October Horror Movie Marathon

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by platostotal

Had Warlock on VHS, good party flick... For Tonight's ABUKtober... nuff said.

I considered that this evening as well Plato.

[MuckyFunster]

#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10



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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Hopefully 88 will release it for you.

It's on my Lovefilm rental queue, so I might have it before the end of next week; if I like it, I'll buy it.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MuckyFunster

#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10

0% is a higher score than i'd give it. Shockingly bad. I wouldn't watch it again with Inspector Abberline's eyes.

[trebor8273]

Phantasm OblIVion. 6/10

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Phantasm OblIVion. 6/10

I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

Agree later ones are a bit silly but the first is a classic for me with its unique and creepy atmosphere and likable cast/ characters

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Agree later ones are a bit silly but the first is a classic for me with its unique and creepy atmosphere and likable cast/ characters

The overriding feeling i have is that they waste the best idea, which is the flying killing spheres of course.

They should be running riot drilling into people's brains, proper scary horror, blood and brains everywhere, it all seems a bit half hearted.

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I've never got the love for the Phantasm films. 6/10 sums them all up for me. They come over too silly to be real horror as far as i'm concerned.

I love the first film and the fourth. They have this melancholic / doomy feel to them. They don't operate on traditional scares. Instead, they give the impression that we're going to die and we have no say in the matter. Films like that do tend to creep me out.

The second and third film are pretty much the mainstream attempts. They're fun but are more interested in delivering thrills than chills.

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by MuckyFunster

#5

"Amityville 3D"

I can't believe this film has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. What idiots have they got writing for them on that website. This film is no masterpiece I'll admit, but it's a good bit of trashy fun and it's entertaining the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable.

7.5/10

I actually gave this a watch a while ago. I thought it was a bit poor...

The tagline read “WARNING: In this film, you are the victim!” They weren’t kidding as Amityville 3-D is an awful, awful, awful film. I cannot believe that Richard Fleischer (10 Rillington Place) directed this lifeless husk of a film.

Barring a rather creepy moment of a mother seeing her daughter climbing the stairs, despite the girl being dead outside, there is nothing of worth in this film. The script is atrocious, the director probably didn’t bother showing up at the set, the effects are woeful, the photography is wretched (the 3D filmmaking has resulted in very blurry looking film) and it launched Meg Ryan’s career.

There aren’t even any attempts at a scare. Instead it just cribs ideas from The Omen and Poltergeist. And that just sums up what’s wrong with this series. None of these films have an original idea or concept, nor can they bring something slightly different to the table. They’re just a marketing response to whatever was popular at the time. I say, avoid this series and watch the films it rips off or The House by the Cemetery or The Haunting or The Entity instead.