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Saturday 17th October – The Amityville Horror (1979)
8/10 A brilliant classic horror film, one that still gives me chills. The film is a true icon of horror and this is projected in the gripping film. Sunday 18th October – All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) 7/10 It was quite good, lots of violence and gore, a little dumb in places. Monday 19th October – The Conjouring (2013) 9/10 One of my favourite modern horrors, the film keeps you focused all the time. Lots of freaky and jump scenes and a great watch, the plot and storyline are very well thought out and it's overall a fantastic film. Love it! |
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I don't wan to watch Chucky. Only horror film I won't watch
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Monday 19th October - The Conjouring (2013) http://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/wordp...FINAL_INTL.jpg In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) Perron. The Perrons and their five daughters have recently moved into a secluded farmhouse, where a supernatural presence has made itself known. Though the manifestations are relatively benign at first, events soon escalate in horrifying fashion, especially after the Warrens discover the house's macabre history. |
Night Seventeen - The Amityville Horror
http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-conte...1FK47HTSKL.jpg While I do think the film has real moments of greatness what had me hooked. I think the film is quite heavily flawed in certain aspects and I certainly have mixed feelings about The Amityville Horror. One aspect I do like about the film is the consistent odd situations going on throughout the film. Theirs lots off odd small things happening constantly right from the first ten minutes and throughout. The flies, the money going missing, the babysitter being locked in the door with no lock on and the black liquid oozing from the toilet it was all really spooky and got me curious. Oh and the soundtrack to the film was completely terrifying! I think it was really good how they kept the viewer interested and also linked back to the main plot. I do think the film contained some unnecessary and boring scenes having said that, I didn't feel the film needed to drag on so long at certain points it almost felt as if they were just throwing anything in because they perhaps needed to fill a certain time slot. I felt the acting was outstanding from Margot Kidder throughout the film (Much like her portrayal of Barbs in Black Christmas) and I did enjoy seeing her whole family dynamic as a whole. I think it was interesting to have George as the stepfather to her children as his mean and unjust treatment of Amy perhaps mirrored the fact that he didn't feel connected with her because he wasn't her child. It was an interesting route to go down. The whole 'Jody' business with Amy was also deeply disturbing. I think the film is heavily flawed on its lack of actual content. I actually don't think I was that scared at all about anything apart from the theme tune. I don think much actually happens for me to talk about and I do kind of wish they had done a lot more with it. The film's biggest flaw for me though is definitely the ending! So anticlimactic! It just didn't end with a bang like it should've done. Not even a fizzle in my opinion more of one cinder flying out. George's wild rampage could've been really scary but it lasted for a whole of about two minutes and the actual ending scene was just kind of boring and crap. Overall - 5/10 Scores: The Descent - 10/10 Scream - 10/10 The Babadook - 10/10 Urban Legend - 9/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street - 9/10 Scream 2 - 9/10 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 8/10 Sinister - 8/10 House Of Wax - 8/10 The Crazies - 7/10 Scream 3 - 6/10 Scream 4 - 6/10 I Know What You Did Last Summer - 6/10 The Amityville Horror - 5/10 It Follows - 5/10 Black Christmas - 4/10 Friday the 13th - 2/10 |
All the boys love Mandy Lane - 5.5/10
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The Conjuring - 9/10 :hee: It would have been a 10 but it's a wee bit slow at times so I thought a 9 would be more suited. As far as paranormal movies go, this is one of the best i've seen. A really creepy atmosphere throughout.
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Tuesday 20th October - Dawn of the Dead (2004) http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads...q0y9EB1Rgl.jpg A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall. Starring Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames. |
Dawn of The Dead (2004) 6/10 It's an okay film. I tried to watch the original once and it was so boring. This film takes the premise of the original and makes it entertaining. It cuts out the boring bits. The characters are a bit one dimensional and boring, Ana for a start is really puzzling how she goes from grieving girl to some weird leader type but whatever. The film had some entertaining points such as the entire climax with the buses but it also had some really WTF moments (such as the bloated woman being wheeled in and killed). I liked the subplot with Andy from the gun shop being stranded across the lot from the mall - but I hate the characters for risking Chips' life so much :fist: The film also has the heartbreaking and unnecessary (imo) subplot of Andre and Luda's baby being born and being a zombie and the whole zombie baby fiasco - I guess many zombie fans have pondered around the subject but I didn't like seeing the plot unfolding. The ending also makes the film feel like a waste of time with them getting to safety (what they've talked about for the whole film) and then its actually nowhere near safe and they would have been better off in the mall. So yeah, in summary, the movie is fun (sorta) and a lot more entertaining in the original. It's a shame the characters are just not developed and it feels too clean and random to be a good movie so that's why I'm giving it a 6/10. |
Wednesday 21st October - Misery (1990) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...seryposter.jpg After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession takes a dark turn when she discovers Sheldon is killing off her favorite character from his novels. As Sheldon devises plans for escape, Annie grows increasingly controlling, even violent, as she forces the author to shape his writing to suit her twisted fantasies. ALSO - ONLY 9 NIGHTS LEFT OF OUR COUNTDOWN EVERYBODY! |
I've fallen a bit behind so I'm just gonna score the last four films instead of writing reviews.
Scores Misery - 10/10 Dawn of the Dead - 8/10 The Conjouring - 9/10 All The Boys Love Mandy Lane - 6/10 The Amityville Horror - 2/10 The Crazies - 7/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street - 8/10 The Babadook - 10/10 It Follows - 8/10 Sinister - 7/10 Scream 4 - 7/10 Black Christmas - 6/10 The Descent - 10/10 Scream 3 - 4/10 Urban Legend - 6/10 I Know What You Did Last Summer - 2/10 Scream 2 - 8/10 House of Wax - 5/10 Friday the 13th - 3/10 Scream - 9/10 |
Dawn of the Dead - 8/10 - I'm a big zombie fan and this is one of my fav zombie movies :hee:
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Thursday 22nd October - Prom Night (1980) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ilm_poster.jpg This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond (Jamie Lee Curtis). |
Prom Night (1980) 7/10 It's cheesy and fun. Jamie Lee Curtis is cute in the movie as Kim, she was very interesting. I like the back story (even though it's been done in like every 80s slasher film) of young Robin being killed by Wendy, Jude, Kelly and Nick - it certainly gives the film it's driving force. I don't know what to say about the characters, Wendy is a good bitch but that's about it. Alex is also quite root worthy. There's not much to say about the film other than the actual prom itself. Wendy's chase scene is of course iconic and almost beats Helen Shivers' in I Know What You Did Last Scene as the best chase scene in a slasher film (in my opinion) and of course Wendy almost gets away before being killed </3 The scene in the van also makes me scream with Jude being stabbed with the mirror thing when the killer appears at the back of the van and then Slick gets killed with the van going over the hill thing (not screaming in a horrified way btw nnn). I think the finale is very good and I think Alex being the killer works well - especially with Kim being conflicted at the end and holding the dead Alex whilst Nick watches her. I like the subplot with Murch and the police believing he was responsible for Robin's death/the killings - it added some eeriness to the film. It drops marks because the characters are bland, I think it's very cheesy and it's not very interesting until it's last 20/30 minutes so that's why it gets a 7/10 from me. |
Wendy <3
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Prom Night (1980) 6/10 One of the many slasher films to grace our screens following the success of John Carpenter's Halloween in 1978. This came out in 1980, amongst the golden era of 80's slasher films alongside Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, Happy Birthday To Me, The Burning, etc. When I first saw this film back in Halloween 2009, I really liked it and it was definitely one of my favourite 80's slashers, and still is. However, having re-watched it for the first time last week, it's not as good as I remembered it to be. The film is basically about a group of kids playing hide and seek in an abandoned school, and a girl ends up getting killed whilst interrupting the game. Six years later, and the kids are all grown up and getting ready for Prom Night. However, they are stalked by a masked killer picking them off one by one for revenge. The film is very slow, I must admit. Apart from the opening scene where the girl falls out of a window and dies and the obscene phone calls in the beginning to all of the kids responsible, there's about over a good hour where nothing (no kills) absolutely happens, it's just the characters at school and then later them getting ready for Prom. The film doesn't get good until the last 20 minutes where all the kills begin taking place. The killer is quite simple, he wears a ski mask and the kills are okay. The killer always seems to make these strange creepy noises whilst he's killing the victims which mirror the obscene phone calls they all received earlier. One thing I love about this movie is that it has one of the best chase scenes in a horror/slasher movie. Wendy's chase scene. It's about 8 minutes long and it's brilliant and by far my favourite part of the film. Wendy's your typical bitch, but she's one of those that you can't help but love and end up rooting for during her chase scene and when she ends up getting axed </3. I've rambled on quite a bit about this film, so I'll stop there, but overall it's a watchable slasher film and it has its moments, but it's not one of the best imo. It has Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis though <3 and the film has a brilliant 80's cheesy vibe to it, which is very nostalgic and adds to the film. |
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I'll have Mandy Lane done for tonight and hopefully now I have a week off I'll be able to watch about two each day and get them all finished for the 31st
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I still need to watch Mandy Lane. I've been busy lately with work and all but I'll definitely check it out during my week off.
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Night Eighteen - All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._love_lane.jpg I honestly think out of slasher movies from the noughties this is one of the best. It isn't just a mediocre remake of a slasher like most have been from that era (Black Xmas, House of Wax, Prom Night and so on) but actually I think it holds up quite strong in an era when new slasher films were in drastic decline. One of the initial scenes in the film with the boy who fancies Mandy jumping into the pool but snapping his neck was so brutal and gory but I found it so pleasing. The deep Crimson blood just filling the pool as Mandy looked at Emmett it was so effective and symbolic and drew my attention into the film instantly. Unfortunately for the film for me it does go through a bit of a tedious patch for roughly fifteen/twenty minutes when the group are travelling down to where they are staying but I can't stay that annoyed because I think the film makes up for it later. The group on a whole I liked. I found the female characters much more easier to get to terms with and I liked that they weren't one dimensional. Chloe and Marilyn came across as your typical sort of slut and bitch characters but they had so many layers to them such as Marilyn's insecurities over her weight and Chloe's loss of self esteem. The boys in the group weren't bad characters also for a slasher and didn't just fall into your typical slasher cliche roles. Mandy of course being the titular character was always going to be the main focus and I did really like her character, particularly her relationship with ranch hand Garth. Emmett being the killer was believable and interesting. The actor who portrayed him was fantastic I thought at playing this genuine loony on the seek for revenge for those who outcast him due to the accident he caused at the start of the film. The killings were also really brutal and gory! Marilyn's in particular was toe curling as her jaw was snapped with the shotgun, all the deaths were different and were built up with great suspense I felt. Mandy portraying both the final girl role and the killer was such a shocking yet phenomenal twist. Her calling Chloe over so innocently before stabbing her in the chest was so brutal and literally made my jaw drop in shock! Mandy was the true psychopath and not Emmett and that was shown through her turning on Emmett after their plan and deciding to add her to her death toll. An amazing twist and an amazing ending. Scores: The Descent - 10/10 Scream - 10/10 The Babadook - 10/10 Urban Legend - 9/10 All The Boys Love Mandy Lane - 9/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street - 9/10 Scream 2 - 9/10 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 8/10 Sinister - 8/10 House Of Wax - 8/10 The Crazies - 7/10 Scream 3 - 6/10 Scream 4 - 6/10 I Know What You Did Last Summer - 6/10 The Amityville Horror - 5/10 It Follows - 5/10 Black Christmas - 4/10 Friday the 13th - 2/10 |
The Conjuring will 100% be up for tomorrow and probably so will Dawn of the Dead
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Prom Night
I found this to be the worst film we've watched so far, it's a complete bore to watch and it's just a pale imitation of Halloween without any of it's ingenuity or impact. I can't tell you the characters names because I didn't care to learn them, I was just waiting for them all to die so the film would end. Complete trash. 1/10 Scores Prom Night - 1/10 Misery - 10/10 Dawn of the Dead - 8/10 The Conjouring - 9/10 All The Boys Love Mandy Lane - 6/10 The Amityville Horror - 2/10 The Crazies - 7/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street - 8/10 The Babadook - 10/10 It Follows - 8/10 Sinister - 7/10 Scream 4 - 7/10 Black Christmas - 6/10 The Descent - 10/10 Scream 3 - 4/10 Urban Legend - 6/10 I Know What You Did Last Summer - 2/10 Scream 2 - 8/10 House of Wax - 5/10 Friday the 13th - 3/10 Scream - 9/10 |
Thank you for your reviews Dan and Dezzy<3
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