished. A

Child’s Play (1988) - An amusing twist on the slasher formula. Silly, but seems to be fully aware of that fact. B

Friday the 13th Part III (1982) - Despite finally giving Jason his mask and a few good kills, this falls squarely into the trashy cliched slasher category. Gotta love those 3D motivated shots (especially ridiculous when not viewed in 3D). C-

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) - Certainly a cut above III though for me that’s not saying much. Characters are a bit more interesting here and that’s really all you can say. C

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Besides some questionable elements (including one of the worst romances I have ever seen on film), this is a delightfully twisted and unsettling tale. Wouldn’t call it one of the best ever horror films by any means, but it has a couple sequences that I’d put pretty high up there. B-

Island of Lost Souls (1932) - A film that seems to be quite ahead of its time in a few respects, with a fantastic performance from Charles Laughton (picking up the slack from the film’s ostensible lead, Richard Arlen). B+

Apostle (2018) - A solid new entry in the “guy gets trapped in island cult and things do not exactly go well” canon. If you’re looking something brutal and harrowing, this is it. B

Christine (1983) - A kooky fun picture about a relationship that becomes obsessive and then violent. Of course, that relationship is with a car. B-

Cabin in the Woods (2012) - For the longest time I thought there was a twist in this that was spoiled to me, but turns out the movie adds its unique, meta layers pretty early on. Better comedy than horror. B

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) - I’m always down for a good slow burn thriller, but sometimes I feel like filmmakers can forget that the slowness is not just for the sake of it. Other than that, this is a very decent suspense pic. B

Black Christmas (1974) - Speaking of suspense pics, this might be one of the best I’ve seen in recent memory. Takes the Hitchcockian school of thought on tension-filled dramatic irony to incredibly - almost suffocatingly - anxious lengths. A-

The Fog (1980) - Up there with the best films that know how to create an intense and immense, overbearing atmosphere. There’s some exposition that cuts the suspense, and the climax has some missed opportunities, but that doesn’t stop this from being some classic horror storytelling. B+

Eyes Without a Face - A horrific film with a surprising streak of dark humor. Makes for a very interesting and highly watchable mix, even as we occasionally witness faces being surgically removed. B+

Halloween (2018) - A sequel that understands what truly makes it’s central villain menacing, and doesn’t take its female protagonists for granted. As one might suspect from Green and McBride, there’s a good dose of humor, but for the most part this is a dark and unrelenting picture that also somehow never stops being anything but completely entertaining. B+

Halloween II (1981) - I’d seen most of this before and didn’t think too poorly of it, though seeing it in full now after a much better direct sequel really puts in perspective how generic and uninspired this is in comparison to its predecessor. C

Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Easily one of the better classic Universal horror sequels I’ve seen, taking a lazy premise and making the best of it (with a winking meta joke that’d fit right in with modern blockbuster franchises). But then it falls apart at the end. Still fun. B

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - A different take on the scientist and the monster, much more focused on the former, which is great, but makes the parts with the latter feel like a bit of an afterthought. Come for Cushing, stay for Cushing too I guess. B-

Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) - A pretty stupid movie where literally nothing of note happens for the entire first half (seriously, even the opening of the tomb isn’t shown and instead saved for a flashback much later on). If not for a good deal of visual panache, this would be a complete disaster. C-

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) - If I didn’t love Queen, I’d probably hate this movie. As is, the musical sequences inject enough life into this incredibly basic and surface level picture to make me more or less enjoy it. Though I still think Rami Malek is miscast as Mercury, it’s a great performance, but the real scene stealer here is the music itself, which thankfully gets a lot of play time and lets me forget about the plodding nature of the rest of the film. C+

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I saw North By Northwest for the first time the other day, and it was much more fun and breezy than I expected. You can really draw a straight line from that to the Coen Brothers.

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joefavs said:

I saw North By Northwest for the first time the other day, and it was much more fun and breezy than I expected. You can really draw a straight line from that to the Coen Brothers.

Perfect movie.

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DominicCobb said:

Friday the 13th Part III (1982) - Despite finally giving Jason his mask and a few good kills, this falls squarely into the trashy cliched slasher category. Gotta love those 3D motivated shots (especially ridiculous when not viewed in 3D).

My favourite is the ludicrously poor popped eyeball.

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DominicCobb said:

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Besides some questionable elements (including one of the worst romances I have ever seen on film), this is a delightfully twisted and unsettling tale. Wouldn’t call it one of the best ever horror films by any means, but it has a couple sequences that I’d put pretty high up there. B-

Couldn’t agree more.
It’s a misunderstood, underrated and overlooked movie. A seasonal watch for me every October.
(have long had plans to edit the “”"“romance”""" out)

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I do not understand how team Carpenter in any way thought Tom Atkins was a good fit for hot romantic lead opposite a twentysomething (in both that and The Fog).

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ray_afraid said:

DominicCobb said:

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Besides some questionable elements (including one of the worst romances I have ever seen on film), this is a delightfully twisted and unsettling tale. Wouldn’t call it one of the best ever horror films by any means, but it has a couple sequences that I’d put pretty high up there. B-

Couldn’t agree more.
It’s a misunderstood, underrated and overlooked movie. A seasonal witch for me every October.

WIR

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

It was a fun musical adventure trying to escape an incredibly weak script and major historical innacuracies. Live Aid was great, though.

Some of the shots were really really nice.

7/10

I think with a good fan-edit, it could hit an 8.

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DominicCobb said:

I do not understand how team Carpenter in any way thought Tom Atkins was a good fit for hot romantic lead opposite a twentysomething (in both that and The Fog).

Because Carpenter goes against the grain and doesn’t cast actors the way studio heads think he should? Who else would have cast Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken? (Or Elvis for that matter.) He was still thought of as that wacky teenager from Disney comedies at the time.
I think the casting of The Fog remake speaks for itself. 😉

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SilverWook said:

DominicCobb said:

I do not understand how team Carpenter in any way thought Tom Atkins was a good fit for hot romantic lead opposite a twentysomething (in both that and The Fog).

Because Carpenter goes against the grain and doesn’t cast actors the way studio heads think he should? Who else would have cast Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken? (Or Elvis for that matter.) He was still thought of as that wacky teenager from Disney comedies at the time.
I think the casting of The Fog remake speaks for itself. 😉

There’s going against what the studios would do, and then there’s going against what any reasonable person would do.

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joefavs said:

I saw North By Northwest for the first time the other day, and it was much more fun and breezy than I expected. You can really draw a straight line from that to the Coen Brothers.

I’ve always felt NBN was pretty much the prototype for the whole Bond franchise.

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Mike O said:

joefavs said:

I saw North By Northwest for the first time the other day, and it was much more fun and breezy than I expected. You can really draw a straight line from that to the Coen Brothers.

I’ve always felt NBN was pretty much the prototype for the whole Bond franchise.

I felt that way as well, to a point. I find it tricky to nail down the exact nature of the relationship since Grant’s performance swings much farther into pure comedy than even the jokiest Bond actor; in spite of being pre-Bond, tonally speaking it plays almost like a Bond pastiche. The influence is undeniable, in any case.

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Dek Rollins said:

I’m sorry but Duck Soup is perfect.

I’m sorry but not enough salt.

Just watch The Last Jedi afterwards.

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