TiBB's Halloween Countdown 2017 | HALLOWEEN (1978)

[Babayaro.]

No way Nicky's review counts. Nope. Chuck him out. Disqualify him right now, Cal.

[Babayaro.]

Roger Ebert hew? [emoji23]

:joker:

[Babayaro.]

Kurt Russell's character has a beautiful big belt. You're considering watching it now, aren't you?

[Nicky91]

No way Nicky's review counts. Nope. Chuck him out. Disqualify him right now, Cal.

:nono: so i am basically forced to watch movies which i know from trailer they are boring :mad:

[Nicky91]

and tbf i've watched several movies still to come on the list, more than 6 times i think

[Babayaro.]

:nono: so i am basically forced to watch movies which i know from trailer they are boring :mad:

No :laugh: You just can't review a film based on its trailer lol

[RileyH]

screaming @ Nicky's review :joker:

will probably watch tonight but kind of dreading it now

[LukeB]

The Circle

I really enjoyed this, it's alright for a cheap budget. It's like watching Big Brother US/Survivor but instead of voting out people they are voting to kill people.It has everything you would see on big brother
- Going after the older people first
- Problematic people
- taking control of the game early on but makes you a target quicker
- showmance that's fake
- Silent people making it far because they are under the rader
- people who seem really obvious they would win
- trying to get the majority vote.

I watched this before and i forgot what happens and was shocked the girl and pregnant girl got killed because they were tricked but Eric was smart and played a good game throughout so i would link him to Dan Gheesling/Dr Will Kirby.

So i will give this film a 9/10

I will watch Bone Tomahawk tomorrow even though it doesn't look slightly interesting.

[Amy Jade]

Bone Tomahawk

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This is a film that I expected people would either love or hate, it does indeed have a rather slow build up and a big reputation for being gory mostly because of one scene.

Let's start with the negatives, the middle is a bit of a chore, a whole lot of nothing happens as they make their way to save Nick and Samantha and for the ammount of time the film uses (about an hour and 20?) I do think they failed in making all the characters people you care about sadly and I wish certain scenes had played out differently, I feel the scene when the horses were stolen could have been a tense one had they maybe had a stand off rather than waking up to a single guy left to be shot and his companions already leaving, that made little sense to me.

Another slight gripe is the cannibals hide away didn't look real at all, if these guys were as barbaric as we saw the place would be a mess but it looked quite clean, I just expected more. I also wish we had seen Purvis killed and confessing to his crimes instead of just off Nick. I think those scenes could hace broken up the lagging middle a bit.

The positives though are pretty extensive, I thought the acting was fantastic and Kurt Russel, Patrick Wilson and Richard Jenkins were all top notch and the black humour littered around the movie is very welcome, especially from Nick and Chicory, I wish Nick had been used more actually as I really liked his personality even if it was displayed breifly as Sam operated on Purvis.

I definitely agree with Jamie that if you keep with it you care about the characters (unless you are distracted or didn't even watch the film of course) I definitely had a soft spot for Chicory, he really was tough as old boots though and I felt bad when the horse was injured, too. I thought Nick's death was shocking, very well acted and I enjoyed that there was no cut away during the body split, pure gore practical fx :love: I also found the dismembered pregnant women extremely disturbing, what a horrible suffering for them.

All in all Bone Tomahawk is a really good movie imo, the pacing could have been a little nipped in here and there and I do understand people who find the middle tedious but I enjoyed the acting so much I forgot how long I had been watching.

7/10

[Withano]

unless you are distracted

the middle is a bit of a chore, a whole lot of nothing happens... (about an hour and 20?)

WELL THAT'S BLOODY WHY!

I like your review though, agree with everything... apart from that number at the bottom there.

[JerseyWins]

:nono: so i am basically forced to watch movies which i know from trailer they are boring :mad:
You signed up, you have to watch against your will Nicky! :fist:

[Will.]

Babes is it okay if I started taking part? :love:

[Lostie!]

Gonna watch this now so my review might be slightly late :spin:

[Lostie!]

Bone Tomahawk: 7/10

I enjoyed this but I think your enjoyment of it probably depends on your opinion on the Western genre in general. I love period pieces so I just really liked the whole vibe of the film and found that allowed me to enjoy it even when it was slow-burning.

I don't think the savages were particularly interesting villains and I found the conclusion to the movie pretty subpar. Actually, I think I preferred the slower portion in the middle of the movie when the four were on their journey, the strengths of this movie are in the dialogue and building a believable Old West world rather than the conflict with the antagonists. It's a better Western drama than it is a horror.

It's entirely possible that my view of the movie would be lower if it was set in the modern day since the primary driving force of the plot wasn't that compelling, but the time period it is set really added to me getting into the story and elevated the film beyond what it could have been.

[Wizard.]

SCREAMING Nicky I think I’ll give it a miss then 0/10 stars

[Jamie89]

Bone Tomahawk: 8/10

I enjoyed this but I think your enjoyment of it probably depends on your opinion on the Western genre in general. I love period pieces so I just really liked the whole vibe of the film and found that allowed me to enjoy it even when it was slow-burning.

I don't think the savages were particularly interesting villains and I found the conclusion to the movie pretty subpar. Actually, I think I preferred the slower portion in the middle of the movie when the four were on their journey, the strengths of this movie are in the dialogue and building a believable Old West world rather than the conflict with the antagonists. It's a better Western drama than it is a horror.

It's entirely possible that my view of the movie would be lower if it was set in the modern day since the primary driving force of the plot wasn't that compelling, but the time period it is set really added to me getting into the story and elevated the film beyond what it could have been.

What didn't you like about the conclusion, Lostie? I felt like it went out kind of quietly after all the drama in the cave but I liked that, like it was a relief ending rather than a big explosive/dramatic ending if you know what I mean, because that sort of mirrored how I felt - relieved :laugh: (I was still shaking after the body split thing). Or do you mean everything from them being captured onwards was a disappointment?
Oh also I liked how the last thing you're left with is the conclusion to Kurt Russell's story (hearing the gun shots) rather than the man and his wife (I can't remember any of their names now). I thought it was a nice touch (and apparently different to the original ending which was meant to be a scene between those two reading the poem or something).

[Amy Jade]

Injured leg = O'Dwyer
Rich guy = Brooder
Old guy = Chicory
Split = Nick

[Jamie89]

Thanks Amy :laugh:

[Lostie!]

What didn't you like about the conclusion, Lostie? I felt like it went out kind of quietly after all the drama in the cave but I liked that, like it was a relief ending rather than a big explosive/dramatic ending if you know what I mean, because that sort of mirrored how I felt - relieved :laugh: (I was still shaking after the body split thing). Or do you mean everything from them being captured onwards was a disappointment?
Oh also I liked how the last thing you're left with is the conclusion to Kurt Russell's story (hearing the gun shots) rather than the man and his wife (I can't remember any of their names now). I thought it was a nice touch (and apparently different to the original ending which was meant to be a scene between those two reading the poem or something).

I dunno, I just felt sort of like "oh, okay" at the end. I think getting to the cave and finding the wife already dead would have been better :devil: (who, by the way, was in Westworld and I had no idea, for shame!)

[Jamie89]

I dunno, I just felt sort of like "oh, okay" at the end. I think getting to the cave and finding the wife already dead would have been better :devil: (who, by the way, was in Westworld and I had no idea, for shame!)

Omg I thought I recognised her but then I thought no she just looks like Julia Stiles from 15 years ago

[Jake.]

apologies Cal, I don't have time for this atm </3 you're doing a great job with it, keep it up

[Cal.]

Thank you for the reviews! Mine will be in shortly.

[Cal.]

Sunday 8th October - Sorority Row (2009)

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Cassidy (Briana Evigan), Jessica (Leah Pipes), Ellie (Rumer Willis), Claire (Jamie Chung) and Megan (Audrina Patridge) are sorority sisters and true-blue friends to the end -- until a prank gone wrong results in Megan's demise. Rather than risk their futures by reporting the crime, the friends agree to cover it up. Cassidy and company come to regret the decision a year later when someone begins sending them videos of the night Megan died, and they fall victim to a deadly stalker.

[Withano]

Sorority Row

It was good. Pretty much exactly what I assumed it would be from its title alone.

Good amount of comedy, good amount of horror, good amount of mystery, just good (but not great) across the board really.

I don't think the killer was significant enough of a character for me to care completely, was kinda hoping for a more shocking twist there. But thats the only negative I can think of really.

Don't have much to add, it was just good, and exactly what I was expecting.

7/10

[RileyH]

omg I forgot about Bone Tomohawk, I'll watch them both over the week and have my reviews in then :love:

[Daniel-X]

I'll try and watch them both before Thursday, don't know if that's ambitious or not but I'll try.

[JerseyWins]

Not the best start of movies for me to watch / do reviews on. :worry:

I've seen Circle... I'll maybe try to remember it enough to post a little review. Maybe I'll convince myself to get around to re-watching it soon. It's a good movie for sure IMO.

Bone Tomahawk looks pretty bad and probably won't fit my taste at all.

Sorority Row IS really bad and I don't have a good enough memory of it to write any type of review - and definitely wouldn't re-watch it. :joker:

There's a stretch of 3-4 straight movies later in the month that I'll for sure watch though.

[Nicky91]

Sorority Row

a movie which i had watched 5 times if i'm honest

good characters, decent storyline bit slasher, bit mystery with the audience trying to find out who the killer is, and similar to scream that gets revealed near the end of the movie

yes i quite enjoy this movie everytime i watch it

9/10

[Jason.]

Sorority Row (2009)
3/10

I didn't enjoy this one at all. I saw the original House on Sorority Row about six years ago but I don't remember much about it to compare. However I found this underwhelming, even by slasher standards. It had nothing going for it and for the most part, was increasingly dull with characters to match.

The film just felt trashy to me and was an example of all the least desirable aspects of the genre; cheapened with jump scares and relying simply on gore alone, neither of which deliver the scares when there's little suspense to begin with. The killer reveal in itself was entirely laughable with a lack of motive, but then again, that might have been different if I gave a **** about any of the characters.

[JerseyWins]

^ At least we can agree on a horror movie. :clap1:

[Withano]

Why did you guys stop playing tho

[Jamie89]

I'm watching Sorority Row tonight

[Nicky91]

can't wait for that review Jamie

[Jamie89]

Why did you guys stop playing tho

I think we should just assume that everyone who didn't review Bone Tomahawk gave it 10/10 and were lost for words.

can't wait for that review Jamie

Thanks Nicky :love:

[Lostie!]

I'll get my review in this evening :)

[Lostie!]

Sorority Row: 7/10

I actually enjoy this movie whenever I watch it. Obviously not a slasher masterpiece but it's fun for what it is. Not really much to say about it because there isn't anything here that hasn't been done countless times before or since but as far as slashers go, it's one of the decent ones.

My main issue is the unnecessary final scene, it's such an overdone cliche for horror movies to end with a sort of "The End OR IS IT?!?!" sequel hook. It's as bad as jump scares in how overused it is and it leaves me feeling irritated at the end which is a shame when I've liked the movie up to that point. Actually, the three survivors walking away from the burning sorority house would have been a great final scene so it's annoying they felt the need to tack on that last scene.

[Cal.]

Thank you for the reviews everybody. I will get my overdue ones up asap :skull:

[Cal.]

Thursday 12th October 2017 - All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)

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The plot centers on a group of popular high schoolers who invite an attractive outsider, Mandy Lane, to spend the weekend at a secluded ranch house, where they are followed by a merciless killer.

[Amy Jade]

Sorority Row

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This is, for me, one of the most fun movies chosen on this countdown. It is by no means a masterpiece but I don't believe that was ever it's intention, I firmly believe it was always meant to be a fun throw away slasher much akin to the 80's micro budget ones people loved.

I see a lot of people claiming they never cared about the characters but I honestly really liked the core group, I think Briana Evigan (Cassidy) and Leah Pipes (Jessica) did a brilliant job, Briana brought Cassidy to life when in all honesty the script makes her really bland. Jamie Chung (Claire) was also very likeable I think. Compared to the original I believe the characters here are much more developed and likeable.

I thought the plot was pretty good, too. I was happy enough with the change up from the original and I think the prank was believable enough. The kills here were all pretty solid too, I especially liked Chugs death. I loved Carrie Fishers cameo too.

There are a few things that hold it back though, the killers reasoning for murdering everyone was so stupid I would have prefered a vengeful relative of Megan. Ellie (Rumer Willis) was an annoying waste of space, I willed her to die all the way though and I was sad she survived when much more likeable characters like Claire died. I also felt a few scenes were added to up the body count and lure in guys after boobs.

All in all I enjoy this movie, I have seen it a fair few times and I still find it entertaining. It does have it's faults but if you go in looking for a fun slasher this is a great little movie.

7/10

[Nicky91]

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)

Amber Heard plays a good role as Mandy Lane, the lead character

i like those ranch themed horror movies, also a shocker who the killer is, another good score for that i think

drowning, stabbing, shotgun so yeah multiple weapons also good if you love the bloody horror movies, unlike saw where you only have the chainsaw also bloody but multiple weapons is quite nice in a movie for various scary action scenes


and also a unexpected ending


yeah my score is a great 9.5/10, underrated by the critics why only 41% at rotten tomatoes i don't understand that

good movie with only a $750,000 for movie budget in making this

[Withano]

Watching this for the first time rn

[Jamie89]

Sorority Row

The film starts off with a bunch of semi-clad teens at a realistic-for-slashers / not-at-all-realistic house party, before swiftly introducing us to the stock main characters consisting of the bitchy one, the ethnic one "I like you because you make me feel multi-cultural", the brainy one (Deirdre Barlow wants her glasses back), the slutty one and the ingenue, and something tells me this is going to be a pretty basic slasher film.
It wastes no time in getting to the main premise (and i doubt much thought was wasted in coming up with it either :p )... and it really is horrible of the characters, I mean actually kinda evil to play the prank they did (as well as incredibly stupid - To Garrett - "oh no she's dead, we should probably decapitate her to get the air out of her lungs, now whilst we've left you with that thought and while you're currently traumatised and not able to think clearly lets turn our backs for a while to have a giggle before yelling surpriseeee" or something). Just beyond stupid of all of them and it makes them all immediately unlikeable. It's clear that after Megan is killed for real I'm meant to sympathise with Brainy and Ingenue but I just don't.

Anyway Slutty is killed first (pretendstobeshocked.gif) and I quite liked her death tbh. It was simple and original. You could see it coming but it still took me by surprise in the moment. (There was also some really weird editing and out of place cuts to the party being set up in amongst this where I'm guessing lots of cuts were made but they still wanted to show some boobs in the hot tub and I found that quite distracting but anyway.) The rest of the deaths were kind of disappointing though, I found them generally quite unimaginative and just there for the sake of it.

I thought it was really funny btw when they received a picture message of the murder weapon and because none of them have any brain cells (Brainy really let her archetype down) they decide that by deleting the message the problem will go away lmao <3.

I was kind of hoping that there'd be a good twist with the killer reveal because they were really trying to convince us about the 'it's Megan back from the dead' thing and I wasn't having it, like they're building up the expectations of the reveal by pushing this 'fantastical' angle and then it's like, oh, it was just that guy. I'm actually not going to judge this film too much on it's plot because that would be missing the point but can we just at the lameness of it all! His motivation made no sense whatsoever and none of what he did during the film as the killer with the taunting etc tied into his motivation in the slightest, it was actually ridiculous and insulting and clearly an afterthought. Also there's nothing about the solution that would make me want to watch the film again, like seeing the character from another perspective or anything. In fact it would probably be annoying watching it knowing who the killer would turn out to be :laugh:
It should have been Brainy, or Brainy plus boyfriend. They were having an affair, she'd gone crazy because of what happened with Megan and was manipulating him or something. Idk, anything would have been better.

Oh actually the one good thing that ties into the killer reveal was the girl who was killed in the showers after overhearing about Megan's death. At the time I thought it was just a random killing but actually it is a clue that the killer isn't someone who's out for revenge, but it was someone who was killing anyone who knew about what had happened, so it was about knowledge of the Megan killing, not the killing of Megan itself. So that was quite good in retrospect (although there's too much that doesn't make sense or add up for me to give too much credit for that).

So yeah this was very much a slasher by numbers, but that's not actually a bad thing. As much as I've criticised it, I actually enjoyed it throughout :shame: And as much as it was totally average and stock, that kind of worked in it's favour? Like if this was a new Scream sequel I'd be scoring it way more harshly, but I see this as a B-movie to the likes of Scream, and B-movies have their place. Sometimes I just want to sit down and not have to think and watch people I don't like being killed, and this film serves that purpose in a glossy enough way for me to enjoy it on a superficial level, even if I'm never excited by it.
The main thing that lets the film down is the kills. Slutty's was good like I said but it should have gone up from there and the rest were just meh, and I can forgive all it's other shortcomings because as a slasher B-movie it's main hook should be the kills. They should be absurd, outlandish, funny... Scream can get away with often just stabbing people because there's so much more to it, where killings are a necessity but you're enjoying it on more levels than that. But when the plot is this thin, when the characters are this unlikeable, when the dialogue is average and the jokes fall flat, when there's little to no imagination in any of these things and they're not even trying, you really are relying on the kills and the set ups to them and it sort of fails in that regard.

However, and I'm probably being far too generous given what I've just said, but all of its faults aside I did enjoy watching it, and I'd actually watch it again if I was drunk and with friends and I'd probably enjoy it again in that scenario. It works as a genre film and on a scale of Halloween Resurrection to Scream it fits somewhere in the region of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer... which makes it good if you like that kind of thing but not good if you don't?

I do like that kind of thing though so I give it 7/10.


Mess that I wrote so much for such a basic film :/

[Jamie89]

Sorority Row: 7/10

I actually enjoy this movie whenever I watch it. Obviously not a slasher masterpiece but it's fun for what it is. Not really much to say about it because there isn't anything here that hasn't been done countless times before or since but as far as slashers go, it's one of the decent ones.

My main issue is the unnecessary final scene, it's such an overdone cliche for horror movies to end with a sort of "The End OR IS IT?!?!" sequel hook. It's as bad as jump scares in how overused it is and it leaves me feeling irritated at the end which is a shame when I've liked the movie up to that point. Actually, the three survivors walking away from the burning sorority house would have been a great final scene so it's annoying they felt the need to tack on that last scene.

I agree. You know anyway there's not going to be anything worth showing of the survivors as two of them would be in jail (and if they weren't that'd just be annoying) and the other character was annoying so I don't care that she's happy lol, and despite all of that you know a sequel wouldn't be worth watching anyway so it's not as though you're left feeling hyped for the next one. The shot of them walking away was also probably the best single shot of the entire movie.

[Withano]

Mandy Lane

Meh. It was fine. Wont watch it again, but glad I watched it once. Didn't see the twist with Mandy as a 2nd killer coming, which is weird because on reflection, that should have been blatantly obvious.

More of an explanation as to why the murders and the last minute backstab happened would have it better imo.

Not much to add here either, it's just another generic horror.

6.5/10

[Cal.]

I'm so ****ing sorry for this tragedy this year but I've been so busy.

[Cal.]

Thank you to everyone for your continued reviews. :love:

[Cal.]

Sunday 15th October 2017 - The Void

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Cloaked, cult-like figures trap a police officer (Aaron Poole), patients and staffers inside a hospital that is a gateway to evil.

[Amy Jade]

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane

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I love this movie, it was one I waited years for it to finally come out, being a big Amber Heard fan. I can definitely be unbiased about it though so here goes.

We start out with a pretty realistic accident and immediately I felt suspicious of Emmet, Mandy's friend. I felt most characters were likeable enough though and enjoyed their interactions but kinda never understood why they were friends or hung out, they were using Redd for his cabin yeah but the two jocks weren't even friendly towards eachother and the girls were flat out awful to eachother so quite why they decided to go away together makes little sense, having said that I did like how they managed to turn Chloe from a typical bitch aarchetype and add layers to her.

The best part of the movie though for me is definitely the twist that Mandy is the mastermind behind it all, I never suspected her at all and assumed Emmet would be behind it trying to kill off anyone who stood in the way of him and her. I think Amber did an amazing job.

9/10

[Amy Jade]

More of an explanation as to why the murders and the last minute backstab happened would have it better imo.

I disagree. I was glad it wasn't fully explained, She was just a manipulative bitch who orchestrated the perfect crime to eliminate the ****ty people from her school, Emmet was just a pawn in her twisted game.

[Withano]

I disagree. I was glad it wasn't fully explained, She was just a manipulative bitch who orchestrated the perfect crime to eliminate the ****ty people from her school, Emmet was just a pawn in her twisted game.

But y tho

[Withano]

Just wayched the Void. I'll write a review tomoz probz. Its probably the most halloweenesque film yet tbf.

[Nicky91]

The Void 2016 in canada, 2017 in usa

i have seen it now once, i kinda find it like a Syfy movie, it is watchable, but C-Listers cast for a bit of a C-Movie, not one of the best movies

it's a bit of a weird movie, i did enjoy watching it, would i watch this again, maybe, i just enjoy movies like this really easy, like other low budget movies

i would score this a 8.5/10 and let me explain this score, because it's low budget you don't have expectations for it in the first place, with a higher budget i would've given a 6.5/10 i think

so yeah i would solely recommend this movie if you really like low budget movies, if you don't i wouldn't recommend it

[Cal.]

Sorority Row

I've always enjoyed this movie. It's fun and entertaining and a bit camp but it isn't a bad camp and it doesn't take away from my viewing of the film. I found all the female leads to be great (with the exception of Megan but idk if you could even class her as a lead since she got killed within like 10 minutes) and Chugs ( :love: ) is my personal favourite. I do agree with others that with the exception of Chugs' bottle death, the deaths were a bit like 'oh boring' or a bit too out there like attempting to kill Maggie (?) with the cocktail. Like others have said, my main gripe with the movie is that the killer reveal is irrelevant to the plot. Like yeah, it's a 'twist' but it's an unnecessary twist for it to be one of the girls' boyfriends just because he wanted a good life with the girl he's met at college (and literally tries to kill like 5 minutes later). I'd have preferred it be one of the red herrings (Megan or Garrett) instead or even bloody Princess Leia for the girls ruining her sorority's reputation. Overall, it's a decent slasher film which if you don't take too seriously can entertain you for its running time. (Oh and those ridiculous trailer pandering parties with feathers and bubbles and the like were such as waste of the time). I'd give it a 7/10.

[Withano]

I agree with you actually Nicky. I wasn't aware of the budget, but as soon as one of the creature-things showed up I was like "oh its one of those movies, thats disappointing"

[Withano]

The Void is fine I suppose, again its very generic and I'd struggle to make a meaningful review out of it. Just your standard formula of a few spooky monsters and angry people in a quiet town where the phones don't work very well.
The majority of the film took place in a small hospital which was cool, I think it takes a pretty creative writer to make a film interesting in just one setting. Everything else was generic gimmicks that you've seen before in films from the 90s, some of the scarier moments were well done though so I'll give it a 5/10. I enjoyed it for what it was, a low budget, generic horror film.

[Cal.]

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

I first saw this film in 2012(?) I think and instantly adored it. It's such a shame it didn't get a proper release or whatever because I find it really underrated but even in hindsight it won't get appreciated because of Jill Roberts in Scream 4 even though that movie came out 5 years after Mandy Lane. Anyway, ranting aside, ATBLML is a thoroughly entertaining horror film and with the exception of Halloween is probably my favourite of the ones I'd already seen prior to the rank down starting. I love it's dark grungy feel and I think Amber Heard as Mandy Lane was genius as she oozes sex appeal whilst you sort of know throughout the entire film that there's something off about her even if the killer twist still stuns you. I love how manipulative Mandy was and her similarities to a black widow spider with her enticing the men just to kill them and manipulating Emmett to also kill for her (I know she was only committing the murders because she was sick of attention or whatever but it was just an observation). My one gripe is that outside of Mandy, Emmett and Chloe I really don't care about any of the other characters and bloody Marlin or whatever her name was and Jake are such wastes but I suppose they were there to add to the body count. My favourite scene is Emmett chasing Chloe through the field with the car because it's kind of a scream. Anyway, I think this film is great and I'm glad it got into the rankdown for a second time after competing in 2015? I'd give it an 8/10, with just my one gripe being the characters are kind of trash besides Mandy, Emmett and Chloe like I've already said.

[Cal.]

Will watch The Void later on!

[Nicky91]

it's just like those Sharknado movies, they aren't the best movies, but still you enjoy watching them cause of the funny cameo's

Syfy movies are low budget but really enjoyable movies for me, compared to some of the drama oscar winning movies which i find some of them boring

[JerseyWins]

The Void sounds bad.

100% actually starting with The Belko Experiment :joker:

[Cal.]

I'm so sorry about this this year. Will sort it later 100% I just have to sort something out irl in the next hour or so.

[Jamie89]

I'm a bit behind sorry but I'm watching Mandy Lane tomorrow (and I might try and squeeze in The Void too)

[Cal.]

Thursday 19th October - The Belko Experiment (2016)

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An ordinary day at the office becomes a horrific quest for survival when 80 employees (John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona) at the Belko Corp. in Bogotá, Colombia, learn that they are pawns in a deadly game. Trapped inside their building, a voice over an intercom tells the frightened staffers that two workers must be killed within 30 minutes. When another ultimatum follows, friends become enemies and new alliances take shape, as only the strongest will remain alive at the end.

[Lostie!]

I'm gonna catch up on the last two in the next couple of days

[Withano]

Yes! I saw the Belko Experiment once before on an extremely poor quality dodgy website copy, but I still loved it! I've been looking forward to rewatching it. This is the type of horror film I most enjoy. I'll watch it nowish.

[JerseyWins]

The Belko Experiment

Really great movie! It's basically a much more entertaining version of Circle in a real-life setting/situation (instead of just randomly being placed in a room). The idea for it alone is great but then it was also executed very well. Just the right amount of buildup before the first kill. It had some comedy thrown in there which was nice to change the tension a little bit. At least a handful of funny little comments and moments. Marty in particular was a hilarious character. The guy who played the CEO(? not sure if that's what he said he was for the company but basically the boss figure) was a tremendous actor and played his part perfectly. While there were a few duds in the cast, the acting as a whole was just very good and better than I'd expect for a movie like this. I actually like a bigger cast too and they did a good job of differentiating the people given there were so many to showcase in such little time.

My two complaints which contains spoilers: It was a bit pointless for that one hispanic girl (that was in the basement for a lot of the film) to go through all that only to die so quickly with no battle in the end lol. I feel like that was part of the film's humor though. Also, those 2 basement workers died way too quickly and I liked them :( (bonus: Merle from Walking Dead being one of them :clap2:).

Nothing insane in terms of plot but I enjoy these type of films and this film did it as good as any. Nice clever ending as well. 9/10 :clap1:

[Jason.]

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
8/10

One of the better modern slasher films in my opinion. It's a great throwback to the 70's grindhouse slasher era. One of the things I love most about this film is the way in which it's shot. The cinematography is brilliant and very reminiscent of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre; from the rural Texan landscapes to the bleached out colours and just the overall grimy feel of the film, makes for an effective atmosphere and a refreshing change from the glossy studio horror films that we're all so used to nowadays.

The film itself is pretty slow-paced until the third act, but then again, aren't most slashers? It managed to keep me invested throughout so that wasn't a problem and interestingly enough, the killer is revealed with some running time left, making room for the twist at end, which puts a clever spin on 'the final girl'. Mandy Lane being revealed as the accomplice behind the murders and her sinister turn from alluringly innocent to manipulative sociopath shocked me when I first watched the film as I didn't see it coming at all and it still holds up well. In particular, I enjoy the fact that there seemed to be no motive or explanation behind her nature. She was evil and twisted. Leave it at that.

Overall, it's a fun little slasher film which I feel rarely gets talked about. It doesn't help that the film was on the shelf for almost a decade, as it was originally filmed and set to be released in 2006, but didn't get a theatrical release until 2013. I feel had it been released as scheduled, it would've gotten the appreciation it deserves and be seen in a more positive light, especially during a time when the genre had nothing else to offer, other than a slew of remakes.

[Nicky91]

wtf is the belko experiment :conf:

[JerseyWins]

wtf is the belko experiment :conf:
A great movie :clap1:

I've been wanting to watch it for a while so I'm glad it being on this list finally got me to do it.

[Lostie!]

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane: 6/10

Honestly I think this is a pretty unremarkable movie all the way to the twist ending, which elevates it a few notches. Mandy being the ultimate villain of the story was a great twist (although I wish they didn't have her and Emmett turn on each other at the end).

But yeah, overall the movie isn't particularly good but the twist is, but a good twist isn't really enough to redeem the rest of it.

[Withano]

I love this movie. I think it's got to the point where I'm so done with monsters and ghosts and demons etc. And now the most scary films for me, is when the bad guy is just some bloke (or in this case, multiple blokes) with just a loose screw, and a mission to kill or terrorise. And this done that well.

I feel like when I watched the trailer like 2 years ago it said sumin like grr I'm the puppet master mastermind but if you kill x many people, I'll let you go or something like that, maybe exactly that, can't remember.... and I loved that idea, it was like a challenge. However, the first time I watched the film, I was super disappointed that they changed their mind or I misheard or whatever - because a 'last man standing' thing just makes this the 76th annual hunger games, but in office clothes.

And I didn't think of this before but Jerseys right about the girl who coasted to the end and died in a super boring way. That does suck.

I loved the film, would have preferred a different winner - liked the ending after the winner was determined, would watch a sequel. Would rewatch this movie, All in all, 9/10.

[Amy Jade]

Urgh I am so behind, I will rewatch both tomorrow and post my reviews

[Nicky91]

mess :joker:

[Cal.]

Sunday 22nd October - The Uninvited (2009)

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After spending time in a psychiatric facility, young Anna (Emily Browning) finds significant changes in store at home. Her widowed father (David Strathairn) is now engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). One night, the ghost of Anna's mother appears, screaming for revenge and accusing Rachel of murder. Anna and her sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel), start to investigate, but they may be unprepared for the lethal battle of wills that ensues.

[Withano]

The Uninvited

I fully do not recommend reading this review until after you watch the film, I'm completely shocked by how good it turned out to be. More twists than the next series of big brother would even dream of trying to pull off.

Anyway, its good don't read below until after you watch it cos you should experience it in the same way I did imo.

I thought it was gonna be absolutely ****e within its first five minutes. The main actress took pretty much all the screentime, and you could tell it was gonna be this way til the end, and she appeared to be a very weak actress (later found out this was a wrong opinion, she was very good).

The film starting off with the whole mystery of 'who the **** is this woman, shes super **** and ruining my life, evil stepmom etc' which was fine, I was excited for that movie, I was there trying to work out the mystery with the girls, and it was fun.

And then the girl worked it out, and I was completely on their side, willing for her to win the fight(s) and being content in knowing that this was the movie I was watching! BUT. I wasn't expecting any of the twists, I was just so content with the obvious storyline.

the last ten minutes just shattered my mind, there were so many bombshells that my head was all over the place, leaving me currently dry cleaning my curtains from all the left over brain residue.
The sister killing the woman in an uneventful way, super unexpected
The sister not even being real, get outta here
The main character actually being a psycho all along, slap me
The flashbacks of her life before the sectioning, who even am i anymore
What a rollercoaster

But like I have questions.
She knowingly and maliciously acknowledged all of her wrongdoings like it was a masterplan in the final scene...
So why did she visually hallucinate? And then act as if she felt what she was seeing was very real? Its a bit of a convenient thing to hallucinate about, if you know what your plan is all along. The ghost girl leading you to the grave which led you to the computer which led you to everything else. it just doesnt make sense if it was always your plan to kill the stepmom by acting as if shes your psychiatric ward neighbour, when you know shes not.
Why was the stepmom an unnecessary bitch?
Why was the stepmom talking to the sister like she could see her too?
Why did she get let out a psychiatric ward in the first place?
If she only just got let out, why was she unsupervised for most of her day?
Wait did she kill her love interest, that only just occurred to me, thats a cool little add on.

I bet this is one of those movies where you'd watch it the 2nd time, and just pick up on loads of **** you missed before. Quite a slow start, and got a lot of questions - I probably should have googled to see if the internet can answer my questions before rating this, but I'm presuming they cant and that there just is a few plot holes in the story.

I'll give it an 8/10. I might increase this if I find answers to my questions. So much better than I expected.

Internet cleared some stuff up for me 9/10.

[RileyH]

I love Emily Browning :love:

[Nicky91]

what a mess this game

[Cal.]

I'm SO sorry about this. I'm going to sort it out tonight life has been so hectic.

[Denver]

How did you not to the Conjuring/Annabelle franchise in the correct order

[Cal.]

Thursday 26th October 2017 - The Mist (2007)

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The plot revolves around members of the small town of Bridgton, Maine who, after a severe thunderstorm causes the power to go out the night before, meet in a supermarket to pick up supplies. While they struggle to survive an unnatural mist which envelops the town and conceals vicious, Lovecraftian monsters, extreme tensions rise among the survivors.

[Cal.]

Sunday 29th October 2017 - The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

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A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

[Cal.]

Tuesday 31st October 2017 - Halloween (1978)

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On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.

[Withano]

I watched the town that dreaded sundown last night. It was great. Super halloweeny. 8.5/10 cba for a full review cos like im basically talking to myself at this point

Always liked the mist, solid 7.