October Horror Movie Marathon

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I love this. It's just so much fun. Totally ridiculous but great fun.

I actually enjoyed it too, daft, quirky, and Christopher Lloyd looks more neurotic in this

[Frankie Teardrop]

FRANKIE'S HALLOWEEN SIZZLER#11

25/10/21

HALLOWEEN 2 – This arrived slightly late in the game, at a point when it might easily have been seen as just another slasher but for its lineage. I think that’s true, because when you look at it, all it offers is a very workmanlike reiteration of the little nudges and tricks Carpenter played so effectively in the original. What it retains is a certain moody atmosphere, its long, eerie stretches framed by Dean Cundy’s prowling lens, and also it has the urgency that comes with being set straight after the ending of the first. Of course, Donald Pleasance always brings something. Enjoyable enough, but not a strong work (for the record, I think R Zombie's H#2 blows this out of the water).

26/10/21

THE BEAST MUST DIE – I must’ve watched this loads in the eighties, back when it seemed to be the only thing on late-night TV. I was very young at the time, and the only thing I remembered before I slipped it in the other day was Anton Diffring’s eyeless corpse. It’s an enjoyable enough excursion into a kind of seventies grooviness, and I liked the gimmick of the ‘werewolf break’ (if only because it seemed lame enough to be quite endearing), but maybe it needed a bit more wolf-man action to up the ante of its talky ‘whodunnit’ scenario (which, to be fair, works cos of all the nasty bickering). Michael Gambon has never looked shiftier.

PULSE – I hadn’t even really heard of ‘Pulse’ until the Eureka! release popped up on my radar. It’s a late eighties horror film that is kind of in the shadow of ‘Poltergeist’ in that it pits a slightly troubled but conventionally ‘wholesome’ family against an amorphous supernatural force. In this case, that force is electricity itself gone inexplicably rampant. I really liked it; it’s slow, but there’s a seriousness of tone that sets it apart from all the comedy-horror from around the time, and the required atmosphere of creeping unease mounting into dread is done quite well. I thought that all the shots of the inner workings of TVs and the conspiratorial contortions of those soldering iron amoebas really brought out the shadowy side of circuit boards. Full of unanswered questions, but that works in its favour. Recommended.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

FRANKIE'S HALLOWEEN SIZZLER#11

25/10/21


PULSE – I hadn’t even really heard of ‘Pulse’ until the Eureka! release popped up on my radar. It’s a late eighties horror film that is kind of in the shadow of ‘Poltergeist’ in that it pits a slightly troubled but conventionally ‘wholesome’ family against an amorphous supernatural force. In this case, that force is electricity itself gone inexplicably rampant. I really liked it; it’s slow, but there’s a seriousness of tone that sets it apart from all the comedy-horror from around the time, and the required atmosphere of creeping unease mounting into dread is done quite well. I thought that all the shots of the inner workings of TVs and the conspiratorial contortions of those soldering iron amoebas really brought out the shadowy side of circuit boards. Full of unanswered questions, but that works in its favour. Recommended.

Glad you like this, Frankie. I bought it in the recent Eureka sale. It's down to watch as part of December's month of new horrors for me.

[MrBarlow]

Tenebrae. 1982.

American writer peter Neale travels to Rome to promote his new book Tenebrae finds himself stalked and harassed by a killer.

A mad killer striking anyone at anytime, great cinematography, great actors and managing to sneak in a twist , one of my favourite Dario's movie. Anthony Franciosa plays the novelist travelling to Rome and has problems the moment he lands after a nice on screen kill. The late great John Saxon plays Neale's agent who shows his head moving skills while wearing his new hat, bet that could release a crink in the neck. This is one of Dario's movies where his beloved Daria actually lives but left screaming in the doorway. Nicely paced detective story added in with some good blood splatter.

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[trebor8273]

Brilliant it's just as funny how as the first time I watched it, brilliant cast of character's.




The first and probably still the best, the 4k release looks so much better than the old blu with much better colours and detail and a pumping atmos soundtrack that will bring the house down!



Another nice 4k release of a classic horror , it changes between which one I enjoy more the serious first movie or this.



A beautifully shot and atmospheric film with some great set pieces and wonderful cast, always forget just how bloody this is.



Up tonight

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[Justin101]

I want to rewatch all of those but I'm running out of time now. I have Society lined up for tonight.

[bleakshaun]

Hatchet 3



More gore and more comedy also Jason vs Jason. A great return to form compared to Hatchet 2.

[MrBarlow]

Dolls. 1986.

A group of strangers gather in a house of a elderly couple and their porcelain dolls to take shelter from a storm.

This is one of my favourite childhood horror movies, even though I was 5 years old when it was released I saw it when I was 7 and the ending has always stuck with me. The acting may not be at it's best and always thought Carolyn Purdy-Gordon has been a bitch in this and the previous film From Beyond, but goes to show how good of a actress she is. Guy Rolfe and Hilary Mason play the elderly doll makers with their own way of making them.



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For those who have not seen the film didn't want to reveal a few things but will say this it is entertaining and enjoyable that my Mrs was engrossed it in, slowly winning her to more horrors .

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I want to rewatch all of those but I'm running out of time now. I have Society lined up for tonight.

I've no idea what i'm watching tonight but i do know one thing Zombie's Halloween 2 was not in the equation this morning...

...and then the discussion began on here.

[Nordicdusk]

30 days of unseen horror

Film 27

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A famous adventurer named Waldemar joins an expedition to try and find a yeti that has been spotted in the Himalayas. He and another adventurer go ahead of the expedition after some of the members question the route and if they should go at all but Himalayas didn't come all this way for nothing. When his companion falls to his death Waldemar is left alone wandering aimlessly until his find shelter but inside lives two sex mad cannibal woman who plan to hold him hostage and become their sex slave when he tries to escape they pass on a terrible curse that will turn him into a werewolf every full moon.

I LOVE the look of Paul Nashys werewolf always so freaky looking its proper wolfman but more savage and intimidation with the crazy teeth and Paul Naschy's crazy eyes. There is a lot going on with a Yeti Werewolf sex maniacs buddhist monks bandits a crazy mute shoot outs attempted rape fist fights scantly clad ladies pantless and underwearless for some reason just nonstop things to keep you entertained it's fantastic. Any fight scene with Paul Naschy is hilarious the acrobatics is of olympic quality be he werewolf or man he just flings himself all over the screen summersaults cartwheels flying kicks just tumbling all over the place its a sight to behold indeed

I was pretty disappointed with the lack of Yeti getting only two scenes such a shame but still whole film is just so much fun.

8/10